Hello again~
Do you hate me yet? Ahaha, sorry, like forever later I'm posting something up, once I again I must remind you I am laaaaaazy.
I'm trying though, I really am, I need to at least post enough so that I don't forget where I'm going with this, ahahah, that would be awkward now wouldn't it? ANYways, here is the newest chapter, still in the same location so don't kill me it's not too juicy, but I wanted them to get to know each other just a little bit. Well I hope you like it and review and tell me what you think. [Kindly of course :]
P.S.: I haven't read Naruto since the Kage Summit, so again, this might not be exactly cannon, so be aware, thanks!
For first dates, Naruto could say this was one of the lousiest. He hadn't gone on many bad dates in his time, seeing as how awesome and badass he was, but to put it lightly this was a lousy date. To make a simple list of why it was so horrid, here's how Naruto sorted it out: he was now a woman; was at this 'date' against his will; in a different time period; in an isolated area; with a dangerous man; and to top it all off, he was drinking tea. Fucking tea.
Though Naruto new the health benefits that tea provided and at times the taste wasn't so bad, he just hated it. He hated how he had to wait for it to steep or whatever they called, he hated the after taste that got stuck in the back of his throat and also burned, but most of all, what he really despised was the forced and uncomfortable conversations that always seemed to come up whenever he partook in this beverage. This current situation had to be the winner of awkward conversations of them all.
"This estate belongs solely to me."
Looking up from his intense staring of the dark cup before him Naruto nodded slowly.
"That's nice.
A minute of silence later.
"Did you…uhm, build it?"
"No."
"Oh." Of course.
After a few more pregnant seconds, and no continuation of the topic, Naruto looked back down at the offensive liquid. A few small ripples flowed through the small cup layered before him. What am I supposed to talk about? "Oh hey, so about not being a weirdo, how 'bout you stop and become a good guy?" Yeah, for some reason that didn't sound like it would work.
Sighing softly, Naruto braced himself and lifted the slowly cooling cup to his lips. Just a sip, maybe it's actually good, maybe its ramen flavor. Uh-huh, right. Finally making up his mind he parted his lips to let the warm liquid flow into his mouth; and ended up almost choking to death in the process.
Madara quickly got up from the other side of the only table in the room and quickly stepped to her side.
"It's okay, I'm fine, no help necessary." Naruto said between coughs and gasps for air.
Staring down at her apprehensively, he didn't budge.
After a few deep steadying breaths, Naruto wiped the few tears that had appeared at the corner of his eyes and smiled up at him. "See, perfectly fine, it's going to take a lot more that a cup of bitter tea to kill me, remember?" Though it started out nice enough, the last few words came out a little slower and laced with a subtle reminder of the power this 'slip of a woman' could do.
Madara's body language didn't give anything away, but Naruto noticed a slight tensing around the eyes. "Yes, I remember." After a few tense seconds Naruto sighed once more. Stop pushing his buttons and start being nice. It was hard, seeing as how he was kind of a dick, but Naruto didn't befriend some of the most powerful people in the shinobi world with his looks and asshole behavior… Or maybe he sort of did, but being a woman changed that, he had to be powerful and threatening in subtle ways, not only that but he had to use his feminine charm.
He motioned towards the spot in front of him and smiled softly this time, "Please, let's start over." This went on for a little longer with his arm extended, and the Uchiha staring at him, but no movement occurred. Finally having enough, Naruto quickly stood up from under that table and to Madara's concealed surprise, pressed his palms to his back and pushed him towards his original position. "Okay, now, sit," he said sternly and tugged down on his shirt. Madara didn't budge. If Naruto didn't know any better he'd swear he was screwing with him. What Uchihas do best.
"Sit." He said more forcefully his time, emphasized by pressing down on his shoulders.
"I prefer to stand." Madara said looking off into the distance.
"What? If I do remember correctly, you forced me to sit and have tea with you." Naruto all but seethed. His hands now in front of him, clasped together tightly, trying desperately to uphold the feminine stance. Keep calm.
"I clearly said it was close to tea time." Madara said calmly.
The corner of Naruto's mouth twitched, "Oh, yeah, my bad."
All the man did was slightly turn his head and give her a strange look, "Your bad?"
Laaaanguage. No slang, you must stick to character. Let's see, I need to have a background. Naruto reprimanded himself. "It's a common phrase in my little village. It means that I acknowledge a mistake or something of the sort. As you might know, I'm not native to these lands." Naruto said as smoothly as possible and bounced on his feet; forcing another smile onto his face, hoping that the feminine features would subdue the suspicion.
"Now please, let's sit." He said and once again motioned towards the floor.
"My decision stays the same." The frustrating man said coldly and simple brushed a bang out of his face, face still slightly showing amusement and facing the wall as if contemplating something.
Okay tough guy, I tried. Having enough of this game, Naruto decided to use physical force. With his lightning fast reflexes, Naruto quickly shot out his leg and kicked Madara behind his knees, all the while at the same time flowing chakra to his hands and slamming down on his shoulders and forcing him to the floor. To his satisfaction, the Uchiha didn't react soon enough so he ended up on the ground with a stunned look on his face; a simple "oof" slipping out of his mouth.
"Now, let's be civil and get to know each other." Naruto commented sweetly as he leaned next to him and gave him a sickly sweet smile.
"Sound good?"
Madara clenched his teeth and tensed his right arm. Shit! Naruto thought quickly and jumped over the table and landed across the room, hands at the ready.
Looking across the room he didn't see any sign of the Uchiha. A second later a fist slammed into his right shoulder and he was sent flying towards the delicate shoji doors. Bracing for the fall, he slammed his hands on the tatami mats right before hitting the doors and spun his legs in a quick scissor-like fashion, which resulted in two quick gusts of wind headings towards Madara. Having seen the motion Madara jumped over the first one and landed lightly on his feet, all the while doing a quick succession of hand movements. Though he didn't get to finish whatever deadly jutsu he planned on using as the second gust of wind hit him square in the chest and sent him flying into the small courtyard outside, landing on a pile of ornamental rock.
Giving him no time to recuperate, Naruto appeared in a blur above his head and slammed his fist into the space next to his head, grazing his ear and causing the rocks to split and crack under the pressure.
Before Madara could get any move in, Naruto let out a low giggle and patted him on the cheek, "I guess I win this match. Calm down, buddy." He said lightly and once again patted him on the cheek. Please don't freak out. Get it together. Madara only lay there, stiff as a board, face obscured by his overgrown bangs.
Tired of hovering over him, Naruto released his arm from next to his head and sat down on his chest, crossing his legs and making himself comfortable.
"I do hope you're not upset, it is fun sparring with you." Naruto said cheerfully and looked down at Madara's face and patted him on the chest, hoping to see a positive sign.
All he could see was a slightly flushed look on what he could see of his face, the eyes and part of his nose were covered by his messy hair. "Uchiha-san?" He said a little nervously, and slowly bent down to uncover his face. Next thing he knew he was looking into a pair of very amused eyes. I don't think a woman should be on her back as much as I have been. Naruto though wryly, and tried to get up, only to be met by the once again, boulder that is Uchiha Madara. He all of a sudden was aware that he was lying on the ground with the said boulders legs on either side of his very female body, not to mention that once again, his clothes were in a disarray and the material of 'her' kimono was practically around her thighs.
A smirk slowly spread onto Madara's face and with a very intense almost scary full out smile, he got off of her and offered her a hand, and even did his best not to look at her legs. Take it, don't be a dick. Naruto thought to himself, this was no time to be prideful, he knew a peace offering when he saw one. Scoffing under his breath, he took the offered hand and helped himself up, letting the kimono slide down and dusting himself off.
"Yes, I suppose it is fun." Madara said slyly and did a quick head shake to rearrange his hair, in what came off as sort of girly to him but he wasn't going to say that outloud.
"Do you spar often?" Naruto asked with actual interest.
After a short pause, Madara answered with caution, "Yes, mostly with…my brother."
"A brother? Oh how fun, I have never had a chance to spar with a sibling." Seeing a guarded look on Madara's face, Naruto figured it was a good time as any to tie himself to the Uchiha. I need to get an excuse to be with him daily, enough personal time to be an influence to him. Perhaps he might be a sparring buddy? Naruto thought with excitement, just because he wanted to reform Madara, didn't mean he had to do in some boring way. Hopefully his gender would not cause the Uchiha to decline in some sort of chauvinistic display. Hell, that's how it worked with Sasuke. He thought, trying not to become nostalgic.
"But you do think we could benefit from how you say, meeting up and training with each other? I mean, basic matches, nothing too specific." Naruto said quickly, he didn't want Madara to think he was out to steal his family's secret style or movement. God only knew how crazy Uchiha's were about that sort of thing.
"Perhaps. I do see the advantage."
"So, maybe we should do this, like every day." Naruto said, smiling, all the while lightly messing with the sleeve of the kimono, and softening his eyes. Time to use the charm.
Naruto expected to see an effect on Madara, but was surprised to see an actual blush spread on his face. He took a step closer and did the head cocking thing this guy seemed to like, "Is that a yes? Though I do know the fact I am a woman might intimidate you, but please, don't let that sca-"
"That would be interesting." Madara quickly said and stepped back, softly clearing his throat; clearly affected by his feminine charms. Wow, this might be easier than I thought. Naruto thought with excitement.
"But I cannot have you come in that clothing." He said all the while give her a very slow once over. Or not.
"Hm, yes, I'd see how it might get in the way." Naruto said thoughtfully, "I'll have to find suitable garments." I did see a nice house a few minutes from where I met him. They might not notice a few missing shirts or shorts.
"Before any arrangements are made, I do have one inquiry. How does a woman such as yourself learn movements like those, what clan do you belong to, also, what was the business you were in my territory for? I believe you have not elaborated just yet," said Madara.
Once again the suspicion leaked back into his voice, and Naruto groaned inwardly. Best to get this outta the way now. "Yes, you didn't exactly give me time to explain myself," he said coyly and forced out a soft laugh when he saw Madara flinch. Spotting a bench looking thing made out of wood a few steps away, Naruto made his way towards it and sat down, hoping to buy some time to make up a cover story.
"Okay, let's see, I'm here for business….and uh….from my village, by myself…oh god, what else…ugh. For opening a business! People were interested in that sort of thing right?" Naruto quickly scanned his brain for anything that he might have learned of the time before Konoha was actually formed."Damnit, that won't work, this was a time in which clans had exclusive camps and didn't exactly let outsiders in." Wracking his brain for a plausible back story, Naruto found one that might sound reasonable. "Okay okay, I think I got it, I'm some rebellious daughter of some diplomat who sort of deals with ninjas, but not really, and I'm exploring the countryside before I am married off, nice! I hope that's not too suspicious." Naruto said quietly to himself, he was never really good at lying to people, but being a ninja sort of made you hone that particular skill. Unfortunately, Naruto had a lot of work to do in this particular area, so he hoped he could play it off as well as the missions he was used to taking. After composing himself, Naruto peered over at the man that was now seated next him and cleared his throat.
"You see it all started when my father told me it was time to get married…."
After almost half an hour of bullshitting and answering Madara's infuriatingly specific questions, it seemed that he was satisfied with his back story and wasn't suspicious anymore.
What he had ended up with was this: on her twenty-second birthday her father had decided to drop the marriage dilemma on her. Either ascend into the political field as a representative for her family full-time, or wed one of the local and wealthy politicians. Deciding to strike out against her diplomatic father, she had refused and had threatened to renounce her name and her political positions. Seeing how she was the only heir, her father was all but mortified. In order to escape and get her way, she had bargained with him and had asked for a couple months off to let her explore the land before she had to make any sort of decision. He had conceded of course, as long as she let an entourage be with her at all times. She had agreed and had set off to pack her things, only to leave two days earlier than expected by herself and had left the group of her father's people in the dust. Madara had seemed slightly amused and mostly kept quiet except for his questions. Such as how far away was the village? About a week's walk away. How long before she had to return? A couple of months. Where did she learn those moves? Private tutors and teachers in order to protect herself from any future attempted assassinations; which seemed to pique the interest of the Uchiha. What clan did she belong to? Well, seeing as how her village only occasionally dealt with ninja's but weren't actually trained to be one themselves, there was only the rare few who took up that lifestyle, and didn't consider their family name a clan structure. And so forth, he had seemed sated after a few other questions so Naruto felt that he was in the clear. He even felt proud of himself, it usually took some briefing and about two days to prepare himself for undercover missions like this, but it wasn't going bad, in fact Naruto thought it was safe to ask Madara questions about his family.
"I believe I have taken up a lot of time talking about myself, you have yet to contribute to this conversation." Naruto teased lightly and turned his big blue eyes at him.
"Well, as mentioned before, I am part of the great Uchiha Clan, the strongest and most brilliant clan in all the lands." Madara said proudly, notably puffing out his chest.
"Really? I think I have heard of that name before, but my village does not really involve themselves with ninja clans too much, so I couldn't be too sure."
"There are many rumors about our family, but one cannot trust too much what they say. Those damned Senju's probably spread the worst of them." The anger showed clearly in Madara's voice as he said this. Okay, so the good 'ol Senju's aren't his best friends. Naruto noted, and in the back of his mind he sort of knew, thinking back to the Valley of the End and the catastrophe those two powerhouses had caused must have been rooted in this hate for each other.
"Senjus? Is that another ninja clan?" Naruto asked naively.
"They are of no importance. To speak their name in the same breath of an Uchiha is deplorable." He then kept going on as how certain clans were strong in one area but were completely useless in others, and pretty much kept saying how Uchiha's were the best.
Ugh, fuckin' Uchihas, you are a pain in everyone's ass. Looking up at the future cause of much unwanted suffering, Naruto couldn't help but notice that Madara seemed extremely young. Sure there were bruises here and there in what he assumed were form their earlier struggles, and there were slight bags under his eyes in what he wrote off as a restless night, but that didn't distract the youthfulness that was Madara. His skin was fair and void of any obvious wrinkles. There was a glitter to his eyes that most ninja don't keep past their mid-twenties, and not to mention that at times, when he slipped from his arrogant mask, there was an animated feel about him. He can't be more than twenty. He could see how woman longed for this powerful and admittedly attractive man. Women always seemed to dig the dark ones; well men too, he added.
Once again Naruto thought about his sexuality, if someone would have told him that a few years out of the academy he'd be sleeping with guys and not hate it, he would have farted in his their face and get a couple punches in, but now he understood the complexity of human sexuality. It wasn't like he thought himself of a pervert or anything close to that, but experimenting with women and men was just so fun for Naruto. What he felt with a woman, especially during sex was mind blowing, and hell, it was ridiculously complicated and almost if not even more pleasurable when he was the woman, but he could also fell that way with the few men that he had been with, it wasn't all black and white with him. He chuckled slight in his mind, the Kyuubi rumbling distantly as well, commenting on how humans complicated things. Rubbing the back of his neck, he agreed, though he hadn't communicated with the fox for a while, it felt good to hear him here and there. Which brought him back to the present and the man sitting next to him. Internally shaking himself off his observations of the young Uchiha and his own nature, Naruto focused back on what the conversation was leading to; him playing stupid.
"Ninja politics sound very complex." Naruto said lamely, hoping that it matched whatever Madara was talking about. Madara simple nodded firmly.
Hoping to switch the conversations, Naruto was hoping to actually get into the town or village, or camp that all these Uchiha's were clustered in. To say he was curious was an understatement, but he also wanted to take advantage of what it had to offer. Maybe he could find someone or something that would give him a clue as to how to switch Madara's twisted point of view.
"You know, as a man of a noble family, you have yet to entertain your host properly," Naruto mentioned and patted his stomach for emphasis, it had been almost eight hours since he had eaten anything besides that bitter tea.
Almost as if on strings, Madara stood up suddenly and fluidly, an almost embarrassed look on his face. He took a couple of seconds to himself and it seemed that he was working something out, what it was Naruto was oblivious to, but a few moments later he seemed to reach a conclusion and gave a cocky smirk. "My home may be grand in its own way, but it is not meant for many, or for entertaining. I do believe it is time to take you to the center of our compound." The smirk stayed on his face and his eyes glittered with what Naruto hoped was mild excitement.
"Are you ready to meet the rest of the Uchiha's?"
Naruto's eyes widened and he could feel the adrenaline start pumping through his body. The Uchiha compound. No allies, no known infrastructure. This is gonna be big. Naruto thought apprehensively, he had to play this game very carefully, though he might have put this one man at ease, there were sure to be others that just might catch on to her little façade and might even label her a spy. He sort of was, but hey, he was trying to help, honestly; but man did he want to go see how it all started. The nervousness was there flowing throughout his body, but what followed was the eagerness to experience something that no one still alive had the chance to, Naruto had to hold himself back from grinning like crazy.
What he did in turn was get up slowly, pat his kimono in place and smile softly at Madara, "I do hope I am, it would be quite uncomfortable if I were to upset anyone," and with that Madara actually full out chuckled and laid his hand gently on her waist and guided her into the woods in what he assumed was their compound.
"Well, our clan is full of completely understanding individuals." A simple sentence, but Naruto couldn't help but shiver slightly, part of that eagerness again, part nervousness, and a whole big part of, what the fuck am I walking into?