Chapter 7: the next day
I'm happy to see that people are still reading and find it interesting; I'm going to try to get it to start moving faster to get into the main story line.
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Location: Hiashi's personal training ground
Date: June 3, 12 A.K. morning
"Alright, Kushina, I'll teach you to make sure that you can pass the upcoming exam." Hiashi told Kushina, he continued to say, "The first thing that I'll teach you is the Kage Bunshin, then using that technique you can learn the other skills much faster than you would otherwise."
"O.K." Kushina replied
Hiashi turned to John and Cortana and said, "John you'll be learning the Kage Bunshin with Kushina, Cortana I want you to train with the Bunshin, I'll show it to you first then you can work on doing it." He preformed a Bunshin while Cortana watched.
Like with the Henge no jutsu she got it on her first try, she dispelled them and did it again but with many more than last time. "Seems easy enough." She thought out loud then she turned to Kushina and asked, "Kushina, do you mind if I read some of your scrolls while you and John practice the Kage Bunshin?"
"Go right a head. I don't really like reading so maybe you could read them then show me any cool jutsu that you read about, that way I don't get a headache." Kushina replied
Cortana walked into Kushina's storage room and started reading.
Hiashi asked, "Kushina do you have your father's jutsu scroll with you?"
She replied, "Yes,"
and she pulled it out of a pants pocket, handed it to Hiashi.
Hiashi said, "The Kage Bunshin is a jutsu that your father
created, it helped us win the great shinobi war. It creates a flesh
and blood clone that, when hit with a mortal blow, dissipates into a
cloud of smoke and relays any gathered information or experience to
the person that created it. This means that the Kage Bunshin is a
very good tool to use when training or spying, it is for this reason
that I'm going to teach this jutsu to you first." Hiashi
preformed the required hand seal and poof there were two Hiashis.
Kushina walked up to the clone and started to poke it, she did this repeatedly, and eventually it got fed up and dispelled. She said, "I thought they were only to dispel when the received a mortal blow."
"Normally the do, but they can dispel themselves to evade capture, or in that case annoyance." Hiashi replied he continued to on to say, "You two will need to master this in order to pass the exam tomorrow, What you have to do is visualize a copy of yourself, like in the regular Bunshin, but you must focus on it having the same amount of chakra as you, then you shall force this chakra out with the pig seal, it will make a copy of your consciousness and place it into the clone."
John and Kushina worked all morning on it while Cortana read and Hiashi gave advice. Two hours later Cortana had read half of Kushina's library, and John and Kushina were able to get one good clone, just enough to not piss of Iruka.
"John, Kushina, you did very good today, We'll practice it more tomorrow morning so you can get even better, now go get a shower before school." Hiashi praised the two young ninja's.
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Location: Hyuuga dining room
Date: unchanged
"Father who is the blond girl, and why is she wearing my clothes?" Hinata said after she saw Kushina at the breakfast table.
"Hinata, this is Naruto, she was under a very strong genjutsu to protect her, but now that I found out that she was the Fourth Hokage's daughter, she didn't need it. Naruto was a name given to her as a male. Her true name is Uzumaki Kushina, after her mother, and she is wearing your clothes because she doesn't have any of her own right now." Hiashi responded.
Hinata closed her eyes and shook her head. She asked, "Did you just say that this girl used to be …"
Kushina interrupted Hinata and asked, "Why aren't we having ramen for breakfast."
"Never mind she's definitely Naruto." Hinata said.
"Hey Hinata why aren't you stuttering? I haven't ever seen you speak without stuttering." Kushina asked.
Hinata replied "I think it might have something with you being a girl now, you see I didn't ever stutter unless I was around you, so it might have something to do with your sudden gender change."
"OK, on a different topic, you guy's might want to finish breakfast quickly if you want to get to class on time." John chimed in after checking his armor's internal clock.
"I don't wanna go. I'll look like a fool, plus everyone will like me less because they'll think I lied to them all these years." Kushina whined.
Cortana said, "But Kushina don't you want to make Sasuke look like a fool, using the Kage Bunshin, which is much more advanced than anything else he knows." Cortana had seen the way the two acted yesterday and new immediately that they were rivals.
Hinata added "And, Kushina, remember the Uchiha clan is supposed to be Genjutsu masters, even more so than the Yuuhi clan. That means that if you show up as a girl and say what happened to you, he'll look like a fool for never having realized that you are actually a girl, and he'll look like a bastard for fighting with and beating up a girl so often."
When Hinata said this Kushina visibly cheered, she couldn't pass up a chance to make Sasuke look like the bastard that he is. Kushina practically yelled, "What are we waiting for let's get going!" and she ran out the door.
John sighed and said, "I guess we'd better follow her."
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Location: just outside the academy
Date: unchanged
Kushina was sitting outside in a swing grumbling.
Cortana walked up and asked Kushina, "What's the matter?"
Kushina replied, "The old man forgot to give me a new ID so I can't get in the school until I see him again."
When Cortana heard her say that she pulled out a blank tag cut her finger and drew an odd seal on it, then she walked up to the tree and placed the tag on the ground in front of it. She said, "I'll be back with the Hokage in a moment." And she ran off.
John asked, "What was that all about?" while he looked at the tag that was on the ground.
"I don't know. Let's just wait for her to get back, class doesn't start for about thirty minutes, so she should get back in time" Responded Hinata
The Hokage and Cortana seemed to flicker into existence overtop of the tag. It startled everyone there, even the Hokage. He asked, obviously shocked and impressed, "Where did you learn Shunshin no jutsu?"
Cortana replied, "I learned it this morning while Kushina and John were practicing the Kage Bunshin."
"Simply amazing, to have learned Minato's signature move before breakfast, you are truly a prodigy, I think I know who kunoichi of the year is."
"Hokage-sama did you forget why I brought you here?" Cortana asked trying to remind Sarutobi of Kushina's problem.
"Oh right, Kushina come with me." He put his around Kushina's shoulders and led her in side.
"You guys notice we got left behind, again?" John inquired.
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Location: class room 104
Date: unchanged
Kushina was able to get a temporary ID so she could attend class that day, but she would have to go see Sarutobi after she went to get clothes. While she and Sarutobi worked on that Hinata, Cortana, and John went into their classroom.
As soon as they sat down Sasuke turned to them and asked, "Where's dobe, it thought you guy's were hanging out now?"
"She's with the Hokage and will be here in a moment." John replied
Sasuke raised an eyebrow and thought, "Did he just say 'she.' Nah, I must have just misheard.
Kushina walked in at that moment muttering something about troublesome old men, she looked up to see where everyone was seated and went up next to them and said, "Hey guys, looks like after we get me some clothes I got to head over to see the Hokage."
"Hey, Naruto, why are you in a younger sexy jutsu form?" Sasuke asked, curious because of what John had said earlier.
"This isn't my sexy jutsu, or any jutsu for that matter, and my name isn't Naruto anymore it is Kushina, after my mom." Kushina said
Cortana saw that he was about to hit Kushina so she used Shunshin to keep him sat down and whispered in his ear, "It's not nice to hit a lady." And she hit him in the head.
Despite his Uchiha pride he did let a small look of surprise flash across his face before he said, "Tch, what ever," and he turned back to sulking.
"Your just mad that you didn't figure out that what I was before was a genjutsu." Kushina said, and then stuck out her tongue.
"Tch, dobe." Was Sasuke's only reply.
By this time almost everyone was there most every one was staring at Kushina and thinking the same thing, "Why is Naruto in his sexy jutsu form?"
"Iruka appeared in puff of smoke and said, "Good morning class, Kushina come down here and explain what happened."
Kushina walked down and went through the story; she did leave out the part about how her new father almost killed her. Most everyone was just stunned. Sakura and Ino thought the same thing
Iruka then said, "While you're up here, you might as well go first."
Kushina preformed the Kage Bunshin flawlessly, except she only made one" most everyone was impressed, Sakura was highly pissed off, because she was seeing her, "Kunoichi of the year" title flying out the window, and by the person who used to be the dead last shinobi.
Iruka said, "That was very good Kushina, just remember, Kage or not, that you have to make at least two more Bunshins tomorrow."
The rest of the people in class did well, Iruka saying the same thing to John as he did to Kushina. Then it came to Cortana, the last person to go, deciding that she wanted to show off, and that it had even impressed the Hokage, she used Shunshin to get to the front of the class, most people were impressed by her speed but only thought it was just like most chunin or jounin, fast though she was they just thought that she was like that fuzzy brows kid last year, to fast to see so it seems instantaneous, but that was all. Sasuke, who because of his bloodline has better eyes, even when it isn't activated, and Iruka noticed that her movement had been instantaneous, highly impressed, Iruka decided to ask the Hokage later about her. Angered, she performed the Bunshin jutsu and created 100 clones. That finally got her some recognition, but not the good kind.
"What!!! How dare you try to show off to steal my Sasuke-kun!" Sakura screeched, temporarily deafening the eight students around her.
"I wasn't trying to 'steal your Sasuke-kun' I've already got some one, so you need to shut the hell up and stop bothering people. You Fan-girl." Cortana spat out.
"I bet you like that freak in that weird armor, but I guess it's good for freaks to stay together." Sakura shrieked
That was a mistake, when she insulted John he didn't care but when she insulted Cortana, hell broke loose, mustering speed close to the Shunshin John was about to back hand Sakura for insulting Cortana, when Cortana stopped him and said, "It's not right for guys to hit girls." Then she back handed Sakura herself and said, "Ah that felt good."
Iruka spoke up and said, "No fighting in the class room. John, Cortana you have detention today, Sakura you have detention to day and tomorrow for provoking an attack, that's a stupid thing to do for a ninja. Well I suppose that this concludes today's class, Cortana, John, Sakura stay where you are."
Cortana said, "Hinata pick up the tag that I left on the ground outside so that as soon as we're done with our detention we can meet up.
Once everyone was gone Iruka said you will be doing lines, I want you to right 'I will not fight my comrades.' two hundred times each."
John just made a clone and each did 100 so he got done in about ten minutes to get done, Cortana got done about the same time, so she said, "Good, now come here." John did as he was told and Cortana grabbed onto him and held him in a close hug then she said "Bye." to Iruka they vanished.
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Location: Shinobi Wares, Konoha branch
Date unchanged
Cortana and John flickered into existence next to Hinata and released their hug, Cortana a little more reluctantly than John.
"Hey I was just going to say I'm out and I'm going home to study the scrolls Hiashi gave me. See ya." John said heading towards the Hyuuga compound.
That made it a girl's day out, well that is if you count Kushina. Kushina tried to get away, multiple times, but the other girls just kept catching her and dragging her back. She whined, "Common I want to go train. This is boring."
"No, Father said that we need to get you some new clothes so we are going to get you at least 10 outfits." Hinata answered.
Kushina groaned and looked around; she found a black tight t-shirt and a pair of black shorts. She grabbed a special roll of orange bandage, because she was not going to go without her favorite color, for her kunai pouch, she tried it on, the other girls approved so Kushina grabbed nine copies of what she was wearing and bought them all. She sighed and said, "Finally now that that's done I need to go to see the old man about my new ID."
"Not so Fast Kushina, we still need to get you some underwear." The two other girls said while they looked like they were a little two happy making Kushina try on all these clothes. A very frightened Kushina and thirty minutes later, they left the store with all the clothes she got.
Kushina said, "Man I still need to go get my new ID and home is in the opposite direction, troublesome."
When she said that the other two got the hint and left to go back home with all the clothes in tow, Hinata to watch some TV and Cortana to finish reading every scroll in Kushina's library.
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Location: Hokage's office
Date: June 3, 12 A.K. afternoon
John had decided half way to the Hyuuga compound that he wanted to get some supplies from his ship for the up coming exam, so he went to the Hokage tower. He ran into Kushina outside the doors to his office, with her in her new outfit, he complimented her and she growled, "I would have preferred just using my old clothes."
"Now Kushina your old clothes were bright orange, you would show up like a sore thumb, I'm just happy I wasn't the one that had to make you change your dressing habits." Sarutobi said, with a smile on his face. He startled Kushina a bit, but he failed to get John so Sarutobi made a mental note to try harder. After Kushina calmed a bit he asked, "I know what I need to do for you Kushina, so that leaves you John, what can I do for you?'
"I need to get some of m supplies from my ship so if you'd open the storage after you're done with Kushina, so I can get them out." John replied.
Kushina and Sarutobi went to another room and came back a moment later Kushina with ID in hand. Sarutobi got his keys from his drawer and walked out saying, "Come on, and follow me." John and Kushina walked out of the room and followed Sarutobi to the storage area. Even though Kushina had already seen the craft before she was still amazed by it, she just kept looking at stuff while John got the required supplies, just a 9 mm hand gun, assault rifle, and a particle sniper rifle, and extra rounds for each, backup batteries for the particle sniper rifle.
John said, "I got everything that I need, Kushina lets get out of here and back home, I think we'll be having Korean BBQ, so let's get back fast."
Kushina agreed and so Sarutobi waved them off as he locked the storage room. Everyone was asking John about the weapons, luckily he got home before he decided to give anyone a live demonstration.
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Location: Hyuuga dinning room
Date: June 3, 12 A.K. Evening
He stashed his weapons into his room and walked back out to dinner. It was a normal dinner, minus Kushina who kept asking for ramen. Hinata had seen the weapons that John had brought in and asked, "John, what were those strange weapons that you got?"
John replied, "I have a 9mm hand gun, an assault rifle, and a Particle Sniper rifle. The last one is an Alien artifact, I got it from a dead jackal it fires a concentrated beam of particles that can penetrate just about anything, the first two are of human design and fire a slug of metal faster than the speed of sound, the hand gun gives me accuracy over volume of fire and the assault rifle gives me volume of fire over accuracy. All three are very useful, and because I was train with them instead of shuriken or kunai I was going to use the handgun to qualify for the projectile accuracy part of it. Well that's all for tonight, I need to get a lot of training done tomorrow morning, so Good night."
With that John got up from the table and went to bed, Kushina decided to as well. And with nothing better to do Hinata and Cortana went to their respective beds.
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A/N: Before any of you decide to flame, I looked into it and the Shunshin no jutsu was never made out to be a bloodline trait, so in my story it's a jutsu that was passed on to Kushina, and Cortana just happened to read a different scroll that it was in. Being an AI Cortana is use to reading instructions once and then being able to perform them flawlessly, so it stands to reason that her ability to memorize anything she sees or reads would allow her to perform said action with little difficulty, and I wanted to give Cortana an edge for later in the story.