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A.N.: Sorry about the delay everyone. I had trouble thinking about what I wanted in this chapter. Next time I have trouble, I will ask someone for help so that the chapter does not take as long to come out. Without further problems, I give you chapter 6.
Chapter 6: The Bitch
When Naruto woke up, he was feeling great. 2 years had gone by in the academy so far and he was having fun. He made friends with Shikamaru, Choji, Shino (Naruto still can't get him to talk often, but they are friends,) he even made friends with Ino, though he was sick by the way she fawns over Sasuke. Iruka was a fair teacher and tried to make everyone who deserved to pass, pass. Unfortunately, every girl at the academy (Hinata, Sasuke's fan girls, and even the female teachers) were always trying to assault his, now 2, tails and ears. Though it felt good, Naruto still does not like physical attention, because it reminds him of when he was beaten while younger.
So, when Naruto was summoned to Hiashi's study, he never expected to find what he did.
"Naruto, I would like to introduce you to this person. First, however, can you tell me who this might be?"
Standing in front of Hiashi's desk, was a woman. She had striking blue eyes, unruly blond hair, and was tall. She wore pitch black combat boots, skin tight camouflage pants, a sleeveless black tank top, a black trench coat, and black gloves. Over all, she was beautiful to any mans standards.
Naruto only had to take a quick look at the woman before he knew enough about her. "Let's see. She has blue eyes, unruly blond hair, and I look like her. All I need to know about her is she is part of my family. I do not care who you are woman, you abandoned me. I am sorry Hiashi-Sama; I must be getting to school." With that, Naruto quickly left the study, never noticing the look on the woman's face.
"I was afraid of this. If you must really talk to him, he will be at the academy right now. And listen to me now, if you hurt him, physically or mentally, I WILL hurt you, and have Ibiki torture you, do you understand?" Hiashi had a serious face on when he asked this. Everyone knows that when Hiashi has that look, it is a good idea to stay on his good side.
"Yes, I understand. I just hope Naruto will at least listen to the reasons. Well, I will see you later, old man." With that, the woman used Shunshin while having a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"No one from that family knows proper respect anymore, do they? Good thing Hitomi has been teaching Naruto some good manners." Hiashi pulled out his (and pretty much every mans) favorite book, Icha-Icha Paradise. "Damn, I wonder if Hitomi can bend like that. We should try it some time." Do not forget, of course, the perverted giggling following that statement.
"Now class, today is a special day, I have received the special privilege of being allowed to ask the head of the ANBU torture and interrogation division here in Konoha to come teach the class some stuff. If ANY of you act up, you will automatically be the volunteer for him. Do you all understand?" The entire class vigorously nodded after Iruka's sentence, not wanting to volunteer to be tortured on. Except of course, the one person nobody likes.
"Sensei, wouldn't that be illegal for him to do? I mean to torture any of us without reason? Besides, Sasuke-Kun would protect me; he wouldn't let anyone torture me! " Sakura, of course, had no idea of what she was talking about; she never did, and would not for quite a few years.
"No Sakura, it is perfectly legal as long as he has a good reason for it. His reason for any 'volunteers,' is to make sure their families are really loyal to Konoha, and if your reason to be a ninja is good enough. If he finds either answer unsatisfactory, he can kick you out of the program, and have your family brought to court. Now, no more questions. Ibiki, can you please come in now?"
"Hello. I am Ibiki, and you WILL answer every question I ask you. Before we get started, I want to show you what information can get you." With that, Ibiki took off his fore head protector, showing many scars, burn marks, and craters in his head. "You will sometimes be tortured for the information you have. Sometimes, you will have to torture others for their information. My scars, though, are nothing compared to one of your classmates. It is actually for him why I joined the torture department. Naruto, will you please show everyone the scars you have?"
Naruto reluctantly pulled up his shirt, showing every spot on his body had a scar. "Most of these scars are from the villagers, because they hated me. However, while I was outside of Konoha on my training trip, Iwa caught me. Ibiki knows this, and that is why he asked me to do this. This scar from the bottom of my neck to my waist, from my right shoulder to my left hip, and my left shoulder to my right hip, was given to me to have me talk about the information in Konoha. What you cannot tell from these scars, is that they peeled my skin back and covered my wound in salt. This, however, was not enough for them. They also branded me with hot pokers all over me once I healed from the previous wound. It was during this time that a patrolling ANBU squad was able to liberate me. I never told any of the villages secrets, but if I was left there much longer, I would have probably talked. I thank you once again, Ibiki, for saving me that day."
"You're welcome Naruto. As you can see, the Shinobi life can be tough. I will be evaluating ALL of you to see if you are fit to be ninja. If anyone thinks they cannot stand the torture, get out of this room now. I will ask for any volunteers now, so that we can get this done as fast as possible."
"Ibiki, for saving me, I will volunteer first. This way, you may not have to do every body. Make sure you do one of the tortures you do to high level criminals. That is the minimum foreign Shinobi receive in any village." Ibiki quickly took out a dull rusty blade and some salt from his pocket. "Except, please no rusty blades. It is too easy to get infected from those."
"Okay Naruto. Now everyone watch. I will keep this somewhat mild, but you must always expect worse than this when you are being tortured by enemy ninja." Ibiki brought out a new blade, shiny and sharp, and cut down Naruto's arm slowly, letting him feel it the entire time. He then brought a little salt into Naruto's arm to make sure he felt it. "If you want me to stop Naruto, you better tell me about your family. You better talk fast or else this is going to get much worse."
"Ibiki, you know you could have just asked me that question. You do not have to torture that one out of me. Oh well. My family abandoned me the day I was born. My father was going to seal the Kyuubi into me, but the Third made him back down and tell him the seals. My dad, the yondaime, was then later killed by a one armed man. I personally believe it was the copy ninja, Hatake Kakashi. My mother and any siblings I might have had, skipped town not even an hour after that. Someone from my family, I don't know who, don't really care either, showed up at the Hyuuga manor this morning. She is even waiting right outside the window. So Ibiki, if she does not leave now, she can be your next 'volunteer.'"
The woman quickly left, because she had heard of Ibiki's talent in the torture category. She did not want to tell Naruto's entire class what she had to say. She only wanted to tell Naruto it.
"Okay, now that she is gone, is there anyone who wants to quit now, and save me some time in the long run?" 6 of Sasuke's fan girls quickly raised their hands, and yelled "Sorry Sasuke-Kun, but not even you are worth that!" and ran out of the room. After seeing that, Ibiki was wondering if many in the class were even worthy of being ninja. "Are any of you girls here only for Sasuke? If so, leave this room now, or you are my next torture victim." After this was said, the rest of Sasuke's fan girls ran out of the room, except Sakura and Ino.
"Well, Iruka, it looks like I already thinned your class enough. If anyone else leaves, your class would be suspended. So see you at poker later?"
"Yeah, sure. See you later Ibiki. Now class, I will give you guys the rest of today off since today was so special."
The class was shocked. Their numbers were just cut in half, and they were given half of the day off. It was a miracle. Iruka NEVER gives half days. So the class quickly left so that they did not spoil it.
"Naruto, wait. I want to hear about what happened between you and Iwa."
Naruto stiffened, before walking back into the class. "Well Iruka-Sensei, what basically happened was I became careless, and stumbled upon an Iwa fortress. They were trying to figure out if I was a scout from Konoha, and if not, just find out all they can about Konoha from me. They held me about 3 months before Ibiki's squad came and rescued me. That is about it. Well, see you. I need to go talk to Tsunade Obaa-Chan."
Naruto quickly ran to the Hokage tower, hoping his family member would not follow him. She did, but since she was a trained ninja, she was able to follow without being noticed.
"Obaa-Chan, can I ask you something?"
"No. I have told you too many times to not call me Obaa-Chan. However, you also know the rule that you can ask me anything as long as I can pet your tails. Well?" Tsunade had a hopeful expression. With the addition of his second tail, his fur just grew softer and that much more pleasant to pet.
"Okay, but only if you can answer my question. Did my father have a house? I have stayed with the Hyuugas for too long. It feels like I have over extended my welcome, though they are still nice to me."
"Yes Naruto, your father did have a home. It is actually right next to the Hyuuga compound. Here are the keys. Now, when are you going to let me pet your tails? You know how much I like to pet them."
Before Naruto could tell her, the woman came into the room. As soon as Naruto saw her, he ran and jumped out of the window. Before she could follow him, Tsunade stopped her.
"Who are you, and why did Naruto run from you?"
"Me? I am his sister, and have been trying to talk to him all day, but he keeps running from me. I am trying to tell him about why I am here, but it is kind of hard. Can you please tell me where he is going now so that I can talk to him?" Naruto's sister by now was distraught. She had been trying to catch him all day, but he kept eluding her. She only had until the end of the day before she had to leave again, and it was already 5.
"Yes, he probably went to Ichiraku Ramen since it is dinner time. If you hurt him, be ready to face my wrath, do you understand?"
"Yes, and thank you. I just hope he will actually listen so that I can explain everything to him. See you later, Tsunade-Sama."
"So Naruto, what's wrong? Normally you would already be done with your tenth bowl. You are only on your second." Teuchi, though only a cook, could always tell when there was something wrong with his number one customer.
"Well, I finally found out some of my family is still alive. They have been gone for so long, however, I am just wondering how they can expect to all of a sudden be a part of my life again. You know? Why would they come back now? They had already abandoned me before, so have they come back to rub more salt into the wound? Oh well, here is the money for the meal. I promise I will be feeling better tomorrow and will eat more, so see you later." Naruto slowly slid off of his seat and turned around to come face to face with his sister. After staring for a little bit, he quickly ran off, trying to hide his expression. Each time he saw his sister or felt her nearby him, he became more depressed. Whenever he was depressed, he would go to the Hokage monument. And that is exactly what he did.
By now, it was nearly 8, and almost sundown. Naruto was finally starting to feel peaceful, until he notices his sister coming.
"Stop now. If you come closer I will jump. Is it not bad enough that you abandoned me? Do you really have to torture me like this to? Please, just leave me alone." By the end of his talk, he was starting to cry. All of his emotions, all of his sadness, was starting to well up from not having any family for a long time. Now, all of a sudden, one of his family members showed up after 12 years.
"Naruto, please listen to me. I just want to talk to you okay? I will leave you alone after this if you just listen, okay?" After getting a nod from Naruto, she quickly continued. "Naruto, I am your sister. You still have 3 older brothers, 2 older sisters, and a younger sister left alive. The reason we have not come for you earlier, is because of our mother. She thought of you as just the Kyuubi, but your brothers and sisters knew better. Mom finally died about a month ago. I came here to tell you so that you know you still have some family members that care about you. The rest of our family will be coming the day you graduate to become a Genin. That is all I wanted to tell you all day. So, please understand. We did not abandon you because we wanted to. Our mom forced us to. So please, we just want to be a family again." After the speech, she was in tears. She hated that it took this long for her younger brother to finally listen.
"Well, I listened. I understand what you have told. Just understand this, if you guys want me to consider you a part of my family again, you must earn it. I will not welcome you with open arms. You have been gone far too long for that. Good bye and good luck getting my trust." Naruto slowly left the monument, thinking about what his sister said and about how he still had a pretty big family left alive.
All of a sudden, another woman appeared next to Naruto's sister. "So, do you think we will have any chance of getting to know him again, daughter?"
"Honestly, mom? I have no clue. And after he finds out about the lie you had me tell him, I doubt we will have a very good chance of it. I just hope my little brother will accept us. Though, he did have a good point. It has been to long since we have been in his life. Far too long."
Yet again, I am truly sorry for the delay. I hope this chapter makes up for it. If not, then please heap all of your worst insults upon me so that I can feel your deserved wrath. Hopefully, next time it will not take 3 months for me to work past a writer's block. Until next time, see ya.
