A/N: Here's Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the Naruto series
Words in italics means the character is thinking.
Six years ago, a few months before he went to train with Jiraya, Naruto was sent on a mission that would take him to the far edge of Earth Country.
News had spread through Konoha that someone was gathering rouge shinobi for an unknown purpose and Naruto was sent out on a reconnaissance mission. Konoha had still not recovered from Orochimaru's attack during the Chunin exams, leaving few available shinobi to go scouting on what might only be a rumor. Tsunade, who had just taken the position of Hokage, was forced to send Naruto alone into Earth Country. The simple-minded shinobi, however, got lost along the way and was roaming a forest at the base of a mountain range in what he believed was still Fire Country.
One night while Naruto continued to look for any signs of rouge shinobi, he was leaping from branch to branch when a lone howl resounded through the forest. For some reason, unknown even to him, Naruto followed the sound to its source. The glow from the full moon illuminated the scene for him when he got there, three snarling wolves ready to charge a girl in light blue samurai robes and black hakama.
"Could she be one of the rouge shinobi? She doesn't look like a shinobi though." He thought to himself, "what am I thinking, this girl is in trouble I have to-" before he could finish his thought one wolf was already dead. Her katana completely severed its head, however, while turning for her next attack another wolf clawed her back. Blood was seeping out of the slashed holes of her robe. She staggered away from the attacking wolf only to have her arm caught in the jaws of the third wolf. It dragged her down to the ground and tore at her arm while the wolf with blue fabric caught in its claws rushed over and gnawed on her leg.
The girl's consciousness began to fade from the pain and loss of blood. Her eyelids became heavy and difficult to keep open, but just before they completely closed she saw two bright orange blurs coming closer and closer. The last thing she heard was a voice call out, "Rasengan!"
When she awoke, the sun had just begun to rise over the tops of the mountains. The memories of her encounter last night slowly crept back into her mind causing her to hastily sit up only to fall back down in pain. She finally noticed that she was lying on a blanket and gauze was tightly wrapped around her chest, arm and leg.
"Hey now, you shouldn't be moving so much yet. How are you feeling?" The stranger in orange asked her.
"Who are you?" She yelled, looking around in a panic to find her katana.
"Here, you looking for this?" The boy handed her the weapon.
She snatched it out of his hand and tried to flee but every move stretched the wounds on her back sending spikes of pain through her body. Giving up, she examined the boy and his bright orange clothes brought back another memory from last night.
"You were there last night weren't you? Did you save me?" She asked him.
"Yeah, but I acted too slowly and you got injured. When I saw you take down the first wolf so fast I thought you would be fine on your own. By the time I took out the other two wolves you were already passed out. I used what supplies I had but we should probably get you to a hospital or doctor soon, though I don't know where we will find one out here." He told her.
Wincing in pain, she struggled to get to her knees and slowly bowed as far as she could. "Arigatoo gozaimasu, I am indebted to you and a samurai never forgets to pay off their debts… um…"
"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki and please lie back down you will just make your injuries worse. Besides you don't owe me anything, I couldn't stand around and just watch you get eaten by a pack of wolves." Naruto blushed at the formality she was showing him. No one had ever given him so much respect before, it made him a little uncomfortable.
"Uzumaki-san, I thank you for the kindness you have shown me. My name is Misaki Iwahara and I will do what I can to repay that kindness." Misaki examined her savior once more. His sunny blond hair, his light blue eyes that matched her hair and the marks on his cheeks that looked like whiskers made his face adorable. Checking further down she saw blood stains on his jacket, "That must be my blood he's covered in; he went through so much trouble to save me." She thought, then looked down at herself and noticed the only thing covering her chest was the gauze wrapped around her and there was a boy standing in front of her. Her face turned bright red and she tried to cover as much as she could with her arms, "could you please hand me my robe." She pointed to it hanging on the branch of a tree.
"Oh, gomen! Here you go." Naruto draped it over her shoulders.
When his hand brushed against her cheek as he let go of the robe; her heart rate increased and her face blushed again but for a different reason. "I have never met anyone like him before, he is kind and cheerful. He must be a decent fighter to have beaten those wolves without getting injured. I haven't felt this way about a person before."
"What are we going to do about getting you to a doctor?" Naruto thought out loud.
"My village isn't too far from here, we can go to the doctor there." She stated.
"Great idea, we will just go to your… VILLAGE? I have been wandering this forest for days and there was a village this close the whole time?"
"Yeah my village is just on the other side of the mountain. We can take the secret entrance that goes straight through the mountain." She informed him.
"Awesome, but do you think you can walk?"
"I think so." Cautiously she got to her feet but her injured leg that the wolf chewed on was too unstable and fell back to her knees.
"Let me help you." Naruto knelt down next to her and placed her arm on his shoulder, slowly Misaki was able to stand with Naruto's support. With him so close, Misaki could easily smell Naruto's scent which sent shivers down her spine. A constant blush was present on her face and while they walked her mind zoned out.
"Misaki-chan… hey, Misaki-chan?" Naruto called out to her.
"Wha… huh?" She said coming too. "Gomen, I just had something on my mind."
"You know, you had the same look as another girl in my village. Seems like whenever I am around, her face is red and she is in her own little world." Naruto chuckled.
Misaki did not find it as funny as Naruto, since she was thinking about him and that means the other girl was probably thinking about him too. She had just found the first guy she ever liked and there was already competition for him. Now, with her first feelings of love came her first feelings of jealousy. Misaki decided she had to find a way to keep Naruto with her forever.
She led them to a location at the base of the mountain that seemed to look completely normal, however, she took out her katana and stabbed it into an almost invisible slot in the rocky surface. She then rotated the blade 180 degrees counter-clockwise which forced a passage way to open up next to them. It was a tunnel that went directly through the mountain.
"If your village is on the other side of the mountain, what were you doing on this side?" Naruto asked her as they walked towards the end of the tunnel.
"I was using the trees out there to practice my techniques because we don't have too many trees in our village. The tall mountains that surround us cast an almost constant shadow upon us so it is difficult for them to grow."
"What techniques are those?" He asked, always interested in new techniques.
"Battojutsu. It is my specialty. It uses the draw of the sword to attack your enemy." She said proudly.
"Oh, so that's what you used on the first wolf. I'm surprised you weren't able to finish off the other two as well."
"Well, battojutsu consists of mostly one-shot attacks. I have learned some of the advanced techniques in case someone dodges or counters it, but I haven't had much practice at taking on multiple opponents yet." Misaki confessed. "Oh great, now he must think I'm incompetent and unable to fight."
"I would be glad to help you practice after your injuries heal, Misaki-chan."
"Really? Arigatoo Uzumaki-san." She was overjoyed that he offered to help her.
"No problem, but please no more Uzumaki-san. Just call me Naruto-kun or just Naruto." He said.
"Ok… N-Naruto-kun." She replied, blushing again.
"Here we are. Welcome to Kage Village, Naruto-kun." She announced as they walked out of the tunnel and right into the village. Naruto looked around and saw only a dozen or so buildings and a few people walking around dressed like Misaki. It was a very small village and she was right about the constant shadow from the mountains. It was hard to tell that it was even daytime if you didn't look straight up at the sky. Walking further into the village a man with a long white beard and hunched over a big wooden cane approached them.
"Misaki-chan what happened to you, we were very worried about you." The old man said.
"Gomen, Elder. I ran into some trouble in the forest but Naruto-kun here rescued me."
"I see, then it seems we are in your debt young man."
"Don't worry about it, but more importantly we need to get Misaki-chan to a doctor quickly so she can be examined." Naruto explained.
"Of course, come with me." The elder led them to the house where their doctor lived. The village was small enough that they didn't need an entire hospital like Konoha does; with only a few dozen people living there the physician converted a guest room in his house into an examination room where he treated the patients.
After Elder explained the situation, the doctor took Misaki back into the examination room while Elder and Naruto waited in the kitchen around the table.
"Thank you again for saving Misaki-chan." He told Naruto.
"I had to do something, I couldn't let her get killed. Should we let her parents know that she is alright?" Naruto asked.
"Unfortunately, her parents passed away when she was very young. I have been looking after her for most of her life. Oh, where are my manners, allow me to introduce myself. I am the village leader, Satoshi Arakawa, but most people just call me Elder."
"I am Naruto Uzumaki, a shinobi from Konoha Village."
"I am not familiar with that village." Elder said.
"Really, I thought everyone in Fire Country knew of our village?"
"Fire Country? My boy, we are in Earth Country right along the furthest edge from Fire Country." The old man said with a laugh.
"You mean I managed to make it to Earth Country after all? Then I will be able to continue my mission." The boy said excitedly.
"What mission are you on?"
"I am looking for a gang of rouge shinobi that are said to be gathering somewhere around this area, have you heard of anything like that?" Naruto asked him hoping the trip wasn't a waste of time.
"Sorry, I am afraid there is nothing like that happening around here. We may be behind the mountains but we have an excellent information network throughout most of Earth Country." Elder apologized.
"I see, I guess I will have to get going soon and report back to my village."
"Why don't you stay for awhile? Misaki has been a little down lately and would enjoy the company while she is injured. She insisted on living alone a few months ago so it would be nice if you could stay with her while she recuperated." Elder suggested.
The doctor walked out of the examination room and gave the two them his prognosis.
"Miskai-chan will be fine. Because her wounds were treated quickly the muscles in her leg and arm as well as the scratches along her back will heal. However, she won't be able to move around too much for about a week and will need her wrappings changed often."
Elder and Naruto felt relieved to hear the good news.
"If that's the case, I will stay with Misaki-chan and help her out." Naruto declared.
"REALLY NARUTO-KUN?" Misaki sat up and shouted from the other room then fell back down on the bed in pain.
"Hai, I will look after you so please don't strain yourself and make your injuries worse." Naruto tried to calm her down.
With the doctor's help, they got Misaki situated in her apartment. After thanking the doctor and seeing him to the door, Naruto ran back to the bedroom to check on Misaki.
"Are you doing ok? Do you hurt anywhere?" He asked.
"No I'm fine Naruto-kun. You don't have to worry about me so much."
"I just want you to get better soon, then we can go train together and I can see your cool techniques. Now, how about some dinner? How does ramen sound?" Naruto hoped she liked ramen because he had a giant craving for it.
"If you don't mind making it; that would be great. I have all the ingredients in the kitchen." Naruto ran off to get everything going. "I can't believe all that he has done for me and we only just met. There is no way I can let him leave me, I will have to find a way to make him stay here."
Over the next few days Naruto cooked meals for both of them and tended to Misaki's injuries. Each day she tried to get closer and more connected to Naruto to make him want to stay with her. She started out with innocent flirting and compliments but found that he was too thick headed to get it. Next, she "accidently" tripped while he was helping her walk and fell on top of him. Her hand rubbed up against his crotch and lingered there. Still, he didn't notice what she was doing.
Eventually she regained full function of her leg and was completely healed so they went out into the forest where they first met so they could train together.
"Ok, tonight is the night. Now that I am healed I will make him mine." She thought.
Naruto made a cross with the first two fingers of each hand and yelled out, "kage bunshin no jutsu!" Three clones of Naruto appeared in a cloud of smoke standing next to the original.
"Wow, that's amazing Naruto-kun!" Misaki squealed while thinking of other possibilities for that technique.
"Alright, show me your battojutsu technique on one of my clones." Naruto explained.
"Are you sure it won't hurt you if I do that?" Misaki worried.
"It won't hurt a bit; I don't feel anything that happens to my clones."
The samurai trusted Naruto and in the blink of an eye sliced through the clone making it disappear just as fast as it appeared.
Naruto stood in amazement, "That was great Misaki-chan. I didn't see a thing."
Misaki blushed at his praise and was excited to show him more. The two of them trained the rest of the day, working on attacking multiple opponents. Naruto kept making shadow clones and Misaki cut them down until it was night fall.
"Shall we call it a day?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, I'm pretty beat." Misaki panted.
They hiked back through the secret tunnel and into Misaki's apartment. She decided to cook since Naruto had been doing all the cooking until now, she told him to go relax on the couch. Naruto was fast asleep by the time she came out to tell him dinner was ready. He slept on the couch each night so he was pretty used to the couch by now. Misaki looked on as he innocently slept, his face so adorable that she couldn't hold back any longer. She untied her obi and slid her robe off her shoulders. No longer needing to wear bandages; her bare C cup breasts were exposed to the night air. She wiggled out of her hakama and her white cotton panties revealing a little tuft of light blue hair on the top of her mound. Misaki climbed on top of Naruto and slowly rubber her pussy against his knee which gradually started to leave a wet spot on his pants. She ran her hands along the muscles on his chest and kissed her way up his neck.
Naruto began moaning in his sleep, his dreams were being manipulated by the sensations that his body was feeling. In his dream it was the exact scene that was happening in the real world except it was Sakura lying on him.
Misaki, getting frustrated that he hadn't woken up yet, grabbed his dick with a little more force than should ever be used on that part of a man's body. Naruto jerked straight out of his slumber and yelled, "Not so hard Sakura-chan!"
"What was that, Naruto-kun?" Misaki said with anger building inside her and still holding onto his dick.
"Misaki-chan, what are you doing?" Naruto now completely awake and seeing Misaki on top of him, naked, and holding on to him with a tight grip.
"I have been throwing myself at you the entire time you have been here and you are fantasizing about someone else. I won't allow it, you are mine now Naru-kun. I love you more than anyone else ever will so you have no choice but to stay here with me." She said with an eerie tone to her voice.
"What are you talking about Misaki-chan, I will have to go back to my village and give my report on my mission. I never intended to stay here forever, just until you got better."
"NO! I won't let you leave! You belong to me so you are going to stay here even if I have to use force." She said in a panic.
Naruto could see that she was losing it and had to find a way to get out of there. Luckily she hadn't tried to restrain him yet so his arms were still free, he quickly created a shadow clone who grabbed her from behind setting him free from the tight hold on his crotch.
"What are you doing Naru-kun, I love you more than anything. You have to stay with me!"
"I'm sorry Misaki-chan, but I don't feel the same for you." Naruto told her.
Her eyes grew wide and screamed, "NOOOOO!" She felt like her world was crashing upon her. Her love was rejected and she didn't know how to deal with the rage that was building up inside her. Misaki freed one of her hands from the clone and punched it in the face until it evaporated in a puff of smoke. Naruto realized it was his only chance to escape but he would need a way through the mountains. He saw one of her practice katana propped up against a wall and took it as he jumped out the window. Misaki put on her robe to cover her naked body and followed after him.
Naruto took out the blade when he reached the secret entrance at the mountain and stabbed it through the key hole, turning it to activate the door. He withdrew the katana from the rock and took it with him so she would not be able to follow him right away. The door shut just as Misaki reached it. She slammed her fist against the wall crying and screaming for Naruto to come back, but he was already running through the forest on the other side.
"Someday I will find you again Naru-kun and I will make you love me, I swear it!" She shouted.
PRESENT
"So that girl, Misaki, came looking for you and saw you with Sakura-chan and figured she was your lover so she killed her?" Kiba questioned.
"Yes, that is the most likely scenario of what happened. She must have seen me leaving Sakura-chan's apartment after we finished shopping and mistook the situation." Naruto said solemnly.
The rest of the Konoha 11 had gathered and heard Naruto's story as well as other shinobi of the village.
"Then this is all your fault, Naruto." Kiba proclaimed. "Why haven't you done something about her yet? How could you not notice you were being followed?" His fists clenched, ready to run over and attack him.
"I know it is my fault, but I thought she had given up on her search a long time ago because I haven't seen her since." Naruto retorted.
"It is not your fault Naru-kun, don't blame yourself. The girl is mentally unstable and if you haven't seen her since there was no reason for you to go looking for her." Hinata still trying to comfort him glared back at Kiba, silently telling him to back down or else.
"Enough all of you!" Tsunade shouted. "We can discuss this later, but right now we need to arrange for Sakura-chan's funeral." As she picked up the lifeless body, Tsunade stared at Naruto and left without saying a word to him.
Everyone else dispersed through the village leaving Naruto to wallow in his sense of guilt and Hinata holding onto him.
A/N: Another chapter down. I will try to keep putting in a word list of all the Japanese words and techniques that I haven't already defined. Please send me your reviews of what you think so far!
Arigatoo gozaimasu: thank you very much
Kage Village: Shadow Village
Kage bunshin no jutsu: Shadow clone technique
Rasengan: Spiral Chakra Sphere