NARUTO: Konoha gakurenosato no mesu kitsune
(The Female Fox of the Village Hidden in the Leaves)
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-Dairokushō: Kanashī hi-
Today's date is October 1st, Naruko's seventh birthday is just around the corner. It was a normal day, waking up from her sleep Naruko rubbed the sleep from her eyes before getting ready for the day. Like most days after getting ready she went to train and go hunting for food, Naruko had hit a ceiling so to speak with most of her training. She hasn't gotten much stronger no matter how hard she trained; she couldn't continue to advance in many fields. The only fields she had improved in were Fuinjutsu, Medical Ninjutsu, and handy work, but even then, the improvement was mild. Naruko knew she was strong, but she wanted to be stronger, she wanted to be the strongest Kunoichi ever, but she knew that if she ever asked for help with actually getting stronger, she might be outed as her real strength. So many thoughts raced through Naruko's head at once that she didn't notice the Weasel masked ANBU standing in front of her, "Hokage-Sama has requested your presence at the Hokage Tower." He said, Naruko stood still completely shocked, "Hai, Itachi." Naruko replied plainly, 'Looks like I won't be doing physical training this morning.' Naruko thought to herself with a pout.
Both Naruko and Itachi jumped across the rooftops to reach the Hokage Tower with due haste. Naruko was well known for her speed due to her pranks so Itachi didn't see it as odd, Hell, she even outpaced many ANBU. Dropping down from the rooftops not far from the Hokage Tower they slowed their pace only slightly to avoid bumping into any of the few villagers around at this time. After entering the tower, they started to walk, but not another word was spoken until Itachi knocked on the Hokage's door, "Enter," Hiruzen shouted, "Ah, Naruko, come take a seat," Hiruzen said as she noticed Iruka standing next to him with papers sprawled out on the desk, not to mention the large stacks of paper on the floors. Naruko was now officially nervous as her mind started to race even further, 'Did they see through my deception? Are they going to put me under more constant surveillance? Do they know about Kurama? Or did I just get pulled in because of a prank I pulled? Hopefully it's just a prank, it has to be right?.' Hiruzen looked at the nervous Naruko, "You're not in trouble, Naruko." Hiruzen stated seeing how nervous she was, "We just needed to talk about something that was brought to my attention recently." Naruko's heart dropped at this, not sure what was happening, she was smart, very smart, but no matter what she thought about, she couldn't think of anything that gave her away.
Naruko looked up, "What's going on Jiji?" Naruko asked, Iruka was going to speak up, but then Hiruzen just put up a hand, "I heard about-," Naruko gulped, "How the other teachers have been treating you," Naruko let a small sigh escape her lips before realizing, "Wait, you have?" Naruko looked at Hiruzen who just nodded, "Iruka has informed me of it with proof documenting it, including images." Hiruzen stopped to look at Naruko with his eyes open this time, "I will be relieving them of their teaching duties due to their hostility and breaking laws of Konoha. I just wanted to inform you, I also wanted to know if you had anyone in mind for a teaching position that you trust." Hiruzen said while taking a puff from his pipe, Naruko was wide-eyed and slack-jawed. The Hokage was asking an almost seven year old for advice on trusted teachers, it was Ludicrous, but then again, it could be very beneficial. Naruko sat in thought for a while, "Hmm, I'd have to say Anko-Nee-chan for one," Hiruzen smiled at this, because he expected it, but you could see his worry in his eyes and body language. Hiruzen nodded, "I have thought about it, she is clearly a good teacher.," Hiruzen paused before continuing, "I'm just worried about her methods," Hiruzen said, his eyes still closed with a stoic expression on his face, "You're right that she can be a little rash but, she would be effective at teaching the older classes to deal with Killing Intent, or even be Iruka's assistant since he's still new to teaching." Naruko said matter-of-factly which surprised Iruka and Hiruzen. Both of which weren't expecting any form of thought behind it past being someone Naurko thought trustworthy, "What if we just kept them for now?" Naruko asked, shocking Hiruzen and Iruka even further, "What if it became more of a training exercise than anything?" Hiruzen and Iruka looked at each other, both thinking about how brilliant it sounded, but because of how brilliant it sounded, it also sounded extremely stupid. Hiruzen wanted to reject it, he really did since they were worse than scum, but because he became lax in his old age he decided to let it slip by, as long as that is what Naruko wanted to do as well.
'Why rock the boat when an easy path presents itself?' Hiruzen thought to himself, his face portraying a small amount of that line of thinking as well, "You can't be considering it, can you Hokage-Sama?" Iruka said quietly after leaning in, no one but Naruko and Hiruzen could hear him. Naruko's senses were keen enough to pick up Iruka's statement as if he was speaking to her directly, Iruka and Hiruzen however, did not need to know this. Naruko knew well that in his old age Hiruzen wouldn't want to make things harder than they need to be, "Well, I will leave them for now, I will however remove them as soon as you wish for them to stay." Iruka couldn't help but stare at Hiruzen with complete and utter shock, he couldn't formulate a sentence. Naruko smiled slyly to herself, "Well, if that is all, I'd like to do my daily routine," Naruko said before getting ready to move out. Before Naruko could move more than a twitch Hiruzen spoke, "There is one more thing Naruko," Naruko froze upon hearing her name.
~Academy 07:00~
Students were all taking their seats, Naruko chose to sit next to Kiba and Hinata, Sasuke sat close to Naruko as well so they could converse. Shikamaru sat with his head down like usual, Choji was eating a bag of chips, Sakura and Ino were talking casually. Hinata was talking with Naruko and Kiba, though she was stuttering especially when talking with Naruko. Naruko decided then and there to help Hinata become more confident, since confidence is key after all. The door slid open quickly revealing a slightly annoyed Iruka, "Alright everyone, we're going to be doing a test today, I hope you remembered to study history." Iruka said, making everyone sigh disgruntled. As Iruka handed a small stack of papers to the front of the class they took one and handed back the stack. Each person grabbed one before passing the stack back a row, everyone got one. After everyone got one they put their names and dates on their respective papers, "Hajime." Iruka said, everyone began to take the test. Questions like, "Who was the first Hokage? Who was the Second Hokage? Who founded the village? What caused the First Shinobi war?" Were all there, and then some. Naurko knew the answers thanks to the teaching Kurama gave her, but she decided the answer incorrectly for the majority of them, only getting enough right to pass, albeit barely. Everyone else did well for the most part, Takahiro who had not been seen by anyone since coming with Naruko from the Inuzuka compound poked his head out a little from Naruko's jacket, he was just looking curiously at everyone when he met eyes with Akamaru. Akamaru and Takahiro stared at each other for a moment before both looking at their respective companions. Takahiro hid away as soon as Kiba moved ever-so-slightly, although Kiba had made many comments on smelling wild dogs he always thought that it was just because Naruko hung around the Inuzuka compound a lot, though he had also mentioned that Naurko herself had a very fox like smell that was sweet in a way, almost as if she had come out of a bakery selling cookies or cakes.
Though they sat next to each other, Kiba had not noticed Takahiro, "So Naruko, about the plans for later today." Kiba started to speak, "I know, I have everything ready on my end," Naruko replied with a whisper, "Sasuke, did you ask your father for permission to do this?" Sasuke smiled before responding, "Yeah, he said as long as we don't get too rowdy, though he did seem hesitant about it." Sasuke said the last part barely audibly, "Alright everyone, you all passed the test," Iruka said with a sigh, "It's time for your next classes." Everyone started to get up and go to their respective classes. Throughout the rest of the day Naruko didn't really pay heed to anyone, she mostly sat and spoke with Takahiro, or practiced her Chakra thread control. Naruko just kept thinking about how great tonight was going to be, as long as everything went to plan. She didn't realize that she was in her last class until Takahiro whispered in her ear, "Chikyū e Naruko." Naruko's eyes shot open wide at hearing her name, "What's up Takahiro?" Naruko asked near silently without looking towards him as people were walking by. Takahiro sighed, which came out more like a whimper before speaking, "Have you even noticed what class you're in? You spaced out a few classes ago and haven't spoken a word to me since." Naruko just gave a slight nod to Takahiro, "I'm fine, just thinking about tonight, the party is going to be great." Naruko said with a smile, "What are you even celebrating anyhow?" Takahiro asked tiredly, "The fact that we all passed the tests today," Naruko replied with a neutral expression. Then silence, for a long time while they sat and waited for the day to end. As soon as they heard the teachers dismissing students Naruko was out the door and waiting in the front for everyone.
Naruko waited for the group to show up, the party was going to consist of Shikamaru, Kiba, Sasuke, Hinata, Naruko, Choji, Ino, and Sakura. Everyone was going to bring their own things to share, Naruko was bringing some of her catch from a few days prior, Kiba was bringing a different type of meat, Sasuke was providing the location, Hinata was bringing Sushi, Ino was bringing Rice balls, Sakura was bringing cakes, and Choji was bringing an insane amount of an assortment of snack foods. They all walked together to grab each item, though all of them noticed the weird glares they got from the normal villagers. Though they chose to ignore it for now since it was supposed to be a good day, "Alright, let's get this all together." Naruko said with an infectious smile, the others that knew her couldn't help but smile as well. They went from place to place grabbing what they needed for the party. They didn't realize how long it would take to get everything, it was almost dark by the time they started heading to the Uchiha Compound. The idle conversation was mostly congratulatory, or thinking about how awesome the party was going to be. As they got close to the cusp of the Compound Kiba, Akamaru, Naruko and Takahiro noticed a very distinct scent, a very metallic one, "Everyone, stop." Both Kiba and Naruko said at the same time, confusing the others, "What's going on?" Sasuke asked, "I smell blood," Kiba said, "A lot," Naruko added. The others tensed up at hearing that, Shikamaru sighed, "Looks like we need to get someone higher to help with this, we're not even Genin yet," Shikamaru pointed out, "Ino, Sakura, both of you split up and find Chunin or Jonin available around the village, quickly." Both Ino and Sakura quickly ran to find assistance, "We're going to find out if everyone is okay inside, Choji you'll be in the lead, followed by Kiba, I'll be behind Kiba, Sasuke take the left flank, Naruko you take the right flank, Hinata, please cover our backs." Everyone nodded, 'Damn, we shouldn't be going in there, but I know that if we don't go Sasuke will just run in regardless, what a drag.' Shikamaru thought, "Let's go." Shikamaru said before they went through to find any survivors, but so far they found a lot of dead Uchiha. Sasuke was very much scared and angry, "Are we under attack from another village?" Kiba asked, "It's unlikely, there has been no combat outside of here, and in spite of that, there wasn't much combat here either. If I had to guess, this is a direct assault against the Uchiha, though I can't say for sure." Shikamaru said slightly on edge.
As they walked through the streets they still saw no surviving Uchiha besides Sasuke, "T-this i-is awef-ful," Hinata stuttered out, everyone was nauseous from the intense smell of blood, the Sun was just about completely set by the time they reached Sasuke's house. They had hoped that Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha-Ichizoku was able to stop the blood bath, the massacre, that happened here. They all entered with a large amount of caution, the blood still fresh as the Sun fully set, leaving all in darkness. Sasuke was getting very antsy, the anxiety was driving him crazy, walking through the house they saw nothing until entering the common area of the household. Laying dead on the floor was Fugaku, Sasuke's father, though he mother was nowhere to be seen, though Sasuke was not on the best terms with his father, he still wanted to mourn his death, he was angry, 'Who, who could have done this, why?" Sasuke thought, clenching his fists tightly, tight enough to leave red marks on his hands. They left the building to continue their search when they ran into Itachi, "Itachi, thank goodness you're alright, everyone else appears to be injured or deceased, we could use your assistance to-," Shikamaru was cut off by Itachi throwing Kunai at him, to which Naruko deflected, "What are you doing Itachi?" Sasuke asked loudly, "I killed them all." Itachi stated monotonically, "W-what?" Asked almost everyone in unison, "I. Killed. Them. All." Itachi said to make himself clear, everyone got into a stance, 'Shit, this isn't good, if we face him our chances of survival are less than one in one hundred twenty-three billion.' Shikamaru thought, "W-why, Onii-chan?" Sasuke asked very seriously, as he paled, "I slaughtered them like animals. Not just the med, but the women, and children too, all to test myself." Itachi stated, before he could use Tsukuyomi on Sasuke he had to dodge a few strikes from Naruko, Choji, and Shikamaru, who were trying to just keep him busy until help could arrive. They knew that no one below Jonin could actually stand up to him, but they knew that if they didn't fight they'd die where they stood.
The three worked well together, keeping Itachi on the defensive, "Shadow possession successful," Shikamaru said as Itachi looked down, Itachi then flared his Chakra and jumped, breaking cleanly free of Shikamaru's hold. Nothing they did seemed to work, not even the strongest things they could do were even able to make him blink. Just then out of nowhere they heard whistling hurtling towards them, as Itachi quickly left using a Shunshin. Shuriken and Kunai landed exactly where he had been standing, "Damn, he got away." Said a dog masked ANBU, "Hey, Inu." Naruko said panting, everyone was out of breath, Itachi was a strong opponent it took everything they had to keep him from killing them, but even then they knew he wasn't going all out. Anko, Iruka, a few Medic-nin, some Chunin, Hiruzen, Mikoto, Izumi, a few Hyuuga members including Hiashi the clan head, some Inuzuka including Tsume the clan head, and Ibiki soon showed up at the battle area. The medic-nin soon tended to the minor injuries everyone incurred during the battle which lasted mere minutes, but felt almost as if an hour had passed, everyone was shocked at the state of the Uchiha clan, almost entirely massacred, had it not been for the small group it's possible Sasuke, his mother and Izumi would have also been killed without notice, "We'll talk about what happened here after you get checked out at the hospital," Hiruzen stated before turning and getting as many ANBU as possible ready to deal with this incident. As they were brought to the hospital Naruko was made to walk, but she stuck by Sasuke's side during it all. Sasuke was in shock, he was having trouble processing everything that happened, he wasn't sure how to feel, he didn't know what to think.
Izumi and Mikoto came to see Sasuke after talking with Hiruzen for a while. Hiruzen didn't understand why Itachi would kill his whole clan, he was the one Shinobi advocating for a peaceful resolution, if at all possible, for anything. Hiruzen sent both of them out after getting a scroll from someone, but the day's events were strange. Mikoto and Izumi were saddened by their losses, but glad to be alive. Everyone who fought Itachi only had minor cuts, scrapes, bruises, and Chakra exhaustion, no one was severely injured. Everyone needed to rest after such an event, no one could comprehend the reasons for the sudden slaughter.
-Dairokushō Owari-
Okay, sorry for the delay, I have been very busy with things, and I had to keep leaving and coming back to it, I also couldn't make it as long as I originally intended due to the circumstances as well, I really do hope you enjoy this, I still am working my hardest to get it out.
There will be a large delay between this and the next Chapter, primarily due to my time constraints at current, as well as me making a Pat-reon with a Two chapter lead to this, whereas I usually post this as soon as the chapter is done, I will have to stagger and delay it.
