Chapter nine
"How did it go?" Tsunade asked as the group filled in and eyed Skylar suspiciously on Naruto's back.
"No time to talk about that… I've put the pieces together and I now know most of Kabuto's intensions and why he's after me and where those girls came from." Skylar stressed as she slid off of his back and stumbled with him catching her again.
"Go on." Tsunade urged.
"The last thing he said to me was he's making the perfect warrior with the bijuu, sharingan and now the curse seal. It was also confirmed he is still after me as he used Naruto and his team to lure me out and try once again to capture me. I began thinking over everything from when I first met him, his actions and the three mysterious girls actions. The first time, they tried to capture me or get my DNA, same thing this time around. His words stuck into my mind especially 'make the perfect warrior'." Skylar explained and had to stop so she could force the bile in her throat down.
"What are you getting at?" Tsunade asked, wanting to get straight to the point.
"He made those girls, using Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke's DNA, they're too much like them to deny that he made them and that is why they're loyal to him, he wants my DNA believing I still possibly have the rinnegan or able to get it from my DNA or go after the Shodai Hokage's cells again to produce the rinnegan like Madara had. It's the only explanation there is and it makes me sick to my stomach." Skylar said, trying to hold back again as Naruto rubbed her back absentmindedly. "What he wants to do with them after that is anyone's guess." She added, closing her eyes and a hand to her mouth.
"I see… Team Yamato, report to the hospital for check ups on your wounds and such, Kakashi and Sasuke, you're dismissed. Skylar, we're going to see Shikaku and see if he comes out at the same answer." Tsunade said standing up and helping Skylar out with her to the Nara compound.
"This is so troublesome." Shikamaru whined after hours of going through Skylar's memories with Inoichi, Shikaku and Tsunade.
"To be honest, I don't see many flaws in her thoughts about this and it's worrying especially with the chunin exams coming up." Shikaku said and Inoichi nodded.
"I'll have a team watching Kabuto after we find him again and Skylar and her team won't be leaving the village for a while during the exams so hopefully he'll show himself sooner or later, depending on how desperate he gets." Tsunade said.
"Can I go home now or do you want to take another stroll down memory lane?" Skylar asked and they all poorly hid their amusement as she left to get some sleep and a nice warm shower after being ripped apart by that dumb cat the day before. The streets were quiet as she strolled through the market with her hands in her pockets when she heard someone shouting for someone to stop. She looked down the road to her right and saw Konohamaru and his team chasing a man a little in front of them. Skylar stepped out of the man's way but kept her foot and he skidded along the ground and Konohamaru caught up to him with Ebisu just behind.
"Thank you for slowing down that thief ma'am." Ebisu said to her.
"No problem, it's a shinobi's duty I guess." She said with a smile as he joined the teens wrestling the man to tie him up. The man ducked through them and ran up to Skylar again, trying to get away so she held out her fist, punched him in the gut and slammed him hard enough into the ground to make spider web cracks on the floor, making the man unconscious.
"Thanks miss." Konohamaru said to her as Ebisu and Moegi tied him up.
"No problem Konohamaru." She let it slip and he looked at her.
"Do you know me?" He asked innocently.
"I know Naruto if that helps, my name's Uzumaki Skylar." She said, holding out her hand to his, which he took and shook happily.
"You're that girl everyone was talking about a year ago, that's so cool." He said excitedly as both Udon and Moegi came closer and their eyes looked like they were sparkling up at her.
"Uh, got to go bye." She said with a smile and in a flash of red she was gone and on her bed with a sigh.
"You should get something to eat." Kakashi said sticking his head into her room and Skylar hopped up defensively.
"God Kakashi, don't do that…" She said sitting on her bed again.
"So… How are you feeling?" He asked as he sat down next to her.
"Just a little tired and sore from throwing up… I guess some food would do me some good, have you made anything?" She asked hopeful.
"Yeah, I did, it's in the oven for you to heat up… Are you sure you're okay and not just bluffing?" Kakashi asked with an odd glint in his eye.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I was just a bit disgusted at what I thought up, I'll be fine… By the way, when are Naruto and Sasuke going to start training for the exams, I think we should train together at least once before hand, what do you think?" Skylar asked as she moved to the kitchen and sat down with her food from the oven with Kakashi sitting across from her.
"So, how's your relationship with Naruto going?" He asked and Skylar swallowed and choked and drank down water as her face went blue and purple.
"I'm not going to speak about this with you, you pervert." Skylar said roughly as she tried to breath again.
"Aw come on, I just want to make sure he's treating my little Skylar-chan right." Kakashi whined and leaned his elbows on the table and put his chin into the palms of his hands. Skylar began to blush under his solid gaze, never blinking as he stared a hole into her head.
"Fine. We haven't really had the time okay we cuddle and we went swimming that one-day, that's it… Now go read your porn or find your own relationship." Skylar said trying to hide her blush under her hair as she ate. Kakashi bit back a laugh at the last comment and left her to eat in peace.
"I'm going out for the rest of the afternoon… Maybe I'll go and get pregnant." She teased Kakashi who went visibly pale behind his book and Skylar left with a red flash and a smirk as she ended up outside Ichiraku's. She looked inside and felt disappointed as she began walking towards Naruto's house. She knocked at his door and listened but there was a slight snore and material ruffling so she went to his window and looked inside and saw his senbon next to his bed so she focused and flashed in silently. He was sprawled out on his bed like usual and sleeping heavily in just a pair of navy blue boxers. She sat down on his bed gently and ran her hand over the middle of his chest, making him squirm a little and hum.
She ran it back up and along his neck to his jaw just under his ear and he made a sound almost like a purr and she wanted to squeal it was so cute so she slid in next to him and cuddled up with a smile as his arms wrapped around her and she fell asleep.
Naruto hugged his pillow tighter as he woke up feeling happy and warm even though he could feel he kicked off the blanket a long time ago. He put his head on it and sighed happily as he snuggled back in and listened to the steady heartbeat and the slight up and down movement of his head… Wait a second. He opened one eye and peaked out to see black and feel other arms around him and he opened his other eye to look up and see the familiarity of red hair and warm purple eyes staring down at him, hands playing through his hair and sliding down to under his ear along his jaw and he purred?
"That's so cute, you even do it when you're awake." Skylar said with a smile as she continued to stroke him there and he forced himself not to purr. "Aw come on, it'll be our little secret and my guilty pleasure." She whined with a pout as she ran her fingers in a circular motion and he couldn't hold the damn purr back as she hugged him tight saying how utterly adorable it was while Naruto lay there blushing and letting her hug him.
"You're so tense… You need a back rub." She said, slipping out from under him and pushing her hands down on his back to make sure he lay on his stomach while she disappeared into the bathroom and was rubbing her hands together as she returned to him and sat on his thighs, just under his ass. "Now relax." She said, rubbing the oil along his spine and reaching his shoulders and pressing her thumbs into his tight back and Naruto couldn't help the moan that flew out of his mouth and continued to as she rubbed down his back. Skylar couldn't help but grin as she stroked that spot again and he let out a growl this time as he began to squirm a little under her and she knew exactly why but continued his torture.
Eventually Naruto couldn't take it anymore and flipped over to grab her but she was standing up with a smirk and looking down and he closed his eyes in mortification as a blush spread down his neck and she continued to grin and look down as she rubbed the rest of the oil into her hands and replace her gloves.
"That is for getting me into a conversation with Kakashi about my sex life and virtue, you better have a good long talk with my protective older brother before he drives me crazy… Catch you later for training." She said with a smirk as she flashed out with red and a giggle. Naruto flopped back onto his bed with a frustrated groan, she was just too damn quick and sneaky as hell… He would get her back but for now he had a little problem to take care of.
Kakashi eyed a grinning Skylar gliding into the house and felt sorry for the person who got in her way after she left earlier but he couldn't help but think Naruto got that end of a crappy bargain and he grinned to himself as he returned to his Icha Icha.
Skylar walked to the academy with Naruto on her left and Sasuke on her right, today's the day they would be starting the chunin exams as a team. They all felt nostalgia wash over them as they came up to room 304 to take the first test and pushed open the doors to come to a full room as people stared at them daringly then looked away.
"Naruto-nii chan!" Three voices called and Konohamaru and his team raced right up to the mismatched team.
"Hey Konohamaru, so you're taking the exam again too huh?" Naruto asked fondly as he patted the boy's head.
"Yeah, this time we'll definitely become chunins, we won't fail Boss." They all chorused with determination.
"Eh, where's Sakura-nee chan?" Konohamaru asked, eyeing Skylar.
"Sakura passed a while ago, I'm taking her place as I didn't have a team and neither did they, remember I met you the other day, I'm Uzumaki Skylar." Skylar reminded them.
"You must be pretty weak if you're still a genin." Konohamaru said.
"You know, you just called yourself, your team and Naruto weak… So I wouldn't say anything because I could easily kick anyone's ass here in this room." Skylar said loud enough for the other people to hear.
"Really, it doesn't look it." Another boyish voice called, making the group look and see a twelve year old kid with blue hair and black eyes coming up to them with his team of a girl with green hair and blue eyes and another boy with brown hair and brown eyes all wearing a hitai-ate of what reminded Skylar of the old medical sign back from her old dimension. Skylar unclipped her Executioner's blade and held it right at his throat while he never flinched but crossed his arms with a daring look in his eyes.
"And which village if I may ask, do you three come from? Skylar asked looking at the other two. The boy with brown hair was disinterested and the girl looked a bit timid.
"Hayashi no Kuni (Land of the Wood). Ryuugakure no Sato "Village hidden in the Dragons)." The kid said defiantly.
"I've heard it's a new village that popped up just before the war, not much is known about it though." Sasuke said to Skylar who nodded and removed her blade from his neck and leaned against it.
"What's your names so I can remember them when I beat you hands down." Skylar asked cockily.
"My name is Kyo, this is Akino and she's Seiku." He said and there was a poof of smoke behind them and Ibiki showed up with the other proctors who eyed all three groups.
"Alright, calm down you three or we'll disqualify you before the exam begins." Ibiki warned and Skylar clipped her blade back onto her back and stood with an excited face.
"My apologies Ibiki-san, you may proceed with the examination." Skylar said with a bow and smirking before standing up straight again with a neutral look. It was the same process as how Naruto's team took the test the first time but Skylar could answer most questions and Sasuke had his sharingan and Naruto had… Well she didn't know because she couldn't see him but he would probably fail like before but pass the last question. She made sure to put little quirks in her kanji to confuse anyone copying and when she was done, she lay over her work with her head down as she erased the quirks and kept the paper down afterwards along with her head until the last question, she knew people had been copying from her as most of the people in that room knew who they were and that they probably knew the answers. She caught the kunai aimed for her head between her fingers and looked straight up, holding the kunai in her fingers and tossed it, handle first back to Ibiki with an annoyed look before putting her head back down while most of the new genins stared in horror.
By the time Ibiki brought up the last question there was perhaps ten teams left and the two extra people snuck in to copy off of and he went through the whole process dropping another three teams before Anko made her loud and boisterous appearance and Skylar groaned as she dropped her head back to the table with a loud thud and followed her out to training ground 44, the Forest of Death.
"Alright maggots, this year we're doing something a little different. It's going to be six teams against one since we have three powerful shinobi taking the exam this year." She said with a smirk towards Skylar's team.
"Aw come on Anko that's not fair… Will you proctors stop throwing kunai at me!" Skylar said with annoyance as she stopped another kunai between her fingers and tossed it back to the wickedly grinning Anko before she appeared behind her, close and ran her hands over her and whispered in her ear.
"But it would be unfair to the other poor genin who have to go up against you Skylar-chan." She said and suishinned back to the front.
"I don't swing that way Anko." Skylar muttered and crossed her arms as Naruto stood close next to her, also glaring at Anko with Sasuke.
"Alright, here's how it's going to work! Uzumaki Skylar, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke will each have a heaven scroll while each of the other teams get an earth scroll, this will cut at least half of the teams down while the team with the heaven scrolls need only one heaven and earth scroll to pass like each team, keeping the others will just be a bonus." Anko said with a smirk and all the other genins began complaining as the forms were passed out.
"Well this is going to be a rough five days for us since we have to stay out the entire five days… The Ryuugakure team is still in as is Konohamaru's team. I don't know about you guys but it think we should split up, it'll be safer plus we're pretty strong compared to the others and we'll rendezvous at the tower four days from now and hang around and here…" Skylar said to her team, digging in her pouch and pulling out three radios and Naruto smiled and kissed her forehead while Sasuke smirked. "Keep in constant communication so we make sure we have a scroll at the end and who we come across and their skills in case they fail against one and come for another one of us." They were radios that Kakashi helped her make that sat over the ear and had a microphone running against their cheek to next to their mouths and dug into them and ran on their own chakra and even waterproof.
"Let's get this over with." Naruto said, signing his paper as did Sasuke and Skylar as they moved to the tent and swapped their papers for a scroll.
"Would you all like to start at the same gate or different gates?" The proctor asked.
"Different gates." Sasuke said and they each moved off to their gates and already Sasuke and Naruto were arguing.
"Hey Skylar, want to bet who can keep their scrolls the longest and take out the enemy?" Sasuke asked.
"Hey, since when did you two become so buddy-buddy?" Naruto asked over the radio.
"We're on the same team Dobe." Sasuke said and Naruto snorted.
"Sure Sasuke, let's do it, I have to get my one point back anyway 29-28." Skylar reported to them and the radio went quiet as the time came up for them to enter. Finally allowed to enter, Skylar strolled inside, since she had four days anyway, she would walk or run, depending on the situation two kilometres every day to make it in time and she decided it would take one day for someone to find her all the way out there. She zoned out a little while to feel the chakras charging through the forest while she kept hers low and moved stealthily through the rather interesting forest.
It was a pretty uneventful day as the sun came up the next day and Skylar was getting board.
"Hey, has anyone seen any of the other teams?" Skylar asked into the radio.
"Nope." Naruto said.
"Me neither." Sasuke said.
"Naruto-nii chan!" A loud voice jumped in front of Skylar and Konohamaru looked disappointed.
"Hey, was that Konohamaru?" Naruto asked over the radio.
"Yeah it is, it seems he wants to challenge you, do you want me to send them over to you?" Skylar asked, watching the group in front of her.
"Yeah sure, why not." Naruto said.
"Cool, just throw your senbon, give me a minute." Skylar said before turning back to the teens. "I'll be sending you over to Naruto straight away so hold onto each other and it may feel weird." Skylar said as Moegi and Udon grabbed onto Konohamaru and the senbon flew and Skylar touched Konohamaru's shoulders and with a red flash they were gone.
"Thanks Skylar." Naruto said over the radio before he cut off again. She began running and leaving a little chakra behind for the teams to follow and she came across one team that she took out already and continued on towards the tower, eating a ration bar and sipping some water.
"Hey Sasuke, I've taken down a team already, what about you?" She asked over the radio.
"Nope, still just sitting in the same tree as yesterday but I've watched two teams pass right past me, it was quite amusing." Sasuke said with a smirk to his voice. Skylar couldn't help but smirk as well.
"We've been searching for you." A cocky voice said from behind her.
"Well, you're definitely not normal genins, I'll give you that. Come to take my challenge from yesterday huh?" Skylar asked.
"Konohamaru Corps have taken my scroll, good luck you two, I'll meet you at the tower." Naruto said over the radio.
"Dobe." Sasuke muttered over the radio.
"So, you want my scroll and I want yours so let's go kids." Skylar said, grabbing the handle of her Executioner's blade and turning to face the kids in the tree.