Chapter 2: Demon's child
Disclaimer: What is the use of this thing? If any of us owned Naruto, then why are we posting it here when we could have had it printed in Shonen Jump? I don't own Naruto. There, happy? I'm not...
Note: Some graphic content coming up. Just a mention of it, nothing too bad.
The girl stared in shock at the old man she considered a grandfather. The story was shocking. "So the Fourth's son died before childbirth and when Kyūbi, my mother, escaped from his wife, she gave birth to me."
Hiruzen nodded.
"And Kyūbi, while under the control of an unknown party, resisted repeatedly until the person killed her by pushing her strained body too hard. The unknown man had also threatened to kill her daughter to try and persuade the fox to give in," Kakashi continued.
Hiruzen nodded.
The kunoichi swallowed hard. "Before she, the Fourth and his wife died, they had me, Kyūbi's surviving child, put on the Uzumaki and Namikaze clan registers and a seal was placed on me so nobody would know I was a demon's child and a girl?"
Hiruzen nodded. "Not entirely accurate, but close enough."
"What isn't accurate?" Kakashi asked.
"Fox demons can release a charm aura. The seal on your stomach was stopping it from working as well as disguising your gender. Young kitsune are not able to control it and it runs rampant until they gain control over it or reach adulthood. For a young female, her aura can have a...negative effect, especially when the person under the spell harbours deep hatred for her," Hiruzen said as he looked away.
"What negative effect?" the kunoichi asked.
Hiruzen tried to find a way to avoid it, but he continued on. "Rape and brutal murder, sometimes not in that exact order."
Kakashi suddenly wanted to burn his first edition (and hopefully signed in the future) copy of Icha Icha Violence due to one semi-violent love scene in it. The kunoichi looked like she was about the throw up and then faint in it. It took a little while for the girl to recover from the mental images.
"What's my name?" she asked.
Hiruzen pulled out a birth certificate and handed it to the girl, who ignored the blood on it that wasn't for the blood seals.
Last Name: Uzumaki-Namikaze
Middle Name: Kyūbi
First Name: Naruko
Birth Date: October 10th, 2245 ARS
Parents: Kyūbi no Yoko
Adoptive Parents: Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina
Godparents: Jiraiya
The kunoichi, Naruko, felt a little strange with such a long name. "Is that really my name?"
Hiruzen nodded. "It has been shortened, for numerous reason, to 'Uzumaki Naruko K' with your middle name being an initial for obvious reasons."
Naruko raised an eye brow. "Why not Namikaze?"
"Probably because of the war with Iwa," Kakashi explained, "Sensei really gave them a thrashing and they have wanted revenge on the Namikaze family ever since. If they knew he had a child, they would do their absolute best to string you up over their gate by your guts as a trophy." His face became a little grim. "We also can't count on the villagers, council and many ninja in case a war broke out over your life. They are all too willing to get rid of you and a war would be the perfect excuse."
Only two things were on Naruko's mind right now and she gave them voice. "Can I go home to sleep, then go to Ichiraku's in the morning? I told the old man and Ayame-nee that I would be by after my mission."
Hiruzen smiled. "Of course. Maybe I can go along too. I could pick up Iruka as well since we haven't been able to sit down to a meal together for a little while. You also need some real clothes. I figure I might be able to influence the prices a little if your appearance doesn't fool them."
Naruko smiled happily at the thought of eating with her 'family.' She was ushered out by Kakashi so she could sleep for the night.
Hiruzen's pocket suddenly hurt and he realized that the girl could consume even more food now that she was unsealed. He hoped she had enough food left over to lessen her hunger for ramen by tomorrow morning. Being Hokage didn't pay nearly enough to feed a growing kitsune.
Ayame was used to strange things in the village. It was a ninja village after all, so strange things didn't bother her as much as they could have. Seeing Naruto, no, Naruko as a girl (still Naru-chan to her either way) and hearing the Hokage's explanation didn't change her opinion of Konohagakure's prank master, now prank mistress. She actually pulled the girl aside for a moment to add more to the girl's arsenal for later use.
Men all over the village shuddered for some unknown reason at that moment. Some felt dread when they saw the colors purple or red. One boy suddenly threw up as Ino handed him his change, startling the poor heiress. The men also felt the sudden need to protect their genitals. Sales for groin protection shot through the roof that day. It was unofficially called the 'day of the cup' by vendors in Konoha.
Ayame's father, Teuchi, had been even smoother with the transition than his daughter had been, saying that Naruko would make a good wife for Sakura rather than a good husband, making the poor girl blush hard. It also meant that Naruko's skill with cooking couldn't be held against her anymore. Teuchi even handed over a copy of some of the redhead's favourite ramen dishes, saying that Ayame and him would help her out if they proved difficult. He knew that his sales wouldn't be hurt by this. Naruko came for the ramen and the company of the Ichiraku family.
Ayame giggled when she handed the bill to Iruka and the Hokage, watching both men turn as white as the sheet in front of them. The two started debating who would pay how much of the bill. Negotiations quickly fell apart and it was reduced to a game of rock paper scissors, two wins payed less. The Hokage lost and surrendered his money to feed the stomach of the Shinigami of wallets, Uzumaki Naruko.
Iruka and Hiruzen told the girl that her team would be waiting for her at their usual meeting spot. Naruko had commented on not having to hurry since Kakashi was late enough for twenty ninja, getting everyone who knew the silver haired man well to laugh.
[Team 7's meeting spot, fifteen minutes later]
Sakura and Sasuke had given up looking for the meteor that would destroy the world about ten minutes ago. The reason for the search was their teacher, the Hatake Kakashi, had arrived on time and his book wasn't in his hand. Now they were waiting on Naruto's arrival.
"What happened to Naruto last night?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi was, again, happy for the mask since it hid the smile. He resisted the urge to tell her the truth about the former blond, but decided against it. "I don't know, he took off soon after we got back."
"Sorry I'm late! I got cornered by every black cat in Konoha."
Sakura and Sasuke turned to the voice and their minds froze. Kakashi chuckled at the obvious jab as well as his other two students and their reactions.
Running up to them was Uzumaki Naruko, secretly the new Kyūbi since her mother had died and passed on the title to the young kitsune. She was wearing an outfit similar to Sakura's, though Naruko's was sleeveless and she wore elbow warmers with bandages on her shins and biceps. Naruko's outfit was also black with a silver Uzumaki spiral on the back.. The girl still had her hair down like Sakura's hair, though Naruko's hair almost reached her thighs. Sakura also noted a bit more curve to this new girl than she had, meaning she was an enemy. It didn't help that the girl was slim too.
"Who are you?" was Sakura and Sasuke's first question.
Naruko smiled. "You knew me as Uzumaki Naruto, but in reality, I am Uzumaki Naruko! I was disguising myself as a boy so that nobody would do anything bad to me for all my pranks," she explained in her usual loud fashion, "Jiji decided I was strong enough now to drop the henge and assume my true identity!"
Kakashi smiled at the easily told lie. Much of the young kitsune's life was a lie. The smiles were, more often than not, fake and plastered on to hide the pain. All in all, Naruko would make a fine kunoichi, if the council ever got off his back about the Uchiha... The Jōnin then cleared his throat to get their attention. "The chūnin exams are coming up and I nominated Team 7 to join them."
Sakura and Naruko were shocked. Kakashi noted Sasuke's smirk. He felt unnerved, but he would have to teach the heir personally later. He knew he would have to focus on Sasuke to make the council less suspicious of him, but he also had to help out Naruko and Sakura. He knew the right people to call to help them. First things first. "Take these and decide if you want to join." He handed each genin a form to enter the exam. "If you do decide to join the exam, go to the academy with these filled out in a few minutes." He shunshined away.
"Nothing is stopping me from getting stronger," Sasuke muttered loud enough to be heard.
Sakura wished she could say that she felt ready. She looked at the form and saw the deadline was 1:30PM. "SENSEI YOU BAKA! We only have an hour till the deadline!" she yelled after her sensei.
"I'm joining and passing!" Naruko announced as loudly as possible, making Sakura's last outburst a weak shout in comparison.
"Shut up!"
Team 7 turned to see Team 10, Yamanaka Ino leading the pack as Akimichi Choji munched on chips and Nara Shikamaru mentally repeated 'troublesome blonde' because it was too troublesome to mutter over and over again.
"Where did your old noise box go? Where did you find this new and improved one?" Ino asked, talking about the old Naruto.
"Right here! Uzumaki Naruko, formerly Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruko shouted back.
"Drop the henge Naruto," Choji said without slowing down, "it isn't funny unless some pervert is knocked back by their sick thoughts." Back at the academy, Iruka sneezed. Across Konoha, Ebisu tripped. In the Hokage tower, Hiruzen accidentally stamped his finger while rejecting yet another stupid request involving Naruko.
Naruko's smile widened. "It's not a henge. The old me was the henge. Oiroke was just for kicks."
Ino got annoyed with what her team thought was a prolonged joke and she stepped forward. Asuma arrived at the worst possible time. "Just drop the joke, dead last!" Ino's voice went to its volume limit as she placed her hands on Naruko's chest and her mind started reeling. Asuma looked away and put a hand to his nose, hoping Kurenai wasn't around.
Ino's mind was not working right. Some nerves between her hands and her brain must be broken. The reason she thought this was because Naruko may or may not have the same skills as in the academy, the idiot she had always thought was a boy was indeed a girl since Ino had, secretly, developed and was using a technique that pierced henge with a touch, and according to Ino's quick hand measurements (read: groping), Naruko was definitely not dead last in terms of size. More like she was pretty close to Hinata.
"I-Inoooo!" Naruko moaned, not knowing what the feeling coursing through her body was. It felt really nice though. She felt really hot, especially in her chest, neck and face.
Ino fainted into Naruko's somewhat bountiful chest because of the moan as well as the hand full of breast in each of her hands. Naruko's heavy blush, panting and...was that lust in her eyes? None of that helped Ino too much. Naruko caught her before she fell to the ground.
Choji's bag hit the dirt and his chips were blown away in the wind, completely forgotten by the Akimichi as he watched the two girls and what happened between them. His mind filled with images that would make Kakashi and a certain white haired Sannin proud. Shikamaru just sighed and left. Sasuke followed the lazy genius. Asuma decided to go away before he wound up becoming a perverted bookworm like Kakashi. Unlike the aforementioned open pervert, Asuma had a (potential) lover that didn't have page numbers, though she did have a nice 'cover.'
Naruko looked down at the fallen heiress and shrugged before picking her up bridal style, her face still a little red. "Let's go turn these in," she said as she indicated the forms and the fainted girl.
"Shouldn't we take Ino-pig home?" Sakura asked, "I'm sure the pigsty misses her."
Naruko shook her head. "Shikamaru had a form, meaning Team 10 is also in the exams. Let's go and ace this exam!" She rushed off.
Sakura looked down at the form in her hand and saw the slight tremor. She didn't feel ready for this. She grabbed her hand and stopped the tremor. Sasuke-kun would be there to help her out. So would Naruko.
[Academy, Exam Room]
When Sakura arrived, Kakashi congratulated her and the rest of Team 7, saying only a full team could enter this year. They entered while Naruko carried Ino in the same way she had been carrying her the whole time. It had been a rather...eventful trip to say the least. Sakura and Naruko never knew eye brows could grow very thick.
Inuzuka Kiba was the first to know they were there. It was odd though. He smelled the Uchiha prick when he had come in. Now he smelled Sasuke's pink haired harpy, his blonde haired siren and some kunoichi who smelled sort of like Naruto, but also smelled of something else. He turned to see the strange kunoichi carrying the loudmouth blonde who had often caused his ears to ring with her Uchiha worship. 'Looks like Naruto got kicked off the team and replaced. Ah well, never expected that dead last idiot to pass in the first place, let alone make it to a team,' the Inuzuka heir thought as he examined this new girl, liking what he saw.
The girl put the blonde heiress down in a seat and walked over to the gathering of the other rookies from the academy. "Looks like everyone from the academy is here," she said, getting strange looks from the others.
"Who are you foxy?" Kiba asked, liking the nickname he thought up. She was definitely a vixen in his eyes.
Sasuke stepped up. "I'll make it short. Naruto was a henge, this is the real deal. Her name is Uzumaki Naruko." He walked away to sit down next to an Ame ninja, not wanting to stay around the others for longer than he had to be. Naruko looked down at the smoke bombs and flash bangs in her hands, seemingly saddened that she couldn't use them for some grand display anymore.
"No way! You're Naruto?" Kiba shouted. The others were speechless. Naruko nodded.
"Naruko huh?"
Team 7 turned to see a grey haired genin standing there. "Who are you?" Sakura asked.
"I am Yakushi Kabuto," he then shook hands with Naruko and Sakura, but Sasuke refused to move. "No matter. I am just here to wish you luck in the chūnin exam." When he turned and stepped forward, he bumped his shoulder into a genin from a different village. "Sorry."
"Not sorry enough," the ninja said as he swung his fist at Kabuto. The older genin dodged it, but then fell down while holding his ear.
"Kabuto-san!" Sakura shouted as she and Naruko went to see what was wrong. His left ear was bleeding slightly. Naruko looked up, but the attacking genin was gone.
"I'm fine," Kabuto assured the girls, "I'll get some help from my teammates. That is the key of this exam anyways; teamwork." He then walked unsteadily into the crowd.
A number of chūnin and a scarred man with a bandana appeared in the room. "Sit down, maggots," the scarred man ordered. Naruko sat down quickly, sitting next to Ino, who was starting to wake up. Everyone was quickly seated and the chūnin flashed by, leaving a paper and a few pencils before each genin.
"I am Morino Ibiki, first proctor of the Chūnin Selection Exam. Welcome to the first stage of Hell," he said menacingly. "This part of the exam is a written test. The rules are a bit different though. You will start with ten points. Each wrong answer will deduct a point. The scores will be added up amongst your team, so if one person fails, that means that the exam is over for your team. If you get caught cheating more than three times, you and your team will be forcefully ejected from the test," the man explained, "before I forget, the final question will be revealed in the last ten minutes of the test. Begin!"
Pages were flipped and Kiba's comment mirrored everyone's thoughts. "This shit is hard!" he groaned. Sakura noticed that she could answer the questions, but most of them were far too difficult for a regular genin to answer. Even Sasuke-kun would have some difficulty with them. For Naruko...she was doomed. No question about it.
THUD!
The guy next to Sasuke shot up as a kunai slammed into his paper, cutting the pencil and nearly taking the youth's fingers with it. "What the hell?" he shouted at the chūnin who had thrown the knife. "You got caught cheating four times. Take your team, get out and try again next time," the man ordered. The whole team left.
'Got caught four times...' Sasuke wondered. He had answered what he could, which was a question on kunai passing each other after being thrown. He then noticed something. A ninja was using a small katon to release barely visible wisps of smoke. A quick look back showed a genin looking at the smoke through some kind of eye piece and a mirror, then writing something down. Sasuke noticed more subtle forms of cheating around him, as well as some blatantly obvious ones, and it clicked. 'This test is not a test to determine our knowledge, but to see if we can skillfully acquire knowledge through information gathering. That explains the cheating tolerance and the difficult questions.' He looked around till he found a person who looked completely at ease as he did his test. Incomplete Sharingan came to life and Sasuke was a boy possessed as he copied the movements perfectly. 'Naruko. Even a dobe like you can realize what the purpose of this test is. Let's hope that the skills that allow you to sneak by ANBU to deface the monument are enough to let you cheat well enough to pass.'
Naruko was screwed! Royally screwed! Hokage level screwed!
She had never been one for the tough lessons. Her best studying at those times had been examining the back of her eye lids and dreaming of dates with Sakura-chan. Worst of all, she had these new abilities that she had been noticing and didn't really know how to use. Jiji had explained a few of her abilities, such as causing tsunamis with her tails, spitting fire and enhanced senses that made the Inuzuka clan look like amateurs. The ability that was best for the young vixen's future as a ninja was her ability to sense lies and deceit, basically negative emotions. That ability let her know that a number of people in this exam were lying, pretending to be taking it. They were most likely chūnin who were meant to be the targets of skillful information gathering skills. What bothered her was that Ibiki was lying too.
Why did these conclusions mean nothing? Naruko's abilities to gather information were zero! She hadn't had enough time to work out her hearing to distinguish how the pencil was moving and she doubted she would have been able to cut out the sound of other pencils anyways. Her sight was good, but it wasn't like she had Sharingan. Her sense of smell would be useless even if Kiba wasn't flooding the place with the scent of dogs. While she was on that subject, she wondered if he even knew what a bath was. Him and Akamaru smelled pretty bad. Strangely, Akamaru smelled cleaner than Kiba. That was disturbing since Kiba gave the dog his baths.
She looked at the clock and noticed that about thirty minutes were left. She started panicking and looked around in fear, fully expecting Sakura to beat her into the next century for failing. She suddenly felt a little woozy for a moment, then shook her head to get rid of the feeling. 'I've got to at least try! Or skillfully answer at random!' she yelled at herself. She looked down at her current foe and her jaw dropped.
The entire page was filled out with, what Naruko assumed, were the right answers. A quick look at the clock showed eleven minutes left. She looked around for the source of her completed test and lost time.
"Times up! Drop the pencils," Ibiki yelled. "Before I give you the question, I must warn you that the test you just completed means nothing as of now!"
"WHAT?" Naruko shouted, the windows actually vibrating from the force of her voice. Later, the Hokage would tell her to try to keep chakra out of her vocal chords while shouting because she could turn a simple shout into a powerful blast of chakra enhanced noise. A full on scream would probably be able to put a considerable dent in the Hokage monument if left unchecked.
Ibiki shook his head lightly to lessen the ringing in his ears. "Like I said, the first nine question mean nothing. This last question is a make it or break it question, a test in itself," he smiled evilly at the genin, "I must warn you though; answering this question wrong will result in you being permanently removed from the list of candidates for all future chūnin exams." He let this soak into the heads of the genin. "You can choose to not take this final question on and retire from the exam now, leaving you with the chance to advance in the next exam six months from now," he said.
Almost instantly, teams started leaving. They were leaving faster than during the original test. Ino felt scared. She hadn't really felt ready for this test, but she had to be strong, or at least appear to be, so Sasuke-kun would eventually turn to her in interest. That is also why she forced Shikamaru and Choji into coming as well. In truth, she had expected the worst from moment one. They were weak and everyone knew it. Team 10 was designed for stealth, sneak attacks and information gathering. Team 8 and 7 were more combat oriented.
For Team 7, Naruko was, or used to be, a tank with her stamina being used to wear her opponents out. Recent rumours claimed she had access to katon now, though they were just rumours Sakura was a supporting type who knew some decent jutsu that could be used to open the enemy's defences up for her teammates to attack. Sasuke was pretty good at everything, though his teamwork and genjutsu needed work. His powerful katon were used to basically blast holes in the enemy ranks while his taijutsu, tools and speed were used to finish up whatever was left.
Team 8 was similar. Hinata could disable an enemy with her Jūken abilities. Shino was capable of running interference with his bugs, syphoning chakra from the target, gathering information, tracking or just making it easier for the taijutsu specialists of Team 8 to land a blow. Kiba was the tank, though he was more speed and attack oriented than Naruko was. He was also the main tracker of Team 8.
Team 10 was just screwed up and too centralized to be effective in combat. Choji was a pure taijutsu type, a tank in the truest sense. Shikamaru was in the same boat as Sakura and Shino, a person who opened holes in the guards of Team 10's targets. His few 'attacks' were either too slow, too limited or restricted to regular taijutsu and tools. Ino herself wasn't much better. She had some good genjutsu, but mostly relied on her ability to rob the target of their own body. Her tool use and taijutsu were both quite weak. Plain and simple, all their combat effectiveness was concentrated in one member when the other rookie teams had two members who could fight on a competent level. Team 10 was more suited to espionage missions.
It was an understatement to say that her hand rose at the same time Sakura's started to rise: right at the same moment Naruko made herself known.
Across the room, Sakura was conflicted. She was wondering why her eyes strayed to Naruko, why her head was filled with Naruko and not Sasuke-kun. Why was it that she could clearly see an older Naruko sitting on a roof, staring at the Hokage monument with a forlorn expression? Why was it that she could see Naruko's pained face at getting a D and C-rank mission while people her age were getting B and A-rank missions? Why was it all about Naruko and not Sakura herself and Sasuke-kun? Why did she want Naruko to become Hokage all of a sudden?
The answer hit her quickly: she could see Naruko becoming Hokage. The girl radiated the same aura that the Sandaime had. Her kind smile when playing ninja with children was the same as when the Hokage took a moment to teach the children something or to just tell them a joke or two. Plain and simple, Naruko seemed to be more like the Hokage than the rest of the Sarutobi family. She figured that Naruko's training began long before the academy with a Professor who truly cared about her growth.
Sakura wasn't blind. She had often seen the academy instructors (other than Iruka) talking to Naruto (when he was henged) personally, then she saw his skills become worse and worse with each of these lessons. Sakura was also beginning to suspect that her rust haired teammate was far more intelligent and skilled than she let on. Naruko had, most likely, taken what Kakashi said about looking beneath the beneath to heart, hiding her abilities until she needed them.
Because she didn't want any of this crushed before it began, she lifted her hand up with an uneasy smile on her face. It wasn't the satisfaction of stopping Naruko from advancing, it was a nervous and pride filled smile. She was finally doing what a ninja did: protecting something that she considered important.
BANG! CRUNCH!
Everyone stopped to look at Naruko, who was looking down at the now badly cracked desk under her fist. "Uh...Sorry, I wasn't trying to do that!" she quickly shouted. She calmed herself down a bit. "I know you're lying, but it doesn't matter at all. I will become Hokage no matter what anyone says to me. You can't stop me or anyone else from becoming what we want to be."
Naruko's speech had a double effect. Her teammate and desk partner both felt confident all of a sudden. Naruko was the dead last in everything except chakra reserves and if she could mush on, so could they. The other effect was making some of the others who were about to leave decide against it. This was mostly due to men not wanting to be outdone by some random girl. Who cares if she was attractive? They would show her they were just as good, if not better, and then maybe they would have a chance with her.
Ibiki noticed he couldn't make more people to leave unless he put a kunai to their throats and ordered them to go. He had lost to some scrap of a girl he hadn't ever seen before, though she did remind him of this annoying brat in almost neon orange that he had once heard at a ramen stand.
He sighed, "you all pass."
Everyone stared at him in shock. "What about the tenth question?" Sakura asked.
"There is no tenth question. It was simply a test of wills," Ibiki explained, "as I am sure you all noticed, the first nine questions were all about your information gathering skills. This last question was a test of your resolve. Those with weak resolve are the ones who break first when captured and interrogated." The man removed his bandana, revealing scars from kunai and what they assumed were screws of some sort. He replaced the bandana once he was sure that everyone had a good look. "Now for the ne-"
CRASH!
A ball of grey flew through the window and went for the spot in front of Ibiki. It unfurled when four kunai flew out to anchor themselves in the floor and ceiling. It was a banner and a woman stood before it. It read: Mitarashi Anko! Chūnin Exam Second Part Proctor!
"I'm Anko," she shouted as she pointed forward, "prepare to go to the tenth ring of Hell!"
Everyone who had been in class with Naruko automatically placed this Anko woman into the same category. "It's Naruko's mother!" Kiba shouted. A kunai slammed into the desk before him, clearly aiming for his genitals.
"Anko," Ibiki deadpanned as he peeked around the banner, "you are early...again. And Hell only has nine circles, not rings."
The woman showed the decency to blush like a kid caught doing something really bad, then she took stock of the genin. "You going soft Ibiki?" she asked, "you barely put a dent in them."
"What can I say?" Ibiki shrugged, "they were easy to break before somebody motivated them to stay." He lightly gestured towards Naruko with a quick glance. Said girl caught the barely discernible motion, wondering how many others like it she could now pick up with her eyes.
Anko turned to look at Naruko, squinting her eyes as she tried to place the girl. "Naruto? That you?" she asked. Naruko's face assumed the expression that many associated with a frog. Anko smiled brightly, then pulled out a kunai and flung it to slice the girl's cheek. In a flash, the kunai was retrieved and Naruko was pinned to her desk. Anko sat on the cracked desk, leaned in and licked the cut. "It's Naru-kun!" Anko cheered happily after tasting the blood. With that cut and lick, Naruko remembered the woman who had attempted to make her switch from the heavenly taste of ramen for the sweet temptation that was dango. That meeting had started with a sliced cheek as well. "Dango lady," Naruko muttered.
Anko hugged the girl tightly, forcing Naruko's face into her bust. Since Naruko was still only interested in women, she quickly fainted from the experience. "Ah, I killed his innocence," Anko said, "I'll take this one to the next part of the exam. Send the others when it is time." She took Naruko and jumped out a different window, shattering it too.
"Um, Sensei?" Sakura tried. Ibiki looked at her. "Where is the next exam part being held?" she asked. Ibiki face palmed while muttering about scatter brained ninja.
A/N~
For those who think Naruko got used to being a girl too quickly. Remember that Naruto is used to lying to hide his pains and fears. That means Naruko is a damn fine actress as well. I will also explain how and why Bijū have children later.
Note-
ARS (After Rikudō Sennin) = A measurement of time. The year count returned to 0 after the Sage of Six Paths sealed away the Jūbi and created ninjutsu.
Review Responses-
God Emperor Of GAR-halla: ...I don't really know how to respond to this one. I guess you can just follow along since... Che! I can't say anything without spoiling later events.
SuperNeos2: I know, right? This was originally just a Naruko/Sakura, but I noticed there is only one Naruko/Ino and it was actually a NaruHina, SakuIno and something else. Someone miss clicked somewhere.
BilingualKyuubi: You know, I didn't even realize that. Trust me, no transforming into nine-tails form in this story, not yet anyways. Actually, I don't know if I'm going to allow Naruko to have the full power she can have. I haven't planned too far beyond Sasuke's betrayal yet.
ShadowCub: Guess this chapter bothered you. I did kill off the original Kyūbi after all. Works better for Madara later since he can get a full nine-tails if he plays his cards right. Never was able to figure out how that plot hole, along with so many others, would get plugged up later.
Naruko getting over Sakura. Not happening. This is a Naruko/Ino/Sakura story. Sakura will be nicer in this story, especially after Naruko starts using her demonic powers. You really don't want to piss off a girl who can (gets silenced by Ino and Sakura to prevent spoiling the story)
As for the Iwa excuse, I think I explained it quite well. As I pointed out, all of Konoha wouldn't be willing to fight a war with Iwa to protect Naruto. In fact, some people might actually try to secretly hand him over to Iwa to end it. Remember that they hated him in part I. No matter who leads the army, they won't fight for something they hate with everything they have. For Konoha, it would be a great blessing to be rid of him and end a war.
LPNinten: I'm surprised nobody else has done this pairing yet. Ino is the second most likely girl in the Narutoverse that I figure would go lesbian, hence my fic Konoha's Two Demons and ,later, its mirror Necessary Darkness. The most likely girl to be a lesbian, in my opinion, is Sakura. (Anko and Kurenai are dead giveaways. Imagine those two making out. Here's some tissues to stop the nosebleed.)
Dinian: Actually, I had a brief scare when someone released a fic in the Naruto/Sakura section that had a summary that sounded eerily like mine. Almost made me not post this fic. It vanished less then two hours after posting, so I think I'm in the clear. Anyways, I believe that Naruto was just a girl in that fic, not a female fox demon.
I wanted to add something to the Naruko/Ino section since it was bare, except for the one I mentioned to SuperNeos2. There are also lots of (hot) pictures of Naruko/Sakura, Naruko/Ino and even a few Naruko/Ino/Sakura ones scattered around.
While I'm here, what new twist to an old twist are you talking about? The weakening seal in Wave? I know some people use that scene or the one where Sasuke stabs Naruto with a chidori to fuse him and the fox together.
All: In case you didn't notice, Sasuke is more of an ass in this fic. This is not the worst Sasuke I have created, just wait until Legendary Shadow Knight Naruto (title subject to change) comes out. That has to be one of the most arrogant ones I can think of.
Before anyone asks, I will be creating outfits for Naruko from my own mind. I must have been a gay clothing designer in a past life because I can co-ordinate a girl's outfit quite well. Either that or I got a hidden talent.