A strange blonde twist.
Me: And we are back with a new a strange blonde twist! Now let us go over the comments of last chapter!
Akuma-Heia: easier if he had Kyuubi's normal chakra; just put a bunch into his finger nail, scratch one and watch him fall apart while the other spills the beans.
The Juubi's would be even more poisonous/acidic/radioactive.
Yes I know both of these facts, I explained the reason why he doesn't have the Juubi to you via a PM, and the reason why he can't use Kyuubi's normal chakra is because when he goes to use it he goes into the chakra cloak, if anyone remembers now a days.
Freshrice01: Great chapter so far! Love the Naruto x Naruko development! I can't wait for them to officially become a couple
Glad you enjoy it! I think its sorta terrible in my opinion but meh.
Dragon Legend of Drake: well okay then lol quite a bit happened there. Having both zabuza and haku alive alone would seriously alter events in so many ways. im curious which you go with. update soon
Yes allot of things happened, yes it will considering Naruto is going to go to Mist, I'm glad your curious because thats what I aimed to do. I will update when I get to it, currently I am failing ALL of my classes, I am close to catching up so soon I will update, probably his weekend. And that is it for that bit hope you all enjoy the story!
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Previously on A strange blonde twist.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 'One things for sure, I need to find Obito soon, and the best place to start is Kiri...' Naruto sighed as he turned to Naruko and their eyes locked for a minute.
'Time is not on my side, I need to act soon if I'm going to protect the world, my precious people, and my Naruko.' Naruto thought as he stared deeply into her blue eyes and red tinge appeared on her cheeks as well as his.
'My... Naruko-chan'
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Chapter 4: Chunin exam beginnings!
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Naruto whistled a happy tune as he practically skipped down the road. They had absolutely destroyed the thugs that attack, Gato thinking that Haku and Zabuza were still fighting for him. He didn't last long against the fighters as they practically ripped the army apart. After that it was smooth sailing for the bridge to be built.
Though lately Naruto has tried to keep his eyes off of Naruko. He needed to stay professional for now. Too many lives were at stake to think about the girl right now. Though... it was hard not to with her bubbly attitude.
Beside him stood Kakashi and Zabuza going over a plan silently on how to get to Kiri, it wasn't really any trouble considering that the Hokage knew what was going to happen and would do anything to stop it. He disbanded root soon after the massacre, all he needed was proof. Naruto hoped he made it in time so Nagato wasn't affected, knowing his luck in this area he probably was.
Naruto watched Naruko talk to Sasuke and Haku from a distance as he walked slowly beside the Jonin. He turned his head to Kakashi who was reading his smut, smut Naruto respected after awhile because of his masters death. He turned to Zabuza who was... also reading a book. Naruto sweatdropped and shook his head before walking up behind the genin to hear what they were saying.
"Ya the technique is called the Rasengan! I have only mastered the first step but Naruto says I could get it within the month if I find the hidden edge."
"Thats correct, you just have to look right and left to do it." Naruto said making the girl jump and he chuckled.
"DON'T STARTLE ME LIKE THAT!"
"Uh uh, its fun!" Naruto said before dodging a punch and he chuckled.
"Anywho, it took the fourth Hokage four years to create and master this technique, Kakashi over there knows it as well." Naruto said and Kakashi waved at them before going back to his book, giggling every once in awhile.
"Sounds like a formidable technique" Haku said quietly and Naruto nodded his head.
"Its an instant knockout if people don't have a special guard or have a high healing ability." Naruto said thinking about Gurren and Kabuto.
"Though it isn't finished, it needs elemental manipulation first and I bet the pretty little blonde here can get that done, so stubborn she will never back down." Naruto said and started laughing as he dodged another punch from the blushing blonde infront of him.
"While the Hokage wanted it with lightning manipulation, wind manipulation by far is the most powerful because of it being a battle element. Sure lightning could make it faster and maybe pierce the target without much trouble but wind is the best." Naruto said as he leaned his head back, looking up at the sky as several birds passed by.
"Sounds like an S-rank jutsu if its finished." Haku thought out loud and Naruto snickered.
"S-rank and SS-rank, it usually comes with two parts."
"Whats the difference."
"Well I theorize that the first level, the S-rank, will have to be smacked into the person much like a regular rasengan, but its shape would change to a giant shuriken. When hit it would send the person flying into the sky then an explosion would happen with the person in the center and thousands of wind blades would attack the persons chakra system and body. If someone survived that they would be paralyzed and would never be a ninja again." Naruto said gaining wide eyes from everyone.
"The second one, the SS-rank, would be the same except slightly bigger, with better chakra control comes better jutsu right Haku? Anyways the difference with this one would be that it could be thrown. The condensed chakra would fly into its target, expand and literally tear the person to pieces at the cellular level. Then it would grow into a large dome, random blades of wind would erupt from it cutting anyone close by then it would finish with a large explosion." Naruto finished and looked around seeing the shocked faces.
"What?" ask the curious Naruto.
"Can a jutsu like that actually exist?" asked Haku with wide eyes and he nodded.
"All it takes is a little determination, and allot of chakra." Naruto said with a chuckle and looked up at the sky again before looking at Naruto.
"And I think shes the one to do it, because I believe in her." Naruto said and Naruko's eyes widened a bit more. He smiled at her till he made a 'oof' like sound as Naruko hugged him tight. He smiled softly down at her as he placed a hand on her head. He knew that she wanted to be believed in, just like him at her age. He picked her up with an 'eep' coming from her and they continued to walk.
"There it is everyone! The gates of Konoha!" Naruto yelled and Naruko squealed a bit as he took off running at a speed of a normal chunin. He chuckled at the noises Naruko had been making lately. It was cute, in a way beautiful. Naruto skidded to a stop infront of the gates and turned to see specks along the horizon, people running to catch up.
"Did I over do it a bit?" Naruto turned to face a fist that quickly made Naruto drop the girl after he was sent flying into a wall. Naruko smoothed out her hair and grumbled about blonde idiots before walking off leaving him in the crater. Naruto picked himself up and chuckled a little as he watched her walk off, a small smile on his face as he dusted himself off.
"Alrighty then, next person to talk to iiissss JARIYA!" Naruto said with a grin and he took off running to the hokage tower. He jumped through the window and chuckled seeing the old man glaring at his paperwork.
"HEY! OLD MAN! I NEED A FAVOR!" Naruto yelled startling Hiruzen slightly and he chuckled.
"What can I do you for Naru- I mean Kaze."
"I need you to immediately tell me when Pervy sage gets here, I need to see him again." Naruto said and The elderly man nodded.
"He should be arriving in a few weeks. For the chunin exams." Naruto nodded a bit
"Ok then, after the chunin exams I wish to go on a mission with Zabuza, a new ninja I have brought here. A rouge sword of the seven, if you know what I mean. I need to go to Kiri to hopefully put a stop to the mess on the future, I would have to go into the rebels and it may take years to accomplish but it has to be done. With Obito out there control the Mizukage causing so much blood shed already, it needs to be stopped." Naruto growled out with conviction and in the eyes of the third he saw a very angry Minato infront of him.
"Ok, I will grant you access to this mission, it will be an S-rank black list mission five months after the chunin exams. That way you can say goodbye to your friends, get ready and give me enough time to find a few anbu or jonin who would like to join you. You would have to tell them the truth though, gain their trust if any join." Naruto nodded a bit and sighed as he looked at the pictures on the wall, mainly the last one of the fourth Hokage.
"You think dad would be proud of what I have done so far?" Naruto said softly as he stared into the blue eyes of Minato.
"Yes, I think he would be very proud of you." Naruto nodded after a bit and jumped onto the window sill.
"Cya sometime in the future!" Naruto said and jumped out of the room to help Naruko train. It had been two weeks after that, and the three genin had just gotten their chunin enrollment papers and were walking to the ramen stand to get something to eat when they saw a square rock in the middle of the road.
"Well looks like Konohamaru wants to play Ninja" Naruto said with a chuckle and Naruko sighed as she shook her head.
"Konohamaru you aren't hiding very well." Naruko said and the square rock was flipped up and a large plume of smoke appeared. There was coughing heard and murmurings about too much smoke from inside and Naruto had to chuckle. It was just like the old days. Naruto smiled a bit as the konohamaru corps were talking with Naruko about playing ninja. They soon convinced her too and he laughed as they took off, knowing full well what was going to happen next. Sure enough he heard curses when they round a corner and he casually walked the other way.
'Where are you Gaara.' Naruto thought as he extended his senses allowing him to sense the chakra of others to a perfect level. He trained with Karin on how to use one of the Uzumaki bloodline. It turned out there were three Uzumaki bloodlines, usually all got them but sometimes they only got one or two. Like Nagato for instance.
While technically there were four if you counted the rinnegan only one person other than the sage received it so it wasn't considered one. The three bloodlines were Chakra chains, his mothers notes that she left him allowed him to master it and his were light blue. The second was their legendary sensing ability, the third wasn't exactly a bloodline. It was their massive reserves and advanced life span.
But he and Naruko were special, the Namikaze bloodline was considered useless because it wasn't considered a bloodline, it mutated other bloodlines but only if the two clan members had a baby. The mutation on the Uzumaki was their sensing ability had a much wider range and much stronger allowing them to sense emotions and feelings at the time.
The chakra chains changed only a little, though enough to make a major threat. Weapons could be formed at the end like swords, flails, battle axes, anything at all. Naruto took it a step further by basically using it as a puppet, making animals or humans at the end and having them lure the person in, though the color will always stay a light blue so it was easier to use a henge with a clone.
Naruto smiled a bit as his senses came across a person with regular chakra with dark chakra on the inside. Naruto snuck up behind a red haired boy and watched him. He disappeared in a sunshin and Naruto quickly followed. He appeared behind Kankuro and Temari as the two stiffened feeling Gaara's presence. Naruko on the other hand was giggling seeing Naruto make bunny ears behind the boys head.
"You are a shame to the hidden sand Kankuro, stop it or Ill-"
"Kill you" Gaara spun around to see a grinning Naruto. His sand lashed out and Naruto backpedaled away and shook his finger back and forth.
"Uh uh uh, don't want to ruin our villages treaty do ya? It would be like I don't know, attacking our village with an invasion planned." Naruto said with a chuckle and Temari paled a little, Kankuro twitched and Gaara... did nothing.
"Oh and I can help you out with your sleeping problem."
Naruto said with nothing more than a little yawn and Gaara's eyes widened while Temari's narrowed.
"How do you know about that?"
"I know allot of things, ALLOT of things." Naruto said with a smirk and Gaara took a step forward.
"You can help with it?"
"Sure can, 'mother' as you call it will not be able to have much influence on you if you come with me" Naruto said kindly and Gaara nodded as Naruto started to walk away, Gaara following behind. The sand didn't like this idea though as it struck out to kill him. Naruto dodged again, appeared infront of Gaara and his fingertips burned.
"Five pronged seal!" his hand slammed into Gaara's stomach, around his seal and suddenly the sand and sand armor fell to pieces.
"Alrighty then, now that the real problem is out of the way lets go." Gaara was shocked to say the least as his sand became useless. Naruto chuckled as he put his arm around the scared youth and led him to a training field. Naruto lifted up the boy's shirt and examined the seal and shook his head.
"Who ever made this seal DIDN'T know what they were doing..." Naruto cracked his neck, flew through handsigns and suddenly the world around them turned a light blue as chains appeared and held down the red head.
"Uzumaki sealing style: Bijuu seal repair!" Naruto's palm slammed into the seal and Gaara screamed in pain as fire seemed to course through his body, lava through his veins and ice packed into his head.
Naruto gritted his teeth as his chakra held the boy down, watching the seal begin to twist and turn reforming into a stronger seal that was perfect, it took a good 30 minutes to complete and Naruto slumped on the ground with a grin. He made a hand sign and the five pronged seal disappeared. Naruto saw the boy fall over and fall asleep and he chuckled, picked him up and carried him to the hotel.
After a bit of searching he found the siblings chakra, he found it odd that they didn't follow him but guessed it was because Gaara could take care of himself. He knocked on the door and Temari opened it, glared at him then looked at the sleeping Gaara with wide eyes.
"Fixed his seal, Shikaku shouldn't be any trouble now." Naruto said with a friendly smile as he passed the redhead on and she looked visibly shaken.
"H-How did yo-"
"As I said, I know allot of things." Naruto said simply then disappeared in a spiral of wind. He appeared in the team 7 training ground where he found Naruko training and he smiled as he watched, he wondered if he seemed like that at that age. Naruto's thoughts wondered as he watched the girl mess around with different Taijutsu moves.
In truth it needed improvement, major improvement. Taijutsu was never his high point, in fact it was one of his worst subjects at the time other than genjutsu. He used to be a hit fast and hit hard kind of person back then, till he went to train with sage mode and he learned frog Kumite, he still sucked when not using sage mode so he trained in the fox style which worked really well for him.
It was based on cunning and deception, things he didn't have at the time. He learned quickly and mastered a very powerful style when used in the right hands... or fists if you think about it. So he passed on the technique, to his... he didn't know how to describe her of late. She used to be his charge, than a friend, then a sort of sister he believed but lately... Naruto shook his head as he watched the girl train.
'Chunin exams, one things for sure its going to be interesting, I didn't want to change to much but with the Uchiha clan alive, Orochimaru probably won't come but who knows. I bet I have already fucked up allot of the future.' Naruto thought to get his mind away from the blonde below. Naruto yawned after a bit and jumped down from the tree. His eyes following the bobbing blonde as he sat under the tree. Out of nowhere a fist went to connect with his face and he dodged to the side with a chuckle.
"Sorry Naruko, a clone isn't going to distract me like that." Naruto said with a grin as the clone training went up in smoke and Naruko pouted a bit but kept up her assault.
"We haven't sparred in awhile, so I took the lead." Naruko said as Naruto caught her punch and back flipped over her and leaned in so his lips were next to her ear.
"Well well well, little Naruko-chan thinks she can take me." Naruto said with a chuckle and back pedaled away from Naruto who was blushing at the close contact. Naruto smiled as he got into his fighting stance and the two went at it, throwing punches, taking hits and dodging. Most would call it a dance as the two tested themselves against the other. Naruto had activated his resistance seals to ridiculous levels so it would be a more even fight. Of course with years of fighting experience at his back he was still ahead.
The didn't bring Naruko down at all, they were in sync as they attacked, parried and blocked each other. Their foot steps in time with the other. Suddenly as if on a mental command they both started using jutsu. Out of nowhere several shadow clones appeared and started attacking the others. Rasengan going this way and that, wanting to get the best of the other. Soon enough though Naruko was panting as well as Naruto, then Naruko got pushed by Naruto's last clone and she fell, right into Naruto's arms.
Their eyes met as they stared at each other and they blushed a bit as they stared into the blue pools of the other. They stood there like that, panting, sweaty, blushing in each others arms. If it wasn't for their clothes-.
"Well that was an interesting sparring match." Naruto whispered as he stared into the girls eyes, he had hit his growth spurt a few weeks ago and started growing. He was a few inches taller than the girl already. She blushed a bit as she nodded her head in response and buried it in his chest, not wanting the outside world to see her blushing face.
Naruto reached down and took a hold of her chin, lifting it up so their eyes met. The leaned forward slightly as their breath quickened and Naruko's eyes became half lidded.
"I t-think we should get... going... now" Naruko's whisper was half hearted as she herself was drawing closer to the other blonde. It was like they were magnetized to each other, their heads inching ever closer till their lips were an inch apart, the others breath tickling the skin.
"Naruko I-I... t-th-"
"Shut up... idiot." Naruko whispered back as she went to close the gap... till a cough was heard. The blondes quickly whipped their heads away, blushing furiously. Naruto coughed into his hand and turned to look at an amused Kakashi.
"What do you want?"
"Oh just passing by on the way to the store." Kakashi said and waved before walking away. Naruto turned to Naruko who was still looking away.
"Um I j-"
"Just leave me alone, don't... come near me, don't talk to me... I need time to think." Naruko took off running after she said that and Naruto felt... devastated. He looked at the ground and muttered.
"If that is what you wish." He turned and walked the opposite way. Naruko herself was conflicted, she wanted that to happen badly. But she was afraid. Afraid of what he would think when he found out about the fox, afraid of what would happen if he changed his mind. Afraid of if he said he didn't love her, that she was just a demon. She couldn't take that kind of let down, it would crush her.
She stumbled through the woods until she heard an explosion. She walked curiously to a different clearing to see Hinata, Kiba and Shino training while Kurenai stood by the edge of the field. Kurenai turned towards her and smiled.
"Hey Naruko, what are you doing here?" Naruko turned her head away as she went to walk towards town.
"No reason just... needed some time to think." Naruko said softly and Kurenai nodded a bit.
"Want to talk about it... or should I say him?" Kurenai said with a bemused smile as Naruko lit up like a christmas tree.
'Just like her mother, always lighting up redder than a tomato.' Kurenai thought as she patted the ground and Naruko sat down reluctantly next to her.
"So who is the lucky guy?" Naruko blushed a bit at the forward question and looked down at her feet.
"I... its Kaze." Naruko said barely above a whisper and Kurenai nodded again. She was friends with Anko and she learned how to read certain body language and as she watch Naruko she sighed.
"So you two were about to do something, probably a kiss. Got interrupted and as a self defense you pushed him away fearing that when he finds out about your secret that he will reject you, am I close?" Naruko's head whipped and stared at the woman with wide eyes and simply nodded and Kurenai smiled a bit.
"I'm best friends with a person allot like you, you learn quickly to read body language so you know what went wrong." Naruko nodded after the explanation and went back to staring at the ground.
"How do I know what love is?" Naruko asked out of nowhere, breaking the silence between the two.
"Love is experienced differently with each person but for me, I would do anything for the one I love. Give my life even, he sweeps me off my feet when he tries and the first kiss is usually the greatest, it sends fireworks through your body, and butterflies in your stomach." Kurenai said softly as she thought about Asuma and Naruko nodded after a bit.
"I understand a bit... he... makes me feel alive when our eyes meet, butterflies hah, my whole stomach feels like is vibrating when our eyes meet, when he talks Its like my body needs to listen, its like waves of calm washing over me when he holds me. His warmth, I just need it, I need him close to me but... I'm afraid I might have messed up." Kurenai nodded again as she watched Hinata dodge a fang over fang from Kiba fluidly.
"What have you done for him not love you back?" Naruko looked at the ground.
"I told him to leave me alone and to not come near me..." Naruko said sadly, almost a sob in her voice.
"It hasn't even been five minutes but I already regret saying it, so much."
"Isn't it better to him and say you DIDN'T mean it, he strikes me as a boy who does not hold things against people."
"I... I would but he was an orphan just like me, I am... was his friend, one of his only friends and I know how bad it feels when someone turns their back on you after they said they were friends." A small tear dripped from the corner of Naruko's eye. Kurenai sighed and put an arm around the girl.
"Just give it a try, he might surprise you."
Naruto himself was sitting on the mountain as he stared down at the village below, his eyes hollow.
"Why... why does everyone I love fall to the hands of others or leave me..." Naruto closed his eyes.
"Kit, women are women, they will all break your heart in the end."
'And what am I to do Kurama?'
"What I have done for so long, harden your heart to that kind of love. You may love your friends, your parents, your friends but harden your heart to the touch of a women."
'I... I don't think I can do that Kurama.'
"Never said you HAD to, I just told you what I do, its your choice whether you do it or not"
With that the conversation was cut as Naruto was left to his own thoughts, with 9 Bijuu inside of you with years of knowledge it was benefit sometimes. Sometimes they were out for blood but he quickly became friends with most of them, save Shikaku and Isobu. Shikaku loved blood and death while Isobu liked to sleep, he was very much like a Nara and when he is awoken, he makes death threats and becomes angry. It was the main reason he attacked the boy who was with Gurren.
'I... don't know what I should do, with the Chunin exams coming up if we don't settle this then our teamwork will be shot... but I must respect her wishes.' Naruto watched the sun set and then closed his eyes.
"I will respect her wishes, even if my heart aches when she walks beside me." Naruto closed his eyes again and sat cross legged, drifting off into a meditating half conscious state.
It had been a week since then and the blondes have avoided each other, even during training they left in opposite directions, Naruko more and more scared of how Naruto will react with how he wasn't talking to her, and Naruto noticed his heart ached more and more as she ignored him and stayed silent. Naruto walked into the building along side of Sasuke with Naruko on Sasuke's other side, almost like a shield as the negative emotions washed off of each other. Naruto's face completely blank, Naruko's was sad and Sasule's was annoyed.
He hated being in the middle of this... whatever it was between the two blondes. They walked into a crowded area and he smiled a bit as memories flooded him yet again. Memories of fighting with Sasuke about the stupidest of things. Him showing off, both of them rivals, Sakura wanting to 'Prove' herself to Sasuke. He never liked her after awhile, really unknown to him why in the end. As they walked they came across a crowd and Naruto kept walking.
"Just ignore the sign, its a genjutsu." Naruto said quietly, only for his team to hear as he switched into team mode, his mood switched as well. It was something he learned well during the war, throw everything personal off of the table or you will put yourself and others in danger. Naruto walked up the stairs, pulling out his paper. He walked next to Kakashi who was waiting and he quietly handed the paper to him, pushing through the doorway into the room. He couldn't see Kabuto or the sound ninja anywhere and he smiled a little. No war this time around, at least from what he could tell.
Naruto watched quietly as his team walked in, his eyes flicked quickly over Naruko's and his heart flopped in his chest as his eyes met hers and he quickly looked away. He bit his lips as he looked over the crowd, he could feel a pair of eyes on him but he knew exactly who was watching. He didn't want to look, to meet those eyes, the eyes that haunted his heart. All of the time he fell in love they died so it was easier in a way to cope. But when he was rejected, he had to watch the person, walk by, eat near, eyes meet. In ways it was harder to take, in ways easier.
"Kaze." Naruto turned to see Sasuke standing behind him.
"You have to talk to each other sooner or later, or it will tear everyone apart."
"It depends on her, she told me to stay away, not to talk to her, why should I dishonor her wishes?" With that said he walked over to a different part of the room and leaned up against the wall. The aching in his heart increased more as his words echoed in his head. As much as he wanted to talk to her, it was hard not to, harder than even his battle with Obito. But he was doing as she wished. Even though it hurt him, he had long since known to do that, put others wishes before his own.
"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP MAGGOTS!"
Naruto turned to look at Ibiki as he walked into the room. He watched the teams start to tremble a bit as the killing intent washed over the them.
"THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF THE EXAMS! EVERYONE MOVE TO THE NEXT ROOM AND TAKE A SEAT!"
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Me: NOW most people will think it is terrible, cruel, all that stuff for Naruto and Naruko's relationship to take this route, well I think the relationship should build a bit before they actually get together so this conflict will last for a bit, hope you all enjoyed and come back another time.
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