Kurumi: Yay! The new chapter is here, desu!
Sasuke: Didn't the dobe tell you to stop saying that?
Kurumi: Who are you, desu?
Sasuke: (sighs) Uchiha Sasuke, lone survivor and the avenger of the Uchiha clan.
Kurumi: That's cool, desu! …What's an avenger?
Sasuke: …You're kidding right?
Kurumi: No.
Sasuke: …I'll explain it later. We have a chapter to introduce.
Kurumi: Oh yeah, that's why we are here, de… Wait, master did tell me to stop.
Sasuke: Yeah, he did. Anyways, here is the next installment of Steel Angels and a Blonde, The Steel Angel Awakens. …God helps up.
Kurumi: What's God?
Sasuke: …
Tsunade groaned loudly as she looked at the amount of papers in her room. Of course Shizune had to come in at that exact moment and she just had to be carrying another stack of papers.
Hearing her master groan, Shizune could only smile at her and hope it would put her in a better mood. "Cheer up Tsunade-sama. It can be worse, you know."
"I really didn't need to hear that Shizune. You've probably just called out the world and it is going to find a way to make my day worse." Tsunade countered with a flat stare as she did not want more paper work.
Shizune easily ignored the stare as she placed the stack on Tsunade's desk with a smile. She had always been told that smiles were infectious, which she learned was true due to Naruto. She just wished that it would work on Tsunade as the blonde haired Hokage seemed to be in a really grumpy mood. "Come on Tsunade-sama. It's a beautiful day and everyone is working to rebuild the town. The least you could do is be somewhat pleasant and not frighten everyone that comes in for missions."
A grunt was all she received from the large breasted Hokage. Sighing as that was the best she was going to get, she would have walked out to give her some space when the door opened to reveal a women wearing a tan trench coat, a mesh shirt to cover her chest, not that it was doing much, and a mini skirt on her hips.
Anko was a little pissed as she had seen a group of gennin go into that bastard's house. She would have had no problem if it was just the blonde, but the entire team made her wonder what was going on. Knowing it had to be a mission, she decided to come here and ask the Hokage herself. "Hokage-sama. Why the fuck do you have those kids clearing out that bastard's old house?!"
Cursing Shizune lightly under her breath as the cosmos had answered Shizune's accidental challenge, Tsunade gave Anko the same glare she was giving Shizune. "I'm having them clean it out so it may be of some use as the orphanage was damaged and they need a new place to stay till the repairs are done."
"Well, did you get the owner's permission?" Anko snarled as she glared right back into the Hokage's eyes.
Hearing this, Tsunade sighed as she believed she had figured out why Anko was so angry about her cleaning the house out. "I did not know you owned it Anko. I'm sorry, but I'll compensate you…"
"It doesn't belong to me. It belongs to his ex-ward." Anko interrupted Tsunade as her tone was still less then pleasant making Tsunade even angrier then before.
Tsunade couldn't take it anymore. The day was just pushing her the wrong way and she was ready to strike back as she snapped her desk in two by slamming her fist into it. "Then why in the hell are you getting so angry about this?! Shouldn't the owner be the one coming in and telling me off, not you?!"
Shizune was getting worried as it didn't seem that either woman was going to back down and a clash seemed imminent. Wanting to calm down the situation, she stepped in between them to be the peacemaker. "Tsunade-sama, calm down. Anko-san, I know the place has some sentimental value to you, but you must understand…"
"I understand you have Oro's gaki cleaning the place out." Anko interrupted the nurse as she crossed her arms across her chest, somewhat calmer as Shizune's natural calmness did affect her slightly.
This caught both of their attention as they both knew that Sakura's parents were still taking care of her and Sasuke was being taken care of by his family at the time of Orochimaru's defection. So that left only one member of team seven that it could be and Tsunade had to question this. "There is no way that he raised Naruto. That boy has a heart of gold and… Well his is darker then the darkest black."
Anko sighed before shaking her head. "Well, it is true and it isn't really that surprising if you think about it. You were out of the village and Jiraiya-sama rarely ever dropped in. Sandaime-sama figured he was the best choice to take care of Naruto and he did so for four years before he defected. I know as I helped take care of him time to time. And the boy's memory isn't the greatest if you haven't figured that out yet, so it is no surprise that he had forgotten that he owned the place."
"Wait, if that is true, why doesn't he live there now instead of his apartment? I mean it isn't bad, but compared to that house…" Shizune trailed off at the end as she knew the others understood her question.
To her surprise, it was Tsunade that answered her. "That is rather easy to explain. His apartment complex is only a few blocks from here and from a few of the major families of Konoha. It's a strategic position to have one such as Naruto there due to what he contains. Plus, sensei wanted to make sure he could quickly get to him if he needed anything and Orochimaru's place wasn't exactly close nor could you teleport yourself into his premises. All in all, it was about location."
As Anko nodded in agreement, she looked over to the Hokage before sighing. "Sorry for barging it, but I just wanted to let you know so you can inform Naruto that he does own the place…"
A loud roar ripped through the village and echoed in the office. Tsunade quickly jumped up and looked out the window to see what happened as she saw a large amount of smoke and it was directly were she had sent team seven. Her face paled and she didn't hesitate to jump out and see what was happening.
Three sets of coughing were heard as team seven pulled themselves out of the rubble of the house. They all looked a little beaten up, but they weren't too harmed from the explosion or the collapse of the house.
"What just happened and are you two alright?!" Sakura yelled as she pulled herself out of the rubble and headed straight to both her teammates, seeing if they needed any help. While she liked Sasuke, Naruto was her teammate and even if he was annoying, she would still help him if he needed it.
"I'm fine." Sasuke said in a dreary voice as he activated his Sharingan and began to look around. "And I think we need to get out of here before those things attack again and actually hit us."
Naruto didn't answer as he was digging through the rubble as if he was trying to uncover something. Sasuke realizing what he was digging for and began to help while Sakura not having a clue, helped as she knew it had to be something important.
Her eyes widened as Naruto had uncovered the face of pink haired teenager that seemed to be four to five years older then her. Her eyes were half open and seemed to hold nothing indicating that she had passed on. Quickly getting the rest of the rubble off her as there was still a chance, she was about to ask who she was when two explosions blew all three back.
Both robots erupted from the rubble with little problem and only seemed to have been slightly dusted. Sasuke cursed as Naruto didn't waste a second to retaliate for the destruction of the house. Pulling out a kunai with an explosive tag on it, he flung it towards the closer of the two robots with all his strength. Much to his chagrin, it only made a small ding sound as it harmlessly bounced off before exploding. Even the explosion did nothing as both giant robots easily walked through it.
Sakura was stunned as they were human shaped and their blue armored shells had withstood a chakra powered throw from Naruto, which even Sasuke would admit caused a lot of damage, and an ensuing explosion. Seeing the one robotic eye that took up most of the face scan over her, she shivered lightly and was ready to run as she knew she had no chance as she had no special technique for breaking through chakra resistant armor, maybe even chakra proof.
As she was about to run, Sasuke grabbed her shoulder and shook his head. "We have to make a stand here so these things won't damage the village further. It's going to take all of us… Naruto!"
"RASENGAN!" As Sakura's attention was completely focused on the robots as they closed in on them, Naruto had formed the jutsu Jiraiya had taught him during the time they left the village and blindly charged and leapt at the metallic menaces.
Thrusting the blue orb forward, he gritted his teeth as he pushed more chakra into it as he could see small cracks beginning to form from the contact. But before he could get through it further, the opposite robot fired a smaller concentration of the same chakra blast that destroyed the house at Naruto. He couldn't dodge and took it head on, rocketing him into the ground and causing the rubble to form a crater from the impact. Seeing that he was down, the robot closer to him lifted its foot over him and was ready to crush him.
Sasuke was in a state of panic when he saw the technique Naruto used fail. While he didn't know what it was or why he couldn't copy it, he could tell it was powerful and it barely even made a scratch on their armor. Still seeing that his teammate was down and they were planning on finishing him off, he went through the seals for his deadliest attack as lighting sparked in his hand. Not hesitating, he charged the robots in a blur and attempted to strike the robot ready to crush Naruto.
The other robot had analyzed and predicted this course of action and tracked Sasuke as he charged. Having near perfect aim thanks to his targeting system, he fired a chakra blast and Sasuke had no time to counter as it connected and sent him flying out of the rubble and into the street with onlookers watching in horror at what was happening.
Once again, Sakura felt helpless as both her teammates were down and facing death and she was unable to do anything to help them. She truly wished she could be stronger so she could help, but now it seemed like there was no hope and no miracle to come as the robot above Naruto drove his foot to the ground.
Sakura screamed as the foot came down, but to her surprise and to those of everyone else there, the leg did not come down onto the barely conscious blonde. Her eyes widened as she looked behind her to see the pink hair teen was gone and she looked back to see something that she believed to be impossible. That same teen was holding off the robot's foot with practically no struggle.
The said pink haired teen was glaring at the giant robot before she effortlessly threw it off with one great push sending it straight into the other. "DON'T YOU TRY AND HURT MY MASTER!"
"Kurumi…?" Naruto mumbled as he looked up with his dazed eyes, not sure what to believe.
Kurumi squealed loudly as didn't hesitate to pull Naruto out of the crater and give him a bone crushing hug. The problem was that she was a head taller so his face was press between both her rather large breasts.
Normally, Naruto would have found this embarrassing if not a little exciting. And he still did. However, they were still in danger as the two robots picked themselves up so he knew he had to do something as the girl was too busy hugging him to care at the moment. He tried to let out some sort of warning sound as they were coming too close, but she was cutting off his oxygen supply so he had no way to do so. Thankfully, Sakura was able to. "LOOK OUT!"
Kurumi looked back with a clueless look on her face until two chakra blasts came straight for her. Neither hit as she simply jumped over them and landed. The problem was it was so fast that no one even saw her move. While there were mostly civilians, there were ninja among them that had just arrived to take care of the threat at hand and even they didn't see her move.
Looking over at Naruto with the happiest face she could muster, she softly sat him on the ground. "Stay here master. I'll handle this."
Naruto was just in a state of shock as Kurumi was indeed real and that she was taking care of him like the damn snake bastard said. But he was a ninja now and didn't need to be taken care of. He was feeling humiliated at this, but seeing Kurumi turning around and her face turning serious as she looked at the two towering robots and the fact that he was practically out of chakra, he was in no position to argue. "You tried to hurt my master. That is unacceptable desu!"
Both pointing their chakra cannon's towards her once more, but there was no target to aim for. Neither could track her even with their tracking systems and the robot closer to Naruto soon found itself lifted into the air and slammed into the other as it begun to spin. With one rotation, it was thrown into the air and became a twinkle in the sky as it rocketed off faster then the speed of light.
Everyone's jaw dropped but none more so then Naruto's as the robot that had withstood his Rasengan was easily thrown into the next continent by his guardian angel. He felt a little cheated but at the same time grateful as he was sure those things would have taken him out if he couldn't have summoned Gamabunta.
Kurumi satisfied that the other wasn't coming back turned to the other, only to see it twitching on the ground with half of its head caved in as a buxom blonde stood on top of it.
Oh, Tsunade was not in a good mood. Not only was the house she promised the orphanage not only going to be unuseable, the amount of destruction meant there would be piles and piles of paper work for her to do. She was ready to kill the one responsible for this. "Alright, what the hell is going on here and who are you young lady?!"
Looking at the woman oddly, she shrugged her shoulders as she happily bounced to Naruto before continuing her hug. "Master, you're alright!"
Tsunade frowned at this for many different reasons. While she knew Jiraiya to be a pervert and seeing that he had already taken Naruto under his wing, she knew Naruto wasn't that kind of person and had to wonder what was going on. And it pissed her off that she was not getting an answer from her after asking her point blank. Getting annoyed at being ignored, she picked up a small rock and flung it at her head to get her attention.
To her surprise, Kurumi easily caught it and glared at her. "Are you trying to hurt master too?!"
"Kurumi, no. This is obaa-chan. She's alright, as long as you don't call her old or is in a bad mood, which is most the time." Naruto commented at the end with a smile grin on his face as he couldn't help but try to make her madder as it was just something he liked to do with both her and Sakura. Even he wasn't sure why he did it. He just found it fun.
Of course this had Tsunade twitching a storm as she saw the pink hair teen nod as she let go of Naruto with a beaming smile on her face. She refrained from punching him as she had a feeling the pink haired teen was much stronger then she let on and didn't want to start and all out war between her. "Alright then Naruto, then you tell me who this is and what just happened here?"
Naruto chuckled lightly at this as he scratched the back of his head, trying to figure out what exactly did happen. "I'm not sure. I was cleaning when I discovered her and then those damn machines started attacking saying that Sasuke and I were intruders. The rest you know as I'm quite sure everyone else saw what happened."
Seeing Tsunade nod at the first, he sighed as the easier part was done. Now came the hard part as he looked at Kurumi. "She is Kurumi… And she's my guardian angel."
Sasuke: You're kidding about that right?
Naruto: No. She's just that clueless.
Kurumi: Yes I am! …What?!
Sasuke: Where'd you come from?
Naruto: I came from what's left of my rubble ridden apartment.
Sasuke: What happened?
Naruto: (glares at Kurumi) I asked Kurumi to clean my room while we're training and she accidentally tripped and found an explosive tag and somehow set it off… That's all I've figured out so far.
Sasuke: (sweat drops) …Damn. You're not staying with me if she's that destructive.
Naruto: (sighs) Anyways, God is a superficial being that created the universe when it was nothing. The majority of religions have different opinion about God, but most lead to the same conclusion in the end.
Kurumi: Oh, that makes sense!
Sasuke: (shocked) Dobe, when did you get a brain?
Naruto: (glares at Sasuke) Just because I lack the ability to think cognitively doesn't mean I can't be smart, teme.
Sasuke: …
Kurumi: Yeah, Mister Avenger.
Sasuke: (groans) We're suppose to be introducing the preview for the next chapter seeing this one is done.
Naruto: Oh yeah, Kurumi take care of it for me.
Kurumi: (squeals) Yes master! In the next chapter of Steel Angels and a Blonde, my creation and creators are revealed and I get some alone time with my master!
Naruto: That can't be all it is about. There has to be more. What's the chapter called?
Sasuke: (reading script) It's called Steel Angel Revealed.
Naruto: Oh you've got to be kidding me.
Kurumi: (hugs Naruto) Nope, we get to know each other better the next chapter. Now for all you readers, don't forget to review otherwise the author will become sad as he can't answer the questions you have. So, ta-ta for now!
