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-Mayu

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Innocence

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It had been a while since the fangirls attacked, and Narue had moved up in school. Becoming better in school issues from the tutoring of her brothers, and parents, Narue was now on par with Sakura in smarts, that fact of course chafed the pink-rhino's pride greatly.

Currently the students were participating in the half year evaluation. Well, that's what the teachers call it; the kids call it the mid-term kill you test. As it was made for chuunin levels, full of hard physical tests and long, 100 question tests that had answers the teacher didn't even know.

At this moment, Iruka's class was outside, competing in the last test which included sparring against each other so the teachers could rate them on their skills.

It just so happens that Narue was next, and she was against…..Sasuke. (AN: how convenient.) Said boy smirked when he heard his name called and then shot Narue a nasty, arrogant look filled with contempt and confidence. Narue was simply anticipating the fight and was eager to show her skills.

As of yet, she had not had the chance to demonstrate that of which her parents taught her, and had squirmed for the chance.

The two competitors stood across from each other with Iruka beside them, hand up to start the match. Sasuke glared across him to the expectant girl, and as soon as the shout came from his teacher, her leapt.

"Hajime!"

Sasuke was up in Narue's face in an instant, bringing a sweeping kick towards her head. Narue ducked and retaliated by flipping and barley missing the boy's chest with her feet.

Sasuke jumped away from the smiling girl and clenched his teeth, she was quick he admitted grudgingly.

This time it was Narue who attacked, bringing her fist up to her ear she threw a punch at the ground between her feet. Several people screamed when the earth cracked with a rumbling groan, a crack ran like lightning towards the ice prince.

Diving out of the way, Sasuke bruised his arm as he dodged each punch; the blonde girl threw herself at him, and he hardly had the time to dodge one way when he had to dodge the other way.

Finally a fist hit his shoulder and sent him flying into a nearby tree, Sasuke cried out in pain as he felt his head collide with the trunk. Narue was humming to herself as she watching him slide down the trunk and land on the ground, clearly unconscious.

The ground was silent, as the crowd of students and teacher's gaped at the triumphant girl. This not-even-genin girl had just shown a skill that only Tsunade the Sannin is said to master. Applying chakra to a part of her body and releasing a gust of it at exactly the right point when an attack connected. A low jounin level chakra control skill, mastered by this….academy student, unheard of.

Not to mention she had beat out the top student in less than 2 minutes.

The horrified screams of the fangirls echoed around the place as the stampeded to get to Sasuke. Hearing cheering over to the side, Narue grinned at the whooping Kiba and clapping Shikamaru. She was about to walk over when, her peripheral vision picked up a movement and flash of steel on her right.

Dodging low, her attacker tripped over her body, and fell right over her. Narue grabbed the man's vest and pulled herself over her him, a chakra filled fist propped ready to fire into the man's skull. Recognizing the silver hair of Mizuki-sensei, Narue hesitated for a second, leaving herself open.

Mizuki took advantage of this and walloped the girl on the side of her head, sending her crashing to the ground on the side of him. Quickly he rolled on top of her, and started beating her, ignoring the cries and attempts at getting him off.

Beneath the punches, Narue felt something crawl up the back of her neck, and enter her brain. Fear, because a memory flashed through her vision, engulfing her in it's mental remembrance.

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Flashback.

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Groaning, an 8 year old Narue shook her head and fought to sit up. Her mommy and she had just been sparring lightly when the blonde youngster had caught a movement in the shadows of the bushes.

Since her attention was away from the fight, Narue didn't notice Tsunade's fist until it had already smashed into her head. Darkness crept from around her eyes and she last she the worried face of her mommy shouting down at her.

Noticing she was wet, Narue saw that the ground was swamped in murky water. She also noticed that it was very cold. Looking around, Narue acknowledged that she was in a tunnel, no a sewer. Having an ugly yellow tint, shadows flitted from an unknown light source across the walls and pipes, ran in every direction cross the ceiling.

Peering into one end of the hall, it was pitching black, but Narue could make out a pulsing red glow. Stepping toward it, Narue shivered from both the cold of the water, and this unknown feeling the glow gave to her.

A mix between revolting nausea and trembling anxiety, Narue knew that the glow was bad, and she needed to get out. A deafening roar sounded around the tunnel, and Narue felt tears building as her breath shortened. The sound was just so evil, so angry.

Trying to move the other way, Narue found her feet bolted to the ground. Against her will her feet lifted up and shaking, stepped forward, leading her down the hallway.

Fighting against her out muscles, Narue shook in effort and terror as she drew closer to the glow; it was shining around a corner and Narue saw rattling ripples in the water, flowing away from the opening.

Her possessed feet brought her into the dark glow, blanketing her eyes for a second. When they cleared, she was standing in a tall room with dripping pipes making small plopping sounds when the liquid hit the water on the floor.

In front of her there was a GIANT gate with kanji scrawling up the sides, in the middle, was a scroll sheet, with the kanji "Prison"(AN: I don't know what it really says, someone help!) on it.

Rumbling came from deep in the cage, red, slitted orbs opened and pinned the frightened girl's heart to her throat. The thing in the cage spoke, and the voice sent fear through her boots up to her heart, where it clenched tightly.

"What is this, the pathetic little human has come for a visit, how lucky." Narue could feel the sneering grin behind it. The creature moved forwards towards the bars that looked so puny in comparison.

Narue had known of this beast her whole life, it was a favorite gossip topic among Konoha people, at least when she wasn't around, otherwise she just gets mean words and glares.

"Kyuubi no Kitsune."

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The end! (phsyc!) just kidding, just a cliffy.

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