Warrior

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Freezing.

Chapter 1: The Meeting

Again he re-adjusted his tie and then examined himself again. He looked himself over in the mirror. His blonde hair was a spiky 'organised chaos' he had told himself, besides it wouldn't look right to have it neatly arranged, that wasn't him and ultimately this was supposed to be an event where you got to know people. There would be no sense in others getting an impression of him that wasn't at all true. His face was clean save for the whisker-like marks on his cheeks. His suit was clean and corrected pressed, black jacket and pants, white shirt and of course the crowning piece; an orange tie. He checked his watch and decided that it was time to go. He would be early but there was no sense in continuing to tweak what looked to be fine.

With one last glance in the mirror he made for the door and pocketing his room key exited the room. They had, in Naruto's opinion, hit the jackpot in that the rooms left vacant for this year's new recruits belonged to the top floor which gave them all a view of some part of the Academy. The floor below them belonged to the now oldest recruits and the floor below again was 3rd year territory, then 2nd year, then the ground floor was comprised of halls, meeting rooms and vending machines from drinks to ice to snacks. He turned down the corridor and entered the elevator. As he descended alone he checked his watch, he'd be nearly a half an hour before the recommended time but then it wasn't as though there was anything better to do, still the trip alone would be boring he thought with a sigh.

In the spectacularly decorated hall Elizabeth sat scanning through the new recruits on her digital pad, she had wanted to memorize them all by name, however even for her this would be a bit much and so instead she settled for paying special attention to those who interested her. She was the lead organised for this years event and so she had decided it only natural for her to be ready and waiting to greet people as they arrived. The other 3rd years and the 4th would turn up either just in time or just plain late, this was for them a formality that held little to no significance as they were already paired up, and even in the event that they weren't they were most likely to build that sort of relationship up with someone from their own year as through classes and training there was the greater opportunity to develop a bond.

So there she sat alone almost idly scanning through the new recruits and the limited information she had access to. Thus far she had found little of interest to her.

'Inuzuka Kiba,animalistic combat power, sensory abilities especially smell and advanced canine techniques' she read to herself in her mind 'I don't think so...'

'Akimichi Chōji, body expansion techniques' She frowned, and looking without thinking, she glanced at her own body, 'No! No, definitely not!' she thought her teeth clenched snapping her eye up, her cheeks rosy from a feeling of self-inflicted indignation 'Next!'

What she really needed was some ability that would assist her but also one where the reverse was also true. She hadn't thought her abilities would pose this sort of problem for her when she had discovered them but then being different always comes at a cost. Most people possessed a power suited or even exclusively for close quarters combat and while she could still duo with such a person, she would then have abilities that possessed no synergy. All this considered she was becoming increasingly desperate for a partner, in her first year it wasn't such a big deal, the luck of the draw she had thought, the second year had been downright disappointed but if there was still nobody this year… well perhaps she would simply be better off finding someone in her own year and simply make the appropriate efforts to make it work. But she would hate to have to do that after she'd been so stubborn already…

'Uchiha Sasuke, Sharingan user, summoning techniques, fire & lightning techniques' her bored face came alive with interest, her eyes widening and her lips parting. She pressed on for further details and her eyes widened further. 'This guy…´she thought as she looked at his official scores, they were higher than the averaged specialist but in every area. It was in that moment she made the connected and smiled 'I see, so you are Itachi-Sempai's little brother, well that actually makes sense now.' She looked up, her interested smile lighting up her face, he would definitely be one to watch out for. Skilled in every area, has already mastered two natures and possessing such a revered kekkei genkai? The sharingan; it was rumoured to see the future in battle, to be capable of copying whatever it beholds and to see the truth of any illusion. That alone was an ability that would bolster any partner he chose power's enormously but for her adding on those natures he could use would make him the ideal partner for her, the only catch would be catching him first, everyone would be coming after this one.

Just then the door opened and through it entered a very smartly dressed blonde boy. She didn't recognise him at all, but none the less rose to her feet, placing her pad on the table then walked towards him. She sent him a sweet smile and offered him her hand

"Good evening, I'm Elizabeth Mably" as she introduced herself he smiled at her and took her hand shaking it warmly.

"Uzumaki Naruto" he said. She couldn't help but note how brilliantly warm him felt, he had large cerulean eyes, his blonde hair was somewhat messy though it suited him, even for such a formal occasion. Genuine, that was the word that immediately leapt to her mind as they shook hands. He let go and looked about her at the room.

"Wooow, this is some place!" he said in awe. "It must have taken some time to get it looking like this!" She smiled at this, taking it as a compliment to the hard work she had poured in.

"Oh, it did, but this is one of the occasions where it truly merits such hard work" she explained. He looked at her

"You did this?" he asked, clearly surprised.

"Of course I had help, but yes, it was me who planned it if that's what you mean" She again explained this time taking his surprise with a pinch of salt, assuming he wasn't quite as well versed as others in etiquette. He studied her for a moment before nodding, his smile reigniting.

"Well that makes sense I suppose, you can actually tell from looking at you that it was probably you"

"What do you mean by that?" she asked, unsure as to what he was getting at.

"Eh? Well I mean you're dressed up as nicely as you've done the halls" he said in an 'obviously' sort of way. Elizabeth lowered her head and smiled as her cheeks grew warm.

"Thank you for the compliment, Uzumaki-kun"

"I was just telling the truth. To tell the truth" he began "You can probably tell already but I don't know that much about fashion. I just know what I like and what I don't." Elizabeth looked at him for a moment wondering where he was going with it before concluding he was probably the type to just speak his mind. Not everything he said had a point as such.

"Well it was still lovely of you to say so" she said. She checked the clock and continued "Well it seems like you're quite the early bird, shall we sit and talk as we wait for the others?" she asked as she put her hand gently on his back to guide him towards where she had been sitting.

"Sure" he said happy to let her guide him "So where is everybody else?" he asked as he sat down.

"Well they usually all turn up with minutes to spare. Nobody likes being the first to get here and having to wait around for everyone else to turn up" she explained sitting back in her chair.

"Why not? I got here first and I'm glad I did" he smiled earnestly. Again she smiled and lowered her head for a moment, she knew what he was doing. Many before him had tried the same approach. He sure seemed nice enough but she knew nothing about him or his abilities for that matter.

"Oh, and why is that?" she asked, playing along.

"Well for starters I'd say you." He said, she nodded mentally having felt as though she had predicted him perfectly "I get this chance to thank you for putting forth so much effort for everyone. Plus it's sort of nice to know who went that extra mile for you. I guess if I'm honest where this room full it would never have occurred to me to ask about it, so thank you, Elizabeth-sempai" he said with a small bow of his head where he sat.

Elizabeth was looking at him, careful to keep her warm, pleasant smile, but inside she was half confused. She realised what he was saying but that wasn't the sort of thing she was expecting. 'I see' she thought to herself 'Cut from a different cloth are you?' She would enjoy coming to understand him; he was proving to be quite the enigmatic boy.

"Secondly, it's an advantage isn't it?" he grinned "I mean, we now get to see everyone coming in" Elizabeth nodded.

"An advantage?" she queried "What sort of an advantage do you feel it gives you?"

"Well for starts I'm guessing most people who are already coupled up will arrive together?" he said looking up as he said it before looking at her. Elizabeth considered for a moment before answering

"That's probably true, though not always" She pointed out, at this Naruto grinned

"Of course, but it's a starting point for a new guy like me" he said pointing to himself "Secondly , you can tell a bit about a person based on when they arrive. For example that you're already here tells me that you're committed and patient." Elizabeth smiled, she liked his logic and had to say, for someone who initially came across as a simple guy, he was a deceptively deep thinker.

"I see, well why don't you turn that powerful perception of yours upon yourself. What does it say about you?" she said with a smile, crossing her legs. Naruto laugh nervously and scratched the back of his head.

"Honestly I was just impatient, I'm really excited at the idea of meeting my future partner, meeting all my comrades, soaking in the feel of the atmosphere when the who academy is present" he said with a smile, leading back in his chair as he finished and crossing his fingers behind his head as a cradle to support his head.

"That's a positive attitude, Uzumaki-kun!" came a chirp from behind him. As he whirled around in his seat Elizabeth looked calmly up. Chiffon had arrived it seemed and as always she had interfered with something she had been enjoying. Still her arrival was not at a completely inopportune time as Arnett, Attia and Creo were also entering just at that moment. She stood, drawing Naruto and Chiffon's attention.

"If you'll excuse me, it has been a pleasure to have met you, Uzumaki-kun" She said with a smile and slight bow of her head. Looking at her with widened eyes, unused to the formalities being used he stood and returned her smile

"The pleasure was mine, Elizabeth-sempai" he said with a chuckle, he returned the bow and Elizabeth taking her pad off the table with her, left to meet her group of friends. Sitting back down he thought briefly that he would never really get used to those formalities, but still he would probably do well to obey them to the letter for now. Chiffon moved around Naruto and took Elizabeth's now vacant seat to sit in front of Naruto.

"Well I guess it's just us for now" she said with her usual and ever-present smile "Though it won't be long now before people begin to arrive." Naruto grinned at her.

"Can't wait" was his reply.

"That's some confidence you have, Uzumaki-kun. Aren't you the least bit nervous?" she asked, leaning forwards in interest.

"No way!" Naruto declared with a fierce smile "Today is the day I meet the person who I am going to partner up with, I can feel it!" he finished, holding a hand to his chest. Chiffon looked at him curiously for a moment before letting loose a single chuckle.

"I think you have a very rare confidence. Your partner will be a lucky lady!" she said with a pause "What sort of person will she be I wonder?" she asked, raising a finger to her lips and looking up, her lips parted. Naruto leant back in his seat and linked his fingers and hands together behind his head once more, leaning his head back into the cradle.

"I don't know…" He said trailing off for a moment before adding "Someone who doesn't give up" he added with a grin, as much to himself as to Chiffon. He then looked at her, this time taking her appearance in. She wore an elegant beige dress that was both revealing of her quite lovely figure, yet conservative as it did not reveal an overly abundant amount of flesh.

'She really is very pretty' he thought to himself. He began to wonder if all the girls here would be this attractive when her voice interrupted his line of thought.

"It's only natural for you to be curious about a girls body but" she said covering herself with her arms "you should be less obvious about it, Uzumaki-kun" she said, with a semi mischievous grin. Naruto immediately gasp, and broke his relaxed posture and bowed his head before her.

"I'm Sorry!" he blurted out "I wasn't- I mean I didn't mean to stare- I was-" he fumbled for the right words to explain himself silently cursing a certain pervert with whom he likely picked up several bad habits.

"It's alright, I realise you weren't staring intentionally with perverse thoughts" she said, lowering her arms. Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. 'Of all people the student body president?' he thought aghast.

Chiffon giggled; surprised he was such a sensitive boy. Her smile widened as she realised she could have a lot of fun with this, but there would be a time and a place for such things. For now she would indulge her curiousity as that was this evening is about after all.

"So am I right in thinking that Elizabeth has caught your eye, Uzuamki-san?" she asked innocently, leaning to one side to look past him and at the girl in question.

"Elizebath-Sempai?" he repeated confused "You're saying…" he said with a pause, adding one and one together "she doesn't have a partner?" he finished with a confused frown.

"She doesn't" Chiffon confirmed "She has been waiting patiently for someone who is compatible with her specialism" Naruto folded his arms in thought

"That must be some specialism" he said, attempting to imagine what sort of power she might have that would require her to worry solely about it.

"The way you two were talking I was thinking that you two might be getting along" she said.

"Well yeah, but I mean I didn't even realise that she… I guess that's why she was alone to begin with?" he asked, looking at Chiffon in search of the answer who waved it off.

"Oh no, she's quite committed that's all. See that group of girls? They are what you might call her circle. They are rarely seen without the company of one another, but even so Elizabeth was he for a good while before them because of her dedication." She explained. Naruto nodded as she spoke but he couldn't help but notice something else from what she said.

"I understand now. So those girls are her friends, but what about yourself?" he asked. Chiffon was caught offguard with that little comment.

"Well I wouldn't say we aren't friends…" she began to purposely misdirect the question but Naruto was already onto her.

"No, no, I mean, why are you here so early? Is being the student body president something to do with it?" he pressed. Chiffon let loose a inaudible sigh of defeat, he had caught her out.

"No, I suppose I am like you, I am just trying to get a better look at who is new and my eagerness in this caused me to arrive earlier than most" she admitted.

"So you aren't spoken for either?" Naruto asked incredulously.

"Nope" Chiffon admitted with a mild shrug of her shoulders. Naruto could only look at her, clearly there was something he hadn't been getting about the whole partnering deal. He knew it was more than just a case pf liking the person on a physical level, but that was surely a part of it he felt. He also knew it was a case of compatibility, you wanted someone whose abilities would synchronise with your own, the pervy sage had emphasised this quite firmly with him. But wasn't that it? Elizabeth sounded as though she had perhaps an unusual ability, which he guessed could make it difficult to find someone for that reason but Chiffon too? Either they remarkably both had a difficult power to set or there was something he wasn't getting and that latter idea was beginning to make him nervous.

"How could that be?" he found himself asking before he could apply his brain to mouth filter.

"Well I suppose I haven't met that person yet." She replied simply. Naruto smiled at her in effort to be reassuring, but inside he was rattling his brain trying to figure it out.

"I'm sure you'll meet him soon" was all he could think to say.

"So, whose blondie over there?" Arnett asked gesturing to the whisker cheeked boy now speaking with Chiffon. Elizabeth glanced behind her, back at the boy before turning to the group again to answer.

"Uzumaki Naruto. To be honest I'm not really sure about him. He's certainly… different though" she said with a thoughtful pause and a secret smile. Arnett cocked an eyebrow and leant forward

"Ehhhh?" she teased "Is Elizabeth interested in the new boy?" she continued to tease. Elizabeth gave nothing away and instead began to fiddle with her pad.

"Perhaps" she said coolly "Though I don't know anything about his abilities, it would be tough for him to beat Uchiha Sasuke in that respect" she stated matter-of-factly. This got the roups attention with a unanimous gasp and a momentary widening of the eyes.

"An Uchiha?" Attia questioned immediately. Not looking up from her typing, Elizabeth merely nodded.

"There'll be stiff competish for him" Arnett said with a grin.

"But Elizabeth can get him if that's what she wants" Attia insisted in a tone that screamed 'of course'.

"Depends on the boy and his own tastes" Arnett argued playfully "Besides, it also depends what he's like"

"He's Uchiha Itachi's younger brother" Elizabeth commented which earned another shocked pause this time longer than before.

"Result" Arnett she bringing her hands together as though she were talking about money.

"An Uchiha would make for an excellent partner with anyone" Creo thought aloud. Elizabeth nodded in response.

"Exactly, that's why although he seems like an obvious pick, the same is true for everybody. As such cultivating alternative possibilities is going to be as important. I cannot guarantee he would find my own abilities something he would like, nor that our personalities will be…. Compatible" she explained, not for once looking up from her pad at which she was now frowning at.

"I see" said Attia "So this Uzumaki kid..?" she added, now more interested what was causing Elizabeth to frown than the exciting prospect of another elite Uchiha.

"That's what I am trying to find out" she said "I can access his basic page, but his previous examination results are all off the record and even his tags are… unclear" she said turning her page around so the group could read it.

Before them the picture of the boy sitting across the room was clearly him, the name Uzumaki Naruto was also shown but some of the bullet points where blank, which indicated that they didn't possible the authority to view the information. What was listed however was almost hilariously numerous for a supposed 'basic abilities' list. Most recruits at this point would have anywhere between just 1 and 3, with the rare exception posing four. Not including the blanked tags, Naruto had 6, including them he had 8.

"Shadow Clone user, Wind Nature User, Summoning techniques, Shape Manipulation Master, Regenerative abilities, Secondary Chakra User" Attia read aloud.

"Secondary Chakra?" Arnett echoed with obvious confusion "What does that even mean?" he asked with a shrug.

"I'm not sure, but regenerative abilities?" Creo asked "Like the Immortal Roxanne do you think?"

"It's unlikely" Elizabeth said, turning her pad back to face herself "That ability is one of a kind, but still they wouldn't include it if it weren't relevant to us. What I am curious about are the 'Secondary Chakra User' and 'Shape Manipulation'. I get what they must mean by both but even so there's a lot of room for misinterpretation. Both have the potential to be very compatible for me, but also to be totally worthless to me" she said with a mild frustration.

"Don't worry about it too much, after all isn't their first carnival this week anyway?" Arnett said with a smile "Seems to me we'll get to see what all of this means then" Elizabeth smiled and turned her pad off.

"You're right, I must say I am looking forward to seeing what he can do" she said, glancing behind her once again at the blonde boy.

'You intrigue me further, Uzumaki Naruto' she thought while smiling.

Naruto found himself in the arms of a different girl every few minutes. This dance involved trading partners frequently which was great in that it allowed him to meet someone new every few minutes, but between being too focused on the dance and how quickly they changed it wasn't like he got to say much. He wasn't about to complain though, the room was filled with pretty girls. Some talked and talked, others where more quite and reserved. Most he also had never met, others he recalled from a few years ago when they were in the basic ninja academy together. Sakura was even more beautiful than before, even Ino had become quite an attractive girl.

Partners swapped again. A few steps and a new pair of hands in his own Naruto found a long, red haired girl in his arms, older than him clearly though he didn't know her he had seen her earlier in the evening with Elizabeth.

"Well hiya Naruto" she cooed with a grin. He returned the smile awkwardly

"Hey, er, you're Elizabeth-Sempai's friend, right?" he asked uncertainly.

"That I am, I'm Arnett and it's a pleasure to meet you" she said as she danced.

"Nice to meet you, Arnett-Sempai" he greeted nervously. He noted how confidently and quickly she moved, she was a much more aggressive dancer than anyone else so far.

"So you have some of us girls pretty interested, Naruto" she purred, causing Naruto to turn pink.

"Eh?" he said, struggling to keep up with the pace with the turn of the conversation.

"Well you're quite the enigma!" she laughed "Why are all your results unlisted?"

"Oh, well" he said pausing as he spun her "I guess because I didn't train under a jounin here."

"Ohh? So where did you train?" she asked as he took her back in his arms, for the close part of the dance. Feeling daring Naruto smiled

"That would be telling" he grinned. Arnett laughed

"So you can play after all!" she said leaning close "I like that"

Before Naruto had the chance to think of anything to reply with she moved out from his armed and he found someone new in her place moments later. This time it was a dark haired girl with pale eyes.

"Hey" he grinned and as he looked at her he was overcome with the strongest feeling of déjà vu. He knew this girl

"H-h-hey" she stammered back, moving to the barest amounts, clearly uncomfortable.

"I'm Naruto, but I get the feeling we've met before haven't we?" he said apologetically. The girl in his arms nodded but said nothing for a few moments

"I-I'm Hinata" she said so quietly he could barely hear her. It clicked and he knew instantly who she was

"Hinata?!" he exclaimed "That's really you, Hinata?" She looked up at his surprised and semi alarmed by his reaction

"You look really different from how I remember you! You look great with your hair longer like this" he smiled then focused back on the dancing unaware of her turning from pale to pink to red. Suddenly she moved away, off the dance floor before they were supposed to. Unsure of what just happened he took it as an opportunity to sit down. Chiffon caught his eye as she sat away from the dance floor but looked over at it, almost longingly so he moved to sit by her.

"Uzumaki-kun, you sure have some moves" she said in almost awe. Naruto laughed and scratched the back of his head.

"You think? I was just doing what everyone else was doing" he said nervous that she was just being polite. It was then he noticed two other girls on the table. One with long dark hair who sat next to Chiffron with a hand raised in front of her mouth and a blonde girl with glasses who sat as far away as the table would allow.

"Ah, where are my manners, this is Ticy Phenyl" she said, gesturing to the shy girl next to her "This is Uzumaki, Naruto" she said then gesturing back to Naruto.

"Hello" Ticy said barely over the sound of the music.

"Hey" Naruto responded with a nod of his head.

"And this is Satellizer L. Bridget." Chiffon said, sounding almost nervous to Naruto "Uzumaki Naruto" she finished, trailing off in volume towards the end. The girl looked at Naruto with almost a bored, disdainful expression.

"Hey" Naruto said with a smile, trying to overcome the crushing feeling of "I don't want to be here at all" he was feeling overwhelmed by from the girl.

"Hi" she said curtly. As Naruto saw her she had the look for the teenager who was stuck listening to their parents for an unfortunate amount of time and really wanted nothing more than to slink back into her room and forget the event every occurred. He wasn't sure whether to sympathise with her or be annoyed at her rudeness.

"So is your partner making you stick around?" he asked her, in an effort to liberate her from boredom.

"I don't have a partner" she replied simply.

"Oh." Naruto said unsure of what to add to that. She certainly was making no effort to find one that was for sure.

"Why not?" Naruto ventured, he realised it was pretty direct and possibly rude but then she didn't seem to mind, so why not he figured.

"I don't like being touched, so no one can partner with me" she replied in a monotone.

"Eh? You don't like being touched?" He repeated, confused.

"No" She replied flatly. Naruto looked at Chiffon who seemed a little too interested in the table cloth before looking back at Satellizer.

"You're a bit weird, aren't you?" he pointed out unashamedly. She looked at him with a fixed look, and Chiffon gasped and waved her hands frantically

"What a thing to say, Uzumaki-kun!" she said, clearly horrified "Don't pay him any mind, he's a bit too familiar sometimes!" she said to Satellizer in a hurried and nervous way.

"The same goes for you too" Satellizer said coolly.

Blue eyes met blue eyes and they both stared at each other for a minute or so before Naruto looked away

"Chiffon, you're right" he said with a defeated sigh "I was out of line to say that to you, I'm sorry" he said looking back at Satellizer. She didn't reply at first and simply continued to look at him

"It's fine, everyone else thinks what you said anyway, even if they don't admit it." She said looking away.

That last statement bothered Naruto more than he'd like.

"Well who cares what everyone else thinks. Do whatever the hell makes you happy. That's what I always do" he said, leaning back in his chair. Chiffon leaned forward to look at him intently.

"What?" he asked, confused. Slowly she raised her arms to cover herself as though she were naked

"Oh nothing…" she replied slowly.

"Oh come on that wasn't what it looked like!" Naruto cried, springing back to life again.

Author Notes: That's all for now, like I said before, new writer so any and all feedback is appreciated if you could leave reviews with anything good or bad (though if it's bad let's make it Constructive criticism please!). I also need a proof reader so yeah, if anyone is interested please let me know via Private Message!

Thank you all and I hope you are enjoying it or at least didn't feel it was a total waste of time! ^^'