LIES, LOVE AND BETRAYAL
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Well then, I suppose the first chapter didn't do too bad. I would like to see more input from you readers though! So I guess we shall continue with the story.
Chapter 2: A Fateful Encounter.
It was a typical summer day in Yu no Kuni(Hot springs country). The warm day cloaked the people of a moderate sized village known as Attakawa village. It was in the southern foot hills of the country. Its citizens went happily about their business as they did any other day.
Except not all were sharing such a positive feeling. There was one in particular. This girl wasn't the happiest in the world. Actually, she had half a mind just to burn Attakawa village down, just to relieve some stress. And by all rights she had the capacity to do it.
Fortunately for the simple fools of this village she wasn't that cruel. In fact, as much as she knew these folk would hate her for what she is, she still preferred being in the presence of other people. It was better than being alone in the wilderness.
This girl walked down the streets with her hands behind her head, a slightly crooked scowl on her lips. The people of the village would shoot her some occasional looks. She was, however, a new face.
She ignored this and continued about her business until she noticed a fruit vendor's stand on the side of the small street. Then she looked around and noticed the other types of food stands around her.
The entrancing aroma's from the countless different types of food began to dig their way into her olfactory system. Bending her whim to the theirs. She narrowed her eyes, knowing full well she had no money to buy anything. Then she felt her stomach. It growled angrily at her.
She looked back at the fruit stand. More specifically, the pile of shiny red apples. It had been a few days at least, since she had eaten. And for someone like her that was bad.
Then the voice of her one and only friend echoed through her mind, "I have a question for you my little larva." It was a loud and strong voice, yet was like that of a kind and nurturing mother.
"What is it Chō-chan?" The girl replied mentally.
"Please stop calling me that... it seems... insulting to my name."
"Well then stop calling me 'Little Larva'... you know damn well, my name is Fū. What was your question?"
"Why do you not just take the food? It is illogical to deny food you could easy claim for yourself. Its the cycle of life. Kill or be killed. Eat or be eaten."
"First off, I intended to steal some... second, just 'cause I'm gonna do it doesn't mean I like it. And third, I'd rather find work that's suited to us and make some money."
The voice chucked within, "Humans... always trying to defy nature."
"Damn straight. To humans, nature wavers and retaliates. To a jinchuuriki like me, nature bends to our command."
With that comment, Fū stepped into a small alley near the fruit stand and formed a quick number of hand signs before blowing an invisible blade of air out of her mouth that traveled out the alley and sliced off two of the four legs of the fruit vendors table. This resulted in his produce crashing down to the ground and being blow down the street by the sudden wind.
"What the-?" The vendor shouted as he chased after his business items. Everyone was too distracted by the vendor to notice a gale of wind lift up five apples and float them over to Fū. Who grabbed them and quickly bit into one with a smile as she casually walked in the opposite direction of the commotion.
After she munched down the apples she came across a sign that was like a god send. It read 'Attakawa Hot springs and Public bath'
Fū's orange eyes lit up and glimmered with joy. She hadn't had a hot bath in almost two weeks. Sure a river will get you clean, but freeze your limbs off in the process.
"I am so gonna soak for hours!" Fū thought before entering the building. She found her way to the locker room, changed out of her clothes and proceeded to soak in the hot spring.
After almost two hours, Fū had decided that her body was clean and relaxed enough. She stepped out of the water and stretched her wet shimmering body. Her slightly tanned skin being caressed by the light.
"Ahhh I needed that..." she sighed contently, before grabbing her towel and wrapping it around herself.
"Little Larva Fū ..." she heard the motherly voice once again.
"What is it now, Chō-chan?"
"I am not entirely sure...I feel as though, something that's been missing from me, is near."
"What the hell does that mean?"
"I do not know... Sorry to have troubled you with it."
"Whatever." Fū shrugged as she entered back into the locker room. She noticed there was another girl there undressing for the hot springs. A girl not more than a year younger than her. And with a rather sad and angered look on her face.
She paid the girl no further mind and pulled the basket out that held her belongings. She quickly put on her outfit which consisted of a short sleeveless white midriff shirt with fishnet armor underneath, long white cloth armlets, and fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over it. Her Takigakure forehead protector was worn on her right arm. Fū also picked up a large red cylindrical object which she then strapped to her back.
To put her sandals back on, she sat down on the bench near the other girl who now had completely stripped her clothes off. Finally the girl removed a necklace which she placed in the basket with her clothes before putting the basket on the shelf. She untied her hair and put the ties in the basket as well.
Fū's eyes couldn't resist the shiny piece of jewelery as she eyed it. Her eye brow raised along with her peeked interest.
The girl then walked out of the locker room to the hot springs. Opportunity shined. A mischievous grin crept its way on to Fū's face. "That necklace could fetch me enough cash to eat for a month."
15 minutes earlier...
The recently branded, though unjustly, murderer and traitor, Uzumaki Naruko walked into the border of a small town called Attakawa village.
Her clothes were dirty, her body was bruised. Naruko bore a constant look of furious intent on her face. It had almost been two months since she fled from Konoha. She had yet to come up with any answers as to who the masked man was and why he killed Sakura. And without knowing that she couldn't clear her name.
Though she remained in contact with the toads in which she held a summoning contract, she made them promise to never tell anyone anything about what she was doing. Apparently Gamabunta was reluctant to agree to this. He wanted to tell Jiraiya that his student was innocent and doing fine.
But Naruko persisted. Then, once the toads had conceded to her request, she asked them to obtain for her any source material they could on Fuuinjutsu training. She immediately began studying them. Hoping that it would serve her well in her quest for vindication.
Her training was apparent in the fairly large scroll that hung horizontally off the back of her waist. She had vowed that she would make Sakura's killer pay for what he had done to her. And then some...
But first... She needed a bath... bad. After training and evading potential trackers for almost two months she just wanted to melt away into a hot steamy bath.
So after wondering around town she found a building, whose sign read; 'Hot springs and Public baths.' Sighing with relief she sealed her large scroll into a mark on her belt and entered the building, eventually finding her way to the locker room. As Naruko began to undress she noticed another girl enter the locker room out of the corner of her eye.
Naruko paid little attention to her. She was lost in her thoughts. As she finished undressing, she noticed the girl was staring at something in her direction. Feeling awkward she ignored it as she put the basket on the shelf and untied her ponytails before dropping the ties in the basket as well.
As she left the locker room and proceeded to the hot spring, she began to reminisce on her home. Her teammates. Her sensei. Sandaime Hokage. Ero-senin. Tsunade-basama.
With the last thought she grabbed the crystal necklace around her neck... well she would have at least had it been there. Instead she grabbed air, "Ah dang it... I forgot to put it back on..." She grumbled before returning back to the locker room which was now empty.
Naruko walked up to her basket and pulled it down to rummage through it for her necklace, "What the hell?" She barked in panic. She couldn't find it so she dumped the basket out on the floor and frantically dug through everything.
After realizing it wasn't there she grabbed her head in frustration, "Are you kidding me?! What could have happene-" she stopped herself when she remember the green haired girl in the locker room.
"FUCK!" She screamed loud enough for the villagers to hear her.
Fū was already running out of the village with a large grin on her face. The voice of her body's tenant spoke up once more, "Well done. But where are you going?"
"I know just the guy to sell this little beauty too." Fū answered confidently.
"You should be careful with that trinket. There's something about it that makes my exoskeleton crawl. almost like we... or I shouldn't be near it. Yet at the same time I should be. Was this what I was sensing earlier?"
"Chō-chan, you make less sense with each passing day. Are you losing your mind in there?"
"Hhmm. Perhaps..."
"Well either way you wont have to be near this thing for long. Once I sell it off that is." Fū remarked. She had already made it FAR from the village. She was fast. She could be faster if she chose to fly. But its not like she was fleeing from other shinobi, right?
Just then the beast within her became alert, "Incoming!"
Fū immediately stopped in her tracks as a blur shot over her head and landed several feet in front of her knocking up a dust cloud.
The mint-haired girl let out a whistle of 'awe'. When the dust cleared it revealed a blue toad about twice the size of a human. A particular blond girl stood on its back. Now fully re-dressed, save for her un-zipped jacket which revealed the fishnet under armor and her cleavage.
Naruko stood ready, the large scroll now standing next to her, with her hand on it. She jumped off the back of the Toad summon, "Thanks, You can head home now. I can handle the rest"
"Understood" The toad nodded before vanishing in a pop of smoke.
Naruko turned to Fū, who had an amused smirk on her face and her hands on her hips, having noticed Naruko's forehead protector, "I don't know who you are, and I don't care. I don't want to fight so just. Give. It. Back." Naruko held her free hand out.
"Give what back?" Fū cooed, "I haven't got the slightest idea of what your talking about." She lazily lied.
"Don't feed me that crap, I know you have my necklace. Just give it back. I don't want to hurt you." Naruko narrowed her eyes at the other girl.
Fū scoffed slightly, her smirk ever present. "Hurt me? Aww kid thats adorable! You couldn't hurt me if you tried."
"Want to bet? Just give me the necklace."
"Mmm...Nah, This things gonna keep my stomach full for at least a month" Fū taunted. "Listen up Twerp, cut your losses you're not getting it back so I'd advise you just go back to the village."
Naruko's anger began to peek. She was by NO means in the mood for this shit. Unbeknownst to Naruko however was pulse of a certain bijuu's chakra that emitted from within her for just a second. "If you wont give it to me, I'll just take it."
The beast within Fū, changed her demeanor to urgency, as Fū had already accepted the challenge and charged at Naruko, "Little larva! Stop! You need to listen to me first!"
"Not now. Hold on just one minute. Just gotta deal with this girl." Fū ignored her Bijuu's plea's.
"You don't understan-" But Fū severed their mental link. She often did this, feeling her tenant liked to talk too much.
The mint-haired girl readied a punch as she closed in on her target who quickly brought up her large scroll to block the attack. Fū then followed up with a couple more punches which were also blocked. She jumped up and spun around to kick at the girl two times. Both were blocked but she began to push Naruko back.
She landed on the ground and back flipped, kicking the scroll upwards in the process before sweep kicking at Naruko's legs.
Naruko jumped over the kick and as gravity brought her down so to did she bring down her scroll like a hammer on top of Fū who crossed her arms above herself to block it. She winced from pain. Shocking, considering it was just a scroll she was hit with.
Fū pushed the scroll away and delivered a straight kick at Naruko who jumped back to dodge it. Naruko formed a hand sign and a gang of nine shadow clones appeared around her, all wielding scrolls. Then they charged at Fū who was instantly put on the defensive.
She blocked and dodged three clones attacks before punching one in the gut and dispersing it. Then she spun around and trip kicked another clone. It too vanished.
Fū quickly dodged a horizontal swing of a scroll from a clone before flipping over it, grabbing it's shoulder and completing a front flip to throw the clone into another one dispersing them both.
Naruko patiently watched as her clones skirmished with the girl. She was pretty good. But its not like she was first to man-handle Naruko's shadow clones.
Finally, with a roundhouse kick the last clone dispersed and Fū stood proudly, ready for Naruko's next attempt. However her opponent remained stoic and still.
Fū decided to make the next move and quickly dashed back at Naruko. She jumped to deliver a powerful kick to Naruko's head but she quickly rolled under the kick and to Fū's side before swinging the scroll and smashing it into the mint-haired girls side.
This sent Fū rolling across the ground until she corrected herself. She scoffed before forming hand signs, "Hidden Scale Powder Jutsu!" she said before exhaling a large, glimmering cloud of powder that reflected light so brightly Naruko had to shield her eyes.
"Damn!" Naruko cursed inwardly.
Fū used this chance to sprout colorful insect like wings from her lower back and she flew into the cloud of powder she created. Naruko was too blinded to stop her opponent from shooting past her and delivering a powerful hit that knocked Naruko off her feet. Before she could hit the ground, Fū shot by her again knocking her in the opposite direction.
Naruko was helpless as the other girl continued to fly by her at such high speeds it was like an omnidirectional blur pummeling her. Fū swooped in to finish it and smashed a fierce punch into Naruko's gut before grabbing the blonds shoulders to fly straight into the air. Upon reaching the apex of her accent, Fū spun around and threw her victim into the ground hard, knocking up a large dust cloud.
Fū hovered triumphantly in the air. She waited for the dust to clear... then she realized she had made a big mistake, as Naruko was gone.
Fū whipped her head back and forth, scanning the area. But Naruko was nowhere to be seen. Until eight Naruko's shot up out of the ground. Two of which, wielding the large scrolls. This threw Fū off, enough to stop her from evading what was to come next.
In mid-air, one of the Naruko clones spun around and with the scroll, hit the bottoms of another clones feet, thus launching her up even faster. This clone delivered a devastating swing of her scroll to Fū's head, almost causing her to do a full back flip from the force. The same clone spun around and hammered her opponent one more time and sent her down to the Naruko's below her.
The first clone she came in range of, viciously jabbed her scrolls tip into Fū's gut, knocking the air out of her lungs for a moment and shooting her back up a bit. The next clone, punched her in the face. The rest of the clones whizzed by the seemingly limp body, each delivering a savage blow. The Nakuro that landed the first hit then came crashing down on Fū, slamming the scroll on her as they both descended, until finally the scroll smashed the girl between its self and the ground.
Fū coughed up some blood, before growling angrily. She released two more wings from her back that knocked Naruko away, revealing her to be the real one. Fū quickly lifted off the ground and shot up through the clones that were still in mid-air.
The blast of wind she created as she shot past them, reduced them all to smoke.
Naruko stood back up and looked up at the girl who rolled over and shot back down towards the ground, crossing her arms in front of herself. The blond female in her sights as she descended.
"Those wings of hers are getting annoying. I wish I could fly..." Naruko whined inwardly, "Oh well... least I got this..." she smirked. Fū closed in, mere milliseconds away when, one more Naruko clone jumped out from the ground below her, a Rasengan in hand. The attack barely missed the aerial adversary as she changed course in the last possible moment.
"Damn, how many of these stupid clones can she make?" Fū inwardly cursed. "She hasn't even opened that scroll yet. I'm kinda worried about whats in it." She brought herself to a hovering position several meters in the the air. She again formed a set of hand signs, "Hidden Scale Powder Jutsu!"
"Crap, not this again." Naruko cursed, the glimmering dust already blinding her from above. Naruko tried to run but Fū simply followed after her with her jet of powder, eventually consuming her blond enemy. After succeeding in smothering her with her powder she formed a new set of hand seals, "Good bye! Fire style; Great Fireball Jutsu"
Fū pinched her fingers in front of her lips and shot a searing fireball into the Hidden scale powder, which instantly ignited. Releasing a powerful explosion that even the people of Attakawa village could see, hear and feel.
The mint-haired girl simply smirked at her accomplishment, "All for a stupid necklace... I hope it was worth it, Twerp."
"ITS MORE THAN WORTH IT!" She heard Naruko's voice roar demonically. A pulse of red chakra rippled out, shaking tree's with its force, and dispersing the cloud of dust,"Give. It. BACK!" Naruko roared again. Fū could now see something that terrified her.
Naruko was covered in a fox shaped cloak of red, boiling chakra. One tail of pure chakra whipping around behind her. Something Fū had never seen, "Another Jinchuuriki?!"
Then, finally breaking through the mental block, the voice of the beast within bellowed, "That's what I was trying to tell you earlier! I knew I sensed a Bijuu's chakra!"
"Which one?!"
"I couldn't tell before, but now, seeing that cloak around her... Little Larva I think you bit off more than you can chew this time. That girl, houses Kurama!"
"Who?"
"The Kyuubi!"
Fū's face sank at what she was just told, "Ahhh, shit... but I thought the Kyuubi was dead. Didn't the Yondaime Hokage sacrifice himself to kill him?"
"I never believed that for a second. We Bijuu are immortal... He must have sealed Kurama within this girl."
The conversation was interrupted by a furious Naruko, extending an arm of chakra towards Fū, who nimbly dodged to the side. The chakra arm quickly turned and slammed into Fū's back, driving her back near Naruko.
Fū recovered in mid-air before coming too close to the blond, "Okay, Chō-chan, lets kick it up a notch."
"If you insist..."
The mint-haired kunoichi suddenly became enveloped in her own cloak of red chakra, "Bug Bite!" She shouted as she charged towards Naruko who jumped up to clash with her.
/\/\/\
The Shichibi suddenly found herself outside of Fū's mindscape. It was now in an empty black world of nothingness, save for two cages. One of which she was in. Then she heard a low and dark growl emit from the cage beside her own.
Two large red eye's opened up revealing their existence, Then it spoke angrily, "Chōmei... you have grow brazen in our years apart. You DARE attack me, little sister?"
"Nice to see you too, Kurama. Stop calling me 'little sister'..." Was Chōmei's only response.
"Why not? You ARE younger than me." Kurama retorted.
"No ones ever been able to prove that!" Chōmei defended herself, "And I'm not the one attacking you. My vessel is fighting your vessel."
"I DON'T CARE! Put an end to it! Or I will! And I assure you, my solution will be MUCH less... preferable!" Kurama commandingly roared.
"How bout we just cut them off from our chakra and let them duke it out alone?"
"So be it!" Kurama agreed.
/\/\/\
As Naruko and Fū both exchanged a furious number of blows back and forth, the ground shook. But that all ceased when the red chakra around them both faded and Fū's wings were gone. This just so happened moments before they each punched one another in the face. Their skirmish suddenly stopping.
They broke apart and stumbled backwards.
"Wh-what the hell?" Fū questioned no one in particular as she looked herself over.
Naruko gave herself a once over as well, "Damn it..."
Then they locked their gazes back together. Naruko narrowed her eyes, "Whore..." she said before slapping the girl across the face. This knocked Fū of balance for a second.
The comment and slap made Fū's eye twitch, "Bitch!" She slapped Naruko right back.
"Cunt!" Naruko slapped her again.
"Slut!" Soon their slapping turned into a flurry of punches and then they were rolling around on the ground. Each trying to either rip the others hair out or gauge the others eyes. All while backed with uncivilized curses. At this point it wasn't even a real fight. Just two angry girls blowing off steam.
Eventually their wrestling came to an end as Fū kicked the blond off of her. Both girls were now running on empty.
Fū sat up and looked at the girl who began to crawl on her hands and knee's to her, "Give... it... back..." she ordered as she inched closer.
"I don't get it! It's just a stupid necklace! Why do you want it so badly!?"
"Because someone special gave it to me and it's all I have left of my home!" Tears leaked out of the corners of Naruko's eyes.
Fū sighed in defeat, "Fine... take it... it's not worth the trouble," she reached in to her shirt and pulled the necklace out before tossing it to Naruko who caught it.
"Th-thank you..." Naruko panted as she sat up on her knee's and put it on. She wiped the tears away, "You must have been pretty hungry to fight over it so hard."
"You have no idea." She then reflected on her blond associates comment about home, "I wish I had something in my village to care for like that."
Naruko then thought of herself and Gaara. Both jinchuuriki, and both with miserable lives growing up, "I didn't have much in my village to love for a long time. But then, I became a shinobi and started to form bonds with my teammates and others. I was even earning some respect in the chuunin exams. I guess you didn't have that luxury?"
Fū simply shook her head. "Not a single person in my village liked me. More times than not my genin squad would disregard and abandon me, leaving me to fend for myself. So eventually I couldn't stand it anymore. I was so close to losing control and slaughtering my village. But I chose to leave instead."
"It's terrifying how much alike you and Gaara are."
"Gaara? I've heard that name before. Sunagakure's Gaara no Sabaku?" She questioned.
"Yeah... He's the Ichibi's jinchuuriki."
"I didn't know he was like us... I heard he was a monster but I didn't think it was literal."
"We are NOT monsters!" Naruko yelled, "I'm sick and tired of us being treated like that!"
"Well from what I heard all of us jichuuriki are treated like dirt... despite that, I honestly enjoy being a jichuuriki. Chōmei is the only friend I've ever had."
"Chōmei?" Naruko inquired.
"The Shichibi, Lucky Seven Chōmei as she likes to call herself."
"Well, We're both in the same boat... so how be we start over with a fresh slate? I'm Uzumaki Naruko!" She said holding her and out to the other girl.
"...I'm Fū..." She shook the other girls hand, a slight smirk marking her lips.
NEXT CHAPTER:
Naruko and Fū begin to bond while they search for work suited to their skills.
Their lives begin to look up.
Well there is chapter 2. I hope you enjoyed. Review and share your opinions. It will only make the story better!
'Til next time, this is Damiad, signing of from the Void!