AN:/ OMG I LOOKED UP SUPERT ON . IT HAS A DEFINITION. SOMEBODY PUT UP A DEFINITION 3 YEARS AGO. IT APPARENTLY MEANS "SUPERSUPPORT"
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THE THIRD NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS STORY. I will add an epilogue to announce when the sequel will start. It's not really an epilogue but more of a quick note/story that announces where to go to find the sequel(so don't abandon this story all of a sudden when chap 43 comes out). So, if you want to know when "Inari's Prayer" will come out, you'll just have to keep your eyes peeled or wait for "chapter" 44 (or follow me, your choice).
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OMAKE CONTINUATION FROM CHAPTER 24 IF YOU WANT TO REREAD THE FIRST HALF.
PART ONE IS CHAPTER 24
THIS IS PART 2 OF THREE OF THE GREAT OMAKE
PART THREE WILL BE CHAPTER 42
The four Konoha nins were settled in their rooms and Kagiri made her exit as she left to the throne room. The empty room was grand with large red pillars shooting up to the elevated ceiling. Elaborate swirls were carved into the archaic wood and the vibrant colors in the ceiling was illuminated by the small fires in copper bowls. Kagiri's getas clicked against the reflecting black marble floor. Servants rushed to take her scarf and offer her nourishment before leaving the room completely. She slowly sat down in the lean chair atop an elevated stage. She leaned back and rested her head against the backrest.
"A bit too soon to relax, isn't it, Kagiri-sama"
Kagiri flinched as a girlish voice came from behind her chair.
"I see you did what we asked."
Kagiri narrowed her eyes.
"I did. But you got a tough one this time around. He definitely won't work"
"If he doesn't work, then we'll kill him too."
"I believe you are forgetting that this one is of royal blood. Killing off the heir-"
"I heard he is a mix. He is no pure heir."
"Well, he's a ninja."
"...which Uzumaki did you bring this time."
"Uzumaki...Namikaze Naruto"
A faint gasp was heard and a few shuffling before it went quiet again.
"He will hear of this development. Continue as planned. We will figure out the rest"
With echoed footsteps, the girl left and Kagiri was left in the empty room. She slowly eased into her seat and clenched her fist, resisting the urge to bite her nails. The tingling in her spine and the shaking in her fingers had her on edge. Kagiri was a smart girl. She knew that while Naruto was a mixed blood, the Uzumaki blood concentration in him was relatively high. If just having Uzumaki blood in you was good enough for what these people were looking for, then the whole land of pebbles would have been good enough. But no, the villagers here, though they had continued the red haired trait, did not have the concentration to be even 1/16th Uzumaki. Naruto, on the other hand, was fifty percent Uzumaki, probably one of the highest concentrations and third only to Kushina Uzumaki and a man in Ame by the name of Pein, both of which were absolutely impossible to obtain. No one had ever seen Pein and Kushina was the Hokage's wife which meant for diplomatic missions, Kushina was always escorted by her Husband. These people were definitely not ready to go up against the legendary Yellow Flash.
Kagiri bit her lip. If Naruto didn't work, these people would run out of high concentrated Uzumakis to use. And if they ran out...the next best thing would be her, a quarter percent Uzumaki.
Naruto created a clone and had him take his place in bed before sneaking out. Sneaking around, Naruto had to say, this palace was rather grand. There were no need for guards because the place was protected by seals. Of course, that couldn't stop a seals expert, let alone an Uzumaki. These barriers were meant for mostly ignorant ninja or low level seals experts. Naruto slipped by the barriers with ease as he continued to snoop around.
He made his way to an empty throne room and immediately spotted a lone figure sitting in the chairs. He sucked in his breath and saw that Kagiri was sleeping in her chair. He frowned. Shouldn't her servants be taking care of her? He shook his head and walked past the throne chairs before something caught his eye. He looked behind Kagiri's throne and noticed a rather odd blade. It was roughly concealed as one of the hind chair legs. Naruto scowled. This was way too much work but he was curious and he would rather be caught trying to take apart the throne chair then let his curiosity eat him away. He silently walked up to Kagiri and quickly jabbed her in the neck. She woke up with a start, gasping for air in shock, before she dropped back into a deep sleep.
Naruto pulled Kagiri off to one of the smaller thrones before kneeling in front of the main throne and taking a closer look at the blade. It was a sheathed but the byzantine designs that were carved into the sheath matched the chair legs. The detail of the sheath was enough to label it as a royal relic. A probably long forgotten heirloom, built into the throne chair to be forever forgotten. He slowly lifted the chair and took a small tug at the blade from under the chair. It didn't budge so he took a harder yank and the wood slightly cracked. Naruto grimaced as he noticed the small crack in the chair but took the unscathed blade and raised it to his eye level. He took another yank at the sheath and a few dust escaped as he pulled the long blade out of its casing. Though the outside looked absolutely ancient, the blade looked as if it was forged just yesterday. Not a single rust was spotted. There was a single sentence carved into the blade and Naruto took a closer look.
"この刃を振るう彼は、多くの刃を振るう."
"'He who wields this blade, wields the blade of many'...strange. "
Naruto looked at the blade again. He surged his chakra into the metal and almost dropped the blade when it caught aflame.
"Holy shi-!" Naruto immediately cut his chakra flow from the blade and watched as the fire died down. The words engraved that glowed a bright red before died down to an extinguished amber. The faded faint red hilt now turned a dark blood red and the old wooden sheath in his hand had renewed itself to a polished mahogany. The blade looked brand new again.
"It...feeds off chakra?"
Naruto flicked the blade around, catching it aflame every time he poured chakra into it. He scoffed and sheathed the blade. He took a look at the gold tip of the hilt and noticed a small safety lock. He flicked the small hook and the end of the hilt popped open with a click. Slowly opened it even further and noticed a slip of paper in the hollow of the handle. He pulled the small slim scroll out and recapped the hilt before unraveling the scroll.
"It's dark, it was dangerous..." The note was like a diary entry, Naruto noticed. He continued to read it.
"It's dark, it was dangerous. What the princess was asking of us was out of this world. She mentioned a demon deep in the darkest passages of the palace. She told us we had to kill it. She had already sent fifty samurai in into the dungeons and not one had returned. I may be the one of the generals but I am not blind enough to realize her intentions. It's not a mission to kill off the demon, we are mere sacrifices. We are not being sent there to save the people, we are being sent to appease the hunger of a demon. My loyalty only goes so far and I know that if she calls my name to go into the dungeons, I will run away. My honor as a samurai, while unwavering, is only given to those who deserve and earn it. I am afraid my princess is not an exception, regardless of blood. I am even starting to believe she is an imposter. A faint flicker of her hair and it turns a vibrant green before going back to its usual red. Her normally pale blue flickers to a dark red. She's hiding something, something dark and evil. A shinobi war is upon us and I fear under the reign of this rather new princess, we will all perish." (an:/ totally got this from Tomb Raider XD)
Naruto frowned. A demon? Sacrifice? Green hair? Red eyes? Shinobi war?
His head snapped up when Kagiri started to faintly move. He rolled the scroll and placed it back in the hilt. He took a look around the room and sealed the blade into a scroll before pocketing it into his Hakama. He looked at the missing leg of the chair and his eyes darted around. He created a balancing seal and slapped it underneath the chair, waiting for the ink to settle in before taking the blank page away and watching as the ink spread out before disappearing into the old wood. He slumped Kagiri up against the main throne, noticing how the chair didn't move from balance, signifying his seal was working. The missing leg was hard to notice, thank Kami, so Naruto started to walk away.
"I think that's enough adventure for today." He sighed as he slipped through the door.
He missed a pair of dark red eyes that flashed with slight anger. A flick of green hair caught light before it disappeared into the shadows.
Breakfast was a rather quiet affair as the five people were spread out across the extremely long table. Each seat was spread out a few meters from the other, completely cutting off connection from each guest. Naruto sat on the opposite end of Kagiri, who was quietly eating her food. Naruto's eyes flickered over to his genin. Sakura was eating silently, Sasuke was sitting quietly, and Konohamaru was monkeying around with a grandeur display of his lack of manners.
Naruto took in surreptitious glances around him. The note he found last night had mentioned dungeons within this palace. But after a quick scan last night, the entrance to these dungeons were definitely not obvious ones. He had also went around town early in the morning in hopes of asking the villagers what they knew about the local folklore. They had mentioned the Oni and it's powers but each villager had given him a different description. Some said it had feathered wings while other said it was reptilian. Some had said it took form of an old woman while others had said a voluptuous young one. Other said it had fiery red hair while others said it had a bright green.
"Namikaze-sama?"
Naruto's thoughts were brought to a halt as a servant next to him started to collect his plates. He noticed a dark red scar that started at the back of her jaw and made its way down to her collar bone, disappearing into her shirt. His eyes flickered up to her face and noticed she was watching him.
"May I ask how you-?" Naruto wondered.
"The Oni."
Naruto flinched at the curt reply as the young maid turned heels and simply walked away with haste. Naruto's blood ran cold as he recalled her voice. It was brought down to a low whisper and the trembling caused her to hesitate at the "O". Her eyes darted over to Kagiri and then around the room before they went back to his face. She looked absolutely terrified but at the same time, pressured to tell him the truth. Her silent plead for safety did not go unheard.
"Namikaze, is there an issue? You've been staring off at your empty table for a while. Do you need your plates back? Were you not done?"
Naruto looked up to Kagiri who was across the long table. He gave her a closed eyed smile shaking his head.
"Nothing of the sort. No need to be trifled by such small thoughts. I was just thinking."
"Very well. There is going to be a small festival tonight. You and your escorts are free to do as you please for the rest of the day until then."
"Thank you, Kagiri-hime"
Naruto had sent his genin to do "recon" in the village. It was mainly a distraction as he made his way around the palace toward the servant quarters. He caught sight of the previous maid and quickly caught hold of her.
"Excuse me!" Naruto called out.
She turned and her face faltered.
"N-Namikaze-sama, what can I do for you?"
"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Hai, Namikaze-sama"
"Please follow me."
Naruto lead her to an empty hall before he created a sound barrier around them.
"I need you to tell me about the Oni."
The girl gasped as she started to nervously shift her weight.
"I put a sound barrier around us so no one can hear what we are saying." Naruto assured her. "I just really need to know and it seems you have encountered it.
"encountered it..." She whispered hollowly, "I could almost feel her breath on my skin."
She looked up with a bit more ferocity.
"I did encounter the Oni. I was very very young. I by accidently ventured off into the dungeons. It had been right before the annihilation of the entire Uzumaki clan. I had been five when this happened. I fell into a trapped door and couldn't find my way back. I had been attacked by the Oni. But she deemed me not worth her time and left me in the cave after slashing at my neck-"
"Her?"
"-yes. The Oni was a woman. I could see her silhouette and the glow of her red eyes. She had told me that I wasn't worth the sacrifice and left me in the dark to die."
"How did you survive then? You're here aren't you?"
A ghost of a smile passed her lips. A nostalgic look crossed her face.
"The Uzumaki heir found me. She was venturing the cave like an adventure and found me. She apparently knew the caves from the inside out. She never heard of the Oni as she had never encountered it but she mentioned she'd been in the caves more than once."
"The heir?"
"Uzumaki Kushina"
Naruto's eyes went wide.
"She was eight at the time and she was still stronger than a lot of people. She carried me back to the surface and I had survived somehow. I will forever be indebted to her."
"This Oni, though. Could you describe her a little more?"
"Hmmm. She had a very cheery voice. She was rather petit and her voice was a little high. She had fangs though. She also had long horns. I couldn't see much because she remained in the shadows but her smell...her smell was repugnant. It smelt of something rotting but rather sweet. It smelt strongly of Iron and I almost vomited. I will never forget that smell."
"Rotting flesh and blood."
"Sorry?"
"The smell you smelled. It was rotting human flesh and blood." Naruto clarified.
The servant remained silent.
"Thank you for your time, miss-?"
"Kairi...my name is Kairi"
"I will take my leave, Kairi-san."
Naruto turned to leave before he stopped mid-step.
"Though I have one question, Kairi..."
"Namikaze-sama?"
"...what is an pure blood Uzumaki doing as a servant?"
Naruto turned and smirked before releasing the silencing seal and flashing away, leaving Kairi in shock.
Naruto knew what he was looking for. The smell of rotting flesh and blood could only be covered so much and there were only a few plausible places in the entire palace. He had visited every spot but a trap door could not be found. He looked around and even tried his Douton: Chikyuu no Hansha, Hankyouteii Jutsu but found nothing. He was getting frustrated by the dead ends he was running into. Kairi tried to help but she didn't remember where the trap door was. Naruto resigned and decided to humor his genins who were currently bored out of their minds.
"Kagiri-hime, I was wondering if I could visit your armory. I was hoping to train my students and I don't have any blades for each of them."
"YOU'RE TEACHING US THE SWORD? OH BOY!" Konohamaru whooped as he ran around in circles. Naruto gave a defeated sigh as Kagiri sent a servant to lead them.
The Armory was a rather large room with racks of swords lining up against the wall. Show cases of rather intricate katanas laid gently in silk bedding. Swords of generals who had died off or sacrificed, Naruto added, were sealed away and kept in the back. There were other weapons and Naruto couldn't help but think of a weapons mistress back in konoha who would've loved to come here. He was passing along the racks of weapons when he spotted in the corner of his eye a red hilted sword. He walked over to it and froze.
His heart almost stopped as the pungent smell of rotting flesh and blood wafted his nose. The rather concentrated smell wasn't the only thing that threw him off though. The red sheathed sword he caught sight of looked frighteningly similar to the one he found in the throne room. He picked it up, but his hand felt something wet and he immediately let go and looked at his palm. He hand was covered in red and he brought his hand closer to his nose and almost gagged as the smell of rotting flesh and blood grew even stronger. He ignored the blood and unsheathed his sword. He read the engravings that led down the blade.
"振るう多くの刃、多くの血があなたの手になります"
"'Wield the blade of many, and the blood of many will be on your hands'..." Naruto muttered.
The blade in his hand was apparently the twin to the blade in his possession. He tried to channel chakra into the blade, seeing if it caught the same results as the other but nothing happened. He frowned. He looked back at his hand and noticed that the blood was gone. His hands were clean again. Another thing he noticed was that the blade looked brand new.
Was someone feeding chakra into it recently?
His head darted around and he noticed behind the sword rack a small trap door. He smiled.
Naruto looked at the three genins passed out on the floor. He had the decency to look a little embarrassed as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I guess I went too hard on them..." He chuckled. He created clones and ordered them to take the genin to their room. Meanwhile he dashed off to the armory once more. Dawned in his jounin outfit he moved over to the trap door he found earlier. The smell reached his nose again and he sniffled before moving the rack aside. He popped the door open and took a look at the dark hole in front of him.
"Here goes nothing..." he muttered.
He entered the small tunnel and reached a small room. There was a seal on the cave wall and a glowing red light on the floor below it. On both sides there were tunnels that went deeper. He looked at the seal and noticed the dual layers. It was a work of no amateur but it wasn't that extravagant. Possibly the work of a student. He continued to read the seal and noticed the summoning agent. He frowned. He was paranoid. What if this seal summoned the Oni? But the seal was rather sloppy hence he ruled that out. He poured chakra into the seal and backed up as a cloud of smoke appeared. Soft coughing sounds reached his ears and the smoke cleared away, revealing a small eight year old girl with long red hair. Her face was round like a tomato and she wore a small blush making her face a little red. She cleared her throat and looked around.
"It worked?" she continued to cough. She caught sight of Naruto and frowned.
"And who are you, -ttebane?"
"'-ttebane'?"
She blushed and covered her mouth before she gritted her teeth.
"Don't laugh!" She growled.
Naruto tried to stifle his laughter before continuing.
"Can...can you explain to me why you put a summoning seal here?"
"You don't look like an Uzumaki...how do you know of this seal?"
"I am an Uzumaki...just not redheaded..."
She looked skeptical before crossing her arms and giving him a smug look.
"I'm what we call a hologram. I'm not really here but at the same time I have a mind of my own. My owner is probably not here right now. What I am, is a projection of her mind. She applied chakra here and so every time there is an intruder or venturer in here, I am summoned to guide them back out."
"This place is rather frightening for a little eight year old to know so well..."
"I'm not little!" She protested.
Naruto chuckled before jabbing her forehead with two fingers.
"Compared to me, you're pretty little."
"Che- stop treating me like child-ttebane!"
"You said it again..." Naruto bemused.
The girl frowned before blushing even more.
"Don't worry, my mother says "dattebane" too..." Naruto assured before looking around. The little girl looked amazed.
"Really? Who is your mother? Is she an Uzumaki?"
Naruto turned back to her.
"Hmm? Uh, yeah. She seemed to pass her verbal tick to me. I'm Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, dattebayo!" Naruto gave her cheery grin.
"Namikaze? Naruto? Who in their right mind names their kid fishcake?"
Naruto scoffed.
"Sorry tomato head, I wasn't aware that my parent's weren't in their right minds." He jabbed her forehead again. She violently rubbed the spot he poked.
"I'm not a tomato!" She growled.
"Yeah whatever. You're a guide right? You must know about the Oni then..."
"Oni?" A flash of recognition flashed her face before she turned apathetic again.
"I don't know what you're talking about..." the girl crossed her arms.
Naruto sighed.
"I know when you're lying. Well, it doesn't matter. You're the guide so I guess you should follow me."
"Hmph. If it wasn't for the command function in my program, I would have returned to that seal. Like hell I would follow a fishcake on my own will."
"Sure, whatever kid." Naruto drawled as he started to walk towards the right tunnel.
"Don't go that way, it leads to traps..." the girl spoke up.
Naruto looked toward her and changed his direction the left.
"Any way we can get light?"
"You won't need light. You're eyes will get used to it. Or you could send chakra into your eyes to enhance it." The girl clarified.
"You're a ninja?"
"A ninja in training."
"Hmmm...that's cute."
"Shut up, Fishcake!"
"Make me, Tomato." Naruto stuck his tongue out before he made his way through the tunnel.
"Just one question. Does this hologram stuff continue on even after decades the seal has been made?" Naruto asked.
"Correct. My seal was created when my user was eight years old. When she's fifty, I'll still be here in my eight year old body with my eight year old mind."
"Does your memory get transferred back to the original?"
"Hmm...I think when I reenter the seal it will...at least that's what the scroll said"
"When was your seal created?"
"I was created in-"
The girl's voice was cut short when a faint rumbling was heard and the floor began to vibrate. An echo of a roar was heard far away and the girl's face blanched.
"Fishcake...it's time to start running in the opposite direction."
Naruto raised a brow but didn't question. He started to sprint in the direction he came from. He checked to see if the girl caught up and to his surprise the girl was right next to him.
"Don't be surprised, I'm a hologram remember? I can go whatever speed I want..." She huffed as Naruto continued to run.
"Can you explain exactly what I'm running from?"
"The Oni."
"I thought you said you didn't know what that was..." Naruto deadpanned.
"I know there's an Oni but I never personally met it."
"How did you manage to escape it? I've heard grown samurai were killed by this thing."
"I've managed to avoid it because it is a rather dull creature. Its banal ways of hunting are rather predictable. If you learn the tricks of the trade for evading, this thing will seem like a stupid dunce." The girl announced proudly.
"huh..." Naruto looked thoughtful as he continued to run.
"Any time I can stop?"
"I think you're safe now. You're close to the fountain of the dead. Oni doesn't come around here often."
"Why is that?"
"It was said that the Oni use to be a beautiful young woman. But her lover died and she found out that he was cheating on her. She became jealous and vengeful but she was repulsed by the souls of the dead. The fountain of the dead is where people float bodies away to the underworld. I don't think it's real and the bodies probably all decayed to the bottom of the water but it's Uzumaki folklore."
"Why is the Oni in the dungeons then?"
"Well, she had killed her lover's mistress and so she was banished to the caves. It was here where she became the Oni. She fed off of the other banished people. But once the people discovered she was eating the banished men, they stopped the punishment. So she surfaced and went through the town eating the young men. They sent her back into the dungeons and sealed her off into the palace. They sent sacrifices, instead, to appease her."
"I heard a kid survived her attacks though. She said the Oni spared her saying she wasn't good enough."
"Yeah, apparently the Oni only likes young guys because they are around the same age as her lover."
"Well, I need to find this Oni."
"What! Are you insane? She'll eat you! You're like bare minimum, but you're within the age range!"
"Well, I'm curious and I need to discover the true purpose of this palace. There are many Uzumaki vaults down here, am I correct?"
"Well, yeah, but why would you need to go to the Uzumaki vaults?"
"Well, I'm a bit fishy as to the intentions of some of the people up in the surface. They might take my blood to use on the vaults so I need to know what they're after."
"Can't they just take any Uzumaki's blood?"
"Hmm, they could but they're after mine specifically." Naruto decided to give half the truth because the girl probably didn't want to know that her whole clan was wiped out and that maybe she was part of the casualties.
"Well, I could lead you to the vaults."
"Cool, lead the way...tomato..."
"Shut it, Fishcake."
Naruto stood in front of the door as the little girl kicked a few rocks around impatiently.
"Are you just going to look at it or are you going to open it, -ttebane?" the girl asked impatiently.
Naruto jabbed his hands into the ground.
Douton: Chikyuu no Hansha, Hankyouteii!
He received the information he needed and frowned.
"Well, it's just scrolls mainly, a few heirlooms, I guess a few statues, and that's it..."
"Whoa! How did you do that?!" The girl asked in awe.
Naruto raised a brow again and looked at her. He jabbed his fingers into her forehead again.
"I'm a ninja, tomato. It's a jutsu."
The girl rubbed her forehead again and pouted.
"Could you teach me? Maybe my original could use it..."
"Hmmm...I wouldn't do that because what if your original is evil?" Naruto gave a pondering look before walking away. The girl chased after him.
"Stingy..." she muttered.
They visited a few more vaults before Naruto finally made it back to the entrance.
"I'll be back."
"It's not like I can move anyways, stupid. I'm stuck here via seal, Fishcake. I'll see ya when you return."
Naruto poked her forehead again before ruffling her hair affectionately.
"See ya, Tomato..."
Naruto left and the girl returned to the seal.
Naruto prepared for the party as he looked at his hakama. His genin walked in dressed in their own hakamas and kimonos. He smiled to the three of them before he was escorted out to the party.
It was a lavish party with performers dancing everywhere. The sea of red haired people filled the room and Naruto navigated his way over to Kagiri.
"Kagiri-hime" he bowed.
"Ah, Namikaze-san" Kagiri gave a light bow and offered her hand as Naruto took it in his own.
"I guess I will be escorting you as your fiance" Naruto hummed. Kagiri only laughed.
"Ah yes, that. I have to thank you for your sacrifice of reputation."
"Your condolences are unnecessary. I'm doing what needs to be done."
They fell silent until Kagiri was offered to dance by her cousin. Naruto was left alone at the spread and he drank out of his cup. Parties were never his thing anyways. He was about to leave until and a slender hand clasped his shoulder. Naruto slowly turned around and was met with a pair of dark brown eyes.
"May I help you miss?"
"Hmmm, Namikaze-sama. I couldn't help but notice you were all alone so I decided to join you in your solitude."
"It isn't solitude if you intend to join me." Naruto countered. He looked at the girl skeptically. Her hair was black and tied neatly into a bun and her kimono looked seriously outdated. All in all, her appearance had nothing to brag home about. Naruto shifted and stood still.
"Well, then, miss, what are we going to do in our solitude?"
She lifted to glasses of liquor and offered a cup to Naruto.
"Surely a shinobi like you drinks, right?" She gave him a questioning look as he hesitantly takes the cup.
"I don't take drinks from strangers..." he mutters.
She slips the cup out of his hand and takes a sip before handing it back to him.
"If poisoned is what you're looking for, it isn't here." She took a sip from her own glass and gave him a smile.
Still skeptical, Naruto slowly raised the cup to his mouth and sipped before looked back at her.
"It's rather troublesome that an Iwa nin is here in the land of pebbles. What are you here for, assassination? Bounty?"
"You're funny, Namikaze. I'm not here for your blood. Rather, I think we share a common goal. Those Uzushiogakure scrolls aren't meant to be opened and it would be rather dangerous for a bunch of civilians to obtain such powerful knowledge."
"And Iwa isn't after the 'powerful knowledge' themselves?"
"Of course not. We're as good in Fuuinjutsu as we are good at killing your father. It's just not working out."
Naruto chuckled and the girl chuckled along.
"Well, it's been a rather pleas-"
Naruto gasped as someone roughly shoved him in the shoulder. Naruto looked at the offender to see a man carrying empty wooden plates quickly moving through the crowd. The man gave a quick apology before rushing away. Naruto winced when he felt a small pinch on his arm, he looked to see that he got a splinter. He carefully plucked it out before turning back to the Iwa nin.
"Well, it's been a pleasure, Kunoichi-san. I hope your endeavors in ending my father's life are not in vain, and hopefully your mission to protect your sworn enemy's son will be successful." Naruto smiled and the girl only chuckled.
"I have to say, you blondies are quite the humorous ones. Another time then, Namikaze"
"Another time." Naruto nodded and began to walk away, walking through the empty corridors of the palace as the muffled sounds of the party grew fainter.
His slipped to the wall and hugged it closely as his vision started to become foggy. His lids grew heavy and his head was spinning. He didn't remember drinking too much alcohol yet he felt rather light headed. He caught sight of a flash of green before everything went black.
An:/ I know, long chapter, and it's only part 2. The Omake will hopefully finish next chapter. So, You starting to see some connections going on? Like who the little girl is in the cave? And maybe a green haired cheerful girl looks rather familiar...And where does Kagiri's intentions lie?
Review Response:
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Zatheko: Hooded man revealed indeed!
Showtime09: Aww thanks! That means a lot!
foggraven: Of course, pervertedness comes in either contamination or genetics XD
claymore78: More natural? Awesome, it seems I haven't failed after all!
ero-sennin56: I will explain perhaps at a later date...remind me. Because it's a bit late to be talking about the Kiri wars at this point in time, especially with this arc ending extremely soon...
Foxxel: I think I'm just going to fall in love with all your reviews and then proceed to marry them...AND GET ME A JETPACK TOO! I WANT ONE!
SuomiTytt: Thank you for your reviews! I'm glad you like my story! I hope you catch up in time to read this review response!
blair27: My prom date is pretty good. XD Though I have absolutely no idea what to do (As a junior, I'm completely left out of the memo group...*cries*)
THE 7TH DEMON OF RAZGRIZ: HA! IN YOUR FACE SASUKE! LITERALLY! Did you just capture Sasuke as a pokemon? Dude! You could've trained him and became a pokemon trainer! Come on! You missed a great chance to "Be the very best like no one ever was" Isn't that better than being the ruler of the universe? I think so...and now you threw it in a volcano...*looks down the volcano* oh well...
Hatred bear it Fangs: YES SLEEP IS MORE IMPORTANT JUST LIKE HOW IM UP AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING UPDATING THIS STORY don't follow my example, go to sleep early, dead serious. Hopefully you'll catch up though! After your power nap, you only have 6 or more chapters to go! (I'm too lazy for math right now)
: Oh my gawd...thanky for all the reviews! I'm glad you like my story and your reviews make me bubbly! When you suddenly reviewed from chapter 1 I started laughing for some odd reason...well, keep on reading!
thissotrysucks:
Here we go again *sigh* I'm a bit rusty on flame responses so bear with me for a moment.
Let me get this straight. You read all the way to chapter 40...just to tell me I stole from a nonexistent writer...Like actually, who the fuck is Groomer. He doesn't exist in the fanfic database. I never even heard of the poor bastard so there is no way I could've stolen from him or anybody for that matter because I have never read a story like mine, thank you very much. Get your facts straight, bro. Now as much as you'd like for me to go fuck myself, I'm just not really into that and I'm not as narcissistic as you think. Also, learn how to spell "Story" correctly because I'm pretty sure my story isnt a "sotry"...that isn't even a word. Like we already have "supert", so don't try to make sotry a thing, it's just not going to happen. On a completely different note, thank you for your review, you just added to my wonderful 650 and counting review count. I hope you continue your reading of my story so you can review again. I look forward to it, fucknuts!
Duplex8: Yes. Sakura will be trained by Tsunade, and Rei and Rin.
Tsuukiyomi: Teehee?
Naruto Sakura Uzumaki: *high five* I've never really met anyone who's played the game (like yeah, people play it but I've never talked to anyone about it) it's good to see there are others out there. Well I'm glad your reading my story! Continue to read and I hope you enjoy!
Liam Minato: I am ambivalent as to how I feel about this. Is this a hate review or a complain? Like are you saying that I have too many chapters and that you're having trouble reading all of them? Or is it that you continued to read my story even if you didn't like it and now you've given up because you just grew sick of it and decided to be a massive shit head? I'm sorry if it was not intended to be offensive but seriously, your review is confusing me. That or you're high because this was posted on 4/20...blazing it hard I guess?
StreetFighter: was the chinese festival really that good? I think I might've indirectly answered your questions already. And because Naruto left before Sakura finished, he missed out on a lot...just going to leave it at that...
Spartan12458: Okie thanky! Don't get too addicted, I'm afraid there is not rehab for the addiction on The Namikaze Legend XD
Duesal10: I'm glad someone shares the same views as me! yeah, Naruto is a bit too young for romance right now...
Tigress-of-the-Grove: I'm laughing at your reviews for some odd reason. I didnt' know you couldn't review on the same chapter! Well I'm kinda happy about your dedication to get your review across though. But you can always PM me if fanfiction isn't allowing you to post that review! Naruto kinda lacked courage there but he's young, he's got a few years, give or take, to win the girl right...hint hint wink wink
End of Review response
I hope you know that previous message about flames wasn't an invitation but whatever. I kinda like replying to flame because it's hilarious how some people are ridiculously thick headed. I especially like the youtubers that put hate comments. They're my favorite. I heard this analogy somewhere and I'd like to use it. Responding to you guys is like playing chess with a pigeon, you can say all you want but the pigeon is just going to march around the board, knocking off the pieces, and strutting around like it won because it has absolutely no idea what it's saying and probably doesn't listen to reason. Okay so maybe I twisted the analogy a bit from the original but it has served it's purpose. I just hope that the haters have the ability to read this, because pigeons can't read...
Aerotyl over and out.