Steve: And here we go! The third chapter of the update! And we finally return to Naruto and Harry on their journey!
Yui: About time I say. I was wondering when we would return to them.
Steve: Yeah… Well, I was trying to show some of what was happening in Konoha while they were gone. (Notices Hinata mopping around) What's wrong Hinata? Something happen?
Hinata: (Nodding with tears in her eyes) Yeah… I… I bought this big bag full of cinnamon buns and turned around and… and when I looked back, they were all gone with Hanabi licking the frosting from her fingers…
Everyone: (Sweatdrops)
Steve: Okay… That's… Interesting… Um, do the disclaimer now, please?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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Walking a short distance behind Naruto and Jeraiya, Harry takes note of the annoyed look on Naruto's face. 'Won't be long now… anytime now he'll explode.' Finally, Naruto stops and after a few moments, so does Jeraiya. Looking back at Naruto, he raises an eyebrow.
"Problem gaki?" Naruto nods making him sigh. "Ok, what's the big problem?" Naruto explodes.
"The problem? WHAT IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM?! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE FUCKING PROBLEM IS YOU HENTAI BAKA! YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD TRAIN US AND YOU HAVEN'T SHOWN US A FUCKING THING YOU SHIT HEAD!" Jeraiya looks at him as he pry's himself from the imprint in the tree trunk Naruto's voice just embedded him in.
'Yup… definitely Kushina's son… Got her loudness and language skills.' Looking around at their surroundings, he shrugs. "Fine gaki, I guess that I can teach you two something. Now come close." The do so and watch as he forms a round ball made of chakra in his hand. "Now this is a prized technique that the Yondaime created, the famous Rasengan." Harry looks at it with wide eyes before looking at Jeraiya.
"Your going to teach us how to do this?" Jeraiya nods as he walks to the tree that's currently holding his imprint.
"Yup. Now watch." Holding the Rasengan to the tree's trunk, he holds it there while the jutsu grinds away at it. Pulling his hand away, he reveals a tunnel through the trunk. "Check this out." Jeraiya then thrusts his hand forwards and the trunk explodes into a cloud of splinters. "Heh! Cool, right?" He blinks as Naruto rushes past him before he uses some magic to put the trunk of the tree in place before he heals it. Jeraiya looks at what he did in surprise. "Whoa! You can actually perform Mokuton?" Naruto shakes his head.
"Not exactly. Rather, I can control plants, not just trees." Jeraiya nods as he thinks it over.
'Hmm. Useful ability that.' Shaking his head, he turns to Harry. "Now, while Naruto's learning Rasengan-" He gets cut off by Naruto shouting at him.
"Hey! What's the big deal!? Why can't nii-san learn Rasengan as well?!" Jeraiya sighs as he looks at Naruto
"Because the Yondaime would want YOU to use it, not someone who wasn't his legacy." Harry's about to add something when Naruto growls at them both.
"Like hell! Nii-san is my nii-san in all but blood and even there we're pretty close! If you don't tech him, then I will!" He notices Harry about to say something and cuts him off. "And don't say a fucking thing nii-san! You will learn it along side me, and you will not make any complaints! Do I make myself clear?" The two look at each other before shrugging. Jeraiya just shakes his head and chuckles.
"Fine, fine. I give gaki. I'll teach your nii-san Rasenganas well. Okay?" Naruto nods as Jeraiya pulls out a scroll. "Good, now in this scroll I have the tools for the to learn the first stage of the Rasengan." Unsealing it, Naruto and Harry sweatdrop and look at him. Harry's eyebrow starts twitching.
"The first step to the Rasengan is… porn." Blinking, Jeraiya looks down at the stack of porn magazines and scratches the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Heh heh… where did those come from…" Seeing the two roll their eyes, he grumbles as he reseals the porn before pulling out another scroll. "Sorry about that, THIS contains the first stage to learning the Rasengan." Opening it, he reveals a pile of water balloons making the two sweatdrop again. This time it's Naruto who asks him sarcastically.
"Gee… water balloons Ero-Sennin? That's the big secret?" To their surprise, Jeraiya nods as he picks one up.
"Yup! Now watch closely." Holding the balloon in his hand, Harry and Naruto watch as a bunch of bulges form before it bursts. "And that's the only clue you'll get from me you two." Jeraiya watches as the two each grab a water balloon and start to practice. He nods as he looks at Harry. 'Harry will likely get this stage first since it relies on control which he has more of then Naruto. But I'm willing to bet that Narutowill get the second because it relies on power.' Shrugging, he starts to walk again as the two genin behind him work on the first stage. As their walking, Harry asks something which catches Jeraiya's attention. "Sorry, what was that?" Harry glances from where he's concentrating.
"I asked if it's related to Hatake-san's Chidori? I mean he was the Yondaime's student after all." Jeraiya snorts in derision.
"Yeah, it is. Kakashi created the Chidori and based it off the Rasengan. It is however a far inferior technique." Seeing the looks, he raises an eyebrow. "What?" Harry looks at him with an odd look.
"It's inferior to the Rasengan? I thought that both were A-class assassination jutsu? Besides, I've seen the power of the Chidori first hand." Noticing his questioning look, Harry shrugs as his balloon flattens making him frown. "I got between his Chidori and Haku-chanback in Wave, would have killed me if my vest and coat hadn't taken the brunt of it along with the shield charm I had up." Jeraiya starts growling making Harry blink.
"That Teme hit you with the Chidori?" Harry nods making him snarl. "That fucking baka! I can't fucking believethis shit! Is he completely brain dead?" Harry just tells him to forget it and asks how the Rasengan is superior. "The Rasengan is better then the Chidori because the Chidori relies on you being able to predict where your opponent is going to be. You see gaki, the Chidori is nothing more then a jab and when you use it you get tunnel vision. It's for that reason that the Chidori is effective only when used in conjunction with the Sharigan's predicting ability since that stops the tunnel vision." Harry nods in thought as he continues to consider the balloon.
"Okay… But what about my and nii-san's Mahogan? It can break apart an opponents moves and analyze them, so wouldn't that work?" Jeraiya thinks it over some and nods.
"It might… but you have to ask Kakashi to teach it to you… which he might not." He then shrugs. "But there is another reason for it being a lot more powerful. It's unfinished you see." He grins as Naruto's head snaps up.
"NANI! It's unfinished and it's that powerful!" Jeraiya nods at that with his grin widening.
"Yup! My student was looking to add an elemental affinity to it. By doing so you can increase it's power. I assume that you know about how the different elements interact, right?" The two nod. "The basic idea was to add an affinity to add secondary damage besides the Rasengan's normal internal damage. Let's say you use… fire for example. Along with the internal damage you could cause burning internally as well. Or, with wind, you could cut an opponent to pieces. Despite being a powerful jutsu in and of itself, the Chidori is a FINISHED jutsu. All that can be done with it is to pump more chakra into it thus enhancing the strength… but that's all." Naruto nods as he thinks.
"So basically, by using an element, you can increase the power of a jutsu by adding an element?" Jeraiya nods with a small smile.
"Exactly. But there's only a few jutsu that that can be done for. The Rasengan is one, Shunshin is another. The Yondaime was working on adding the element to the Rasengan when he died. I think, however, that you might be the one to complete it." He chuckles as the two work even harder to complete the first stage of training…
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Walking along the street, Kakashi's eye notices Asuma and Kurenai at a sidewalk café as well as two people with black cloaks with red clouds on them. Narrowing his eye slightly, he walks up to Kurenai and Asuma. "Hey you two… enjoying your date?" Kurenai just scowls at him.
"We're not on a date. We're just having a chat and comparing training methods. That's all." Kakashi just shrugs.
"At least Iruka is no longer denying that him and Hisame are an item." Out of the corner of his eye he notices that the taller of the two cloaked figures twitches slightly. "Heh! Talk about an odd couple." Asuma just shakes his head.
"I don't know about that Kakashi. They seem to be getting along since they've started to date. I guess that all was needed was a single one to get them started. I would love to know what happened on the first." Kurenai just snorts.
"I know." Seeing their shocked looks, she grins. "Hisame was talking for days about her date with 'Dolphin-kun'." Asuma raises an eyebrow.
"I should be surprised, but I'm not." He looks at Kakashi and raises an eyebrow. "I can't help but think that your jealous of Iruka for getting a girl… Something that you've never managed." Kakashi flinches a little.
"Ouch! That was low." Asuma just shrugs and tells him that he deserves it for what he did. "I said I was sorry…" Seeing the two figures get up and leave, he nods at the two other Jounin and they leave as well, following the cloaked figures. A few minutes later, they meet up with the two figures at the shore of a small lake. Glancing between the two, Kakashi narrows his eyes. "Any particular reason for Akatsuki being here in Konoha…"(The fights go the way they do in canon up till the end) Glaring at Kisame, Itachi is about to say something when his eyes widen as he hears something heading towards him. Leaping over the Kunai, Itachi looks at it and his eyes widen noticing what's on the handle moments before the tag explodes. Leaping out of the cloud, he notices Iruka in the tree behind him.
'I didn't even sense him… but then again, you were always a tricky one Iruka…' He raises an eyebrow as Iruka raises an small handheld device before he pulls a pin and throws it into the air at Itachi who just watches it as Iruka shouts something about a F-bomb. "Hmm… It'll take more then-ARGH!" The flash grenade goes off right in front of Itachi's face, blinding him. Unable to see, Itachi is unprepared as Gai's fist sends him flying across the lake. Kisame notices this and charges at Iruka, knocking him out of the tree. Standing above a dazed Iruka, Kisame grins as he prepares to use his blade when he's forced to jump backwards as another blade goes through the area he was just in.
"Who the hell!?" Noticing the person in front of him, he blinks. "Omouto? What are you doing here… and why the hell did you attack me!?" Hisame just looks at him and growls before hugging Iruka to her impressive chest.
"I'm here because the Sandaime offered me asylum. And I attacked you Onii-san because you just attacked my boyfriend!" Kisame looks at Iruka and then at Hisame before looking back at Iruka with a snarl on his face.
"All the more reason to kill him then!" As he's charging him, he doesn't notice the water behind him swirling and then forming into a water dragon which hits him in the back, smashing him into several trees. Hisame blinks before looking at Iruka who smirks with his hands in the final seal for the jutsu. Hisame then grins before patting him on the back and nearly knocking him down.
"Good work! I'm impressed!" She looks away as he scratches at his nose shyly. 'Very impressed actually. Not only did he complete the jutsu without anyone noticing, but did so silently.' She shakes her head as she sees Kisame charging at them as she readies her sword. Just before he reaches them, Iruka throws two small objects which hit him in the face, causing him to scream and claw at his eyes. Her eyes wide, Hisame looks at him. "What the hell did you do!" Iruka shrugs as he looks at Kisame.
"I used a ninja weapon Harry wrote about in the Academy. They're called 'Black Eggs' and what they are, are eggshells filled with extract of pepper… or crushed glass. I used pepper extract in this case." She sighs in relief before Itachi appears and grabs Kisame before the two vanish.
"Well… shit."
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Looking around the room at the meditating Naruto's, Harry shakes his head as he sees Naruto scowl. "I'm not too surprised nii-san. We both figured that he could only hold it for so long… He is a self-proclaimed super pervert after all." He snickers as Naruto's scowl grows.
"Yeah… well, he didn't have to go running after that woman winked at him after all." Harry just snorts as he shakes his head.
"As I said, it was to be expected." Grinning a little at Naruto's grumbling, he turns to where Hedwig, Row, and Sal are moving a water balloon between them in an odd game of soccer. Sal grins as she pushes it around with her tail.
"-And she goes left! Then right! Then left again! Sal is magnificent today! Can she make it?!-" Hedwig knocks her wings against the balloon and snorts.
"-And Hedwig steals the ball from Sal!-" Growling a little, Sal whips her tail out stopping the balloon from rolling anymore. She grins as Hedwig grunts a little as she bats her wings at it, the two knocking it between the them before Row joins in. Harry just watches them and snickering at the commentary when the balloon bursts making him blink as his jaw drops. Hedwig doesn't see this as she looks at her soaked wings and feathers. "-Nice… It may be hot out, but I didn't want cool down like this Sal!-" Sal scowls and is about to say something when Harry leaps from the bed, startling both Naruto and the familiars as he starts jumping like a monkey on too much sugar.
"That's it! I got it figured out!" At that moment, someone knocks on the door making them all stop and turn at it. Looking at Naruto, they both nod with the same thought running through their minds:
'It's not Jeraiya.' Walking to the door, they open it to be greeted with the sight of two people with black cloaks with red clouds on it, one of whom is familiar to the two. Once again, the same thought passes between the two's minds. 'Akatsuki. And Itachi.' Looking down at the two, Itachi nods seeing the recognition.
"Hello Naruto-kun, Harry-kun. I'm afraid that you need to come with us Naruto-kun. Our organization is in need of your… presence." Naruto just blinks before shrugging.
"Sorry, but I'm not interested in joining your cult. But you might have better luck across town since I'm sure there might be people there interested in whatever it is you're offering… Good day." Naruto then closes the door in their face as the two Akatsuki agents stare icluderously. Finally, Kisame looks at Itachi and jerks his thumb at the door with a surprised look on his face that mirrored on Itachi's.
"Did he just…" Itachi just nods as he sighs.
"He did…" Kisamejust nods before growling as he kicks the door in… just before fivejets of red light shoot out the open door, picking him up and slamming him against the wall on the other side of the hallway. Looking at his downed partner, Itachi sighs before looking into the room. "You're just making it harder on yourself Naruto-kun… and you're not helping Harry-kun." Harry's about to say something when he notices Kisame getting up. Nodding at Naruto, Harry watches as he activates his Mahogan to it's third stage making Itachi widen his eyes. "An… Intriguing ability Harry-kun… Naruto-kun." He adds as Naruto does the same by also activates his to the same level before he snorts.
"Sorry Itachi-chan, but you ain't seen nothing yet." He vanishes with a pop and appears inside Kisame's guard and punches him in the stomach, making the shark-man grin.
"Heh… I like you gaki. Too bad I'm going to take your legs!" He swings his sword, which is blocked by Naruto's knives. "Not bad, not bad at all. Maybe you might be a challenge for me in a few more years. Too bad you won't get the chance though." Naruto just growls as he leaps away from Kisame. Harry and Itachi are just staring each other down before Itachi calls out his attack.
"Tsukiyomi." Harry suddenly finds himself in a grayworld with a blood red moon hanging above him before he finds himself tied to a cross. Itachi suddenly appears in front of him as he stares impassively. "Welcome to the world of Tsukiyomi Harry-kun." Harry takes another look around before he grins slightly.
"Lovely place you have here Itachi-nee-chan. I absolutely love the decor. It's so… emo… So Goth… So you." Itachi just stares at him, though if you look closely you could see his lip twitching.
"As usual Harry-kun, you make light of your situation. I think that's what I most like about you and Naruto-kun. However, you must know that in Tsukiyomi, we play by my rules. In here, I am Kami. And while only a split second may pass in the real world, in here I can make three days pass. I can torture you any way I so please, even in ways that normally would kill you." Harry just watches him as a smile comes to his face.
"Why is you bad guys always have to do a monologue? No one really cares Itachi-nee-chan." Itachi's eyebrow twitches as he pulls out a sword.
"You shouldn't push my buttons Harry-kun. It might…" He stabs Harry in the gut with the blade. "… have bad results." He blinks as Harry continues to smile, not even giving a flinch making Itachi raise an eyebrow as he stabs Harry several more times, each time getting no reaction out of him. "How is my Tsukiyomi not effecting you? Is your pain tolerance really that high?" Harry just laughs as he shakes his head in amusement.
"Nah! It's just very hard to use something like this…" Harry suddenly disappears as his voice suddenly sounds behind Itachi. "… Against someone with a good grasp of Occlumency." Itachi's eyes widen in shock as he turns to see a smirking Harry. "Your illusionworld is nothing more then a very specific Legilimencyattack where you shove images into a person's head instead of taking them. I allowed you to get this far only because I wanted to ask you some things and I didn't want to be bothered doing so." Itachi's eyes go back into their normal stare.
"I see… this Occlumency allows you to take control of Tsukiyomi. Quite interesting indeed. I suppose I can't escape until you let me?" He glances around as Harry nods while the Illusion world melts away to show a small room with two comfy chairs. With not even a second glance he walks over and sits in one. "Very well. I guess I have no choice in the matter. What do you wish to know?" Harry just watches him before leaning forwards.
"I wish to know why you killed Mikoto-sensei. As well as if Uchiha Madara is truly the leader of Akatsuki." Itachi just raises an eyebrow.
"I killed her for much the same reason as I killed the rest of my clan: To test my capacity. As to your second question, Madara is dead. He has been since the days of the Shodaime." Harry shakes his head in amusement.
"I know why you REALLY killed your clan Itachi-nee-san. It was because they were planning a coup to take over Konoha and kill the Hokage. I also know that the Kyubi attack was caused by Madara. What I can't figure out is why you killed Mikoto-sensei as well as how you killed all the other clan members while she killed the clan Elders." By now, Itachi's eyes are the size of dinner plates.
"H… how did you know?! That was a secret!" Harry just chuckles a little before wagging his finger.
"How do you think? Your Okaa-sanwas a planner. She head give us a scroll telling us what she did and why… It was also a back up in case she had to get us out of the village so that we could still train." Itachi nods before sighing.
"I see… That's just like Okaa-san… Very well. I suppose that I can tell you the truth… Tell me something first… Does Naruto-kun also know? About the coup and Okaa-san's feelings for him?" Harry's surprised, but nods. "Don't be so surprised Harry-kun. She had told me herself about them… she would have been truly happy if her and Naruto-kun had gotten together." Harry just smile before chuckling.
"True… I think that they would havemade a nice couple. It hurt him all over againknowing that, but it also gave him a sense of calm… of true peace." Harry shakes his head, but then looks back at Itachi. "But that doesn't answer my question." Itachi just sighs.
"No… no it doesn't." Leaning back into the chair, he sighs again. "I never killed Okaa-san. First, because I had no reason to and secondly… I cared too much for her to do so." Harry just blinks at him.
"Then who…?" Itachi starts scowling fiercely.
"It was Otou-san…" Still snarling, he explains. "I came into the house to see her slipping from his blade. I killed him then after he told me that he did it to gain the Mangekyo Sharingan. After all, killing a lover IS one of the ways to gain it. He was so shocked when it didn't activate and I killed him. Of course, Sasuke chose that point to stumble on me in time to see Otou-san fall dead from my blade." Harry nods knowing the story from here.
"And then you tortured him." He raises an eyebrow at the guilty look on Itachi's face as well as the flinch he gives. "So why?" Itachi looks down with a saddened expression on his face.
"So that I will die." Seeing the confusion on Harry's face, Itachi chuckles. "By doing so, I can be sure that he will hunt me down and kill me." Harry stares at him icluderous.
"Why the bloody fucking hell would you want that!?" Itachi looks away and sighs.
"So I can rest. Because I left Sasuke alive the Elders stated I failed my mission. I told them that if they dared to try something with him then I would tell the truth to everyone and ruin them. They acquiesced to my demand only on the condition that I become a missing nin. As to your earlier question if I had help… I did." He then looks at Harry with shame showing in his eyes. "I had help from none other then Uchiha Madara." Harry stiffens at that with horror on his features.
"Wh… WHAT THE FUCKING HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU ITACHI-NEE-CHAN!? HE'S A FUCKING MONSTER! YOU KNOW THIS SO WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU TRUST HIM!?" Itachi sighs before shaking his head.
"I did it because otherwise he was coming to destroy Konoha and forcibly rip the Kyubi from Naruto-kun's seal." Itachi then gives Harry a hard glare. "Too be frank, I don't trust him at all and I doubt he'll keep his word to leave Konoha alone. But this is simply me buying time Harry-kun, nothing else. Nothing else…" Harry glares until he suddenly falls back and sighs.
"I'm too young for this shit." As Itachi chuckles, Harry remembers something from Mikoto's letter. "Itachi-nee-chan, what was the plan that Mikoto-sensei had for after the Uchiha massacre? She mentioned it in the letter. Itachi blinks a little before thinking it over.
"Her final plan? I truly don't know Harry-kun. I really don't. All I know is that she told me that it would allow her to live a new life and be with Naruto-kun. How she would have done this I don't really know, I really don't. It had something to do with a vial she had on her. Unfortunately when Otou-sankilled her he pierced the vial with his sword, breaking it. His sword then went on and penetrated her liver, causing death… though I still don't know why she died right off the bat since the wound I saw would take a few minutes to kill, not a few seconds." Once again Itachi shrugs. "Maybe Otou-san poisoned the blade." Itachi then looks at Harry. "I suppose that you followed through on her last wishes?" Harry nods slowly.
"Yeah… some were odd and we had to fight for them… Like how she wanted to be buried embalmed with any wounds on her healed. Really odd that. Wonder what the vial had to do with it?" Itachi just shrugs as the Genjutsu is slowly released as Itachi's attacked….
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Shaking his head at the odd Jounin, Harry looks at Naruto who's staring at the green leotard in his hands. "You're not actually going to wear that… are you?" Naruto looks up with a screwed up look on his face.
"Like hell! I was wondering what to do with it so's not to hurt big-bushy-brows-sensei." Naruto looks up as Jeraiya shakes his head. "I suppose we're leaving right now?" Jeraiya shrugs.
"Not much point in doing so gaki. They've been driven off for now… but I doubt they'll be back anytime soon with the amount of Chakra exhaustion Itachi suffered." They both genin nod before Harry suddenly grins.
"Oh! And guess what!? I figured out the trick to the first level." Jeraiya looks surprised at this.
"Really? Show me." Harry nods as Jeraiya hands him a water balloon. Closing his eyes in concentration, Harry's balloon gains a single bulge followed by another and then another until the balloon looks just like Jeraiya's did when it pops. Nodding (and ignoring the awed and slightly jealous look on Naruto's face) Jeraiya smirks. "Not bad gaki, not bad at all." Seeing Naruto's expression, Harry shrugs.
"It's rotations nii-san. You have to create numerous rotations to burst the balloon." Naruto blinks before grabbing his own balloon and trying to add rotations as he grins. As he's doing this, Jeraiya asks how he figured it out making Harry scratch his neck sheepishly. "Hedwig, Sal, and Row were rolling a balloon around when it burst. I figured out that it was from the water rotating in various directions at once." Later that night, Naruto's walking along the streets when he spots a young woman walking down the street. Smirking after he notices it's the new moon, he follows. Finally, the mysterious woman (who looks like a long haired version of an eighteen year old Rukia from Bleach) sits down on a park bench with a box of pocky she's munching on when she turns to where Naruto is before speaking in a feminine version of a familiar voice.
"You can come out now Naruto-kun… I won't bite nor am I going to kidnap you." Naruto nods as he sits beside her. "I suppose you have something to say to me? You are the only one alive besides Harry-kun to know the truth about me." Naruto just nods as he considers the woman beside him beside him.
"True… I suppose the seal that Fugaku and the Uchiha Elders placed on you is weakening? Then again, you always did revealed your true form on the night of the New Moon… Itachi-chan." The woman takes a bite of pocky and looks at Naruto with a smile as Naruto continues. "I'm also assuming that you're the one who told Jeraiya about the Akatsuki?" Itachi nods happily.
"Correct Naruto-kun." Looking down at her slender fingers, Itachi sighs. "I still can't believe that Otou-san and those fucking Clan Elders used that seal to lock me in the form of a boy so that they could have a 'Proper' heir. Thankfully, the seal should weaken enough in the next few years that I can permanently break it. Of course… That will be after Sasuke kills 'Itachi'. Once he does, I can start a new life under a new name." Itachi unnoticed by Naruto blushes as she's sitting beside him. "I'll also finally start a new family with a guy I like." At this, Naruto looks up at her.
"You already have one in mind?" Itachi nods with an unseen smirk.
"Oh yeah. He's about as far from the stuffy Uchiha clan as you can get. He's a real fun guy to be around." She glances at the boy beside her. "But all that can wait until I start my new life. I'm still trying to find a name for myself to use…" She pouts as Naruto chuckles before she giggles a little. "I guess it's pretty funny… but it's still hard!" Naruto chuckles some more as a thoughtful look comes over his face.
"How about… Nariko (Peal of thunder)?" Seeing the look her face, Naruto smiles. "I remember how you used to stand outside during thunderstorms with your Sharingan on in order to capture the light show." Itachi looks away with a small blush.
"Thank you for the… name… I'll think on it." She then scoots closer to Naruto and shakes her box of pocky in front of him. "Pocky? It's real good." Naruto just chuckles as he reaches out and grabs a stick. Looking around, Itachi becomes slightly nervous. "I… I have something to tell you Naruto-kun… and I don't know how you'll react." Naruto just stares at the young woman beside him.
"Just tell me then. I promise that I won't get angry at you." Settled somewhat, Itachi takes a deep breath.
"I heard what Kakashi did during the Chunin exams…" Seeing Naruto's surprised expression she giggles while wagging a finger at him. "Gossip travels at faster then the speed of light. So it wasn't hard to hear about it. Anyways, I heard about it and when we visited the village looking for you I… Kind of punished him using Tsukiyomi." Naruto just groans making her giggle somewhat nervously. "I hope you're not angry with me." Naruto just sighs before smiling at her.
"Not really Itachi-chan. I can understand where you're coming from so I'm not too angry. Just… next time could you please not do that? I really don't care what he does, but he's still my sensei." Itachi sighs before looking at him with a small grin on her face.
"I guess I can do that… You have a heart of gold Naruto-kun…" She blushes as she doesn't finish the thought. '…Which is one of the things I like about you…'
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The group is walking down the road beside a stream with Kyubi (in her human guise) trying to do water walking. Naruto keeps glancing with a blush at her since she's wearing a tight black one piece showing off all her curves before turning back to the hard rubber ball in his hand. 'Kuso. I know all I need is power but still!' Hearing some cursing, he turns to see Kyubi spit out a mouthful of stream water. Hearing him laugh, she glares at him before huffing.
'Why that little…' A thought suddenly occurs to her making her eyes twinkle mischievously as she swims next to him. Once he's distracted, she reaches out with her hand and pulls him into the water making him yelp in surprise. She starts laughing only to stop when she notices he hasn't popped up. "Naruto-kun? NARUTO-KUN!? WHERE AR-" She gets cut off as Naruto rises from the water behind her before pulling her backwards and underwater making her squeal.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You should have seen your fac-WHOOP!" Kyubi gets her revenge as she trips his leg out from underneath him, making him fall back into the water. Watching as the two get into a water fight, Jeraiya just smiles as he shakes his head chuckling.
'Yup! Just like Minato and Kushina…'
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Steve: Well, that's that! Yet another chapter done! I'm actually quite happy with the amount of chapters I'm pumping out now. We'll actually be seeing Hermione sooner then I thought.
Pen-pen: Waarrk wark! A wark waaark! (About time! I mean, really!)
Steve: Oh, be quiet Pen-pen!
Yui: Well… It's true you know since you put this under Hermione and Harry on the character search. Also, a lot of people have been waiting for her. Any idea how soon?
Steve: Definitely... soon.
Yui: I think that… Wait a sec?! Itachi is a girl!
Steve: Er… you only realized this now?
Yui: Um…yeah. (Hangs head)
Pen-pen: Wark waark a arrk waaarrrk waark. (Don't worry, I just realized myself.)
Hinata: So… why have Itachi as a girl in this?
Steve: Well… It's just that Fem!Itachi is so rare! It's hard as hell to find any well written ones. So… I figured since I already have several odd ideas floating around my fic, why not? Anyways, that's all for now! Check out the next chapter!
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