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Warnings: I do not own Naruto. Rated "M" for language right now, but there is a possibility of lemons later.
Chapter 7: Preparing for Battle.
Myra woke the next morning curled up in the blonde boy's jacket. She looked over at her beside table. The girl figured she had a few more minutes before she had to get up and wrapped herself up into the jacket. She drank in his scent.
"The Pretty Boy seems to like you too. I was impressed by his restraint last night." The harsh male voice crept into her mind. Myra opened one eye and glared at Edgar.
"Good morning to you too Edgar. I thought I told you to stay out of my head unless I gave you permission, other wise it's very rude." She cursed at the raven.
"I'm only saying that if Pretty Boy next door had been listening to his demon last night, the night would have turned out very differently." Edgar fluffed his body.
"Should I be upset that you were eavesdropping or grateful you warned me?" Myra sat up in bed. Poe fluttered into the room and settled next to her mate.
"The boy was sincere, the demon on the other hand, was not as noble in it's thoughts. So we cut off those thoughts from influencing Pretty Boy in anyway." Myra looked shocked and chided her birds. She knew they had her best interests at heart, but they were meddling in someone else's mind.
"Edgar, Poe! The both of you know you should not poke into other people's minds. Its very dangerous and not to mention RUDE." Poe fluffed her feathers indignantly at her master's words.
"There was no poking. Edgar thought it would be a good idea to silence the demon while Pretty Boy was around you. There was no poking involved. We just put a wall in his mind so he could not hear the beast. It faded as soon as he left your apartment." Poe scowled.
"Like I said, I don't know if I should be angry or grateful." Myra stretched and her alarm started to chirp. She drank in the smell of Nauto's jacked once more and set aside. The Raven Master got out of bed and headed for the kitchen.
The bright sun of the morning was just peaking over the Kage monument. She opened the balcony door to let the morning breeze fill her lungs. The sweet scent of spring flowers filled the kitchen. Edgar and Poe moved outside to the perches set up by Myra the night before. Myra put a kettle on to boil.
"Don't get too comfortable, I need you two to find that white haired ninja man."
"Kakashi Hatake, he has grown since I was here last." Edgar mused. "He has made progress with his gift from Obito, and will make an excellent Sensei for you." Myra rolled her eyes at Edgar.
"Yeah, yeah, what ever… Find him and figure out where this test is going to be. I would like to take a look at the terrain before I am expected to fight on it." She sipped at her tea.
"I do not need to find Kakashi to know where you need to be. They were discussing it yesterday before you arrived. Training ground 3 at 10:30 AM." Edgar answered.
"Good, I will be able to get there and look around. Do you know where it is?"
"Yes. As soon as you have eaten, showered and changed we will leave. Poe and I will inform Lady Tsunade you will be at the training ground."
"Good, now go!" The birds whooshed out the window. Myra finished her tea and set to work.
The Hokage was just unlocking her office as the two birds landed on the window sill next to her office. Tsunade walked to the window and opened it.
"I take it she is well rested?" Tsunade asked the birds. Edgar gave a low chirp.
"Is she ready for this?" Tsunade smirked. Edgar gave a loud call in acknowledgement and both the ravens dove off the window sill taking flight halfway down the building.
Naruto picked up the chirping alarm clock on his bed side table and tossed it hard across the room. He was sporting a skull splitting headache from the Fox screaming at him most of the night. The Fox had finally given up and retreated to his cage. That damn Fox counted on Naruto being exhausted by morning.
The blonde boy crawled out of bed and drug himself to the bathroom. He could hear the shower next door running. Naruto thought a shower was a good idea. He reached for the hot water knob on the shower and turned it on. There was a scream from the bathroom next door as the hot water pressure dropped. The shrill of Myra's voice sent a chill up Naruto's spine. The blonde hurriedly turned off the hot water and there was another shrill scream from the next door shower.
The blonde shook his head. His day was not starting off very well. There was a deep bravado of laughter in the back of his mind. Naruto grumbled several curses. He waited for a few more minutes until he heard the water in the next door bathroom stopped flowing. The blond boy took a deep breath and turned the shower back on. "Just my luck." Myra had used all the hot water.
"Note to self, get the water heater fixed." Naruto said to himself as he got into the cold shower. There was more laughter coming from the back of Naruto's mind. The brisk cold water managed to wake Naruto up, but it did nothing for his headache. He did what he needed in the shower and quickly got out. It was cold and there were parts of him that were letting him know it was cold. Naruto came out of the shower and looked at the wall clock in the kitchen. It was only 8 am. He walked back to his bed and crawled back in. Someone would wake him up later. His head hit the pillow and he was asleep once again.
Myra got out of the shower. "Note to self, get with Naruto and decide who takes showers in the morning or takes showers in the evening." There was another thought that crossed her mind, but she would think about that when she knew him a little better and not while she was preparing for battle. Myra cleared her mind and started to get dressed. She wrapped her long black hair in a towel and put her bathrobe on.
Back in the bedroom, Myra rummaged threw boxes looking for her battle attire."Why is it when you're looking for something you want, you find everything you don't need." She thought to herself as she came across an old picture her father had given her. Myra smiled at the picture and set it on her bedside table and sighed.
A few boxes later, she had found the box marked 'battle gear' she had been looking for. Myra opened the box and pulled out her black body suite and her father's ANBU armor. He hadn't worn it in years, so Myra took possession of the armor. It didn't look like ANBU anymore. Myra had repainted it deep hues of purple, blues and black. On the back plate she had painted the Ravenheart family crest. The crest was a simple Shaman's hand fan adorned with stylized raven feathers.
Myra dressed, pulled on her boots and braided her hair. She took a look at herself in the mirror and picked up the blue paint and drew the lines under her eyes. Myra was ready for this. She picked up the jacket her next door neighbor had left her. She breathed him in again as she walked to her kitchen. Myra stepped out on the balcony and noticed Pretty Boy had left his balcony door open.
Myra easily jumped to the platform and stole a look inside. Silently she crept inside her neighbor's apartment. The blonde boy was snoring soundly as she looked on. Myra crept closer to him watched him sleep for a moment. He didn't even move. She put the jacket over the chair in the kitchen and put a feather in the pocket. Myra crept back out the kitchen to the balcony. Naruto sat up again and looked at the lean girl standing on the balcony. He blinked his sleepy blue eyes at her. She smiled at him and hopped up to the railing of the balcony.
Naruto ran from his bed and into the kitchen. Myra's eyes widened and she turned a bright crimson when she looked at him and giggled.
"You may want to put something on before you come watch the test." She smiled and dove off the balcony again. The deep bravado laughter in Naruto's head became hysterical fits of giggles. Naruto had never heard the Fox giggle, but there was a first for everything. The blonde boy stomped back into his room and put clothes on.
Myra met Edgar and Poe at the west edge of the village. Myra consulted her wrist watch and it was only 8:30 AM. She had another 2 hours to explore training ground #3. She took her time finding every nook and cranny. Myra looked to see how she could use the trees and the ground to her advantage. The ground had recently been torn up, like someone had been practicing earth jutsu. Myra was confident that she could work that to her advantage. She stopped in the top of the tallest tree she could find. Edgar and Poe had perched themselves on oposit sides of the training ground. Edgar was the one that spotted the gathering crowd.
"You do know you are being watched?" Edgar asked. Myra smiled internally.
"I noticed them a few minutes ago. They aren't anyone that I've met. Just keep an eye on them. Don't let them know what you're up to. If I can keep the two of you secret, even if it is for a few moments, I will continue to have a slight advantage" She moved to the next tree and Edgar kept a sharp eye on the hidden Neji, Shikamaru and Lee.