A/N: I'm back every one, with chapter Eight. Sorry it took so long I've had a lot to deal with, my grandma just died, my favorite dog died, I have school finales, we just found out our house was broken into while we were going to see my grandma and attend her funeral. On a side note, I just wanted to let you know that this will be the last chapter that you can vote on for the pairings, so please vote for who you want Naru to be pared with. Okay on with the show.
Shikamaru: 16.
Haku: 18.
Gaara: 6.
Neji: 11.
Sasuke:11.
Summary: What if Naruto was a girl and she was blinded by the villager's when she was six and thrown out into the woods and left to die. Only to find the one person who will help her on her path to becoming the greatest ninja the world has ever seen. My first story so please tell me what you think.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto no matter how much I want to.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Kyuubi
talking"
'Kyuubi thinking'
"Blaze
talking"
'Blaze thinking'
Jutsu
Chapter eight: Enter Haku.
It's been a day since Team Seven got to Tazuna's house. Kakashi was already up telling his team about the danger to come. "As you have probably already guessed Zabuza is still alive, the hunter-nin that took his body away is most likely working for him, as hunter-nins are suppose to dispose of the body on sight. I'm willing to bet that we have at the most a week before we have to face him again. So in that time you thr..." Kakashi informed them only to be interrupted.
"Nii-san you should be resting. Go sit down I'll help train them this time, but you owe me one." Naru said from behind Kakashi scaring the shit out of him.
"AAAAAAAHHHHH HOLY FUCKING SHIT! Naru-chan don't do that! I'm not use to the Hirashin no Jutsu any more, last time I saw it was when you were born, and as for training what do you plan to teach them? You do know the rule about teaching Genin anything to powerful as to not make them go power made right?" Kakashi said while coming down from the tree he had jumped up in after nearly having a heart attack.
"... Nii-san are you sure you're one of Ojii-san's best ninjas?" Naru asked tilting her head to one side.
"Hay you would have the shit scared out of you too, if some one appears out of know where with a jutsu that you thought was lost with your sensei's death. Fuck. How did you even learn that jutsu in the first place? And to do it with out the kunai? You know what never mind, now back to my question."
"What ever helps you sleep at night Nii-san. Anyway, I was just going to teach them the water on walking exorcise and some defensive jutsu and offensive jutsu. Also, yes I know the rule, but some rules are made to be broken and to tell you the truth Nii-san, as long as it keeps us alive I'll have them at high Chunin by the end of the week" Naru told Kakashi with an evil chuckle.
Hearing Naru say that along with the chuckle Kakashi looked at Sasuke and Sakura with an apologetic look 'I am so glade I'm not them right now. Sure high Chunin in a weeks time is tempting but the hell one would hove to go through... it's just not worth it. Add the point it's going to be Naru-chan teaching them, I'd rather face the Shinigami, at least then I know I have a chance at surviving.'
"Sasuke, why do I have a really bad felling about having Naru-chan teaching us?" Sakura asked backing up a little bit.
"dose it fell like dieing now and getting it over with will probably be less painful?" Sasuke asked her while looking at Naru in case he had to run for his life. (which probably would have bin the best idea the moment Naru offered to train them)
"yes... why do you ask Sasuke?" Sakura said sweeting a little hoping that he wouldn't answer the way she thought he would.
"... we are so fucking scrood" turning to look at Sakura, for the first time sense the Uchiha massacre Sasuke look like he was about to wet his pants "I think it would be in our best interest to run as fast as we can now and pray to Kami she wont catch us"
"to late Sasuke-kun, I'm already her now let's get you two training so we can fight Zabuza and his helper when they decide to show up again to play." Naru said the smile never leaving her face.
'Kami have mercy and kill me now, it will be less painful' was the thought Sasuke and Sakura shared as they were dragged off by Naru.
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"Okay you two Liston up, because I'm only going to say this once. Unlike Nii-san my training will push you above and beyond your limit and I want lie to you it's going to hurt like a fucking bitch, but thats the only way to grow strong so before we begin do ether of you have any questions?" Naru asked as she looked at them and thinking of the best way to train them.
"ya I got one. It's more like a two part question, first how are you going to train us up to your level in only one week and second what are the chances I can just get you to kill me now?" Sasuke asked as he lend agents a tree.
"...well first my level is only low jounin and thats with six years of hell's training and most of it was spent getting use to fighting blind, with and without my chakra radar so it's going to be a bit easier for you two sense you can see and we can skip that part and second no chance in hell." Naru said sweet doping
"hell's training?" Sakura asked
"well that's more or less what it was I mean I had the Kyuubi no Kitsune as my sensei" Naru told her as she shudder at the memory of the hell she when through.
"alright let's get started with a light work out. Give me 100 laps around the clearing, 500 push ups, 500 sit ups, 1,000 punches each hand, and 1,000 kicks each leg. I'll be doing them with you so let's go." Naru said as she began to run laps with her teammates following behind her.
'Kami-sama have mercy and just kill me now, at lest it would be quick' were the collective thoughts of Sasuke and Sakura.
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"were back" Blaze squawked as he flow though the window while the others used the door.
"So how was training with Naru-chan?" Kakashi asked from over his book as his team came through the door (in sasuke's and Sakura's case dragged)
"some one kill me now.... please" was his reply
"oh it was not that bad!" Naru said dropping them on the couch
"Say's the insane slave driver" Sasuke shot back
"oh come on. You have got to be kidding me, after all that talk about being an avenger and needing power when we first met your telling me you can't handle that light work out? I mean I did it with you so if it was that bad, how come I'm fine then?" Naru asked lifting an eyebrow
"because your a stamina freak" Sakura said putting her two cents in
before Naru could say something Tsunami called telling them dinner was ready, so Naru grabbed them and dragged them into the dinning room were Tazuna sat at the head of the table with Tsunami sitting next to him, a small boy sitting next to her with an aura of sadness.
Sitting down team 7 thanked Tsunami for the food as they began to eat all the while making small talk, laughing and in general having a good time.
"why?" came the small voice from across the table from the small boy
"why what?" asked Naru tilting her head to the side
"WHY DO YOU TRY SO HARD ALL YOUR GOING TO DO IS DIE, NO ONE CAN BEAT GATO. THE STRONG WILL ALWAYS BEAT THE WEEK!!" the boy yelled while jumping to his feet.
"we were hired to protect your grandfather even if that meant giving up our lives and that's what were going to do." Naru replied comely then taking another bite of her food
"why do you care!! you know nothing of our pain!! I bet you have a rich mom and dad waiting for you back home! You know nothing of pain!!" the boy yelled at her before it went deadly quiet. The only sound that was herd was team seven doping their silverware.
Ten seconds of the deadly quiet passed before Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura jumped up. Kakashi grabbing Tazuna and Tsunami, while Sakura grabbed the boy and put them behind them, then all three got into a difference stance in front of them watching Naru closely. It took them all of three seconds to do this, and while this was happing Naru just sat there her bang covering her blindfold as she looked down.
Tazuna and his family was confused as to what was going on, until a menacing aura filled the room and they all looked to Naru just in time to see her chakra explode from her in a huge blast, fire dancing around her like it was moving to some song only it could hear. Slowly Naru looked up her eyes covered by the black silk blind fold, the faces she was giving them would make even the Kyuubi, hell even Kami and Shinigami cower in fear while trying hard not to wet themselves (man note to self, never piss her off lol XD)
"I don't know pain?! I DON'T KNOW PAIN?!!! I'VE KNOWN PAIN WAY BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN!! Have you ever had to come home to an empty house after just getting beat to an inch of your life from a mob? Did you have a village of people scream for your death only hours after you were born or have them try to kill you after the leader of the village said no?! In my village I'm hated because I was born on the day a demon attack, a link to an unwanted past, a reminder of something every one wants to forget. On that day I lost my parents, my mom died giving berth to me and my dad died on the battlefield, I'm the last of my clan, I never even got the chance to know them! You think you have it bad, someone always has it worse." Naru yelled before getting up and walking to the door before pausing and turning around "though I have yet to met that person and I pray to Kami-sama that in the line of pian, I'm the last as no one should live the life I've bin forced to live" and with that she walks out into the forest to go blow off some stem Blaze fowling right behind her.
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"Kit you have to calm down! I can't heal you if you wont give me the chance to" Kyuubi told Naru over the link
'But Kyuu-kun you heard what he said!' Naru yelled back as she continued to punch the living daylights out of some unlucky tree that she found (poor tree)
"I know kit, but you have to calm down it wont be good if you ware your self down before you have to fight Zabuza again" Kyuubi said as he tried once again to heal her and once again failing as she continued to pound the tree.
"Naru-sama please calm down it's not his fault he didn't know your life was that bad." Blaze said from his spot on the branch of the tree Naru had bin punching
with a sigh Naru stopped punching the tree and sat down, her back resting agents the tree as Kyuubi got to work on healing her bloody knuckles. 'I know, but thats what makes me so made. He judged me without even trying to get to know me. Just like every one else' Naru said as she fought bake the tears that were threatening to come out.
"he still young Naru-sama he's bound to make mistakes, just forget about it and get some sleep I'll keep a look out for you" Blaze said as he flew down and landed on her shoulder and rubbed his head agents her cheek
'thank you Blaze-kun' Naru said before falling asleep
"now how come I can't get her to calm down, but you can? That is so unfair" Kyuubi grumbled as he finished healing her
"most likely because I'm like her child so it helps to calm her, but to be honest as long as it calms her down and makes her happy I don't care what it is" Blaze said back as he flew back up to the branch above to kept a look out
"you got that right, man were is Rina-chan when you need her?" Kyuubi said before coming out to help keep watch in his small fox form as to not draw attention
"Baka are you suicidal are something?! If Rina-sama was here you, me, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, Tazuna-san and his family would be dead along with Zabuza and his accomplice for ether A) hurting Naru-sama B) casing her emotional damage or C) not stopping said person before they could hurt her or cause emotional damage!" Blaze asked
"you make a good point... ya lets tell Kakashi to tell the Hokage not to let Rina-chan know about the mission details." Kyuubi said with a shudder.
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early the next morning a boy could be seen walking through the woods stopping every now and then to look at a plant as though he was looking for a certain one when he came into a small clearing and was greeted by the sight of a red heired girl sleeping with her back to a tree, a small red fox on her lap, and a flaming bird above her on the tree branch. Both looking at him as if saying 'try to hurt her and it will be the last mistake you will ever make' (pun not intend) slowly the boy approached as to not startle the girl's "gardens" when he reach to shake the girl awake her hand shot up and grabbed him before slowly getting up knocking the fox off her to have him stand by her side.
"It's not a good idea to wake a ninja, one might think you a threat and kill you first and ask questions later" the red haired girl said in an angelic voice
the boy looked at her in aw taking notice of the fact that she was wearing a blind fold yet still was able to grabbed his hand with pin point accuracy and not wasting a single moment. It took him a few minutes before he seemed to snap back to reality and answered her. "sorry about that. Didn't mean to startle you or any thing I just wanted to tell you that you'll catch a coled if you sleep out here" the boy said as he continued to stare at her
"thank you for your concern, but I'm not one to get sick easily or at all to be precise. Also the herbs your looking for are over there, so how is Zabuza-san?" she asked as she let go of his hand
The boy jumped back getting into a defensive stances looking confused. "how did you know who I was?" he asked not taking his eye off her.
"I may be blind, but I'm not stupid. I have heighten senses that would make an Inuzuka Julius and you smell the same as the hunter-nin that took Zabuza" she said in a bored tone as she picked up the fox.
"so what are you going to do now kill me?" he asked while mentally beating himself up for not bring any of his weapons with him
"No. I'm not going to do anything beside talk to you or train with my partners" she said as she pated the fox
"... your not going to fight me?" the boy said as if not believing it
"no"
"... your a strange girl you know that?"
"this coming form a boy who looks like a girl?" She said tilting her head to the side
"now that's hitting blow the belt.... wait how do you know what I look like? Oh and can I ask you for you name?" he said as he sat down to collect the herbs with her siting to help him
"Every ninja needs a way to "see" or they wont last long as a shinobi I'm no different, but that knowledge is for those I trust and no one else. Also,it's only polite to give your name before asking some one for theirs" was his only answer
"your right how rude of me, my name is Haku and I beg your forgiveness for my earlier rudeness"
said the boy now known as Haku with a slight smirk
"smartass" the girl huffed "any way my name is Naru Uzumaki, it's nice to meat you Haku-san" Naru said as she gave him a small smile
"it's nice to meat you to Naru-san. Can I ask why your helping me even though we are enemy?" Haku asked as he pulled up anther herb inspecting it before cleaning it of the left over dirt and putting it into a basket
"because your eyes are the same as mine full of pain and sadness which only one who's had a hard life can up tain" Naru said in a sad tone
"what do you mean? What happened to you that would give you the eyes of one who's in pain?" Haku asked in a soft caring tone as to calm her hopefully
"I am sorry Haku-san, but I don't know you well enough to get into that. Though I would like to get to know you more.... do you think you could ask Zabuza if he would be willing to join the leaf? I give you my word and my life that I could get both of you in without a moments hesitation, the Hokage is like a grandfather to me and I'm sure if I asked him he would do it. I really don't want to fight you Haku-san" Naru said in a soft voice as she bowed her head
"I would like that, but it's up to Zabuza-sama if we do or not. He saved me from a life of pain and I will do any thing in my power to help him" Haku said giving her a small sad smile "but I will talk to him about it and he will give you his answer on the battlefield when we meet again" Haku said getting up and with a bow "it was nice talking to you Naru-san I hope when we meet again it will be as friends and not as enemy's but I cannot guarantee it goodbye Naru-chan" and walked away leaving Naru to her training.
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A/N: sorry every one about the not updating for awhile but I had a lot to duel with I'll try to update sooner in the future. Also know that if Haku loses (not likely with the way things are going) that Naru meant to get to know him as a friend. Please review and marry Christmas to every one and happy new year (encase I don't update before the new year) thank you all who reviewed the last chapter. Till next time Ja ne! (*o*)