The Harem Jutsu

Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto series.

Chapter 19: Brother and sister.

After a few hours, Naruto went on his way home. He got a bad feeling when he passed the forest. He went to take a look.

He was shocked from what he saw. There was a completely destroyed spot in the forest. All the trees were completely smashed, just like the other plants, and there were a few dead small animals. And… Mizuki was lying in the middle of the spot, panting and mumbling something unclear.

"Fi… oud… the… wo… finoud…"

"Nee-chan!" Naruto said while trying to break her out of her stupor. It was strange: she wasn't hurt at all.

Naruto helped her up.

"No!" Mizuki yelled suddenly. "Who…?" She saw Naruto.

"Naruto…" she mumbled. She looked around. "Oh no…" she whispered.

"What the hell happened here?" Naruto asked.

"Put… put me down," Mizuki sighed. Naruto put her back down and sat next to her.

Mizuki was still dizzy.

"Naruto," she said. "You have to promise me… not to tell anyone about this."

"Did you do all this?" Naruto asked.

"I… no," Mizuki said.

"Then who did this?" Naruto asked.

"I can't tell you," Mizuki answered. "And you can't tell anyone about this, ok? Not Kakashi, not Sakura-chan, nobody."

"But this is—"

"Promise me. This is very important, Naruto."

"I don't understand any of this," Naruto said, "but… fine, I won't tell anyone. Not that they won't find out. Have you seen this place?"

"Yes. I'm just glad no one got hurt," Mizuki said.

"You don't seem to be too surprised by this," Naruto said. "Does this happen a lot?"

He thought back about the mission. The places where those people were killed were also destroyed around them.

"N-no," Mizuki said, "I don't know how this happened. Look, just go home, ok? I'll be fine."

"You're kidding, right?" Naruto said. He stood up, helped Mizuki up and helped her walk back to the village.

After a long silence while slowly walking back to the village, Mizuki said: "Naruto… I saw a picture of your team on Kakashi's desk today. Who's the other boy?"

Naruto stood still. Mizuki looked at him.

"Did I say something wrong?" she asked.

While staring at the ground, Naruto said: "The fourth member of our team… was Uchiha Sasuke."

"'Uchiha'?" Mizuki asked. So he was from the Uchiha clan, like Obito was. Mizuki couldn't remember Obito, but Kakashi used to talk about him a lot.

"Well… where is he now?" Mizuki asked.

"I don't know," Naruto answered. "He left a long time ago."

It was like Mizuki could read his mind. "And you're training so hard because you want to get him back here?" she asked.

Naruto looked at her in surprise.

"The look in your eyes says enough," Mizuki explained. "I've seen a lot more in my life than you think."

After moving on with another long silence, they almost reached Mizuki's apartment.

"Thank you," she said while letting go of Naruto. "I'm fine now. I can walk the rest of the way on my own."

"Nee-chan," Naruto said. They stared at each other for a while. "Have you ever had Ichiraku Ramen?"

"Eh?"

Mizuki went with him.

"Whoa," she said after tasting it. "This is the best food I've ever had!" She quickly put her hand on her mouth and blushed a little. "I'm sorry," she said, "I didn't mean to say that out loud."

"Not at all," Ichiraku said. "I'm very happy to hear that."

"This is really good," Mizuki said.

"Told ya Ichiraku Ramen is the best," Naruto said. "I come here almost every day."

Mizuki looked at him. "Every day?" she repeated. Now that she thought of it, she never knew what Naruto's life was actually like without their parents.

"Can I ask you something?" she asked while Naruto almost finished his fourth bowl of ramen.

"Wha?" Naruto asked with his mouth full.

"You… grew up on your own, right?" Mizuki asked.

Naruto swallowed and looked at her. "Yeah," he said.

"Well… did people come and visit you? Or offer you something to eat?" Mizuki asked.

"No," Naruto said. He stared at his empty bowl. "I grew up on my own. I didn't have any friends. Everyone hated me."

"What?" Mizuki asked. "Why?"

"I think you know why," Naruto answered.

Mizuki thought about this afternoon. It even scared her, Naruto's own sister.

"But… you never did anything wrong, did you?" Mizuki asked.

"Heh… I used to pull pranks on everyone," Naruto said with a vague smile.

"I know all about that," Ichiraku confirmed. "But that was really because he wanted to get some attention. Right, Naruto?"

"Perhaps," Naruto answered. "But I'm not like that anymore."

Ichiraku smiled.

"You must've been lonely," Mizuki said.

"Yeah, well…" Naruto said. "But I don't care about that anymore. My life changed a lot when I became a ninja. That's when I finally got friends."

Mizuki smiled. She was glad her brother didn't live in the past. Perhaps she should do the same: forget about the bad things that happened in the past and get on with her life.

"What about you, nee-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Oh… nothing special," Mizuki lied.

"That's a lie," Naruto said. "Come on, I told you about my life, so now it's your turn. You said you left Konoha when you were little, right?"

"Well… yeah," Mizuki sighed. "It was 15 years ago, when…" She hesitated whether she should finish the sentence or not. She looked away.

"When what?" Naruto asked.

"When… the Kyuubi…" she whispered. Naruto understood immediately. He felt a little guilty, since the Kyuubi was inside his body.

"I was evacuated with the other children," Mizuki continued. "We were brought to an orphanage by Genin, while all the Chuunin and Jounin tried to stop the Kyuubi. A few days later, most children were picked up by their parents or godparents. But many children were told their parents were killed in action. And I was told my parents didn't want me back… and I believed them."

She clenched her teeth. Naruto felt sorry for her.

"I ran away," Mizuki continued. "I went from town to town. First, I didn't want to go back to Konoha. But after a few years, I really wanted to see them again."

"What about Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked. "Why didn't he pick you up?"

"He wanted to," Mizuki said, "even though I always thought he had abandoned me, too. But it turns out that… he thought I was dead, like all his other friends."

"So… what kept you going before you decided to come back?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know," Mizuki said. "I mean, even at that age, I thought a lot about killing myself, but… something inside me told me I shouldn't."

A short silence fell.

"What about you?" Mizuki asked. "What kept you going all these years?"

"My dream to become Hokage," Naruto answered. "I've always been determined to become the number one ninja in this village and make everyone acknowledge my existence."

"That's a beautiful dream," Mizuki said. "And I can feel you're gonna make it."

Naruto smirked. "Thank you, nee-chan," he said.

He grabbed his frog wallet, but looked disappointed when he saw how little money he really had.

"Shall I pay this time… otōto*?" Mizuki asked with a smirk. Naruto felt a little guilty, but he laughed anyway.

(*Otōto = "younger brother", while Nee-chan = "older sister" or "lady / (female) buddy", which Naruto is actually saying when he calls Mizuki "nee-chan".)

Before they parted ways, Mizuki said: "Thanks for the invitation. Let's both do our best to accomplish our goals."

"Right," Naruto said. "Thank you, nee-chan."

"Good night, otōto," Mizuki said.

And they parted ways.

The story's almost over and it's getting to the climax XD Please Review and fave if interested...I'm bored so yeah all i can do is write XD