The next morning, Naruko woke up to a delicious smell wafting up into her room. She sat up and yawned while stretching her arms. She got up and looked in the mirror.
Her hair was a complete mess. She yanked a brush through it and tied it into her two low hanging ponytails. She changed out of her sleepwear and into her classic shirt, pants, and jacket with 'Senju' on the back.
She walked downstairs and sat down at the table. Sasuke and Sakura were already sitting there, as well as Kakashi, but he was on the end while the other two were on the adjacent side of the tabel.
"Mornin'." Naruko said, rubbing her eyes.
"Hn." Sasuke said.
"Shut up baka." Sakura said.
"Good morning Naruko." Kakashi said, hoping to negate what Sakura had just said.
Naruko's eye twitched. "I just woke up and you're already bitching about me Sakura?" She said.
"Yeah! Because Sasuke-kun is right! Your just a waste of space! Just like Naruto-baka!" Sakura said.
Kakashi paled as she continued. He looked towards Naruko and gulped. He had only seen that aura around one person. This person, unfortunately for Sakura, was Tsunade. And she only got that aura when she was about to beat the crap out of someone, and that person would be in intensive care for moths, barely left alive from the beating.
While Kakashi wanted to help his student, he knew better than to get in the way of her when Naruko was like that.
Naruko abruptly stood up, radiating a black aura, her eyes narrowed and her face one that would terrify any child.
She grabbed Sakura and pulled her up, since Sakura was several inches shorter than her, she lifted the girl off the ground.
She pulled back her other hand, clenched it into a fist and sent the girl straight through the door. She stomped out after her and proceeded to beat the girl into a bloody pulp.
By this time, Shion and Naruto had come downstairs just in time to see the whole situation.
"Yep, Uncle was right, she really did inherit Auntie's anger." Shion said, smiling.
'Note to self, never seriously piss off Naruko-chan.' Naruto thought.
"Kakashi, not that I care about the girl, but why didn't you stop her?" Sasuke said.
"Sasuke, are you nuts? If there's nothing you want to mess with, It's the Legendary anger of Tsunade, and apparently, her child as well. If you say even one word, they will turn on you as well, and you will get the same beating as the person who said the thing." Kakashi said.
"Yeah, that girl is gonna have problems standing for awhile." Shion said, then she sighed. "God, the Hokage will be angry, but I'm sure Auntie will be proud of her daughter sticking up for herself, and side with her."
Naruko walked back in, definitely less angry, but some of that strange black aura was still around her. She threw the bloody heap of Sakura onto the table.
"She won't be up for a couple of days, and even then, it'll hurt like hell. But the bitch deserved it." Naruko said.
Shion sighed. "I'll take her up to our room." She said, she picked up the girl and threw her over her shoulder, not really caring if it caused her extra pain.
Tsunami walked in and looked at the group,
"Hey, where's that pink haired girl?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"She gained some injuries. She'll be able to walk by next week though." Naruko said, sitting down at the table.
Tsunami looked at the girl curiously. It was then that she noticed the gaping whole in her wall. He eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.
Naruko saw this and followed Tsunami's gaze. She saw the hole.
"Oh! Sorry, I can fix that." Naruko said. She did some hand signs and held out her hand, making the boards of the wall extended and mold together. "There, all fixed!" She said.
Tsunami gaped at the wall but then shook her head. "Anyways, I came in to tell you all that breakfast was ready." She said.
She walked back in to the kitchen, most of the teens following her. Shion had gotten back downstairs and joined the group.
They all sat down at the table, The blondes sitting next to each other, putting Kakashi and Sasuke on the other side of the table, as well as Inari, while Tanzuna and Tsunami sat on the ends of the table.
They ate a wholesome breakfast, but during it, there was an... incident.
"Hey, why is that picture ripped?" Naruto asked, seeing the picture hanging over the doorway.
Inari got up from the table and stomped away.
"Inari! Get back here right now!" Tsunami called.
"Leave me alone!" He called back, then slammed his door.
"Sorry, I hadn't realized..." Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head.
"It's fine, it's not like you should know. It was an innocent question." Tanzuna said. He then explained what had happened with Inari's step-father, Kaiza.
After hearing the story, everyone felt a bit melancholy, even Sasuke. Naruko slid away from the table and stood up.
"Naruko-chan, let me guess, you're gonna go talk to him?" Shion said.
"You know me too well Shion-chan." Naruko said as she walked towards Inari's room.
When she found the right door, she slid it open. She saw the boy leaning over a picture near his window, crying and saying 'Daddy'. He heard her enter.
"Go away!" He exclaimed.
Naruko walked forward. She put her hands on his shoulders and leaned towards him.
"You're not the only one with a sad story you know. You need to get over what happened in the past. Living in the past wastes your life, you need to live for the future." She said.
"What would you know about anything! Huh!" He said.
Naruko sighed and sat o his dresser with him. "As I said earlier, you're not the only one with a sad story. I never met my Dad, he died the day I was born, and I've always regretted not being able to meet him for real. Almost all of my family is dead, My great grandparents, my grandparents, my uncle, my grand-uncle and grand-aunt and my grand-cousins. The only ones left in my family are my mom and my step-father. I don't weep over the past however, I stay focused on the future, I love my friends and remaining family. But my blonde friend down there, he has it way worse than me or you or anyone else." Naruko said, clenching her hand into a fist.
"How would you know that! I bet someone out there has it worse than him!" Inari said.
Naruko looked at him. "Both his parents died on the day he was born. He was never adopted by anyone and instead of living in a foster home, he was forced to care for himself, living in his own apartment since he was 3 years old. He has a special... predicament that made other hate him. People shunned him and refused acknowledge his existence, other than telling their children to stay away from him. Very few kids actually ignored their parents and became his friends. He pretty much was alone for the first 12 years of his life, but now, he has me and Shion, and we will be by his side no matter what."
Inari froze. How could someone live like that? By yourself, and raising themselves since they were three? He couldn't even remember his life when he was three!
"Anyways, even if you still feel as you did before, Naruto didn't mean to do that. He was just being his curious self. See ya later, Inari." Naruko said, as she got up and walked out of Inari's room.
Inari looked after her, then looked back out the window. The sun was shining bright, reflecting off the waves. He thought back to the first day he had met his dad.
'Daddy... I'll make you proud.' He thought. He hugged the picture of his dad then put it on his dresser. He went back downstairs and joined the rest of the to finish breakfast.
After breakfast, Kakashi approached his students. "Alright kids, today, we will be training!" He said.
"What are we gonna learn Kakashi-sensei!?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"You'll see soon, everyone, follow me." He said.
The group followed him until they ended up in the middle of a clearing, surrounded by trees on its edges.
"Alright kids, today you'll be learning tree climbing... with out your hands." He said.
Sasuke's eyes widened. He would finally get to learn that thing that the stupid blondes on his team had learned.
Shion raised her hand. "Yes Shion?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, Kakashi-sensei, Naruko, Naruto, and I have already learned this technique." She said.
Kakashi raised his eyebrows. "Well, I suppose I could teach you the walking on water technique." He said.
"Learned it." The three said at the same time.
Kakashi raised his eyebrows further. "Well, are you three practicing anything with your parents/aunt and uncle/ master?" Kakashi asked.
The three nodded.
"Well, work on that then." He said. "Meanwhile Sasuke, I'll be teaching you the tree climbing technique."
Sasuke scowled. How has those idiots managed to get ahead of him?
"Okay Kakashi-sensei!" The three said.
Naruto went over to a tree nearby. After getting permission from Naruko, Jiraiya had started teaching him the Rasengan. He was still on the first step though. He took a water balloon out of his pack and started practicing.
Shion walked over to a river that she had seen on the way here, not too far away. She had started learning Water Style: Water Bullets the other week, and soon, she would master it.
Naruko however, stayed put. She sat down and took a small scroll out of her pack. She did some hand signs.
"Unseal!" She exclaimed. The seal on the top disappeared. Underneath, there were still three more seals. She bit her thumb and brushed it on the scroll. The seal disappeared. Two more left. She channeled some of her chakra into the paper, that seal disappeared since it only recognized her chakra. Now she was on the final seal. She went through some hand signs and a piece of her chakra enhanced wood came out of the ground and touched the seal. That seal she had made on her own, and only released itself when she toughed it with her chakra enhanced wood. That way, if someone somehow managed to get through the third seal, it would be impossible for them to get through the fourth.
Out of the scroll popped out 2 bigger scrolls. These were her two most prized scrolls, ones that she would protect no matter what, hence why she created a wall of seals that was impossible for anyone but her to break. The first, was her newer scroll, it contained all of her research on a regeneration jutsu. Nothing like Orochimaru's Edo Tensei, it literally brought them back to life. No sacrifices, no paper that went over the body to make it look like them, and most importantly, they had their own free will, no one binding them to anything or anyone.
The second scroll was a lot older thought. It was her a certain jutsu, that not one person in existence knew. It was the jutsu that made a man famous throughout all of the elemental countries. He had earned the name 'The Yellow Flash' with it. It was her father's jutsu. The Hirashin.
These two scrolls were the most valuable scrolls among existence, so she would guard them with her life. She felt grateful when her mom had entrusted her with her father's precious gift to her on her 10th Birthday. She had created a seal within that week to protect it.
She picked up the first scroll, since she still had a long way to go on that scroll... though she still did have a long way to go on the Hirashin, but her mom had told her that her father had warned her not to let Naruko learn it until she was 16, and fully developed. So she would have to wait to try it out.
She unraveled the giant scroll and looked over it. She had observed her research for a while now, and she decided that today would be the day that she would try to make a seal to use the jutsu. She took out a blank scroll from her pack and rolled it open. She took out her ink and placed it to the side of the scroll. She took out her brush and dipped it in the ink. She took in a deep breath and let it out.
Time to get to work.