I Do Not Own Naruto or BlazeBlue. Seriously, if I did Naruto would have had be way smarter than what Kishi makes him out to be and if I owned BlazBlue I would have Bang be even more bad-ass than he already is!

A distortion appeared in a heavily wooded forest, scaring woodland critters from the area. Soon what seemed to be a portal opened and someone dropped out of it, on to one knee. The gate closed soon after and the person gaze at his surroundings, he tapped his ear and activated the connection. "Is this damn thing working?"

"Don't worry Naruto. The communication ars is working just fine." Tager's image suddenly appear in Naruto's eyes sight in a small, hazy green box. "It might take a little time for you to get use to it, however."

"No kidding. It's as if a small hologram of you has appeared in front of me." Naruto tried to swat the said box only for his hand to go through it. "Not to mention this is creepy! You are in my mind!"

"You'll get use to it." Tager grinned as he remembered the first time Kokonoe contacted him through the ars. "Now before we get started what is your surroundings like?"

"Plenty of trees in the middle of a marshland. A few deer scattered when I came through but as I can see nothing else is visible and I can't really smell or hear anything around me outside a few bird's chirping and this guy talking to me in my head." Naruto stated before being quite sarcastic at the end.

Ignoring that, as Rachel was at fault for his sarcastic streak, Tager nodded in confirmation. "Good. Now recite your mission before you begin."

"I am here to locate a young woman with light ebony colored skin and light green hair known as Fuuyin Kusanagi who goes by the name of Fu. Once I've located her I am, by all means necessary, to take her with me and arrive at the pick up zone." Naruto repeated his mission statement almost word for word, not feeling it was necessary as he knew what he had to do.

Again Tager ignored Naruto's tone, for he could hear the annoyance in his tone, and nodded in confirmation. "Very good. Now remember she is the vessel of the seven tailed beast so be careful if she does not want to come peacefully. However with what Rachel explained you should easily be able to convince... And you will be much less conspicuous then if I were to drop in to do it."

"Obviously. How many twelve foot tall red skinned men that have two massive demonic like fangs poking out of their lower jaw that weigh more then a few tons are there? ...No answer?" Naruto rhetorically responded with an amused grin.

Tager only sighed. "You know you don't have to be so sarcastic about this."

"And you didn't have to let Rachel take me for Ars Magus training the last three months. Do you know what horror I had to undergo from the rabbit? I'm lucky I still have a pair of testes so I can call myself male!" Naruto sardonically answered. "So call this revenge for letting her get those... Blood soaked claws on me."

Tager could only nod as he knew it that Naruto would be traumatized by the vampire. "I am sorry for that but she was the best teacher for such a study. Noel and I could only help you so much."

"Yeah... Yeah..." Naruto grunted as he slowly began his march forward, scoping the sky and using the stars to calibrate his directions, before his face fell. "H-how is mom?"

"Noel?" Tager responded as it was a recent title Naruto began to reapply to Noel despite her protests and took a moment for him to register who he was was talking about. "Well after I had to be repaired twice she started to cool down after I let Rachel take you to train. She was of the same impression of you that it was a bad idea."

"It was horrific idea that should have never even been considered." Naruto growled, remembering the time Rachel hung him by a cable and slowly lowered it towards a massive kettle of boiling soup claiming she was hungry for human stew...

And all that was for calling her a psychotic bitch for her treatment of him and her harsh training regiment. He soon learn not to ever call her that again and curbed his cursing, especially around her.

That was more than traumatic!

"Nonetheless." Tager continued baring Naruto's interruption. "She really misses you and hopes everything is alright. And she wants you back soon as possible."

"Tell her I will be soon as I'm done here and that I'll do my best to keep everything fine." Naruto smiled as that was exactly like his mother figure.

She was a worry wort and was overly protective. And he was grateful for that as he needed something to balance out the abuse Rachel dished out as he and Tager were more like comrades, something that he was sure the Red Devil thought similarly about.

"Starting my mission. Over and out." Naruto tapped his ear, ending the ars and making his way to his destination before frowning as he could see storm clouds in the distance.

Shaking his head, he continued forward as he no longer needed his bearings. All that mattered was the mission he was given as it seemed Rachel was very adamant it be done, something that was rather rare as she disliked intervening. He would find her and take her from her home before any more damage could be done. And if he could...

He'd make the Waterfall pay for mistreating their vessel.

Today began just like any other day...

It all started with yet another brick being thrown through her window, this one nearly hitting her if she was not already alert and had caught it. Of course she wanted to go outside and embed the brick into whoever's head that threw the damn thing but if she did she would be imprisoned and most likely executed.

Then someone else would have to go through the torment of being the next vessel of the Nanabi.

That was something she was not willing to inflict on another soul, especially one of the children in the village. She may not like people anymore, or even the kids of the village, but she did not wish the little one's her fate. They simply mimicked what they saw from the adults so she could not blame them.

The adults were at fault and that's why she hated them with unbridled passion. Yet again if she was able to rip their throats out she would.

So going through her normal routine and taking a sponge bath in water she brought back to her apartment from the waterfalls, for the building's supervisor cut off the water to her apartment despite paying the ridiculously high price for rent and utilities, she got dressed in her rather revealing clothes. They were the best she could get here and thankfully she was able to buy the mesh clothing outside the village to actually cover up some of her assets for her regular attire hardly did that.

Then after ignoring all the hate filled gazes and the few people that threw rocks at her, not that she let them hit her, she arrived at the head ninja's office for the Waterfall was not allowed to have a Kage being the weakest of all shinobi villages. And as usual, after a hate filled speech on her near uselessness to this village, she accepted the only mission they would allow her to take.

She would have to head to the Wave to act as a spy in one of the brothel's owned by Gato. She would have to sacrifice her virginity just for some insignificant information.

So as she sat on top of her apartment building, letting the rain wash over her so no one could see her tears, Fu let out a muffled sob. How she hated everyone in this village so much.

"Damn you... Damn you all." Fu cried to herself as she looked out at the small and poverty stricken village of the Waterfall, something she thought was deserved. "If I could... I would make you all pay... I'm a person just like all of you!"

After a few minutes of crying to herself and trying to gather what was left of her shattered her persona, muttering 'Why?' under he breath as she did, she suddenly sat up and was on guard as she heard a soft sound of someone approaching.

Turning to the noise she was surprised at seeing a young teenage boy wearing a red trench coat over a black shirt and pants standing before her. And the real surprise was at the mass blade that was strapped to his back as that just looked heavy enough to make a normal kid his age, hell many ninja she knew, collapse.

Gathering her courage, hoping this boy was a ninja hired to assassinate her and put her out of her misery, Fu looked into his blue eyes and held her gaze despite her trembling body. "So... Are you here to kill me? I'll warn you... I won't give up without a fight even if I despise this life of mine."

"No, I am not here to end your life." The boy spoke as he gazed at her softly. "I'm here to take you away from this place... From the pain that these people cause you. It's not right what they do to you. You don't deserve to suffer for their stupidity."

While it was attacking and chipping away at what little was left of her defenses, Fu simply gave a hollow laugh. "Oh! And what next are you going to say? That I can live my life for myself from now on? What village fucking sent you?"

Understanding her bitterness aimed at him, as this was most likely not the first time someone had tried to have defect, Naruto shook his head as he lowered himself to one knee and kept his focus on her orange eyes. "Would you believe I have no affiliation to any village and I'm here to actually take you away from your suffering?"

While Fu's gaze was guarded and she was ready to strike, she shook at what he said. She could not find anything that marked him from a village or even as a missing ninja. He had nothing to say what he was affiliated with and it she could almost feel he was being genuine and sincere.

What was with this kid?

"I can't say I know your pain. I never had to suffer through what you have." Naruto continue as he gently raised his hand to her face and cup her cheeks. "But I could have very well be just like you if I wasn't saved and taken away from this cruel order that our society promotes. In fact I would have as I'm like you in that sense..."

Her eyes widened as a flicker of red passed through his eyes as he wiped the tears away from her face as the storm clouds broke and a ray of sun washed over them. "For I contain the nine tails inside of me and was whisked away from Konoha before they could execute me as an infant."

Then without hesitation he embraced her.

She went stiff from his touch and was ready for him to stab her in the back. But as the moments passed by and the sun rays peaking from the storm clouds continued to radiate their warmth over them, she slowly yielded as the last of her defenses crumbled and she melted into his touch.

And soon the torrent of tears followed as cried and cried. Naruto said nothing and held onto her as she let out all of her held back tears and cries of pain. There wasn't anything he could say. All he could do was comfort him with his presence.

It took a little time but finally the tears stopped, more likely because of dehydration than her pain leaving her, Fu continued to sob in his arms but finally was regaining strength in her body. Luckily have a canteen on him, he let her go and handed it to her. "Here... You need this more than I do right now."

Wiping away the dried tears, she only nodded as she took the canteen from him. After taking a few good drinks, as her throat was soar and cracked, she looked back up at him as she handed it back. "I-I always thought about running... But where do we run? I never could find a place that hunters wouldn't..."

"Don't worry about that." Naruto gave her a confident smile to ease her troubles. "Where I'm taking you few people know it exists and no village will follow you. Even if they do there are people there that will not let them touch you... I just happen to be one of them."

"Now if you excuse me..." Naruto softly spoke as he stood up and closed his eyes as he heard four thuds behind him, knowing it to be four of the Waterfall Anbu. "I would suggest you four run along now as of right now... You four don't stand a chance in hell against me at this time."

Taking that as a sign he would not come quietly, the four Anbu slowly drew their ninjato and were ready for a fight. "Then you leave us no option if you will not come quietly... We cannot lose the bitch or the Nanabi, even if we have to kill the bitch the keep the demon here."

Fu's eyes widened at seeing the Anbu. While she knew she could take care of one or two of them four of them was just too much. But seeing this kid standing and seemingly not caring who they were made her feel strangely comforted. Maybe with the two of them they could get out of here...

"Don't say I didn't warn you..." Naruto's eyes snapped open as he turned to them with a snarl on his lips. "Lifting restriction number 666."

An immense power began to flood around Naruto as his eyes began to burn with seething rage while a purple aura of Azure began to envelope his being. Fu was as stunned at this just as the Anbu were as this was not chakra he was using.

This felt like what she used when she drew upon the Nanabi except it felt... Stronger.

"Dimensional interference field deployed." Naruto growled as as the purple aura around burned brighter and shone within his eyes. "Code: SOL! BlazBlue Activate!"

The Azure around Naruto danced wildly around Naruto as his hand drew forth his massive blade and gripped it tightly in both hand's grasps. "Let the nightmare begin!"

With that Naruto leapt towards the Anbu, disappearing before their very sight.

Three of the Anbu split from the spot but the leader was not so fortunate. Naruto's massive sword split through him like butter, cutting him into two halves that fell apart from one another.

"Captain!" All three yelled at the sight of their captain's death, unable to believe what the saw with their own eyes.

But Naruto was not done yet. The slowest to jump was his next target for he was still airborne. He wasted no time and leap towards him, heaving his sword now coated in a black, malevolent aura through the man, bifurcating him. "Infernal Divider!"

The other two skidded from their lands looked on in shock. Two Anbu, one of which was a captain, were violently killed in mere seconds by this boy! They both recognized they stood know chance and one yelled out to the other. "Retreat!"

"Not yet!" Naruto roared as he burst from the roof the moment he touched ground, sheathing his massive blade as he did, and went straight for the Anbu ordered to flee.

With his hand outstretched towards the Anbu that was now fleeing, a monstrous head of some sort of beast formed and clamped around the man's skull as Naruto slammed him in and through a wall. Knowing he was out, he heaved the man's body across his body and flung him straight for the other Anbu.

They collided head to head, taking the other Anbu out before he could run.

Seeing the four were taken care of, Naruto returned to the roof where Fu was still located and let his Azure fade. And at that very moment he nearly hurled at the sight of his first victim. "Crap... I went too far there. I mean he deserved to die but... Fuck me."

Fu, who was shell shocked at the display of the boy's power, snapped out of her stupor. From just seeing how he reacted this obviously was his first kill, a brutal one but his first kill nonetheless. And seeing he was almost sick from his own actions despite having no problem with it during the act showed an all too human side to him.

But this was not the time for it and her ninja instincts kicked in. "We need to leave..."

"Right..." Naruto swallowed the bile building in his throat, putting his mission first over his feelings, he steeled his resolve and looked forward. "Keep up with me and get you to the drop point."

While she wanted to question his choice of words, as a drop point felt as if there was others involved in this, Fu had no time to do so as the boy took off quickly. In fact she really began having a hard time keeping up with him from just how fast he was moving. If he kept this up there was no way she could follow him let alone keep up with him.

Which was quite insulting as he wasn't even bothering to hop through the trees like she was. He was running through the marsh!

Naruto noticed this and slowed his pace to match hers, something that he got the distinct impression that annoyed her. "Sorry about that back there... I wanted to explain a little more but those guys showed up."

"So... Since you talking now... Tell me." Fu growled as she had a hard time traveling at this pace and speaking at the same time while the boy she was traveling with, trekking through the harder road was not even struggling with it.

"Right." Naruto almost wanted to strike himself for not thinking of doing that now that they put some good distance between the village. "I'm taking you to the drop point where we'll meet up with a member of the Kaka clan. From there she'll lead us to their village... And from there own you can do whatever you really want to do as those of the Kaka clan won't care if you are a vessel."

Having never heard of the Kaka clan before let alone such a clan having their own village, Fu found the last part utterly ridiculous and she should have known that this boy was tricking her. Although she did not stop and kept following him. "I find that hard to believe."

"Heh... You'll see why soon enough." Naruto grinned as she was in for a shock at whatever warrior the Kaka clan sent to guide them to their village, as it was hard enough to get to as it was from the route Noel took him to the village. "They aren't... Like most humans."

Frowning as she wasn't quite sure what he meant by that, Fu followed him in silence. However after some time she finally had to speak again. "Seeing as I know you know my name already... Can you at least tell me yours?"

"Right... Totally slipped my mind." Naruto nervously chuckled as he had forgot that important detail thanks to those Anbu showing up. "Naruto Uzumaki or as I'm hoping to go by soon... Naruto the Bloodedge."

"That's an odd title..." Fu blinked as the title didn't really make that much sense to her, even if he did split people in half.

Naruto the Bifurcator would have been a more suitable title for that though.

"To you, yes. But for me... The title means so much more. It means that I will not stop. That I will not give up, no matter what. I will keep fighting as a human..." Naruto paused as that part was still a little foreign to him and he had yet to understand it before continuing. "To the bitter end."

However little of that statement of stating human made sense to Naruto, they resonated within Fu and her internal struggle. For the last few years of her life she had doubted her own humanity and truthfully began to see herself as the demon so many called her.

To hear that was what his title meant made her a little envious of him. While he admitted he did not know her pain it seemed that on some level he truly did understand it, being a vessel of the nine tails, and had decided to fight to the very end to be seen as himself and not the demon inside of him.

Maybe... Maybe this was the best thing after all for her. At least away from the bigots of the Waterfall maybe she could learn to be herself and could finally be noticed for being Fu, not the Nanabi inside of her. And maybe if these Kaka people were like Naruto said...

Her eyes widened as saw something out of the corner of her eyes, catching up to the faster than she could even keep up with for she only saw the occasional blur showing where the person once was. It had to be one of their hunter ninja...

But how was one this fast?!

Naruto, who was not worried, called out to his green haired companion. "It's okay... That's our guide. Let's rest for a moment."

Seeing Naruto stop, Fu unwillingly did the same as she jumped down into the now knee high thicket of grass and brush. And as soon as she did the blur stopped right in front of them, revealing a woman in a blue cloak that only stretched down to her knees.

And Fu could not stop staring at her. "What the hell are you?!"

Laughing, as that was not an uncommon response for someone seeing a Kaka clan member, the woman smiled at her. "My name is Yukaka of the Kaka clan. We just happened to be a race of demi-human cat people I guess you can say, meow."

Naruto was laughing too, which after Fu finally heard it earn him a death glare from her. "Hey, I told you they wouldn't care about you being different. I think you understand why now."

Still not like that something that critical was being left out, like the fact that the members of the Kaka clan had cat ears and a cat tail, Fu was not ready to let this go just yet. "Just... How is it..."

"That's best left to explain later once we've reached the village, meow." Yu cut her off, understanding where she was coming from for this wasn't the first time someone had been shocked at her appearance, and turned to Naruto. "Were you followed?"

"Not immediately. I took care of a group in the village that saw what I was doing, noticing I was an outsider at that, and they tried to stop me there. But I don't think it would take long for others to realize what happened and hunters to be sent out."

"Hm... Then we don't have much time. At the pace you were traveling most jounin could catch you." Yu stated and realized that they needed to hurry.

"I wouldn't worry so much about that. It seems the Waterfall is pathetically weak... Those Anbu outside of their captain had to be chunin as Yuki could have kicked their asses one on one. I went overboard and used the Azure as their captain actually seemed to be pretty good. I was lucky to catch him off guard and kill him cleanly." Naruto stated as he took a more in-depth look on his fight with the Anbu and realized they were much weaker than what Anbu should have been.

"I see. While that's good to hear we must still leave in a hurry as they will be on us quickly." Yu nodded, thankful for the information but knew speed was of the essence. "Let's go neow."

Naruto nodded and Fu, a little unwillingly, followed as Yukaka took off and began to lead them.

And soon she began to regret calling Naruto's pace insane. For this woman was mind numbingly fast that it wasn't funny. In two bounds she was nearly gone and that's when she felt herself being lifted by Naruto. "Sorry but I'm gonna have to carry you so we can keep up for she's going as slow as she can."

"You're... Kidding me?" Fu's eyes widened in fear as if that's what the woman called slow...

By the Gods what was fast?!

"I wish I was... Restriction number 666 release." Naruto muttered as there was only one way he could keep up with Yu even when she was holding back.

He was going to have to use the BlazBlue.

"Good guy!" Yukikaka happly called out having heard Naruto and Yukaka had arrived viva the Kaka kittens and had barreled over to where they were to meet them.

And at that very moment she saw this green haired girl being let of Naruto's arms and a purple aura fading from his presence. At first she was jealous but that didn't last long as she was then curious as how the this new person was.

"Who are you, green lady?" Yuki looked over at the newcomer and temporarily ignored the heavily panting Naruto.

Fu was startled as this girl streak over to them at speeds she could hardly follow and seemed hell bent on coming to Naruto only to be distracted by her presence. She could only blink at her. "My name is Fu..."

"So green lady's name is Fu! Okay! I'm Yukikaka, meow!" Yuki introduced herself to the new person. "Now, good guy let's go get some food right neow! ...Good guy?"

A thud was heard soon as she said that and Naruto had collapsed onto the ground, his breathing labored. Yu grimaced at the sight, knowing he had run himself ragged while using the Azure just to keep pace with her. She knew he would be exhausted but it seemed he had pushed himself past his limit entirely.

He honestly was living up to his title as he just did not give up.

"Yuki darling, could you be a darling and take 'good guy' to the elder's place to rest. He's going to need some medical attention so I'm going to go get the medic neow." Yu asked her daughter as she had to head over to ninja that they kept within their village, most remaints of the old Ikaruga order although there were a few families of former missing nin they deemed worthy to bring to the village.

"You can count out me, meow!" Yuki cried as her mother smiled and bounded away quickly, going for medical help.

And as Yuki went to pick Naruto up, she soon found herself struggling to lift him more than a foot and even drag him. "Oh no! Good guy's too heavy for me! What am I going to do, meow?!"

"Um... I can help if you need." Fu stated as she was still there and she was rather worried as Naruto looked much paler than he had when she first had seen him.

She absently wondered if this Azure they were talking about was anything like chakra as he looked as if he was suffering from a case of charka exhaustion.

"I've got his legs." Fu said wrapped her arms around his legs, slowly starting to realize just how heavy he might be.

"I've got his head, meow!" Yuki cried happily and was ready to lift.

Fu quickly cried out to her, realizing this girl's intelligence was really lacking and could cause some serious issues for Naruto's well being. "Lift him by the shoulders!"

"Oh... Okay!" Yuki blinked for a moment before doing as she was told.

And with two together it still took an effort to lift Naruto and a nearly insurmountable effort to get him to the elder's hut. At least there the elder took the burden away from them and carried him to a cot, on her own. Without any effort.

Fu had to look at the Kaka clan elder with a great amount of respect after that. She nearly had a hernia getting him here and the elder moved him like it was nothing. Damn these older cat people were strong!

Soon Yukaka had arrived with a young man with blue hair who began to check and examine Naruto. After a few moments of checking him and then another of doing what he could to help, the man nodded his head. "He should be fine. He just needs a few days of rest and not to strain himself. It seems the Azure only strained his physical being as I couldn't see anything wrong with his mental status."

"Good." Yukaka sighed in relief, as that was what she was really worried about. "It seems my worry is for not. It seems Naruto truly has come to grips with the cost of his power, meow."

"Cost, meow?" Yuki blinked owlishly and looked confused before deciding it wasn't worth knowing. "Well whatever! Good guy is strong enough! He beats me every time we play so I'm not worried about him, meow..."

Suddenly Yuki loudly yawned, seemingly having no manners, and rubbed her eyes with her paws. "Yuki tired neow... Gonna go find my napping spot..."

And without another word Yuki left, intent on finding her napping spot and taking a nice long nap. Yu could only sigh at her daughter and chuckle a little. "She really is still just a kitten."

"It makes me wonder if she will ever out grow being a kitten." Shaokaka mildly groaned as Yuki could really get on her nerves at times, before thanking the medic as he left for he was needed at the clinic.

Putting that aside, for when it came to it was still quite easy to reach the girl, the elder turned her attention to Fu. "I'm sorry, I am Shaokaka, the village elder and leader of the Kaka clan. You must be the girl Rachel wanted rescued from that nightmare... Fuuyin was it?"

"I go by Fu." Fu responded, a little unnerved that it seemed she knew a quite a bit about her and she knew nothing about her or her clan as a whole.

"Relax child, we are not here to hurt you or use you in anyway. The burden you carry has caused enough pain in your life and we do not seek to add to it." Shao immediately put Fu's fears to rest for she could see the girl was tense.

And it seemed to work to as Fu's muscle slightly relaxed at that statement.

However Shao was not quite finished. "We took you in as a favor and will protect you will the full strength of this village just as we would do for any of our own. That is the way of both the Kaka clan and Ikaruga shinobi that live here with us so you don't have to worry, we won't kick you out. The only thing we ask in return is that once you find what you are good at doing to work hard as we all do. It's through that work we persevere and have not lost our roots like so many others have."

Slowly Fu's defense were dropping again and she felt as helpless as she had before when Naruto came to her. "But... I've only been a shinobi. I don't even know what else I am even good at as they never gave me the choice..."

"It is alright, child." Yu spoke in understanding, feeling the girl was on the verge of breaking and tried to calm her. "We aren't expecting anything out of you now. So please, feel free to rest for as long as you need to get over your troubles. Once you can feel as if you can call this place home we'll take care of what you can do, meow."

Unsure how to deal with this and feeling she was on the verge of crying again, as everyone was showing her such kindness, she was about to take a cot when multiple Kaka kittens came barging in and climbed over the unsuspecting Fu. "Green lady! Play with us!"

"Please?!"

"Mew!"

Taken aback, never having dealt with something like this before and was unable to handle such a situation, Fu was thankful as Yu took the kittens off of her. "Neow, leave her alone for a while. She's too tired to play and needs to rest. So I'll play with all of you instead, okay meow?"

Yu gave one last smile to Fu as she walked out with the kitten's cheering at getting to play with Yukaka. Fu at that very moment broke and she began to sob while tears streamed down her face. This was just too much for her to take.

"There, there." Shao embraced her and slowly led her to one of the usable cots in her place. "I know this is tough on you and kindness is something you are unaccustomed to so this will be quite the cultural shock for you. But do realize we didn't accept you as just a favor... We accepted you into this village as we felt it was what was right."

Still sobbing as Shao slowly and gingerly pulled herself from Fu's embrace and smiled at her. And as she did Fu sobbed once more. "Thank you... Thank you..."

Shao smiled behind her mask before she slowly trotted outside. Just the girl's sheer emotions made it clear to her...

They did the right thing in accepting Rachel's request. This girl truly need this and this place to mend her broken spirit.

A/N: And cut! That is chapter four! And by the gods that was a chapter! I think that was one of the most emotional chapters I've written since Fox and Cat!

I'm really getting to the grove with this story here and I might just streak on through it till the very end as I'm liking where this one is going and I've got a clear picture from start to finish on how I mostly want to do this. A few things here and there I may change but I've got my direction and I'm sprinting there.

Fu will be a very important piece in this story and she will play a very key role that might surprise a few of you. Unless you are one of those that have played BlazeBlue and can kind of read my mind and figure out what I'm doing. And if that's the case... Piss off! (not really but still damn you!)

Oh by the by I'm not exactly what Fu's age is suppose to be really be so I'm guessing almost eighteen in Shippuden so in this story she's fourteen. It's an approximate guess and for this story and works just fine. Oh and Naruto is now twelve. Probably should have put that in somewhere...

So by Naruto's age you can probably guess this is where the regular canon story would start and you are about right. This and the next few chapters will be happening around the time was finally suppose to be graduating the Academy in Konoha.

To be honest I'm not sure if Naruto is going to have a pairing in this story and might not even bother with one. As I'm writing it feels like a pairing would get in the way of the story and take it off course of what I'm planning. While I can never say as it might make itself apparent I do not currently feel like their should be a pairing.

Also I want to point out that Naruto without using the BlazBlue would not have beaten those Anbu. His Azure drastically amplifies his strength, speed, endurance, etc. to the point where he could do such a thing easily. I also admitted those Anbu were pathetic and only B-rank at best.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you have any question, fire away!

Peace Out.