AN: I will be reposting the first few lines of each previous chapter, so you can remember what is going on if you have forgotten. Enjoy!
"I'm sorry for hurting you, Naruto. I didn't think I hit you that hard," she apologized. Naruto smiled and helped her to her feet.
"It's fine, Natarii. You caught me off guard and I payed for it. There is nothing for you to be sorry about," Naruto replied. She nodded, still unsure of his honesty, as Kenshin and Minato joined them.
Kenshin complimented the teens. "That was a pretty interesting fight between the two of you. Nice job to the both of you." Minato agreed and Natarii noticed his eyes on her face with a curious expression.
" Natarii, what is your dōjutsu and fighting style, if you don't mind explaining," he asked.
'I don't know if I should tell him or not. I mean it couldn't hurt, and Minato is one of Kenshin's good friends,' she thought as she weighed the pros and cons of explaining her heritage to Minato. Could she trust her brother's friend with her family secrets?
Natarii was slightly surprised to hear her feline partner answer her rambling thoughts. 'You might as well tell him, koneko*. He is the Yellow Flash after all; Minato would just find out about your dōjutsu* later and I doubt your brother would care,' Hikari advised. Natarii looked to her brother for help and Kenshin gladly gave it. He explained the entire history behind Natarii's eyes and fighting style to the best of his knowledge.
"Long ago when the Himura's were what could be called a clan, they were feared for their unique abilities with the sword. Nobody could ever find their weakness because the Himura clan learned and used different sword styles to counterattack everyone else's. What made them so powerful, was the Himugan, named after our last name, Himura. When activated, the user is able to see chakra in the air and in and around a person's body, including all jutsus. As a result, the user is able to close off a person's tenketsu when needed. The Himugan cannot see far ranges and does not allow a near 360 degree view like the Hyuga* clan's Byakugan*. However, that is only the half of what the Himugan can do. The Himugan has two parts to it: the first changes the user's eyes from their original color, usually purple, to red. The red eyes see chakra and tenketsu and is called Hakai* (Destruction). The second changes the user's eyes from their red or original to gold. The user can see the inside of a person's body and any injuries that have occurred inside and outside the body. This also allows the user to heal these injuries, changing the color of their chakra to gold, giving it healing properties; this part is called Iyahsi*(Healing). While the clan was flourishing, every member possessed the Himugan, and everyone was able to use Hakai and Iyashi. When the Himura clan was destroyed by reasons unknown, those remaining lost the ability to use Iyashi because their hearts filled with evil and their souls had become tainted. Soon, Iyashi seemed to have been no more than legend as they could only use Hakai. Eventually, the Himugan began only appearing every so often, as the population of Himuras decreased. Natarii and I are the only known survivors of the Himura clan with Natarii being the only known user of the Himugan, both Hakai and Iyashi. The Gentle Fist style* is the fighting style used by the Hyuga Clan to attack the tenketsu of their opponents and some Himuras used this fighting style. Natarii has her own unique Gentle Fist style that she didn't fully use on you, Naruto, during your battle," Kenshin explained. Naruto gimanced as he remembered his defeat in their fight. Kenshin and Minato chuckled while Natarii gave Naruto one of her cheeky grins. Natarii remembered the yellow flash she saw before the Namikaze brothers landed in her soapy water tub.
She mustered up the courage and asked, "Minato, what is the technique you use that only shows you as a yellow flash before you instantly appear by your enemy." Minato was surprised by her sudden question, causing him to pause a bit. This gave her enough time to slink behind Kenshin, thinking she did something wrong. Minato smiled and began explaining; Natarii moved out behind her brother a little to listen intently.
" The technique or rather jutsu I created myself that allows me to travel through space and time is called Hiraishin. Hiraishin requires a specific seal that I can place on kunai, the environment, other objects , and more importantly, people. The study or practice of seals is called fūinjutsu; this type of jutsu is very complicated and takes time and patience to understand and master. Once you have mastered fūinjutsu, you can develop new seals that lead to my most used and versatile jutsu, Hiraishin. This one jutsu made it almost too easy to kill groups of people; this is how I became known as the Yellow Flash. However, I have given up on killing and choose to use my time in teaching Naruto while helping and protecting people. I've also developed another jutsu called the Rasengan, which is simply a swirling sphere of pure chakra. I can adjust the amount of chakra to change the size of the Rasengan. This jutsu is a very powerful technique and can disintegrate anything it comes in contact with. I use this jutsu to in injure, but not kill people. Mini Rasengans are not as powerful as normal ones, but still do plenty of damage," Minato explained in detail. He decided to show them just how dangerous the Rasengan was. He stuck out his hand and formed chakra in his palm that he swirled around. This resulted in a swirling ball of chakra appearing in his hand. Minato walked over to the nearest tree and pushed the sphere into the tree. The Rasengan blew through the first tree like butter and Minato made it through five more big trees before the chakra dispersed. Minato rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while smiling innocently as the trees fell to pieces, shaking the ground; the loud noises created by the trees hitting the ground caused everyone to rush to the backyard, where the sounds had originated. Everyone stared at the fallen trees, then at Minato, in amazement. Naruto and Kenshin were the only two who weren't shocked, but just stood there smiling. Kaoru immediately yelled, shaking Minato in anger, causing Natarii to jump behind Naruto; Kaoru turned her attention to a smiling Kenshin. Naruto chuckled discreetly, as well as he could, while trying his best to comfort a quivering Natarii. Yahiko and Sanosuke burst out laughing, pointing at the now cowering Kenshin and Minato. Kaoru focused her glare on the two of them, immediately shutting up Yahiko and Sanosuke as they looked back at her warily.
Kaoru wasted no time in giving out orders to the group. "Minato and Kenshin, please chop up the fallen trees and do the best you can to clean up the backyard. Naruto and Natarii will finish the laundry; then prepare lunch for everyone. Yahiko, finish cleaning up the dojo, then you can train. Sanosuke you will be coming with me to catch some fish for dinner while I go shopping for future meals." She smiled sweetly at everyone, though the fire was still apparent in her eyes. Kaoru stole Naruto's and Minato's wallets as she began to hum happily to herself, pulling Sanosuke forcibly by the ear along with her. The Namikaze brother stared after her, the brains refusing to register the events the just occurred. Natarii waved her hand in front of the faces, frowning upon noticing their glazed eyes. The Yellow Flash was in front her, mind blown and his brother was too? What was this world coming to?
"She means well, even if she is stubborn and likes to take charge, that she does," Kenshin quickly defended Kaoru while snapping the Namikaze brothers out of their confusion.
Yahiko grumbled loud enough for them to hear. "More like she enjoys torturing and tormenting us with her bossy attitude and evil wooden sword." Kenshin shrugged his shoulders, the blondes laughed, and Natarii looked in the direction Kaoru and Sanosuke went, waiting for an angry Kaoru to appear. Kenshin and Minato started up another conversation as they chopped up the sword, Kenshin used his sword while Minato used wind jutsu*. Yahiko disappeared, but grumbling could still be heard from the dojo. Natarii and Naruto made their way back to the front of the dojo. The water in tub had mostly evaporated and the clothes looked dry enough to be taken down. Natarii reached for the clother but found she wasn't tall enough.
'Darn Kenshin for being taller than me,' she complained as she stretched herself as far as she could; her attempts in vain. Natarii broke out of her thoughts to find Naruto taking down the clothes as carefully as he could. Naruto smiled at her surprised expression as he brought the clothes to the porch; he began "folding" them. Natarii giggled to herself, making her way over to the goofball. Maybe being friends with the blonde in front of her wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Asterisks:
Koneko: Means kitten in Japanese. I think using Japanese names for things like kitten make the words sound better.
Dōjutsu: These are special eye bloodlines that give users special abilities like seeing another's chakra system.
Hyuga: The Hyugas are a clan of Konoha that have the dōjutsu the Byakugan. They are recognized by their eyes being a pale whit color. More about their family structure will be explained later.
Byakugan: The dōjutsu possessed by the Hyuga Clan that allows them near 360 degree vision, being able to see up to a certain distance, and chakra systems, networks, and their tenketsu.
Hakai: Means destruction in Japanese and is what they fighting use(red eyes) of the Himugan is called.
Iyashi: Means healing in Japanese and is the healing use(gold eyes) of the Himugan is called.
Gentle Fist: The fighting style used by the Hyuga clan and Natarii that allows them to efficiently attack the tenketsu of their opponents. Natarii's hasn't been used yet but will be in the upcoming chapters.