Hello, here is another chapter of my story. Hope you enjoy it.

Stage 2

Yukari Fucked Up

Yukari house, one week later

After her first week of living in Yukari's house, Naru got used to Ran and Chen. She stopped hiding behind whatever she could find and she also became friends with Chen. The spent a lot of time together playing and goofing around, taking care of cats. Whenever Naru was playing with Chen or talking with the others, she had a bright smile on her face.

That smile made Yukari feel happy. She still couldn't explain to herself how this girl could bring these warm feelings into her heart. Also, the burns which Naru had on her body vanished faster than Yukari had thought. Even with Eirin medicine, such burns should disappear after a month. Three weeks at best. Yukari was thinking about it, one time. She came to the conclusion that the fast recovery was up to her youkai blood – that was for sure – medicine and probably that demon inside Naru.

Yukari also took Naru to visit a few people. The first ones were Yuyuko and Youmu. Naru's first reaction was obvious. She fainted. But after a few hours, she wasn't scared of them, especially when Yuyuko shared her food with her. Which was surprise for Youmu and Yukari. After that, Naru started opening herself more to both of the ghosts. Well, one and a half ghosts. She also became friends with Youmu. For Naru, Youmu was like a sister. Seeing the red face of Youmu was cute.

Also, Naru met Reimu. Naru knew her, but this was first time they had been introduced to each other. Naru didn't quite like Reimu, but this was maybe because she was shy or because Reimu was giving her strange stares. Only Yukari knew why. After turning Naru into a youkai, Reimu was on guard when Naru was near. But only because of the demon inside Naru and Reimu didn't trust that fox.

When Naru was playing with butterflies in the backyard of the shrine, Yukari and Reimu talked about the demon inside Naru. Reimu had a bad feeling about it. Yukari as well. The seal was strong. Reimu was a little surprised at how complex this seal was. But she knew that the seal would break in a few years because it was designed to contain the demon in human child, not in a youkai. That's why the seal had begun to slowly loose its power. Yukari predicted that the seal would hold the demon for another three years.

Reimu also said that they would need to seal it again in something, when the seal broke. But Yukari had another idea. When Reimu asked what kind, Yukari said that this demon would be Naru's shikigami. Reimu was going to shout at Yukari but she stopped. She only said that if the demon created too much damage to Gensokyo, she would exterminate it. Yukari, of course, agreed to that. She would also destroy the demon if it went out of control.

While they were talking, Naru ran to them and showed them the butterfly she had caught. It had a small body, but its wings were three times larger. Also they were colored in a deep purple color, giving it royal beauty. Yukari smiled and said that these kind of butterflies were like queens. Naru's eyes widened and she looked at the butterfly with awe. She then released it with a big smile. Reimu looked at Naru with a small frown but even she couldn't stop the smile which appeared on her face.

When Naru saw Reimu smile, she said that the creepy miko had smiled. This, of course, made Reimu mad and made her shout at Naru, but Naru only laughed and ran away. With a growing tick mark on her forehead, Reimu stared chasing Naru around the shrine. Yukari couldn't help but laugh at this scene. When Reimu caught Naru she tickled Naru almost to death.

Yukari thoughts were interrupted when Ran called her.

"Yukari-sama. I'm back from checking the barrier. Everything was fine, only few minor cracks in a few places which required repair," she reported. Yukari nodded.

"Good. Now prepare something to eat. I'm getting hungry and I think both Chen and Naru are hungry as well," Yukari said. Ran nodded and walked to the kitchen to start preparing dinner. Yukari thought about Naru's first meal. When she ordered Ran to prepare something special that day, she meant humans.

Youkai fed on humans. But powerful beings like herself or Ran didn't require humans regularly. One in a few years was enough. But Naru was a freshly born youkai, so it was obvious that a normal meal wouldn't be enough. If Naru wouldn't eat human in three days from turning into a youkai, Naru would die. Yukari wouldn't allow such a thing. But she didn't tell Naru what that dinner had been prepared from. Not now at least.

When Yukari was thinking Naru came to her.

"Ne, Ne~ Come play with us!" Naru begged. Yukari looked at Naru, a little surprised. Naru started pulling Yukari's dress.

"Come play with us, please~?" Naru whined. Yukari sighed and smiled.

"Ok, ok. I coming. So what do you want to play?" Yukari asked. Chen and Naru looked between themselves and shouted in union.

"Tag! You starting!" they shouted and ran in two opposite directions. Yukari was taken off guard and looked at both of them with surprise and confusion. She then smiled.

"Oh, You little~!" she shouted and she began chasing Naru. She could use her gaps but that wouldn't be fun. Ran saw how Yukari was chasing the young girl with a smile. She couldn't help but smile as well. She couldn't remember when she had last seen a true smile on Yukari's face. Sighing to herself, she returned to washing dishes.

With Yukari, Chen and Naru

The three of them were sitting on the ground, laughing. Yukari had managed to capture Naru and now she was tickling her to death. Chen was rolling on the ground laughing as well after seeing Naru's face. After five minutes, they were lying on the ground, breathing heavily from a good laugh.

Still tired, Naru looked at the blue sky. It was the first time she had felt such warmth in her heart. This was the warmth of love. The love which is given by family. Naru didn't know this but if yes, then she was really happy. From her face, her bright smile, never vanished even for a second. Yukari also had fun. Chen as well. It had been a really enjoyable time for them. And only a week had passed.

Yukari then calmed down and frowned but she didn't allow it to been noticed by Naru. She sat up.

"Naru why don't you go feed cats in Mayoiga. I need something to do," Yukari said. She smiled. Naru nodded with a smile. Chen took Naru by hand and they ran away. Yukari waved at them but after they vanished from the sight, she get a serious expression on her face.

"This old goat… And he call himself a great ninja. He can't even keep secrets," Yukari muttered to herself and walked to the house, grabbing her cap and parasol. She called Ran.

"Ran prepare some snacks for Naru and Chen for when they come back from Mayoiga. I need to visit someone," she said seriously. Ran, who was standing in the door, looked a little worried. Not for Yukari, but for someone who had pissed her off. Ran could only nod. Yukari soon vanished into a gap.

Konoha, Council Room

Sarutobi was sitting in his chair, looking at the council members from underneath his hat. This wasn't his week. First, it there was the disappearing of Naru, then that woman, Yukari Yakumo, who had declared that she would adopt Naru. Now the council members had found out about it and they were demanding they should get back Naru and kill Yakumo for that.

This wasn't his week at all. The council members were shouting at each other. Some wanted Naru and Yukari dead. Some just wanted to kill one of them. Others, with Danzo, wanted to capture that woman and brainwash her. Some shinobi wanted to know why he had decided to allow the adoption.

Hearing enough shouting, Sarutobi smashed his hand on the table, effectively silencing everyone.

"Is this a council meeting or a zoo? If you wanna just shout, then go back to your house and then start shouting. Now. Why I accepted this adoption: because even declining this would not change anything. That woman already had Naru in her hands. My decision wouldn't have changed anything, even if the whole council shouted at her. That woman was like a mountain. She always gets what she wants. I could sense that," Sarutobi explained. Someone shouted something but Sarutobi ignored this.

"Second. A few days later I sent Jiraya a message to look for this 'Yakumo'. But he couldn't find anything. He found some women with the same name, of course, but none of them was the woman I was looking for. She is either hiding somewhere or-!" Sarutobi didn't finish, when a gap opened behind him.

Every council member jumped from their places; well the civil ones. Shinobi jumped but they prepared themselves for attack. Sarutobi also jumped back and landed near the shinobi councils.

From the gap emerged Yukari who had a displeased expression on her face. She looked at the councils members and stopped when she saw a few faces of the civil council members.

"So, you're the ones who want me and Naru dead, right? I must say, you're more stupid than Cirno. At least she knows when to give up. But you? You're like animals. And like animals I will treat you," she said with a serious tone and opened a gap near her. She put her hand in it and then her arm tensed.

Everyone didn't know what she was doing, only to find out that a few civil council members were spitting blood and were lying on the ground, dead. The civilians panicked but the shinobi only had their eyes widened because they had put these two things together.

Yukari pulled her hand from the gap, revealing a hand soaked in blood. Her white glove was completely colored in the deep red color of blood.

"This is what they get when they try to fight something they don't understand," she said and licked the blood from her glove. The civilians panicked and tried to run from the room, only to find the doors locked.

"Hey! Open these doors!" one of the council members shouted. Sarutobi looked at Yukari with a serious expression. What was that woman was doing here? But more importantly, how did she get here?

"You've got some guts, showing your face, woman," someone said from behind Sarutobi. He turned his head only to see Hiashi. Yukari raised her eyebrows and looked at Hiashi. He walked to her.

"Women like you should bow to the shinobi of Konoha. This village is the most powerful village in the whole of the Element Nation. I, from the Hyuga clan, am even more powerful, so surrender or you will meet your end," he demanded. Yukari was surprised and bowed her head slightly. Hiashi smiled but stopped when he heard a giggle.

Yukari was trembling slightly and from her giggling could be heard. Soon, she erupted into a full laugh. Hiashi and everyone in the room was shocked by her behavior. Yukari was grabbing her stomach because it had started to hurt from laughing too much (?).

"Haa, Haha… Ow… I haven't heard anything so funny for a long time… Hahaha," she said, still laughing. But the laugh stopped as soon as she started. She looked at Hiashi with a serious expression. Hiashi frowned and took his stance.

"Looks like you don't know what discipline means. Then I will teach you! You're in my RANGE! Hakke Rokujūyon Shō!" Hiashi shouted with his Byakugan active. Yukari eyes widened when Hiashi started attacking her.

"TWO, FOUR, EIGHT, SIXTEEN, THIRTY TWO, SIXTY FOUR!" Hiashi finished his combo with a palm to Yukari's heart. Everyone gasped at the strength of Hyuga. He walked a few feet away.

"You should never cross roads with Hyu-!" he said. He stopped when he heard laughing. He turned to Yukari with shock on his face. Yukari was laughing.

"Interesting! Trying to block the energy in my body! But you forget something of importance, Hyuga. I'm not using this kind of energy. I haven't even got these points you were aiming at. And most of all you don't know my power," she said and snapped her fingers. Hiashi eyes widened when he felt his byakugan had been deactivated and his tenketsu blocked.

He spat blood and fell onto the ground still alive, but if someone didn't help him he would die soon. But nobody dared to move. Yukari giggled.

"When you were attacking me, I simply used my ability to counter your attack and direct those attacks at your body. Simply pathetic if you ask me. Even Rumia wouldn't fall from this attack. Maybe she would try to eat you faster," Yukari said.

Everyone gasped. How did she deflect Hiashi's attacks? This wasn't possible. This was some kind of genjustsu. Some tried to reveal it but it didn't work. Sarutobi and every shinobi in room and also the ANBU who were watching this whole scene were sweating like hell. Yukari smiled sinisterly and pointed at Sarutobi.

"You're a pathetic old man. So old yet so stupid. Honestly, human stupidity never ceases to amaze me. If this is the power of your village then Naru will be five, no ten times stronger than the most powerful person in this world! This will be interesting, seeing this world turn into her playground. Hahaha!" Yukari laughed.

Sarutobi gritted his teeth.

"What's your goal!? Why are you doing this!?" he shouted. Yukari looked at him.

"You're so powerful yet you couldn't keep a simply secret. This is less than disappointing," Yukari said and scowled. She opened a gap.

"In seven years, Naru will probably come back. And when she does, she will be equal to God compared to you bugs. If that's your true power then even my Chen is more powerful," she stated and was going to leave but something grabbed her by her foot. She looked, only to see Hiashi gritting his teeth with blood in his mouth.

"You... won't... get away... with this..." he said. Yukari sighed and kneeled to him, only to grab him by his head. Hiashi winced from pain.

"You've got some guts. You're coming with me. I bet you will make a fine meal," she said, exposing her sharp teeth. Hiashi's eyes widened but he couldn't do anything.

"Don't worry. I won't let you cross the border between Life and Death. Not now at least..." she mused with a smile and threw him through a gap. Yukari turned and waved her hand with a smile and disappeared into her gap, which closed instantly.

Yakumo household

Yukari walked out of gap. Hiashi was nowhere to be seen. She was still holding him in the gap. If she pulled him out, he could die. When Yukari was in the room she fell on her knees and grabbed her head with eyes wide open.

*insert thunderbold sound*

"WHAT HAVE I DONE?!" she shouted mentally at herself. Yukari smacked her face on the ground several times without holding back.

"I lost my cool. I lost it completely! What have I done!? I FUCKED UP!" she thought still smacking her head. In was at this time that Ran walked into the room and jumped from shock at seeing what Yukari was doing.

"Y-Yukari-sama!" she shouted. Yukari looked at her with a miserable look on her face.

"Ohh Ran. I'm fine," she said.

"Don't 'I'm fine' me over here! Your whole face is covered in blood!" Ran shouted with her fur standing on end. She quickly ran from the room and in a second she came back with a towel in hand. She cleaned Yukari's face.

"Yukari-sama? What happened?" she asked. She looked at Yukari who stiffened.

"I fucked up. I FUCKED UP! Can you guess!? I lost it completely. Normally I wouldn't but seeing these humans and hearing what they were going to do to Naru...I...I just lost my cool. I fucked up!" she shouted and started hitting floor again. Ran panicked and quickly stopped Yukari from further destroying the floor.

"Calm down! Yukari-sama!" Ran begged.

It took two days to Yukari to calm down. In these two days Yukari was mostly smacking her face on the ground or other surface. It's hard being one of the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo.

Ok. This is a small chapter for you guys. I know that it's short, but I can't go further. It's because of the poll. When it finishes I will decide if I will skip these years and start from a time when Naru gets back to Konoha or whether I don't make any time skips and go further with time.

ALSO go to my profile and choose who Naru should be with.

The pool will be closed in two weeks. So choose your girl and see you in the next chapter.