Naruto Fanfic: The Crimson Huntress
(A/N: This is Chapter 3, well the last chapter was good and I hope this one will be even better. I'm very sorry for being so late with this chapter and for it being so short. I'll try and make up for it with my next chapter.)
Anyways let's get on with the story.)
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Naruto series in any way shape or for. Otherwise Naruto would be smart and not some idiot, I mean his father was a genius and his mother was smart-ish. If someone was sabotaging his education he should have reported it and got someone else to teach him, like the Third he would do ANYTHING to get away from paperwork.
Demonic/Summon Speaking – "GAKI!"
Demonic/Summon Thinking – 'Hello'
Jutsu- "Reaper Death Seal"
Human Speaking- "OI!"
Human Thinking- 'What should I have for dinner tonight?'
Chapter 3: The Crimson Flames
Set scene: Konohagakure no Sato (The Village Hidden in the Leaves)
Immediately when Naru entered the classroom through the window, she regretted it.
'I should have slept in my bed a bit more' Naru thought tiredly before plopping her head on the desk in-front, then closing her eyes momentarily.
Then she heard a person entering the room, it was the quiet and shy Hinata. Hinata made her way to her seat, before sitting down and taking out a book.
Intrigued Naru made her way over to Hinata and asked "What are you reading Hinata?"
Hinata squeaked as she didn't realise Naru made her way over to her, Naru's stealth skills must be amazing she thought.
"U-um… I-I'm Reading t-this…" She stuttered quietly, before showing the title book: "Icha Icha: Hidden Volume"
Naru stared at the book, then Hinata, then at the book again and shouted "EH!?" Just before she ran back to her seat and stayed quiet, she the put her head on the desk and promptly fell asleep.
Once Naru woke up to see that the entire class had entered and Iruka was shaking Naru to wake her up. She must have dozed off at some point and at her misfortune Sasuke started picking on her.
"What's wrong with you Katame, too tired and WEAK to do anything" He mocked her.
Now normally Naru wouldn't do anything, but at a certain time of month and facing a Chunin last night and having all sorts of crazy things happen to her she sniped back "What's wrong with you Uchiha, aren't you a bit cranky today? Maybe you didn't get you beauty sleep, SasUKE?"
He glowered at Naru with a death stare, which she returned with a smile with murderous intent. The atmosphere was so tense around the two that you could literally cut the tension with a kunai.
That was the moment Iruka stepped in to intervene "Please stop you two, especially you Naru you're causing the other guys to panic." Some people were shaking from the killer intent, especially a certain pink-haired town-crier.
'Naru you're going to have to learn to control you KI, I'll teach you when you wait for your Jonin sensei.' Said Kyuu through the mind-link.
'Alright, thanks Kyuu' Naru sent back.
Naru had calmed down after that and everybody was back to normal, apart from Sakura who looked at Naru with a bit of fear.
"Now for the team placements: Team 1…"
Iruka kept on going with the team placements, until Naru noticed Sasuke's name.
"Team 7: Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno… *which was interrupted with Sakura shouting "Love conquers all Ino!" and Kiba Inuzuka *which was also interrupted with "That's Unfair!" from Kiba*.
"Team 8: Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame and Naru Uzumaki"
Naru looked at Hinata with a small blush from looking at the said girl, after what happened earlier and then looked at Shino and nodded, who promptly nodded back to her.
"Team 9 is in circulation and Team 10 is: Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara and Choji Akamichi. Now please wait for your Jonin sensei to arrive, though I'll be splitting you up into different classes so that you can talk to your new teammates. I wish you luck in becoming excellent shinobi's, we are now comrades and as such I will defend your life if it is necessary, however one day you may surpass me so I also wish you luck in that field. It has been a pleasure teaching you all these years, even though sometimes I didn't show it. This is my final lecture to you, no this shall be given to you Lord Hokage." Said Iruka, to the person hiding in the back.
As soon as Iruka said that the Hokage stepped out from the back and walked to the front.
'He's been there this entire time and I never even noticed him, I need to get better at my sensory type techniques' Naru thought.
"Of course Iruka. Let me say these two phrases, number one: You only get one life. There's no need to choose an impossible path. It's fine to live as long as you like and die. However… protecting a precious person… you must not forget this no matter what path you choose. But the most important thing to remember is: To those who possess the Will of Fire, everyone is family. The desire to protect one's family builds thicker and stronger bonds between each and everyone in the village. If the Will of Fire is embraced by everyone, the village will be alright no matter what happens. That is what it means to be a shinobi, thank you Iruka I'll let you take over now." The Hokage said and disappeared in a leaf shunshin.
"You must take into heart what the Hokage said: Don't stray far too off your path, but always remember your precious people. That is it, now would Team 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 10 follow me, team 8 you can stay in this room." Iruka instructed
Once all the groups had left the room Naru made her way over to Hinata and decided to ask the question that had been bothering her "Hinata, you do know what that book is?"
"H-hai… although I kind of enjoy it." Hinata said, her voice changing at the end.
Naru gulped and asked the all-important question "Hinata... do you like girls?"
Her answer was a small, meek "Y-yes".
'Okay, Hinata the quiet, shy, pessimistic, 'who-occasionally-squeaks-like-a-mouse' girl… is a Lesbian? Kyuu, are you thinking what I'm thinking'.
'Yup. She likes me/you.' Were their shared thoughts.
'Naru-sama, if I may suggest to not hurt her feelings too much, you could take her out on a date.' The woman's voice echoed in Naru's head. At least it was better than getting a headache.
"Um, Hinata" Naru said to catch Hinata's attention,
"H-hai?" Stuttered Hinata
"I know you like me" She whispered in Hinata's ear.
Hinata's face seemed to light up for a second, but it mellowed when Naru said "I'm very sorry that I can't like you back"
Hinata looked crestfallen and was about to say something until Naru said "I'll take you out on a date, or two. Is that okay?"
Hinata looked overjoyed, in fact she looked even happier than before. She was so happy she couldn't use any words to express how she was feeling.
"Thank you" Hinata managed to say without stuttering.
Naru nodded before making her way over to Shino.
"Hi" She said
"Hello" He said back.
Deciding that she wanted to see his bugs she activated the eye-patch and looked a tiny bug that was on Shino's shoulder.
"Can I hold him?" Naru asked
Shino looked surprised, but said "Sure" And the bug flew over to Naru hand.
Looking closely at the bug, she noticed it had an intricate design on its back.
"He's beautiful" she said in a rare moment of amazement. Before she placed the bug back on Shino's shoulder.
"I'm glad you think so, most would try and squash it. Never to see its beauty." Shino explained.
"Really? It's weird how so many people can be prejudiced. Don't you think Shino-san?"
Shino blinked, but you couldn't see it because of the glasses "Of course Uzumaki-san…" Before Naru extended her hand and said "Please call me Naru." Shino nodded and said "It's a pleasure to meet you Naru-san."
She smiled at him.
10 Minutes later
After that the three decided to have a team-bonding exercise and tell each other their strengths and weakness, so that they could cover for each other's mistakes.
It was Naru's go first "Well my weaknesses are that my Taijutsu and Genjutsu are severally lacking. The only style of Taijutsu I've got is the style I've created myself using Fuinjutsu, as Hinata already knows… *She got a nod from Hinata, who explained to Shino which seals she used.* my Genjutsu is none existent, but a certain condition I have makes me immune to all lower class Genjutsu. Sensei will probably pick up on that, which leaves to defend me just in case that happens."
She took a breather for a moment before continuing with saying "However I'm excellent at using a bow and arrow, if I never did what I did on the test I would have become Rookie of the Year but I don't want it; it would cause too much trouble anyway. Other than that I have Fuinjutsu which I'll soon be a master in, I just need to do one more exercise"
'Which is creating a technique which uses a seal of your own design' Naru thought to herself, before continuing with "I'm also good at Kenjutsu and just in case anyone is listening I'll tell you HOW good I am and WHAT my particular style is."
'Has she picked up on me?' Thought a voice of a woman hiding nearby.
"Finally even though I don't have any real Ninjutsu my techniques with the bow and arrow make up for it."
It was Hinata's turn next.
She was going to speak until Naru brought out a sketch pad and a pen from nowhere and handed it to Hinata, prompting her to write it down.
"My weakness are that I only have my family's Taijutsu and the only two strengths I have are Intermediate Sealing techniques and that my Byakugan is immune to Genjutsu."
The only thing Shino said was "I have bugs. Fact."
Naru and Hinata knew what his bugs did, although they weren't aware of ALL his capabilities with the bugs.
15 Minutes Later
They sat in silence for a while until somebody entered through the door.
"Team 8?" the woman asked. She had long black hair, tied at the end in a loose ponytail. She wore a mess-like suit that almost didn't look like it covered her figure. She had red eyes and long black eyelashes, her lips had been painted a scarlet red. This was Kurenai Yuhi.
"Yes. Did you enjoy the little talk?" Naru asked
Kurenai looked startled before saying "Yes, it was a bit… informative."
"Glad to see that you've read my report then." Naru stated.
'My goodness it's almost as if this girl can…'
"Read your mind… right?" Naru said.
Having enough with the girl's antics Kurenai asked "Why don't we get to know each other a bit better then?"
The other complied and sat down near to Kurenai.
"My name is Kurenai Yuhi, my likes are a certain man I'm dating, my friend Anko, dango, the colour red and sunsets (A/N no.1: Kurenai full name means 'Crimson Sunset'). My dislikes include anyone who hurts my friends and a certain orange book. My hobbies include drinking tea and going on dates, my dream for the future is to become a wife." Kurenai said.
"Well my name is Naru Uzumaki, my likes are my hair colour, foxes, cute things, ramen, dango and those little moments in life that are truly precious. My dislikes include traitors, Uchiha's, prejudiced people and tomatoes. My hobbies… well there are a lot of things and my dream, no dreams for the future are… *She paused for dramatic effect* to become Hokage and show the world how powerful the bow and arrow is." She said
Hinata brought her pen and paper "My name is Hinata Hyuuga, I like my friends and this book, my dislikes are bullies and people who look down upon you. My hobbies are too many to list and my dream for the future is to become a proper kunoichi and have my father praise me."
'I'll need to look at that book later' Thought Kurenai.
"My name is Shino Aburame, I like bugs. My dislikes are prejudiced people and people who squash my bugs who don't apologize. My hobbies are tending to my bugs and my dream for the future is to discover a new species of bug."
'Interesting dream' were the collective thoughts of everyone.
This concluded everyone's introductions, so Kurenai decided to speak up "Well, let me tell you something… you're not quite Genin yet."
All three of them just looked at her in a blank stare.
'Not the reaction I was hoping, but it's okay' Kurenai thought
"Tomorrow you're going to have to do another exam to decide if you become Genin, it normally has a 66% fail rate. But who knows maybe it could be worse this year." Kurenai said to scare to Genin.
"I also don't recommend bringing a pack of supplies, I'll probably steal them from you. Make sure to eat breakfast though and DON'T come late, or you WILL fail." Kurenai added on to pressure the teens.
Once Kurenai left Naru invited Hinata and Shino to come to her apartment so that they could make a plan for the next day. They of course went to their houses to ask for permission first, but not before Naru reminding them that it is important.
At Shino's Home
"Father" Said Shino
"Yes, son" He replied
"A friend, Uzumaki-san has invited me to her house for a team meeting. May I go?" Shino asked
His father sat in silence for a while and replied "Yes, you may. Will you be having dinner?"
"Yes. Please excuse me father I must pack my things." Shino said
"Of course, good luck" His father responded
Thus once Shino had packed his things, he left for Naru's apartment.
Shibi just sat there, alone in silence... drinking his tea.
Hinata's Estate
"E-excuse me father" Stammered a voice outside the living area.
"Come in, Hinata" Uttered a strong male voice, who had an under-tone of authority.
The door opened and Hinata was wearing a change of clothes, she was wearing a black haori, with a white inner coat. She had tied her blue headband around her head, hidden by her bangs. Her lavender eyes betrayed no emotion, which was a common trait among the Hyuuga's because they had the 'All Seeing White Eyes'. She had tied up her hair at the front in twin-tails. In her hand was her notepad.
Hinata's father noticed this and was intrigued by it.
'Maybe the Uzumaki girl gave it to her?' He thought to himself
Hinata sat down at the table and started writing on her pad, once finished she passed the pad on to her father.
"Father, Uzumaki-san has invited me over to her apartment for the night. She wishes to have a team meeting for an exam tomorrow, she will provide us with food and beds for me tonight. Our other teammate is Aburame-san, he will be leaving for home while I stay for the night. Is this acceptable?"
Her father looked it over again for a minute and thought 'The Uzumaki must be doing her best to look after her. This is probably why this is the way that Hinata is acting like this.'
Her father realised Hinata's affection for the Uzumaki, but he didn't reprimand her for it. He also realised when he looked in Hinata's eyes that she got turned down, but not in a negative way. Hence he deduced the Uzumaki must have at least asked her on a date. He was pleased by this. Hinata was starting to make friends, true friends.
In a rare moment a smile crossed Hiashi's face and he said "I'm glad that you've found some friends Hinata, keep them by your side."
Hinata understood the hidden meaning, bowed and the left the room.
At Naru's apartment
"What am I going to do!?" Shouted Kyuubi
"Relax, just act like a guardian would. Just keep calm and composed, but please don't start having your 'fun' with me. I promise I'll make it up to you."
Kyuubi piped up on this "Yakusoku?"
Naru nodded "Yakusoku. I don't go back on my words, that's my nindo!"
'Those Uzumaki's, all the same' Thought Kyuubi to herself.
"Of course~" Chimed Kyuubi.
Knock Knock
The two heard a knock on the door, it was Shino.
"Welcome, how was your way getting here?" Naru asked.
Shino took of his shoe and put them near the entrance of the door.
"It was okay. Though I didn't realise you lived so close to the red-light district." Shino said
"Ah, sorry. Should have mentioned that." Naru stated.
"It's good." Shino replied.
The two sat in silence for a few minutes until they heard a knock on the door.
Kyuubi had hidden in one of the rooms.
"Hi Hinata. I Hope the journey was okay." Naru said
Hinata quickly wrote down "It's okay, I'm used to seeing that kind of stuff"
'Wait, did that mean she saw those two girls? I'm lucky it was Hinata who saw that and not someone else.' Naru thought
"Naru I thought you had a guardian, where is she?" Shino asked.
"Ah, it's alright to come out Homura." Naru called out.
"Hai~" Chimed a voice, from the bedroom.
Bursting through the door came a red-head bombshell, she was wearing a VERY loose black top. Her crimson hair had been tied into a high ponytail, while her bangs fell across her face messily. Around her neck was a necklace that Naru made for her at some point, so that she could perform a few household tasks, like cooking. She wore a pair of navy blue jeans, adding to her messy appearance. To complete her ensemble she wore an apron that read "I (Heart) Chicken".
This was Naru's and Kyuubi made up character, Akemi Homura. (A/N No.1: Yes, this once again is a reference. I don't own Madoka Magica)
"So~ these are your teammates, Naru-chan." 'Homura' said
"Yes. Please get dinner ready, we'll do out strategy meeting for now." Naru asked.
"Of course" The red-haired woman said and went to the kitchen.
Hinata decided to ask Naru a question "Is your caretaker related to you" Referring to the hair-colour and the whisker marks.
"That… I'll tell you later." Naru put off.
Thus they began their meeting.
30 Minutes later
The three had come up with the possibilities and the solutions these problems, they had a break and then had dinner which consisted of a very nice chicken banquet. Everything ranging from chicken pie to salt and pepper chicken wings. The two also got a glimpse of the black hole that is Naru Uzumaki.
After they had their dinner Naru explained something to them.
"This a seal design which allows me to communicate to you through a mind link. However I need to place it on the body, from the base of the neck down to the spine. Would you mind if I did that?" Naru asked
The two complied and Naru asked Shino to leave the room, he agreed and left to go in the bedroom.
As Naru slowly drew the seal on Hinata's back, Hinata was thinking how she wasn't breaking down and laughing because Naru kept on touching her sensitive spot.
Once Naru had done she asked Hinata to close her eyes and channel her chakra at the base of the neck.
Once done what instructed Naru tested this out.
'Hello, Hinata~' Naru's voice called out to her.
Hinata was surprised but thought back 'Yes, I can hear you'.
Naru smiled, it seems like the seal was a huge success.
She then repeated the process with Shino, which took even shorter because Naru already knew the seal design.
All three of them had tested out the seals together and by inputting each of their chakras into the seal, all three of them were able to talk to each other.
'So we'll see you tomorrow, bye Shino' Naru said.
'Goodnight Naru-san, Hinata-san. I will see you tomorrow at Training ground 17.' Shino sent through the mind link.
'Well what should we do Hinata-chan? It's still quite early and I'm not sure what to do.' Naru said through the mind link.
'Why not have a girl's night in?' 'Homura' sent through the mind link.
"Eh? Homura-chan!" Shouted a surprised Hinata, she was so shocked she almost jumped out her socks.
"There something I need to explain to you Hinata." Naru said, which got Hinata's attention.
"Homura-chan isn't actually called Homura" Naru stated.
Hinata looked confused, then what was she called.
"Her real name, or rather title is the Kyuubi no Kitsune" Naru nervously said.
Hinata was shocked, she now understood WHY most of the villagers acted the way they did towards her.
'She was sealed into you, wasn't she?' Hinata thought through the mind link.
Naru nodded, but then said "But things have gotten a bit complicated, Kyuubi you tell her the rest of the story."
So then 'Homura' proceeded to tell Hinata about the complex mind which belongs to Naru. After the Kyuubi had stopped thinking Hinata processed all the information.
"So basically, the Kyuubi's spirit is outside your body. While your body has converted its power into your own" Hinata summarized on the pad.
Naru nodded and said "You're taking this rather well, don't you feel like hitting me from keeping such an important secret from you."
Hinata shook her head and thought using the mind link 'The reason I don't feel like hitting you is because we haven't known each other for very long and that fact that the Kyuubi is the kunai sealed within the scroll, I use Fuinjutsu so it's easy to work it out. Don't blame yourself, we just need to tell the others some other time. Shino will understand and to the best of my knowledge all the adult generation know of this, so Kurenai already knows.'
"Yes that's true, I could tell with the way Kurenai looked at me that she wasn't against me. However she's not exactly with me either, I hope we can do our best to win her over as a team." Naru indicated.
'Hai. I'm glad I was put on your team Naru-chan, I believe one day you'll be a good leader.' Hinata thought.
'You really think that, I'm surprised that you believe that my dream will become real.' Naru thought back.
Hinata kindly smiled and stammered "I-I will a-always s-support you, N-Naru-chan."
For once Naru had a smile on her face for the comment and said "Thank you Hinata, thank you so much".
Hinata blushed at the praise and shook it off, but Naru said afterwards that she deserved it. Hinata is a kind soul, no-one is going to change that.
After that had finished Naru and Hinata decided to follow the Kyuubi's advice and have a girl's night in, by painting their nails, talking about their ordinary life and then watching a movie cuddling up to each other it was a good night. Naru had allowed Hinata to share the big master bed, whilst the Kyuubi slept on a Futon near them. She didn't complain… much.
The Next Day
Naru once again woke up early and decided it was a wonderful morning, so she decided to start… painting?
This was another of Naru's hobbies, activating her eye-patch she looked towards the Hokage Tower and sure enough the Hokage was stood outside drinking his morning coffee. Thus she started to paint.
Sure enough she captured a few ninja jumping on the buildings and decided to paint them too. Once finished she left it to dry and decided to enjoy this peaceful, but rare moment in time.
"Yawwnnn~" Came the tired voice of Hinata, she was dressed in a pink nightie that Naru gave her. It was almost see through.
Hinata's hair was disheveled and odd bit stuck about the place, despite her appearance she still looked cute. At least in the eyes of Kyuubi, who was currently dressed in her underwear!
"Kyaaa~! Your so cute, Naru-chan can we keep her as a pet?" Kyuubi asked
Hinata gave her a blank stare and said a very frank, "No".
Kyuubi pouted and decided to get dressed.
A moment paused by in an instant and Naru asked "You're not a morning person are you?"
Hinata chuckled and shook her head.
She too decided to get dressed.
The wind passed by.
'And they said nothing about the painting. Amazing.'
Naru had already got changed and prepared for the day, got dressed in her usual outfit, fastened her bow to her back and done her morning exercises. She collected Hinata, who was also in her new outfit to the training grounds.
At the Training Grounds
Once they were at the Training Grounds they saw Shino there waiting on a log.
Naru waved at him and he waved back.
The due time wasn't for another hour so they quickly went over the plans together.
After 15 minutes passed Kurenai arrived, completely surprised at they managed to get here so early.
"What are you doing here at this time? You should just be getting changed." Kurenai asked.
"I got here at 6:00 sensei" said Shino.
"I actually got up at 5 o'clock, but Hinata and I got here at 6:30" Naru stated.
Kurenai was shocked, looks like she got the early team.
'Thank goodness they're not like Kakashi' Kurenai thought.
"Well since you're here, why not get started?" Kurenai asked
The three looked at each other and nodded, Naru said "Might as well get this over and done with"
Kurenai smiled and said "I have hidden an object in that forest" Kurenai pointed to the direction of this large forest, "However I have hidden it with Genjutsu as well. Your objective is to retrieve the object WITHOUT being seen by me and place it on this spot. Your time limit is three hours." She stands on a dry patch of earth.
"Start!" Kurenai announced
The three vanished from site and into the trees.
'Thank goodness this was one of the eventualities that we covered last night. Hinata activate your Byakugan and Shino spread your bugs throughout the area. I'll set up a few traps, sense Kurenai if she gets too close to our position and send out a few Kage Bunshin with you and about the area. Once at least one of us has found the hidden item I would like for you to hit my Kage Bunshin to send me back the information, which I'll then pass through the mind-link. Am I understood?' Naru sent through the mind-link
'I Understood/ Hai' were the thoughts of the other two teammates.
All three of them began the operation, Naru immediately drew a few seals. A moment ago Naru had sent out a Kage Bunshin to distract Kurenai.
With Kurenai and the Clone
"Why are you here?" Asked Kurenai.
"I want to get a taste of your skills before helping my teammates, is that alright?" the Clone asked.
Kurenai shrugged, took out a kunai and said "Sure, that's okay"
'I need to keep my skills hidden, let's use that' Thought the Clone.
The clone drew the sword from its jacket and created another clone a further distance away from the two.
Kurenai was no hand-to-hand expert, but she thought that could take on a freshly minted Genin.
Oh how wrong she was.
Slash
The sword cut through the kunai like a hot knife through air.
Kurenai quickly jumped back in surprise and was going to use a Genjutsu, but it was too late.
'Burst' Thought the Clone.
With blinding speed Naru had closed the gap between the two, she brought her sword into a position and called out to the other clone which pulled back an arrow and said "Uzumaki Ryuu: Kibarashi" (A/N No.2: This mean's Uzumaki Style: Distraction).
A blinding light passed throughout the area, which resulted in Kurenai not being able to see anything.
She felt something touch her in several parts of the body while her eyes had gone. After being able to see again, she was covered in seals. Which meant one thing.
'Oh [Foul Language]' She thought
"Fuin!" Shouted the Clone and Kurenai fell to the floor, completely unable to move.
"Well what are you going to do now sensei?" The clone asked.
"Unfortunately for you this was all an illusion" Whispered a voice in its ear.
Poof
Back with Naru
Naru chuckled, she knew she was no match for the Genjutsu Mistress… yet. The clone had simply been a distraction and it worked. Kurenai would have a very hard time trying to find them at this point.
Suddenly Naru stopped in her track.
She smiled, Hinata had found the object.
'Shino make your way here. Good work Hinata' Naru sent through the link.
2 Minutes Later
Naru and Shino had arrived at the spot and Hinata had dispelled the illusion around the object, well not object or rather huge statue that weighed goodness knows how much.
"This is impossible, even as a team. That is if you didn't know fuinjutsu to my level." Naru stated.
Drawing a seal on the bottom she muttered "Fuin" and it disappeared.
"Where the object?" Asked Hinata
"Inside a Storage Space, why?" Naru asked confusingly.
Hinata thought for a moment before realising Naru was a seal expert, she could probably seal away Konoha without too much trouble considering her chakra reserves.
The three vanished from site and back into the forest, then proceeded to go to the final place.
Of course Kurenai was smart so she decided to sit in a spot where she would notice them before they placed the statue on the dry earth. Naru had thought of a plan to show off their teamwork.
Naru would use the distraction technique again, then Shino would send a swarm of bugs at the teacher, whilst Hinata would close off the older woman's chakra points.
Thus the plan started.
With Kurenai
Kurenai was having a relatively good time; that was until she was blinded by a light again, Attacked by some chakra-eating bugs and had some of her chakra points closed so she couldn't form any Genjutsu.
Once she could see again she saw a statue with three happy Genin, well two that actually showed it.
She never thought it was possible, they had semi-defeated a Jonin opponent AND accomplished the objective within a ridiculously quick time as well. Kurenai was pleased NO ecstatic about her new team.
"Congratulations Team 8, you Pass!" Shouted a happy Kurenai.
The team shared a group hug, which was the least Kurenai could do.
"Tomorrow come here at 8 o'clock, we're going to get your new weapons."
The team was really pleased by this, even Shino as he was nodding his head.
Kurenai decided to go and have a break for a while until the meeting.
A few hours later at the Meeting
The Hokage sat in his comfy chair at his desk, on the opposite side of the desk stood the Jonin sensei's for this year's Genin selection.
He moved his hand to tell them that they could start.
"Team 1… failed."
"Team 2… failed."
"Team 3… failed."
"Team 4… failed."
"Team 5… failed."
"Team 6… failed."
"Team 7… passed barely. If it wasn't the for Uchiha feeding the Inuzuka then they wouldn't have passed, I wanted to give them a second chance because of the other team sevens but this is the worst so far. Sakura Haruno NEEDS to take remedial lessons immediately. The Uchiha needs his mental health record updated, it seems someone hasn't done their job properly. The Inuzuka is good… that's about it, he has room for improvement though I can stand him more than the others." Said the silver-haired Kakashi (A/N No.3: You know who Kakashi is, I don't want to describe him.)
'Looks like I need to fire somebody' thought the Hokage.
"Team 8… passed with flying colours… and rainbows! The team work of this team was immaculate it was almost as if they could read each other's minds. Uzumaki-san managed to distract me with a Clone, whilst the real one was helping her teammates find the hidden object. Then the teamwork they displayed at the end was amazing, I can't believe how good this team is. They've only worked with each other for 48 hours and they're doing better than most Jonin teams out there! Uzumaki-san was the leader from the off she's a natural born leader, if there was a war then she would have already been promoted to Chunin" Kurenai stated.
"While I can agree with your enthusiasm Kurenai-san, please tone your voice down" The Hokage said.
"Sorry" She said with a blush.
'I guess she doesn't know about the seal yet.' The Hokage thought.
"Team 10 did very well, as always with the Ino-Shika-Cho formation. Shikamaru has a vast intellect, but has his family's lazy trait as well. Ino is a bit noisy, so I need to change that. Choji… well he eats a lot and a very well-rounded individual, that's not an insult though. So yeah, they passed." Asuma stated.
"Alright thanks for attending, you may leave now." The Hokage said and the Jonin all vanished away.
"I'm getting too old for this [Foul Language]" He said as he got to work on the paperwork, he could use a clone but this was something that required a bit of a… personal touch.
At Naru's Apartment
Once Naru got back she rushed in through the window and jumped into the couch. As soon as she did that, the Kyuubi burst through the bedroom door and dragged Naru into it.
When she was in the room she saw that the Kyuubi was stark naked and looked younger, about Naru's age. The Kyuubi then said in a sultry demonic voice "Your promise".
Naru blushed and looked away, but then turned back around and said "We're going out, get changed."
The Kyuubi scoffed, but complied. She got herself dressed into a pair of jeans and a black top, with a red diamond necklace. She then asked "What was your promise?"
Naru blushed and said "To take you out and then sleep with you, JUST sleep with you."
The Kyuubi looked absolutely delighted and grabbed Naru's flat-chest from behind, then whispered in her ear "Whatever you want, dear."
Unfortunately for Kyuubi she took it too far.
Naru blushed Crimson and shouted "Urusai, urusai, urusai! Baka-Kyu!"
And promptly hit the Kyuubi on her head, with a hammer. (A/N No.4: Another reference, try and work it out.)
After that Naru had gotten into a blue blouse and black trousers. She had used a black hairclip to keep her hair out her eye, she had kept the bow on her back.
On the streets
"Sooo~ where are we going?" 'Homura' asked.
"I know it's not much, but here" said Naru pointing towards a certain stand.
"Ramennnnnnn~!" Cheered Kyuubi, as she loved ramen just as much as Naru.
Once inside they immediately got greeted.
"Hi Naru-san, Akemi-san." Greeted Teuchi, the head chef.
"Hi Old Man!" Greeted 'Homura'
"What have I told you, don't call me that free-loader!"
A brief glare happened between the two people, before they laughed it off.
"What's happening Old man?" Naru asked.
"Meh, nothing much business has been pretty dry without you." He answered.
"Yeah, so are you two an item yet?" Asked a young female.
Naru blushed "Urusai, Ayame-Nee-san! I'm just treating her to a meal, THAT'S ALL!"
"Sure, but you know what they say: 'Denying it makes it a whole more believable'" She said with a smirk.
Naru blushed a Hyuuga level blush and decided that the floor was a rather interesting thing to look at.
"Here's the usual: 3 Miso Ramen and 3 Special Rabbit ramen. I don't know why you like rabbit so much, but this rabbit is from the mountains near Kumo. Be thankful, Naru got this for you." Said Teuchi.
Kyuubi looked at Naru in amazement, this rabbit must have been incredibly expensive. She grabbed Naru's hand and said thank you, but Naru just shrugged it off and said she owed 'Akemi-san' anyways.
The two began digging in.
20 Bowls of Ramen Later
"Man I'm stuffed, great job as always Teuchi. I wouldn't change anything about this place, apart from the dango they're not brilliant but I can't get them anywhere else." Naru said.
"Well we're a ramen shop, not a dango shop. So we don't buy into those sort of things much, we try our best for you after all your our best customers." Teuchi said.
"I suppose so, see ya!" Naru and 'Homura' said.
As Teuchi watched them leave in said in shock "But what about the bill?"
Ayame just kept cleaning the stand radiating with happiness.
Back at Naru's apartment
Once they had got back in, Kyuubi immediately got undressed and got into the master bed and said "Come on, I don't bite… much".
Naru blushed slightly and got herself undressed. She then got into the bed and laid next to Kyuubi.
"So like what you see?" Asked 'Akemi' in a sultry tone.
Naru cuddled up to Kyuubi and said "Shut up and go to sleep"
The Kyuubi got surprised at the contact, but then got cosy and fell asleep next to Naru.
Nightmare
Naru had ended up in a forest, with dimly light moon-light. It was the location where she killed Mizuki.
A corpse rose from the ground, with holes in places but the face was recognizable: it was Mizuki.
"You killed me" He said in a distorted tone, walking towards Naru.
She tried to run away, but was held back by Iruka and Kyuubi grabbing parts of her body.
"You killed him/ me" They all repeated, with Mizuki in her face.
A dark figure walked out, with an evil smirk on her face.
"Throw her on the ground" It said. 'It' was just a being of pure blackness, with a Cheshire grin across its 'face'.
They all complied and the figure walked up to Naru.
"Hi! Would you mind me killing you?" 'It' asked.
Naru laughed "You can't kill me, this is a dream"
The people holding Naru pushed harder, starting to make a dent in the ground.
'It' laughed "You're lying! Of course I can kill you! Let me show you something amazing!"
'It' grabbed Naru by the neck and brought her upwards. It then formed a black sword in its hand and brought it to Naru's right arm and… cut it off.
"AAAHHHHHHHH!" Naru yelped in pain, the being then threw Naru away.
It then did the same to its right arm and attached Naru's right arm to its own, then attached its own to Naru.
Naru winced in pain, but settled down after a moment.
"Now do you believe me?" 'It' asked
Naru shook her head and it shrugged "Well you'll see for yourself when you wake, Bye!"
Naru suddenly woke up with Kyuubi shaking her, the Kyuubi was covered in burns.
"What happened?" Asked Naru.
The Kyuubi pointed to Naru's right arm.
Crimson red flames were glowing around it, with the fingernails sharpening to black claws.
It seemed as if something had happened.
Immediately Naru did a water jutsu to quench the flames, which never worked. So getting some bandages from the cupboard and sealing ink she started writing a seal on them, she then wrapped the bandages around the arm and then brought a free hand into a one handed seal and said "Fire Sealing Method".
The fire then drew into the seal on her right arm.
'Thank goodness' she thought.
"What happened?" Asked 'Akemi'
"Too tired, I'll tell you in the morning" said Naru and fell asleep.
(A/N: Sorry it took so long, I had a major case of Writer' Block.
I hope you don't mind the extra addition I added, I felt as if it was needed. Naru won't be using those flames a lot, they come at a price. This price is her sanity, this is because she'll not need it for a long time so when she realises that she can use the flames she will use them, but will encounter the dangers to it after.
And before you ask, No the flames won't turn black, I'm keeping with the same power she used to kill Mizuki, I just wanted a way for her to access them again.
That being will slowly begin to look like Naru too. It's Naru's dark side! If you figured it out then you can have a cookie, of course it's purely digital so you can't eat it, but it's the thought that counts! Despite the Kyuubi not being in Naru anymore the dark self is there instead attached to its power.
The waterfall of truth should be interesting… if I get to it. See ya later!
Touma Yoshino