Chapter 6
Spending time with the Dragon
Naruto had to admit this is an interesting affair. Apparently, this was a big deal for the festival and something that he saw people were excited for.
Kyoka and him were standing with each other on the stage with them both being the highest ranking students in the placement tests and thus being partnered up. Next to them was the girl he met earlier, she is standing with a white hair girl wearing a black top and long black leggings and seemed to be tired. Considering she was just yawning all the time there was validation for this train of thought.
Next to them was Ayane and she seemed to be paired with this young girl with a bow and arrow set but she seemed to be very clumsy considering she was dropping all of her arrows on the ground. She had brown hair going down her back and wearing the female uniform and was the embodiment of a loli.
Next to them was the black hair girl from Ayane's group carrying her spear and the black hair girl wearing the eyepatch and they were just facing away from one another.
Finally there was the white hair girl in the goth Lolita dress while standing next to Samui who was just smirking at the sight of the woman and waving at him. He returned it but he did feel tension in the air. Looking up he saw Rino watching him, he smiled and waved to her making her huff and turn away from him.
"Ladies and gentlemen these are our top students! They are paired for the Bakugyaku festival!"
The loud cheer defeaned the room and Naruto could only cover his ears.
"Too loud?"
Turning to Kyoka he sighed,
"Yeah growing up I had more sensitive hearing than most so things get too loud it bothers me. I've gotten better but certain amounts of noise still gets to me."
"Sorry to hear but deal with it for now."
Naruto frowned.
"Introducing first our top scorers! They are the legendary pair and rivals that clashed on their first day at school! They are the ones targeted for the placement of top students in the school. As stated in Article 13: Surpass your superiors!" Naruto rolled his eyes, but the cheers continued and the teacher waved her hand, "Introducing the student pairings that will try to surpass them!"
She pointed to the first group, "First we have the group with the second highest scores Shiryuu and third year Choco!"
Naruto saw the white hair girl and the red head talking and he could see that they were talking about something but he couldn't quite make it out over the noise.
"Next we have the third highest scores first year ayane and third year misa!" The room cheered loudly and Naruto saw the third year dropping her arrows again and her bow and Naruto couldn't help but sigh,
"She needs to keep an eye on her stuff better."
Kyoka sighed,
"Yeah that is a constant problem with her."
"Next our fourth highest ranking group, due to complications third year naomi and first year marokichi have been disqualified due to Naomi having a bit of an accident!"
Naruto leaned over,
"Who is Naomi?"
Kyoka whispered, "That's the large girl you dismantled earlier."
Naruto nodded his head and looked anywhere but the teacher knowing he might be in trouble for that one.
"The fifth highest scorers are first year Makoto and third year Kako!"
Naruto sweatdropped, you could see the tension between the two of them and Naruto swears it was getting worse.
"So, there a story with that?" Naruto pointed to her friend and the other girl and Kyoka laughed,
"Just rivals. Nothing more, I think that it is cute that Kako is so close to her junior even if she will deny it."
Naruto rolled his eyes, yeah close like him and Sasuke.
Sasuke, just thinking about him made him subtly gripped his chest, something Kyoka noticed but decided not to ask.
"Finally the final team added to the mix is First year Samui Nii and Third year Erin, both participating due to the disqualification of the previously mentioned team!"
Naruto looked at the line up and had to admit all of them were fairly strong groups but he isn't too worried about them considering he was pretty sure that fighting is not something that was going to be on the table.
"Now then, these are the groups that will be facing off to defeat Kyoka and Naruto for the top rank position in the school. To determine the event," The teacher turned and bowed, "Principal if you would?"
Standing there was a shaking man with a shaved head, he had glasses on his face, and just seemed to be one step away from falling over while wearing a thin sleeveless white shirt and a pair of long black pants and sandals. In his hand was a large square with different writings on each side.
The principal quickly tossed the cube into the air and after smashing into the stage a few times it landed on one side in red and he just shivered some more.
"B-B-BOO!"
The audience was muttering,
"Boo?"
"What's that some kind of scaring contest?"
"Do you think he meant something else?"
The teacher coughed,
"It is shortened by the principal but what he means is that this is Boogie meaning this is a dance competition!"
All the teams were having cheers about the situation, mostly Ayane and her teammate while Choco and her teammate were confident in their chances compared to the others. Kako was indifferent but muttering she can't dance and her partner was the same. Finally Samui laughed a bit and mentioned it to her partner who was just standing there with indifference in her face.
Naruto on the other hand groaned,
"Fuck I can't dance."
"Hey." Turning his head he saw Kyoka smiling at him, "Why are you looking so worried we got this."
Naruto raised an eyebrow but soon saw her waving her hands in a rapid and dizzing motion and her footwork also working in the same direction.
She appeared next to him with her chest releasing a powerful bounce making all in the room; straight or not, stare.
"So?"
"Um, so?"
"Well, were you able to see it?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Your movements? Vaguely."
"Good." She nodded her head, "Because this is what we are going to do to win this. After all," She gave a sharp smile, "I want my rematch."
Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Sure, so when are we going to do this dancing routine."
"At my place of course."
"….nani?"
Kyoka's Home
"Um, okay I'm guessing your rich?"
Kyoka smiled and laughed, "Yeah I guess, honestly due to my Kaa-san's ventures and investments and business acumen, she has created a large financial empire for herself." She turned her he head, "You know she is one of the richest women in the entire world, and considered the richest woman in Japan?"
"Really?" Naruto looked at the estate, "I guess I can accept this as I don't think even the Fire Daimyo has a house this nice."
"Well come on in."
Naruto followed Kyoka through the front gate of her manor and walked into the front door of the manor, but he remembered the custom of removing his shoes so he did that first before stepping onto the wooden floor.
"Oh my." Naruto looked up and just sighed.
"Should have figured."
Standing there was a woman with white hair, a very busty mature figure, wearing a tightly bound kimono around her body. The woman had her hair up in a bund and he could see that it was decorated quite interictally. But her hair had two bangs at the side drawing more attention to her beautiful face.
He already had a guess but he had to be sure.
"Greetings Ma'am please excuse my intrusion." He bowed to the woman but she laughed behind her sleeve.
"This is my Kaa-san."
Naruto sweated,
'No fucking shit. Well at least it is nice to know that their genes are really good I guess?'
"What is with the fucking water in this country!?"
'Your guess is as good as mine.'
The woman looked at her daughter,
"Well Kyoka bringing him home to meet your Kaa-san, even before you start dating quite the bold move."
Naruto's eyes widened a bit,
"Um what?"
Kyoka's face erupted in a red storm,
"That's not even close to the truth!"
"Oh then are you here to let him have a taste of you?"
Kyoka got in her mother's face and started shouting,
"No way!"
Naruto could only watch as their breasts smooshed together and neither seemed aware of him just watching what looked like a pleasurable moment in front of him.
Kyoka broke off from her mother and marched away,
"Hey you haven't eaten yet have you?"
"Um, no but I can-,"
"Head to the dining room, I'll make you something."
"For all the energy he is going to need for later?"
"NO!"
Naruto sighed,
"I'm starting to regret coming here."
Walking into the dining room Naruto took a seat at the table and waited. All he could hear was the sound of water hitting one of those bamboo things he had seen and after a while pushing it down to hit the stone beneath it. From this, Naruto looked around the room and he was surprised about all the stuff in this building and just how calm the room felt compared to most places he had been to before.
'Well this does explain her family's influence on my country at least. But still, it seems abrupt that she would help me and my people out with the situation with the Snake I mean what does she really get out of it?'
"Bah, who cares? Honestly the fact they finally put an appropriate bounty on the heads of that Uchiha and that Snake fuck is more than enough for me. I mean, that asshole murdered the Third! I might not like the Hokages and what happened to me, but at least that man was willing to fight and stand up for what he believed in when it mattered."
'Not the greatest childhood but he did everything he could and learned to only trust certain people with my safety.' Naruto smiled, "Maybe it was meant to be this way?'
"Maybe, but you know what? I'm curious to see what this human has for you in terms of this dancing routine. I mean your footwork has improved since learning the Niko Style."
'True but that still needs refinement from time to time to make sure I don't slack.'
"Dilligence is good. But sometimes you can take pride in what you accomplished brat."
"Did that before and look what happened."
The Kyuubi had no response after this and Naruto sighed. He was getting a bit anxious and hungry since he skipped lunch during his fight with the red hair girl, Shiryuu he thinks her name is.
It had to be, he was sure.
Maybe.
"Hope your hungry."
Walking into the room Naruto saw Kyoka had changed to having a black top on but one that was opened in the side leading to clear view of her breasts and side without restriction. Instead of her normal skirt she is wearing small shorts and they were drawing a lot of attention on those curves.
Naruto looked at the spread and was surprised by the large amounts of food and how much of it was available. He saw pork, steak, and fish all mixed in with other dishes of vegetables and he was impressed with how well cooked it all was.
"Woah you made all of this Kyoka?"
"Yes, it is something common in our home."
"Huh," Naruto took a bit of the first dish and his eyes lit up along with the feeling of excitement settling in due to the amazing taste of the food.
"Woah, you're an amazing cook Kyoka, honestly I'm amazed at how good this all tastes."
Kyoka blushed slightly,
"I'm glad you like it."
Naruto nodded his head but continued on eating. Kyoka ate some food for herself as well, mostly both are enjoying the silence and enjoying the other's company.
For Naruto it is a nice reprieve from the usual shenanigans that seem to accompany his life and to spend it with someone that he has come to see as a friend is nice too.
On top of that, Kyoka wasn't bad to look at so it was something extra to go with his meal.
Hey, he might not be a pervert to the level of Jiraiya but he was still someone that could appreciate the human body and the natural beauty of a woman.
Kyoka on the other hand was patting herself on the back. She had known those cooking lessons would come in handy, but she was not sure when they would. Now she was glad she spent so much time working on those recently and that her mother was insisting on them as well.
Plus, it helped that the only male she has come to like the way she cooked thus filling her with more pride.
Neither of them noticed a camera lense peering through the cracks of the door and looking at them. Behind it was Kyoka's mother who was smiling and taking silent pictures.
"Oh my, it would seem they are acting like a future couple." She sighed, "Ah to be young and in love again. Kyoka's father would have loved to meet this one, too bad he didn't know when to keep it in his pants."
The servants saw their mistress giggling to herself and shivered, yeah Kyoka's father was not a subject they liked to talk about.
Lets just say it included a dancer, him getting caught with said dancer, and him being put into a metal storage container and shipped somewhere.
Naruto had finished his food and sighed and clapped his hands,
"Thank you for the food."
Kyoka smiled but in seconds he found a pair of plates on his head, on his arms, in his hands, and on his right knee.
"Um,"
"Don't drop them each of those plates cost $200."
"Wouldn't it make more sense then to carry them one at a time."
"I want you to take the plates and deliver them to the kitchen." She pointed her finger in the direction of the kitchen and he started at the situation in shock. It was a good few step and he was not sure what she was aiming for.
But, Naruto was always up for a challenge so pulling back on his studies with Niko and his time with Jiraiya, he quickly pushed off his toes and used his chakra to keep the plates glued to his body as he spun and darted across the floor.
Kyoka watched in shock but then it turned into a grin.
Naruto dropped the plates off in the kitchen and sighed.
"Congratulations you managed the first step."
Turning to Kyoka he frowned,
"You were testing me for something?"
"Yep." She smiled, "See, in my family we have been doing these dances, Nihon Buyou, for generations. This is something we are going to work on together for the competition."
Naruto raised an eyebrow,
"Okay." Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "I've never done any dancing before so I guess this could be interesting experience and if your footwork is to be believed then it could prove beneficial in the long run."
"Yep, but it is not as easy as it looks." She smiled, "It takes tons of practice and precise movements and I won't expect anything less than complete accuracy on our moves." She frowned, "Fail to measure up and you'll wish you did."
Naruto saw her aura flare to life and he sweated.
"Got it work on this with all I got as if it is my life."
"Of course!" She smiled, "Because your life is literally tied to your success after all."
"Okay?"
Naruto felt his stomach grumble and he groaned,
"Got a bathroom I'm not feeling well."
Kyoka frowned,
"Sure but is it something you ate?"
Naruto smiled at her,
"Nah, I think it is a allergic reaction, I never at some of that food so it could be something my body can't stand. Regardless your food was great." Naruto gave her a smile and she blushed, "No doubt your going to make a wonderful wife to someone in the future."
Kyoka's ears started to steam but she quickly turned,
"Whatever follow me we'll get some medicine and then you can take a bath."
Naruto followed while frowning.
'Did I say something wrong?'
"Moron."
'What's that supposed to mean!?'
Kyuubi remained quiet after this.
Naruto got some medicine and after taking some started to feel better figuring it had to be something he ate now and his stomach was just not up to it. Which sucked, the food was really good.
After changing into a towel he walked into the bath and sat on a chair with a sigh.
"Geez, feels like I never get a moment of silence, glad to finally have it here."
He felt the door open and looked and his eyes bugged,
"Kyoka!"
She stood there wearing a white nearly see through robe and her hair running down her back without her braids.
"I figure you could use someone to wash your back."
Naruto's eyes were widened and turned from her,
"Um, I guess."
Naruto had never been in this position before. He never had a woman around him so brazen like her, so willing to display herself for all to see but then again it was a bathroom.
Once she started scrubbing his back he could feel the softness of her touch and the tenderness of her care.
'Different from how she fights.'
Naruto remembered some of the rampages she went on through school and how she seemed to just look for anyone and everyone to fight and this would lead to her slaughtering her way through anyone in her way. But at the same time, he saw there was this calm and precision in which she does things and it makes him really think twice about her.
'Controlled, precise, and able to handle herself in a fight. She is a dangerous opponent, I didn't know it at first but thanks to this experience I know for certain. She is a terrifying opponent for someone that underestimates her or thinks of her just as a brute with raw power.'
Naruto soon felt her hands sneaking around and soon touching a part on his chest and he froze.
"Don't."
Kyoka's eyes widened,
"You need to be washed completely."
"I can handle the front."
Kyoka listened to the firmness of his tone and quickly felt for the spot.
He gripped her wrist but it was too late. Her fingers touched something jagged and uneven and her eyes widened.
"A scar?"
"I said to leave it alone."
"Naruto why do you have a scar right over your heart?"
Naruto growled,
"I said leave it!" Naruto removed her hand and quickly stood up not caring that his towel fell off. Not caring she was seeing his bare ass and really getting a better look at his bare back in which she saw a scar right over his back where his heart would be. It looked like someone had literally punched a hole in his chest and was aiming for his heart.
Kyoka saw the scar and couldn't help but stare.
Naruto walked over to the water in the bath and sat down in it with her just looking at the back of his head.
Naruto made no move or notion to acknowledge her, he didn't even bother to turn his head when he saw her take off her robe out of sight and enter the back with him.
Social graces were something missing between the two but Kyoka didn't care.
She could only wonder and question about the scar.
'It looks like someone slammed their entire hand through his chest and ripped out of their back. But who would do that and how did he survive? In fact,' she frowned, 'What do I know of him before he got to the school?'
Naruto just stared down at the water and he growled, he was so angry.
He hated looking at that scar or people asking about it. It was just another horrible reminder of his past and something he desperately wanted to leave behind him. Something that would stay gone but no matter how much he wishes, it would never come true. That was the most frustrating part of this entire mess.
"Naruto," Turning to Kyoka slightly he stared at her, "I'm sorry." She sighed, "I didn't mean to look or broach on something you obviously don't want to talk about or deal with."
Naruto sighed,
"It's fine. The damn thing has been with me since I was 12, I should be use to it when people look at it but," He touched the scar faintly, "There is a part of me, that will always hate this as this was the mark of the end of my old life."
"Your old life?"
Naruto nodded his head,
"How much do you know about the Elemental Nations?"
Kyoka shrugged,
"I know you guys can use things called Jutsu and chakra, I know that your organized into these villages and ruled by some kind of feudal lord. I also know that some of the main issues with the nations is due to the rising problem with people getting stronger and more dangerous with their chakra."
"That's about right." Naruto sighed, "But that is not the only thing there is a traitor that came from our village. Well I guess Traitors to be more exact."
"Oh?"
Naruto sighed, before a small smile appeared on his face.
"When I was born I was all alone. My parents weren't around, the hokage, our leader at the time, told me they died during the Kyuubi attack protecting me. I guess that was more than enough for me at the time as it meant my parents loved me." Naruto smiled, "Besides while he was busy, he always made time for me; whether it is taking me out to eat on my birthday, playing with me in his office, or just teaching me some of the finer things in life. He always made the time for me when he could and protected me from those that wanted to exploit me." Naruto frown, "That was until the time I became a genin."
"Isn't that like the lowest ranking person in your system?"
Naruto nodded, "Yep, I had failed the test to graduate but thanks to an incident I was able to apprehend a traitor and earn a field promotion. Thanks to this I was put on a team with this bitch who I use to have a crush on and this guy who I thought was my friend while were teaming together. Our sensei, he wasn't any better considering he was always late, making shitty excuses, reading his book, or just training the asshole off in private while leaving me high and dry."
Naruto sighed.
Kyoka raised an eyebrow at the mention of a crush, she must have been quite the girl to catch his eye.
"What was your crush like?"
Naruto rolled his eyes,
"Like most of the girls in my age group were; fangirls of my friend. Didn't train like she could, dieting all the time, and just outright wasting time and complaining about shit left and right. Whenever I tried being nice to her she would hit me for and this would anger me time and time again. More so, she would insult me, my parents, and everyone around me for as long as I could remember. Before I put up with it just because I thought if she got to me know it be better and in time it will improve, but it didn't. She kept abusing me to the point that I was always with a swollen cheek or cracked ribs throughout the week. Then in training if I hit her she beat me to a pulp and stomped on my crotch for good measure."
Kyoka growled,
'Bitch better hope I don't get my hands on her, otherwise I'll show her what I can really do when I let loose.'
"Then the asshole on my team. I admit I might have done stupid things and annoyed people and was childish most of the time, but at the end of the day I at least knew how to act professional when it counted and knew the Hokage was more lenient with me from time to time due to him kinda spoiling me." He laughed, "But he always reminded me when I need to get my act together." He frowned, "Then came the mission to Wave, a nation in need. We had basically been exposed to what most missions were like; full of blood and death and the world not being as black and white as I once thought. Sometimes," Naruto looked up to the ceiling, "I still see them in my dreams. I see those two who taught me the most important lessons in my dream."
"What did they teach you?"
Naruto smiled,
"Your always stronger fighting to protect your loved ones while also that not everyone that is classified as 'evil' is unforgivable. It is those that show no remorse, then you show them the same treatment."
Naruto sighed.
"After this, I started to really think back on things and realized how much more I had to catch up on and thus began training a little more diligently than normal." Naruto laughed, "But even then it wasn't enough for those that had years of experience on me so I still got my ass handed to me."
Kyoka smiled, she knew that feeling. Fighting someone more experienced and can give you trouble if not outright defeat you, it is quite fun.
"But after the Chunin Exams started things got hectic again. We ran into a traitor from our village by the name of Orochimaru; he did something to my teammate and he became more sadistic and cruel to those around him. After this, things went down hill more and more with him to the point that after the exam, I was named as an attention seeker while he was made out as a hero. Stating he defeated this monster that attacked us but it was me that did it but his fangirl was jumping on this idea and thus screwing me out of possibly being promoted." Naruto sighed, "That is when I met my second trainer and all he taught me is two moves and that is it, then afterwards, I found out from the summons I have that he is my godfather. He didn't mention this to me or even bother explaining what is happening recently just leaving me in the wind." Naruto sighed, "But honestly I just hate the man for being another failure of a teacher to me."
Naruto sunk into the water more,
"That's when it happened; my teammate out of jealousy and anger, left our village to join up with the same traitor from before and after he did this to me," Naruto pointing to his chest, "I stopped caring." Naruto glared, "I brought his ass back and what did I get for my efforts?"
"A pat on the back?"
"I wish, no I got put on trial for being a terror and injuring the asshole. But he ended up escaping yet again and this led to my trial being thrown out and soon being requested to take leave due to the evil that I was supposedly feeling from the stress. So I did one better; I quit."
Kyoka nodded her head.
"Given your treatment I'm surprised you didn't quit sooner."
Naruto smiled,
"Yeah but it wasn't easy; people begged me to come back, some were offering me everything from specialized training and even secrets of the village, but I couldn't do it anymore. Not after they wanted to pardon that asshole for siding with a monster like the traitor was."
"Why do you hate him so much?"
Naruto growled,
"Because he invaded our village during the finals of the exam and in the aftermath of the mess, he lead to the death of my grandfather the leader of our village. He sacrificed his soul to the Shinigami in order to stop him."
Kyoka's eyes widened. They had one of those in their country but to think that it was possible to summon a being like that. That was terrifying for her and now she got a greater picture.
'He hates him for siding with a man that murdered the only family he had and damning his soul to stop him. No wonder he grew to hate his village. Glad Kaa-san raised the bounty on that guy I might add a few more 0's to just to make sure someone kills him.'
Naruto didn't know see her inner monologue,
"Then for a year I was training on my own away from everyone else but then, that's when I met him." Naruto smiled seeing the image of his master who was smiling at him, "That's when I met the man that would become my father figure and my best teacher."
Naruto smiled,
"He was the best."
Kyoka smiled and scooted closer to him, sitting inches from him.
"Tell me what it was like training with him."
Naruto smiled and soon regaled her the story of the day he became Naruto Uzumaki Niko, the heir to the Niko Style.
Chapter End