Chapter 18: Explain, Finishing the Test and 'Other Deeds'
"Ok, so let me get this straight. . ." Ino started as she her hand on her forehead while rubbing it.
It been a couple of minutes since Satsuki had told Team Ten the truth, and the twice the amount of time for the platinum haired girl's little. . .episode to finally calm down. . .with the assistance of Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu to prevent the Yamanaka Heiress from thrashing about.
Lee had woken up from the scream that nearly woke up the dead and was now sitting next with his team.
Soon all three of the genin teams were sitting on the ground in a circle formation, all the while ignoring the Oto genin after they decided to be safe and hung the two guy from a tree branch by their legs for their monstrous transformations. Since the girl was the normal one, they decided to just left her tied up inside of the tree cave.
"So this girl," The Yamanaka Heiress began as she pointed at the female Uchiha.
Said girl meanwhile was currently cuddling up to Naruto in a possessive way along with Hinata, though much less than the former.
Ino shook her head as she tried not to think much about it at the moment. "Was actually who Sasuke-kun is as he was really a disguise that most of jonin and our parents knew." She continued as she girl then pointing at herself, Chōji, and Shikamaru.
"Yup/Pretty much/Correct." Were the united replied from the Team Seven trio as they nodded.
"To protect her from the Clan Restoration Act, that pretty much makes females into baby vending machines, which is sick by the way." Ino added with a disgusted tone.
The trio didn't verbally reply, but they did narrowed their eyes while the rest did nodded in agreement.
"And you three are dating and have been together for quite a while now." Ino finished.
"Yup!" The trio replied in unison and with a happy grin on their faces from the members of Team Seven.
Ino soon sighed at she looked at the female Uchiha, as the very female body that she possessed while she cuddled with the blond's made the mental image of the boy Sasuke Uchiha literally stalked for years shattering into pieces.
"Well. . .my ideal man that was Sasuke-kun's gone now. . ." Ino thought to herself as she cried internally in sadness.
Tenten meanwhile blinked a couple of times as she looked at the three of them and the way they reply in unison. "Well at least they're in sync, that's pretty impressive." She soon admitted. "Never expected that the so called Last Uchiha being so. . .different compared to the rumors." She meanwhile thought to herself.
This however made Neji glared at his cousin cuddling up with Naruto along with Satsuki. "And Hinata-sama is alright with sharing Uzumaki here with this Uchiha girl?" He asked very rudely. Though he really didn't care much for the girls problems nor did he cared in general, he only wanted to hit her cousin's self esteem.
However to the older Hyuga's surprise, Hinata didn't stutter like Neji wanted as she looked up at her cousin before actually returning the glare, though it was a calmer and tame but it had a courageous aura to it.
"Yes I am Neji-niisan, I already got permission from my father for me to date Naruto-kun, as well of him knowing the situation we just explained, so I'm sure he won't mind Satsuki-chan." Hinata responded without showing no signs of backing down.
At this clear show of defiance, it slightly startling the male Hyuga because he had never seen her stand to herself, let alone to him. However that didn't last as Neji simply scoffed with a sneer and looked away with disinterest, refusing to believe that Hinata was any different than how she always saw her.
The Kyūbi meanwhile let out an amused chuckle as he saw the clear denial on the boy's face. "Especially since you three are all engaged to each other basically." He then added his two cents with a witty grin.
Said remark instantly caused the trio to blush darkly.
Satsuki was the first to recover from the brief moment of embarrassment. "You had to deal with this a lot huh Naru-kun?" She mentally questioned in a deadpan tone.
"Oh yeah. . ." Naruto replied telepathically with a sigh of annoyance.
"The Kyūbi can be a very. . .talkable beast than we first thought. . ." Hinata commented, trying not to insult the Bijū.
"That's an understatement Hinata-chan. . ." Naruto then replied with a deadpan tone.
"Hell yeah Nata-chan." Satsuki mentally agreed as she then got off the blond as she stood up. "Even if it was to protect myself, I'm still sorry for deceiving you all this time since the days of the academy, and I do hope we can get along now since you now know my secret." She sincerely apologized the three and bowed to the very shocked members of Team Ten.
Being the most calmer and smarter member of the team, Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at how different the Uchiha's personality was compared to her male persona he was used to know. "It's troublesome, but we can't really blame you for what you did." He sighed,
Then the lazy boy rubbed the back of his head. "Still can't believe I didn't figure it out. . .well I did took all those naps whenever I could and always did tried to ignore the guy so that I didn't had to deal with the fangirls, maybe that's why I didn't made the connections. . ." He thought to himself as he felt stupid not using his intelligence to figure that out earlier.
"And well, any girl would had done the same thing if they would had been in your place." Shikamaru then added.
Chōji however just shrugged his shoulder. "Well it really doesn't make any difference to me." He began as he chomped the last of his chips. "Though I had always wondered why Sasuke would never go out with any of his fan girls." He continued as he felt a glare coming from Ino, but he wisely decided to just ignored it. "It makes sense now, you had to either be a homosexual or something else." He finished as he tilted his head.
Satsuki giggled with a sweat-drop. "Thanks Chōji, I um. . .appreciate that. . .I think. . ." She thanked in a somewhat awkward tone. Then she felt an intense stare that was aimed at her, she turn and saw that it was Ino giving the stare. "Uh, Ino?" She then got out.
At the sound of her name, the platinum blonde gave the Uchiha an irritated look as she looked at a certain part of her body. "Yeah?" She responded with an annoying tone.
When Satsuki noticed that Ino wasn't exactly looking at her as she tilted her head to her side. "Are you alright?" She asked with a concern yet disturbed tone.
Ino simply nodded in response as she stood up and head towards the female Uchiha. "Can you come with me for a moment." She requested as she started walking away from the rest of the group.
Said group, save for Neji, could only watch this with a confused expression on their faces.
Just a few meters away. . .
The two girls soon finally gained some distance from the other. "Uh. . .ok?" Satsuki awkwardly responded as she caught up with her. "So what's up? Your still not upset that I'm not the guy you wanted and fawned over?" She then asked.
Ino could only sigh at the question since she knew that she will be getting those types of questions for days to come. "No, it's not that Satsuki-chan, I understand it a bit and I promise that I'll help you hide your secret. . ." She began to say as she then placed a hand on the Uchiha's shoulder. "But there's something I gotta know." She then admitted as her eye began to twitch uncontrollably.
"What's that?" Satsuki innocently asked.
At that moment, Ino raised the hand on the girl's shoulders and then pointed at the Uchiha's breast. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THOSE MELONS!?" She questioned, yelling out the question in jealousy for everyone in the area to hear.
Back with the rest of the group, Tenten face faulted as Neji sighed while Naruto and Lee had a small leakage of blood come out their noses and Hinata blushed as Shikamaru palmed his face. "Troublesome. . .she had to ask. . ." He muttered in annoyance.
"I she's just jealous Shikamaru. . ." Chōji started.
Tenten sighed as she chuckled lightly. "It's a girl thing." Hinata nodded in agreement.
Neji continued to glare at Naruto before scuffing. "I still don't see what my cousin see in him. . ." He thought.
"Anyway. . ." Naruto started, getting everyone's attention. "Can we trust you guys to keep Satsuki-chan's secret a. . .well a secret?" He requested all who was present.
"No problem Naruto, I don't mind." Chōji said.
Shikamaru sighed. "It'll be troublesome, but I guess I'll have no choice." He said but deep down he wouldn't ever let anything happen to his friends.
"Sure, we shinobi of Konoha have to work together." Tenten reassured. "You can count on us Naruto-chan!"
"Chan?" Naruto thought with a sweat-drop.
Neji grunted as he closed his eyes. "I guess I have no choice at this matter." He said in annoyed tone, causing Naruto to glare at him.
Lee jumped to his feet with a fire in his eyes. "INDEED, I WILL BE HONORED TO KEEP A SECRET LIKE THIS WITH MY LIFE! SO THAT WILL BE ABLE TO PREVENT THE HORRORS OF THE CIVILIAN COUNCIL AWAY FROM HER!" Everyone sweat-dropped at his answer.
A red face Satsuki and satisfied Ino came back over as everyone else got up, Satsuki quickly shook off the red on her face as she bowed again to everyone. "Thank you everyone, this means a lot to me." She expressed her deep gratitude.
Shikamaru then raised his hand. "Before we go our separate ways, should we know if anyone else knows about this besides our parent?" He asked, wanting to make sure that he and the rest of the Genins don't accidentally blaps the secret.
Satsuki nodded. "Yeah, the other that know are Hokage-sama, Kakashi-sensei, Haku-san, Kurenai-sensei, possibly Asuma and Gai-sensei, Shino, Kiba and Akamaru."
Not Sakura?" Ino asked.
"Yes Ino, Sakura doesn't know." Satsuki stated. "And I don't want her to know, yet. . ." She stated in a serious tone.
"Why hasn't she been told yet?" Ino asked again.
Satsuki looked at Ino with a twitch in her eye. "Think back, if your reaction to my true gender was just a simple shout, what do you think Sakura's would be?" She asked her as an answer.
Ino thought for a moment. . .until she paled. "Oh Kami, she would either go into denial or even-" She shuddered at the thought.
"Go and become a lesbian to me. . ." Satsuki finished Ino's deduction. "The ironic thing is, she's already seen my female form." She stated as she started to giggle. "To think that she would've thought it was my female form was just a sexy jutsu for 'Sasuke'. . ." She added as she continue to giggle.
Ino looked at her in disbelief. "Y-You gotta be kidding me?!"
Satsuki nodded her head negatively. "I wish, but she was completely serious." She replied, then she gave a sigh. "I'm starting to regret making 'Sasuke' in the first place. . ." She stated with much regret.
Ino then placed a hand on Satsuki's shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry Satsuki-chan, it'll be alright."
"Thanks," Satsuki smiled before giving her a hug. "Maybe after I finally do reveal my identity, we can hang out sometime."
Ino chuckled as she returned the hug. "Sure, I would like that." She then went closer to Satsuki's ear. "Don't get to iminate with Naruto now!" She whispered, causing Satsuki to blush madly to crimson as they separated from the hug. "Well, I'll see ya later." She said.
Satsuki nodded. "Yeah." She then watched Ino return to her team. "Too late for that advice." She added in her mind as she remembered all of her and 'Onee-chan' time together.
"Well, we better head for the tower since we finally got both heaven and earth scrolls now." Naruto said to Shikamaru and Chōji as Hinata nodded in agreement.
Shikamaru yawn as Chōji spontaneously pulled out another bag of chips. "Alright then, see ya later."
"Later Naruto." Chōji said, munching on the chips.
Lee went up to Satsuki and bowed to her. "I apologize for my actions back the academy for the first exam"
"Eh!? L-Lee-san!?" Satsuki got out in confusion.
"I broke the vow to never hit a girl and-" Lee started before he was interrupted by a flick to the forehead. "Ouch! Excuse me, but what was that for?" He asked as he rub his forehead.
Satsuki started to giggle as she leaned down to him. "It's alright Lee, remember though, I was disguised as a guy so treat as one when you see 'Sasuke', alright?" She reminded the green clad genin.
"But-" Lee started before being flicked on the head again.
"No buts about it." Satsuki started, putting her hands on her hips in a firm stance. "Think of this as a request from Gai-sensei." She stated as she winked at him before walking off to go back to her team.
"I-I-I. . ." Lee stammered out before saluting, a fire burning around him. "YES MA'AM, I WILL TAKE THIS AS IF IT WAS A MISSION FROM GAI-SENSEI!" He bellowed out, causing Tenten and Neji to sweatdrop.
Hinata walked up to her cousin and smiled. "Lee-san is a pretty interesting guy." She giggled out.
Neji ignored her wanting to end this as soon as possible as Tenten giggled. "Yeah, he's pretty interesting. We better head out." She said.
"Alright, same here." Hinata said as she then shook hands with Tenten.
The teams soon got back together as they were all about to head out. "Oh, one last thing." Naruto started, causing everyone to look at him as he looked at Team Ten. "That Kabuto Yakushi guy, don't trust him, he's bad news." He warned them with a serious tone.
"What do you mean Naruto-san?" Lee asked.
Naruto then gave off a firm look to everyone. "He had information on all the genin, that and when I got his scent, he smelled like a snake, but not the procter's." He added.
"What do you mean by that exactly?" Neji asked, somewhat curious.
"The Oto guys we fought had the exact same scent along with that Orochimaru guy." Naruto explained, then he turned around with his team. "Just be careful if you see Kabuto or his teammates." They all replied with nods as they left the area and then the three members of Team Seven also left, heading for the tower at a fast pace. As the three dashed through the tree, they all decided to have a chat with the fox.
"So ladies, are your new abilities setting in? You both will be able to use a third of my chakra, but you won't get fox ears or a tail so you don't have to worry about that." Kyūbi asked with slight curiosity.
Hinata nodded in response to the question asked. "Your chakra is slowly adjusting to my own chakra and it seems I have more stamina than I originally had." She told them.
"Same here, I've never felt this energized." Satsuki then looked at Naruto. "And it feels really good~" She purred out in a somewhat seductive tone.
"Uh Satsuki-chan, are you alright? You've never purred like that before." Naruto noticed, causing Satsuki to blush in embarrassment.
Kyūbi started to chuckle after hearing the purr from Satsuki. "Might just be a harmless side effect." He explained offhandedly.
"I don't trust you. . .but we'll have to worry about it later. Now we have to get to the tower." Naruto stated to the girls.
"Hai!" The girls replied in unison as they all started to pick up speed, not noticing Kyūbi chuckling.
Kyūbi meanwhile was currently studying the original version of the curse mark that Orochimaru had placed on him. "Hmm. . .interesting, even though he made this, I can sense the DNA of another person that seems to be the core of the seal. . .That and-" Kyūbi's eyes then widen. "Wait. . .WHAT THE!? ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME!? THAT PEDOPHILE EVEN HAD THAT IN HERE TOO!?" He roared out in pure rage.
The three decided to ignore Kyūbi as they continue heading to the tower. "You know, I wonder?" Naruto started.
"Hmm, what is it Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"Oh nothing major, just curious to know if anyone else made it to the tower yet." Naruto responded.
"Why's that?" Satsuki asked.
"No reason, like I said, just curious." Naruto said as they continued going until they got to the tower. He then turned to Satsuki after they got to the entrance. "Satsuki-chan." He called her.
Satsuki strutted over to him and kissed Naruto on the lip. "See ya later Naru-kun." She playfully said as she then stepped back and turned into 'Sasuke'. "'Dobe.'" 'He' said with a smirk.
Naruto return it with his own smirk. "'Teme.'"
Hinata giggled at the sight. "Come one, we better head in." She commented and got nods from her teammates as they entered the tower to see a banner with some writing on it that said:
If you do not possess Heaven, gain knowledge and be prepared. If you do not possess Earth, run through the fields and seek strength. If you open both Heaven and Earth Scrolls, dangerous paths turn into safe ones.
Some of the sections were missing, but the three were able to figure out what most of it said and know what to do.
"We have to open the scrolls now." 'Sasuke' stated as 'he' opened the Heaven Scroll while Naruto opened the Earth Scroll, soon causing smoke to come out of them both. "Crap, throw it, it's a summoning!" 'He' called out the warning.
Naruto nodded as he threw they scroll away as they both landed on the ground on top of one another, releasing a massive amount of smoke. And when the smoke died down. . ."Huh? Iruka-sensei?" He said as he and his teammates look on with confusion.
"Hey," Iruka started as he looked at the three and smirked. "Long time no see." He greeted in a cheerful manner.
"What are you doing here?" Hinata asked their former Academy sensei. "And why did you come out of a scroll?"
Iruka then started to tell them that they passed the test and what the meaning of the test was: to see if they could see a mission through without temptation. "Now then, since the final test won't be taking place until the rest of the days are done, I'll-" He began to say when he and Naruto detected something quickly coming their way.
Suddenly, three Anbu members appeared, one had a hawk mask with red marks, one had a tiger mask with yellow marks and the final one had a grasshopper mask with green marks. "We'll take it from here Iruka-san, Hokage-sama wishes to speak with these three genins immediately." Said the hawk masked Anbu.
"Um. . .alright then, Taka, Tora, Batta." Iruka said as the three Anbu's put a hand on three genin's shoulders and they disappeared in a puff of smoke. "I wonder what that was about?" He asked himself and hope that it wasn't anything bad.
In the Hokage's office, the three Anbu members appeared alongside Naruto, 'Sasuke' and Hinata as they looked at Hiruzen, who was with Kakashi, Haku, Hiashi, and Anko. "Thank you for bring them, you may leave now." He dismissed the Anbu.
"As you wish Hokage-sama." The three Anbu said in unison as disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the three as he made the handsigns to seal the room making sure that no one could interrupt them. "It's good to see that you three are alright." He greeted the young genin.
'Sasuke' sighed as 'he' dropped the transformation. "Yeah, after what we went through in the forest, we're glad to be alright in more ways than one." She commented.
Anko stepped forward as she looked at the three, mainly the girls. "My old sensei told me that he marked you two during the test. . ." She stated as she narrow her eyes.
"Your old. . .YOU MEAN THAT PEDOPHILE!?" Satsuki yelled out in disbelief.
Hiruzen and Anko had to hold in the laughter at that as Anko continued. "Yeah, seems he's expecting you to go to him since he mark the two of you." She stated as she showed the three of them the mark that she had, causing them to gasp.
"Anko-san. . .you two?" Hinata asked in disbelief as she cover her mouth with her hand.
Anko nodded as she then sighed. "Yeah, although mine was just a test run for his curse marks." She said as if it was a curse. "Hokage-sama was able to seal it, but. . ."
"Oh. . .it's still a curse remembering that your sensei that did that to you. . ." Satsuki said in a depressing tone.
"Indeed it is," Kakashi said. "Seeing him again in the forest really did riley her up. . ."
Hiruzen the coughed a little, gathering their attention. "Anyway, from what Anko was told by Orochimaru, both Hinata and Satsuki got curse marks, is it true?" He asked as his tone turn very serious with no nonsense in it.
The three winced as sweat ran down their heads. "Well. . .here's what happened. . ." Satsuki started, chuckling awkwardly all the while along with Naruto and Hinata.
Kyūbi started chuckling as they were about to explain what happened. "They're gonna be shitting bricks after hearing this."
"THOSE DAMN BRATS!" Orochimaru roared with pure anger in a secluded area in the Forest of Death.
"Is there something wrong Orochimaru-sama?" Orochimaru's spy Kabuto asked as he brought him a drink, but Orochimaru smack it and it hit the ground.
"THEY FOUND A WAY! THEY ACTUALLY FOUND A WAY TO DESTROY MY CURSE MARK!" Orochimaru yelled.
Kabuto went wide-eyed at this, unable to believe it. "That's not possible. . .your curse mark can't even be broken by the current Hokage could destroy it!" He stated as he couldn't believe that someone, let alone some kids manage to break such a powerful curse seal.
Orochimaru thought over had it could've happened, all the possible ways that it could of happened. . .then he thought of the boy he left, the one he ordered to make sure nothing happened to them. "That's it. . .that blonde haired brat. . .HE DID IT! HE SOMEHOW DESTROYED THEM!" He yelled out. "I KNEW I SHOULD'VE KILLED HIM! NOW I'LL HAVE TO GET ANOTHER PERSON, I DON'T CARE WHO AT THIS POINT, ANYONE OF THEM WILL DO, ANYONE WHOSE MIND CAN BE EASILY BEND TO MY WILL!"
After thinking for a moment, Kabuto grinned as he pull out something from his person and handed Orochimaru a card. "I think I have the perfect candidate." He commented with a smile.
Orochimaru looked at the card, scanning the information before licking his lips and started laughing. "Kabuto, you never cease to amaze me, this person will do. And should be easy to manipulate."
Kabuto adjusted his glasses. "That exact team should be at the tower at this moment."
Naruto sneezed as Satsuki had just finished up explaining what had happen with their encounter with Orochimaru, as he saw Hiruzen and even Hiashi's jaws drop while Anko and Haku held in a laugh that wanted to come out and Kakashi blushed while burying his head into his book. "Uh. . .you alright?" He asked, tilting his head to them.
Both Hiruzen and Hiashi regained their composure as they looked at that three, except Hiashi had his Byakugan activated. "So your telling me that the only way to save my daughter was for you to inject the Kyūbi's chakra in them?" Hiashi asked Naruto, who nodded at this, though a sweat drop was starting to fall from his face.
"Thus, not only becoming pseudo-jinchūriki, but now you both now have your own versions of an Inuzuka clan mate marks and are engaged basically to Naruto." Hiruzen stated, rubbing his forehead while Hinata and Satsuki nodded, blushes gracing their faces all the while.
"Well, what would you rather have happen!?" Naruto started, getting everyone's attention. "Let their minds get corroded and let them at one point become obedient servants to that pedophile?! Because it sounds like that to me!" He yelled in annoyance and anger.
"Naruto. . .it's just that-" Hiruzen started.
"I'm not done yet! Hinata-chan and Satsuki-chan had already made their choices, there is no turning back from this so your gonna have to accept it!" Naruto added.
Satsuki then gave off a firm look to everyone in the room. "Naru-kun is right Hokage-sama, I made the choice of my own free will and the Civilian Council be damned, I'm gonna be with the man I love and no one and I mean NO ONE is gonna stop me or separate us!" She said as she cuddled up to Naruto's left arm.
Hinata gave her father a firm look, not giving off any signs of backing down. "Father, I know that it's a parent's job to look out after a child, but ever since I got this head band," She pointed to the headband around her neck. "I became an adult with a will of my own. I may be part of Hyuga clan as well as an heiress candidate, but I'm still Hinata Hyuga, kunoichi of Konoha and fellow lover of Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. I love him too much and I won't leave him for any ridiculous reasons." She said, cuddling up to Naruto's right said.
Naruto gave off a gentle smile as he kissed both of their foreheads, causing the two to blush pink. "Thank you girls, that really means a lot to me." He said with much appreciation, then he looked at Hiruzen and Hiashi. "As a shinobi of Konoha, I vow to protect the girls with me life!" He declared with passion and conviction.
Looking at the determination, Hiruzen sighed along with Hiashi. "Hokage-sama?" Hiashi asked.
"It seems," Hiruzen started. "We don't have much of a choice at this point, what has happen happened. . ."
Kakashi nodded. "Indeed. . ." He said as Haku nodded as well.
Anko shrugged her shoulder. "It's no skin off my bones." She stated.
Hiruzen then got up as he looked out the window. "Very well then, this meeting has now come to a close. I'll call you back in three days to have the Anbu bring you back to the tower." The three nodded as Hiruzen dropped the silencing seal. "You may go now."
Satsuki nodded as she got off Naruto and kissed him on the cheek. "I have some errands to run, so I'll be back at the apartment tonight Naru-kun." She told him as she wave goodbye at him and Hinata.
Naruto nodded as he pecked her back on the lips. "Alright, I'll see you tonight then."
Satsuki nodded as she put the 'Sasuke' transformation back up and rushed out without saying a word.
Hinata then got off Naruto as she went off with her father back to the compound, as they walked, she and Satsuki were having a telepathic conversation. "Satsuki-chan, are you alright?" She asked her.
"Oh, Nata-chan, I um. . ." Satsuki stammered out.
"What's wrong? You just rushed out of the Hokage's office without a word." She asked with worry in her tone.
Satsuki sighed. "Sorry about, it's just that I need to ask you something?" She soon respinded.
"Hmm, what is it?" Hinata asked her fellow fiance.
"Well, back in the forest, when that pedophle bit me. . .It made me feel dirty. . .and. . .now I don't want to feel him on me. . .so if it's alright. . .can I. . .stay closer to Naru-kun tonight?" Satsuki asked as a scarlet blush appeared on her face.
Gasping as lightly as possible so her father wouldn't hear her, Hinata quickly went to her room as she sat on her bed. "Satsuki-chan, you're the best friend I have ever had. You, me and Naruto-kun are now all engaged together and have a bond that cannot be broken now." She stated with a kind smile.
"So. . .does that mean?" Satsuki said with a wide smile.
Hinata nodded as she looked at her ceiling before chuckling. "Hai. Satsuki-chan, I order you to stay close to him." She ordered her, making it sound like she was giving her a mission.
In the area where the physical representations of the two girls appeared before each other, looking like an open field at night, Satsuki had brought Hinata into a hug as some tears ran down her eyes. "Thank you Nata-chan, you're the best!" She soon looked at her before kissing her on the lips. "I owe you one after this!"
Hinata nodded in happiness. "Yeah, thanks Satsuki-chan. Now go get him."
Satsuki, still disguised as 'Sasuke' was in an alleyway as 'he' then dropped the transformation before putting up a new one, turning her into a woman around thirty years old with a different color of hair and eyes. With a deep breath, she entered the pharmacy.
Naruto walked around the village after leaving the Hokage's office. "Now what to do, almost evening, Satsuki-chan won't be back until her errands are done and Hinata-chan had to go back home the Hyuga Compound." He thought to himself as he shrugged his shoulders, he decided to head for the training field. "May aw well do some sword weight lifting and practice his kenjutsu while I'm at it." He decided.
Unbeknownst to any of the three however, The Kyūbi was chuckling pervertedly as he had heard what Satsuki asked Hinata. "This is gonna be good. . ." He thought with a perverse smile on his face.
Back at the tower in the middle of the Forest of Death, the moon started to shine as the members of Team Eight had fallen asleep, not noticing that a snake was slithering over towards one of them who had their hand vulnerable.
Hiruzen and Kakashi were still in the Hokage tower after they told Haku and Anko to leave the two. "So what do you make of this Hokage-sama?"
Hiruzen sighed as he looked out the window before looking at his crystal ball. "What I can say is," He then saw Satsuki back at the apartment in only a navy blue bathrobe. "Things are gonna continue to change." The crystal ball then changed to Naruto as he was heading home. "They really do grow up right in front of us."
Kakashi nodded as he noticed a folded up piece of paper on the ground where Naruto was sitting. "Hm? What's this?" He then read the paper and sighed as he started scratching his head. "Great, more to know now. . ." He then started to tell Hiruzen that the members of Team Ten and Team Gai found out about Satsuki in the forest, causing him to get a migraine.
A few blocks away from the Uzumaki/Uchiha apartment. . .
Naruto had just finished his late night work-out and was now heading home, he was a bit exhausted and a little hungry too, but he decided not to let it bother him as much as what had happened earlier. "So. . .now I'm engaged. . ." He muttered to himself, still in slight disbelief over the idea.
The Bijū however was picking some gunk out of his ear in a lazy manner. "Yup, you got that right. No question about that." He lazily remarked.
Naruto narrowed his eyes in annoyance, as he was thinking to himself, but decided to ignore him. "And I got Hiashi-sama's approval." He then continued, as he was even more disbelief at that.
The Bijū then yawned to that. "Again, that's right." He stated in an uncaring tone. "Though I still think that you have not seen the last of him." He then added with a chuckle.
Naruto gained a tick mark at hearing that, but he soon thought of something as pay back. "And the Kyūbi's a massive pervert." He then remarked with a smirk.
"Once again, righ- hey wait a minute!" Kyūbi yelled out, causing his container to laugh in a prank well done. "Yeah yeah laugh it up brat." He then muttered in annoyance.
The blond finally calmed down enough as he dried some of the tears he shedded from the roaring laughter. "Hey, you're the one who fell for it." Naruto chuckled as he arrived back at the apartment.
Naruto then made sure that no one was near and headed inside. "I'm back." He announced himself as he then saw the last Uchiha in a dark blue robe sitting on the couch, her hair was only slightly damp with leftover water. "Oh! Did you just take a shower?" He guessed.
Satsuki however didn't answer as she simply got up and walked towards the bedroom, while wagging her finger to the blond, telling him to follow her.
This made the blond slight frown with worry. "Satsuki-chan?" He asked in concern, wondering why Satsuki didn't answer him. So he followed her to the room and saw her sitting on the side of the bed as her head was tilted forward.
Naruto then walked and stood in front of the girl. "Are you alright? You seem down all of a sudden." He asked in a concerned tone.
Instead of answering, Satsuki's hand went for the blond's and held him tightly before looking at him. The blond's face turned into a startled and fear filled expression when he finally noticed that the girl's eyes were red from crying. "Naru-kun. . .I. . ." She got out before she went and hugged the boy she loved.
Naruto was slightly startled by this, but he soon smiled too, returning the embraced and began to gently pat and rub the girl's back. "What's bothering you?" He then asked with a tender tone.
At this kind gesture, Satsuki managed to finally calmed down a little. Then she raised her head to look at him before taking a deep breath. "Well, back in the forest. . ." She began to say, finding it hard to say what she needed to say. "When Orochi-pedo grabbed me," She continued, trying to make herself calm by making a joke.
The two genin chuckled a little at the nickname before Satsuki continued. "I was so scared. . ." She then started, as Naruto could feel her shiver a little. "Then when he bit me on the neck, I was terrified. . .but more then that.. . .I felt dirty. . ." She got out with disgust.
Naruto narrowed his eyes with anger, but quickly calmed down because he knew that the girl didn't want him to be angry, she just wanted to be near him. So he continued rubbing her back. "It's alright Satsuki-chan, it's alright to be scared sometimes." He said with a soothing tone.
The gentleness of his voice soon managed to calm her. "Really? But why?" Satsuki soon asked as her eyes were full of tears and her nose was leaking a bit of snot.
Naruto chuckled at the girl's face before he wiped away the tears. "Because my raven haired beauty, it's a sign that we're human. I mean sure, we may be shinobi, but we still have the feeling that makes us human." He stated as he then pecked her on the cheek. "Also, your far from dirty." He added while giving her a carefree smile.
Satsuki could only look at the blond with amazement and happiness. It was why she fell for him. She loved him. She had to be with him. "N-Naru-kun. . ." She got out.
The Uchiha Heiress's voice sounded so small and vulnerable to Naruto ears. He just couldn't believe it had come from who he first met as a boy named Sasuke. He blinked slightly as he heard Kyūbi chuckling lightly in his head.
"Well I'll leave for the night kit, enjoy the coming show." The Kyūbi simply stated with an amused tone.
The blond in turn found what he said very weird, even more so than normal, so he just filed that away and asked him later. "Yes, Satsuki-chan?" Naruto then asked.
The Uchiha Heiress then tightly gripped onto the blond as she then looked. "Please. . .I don't wanna be reminded of that pedo's feel on me anymore. . .please . . .stay close with me tonight?" She requested in a husky tone.
To hearing that, Naruto's eyes widened in in concern. "Are you sure? What about-?" He responded and began.
"It's alright," Satsuki interrupted, though she was very embarrassed. "I. . .I already asked Nata-chan about it. . .and she said it was alright." She then let some of her robe slip off her shoulder as she looked at him.
Naruto had to resist a nosebleed from coming out of his nose from the action and was really glad that the Kyūbi wasn't even listening or watching.
The blond knew that the last Uchiha or any young girl for that manner that thought and respected her body, wouldn't ever joke around with this sort of things as what she wanted to do was something most girls wouldn't even say this sort of thing without meaning it.
So after a few moments of thinking this very carefully, Naruto took a deep breath as he then looked straight at her eyes. "Well. . .alright Satsuki-chan. . .if that is what you really want." He responded in a calm tone.
Satsuki in turn nodded as they got into the bed, cuddling up to one another with the blond holding embracing the girl in a protective manner.
"Che, so nothing huh?" The two heard the Kyubi remarked, but ignored it as they slept.
Back at the Hokage tower, Hiruzen and Kakashi had to shut off the scroll to stop themselves from watching what they thought Naruto and Satsuki did, not wanting others to get the wrong idea about them.
Back at the tower in the middle of Forest of Death, one member of Team Eight grunted out in pain as they all slept, not aware that the snake turned into Orochimaru as he started walking away, licking his lips all the while. "This will be an interesting development for you, I expect you to at least seek me for power." He said as he chuckled and walked off.
Now that both Satsuki and Hinata are now pseudo-jinchūriki, they are now marry to one another. Naruto and Satsuki had shown their pure feeling to each other, they alongside Hinata are now resting as they have to be ready for the next part of the Chunin Exams, all the while a darkness was slowly beginning to come out of the hell that it once came from, slithering it's way into the light.
JG: Lime scene was removed from the story and it will not be returning.