Chapter 40: The Snow Must Go On
As these was happening the Team Seven members had already manage to secure the rest of the film members and boarded the ship while it began to ship sail as they watched the destruction. "Well. . ." Satsuki started as she gain the Naruto's and Hinata's attention. "That was a thing." She got out and the two could only nod in response, not able to say anything else to what happened.
"CUT!" A loud voice went out from the ship. "And scene!" It then declared as they the rest of the crew look on with amazed expressions.
"Wow. . .that was amazing footage!" The assistant declared.
In response, the trio sweatdropped in unison at what occurred. "Did they actually filmed all of that?" They all then thought in unison.
"Wow. . .Now I'm having a difficult time choosing who's more stupid, you three or that guy." Kurama then remarked from inside the seal.
"OI!" Naruto and Satsuki exclaimed in unison while Hinata simply sighed.
As the ship continued to leave, the Snow Shinobi look at them leave while they were on the remaining ice.
"Well that went well. . ." Fubuki commented with a sarcastic tone.
"Those little brats. . ." Mizore grumbled out as he looked at his metal arm. "They almost broke my armor too. . ." He said with an annoyed tone
"They also teared my glider wings. . ." Fubuki complained as she watch her broken ruin mechanical wings.
Mizore grumbled again as he remembered something important. "What was with their chakra?" He then questioned.
Nadare could only smirk in amusement to this. "It seems that Kakashi trained those three well. . ." He admitted, before his smirk disappeared as he also remembered something important. "But what I really was surprised was that I would never imagine that Kakashi would have an actual natural Ice Style User under his command. Dotō-sama is going to want to know about that." He decided.
"Hai," Fubuki responded as she seductively licked her lips. "That boy will make a fine addition to that Land of Snow." She added.
"Right. . .having an actual natural Ice Style user could make our forces reach greater heights, right Leader?" Mizore commented with a smirk.
Nadare closed his eyes for a moment and gave it some serious thought, then after a moment he reopen them and smirked. "Yes, it will indeed help our forces. We just have to completely annihilate Kakashi's group." He stated with much amusement in his tone.
The other snow shinobi nodded as the three disappeared in a blizzard like Shushin.
Inside of Yukie's chamber on the ship. . .
Yukie was sleeping after finally called down and just beside her was Kakashi holding her crystal necklace as he look at it with a nostalgic expression.
"Ten years has passed since then. . ." Kakashi said to himself, then he heard some footsteps this made the Jonin to lower the necklace and turn to look who it was.
At the door he saw that it was Sandayū that had just entered the room. "We've docked at the port." He told the Jonin.
Kakashi looked at him for a moment as he then looked at the necklace again for another moment and then place it down again.
Meanwhile back in Konoha, more specifically in a steamy bathhouse. . .
The girls of the Konoha 11 group plus Fū and Kin were relaxing at the hotsprings by an invitation from the Yamanaka Heiress as a way to apologize to them for forcing them on the mission to see off Team Seven.
"Aaaaaaaah. . ." Ino sighed out in comfort as she felt the warm water on her skin with her eyes closed.
Kin had her eyes closed as she had a small flushed face from the warmth. "This is nice. . ." She soon got out in a heavenly tone.
The tanned skin Jinchūriki had a wide smile on her face as she stretched her arms as she let out a sigh. "It's like the stress is melting away." Fū admitted as she sank into the watch.
Tenten had her hair down as she placed her hands behind her head. "Got to say, not really into doing this stuff with other girls, but I have to admit, this does feel good after training with my dad." She then agreed with her own piece.
At this statement, Ino opened her eyes and looked towards the residential weapon user with a raised eyebrow. "Your dad's training you now? I thought he was a Blacksmith, was he a ninja before?" She asked as she smiled, wanting to know more about the oldest girl in the group.
"Yeah, my dad is a blacksmith and he's teaching me his secret forging techniques," Tenten immediately answered as she was still excited about learn those techniques and the possible weapons she could create. "And as for the other question, yes, he used to be a ninja too, but he took a retirement when mom gave birth to me and then began to work on blacksmith as a living." She then explained.
Kin then turned to the oldest girl as she too found the conversation interesting. "Does he mind you asking him to train you in the shinobi arts? Because some parents don't like that their kids become shinobis after they themselves live as one." She then asked her fellow teammate.
Tenten smiled with satisfaction to the question asked. "Nope, he was actually really happy when I became a ninja and that I wanted to help him in the shop. I figure that weapons run in the family since when I first failed to become a medical ninja like my idol Tsunade-sama, Gai-sensei asked my dad for some advice, so being the ever loving dad of mine, he told him to focus on seals." She briefly explained her past.
"Why Seals?" Ino soon asked. "I thought that learning that art was really difficult." She added.
Tenten nodded with agreement. "Yup, seal are really hard to learn the mechanics of how they work, let alone even try it." She stated.
"Then why would your dad suggest it to Gai-Sensei if it really is that hard of an art to learn?" Kin soon asked with a tilt of her head.
Tenten sighed as she then looked at the ceiling. "Because my late mom was good with them. . ." She trailed off for a moment before looking at the other girls and she saw that they didn't want to asked about her mom, knowing that it was a touchy subject, to which the brown haired girl was thankful for the gesture.
The after another moment, Tenten continued. "Well nowhere near an expert level, let alone master level like Jiraiya-sama or Naruto-chan's dad, but she was pretty decent, so dad suggested it Gai-sensei to do a test to see if I had the same affinity with seals like mom." She explain as she had a longing look in her eyes. "So the next team meeting, he placed a scrolled with a sealed weapon in it and asked me to release it, so I did some handsigns and I summoned a shuriken from the scroll immediately." She answered. "I already practiced a lot to learn how to do the Summoning Jutsu, so the Sealing Jutsu was easy." She then added.
Fū then raised an eyebrow to that. "You already knew the handsigns for both Summoning and releasing Seals? Why did you learn them? Does that mean you have a Contract?" She then asked with curiosity.
"Yeah! If you did, why didn't you bring it out during the civil war?" Ino then added her own question.
Tenten then began to giggle in slight embarrassment as she rubbed the back of her head. "Well. . .when I was little, I was a bit obsessed with becoming a great kunoichi like Tsunade-sama, that I practically tried everything she did, from trying to drink sake to gambling. . .only to be thrown out at each one. . .but I completely gave up on that when the manager of a casino said that I had to have Tsunade-sama huge breasts to be like her. . ." She then admitted in a low tone while unintentionally holding her own.
Immediately there was a group stalled laughter as the girls desperately tried not to laugh like Naruto would at the thought of Tenten doing what she did to be like the current Hokage.
This of course made Tenten blushed with much embarrassment. "Anyways. . .at the time I was hoping I could get the Slug Summon like her, so I researched how to do Summoning, but I admitting didn't want to do it with Gai-Sensei's tortoises." She then admitted. "Though he was rude to me as well. . ." She added with a pout.
"And? Did you get a summoning Contract?" Fū soon asked with narrow eyes as she saw that they were getting off topic now.
This immediately regained Tenten's composure as she looked at the other naked girls. "Right, well no, I never got one, once I realized that I can't be Tsunade-sama and I should just do the things that I can do. So from there on, I focused on sealing, master using weapons with as many as can get and learn blacksmithing from my dad to make my own weapons. So if you combine all of this you get this kickass kunoichi you see before you." She then proudly declared with a smile.
"You're really amazing Tenten. . ." Ino stated with an impressed tone as she then lowered her head in depression. "To think that I used to be so obsessed with Satsuki when she was pretending to be a guy. . .I really don't know what I want to be as a kunoichi. . ." She then admitted to the others.
Tenten could only smile at her while patting her on the head. "Hey, I wasn't always that kickass girl that I am now." She commented with a comforting smile. "Like I said before I really wanted to be like Tsunade-sama that I would do all those stupid things just to fulfill that dream of mine, but when I finally realized that I could never be like her, I fell in depression knowing that." She stated.
Ino and the rest of the girls looked at the weapon user with wide eyes. "R-Really?" Ino asked as she was the most surprised that the weapon user had felt the same way she was now.
Tenten nodded in response to that. "That's right, when I was like that, Lee was also having hard time too, and seeing him keep training to improve himself, made me realize that I should stop complaining and do something about it. So even though I still going to work hard at being a great kunoichi like Tsunade-sama. I'll just have to do it my own way, that way I learn that dreams don't die that easily, they just change as we grow and mature." She then added with a smirk. "So it's never too late to start to find what kind of kunoichi you want to be, start by find the things you're good at, learn what other things can go along with it and then you will find what type of kunoichi you want to be." She stated with the same reassuring smile.
The rest of the girls could only smile and be amazed by the level of wisdom the one year older kunoichi had.
Ino then smiled in response to the advice as she nodded to the encouragement. "Thanks Tenten, I appreciate that." She responded. "Since we're all Chunins, we should all do a girls only training session." She then suggested.
Kin then smirked to the Yamanaka Heiress. "You don't have any hidden plans with that do you?" She then asked with a witty tone.
"Nope," Ino innocently responded with a sweet tone. "I may be a fashionista, but even I got my limits." She admitted.
"Really. . .because I hear that you took two hours to finally got serious to choose the clothes that Satsuki and Hinata wore back when they were leaving for their mission and that it only took two minutes to actually pick them." Fū commented with her own witty tone.
This made the blond girl to instantly blushed red. "How did you know about that!?" She soon exclaimed.
"Oh? From a friend that heard it from a friend. . ." Fū replied with a teasing tone. The truth however was that she heard it from Chōmei when he heard if from Kurama, to which he heard it from the complaining Naruto.
Ino then groaned in response to that she slightly sank into the water. "I'm still growing. . ." She mumbled out as she then turned towards Tenten as she stared at the girl's hair. "Oh and here's some advice, keep you hair down, it looks good like that." She then admitted with the same smile.
"Oh? You think?" Tenten asked with a raised eyebrow. "I only wear it in buns because it's easier to use my weapons like this." She added.
"Yeah! You looked like a very hot girl with your hair down like that!" Ino stated with a big smile.
Kin couldn't help but nod in agreement to that. "Now that I got a good look at it, it is nice. I must admit, this is the first time I've seen you with your hair down Tenten." She stated. "But remember, we're shinobis and we're able to adapt to any situation." She then reminded.
Tenten hummed to that. "Who knows, maybe I will, though I would probably do it later on because I'm comfortable like this." She stated while shrugging her shoulders.
"You might even attract Neji with a new look as well." Ino then added with a witty smirk.
This instantly made Tenten blush as she turned to the smirking blonde and then out of nowhere, pulled out a kunai and place it below her neck. "Like I said. . .later on." She said with a terrifying tone and blushing face.
This off course made Ino faint and gurgle foam on her mouth.
"Where did you get that kunai?" Fū then asked with a sweatdrop while Kin wonder the same thing.
"For that matter where we're you hiding it since we are all naked?" Kin then asked.
Tenten merely smirked as she twirled the kunai around her finger. "That's a weapon user's secret." She answered vaguely with a wink.
All of the kunoichi present, save for the fainted Ino, sweatdropped in unison.
At a docking ship are in the Land of Snow. . .
It was finally night time once more as the rest of the crew watch as the first snow began to fall, then more began to fall until it finally began snowing all around them.
"Sandayū, you've known about it, haven't you?" Kakashi asked the manager.
"Yes." Sandayū replied without hesitation.
Kakashi then narrowed his eyes as he looked at the actor's manager. "Did you think about what would happen if she returned to the Land of Snow?" He then questioned.
"There was no other way to get the Princess to return to this country." Sandayū replied to the Jonin's question.
"Uh Sandayū-san, what are you talking about?" Satsuki started in confusion.
"Yeah, it's not like she's an actual princess." Naruto agreed as he grinned at that possibility.
Hinata was going to say something, but then she started to think about it. "No way. . ." She then got out.
Kakashi glanced towards the Hyuga and nodded before staring at all three of his young Chunins. "That is because she is a real princess." He answer as Sandayū remained silent.
"Wha?" Naruto and Satsuki both got out in unison.
"Yukie Fujikaze's career as an actress was an alias wasn't it?" Haku deducted as he realized with slightly narrowed eyes.
Kakashi nodded to his stepson as he then turn to his confused students. "Correct. In reality, she is the next in line of the Land of Snow. . .Princess Koyuki Kazahana." He then revealed in a serious tone.
". . ." There was a moment of intense silence as everyone in the room tried to process this.
"WHAT!?" Naruto roared in shocked, while Hinata slightly narrowed her eyes as if she just confirm what she had suspected.
"So that explains it. . ." Haku muttered out while he placed a hand on his chin.
"Are. . .you. . fuckin'. . .SERIOUS DATTEBAKON!?" Satsuki exclaimed in shock as she placed both hands on her head. "SHE WAS A REAL PRINCESS THIS ENTIRE TIME!?" She then added in the same tone.
From inside of the seal, Kurama let out a shout of pain. "MY FUCKIN' EARDRUMS UCHIHA! YOU'RE JUST AS BAD AS THAT WAILING PINK AND GREEN BANSHEE!" He roared as he then covered his ears in pain.
"THAT'S A NATURAL REACTION FOR A SITUATION LIKE THIS DATTEBAKON!" Satsuki retorted. "AND DON'T YOU EVER COMPARE ME TO HER!" She then added in anger and insulted.
"Then here's a thought so that I don't have to do that. . .STOP WAILING!" Kurama retorted. "YOU'RE A FUCKIN' KUNOICHI!" He then reminded.
Satsuki then took a deep breath as she looked at Naruto and Hinata as they were both had a sweatdrop on her face. "Sorry. . ." She then mumbled out with a shy and embarrassed tone as she tried to hide herself behind Naruto's shoulder.
"It's not a problem Satsuki-chan." Naruto instantly responded as he began to rub the top of her head.
Hinata nodded in agreement as she placed a hand on the Uchiha's shoulder. "Your reaction was justified." She reassured.
Satsuki could only timidly nod in response as she refused to separate from her teammates shoulders.
Having enough of this, Kakashi caught and regain everyone's attention. "Now then. . .Let's get back to the subject in hand alright?" He soon requested to his students.
The three could only nod in response to the given request.
Kakashi nodded in satisfaction and his face turned serious again. "I first came to serve her when she was but a little child." He began to explained his history with the princess.
Hinata nodded to that piece as she listened. "Then how come Yukie-san didn't recognize you when she saw you again?" She then questioned in confusion.
This made Naruto and Satsuki nodded in agreement. "Yeah thats right, did she pretend not to know you or something?" Satsuki asked.
"I don't think she was pretending not knowing and I also don't blame her for not remembering me. The event was traumatic. . .it might have lead to a small case of memory loss." Kakashi then deducted.
This confused the trio and Haku as they didn't had a good grasped of what had happen. Then Hinata thought of the other person who knew of the princess as she turn to the manager. "Are you also from the Land of Snow Sandayū-san?" She asked.
To this, the manager closed his eyes and was quiet for a moment. "Yes. . .I served the former clan head, Lord Sōsetsu Kazahana." Sandayū revealed to everyone.
"So you were a retainer of sorts." Haku then stated,
The man nodded in confirmation. "Correct. . .The Land of Snow was small, but very peaceful. Lord Sōsetsu doted on the princess. . .And those were my days of peace with the clan." Sandayū began to explain his time in the Land of Snow with a smile full of content of those peaceful days. However that smile quickly disappeared and a frown replaced it. "But on that day, ten years ago. . .Dotō. . .the lord's younger brother. . .hired Snow Ninja and revolted. . ." He then revealed.
"A coup d'etat. . ." Satsuki muttered as she balled her hands into fists, all the while being reminded of what happened with her own clan.
"That right. . .he instigated a coup d'etat!" Sadayū confirmed with a strained and anger filled tone.
This caused Satsuki to become even more angry while Naruto and Hinata held a shoulder to try and called the upset Uchiha Heiress.
Unaware of the girl's dilemma, Sadayū continued. "The magnificent Kazahana Castle was burned to the ground. . .and I thought the princess had perished as well." He added with sadness at the memories of him believing that even the princess had died in the coup.
"That's where I came in. . ." Kakashi interrupted.
At this point Satsuki finally manage to calmed down. "How so?" She then questioned.
"I was assigned to guard the Lord Sōsetsu, but because of the sudden coup I was caught of guard, so at that time, we. . .I knew we couldn't defeat them while protecting the child. So the best thing I could had done at the time was to run away." Kakashi told his students.
"Protecting the remains of the clan was more important at the time father. You had not ran away, but you were completing the mission given to you." Haku then stated his piece.
"Yeah. . .at those times, that was all I ever cared about. . .just completing the mission. . ." Kakashi commented with a far away tone in his voice.
This made the trio and Haku looked at him with worry, but they knew that now was not the time to ask.
"When I found out that the princess was still alive and acting in movies. . .I was overjoyed!" Sadayū said as he could barely held back the tears of joy he was feeling. "She was. . .she was alive!" He added as he couldn't held back the tears anymore and began crying in happiness.
The group could only watch as the man continued to sobbed his eyes out in both happiness and sadness.
"I should have died that night. . ." A depressing voice then stated. Upon hearing this everyone in the room turn and saw that it was Yukie was leaning against the entrance with her arms crossed, her face had the same indifferent expression.
When Naruto heard that he frown with annoyances. "What?" He then questioned with raising anger.
"You must not say such things!" Sadayū all but pleaded at hearing his princess say such a depressing statement. "We prayed and hoped that you were alive!" He then added while his face still had tears falling down his eyes.
"I am alive. . .but my heart is dead." Yukie stated with her emotionless tone, stunning her manager at the statement. "After that day, my tears dried up." She then added.
"Oi oi. . ." Satsuki then started as she balled her hands into fists at how the woman was acting. "I may have lost my family. . .but at least I didn't stay in a emo like depression. . ." She added in her mind.
Sandayū the began to clean his tears with a tissue. "After that, I became the manager for Yukie Fujikaze and bided my time. . ." He then continued his explanation. "For the day when I could escort her back to the Land of Snow.
"Huh!? Then all this time, you were just using us!?" The assistant declared with a shocked expression.
When Sadayū heard this, he turn towards him and gave a quick bow. "I apologize for fooling you!" He apologized with sincerity in his tone as he then stood from his seat. "But. . .this is for the sake of the people of the Land of Snow." He then declared as he then walked fast to in front of the Yukie and then when to his knees.
"Please Princess Koyuki! Please overthrow Dotō while fighting alongside us against his tyranny and take your place as the new rightful leader of this country." Sadayū begged her as he bowed so low that his forehead touched the floor. "I will give my life to protect you! Please! Take up arms and rise with us!" He then pleaded.
Yukie merely looked at the bowing man with an uninterested expression. "No thanks." She simply and bluntly responded as the manager raised his head to look at her.
Still on his knees, Sandayū looked at her in disbelief. "But the people of the Land of Snow!" He said as he tried to reason with her.
"Who cares about them?" Yukie stated with no ounce of sympathy in her tone of voice. "I refuse." She then declared.
"Princess!" Sandayū shouted with a pleading tone.
Yukie then gave the man an angered expression. "Stop calling me that! I had already said it once, I'm not going back!" She then ordered. "No matter how much you try, there's no way you can beat Dotō!" She then added.
The former Hyuga Heiress's eyes widen as she heard that declaration as she looked at the actress revealed princess. "Are you. . .that disrespectful to someone. . ." Hinata then added her piece with a rare sense of anger building within her.
Naruto also had enough at the woman's negative and selfish words. "Give up!? That's it? That's your answer for this!?" He then questioned as he hated when people just give up without even so much as trying.
Satsuki then slammed her hands on the table as she activated her Sharingan. "Quit talking so like such a damn coward!" She shouted with heated up anger.
Hinata then nodded in agreement to her her teammates as she looked back at the princess. "This man. . .he's been waiting so long for this moment. . ." She then reminded as he body began shivering. "Are you. . .are you that much of a brat and a coward!?" She then questioned with a complete angered expression.
"If you keep belittling such a great guy like him, I'll beat the living crap out out of you!" Naruto concluded as the girls had looks as if they too would do the same.
"Naruto-kun. . .Hinata-chan. . .Satsuki-chan. . ." Sandayū called out in both shocked and touched at the way he was being defended with such passion.
Kurama could only huffed at this. "Knew these idiots would help her out even if I didn't had said anything. As annoying as they are, they will always do this idiotic and reckless promises." He commented with a smirk.
"Ignoring that bit about us being annoying and idiots." The three then stated in unison.
"We are able to dream because we don't give up hope." The director suddenly stated after a long period of silence. "We are able to dream and that is why there is a future. Now isn't that wonderful?" He then stated with a smile on his face. "It's the perfect theme for our Princess Gale movie." He declared as his smile never left his face.
"Director!?" The assistance called out in confusion.
"Wha?" Naruto and Satsuki got out as Hinata looked on with confusion on her face.
"You're not actually thinking of continue filming are you!?" The assistant director then guessed.
"I told you, didn't I, that this movie was going to change everything?" The director simply responded with the same smile on his face.
"WHAT!?" The assistance shouted in shock.
"IS HE SERIOUS!?" The three Chunins of Team Seven plus the demon fox all exclaimed in unison.
"THIS OLD FART IS CRAZIER THAN YOU THREE!" Kurama then declared.
"Excuse me sir, but isn't that risky?" Haku then questioned.
The director simply looked forward. "Think about it. . ." He began as his smile never weaver in the slightest. "How often can one film a movies using a real princess?" He said with a joking tone.
"THAT'S WHAT HE'S GETTING OUT OF THIS!?" The trio and demon fox all thought in unison once more.
"I take it back. . .HE'S CRAZIER THAN YOU THREE PUT TOGETHER!" Kurama soon added.
Then the assistance got over his shock as his movie maker mind began to see what the director was implying. "I see. . .That'll create all kinds of publicity! Even a special feature about the making of the film will be popular! If we release this film it's sure to be a hit!" He declared. "Not to mention with the addition of actual shinobis being in it!" He then added.
"WHAT!?" The trio yet again shouted as they just couldn't keep up with this anymore.
"Hmm. . .Anko-chan might be happy about that her imouto being in the big screen. . ." Kurama then admitted to himself with a smirk. "Though I would have to make myself have more screen time. . ." He added once more to himself with a perverted smirk.
"Hey!" Yukie shouted in total disagreement.
"Unfortunately, there's only one course of action." Kakashi suddenly started, gaining everybody's attention. "As long as Dotō knows about her there's nowhere to escape, especially since he knows about us, we have to fight back." He revealed.
"Not to mention that I am possibly at risk of being a target now." Haku then explained his piece.
"So we have no choice but one thing. . ." Kakashi began.
The trio could only smiled and smirked at this. "So we're going to be kicking some ass?" Hinata surprisingly guessed as she voiced their deduction.
Both Naruto and Satsuki nearly got a whiplashed from the speed they turn their heads towards Hinata when they heard that.
"Damn, didn't see that coming from the Hyuga. . ." Kurama then admitted while blinking with a surprised expression.
Completely unaffected by this, Kakashi nodded. "That's the only chance you have to survive this." He concluded.
Naruto was the first to recovered as he grinned widely. "We're going to finish this mission!" He declared.
Then it was Satsuki's turn to recover. "Hell yeah! Princess Galle will return to the Land of Snow and thrash the evil tyrant!" She shouted with excitement.
"Stop fooling around!" Yukie shouted, everyone stopped what they we're doing and turned towards her. "Reality is different then from a movie." She began as her face turn into one of sadness and anger. "There's no such thing as a happy ending in this world!" She then declared.
"Then we just have to shape reality to our benefit," Hinata stated with a serious expression. "If there's one thing that I have learned in life, it's that not everything is written in stone." She then declared.
"The girl's dead on right!" The director proudly agreed. "You can change that at anytime with determination and as long as you are able to fight for it!" He added with passion in his voice.
This completely silenced Yukie while the trio could only look at the older man with stunned yet impressed faces.
"Ok, that old fart may be as crazy as Chōmei. . .but he got guts, I'll give him that much." Kurama declared with an impressed tone.
"Normally," Kakashi began and gaining everyone's attention. "I would go back to the village and get more help for something like this." He finished.
"But we honestly have no time since we have the enemy possibly chasing us." Haku then stated.
Suddenly, the sound of cracking knuckles was heard as they all turned to the Uchiha Heiress. "No problem, if there was more of us, then there would be more to worry about. We can handle this on our own! We are Chunins after all!" Satsuki then reminded.
"Heck yeah! I'm all for it!" Naruto agreed with a grin.
"Fresh newly made Chunins." Kurama then reminded with a smirk.
"SHUT IT YOU PERVERTED FOX!" Both Naruto and Satsuki shouted as Hinata could only giggle at her two lovers.
"Wow. . .been awhile since this reaction." Kurama said as his smirk never left.
"Everyone. . ." Sandayū got out, deeply moved by their willingness to help them in their hour of need.
"So it's decided." The director suddenly said. "We're resuming the filming!" He declared.
"We'll create a movie with a happy ending!" The assistant added with an excited tone.
"Damn straight!" Naruto and Hinata responded in unison as yet another near whiplash was made by Naruto and Satsuki while Hinata could only giggle once more as she was having so much fun.
Yukie however only stormed out in anger at how things had turned out.
"Jeez, on her period much?" Kurama then joked out with a smirk.
Meanwhile back in Konoha at a restaurant. . .
SMASH! CRASH! WHAM!
"AHHH!" A group of men began to scream like little girls before the next thing they knew, the group, which was made completely of men, were implanted into the wall outside of local dango shop as they pissed themselves from pure terror.
Now who could had bring such terror to this group of men you ask?
"YOU FUCKIN' PERVERTED, DISSRESPECTFUL AND SEXIST BASTARDS!" A very familiar woman screamed out in an uncontrollable fury. "YOU THINK THAT FEMALES ARE THE WEAKEST ON A TEAM!? FUCK YOU ASSHOLES!" She then growled out as she stormed out of the building.
The waiter could only cry as he had to clean up the entire whole mess. . .again.
Outside of the restaurant. . .
A ponytail-less Anko was walking in a furious pace as she stomp the ground that she walked. "Damn those assholes! I told them before that I was taken and got a man, but no~!" She began in an annoyed tone "They then went on about how men were better than women like I wasn't even there! I like to see them say that in front of Tsunade-sama! And then we'll see it they are still men after she is done with them!" She then ranted.
After a few more meters of stomping, Anko finally manage to calm down somewhat her fury, before she let out a sigh. "Jeez Kurama. . .I really wish you were here. . ." She soon started thinking as a smirk appeared in her face. "Love to see him what he would do if he knew they messed with the Kyūbi's girl of all thing. That would put real terror in their act." She then added with a giggle before noticing a shinobi bar nearby. "I could really go for a drink. . ." She then got out as she strutted into the building.
Once she entered, the shinobis inside turned and got a look at the newcomer, some could only sneering at her while other simply either ignore her or just didn't care. This wasn't anything new for Anko, after all she was the former student of Orochimaru, so like Naruto, she too was treated like a plague, but unlike Naruto, she was a fully grown and trained Kunoichi so they knew not to mess with her, after all, she could either report them to the old Hokage, as he would treat her like Naruto, he would believe her over the offender or simply killed them in the most cruel and unusual way possible. "In self defence of course." She clarified to herself as she didn't careless to this treatments.
Anko then went to an open seat at the bar counter, the bartender placed one down for the woman. She always like Shinobi bars as all the owners would welcome her either as compassion of what she went through or just for the money she had, they are all about business of course.
When Anko got the glass, she began to play around with her cup for a bit before she then drank it. "Ah~" She let out a loud sigh after finishing the drink. "I needed that." She then got out as she looked at the darkened ceiling. "Kurama. . ." She then thought in a pleased filled tone as she closed her eyes. "I know you got to take care of the brats and all. . .But what about me!?" She whined in her head in a needy manner. "With all these cocky and disrespectful assholes around, they can really get on my nerves while thinking they can take advantage of me. . ." She complained with a scoff. "That and I miss the incredible sex we had. . ." She then added in her mind with a perverted smirk and a blush.
"Mmm. . ." Anko then moaned out as she began to think of the last time the two when on a date together when Team Seven's attempt in trying to unmask Kakashi.
Flashback no Jutsu!
The dressed up Kurama and Anko were walking side by side as they enjoyed their date while Team Seven were with Kakashi.
"Man it feels good being away from the brats." Kurama got out as he stretched his limbs.
Anko only smirked widely to that. "Yup! We get to spend our time however we want. . ." She commented as she lean her body into the disguised Tailed Beast.
When Kurama felt his date's body next him, he smirked as he he snaked his arm around Anko, pulling the dressed woman in as he then hugged her tightly. "And we used that time very well, huh?" He said in a perverted tone.
"Hell yeah," Anko replied in an equally perverted tone before she then noticed some villagers around her ogling her. "Jeez. . .these assholes they always look at me like a piece of meat at all times." She then grumbled out in annoyance.
The moment Kurama heard that, his perverted face disappeared and a calm yet furious look replaced it. "Do they now. . ." He questioned with sarcasm in his tone.
Then the disguised Bijū turn to the said assholes and saw that they indeed were ogling at Anko. "Oh. . .BIG mistake. . ." He declared with well hidden fury he then closed his eyes for a second and then reopen them widely as his eyes change with them now being the exact same as his real fox ones while releasing his killing intent.
The moment the oglers saw the eyes, they froze up in pure terror, like when a smaller animal was looking at a larger and deadlier predator before getting themselves eaten, leaving nothing but blood everywhere. They all then turned away from the duo while shivering in fear while leaving a trail of piss.
Anko meanwhile smirked as she and her date then walked away from the area. "Nice one." She then praised. "It's like the people here at times think that women are just eye candy for them. . ." She then got out with anger and disgust in her tone.
Kurama then returned the smirk as he then caressed the woman's cheek in a gentle way. "Trust me babe, when I say that is so wrong in so many way that it's not even funny." He commented with both a serious yet joking tone
"Really now, what about you with your little harem?" Anko then whispered in a joking tone.
Kurama smirked as he then pecked the woman on the lips in a tender matter. "I may have a harem and I'm slightly pervy, but I still at least respect women." He then stated.
Anko hummed to that statement with a nod as she remembered how much of a gentleman the normally perverted Bijū was when they first started out. "With what you do with me, I can actually see that." She admitted. "Though my little imouto and her friends don't realize that with you." She then added.
Kurama just shrugged his shoulders to that. "Their brats, what did you expect?" He simply retorted.
Anko giggled to that she looked at him. "True true, but they are still growing." She then reminded. "They will make decent shinobis though." She added.
To that, Kurama let out a rare proud smile. "No, they won't just be decent shinobis. . . Their be much more than that." He thought to himself as he can see the trio becoming so much more than anything. "I guess, but it will take a long time." He said with a smirk. "But anyways, just remember Anko-chan, women are stronger than people let on. I can even say that women are the strongest beings alive." He then admitted. "I'll tell you a little secret, but be sure to not tell the brats, they're not ready to learn this just yet." He said.
"Oh~ Now what could that be?" Anko asked with a curious and playful tone.
"Well I really wasn't kidding when I said the women can be the strongest beings, because their are even Bijū's that are females." Kurama reveled in a quiet tone.
To that reveal, Anko's eyes instantly widened and sparkled as she looked at the disguised demon fox. "Really!?" She asked in an excited tone.
"Yup! And trust me, when they get angry they're even scarier than me." Kurama clarified with a shiver running down his spine. "Though I'm still the strongest." He then admitted with a tone full of confidence and pride. "So I deserve the strongest and sexist kunoichi as my number one girl." He then added in a smooth tone of voice.
Anko soon purred in response to that as she smirked and snaked her arm around his waist. "Guess I take the cake to that huh?" She remarked with a seductive tone.
"Got that right!" Kurama replied with a smirk of his own. "So really don't let assholes that don't know the true value of women get you down, after all, when a woman ever put her mind to it she could accomplish anything. . ." He declared as a very small frown appeared on his face. "But that's not always a good thing. . ." He thought as memories of a white hair women appeared in his mind, he then shook his head and then smirked widely. "Hell, they should make a squad of kunoichi's and they would bring just as much trouble at those brats." He suggested.
This made Anko's smirk become even wider. "Yeah they should," She began to say, but she then let out a sigh. "But it's too bad there isn't one, excluding the sensei or team leader's gender, there's always been either two males, one female or two female, one male in each team, but there's never been a full kunoichi squad before." She then commented with a disappointed tone and gave a cute pout.
Kurama meanwhile couldn't help but smirk to his date's pouting. "I bet you could make an incredible female squad that could really kickass if you ever decided to make one." He then praised before feeling three familiar presence near them and then smirked.
Kai!
"Hmm. . ." Anko got out as she began to twirled a bit of her hair with a finger while her other hand was holding the glass. "An all kunoichi squad. . ." She mumbled as she took another gulp of her cup. "Ah~" She let out another sigh before she smirked. "That actually could be fun. . ." She finished before paying for the drinks and rushed out of the bar. "First gotta permission from Tsunade-sama." She added as her mind was racing with the ideas and excitement. "BEST! PLAN! EVER!" She then declared loud and proudly, causing the surrounding villagers to cower in fear.
Back in the Land of Snow, Kurama's head perked up from within the seal as he felt as if someone was talking about him. "Anko-chan. . ." He then deducted in a mutter.
Outside, the trio and Haku were in one of the moving trailers as they looked out the windows as the snow fell.
"Man does it snow here." Satsuki admitted as she breathed on the window, causing it to fog up a little and made a little drawing of a chibi Naruto which made the girl giggle.
"It is." Hinata agreed as she also looked outside, smiling at the chibi Naruto her fellow heiress made.
Haku meanwhile was watching the snowfall with half closed eyes as he just nodded and then he lowered his head. "Yes. . .it does. . ." He got out with a tone full of depression.
At this, the trio looked towards the depressed Haku. "Haku-sensei, is something wrong?" Hinata asked with concern in her voice as the others also were wondering the same thing.
"Hmm?" Haku got out as his attention returned to his first student. "Is there something you need Hinata?" He then asked as he tried his best to sound like himself and like his stepfather went he pretended not to listen.
Hinata only frowned to that as she knew that her other sensei was just pretending. "I asked if something was wrong? You were staring at the snow and had a very depressed expression." She asked again, as she was tempted to use her Emotions Byakugan, but she wouldn't ever do that to her sensei, out of respect if anything else.
Haku merely sighed as he knew that this would draw attention to him with the three staring at him with curiosity. He then began to think if should he say it or not. "No. . .I shouldn't try to deny or hide it from them, their my family now. . ." He thought to himself as he took a deep breath to calm his nervousness. "Well. . .you guys do remember about my bloodline trait?" He then vaguely asked.
The three nodded to that, but they had a very bad feeling about the way Haku said it.
". . ." Haku said nothing as he turn to look at the falling snow once more. "It was. . .a snowy day like this. . ." Haku then started.
"What happen?" Naruto asked with a confused tone. "Why do I feel like it's something bad. . ." He thought to himself with concern for his friend.
Haku continued to watch the snow and flashes of ice and blood began to appear in her mind. "It was a snowy day. . .When both my parents died. . .by me. . ." He then revealed as he lowered his head.
At this revelation, all of Team Seven was left completely stupefied and in a state of shock. I meant, how couldn't they, the ever so kind and gentle Haku actually killing someone was a hard thing to image, but him killing his own parents was another thing entirely that they just couldn't begin to process as a possibility, let alone a fact.
Satsuki's eyes were still widen as she looked at the adopted son of their sensei. Once she fully processed what Haku said, she finally realized one very important thing. "He's. . .just like me and Naru-kun. . .we have no living family. . ." She thought with sadness as the statement echoed into Naruto and Hinata's heads as well.
Naruto could only gave out a sad smile, knowing exactly what Satsuki mean and what Haku probably felt while Hinata could only feel bad for the three as she only could know the pain of losing a parent, but not the pain of losing your whole family.
Satsuki soon in took a deep breath as she gather her courage to ask a very simple yet painful question. "What. . .happened exactly?" She then asked manage to asked with a hesitant tone.
Haku once again remain quiet as he could only watch the snow. "No. . .I think I should share my past, I think it time to face it. . ." He said more to himself than to the trio.
The trio could only sit silently as they wait for their friend to share their past. ". . ." Kurama however was also the same as he listened on.
"I was born in a small village of the Country of Water, where the village I lived in. . .it was always snowing like it is now. When I was young, I lived with my mother and father happily, peacefully and purely like the snow itself. all we did was farm and were poor, but my father and mother were happy with it. . .I was happy. They were really kind parents." Haku began to tell his past as he couldn't help but smile at those happy moments.
"A lot like me. . ." Satsuki muttered out as she balled her hands on her lap into fists as she listened while the other fresh Chunin listened on .
Haku was too immersed in his own memories that he didn't hear the Uchiha Heiress. Then his small smile vanished. "But when I first took notice of my surroundings, something happened. . ."
"What happened?" Naruto hesitantly asked as like Satsuki he too was nervous to know.
Haku's hair then shadowed his eyes as he once more looked down to the ground. "I. . .made a mistake. . .and that mistake killed both my parents. . .I was responsible for their deaths." He vaguely responded.
"What. . .what do you mean sensei?" Hinata got out in confusion. "How were you responsible?" She then asked,
Soon all life in Haku's eyes complete vanished. "My father killed my mother and tried to kill me." He reveled.
This shocked the trio to their core, their eyes widen with pure stupefied expressions. "But. . .why? You said that. . .you killed them. . ." Satsuki barely got out as she and Naruto couldn't understand what was happening anymore, while as smart as Hinata was, she too couldn't believe let alone fathom a parent killing their love ones.
". . ." Kurama still remain quiet as he knew that this was something that involves the trio and Haku.
Haku then brought out one of his hands and opened his palm before an ice crystal formed. "This is the reason my father killed my mother. . .it was because I discovered this. . ." He vaguely answered.
"Eh?" Naruto and Satsuki both got out in confusion while Hinata silently watched on.
"The Country of Water has experienced many civil wars and those who possess the Kekkei Genkai were hated and hunted." Haku informed them.
"Why would they hate them little lone hunt them?" Hinata asked as she and the other two couldn't understand why such a thing could happen.
"Any family that had a Kekkei Genkai were used in many disputes and the country itself feared them to the point of being harborers of disasters and wars." Haku began to explain how the bloodlines were seen in his former home.
"Wha?" Naruto barely got out. "Are you kidding me!?" He then added
Haku merely nodded as he then continued. "After the wars, those families hid their abilities and lived on because only death awaited them if their secret was ever revealed." He then stated.
"But that's just wrong!" Hinata surprisingly exclaimed while Satsuki nodded in agreement.
Haku then gave an emotionless chuckle in response to that. "That's normal. . .anyone that had special abilities or powers are often fear by humans. . .it's just human nature to fear what they don't understand." He stated.
"He is correct about that kits. . ." Kurama agreed from within the seal.
"My mother also possessed the same Kekkei Genkai I had. but she kept it a secret and married my father and must have believed that an ordinary life would continued for a while. . .no, maybe she desperately wanted to believe that it would last forever. . ." Haku deducted.
"Until. . ." Satsuki got out with sweat running down her brow.
Then Haku turned the ice into a more liquid state and played with it. "I. . .did this the first time I using Ice Style when I was five, but a small child as a form of playing and amazement. . .I show it to my mother because I was so excited at doing something like this." He said as he then used one hand to rub his cheek. "But my mother was completely struck by fear that she became frighten to the point of slapping me. . ." He then revealed. "Then after she realizing what she did she apologized. . .but it was too late in the end. . ." He declared as the shadows hid his eyes again.
Satsuki gulped at that. "Too late?" She then questioned.
Haku then looked out the window as more snow fell, though the shadows still covered his eyes. "My father had already seen what I did. . .about our secret. . ." He soon revealed.
"And he went and killed your mother sensei?" Hinata then guessed in a mutter.
While Haku's face was still covered, he could only nod. "He told the rest of the village and many men came and I saw the corpse of my mother while my father holding a bloody weapon in his hand. . ." He answered, confirming the Hyuga's suspicious. "And then he was going to do the same with me as well. . . in a moment of terror, my survival instinct activated and unleashed a massive amount of Ice chakra and attacked everything around me. . .killing both my father and the men that came with him as well. . .that is the reason I killed my parents. . ." He then revealed.
"But that wasn't your fault sensei!" Hinata however exclaimed. "You were only a child living peacefully at the time, you had no idea!" She then added.
"It really doesn't matter now. . ." Haku interrupted his student. "Whether it was by accident or if it was on purpose. . .I still killed my father and my mother was killed because of me. . ." He then once more stated.
"Haku-san. . ." Satsuki got out in sadness as she tried desperately not to release her tears. "You've. . .been regretting what happened all this time. . .haven't you?" She then guessed.
"Yes. . .I always had, but. . ." Haku replied as his eyes then revealed back some some of their life returned. "It was thanks to my first adopted father Zabuza that I somewhat manage to recovered, if only slightly." He then said with a kind smile on his face. "He gave me a home when I didn't have anywhere to call one, teached me to be a shinobi for the sake of the people." He then added with pride.
"Well Zabuza-san was one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist." Hinata then reminded.
"But didn't he killed all the students in his class? And he even tried a coup d'etat." Satsuki asked with confusion.
"Yeah! How the hell those that help the people?" Naruto asked as he too didn't understand.
"Please, do not think bad of Zabuza-sama, though he did kill them, it was because it was a rule from Kiri to be a shinobi. He had to do it or be killed, though I do admit that he did enjoy doing that. . ." Haku admitted with an awkward chuckle.
This however made the trio sweatdrop in unison at the attempted joke.
Haku then cough in his hand. "But he did tone down the killing after he meet and adopted me." He then tried to defend his first stepfather. However the ice user then thought of something. "I also remember Zabuza-sama telling me something about the Third Mizukage, that he suddenly went mad and did all these horrible things, that's why he tried the coup because it was the only way to end all the misery that Kiri was suffering, however. . ." He then explained before trailing off.
"Eh?" Naruto and Hinata got out.
"What?" Satsuki then asked with a raised eyebrow.
Haku then gave a determined expression on his face as he looked at the three. "Zabuza-sama told me that when he arrived at the room where the Mizukage was to attempt the coup d'etat. . .he felt as if there was another presence. . ." He answered.
"Another presence? What does that even mean?" Naruto asked with completely confusion.
Haku could only shook his head. "I do not know either, that just what Zabuza-sama told me after the coup had failed." He replied.
"Hmm. . ." Kurama hummed out to himself as he started thinking.
Elsewhere in the Land of Snow. . .
The Snow Shinobi were kneeling in front of Dotō.
"Report. . ." Dotō then ordered as he looked at the kneeling Snow Shinobis.
"Hai," Nadare responded. "It is confirmed, the princess does indeed have the Hex Crystal with her and remembers what has happened. She is at the moment, a broken shell of her former self." He reported.
This made Dotō smirk in satisfaction. "Good. . ." Was all he had to say knowing that he gain another opportunity to get the Hex Crystal.
"Another piece we must inform you of Dotō-sama. . ." Fubuki then started.
Doto raised an eyebrow to this as he looked at the pink haired female. "What is it?" He asked.
Mizore brought his head up as he looked at his master. "The group that is protecting the princess. . .they have a natural born Ice Release user." He then revealed.
This reveal in turn actually shocked Dotō with widen eyes. "A natural Ice Release user? Are you sure it's not just like your style of simply manipulating the water in the snow?" He then questioned.
This time it was Nadare who raised his head. "I had personally saw that the boy's chakra was as cold as ice from water and wind itself Dotō-sama. . ." He then answered. "It is indeed the real deal." He added.
This once again made Dotō smirk with even more satisfaction. "Well, my dearest niece didn't just bring me the Hex Crystal, but also a very interesting new pawn for me to have. . ." He stated as he turned his head to the shadows. "Darkness Moon. . .come forth." He then ordered.
For a moment, it was silent in the room as they all waited for something to happen. Then from the shadows, a pair of beautiful ice blue eyes appeared within the darkness. "Yes. . .Dotō-sama?" A female voice was heard, the voice had a emotionless tone.
Dotō merely smirked as he looked at the eyes. "Assist Nadare and his group and capture both the princess and this natural Ice Release user." He then ordered.
Darkness Moon then remained quiet for a moment before she nodded. "Hai. . ." She simply answered in an obedient tone before her eyes closed and vanished.
Mizore scoffed at the place where Darkness Moon was. "Do you really believe she will be of any help Dotō-sama? She's nothing but a brat." He asked with annoyance as it was apparent that he really didn't believe in Darkness Moon at all.
Doto merely chuckled as he looked at Nadare. "You were the one that recruited her, I do trust that eye of yours for skill personal." He commented.
"Hai Dotō-sama. She is a rare find and she will only grow even stronger and deadlier." Nadare replied with a smirk of his own.
The princess's uncle nodded to that as he continued to look at the man. "I understand, but still keep a close eye on that one. Now go and retrieve them." He then ordered. "Darkness Moon will be in the shadows when you need her." He then added.
"Hai!" The three then got out in unison as they then immediately left.
Now alone, Dotō smirked with vile excitement. "Soon. . .soon I will have the Hex Crystal and my own true Ice user. . ." He thought with excitement and anticipation.
Back with Team Seven and Haku. . .
Then four had decided to keep what Haku told them what Zabuza told him to themselves for later since they were still on their current mission.
"You better not tell anyone either fur ball." Satsuki told Kurama with an annoyed tone.
"Yeah yeah. . ." Kurama meanwhile grumbled in an uninterested tone.
"Haku-sensei. . ." Hinata called out, when said boy turn to look at his student, she smiled kindly. "Though I can never hope to truly grasp the pain you went through. . .I will always respect and care for you as a sensei and as a friend." She told her with her voice full of sincerity and kindness.
"Yeah! After all you're our friend." Naruto said his own piece with a true smile.
"Doesn't matter where or when. . .We will always be by your side whenever you need us." Satsuki added with a happy grin.
This in turn made Haku smile as well. "Thank you. . .Naruto. . .Hinata. . .Satsuki. . ." He then got out in a calm tone.
"Well now that that's out of the way. . ." Kurama got out as he came out of the seal in his chibi form as he laid lazily in Naruto's head. "What are you three gonna do about those Snow guys wanting to capture Ice boy here?" He then questioned.
"What do you mean by that?" Naruto got out, as he then gain a tick mark. "And get off me!" He yelled as he tried to shake the Bijū off, but only for him not budge an inch.
Haku then sighed at both the Bijū and his statement. "I mentioned this already. . .I have possibly made a target by them to capture thanks to showing my Kekkei Genkai. . ." He answered for the demon fox.
"Yup. . .human are just that selfish and greedy beings. . .if they see something of great power or value, they will lust after it in an instant. . ." Kurama then remarked in a neutral tone, while he hid his anger. "I won't be surprised if there weren't already monsters made of human desires. . ." He then added in his head.
Hinata tightened her fist at the thought of her losing her second sensei for someone's lustful and greedy desires. "After what Sensei has been through, they will not getting Haku-sensei, this is a promise." She then stated with determination as Naruto and Satsuki nodded with equal determinations planted in their faces.
Haku once again smiled at this. "I really am glad to have a friends like you." He soon admitted.
The trio smiled happily to that, but Uchiha Heiress then sighed as she thought back to the fight where she first fought the Snow Shinobis. "It still sucks that we couldn't handle those guys," Satsuki then admitted with a huff. "They were just relying on their stupid armor the entire time." She added in annoyance as she leaned back in her seat with her hands behind her head.
"Yeah, they weren't even using their own skills!" Naruto agreed. "Lazy bastards. . ." He then grumbled out.
Hinata meanwhile also nodded in agreement. "Yes, but I have to admit though. . .they're strong. . ." She added.
"No. . .they aren't. . ." Kurama responded. "There so called strength is false. . .it's all thanks to those armor they're wearing that they even have this strength, if they haven't they would had stood a chance against you three." He stated in a serious tone.
Haku nodded in agreement. "While I agree with what Kurama said, there was another important factor that you three didn't notice." He vaguely said.
Naruto blinked a couple of times as he looked at the Ice user. "And what's that?" He then asked.
"The environment. . ." Haku soon answered.
"Huh? The environment?" Satsuki repeated, not understanding what the older boy meant.
"While it's true that jutsus, individual and team skills as well as experience are key in a fight, the environment or simply where you fight also plays a key factor in any fight." Haku explained in detail.
Naruto and Satsuki could only sat there with an exaggerated smile on their face's that just said 'I have no clue what he said', while Hinata had a notion of what her sensei said.
"Exactly," Kurama agreed. "And for the two idiots that don't understand." He added
"OI! ERO-KITSUNE!" Naruto and Satsuki yelled out in unison.
Completely unaffected by that, Kurama continued looking at the group. "Why do you think that most ninja village down usually fight near of in their area of their village?" He then questioned.
This stopped any more angry outburst from the two as they began to think. "Hmm. . ." The two then hummed out.
Then Hinata thought of what Haku said. "Because of the invading force doesn't know of terrain." She answered for the two who was still thinking.
"Correct, knowing every stone or tree can make a huge difference, by knowing the position of something while the other force doesn't can make a big difference." Haku further added to his explanation.
"Now thinking back to when you three fought." Kurama reminded. "When you fought them didn't you felt completely out of balance?" He then questioned.
"Now that you mention it. . ." Satsuki began as she had her hand on her chin.
"Yeah! We did feel off because we had to get used to the snow!" Naruto then realized.
"Ding ding! Give the idiots a prize." Kurama joked with a smirk.
"OI!" Naruto then remarked.
"Don't call us idiots you perverted fox!" Satsuki yelled in annoyance.
Haku sighed as he then gave a serious expression to the three. "That reason for that was that you guys were so used to fight in a solid, level terrain that when you fought in a snow and uneven terrain it was like a child just starting to walk." He then explained.
"But what about when we're walking on water?" Satsuki then questioned.
"Same principal in a sense, but in this case you didn't used any chakra to balance yourselves out, just you natural balance that's what it made it very difficult to fight against someone who has fight in this terrain for years." Haku then answered.
Kurama once more nodded as he looked out the window as the sun started to set. "The only reason you idiots could counter this effect was because you used some of my chakra to out power them." He clarified.
"ALRIGHT THIS IS SERIOUSLY GETTING ANNOYING DATTEBAYO/DATTEBAHI/DATTEBAKON!" The trio then yelled out in unison in pure annoyance, finally pushing the right button on the Hyuga.
Kurama meanwhile chuckle like an asshole to that, but he still continued. "But that itself can only go so far, as you can only use my chakra for so long before your skin starts to peel off from its intensity, you did felt the consequence when you helped the other Uchiha to make his cover right?" He then added with a serious tone.
This calmed the trio and nodded as they still could remembered the intense exhaustion and pain their bodies had to go through when they force to got to two tails. "Not. . .a very pleasant experience. . ." Hinata voiced their thoughts.
"Yup. . ." Naruto soon got out in a mutter.
"Got that right. . ." Satsuki agreed.
"That's why it's still too dangerous to use my chakra pass first tail and even then it's stretching it, so for this fights it best used it for a last resort. . ." Kurama then stated. "But remember this brats, the one that uses the battlefield to their advantage will clearly be the winner." He advised.
The four then nodded in agreement to the demonic fox as the advice did make sense. "Yeah, I really don't want to see you two in any pain." Naruto then admitted as he rubbed the back of his head.
Satsuki blushed pretty as she smiled widely. "T-Thanks Naru-kun." She said as she felt a bit shy at how much her fiancé wanted to protect her.
Hinata then gave off a kind smile as she leaned into the blond. "Yes, thank you Naruto-kun, but you know that we have to actually get hurt as well to prevent you from getting all the pain. . ." She then reminded.
Naruto then scratched his head once more as he blushed. "Yeah, I know, it's just that I fiancé never likes seeing the ones he loves getting hurt." He then clarified.
This immediately caused both girls blush and smile happily at the love Naruto had for them.
"Still Naru-kun, you gotta remember this." Satsuki began.
"All three of us are Team Seven." Hinata then added.
"So all three of us gotta kick ass and take names in the end!" The two girls then declared in determined unison.
Naruto grinded widely to this. "Yeah! Cus we're heroes in the making!" He said with equal determination at the two girls.
"Well. . .I had enough of this mushy stuff between brats that doesn't had any breasts involved, so I'm going back now, called my when it's a dire situation. And don't screw up!" Kurama declared and ordered as he went back into the seal.
"Well screw you too!" The three then once more got out in unison before the girls then glomped Naruto, smushing his head in between their chests and made said blond gain a nosebleed at this.
Haku could only chuckled at this exchange between the lovers. "Seeing you three always so happy like this makes me want to be in a relationship too." He said half serious and half jokingly.
At hearing his friends statement, Naruto separate from the girls and grinded at him. "Ah you'll find a girl Haku, you're the type of guy that girls would love to date, so it just a matter of time." He stated with a chuckle.
Haku sweatdropped to that. "Thank you. . .I guess. . ." He got out.
"Your one to talk. . ." Kurama then remarked to himself from the seal. "Though I guess I'm the same with Anko-chan and my harem back in Konoha. . ." He then added to himself while smirking perversely. "Bedtime funtime for the win. . ." He then got out in a dazed tone with his nose leaking blood.
Back in Konoha. . .
Anko had just arrived in front of the Hokage Tower as she had her hands on her hips. "Alright then, let's see of the big breasted Hokage will be interested in your little plan." She thought to herself as she went inside knowing as reckless as she was, even she would never dare say that in front of her.
After heading inside, the snake Jonin then noticed a familiar head of black hair. "Oi! Shizune-chan!" She then called out.
Said woman then flinched as she mechanically turned her head to the smirking woman. "H-Hello Anko-san, what brings you to the tower?" She asked in a slightly fearful tone.
Anko then chuckled as she placed her hands on her hips and leaned her body in a seductive manner. "Oh nothing major, just need to speak to Tsunade-sama about making an all kunoichi squad with me as the leader, that's all." She answered with confidence.
"Ah. . ." Shizune nodded as she began to leave before registering what was said. "WHAT!?" She exclaimed as she turned her head to the purple haired woman.
Said purple haired woman grinned widely at the stupefied girl. "If you wanna know then come with me." She simply replied as she headed to the Hokage's office.
Shizune was still shocked as she watched Anko leave and when she finally processed what she was told, she was now conflicted. "I really want to go. . .but I have to organize these files. . ." She muttered to herself in slight depression. As then a light bulb appeared over her head. "Well. . .I can just organize the files in her office. . .yes, they are still in need of organize. . ." She said with a goofy smile that would make a certain blond proud.
Anko meanwhile soon arrived at the door to the Hokage office as she took in a deep breath. "Ok then. . .let's get this shit started." She thought to herself to get mentally ready as she knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Tsunade's voice questioned from the other side of the door.
"It's Anko Mitarashi ma'am." Said woman replied with a formal tone. "Never like doing that. . ." She thought to herself, but she knew she has to be respectful if she wants to get this squad.
It then went silent for a few seconds before the shuffling of feet was heard. "Enter." Tsunade then ordered.
Anko took a deep breath and the excel it. "Well. . .here goes everything." She muttered to herself as she opened the door, noticing the Hokage at her desk with a bottle of sake at her side.
Tsunade meanwhile looked intently as the purple haired Jonin came in with Shizune close behind. When Shizune saw the bottle she quickly walk to her and took it from her as she then began to organize the files in the office. Tsunade could only sigh in disappointment as she turned towards Anko. "So what is it that you want?" She then questioned in a serious tone.
It was a little know fact that Tsunade doesn't care that Anko was an ex-student of Orochimaru as she isn't the type of person to simply judge unfairly like that, which the purple haired kunoichi was very thankful that the new Hokage has an open attitude towards her. Not to mention that the Third Hokage gave a positive review of the purple haired Kunoichi so she she simply treated her like any of her shinobi's. The only reason she acted seriously is because she doesn't know Anko on a personal level.
Anko then took another deep breath as she looked at her leader. "Tsunade-sama. . .I want to officially request to create and lead a shinobi team. . ." She started.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow to that, slightly intrigued to this request. "I see. Do you want to be a sensei of a group of Genin? Or simply make a Chunin squad?" She asked.
Shizune looked up from the files as she watched the interaction. "It's more then that Tsunade-sama. . ." She then answered for the purple haired kunoichi.
This immediately caused the blond Hokage to become confused. "What do you mean?" She then questioned.
Anko soon closed her eyes and then took another deep breath before reopening them."I want to lead a kunoichi only squad of girls of my choice, more specifically, skilled girls from outside the village." She then revealed.
This made Tsunade slightly widen her eyes in surprised, then she relaxed her expression as she closed her eyes and began to ponder at the idea. "An all kunoichi squad. . ." She thought, repeating what Anko had requested in her head.
Then after a moment, she reopen her eyes. "The idea itself does intrigues me Anko. We've never had an All-Female kunoichi squad before." Tsunade said as she lean onto her desk. "But. . .this added idea of using Non-village Kunoichi is. . .well. . .as a Nara would say. . .troublesome." She then admitted.
"Tsunade-sama. . ." Shizune groaned out, but she still had to agree with her master/leader on that subject.
Anko nodded to that with a serious expression on her face. "I know that it's very unusual, let alone wise, but what I propose is not bring in foreign shinobi, but those I find to be very talented, temperament and above all loyal to the squad, I will offer them." She began to explain.
Tsunade nodded as she found that acceptable. "I do see your point, but why foreign kunoichi?" She asked.
"To find new potential that can't be found in the village." Anko immediately answered. "Recently I've been seeing that some of the male shinobis of the village have been somewhat. . .ahem. . .sexist to say the least." She then admitted.
Tsunade immediately groaned in annoyance to that as she rubbed her forehead. "I know that too well. . ." She admitted with an annoyed tone. "Like for those assholes try and say that in front of me. . ." She thought to herself.
Shizune had to agree to that as it was a similar reason that her uncle died during the Second Shinobi War for not training more medical shinobi.
"Exactly." Anko agreed with a nod.
Tsunade then turned serious once more. "However. . .Choosing someone from the outside is a very risky thing. . .as they are many out there who would use this opportunity to have spies infiltrate the village and you should know that one spy is all it takes to bring an army to its doom. . ." She pointed out with a very serious tone.
"There are indeed many risks with what you are requesting Anko-san." Shizune pointed out.
Anko once again nodded in agreement. "Though I do agree with that, however you have to agree that there are shinobis from the outside and they're hardly spies, like that Haku kid, the former Sound girl and the Seven Tails Jinchūriki that joined the village." She listed off. "Though they may've been from outside the village, they still are loyal to both the village and their friends, so betrayal is definitely not on their mind." She then reminded.
Shizune hummed to that as she thought about it. "Anko-san does have a point Tsunade-sama." She then admitted. "Haku, Kin and Fū have all shown no signs of betrayal since they had joined the village." She advised.
Anko nodded in a serious matter as she looked at the villager leader. "But that's besides the point, the main problem in our team placements have always been two things, there are either almost always made either an all male cell, two male, one female or vise verse, but never an all-female team. This is what almost all squads regardless of the shinobi village they are from." She began to make her argument.
"Part of that reason being due to the former civilian council believing that the males deserved more training than females in the belief that they would eventually become housewives or shop owners." Tsunade then reminded as she thought back to when she was rejected to the request of training others to being medical shinobis.
"Well that all changes with you being in charge now Tsunade-sama," Anko then stated with a smirk. "You're the boss and you can make the discussions." She then reminded.
Shizune meanwhile raised an eyebrow as she heard that bit. "Anko-san. . .what are you-?" She then asked as she looked at the distant look on her master's face. "Eh?" She then got out.
"Think of it, since you are in charge, you can chose to make whatever happens in the village your decision." Anko added in a slightly tempting tone. "Like say. . .all the sake you want!" She stated.
This made Tsunade start to drool at the thought of all the sake she could want. "With all do respect Tsunade-sama. . .But you will not even think of doing that!" Shizune roared.
In an instant, Tsunade recovered with a shake of her head as she looked at the purple haired Jonin and coughed into her fist. "Anyways. . .very well Anko, I'll give you your Team a trial test run before I am to admit them as an official shinobi squad." She declared.
"Yes!" Anko exclaimed in excitement in her head with a small celebration going on.
"However. . ." Tsunade suddenly started, ending any thoughts of celebration in Anko's head. "You will have to find them on your own time, you can not stopped doing any of the mission you are assigned to do." She then stated. "And above all, if even one of them ever betrays you and the village, you will be held responsible and they will be serious charges placed on your head. . .Do you understand?" She then stated in a even more serious tone of voice while narrowing her eyes at the purple haired kunoichi.
Anko nodded to that with her own serious expression. "Hai." She responded.
Tsunade then nodded as she closed her eyes. "You may leave now." She then ordered.
Anko immediately followed the order as she then left the room, closing the door behind her. On the other side however. "YES!" She then cheered with excitement as she then dashed away. "Time to create my Vipers Squad!" She thought in equal excitement.
Back with the trio. . .
The group's vehicles had finally stopped in front of a huge ice cave.
Haku had left the three alone to check to see how how his stepfather and the rest of the film crew was doing, having the new resolve to put the past behind him.
"Beyond this great cave is our hideout. We'll pass through after the filming here." Sandayū explained to Kakashi and Haku as he stared at the entrance with a content expression on his face. "Everyone is anxiously waiting for the princess to arrive." He added.
Then one by one, the vehicles began to entered the huge cave
"Whoa I can't see the exit at all. . ." Naruto got out.
"It's like it goes on forever. . ." Satsuki added her piece.
"It is incredibly dark as well." Hinata then admitted in amazement.
"Long ago, there was a railroad through here." Sandayū stated.
"A what?" Naruto and Satsuki asked in unison.
"A large mechanical carriage like the one we're are in but faster and bulkier used here in the Land of Snow to transport goods and people at fast velocity using to metal rods that goes from many miles, they are what he refers to as railroads, think of it like a huge metal carriage moving ninja going at full speed and the railroads as the roads it can only go through." Kakashi quickly explained.
"Wow. . ." Naruto and Satsuki again said in unison with amazement in their tone of voice.
"It's covered with ice pillars everywhere. . .But beneath the ice, the tracks are still there." Sandayū then advised.
Finally after a few more minutes, the group finally exited the cave and they all stopped right at the exist.
The director was the first to came out of the vehicle. "All right, let's start filming!" He then ordered his crew.
The trio also came out of the vehicles as they stared at the film crew as they just began to get out of the mobile houses with their equipment. "The snow's lightened up a bit again dattebakon." Satsuki stated as she watched the frozen water drift down from the sky.
"Yeah, this place is really is the Land of Snow." Naruto said as he looked at around him.
Hinata nodded in agreement as she watched the snow gently fall from the sky. "Hai, at least it's pretty. . ." She then admitted as she had a nostalgic expression on her face while she looked up at the sky. "It reminds me a lot of when I was younger." She soon added.
Inside of the seal, Kurama raised an eye to that. "Ah, your talking about that time, huh?" He soon deducted with a smirk.
"That time?" Naruto and Satsuki asked at the same time with confused expression.
Hinata raised her eyebrows at what the demonic fox had said. "Oh, you know about that Kurama?" She asked with a surprised tone.
Kurama merely nodded to that. "Yup, before I the kit meet me, I was most of the time asleep, but whenever he was injured or hurt, my chakra would heal him and wake me up." He clarified.
Naruto then tilted his head in confusion. "Ok. . .what are you and Hinata-chan talking about?" He asked as he was getting really confused now.
"Are we missing something dattebakon?" Satsuki then questioned.
"I'll let White Eyes answer this one." Kurama simply said. "Besides It's not my place to say. . ." He added in his mind as he then when back to sleep
Hinata then smiled nostalgically to the questions asked. "It was the first time I ever meet Naruto-kun. . .and you Satsuki-chan." She declared.
"Oh. . ." Naruto and Satsuki got out in unison with nods, as their eyes widen to plate sizes when their brains finally processed what Hinata said. "EEEEEEEEH!?" They exclaimed in shock at this revelation.
"OOOOOOOOW!" Kurama roared as he woke immediately from the unison screaming.
Hinata giggle softly as she looked at the snowy sky once more. "It all started on a day like this one. . .Naruto-Kun. . .Satsuki-chan. . ." She began as she gave a gentle smile.
Flashback no Jutsu!
Eight years ago. . .
A five year old Hinata was near a playground as snow completely covered the area, dressed for the weather as she was surrounded by three other children that seemed to be at least a year older than her.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" One of the boys asked little Hinata.
"Your eyes are really creepy." Another one said.
This made Hinata began to feel sad.
"I guess you're actually a night monster." The third one said
Now the little Hinata began to cry at being called a monster.
"Monster girl!" They all started insulting and began to laugh at the crying little girl.
Meanwhile, a younger Naruto was swinging on swing when he heard this."Those jerks!" He thought as he hated when other bully other people. He jumped off the swing and began to ran towards them. "Hey!" He then yelled out as he nearly slip in the snow. "Don't make a girl cry!" He shouted.
Hinata stopped crying for a bit as she and the other kids turned to see who said that. "Who's this little punk?" One of the boys asked.
"Wait! That's the kid my mom told me to never go near." Another kid then said.
"I am Naruto Uzumaki! Fight me if you dare!" Naruto declared as he tried to take a fighting stance.
The other kid could only laugh at that. "What can a scrawny kid like him could do to us!" The apparent leader of the group declared.
"Hey!" Another voice, but this one being a female called out. Why are you picking on her!" She then asked.
Naruto gain a tick mark at that. "I'll show you!" He declared as he made a seal. "Shadow Clone jutsu!" He called out and a smoke cloud appeared in between him and the bullies.
The bullies look at the smoke with slight hesitation and fear. But when the smoke cloud dispersed. . .
There were two tiny and barely stable Narutos. "Bring it on!" One clone declared in a squeaky voice.
"Yeah! We can take you!" The other added.
This caused the bullies began to laugh as hard as they could at the pathetic display.
While Naruto could only watch with a stupefied expression. "Take this!" He heard the leader of the bullies declared.
Next thing anyone knew, Naruto was covered in bruises and had a nosebleed as he then fainted and fall down.
"That will show you not to mess with us!" The leader declared with a superior tone as they began to stretch, tore apart and stomp on his red scarf.
Hinata tried to say something but she was still to scared to say anything. "S-Stop. . ." She mumbled out before. . .
"Oi!" An obvious female voice called out from another part of the park. "What do you jerks think your doing!?" She then asked.
"Eh?" The leader got out in confusion as he and his pals heard the sounds of snow quickly being crushed as a form of someone running towards them.
Then a small girl with long black hair wearing a dark blue jacket with matching color earmuffs, gloves, pants and boots ran towards them towards them with an annoyed expression on her face as she slid in front of them.
"Another kid who thinks they're a hero?" The leader taunted as he gave one more stomp on the already ruined scarf as he and the other two began to walk towards the new arrival with a smug look on their faces.
The black long haired girl stood there without a single trace of fear in her face as he body was tense and had a simple battle stance.
The three bullies were now right in front of the little girl. "What are you are you going to do about it!" He then added.
The black haired girl narrow her eyes once more as her patiences reached her limit. She then turn around in a graceful flow and did a cartwheel kick and hit the leader's cheek, this sent him knocked him unconscious as he was sent flying with a busted cheek and lost a tooth.
"Eh?" The little Hinata got out as she looked at the sight.
The two remaining bullies had their mouths wide open in shock and fear as they slowly turn to looked at the little girl that just tooked down their leader with a single kicked. "I may not be a hero yet, but I'm gonna rampage for picking on defenceless children!" She declared with a smirk as her foot was still in the air before bring it back to the ground and then glared at them. "NOW GET OUT OF HERE!" She then yelled the order.
Suffice to say, the remaining bullies screamed like little girls and ran while dragging the unconscious leader by the legs as his head hit all sorts of heavy objects.
The girl then placed her hands on her hips as she smiled with satisfaction, then she looked at the remaining kids at the park and walked over to them. "Hey, are you alright?" She then asked in a kind tone as she saw the little Hinata crouched down and held her own knees beside the unconscious blond before poking him with her mitten covered hand.
Suddenly, Naruto woke up as he then sat up with his fists in the air. "You cowards! Is that all you got!" He shouted in anger, then he saw that the bullies were gone as he crouch down with a sad pout expression, as he could guessed what happen.
No one notice that there was tiny fragments of red chakra around the little blond's wounds, to small for the little kids to see.
Hinata meanwhile was still a little nervous over what had happened as she looked at the blond after wiping away her tears. "A-Are you alright?" She mumbled out and tried to give his ruin scarf back.
"Those guys really beat you up." The other girl got out with a tilt of her head.
Naruto looked at Hinata and wave her that he didn't want the ruin scarf now, this made the little girl looked down with a sad face while hugging the scarf tightly as he then turned to the other girl and pouted again. "They just got lucky dattebayo." He then grumbled.
"You still got beaten up," The black haired girl said with a giggle. "I'm Satsuki by the way." She then introduced, but she didn't want to say her last name as she then offered a hand.
Naruto nodded but he didn't take the hand and lifted himself up. "Mine's Naruto Uzumaki!" He introduced himself once more.
Satsuki then giggled some more at how the boy was acting as she looked at the other girl. "And you?" She then asked.
Hinata took a step back as she was very nervous and a bit frightened to what to say. "H-Hinata. . ." She barely manage to got out in a meek tone of voice.
Satsuki meanwhile tilted her head in confusion at the action. "What's wrong? I scared off the bullies." She then reminded.
Hinata couldn't replied as she was too nervous now to say anything while she hugged the scarf close to herself as if it was a safety blanket.
Naruto then tilted his own head in confusion as he looked at her. "Are you still scared?" He then bluntly asked.
Hinata could only mumble as her voice failed her.
Satsuki then knew that Hinata was mostly just shy and decided to help her out. "Hey, do you guys want to play on the swings?" She asked the two.
Naruto immediately blinked to that question as he looked at the one who asked. "R-Really? You want to play with me?" He then counter asked as he hoped that this wasn't another false promise like he always received.
Satsuki smiled happily to that. "Sure!" She replied as she ran passed him and grabbed the surprised Hinata's hand and made her way to the swings.
"B-But I-I. . ." Hinata got out.
"Its ok! Its ok! We'll just play for a little while because Nii-san's is waiting for me." Satsuki soon explained. "So let's have some fun Hi-chan, Na-kun!" She then happily requested.
Naruto then smiled happily as he ran toward them. "Yeah!" He replied.
The three then spent of the small time they had together playing on the swing set as well as a small improvised snowball fight where both Naruto and Satsuki threw their snowballs as fast as they could at each other, though it was Naruto that had fallen to the ground and Satsuki laughed loudly at him in good humor as Naruto too join in the laughter. Though Hinata never did anything too energetic, she did play the best as she could and have a good time, never once she let got of the scarf in her arms.
But this happy moment soon came to an end as Satsuki had to leave while an older Hyuga took Hinata without letting her say goodbye to either of them.
Naruto could only watch as he was left alone once again. . .He would later try to find the two girls but he never found them and soon enough, he just mark that moment as nothing more than just a happy dream that he would simply forget about. . .
Kai!
Hinata's smile didn't waver as she looked back at her stunned and wide-eyed teammates after finishing her story.
"Whoa. . .I completely forgot about that. . ." Naruto was the first to regain his senses.
"I-I know. . ." Satsuki agreed. "I can't believe. . .that I forgot about that time. . ." She then added.
"It kind of makes me feel like an ass for forgetting you two. . ." Naruto then admitted with shame filled tone.
"That was the first time we ever meet. . ." Hinata tried to make her fiancé feel better. "And I can't say I don't feel the same. . .I did try to find you two after that, but my guardian never left me alone or let me go to the park for a long time, now I just realized that it was because he didn't' want me being near you. . ." She then explained with a sad smile.
Naruto felt even more sadness to that, now being reminded that he could had have a friend if it wasn't for the hatred they had for him.
Satsuki could only placed a hand on the blond's shoulder as she knew how he was feeling. "We were five years old Naru-kun." She then reminded.
"I know. . ." Naruto responded with a nod.
"The next time I saw Naruto-kun was in the academy and I guessed that Satsuki-chan was there too, but you were already disguised yourself as Sasuke, so I never thought it was you, so in time I also forgot about you. . ." She added with a sad tone.
Satsuki soon winced in guilt as she realized what she had also done as the lost memories poured into her head like a rushing river. "Nata-chan. . .I'm no better either. . ." She then admitted. "I also forgot that, after I came back that day my training with both Nii-san and Father began, so I never had a lot of free time. . .and then when that day happened, I forgot all the happy times I ever had. . ." She then got out in a guilty tone.
Hinata then smiled as she looked at her guilt stricken teammates. "It's alright Naruto-kun, Satsuki-chan. . ." She responded in a kind tone. "We were just little kids back then, so it's natural that we forget parts of those moments, we all had things that at the time as they stopped us from being together." She then added with a sad tone.
"Even so. . ." Naruto got out as he really couldn't feel better knowing that while Satsuki felt no better.
Noticing their distracted looks, the Hyuga gain a sudden thought as a rare mischievous smiled appeared on her face, she looked at the ground and kneel for a brief moment, before returning to her her usual posture. "Still. . .it did teach me one thing in the end." She got out in a sly tone.
"Eh?" Satsuki got out before. . .
POW!
Next thing Naruto knew, he was struck in the face by a fast snowball. ". . ." Naruto blinked a few time while he laid in the snow.
Seeing this, Satsuki looked at the fallen blond and then turned toward Hinata. "Na-" Was all she could saw as she too was struck by a fast snowball and joined the blond on the ground.
Both pre-teens meanwhile were still stunned and on the snowy ground from what just happen, but when they heard the giggling of one Hinata, they instantly knew what just happen.
Hinata then smiled as she looked at her downed teammates while playfully tossing a snowball in her hands. "Looks like I win this time since there wasn't a winner from the last time we had a snowball fight, huh?" She commented with giggle.
"Oh you did not just did that!" Satsuki said with a playful anger tone. She was responded by another snowball to the face. "Oh it's on now dattebakon!" She declared as she when to grab a snowball of her own and began to chase the running Hinata.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Naruto shouted as he too grabbed a snowball then threw it towards them.
"Someday. . .Someday I'll return it to you. . ." Hinata happily thought to herself with a she continued to throw more snowballs.
And so the reenactment of the past began as the three began to laugh and play as if trying to make up for lost time, while silhouettes of three smaller version of themselves replaced them, a more playful Satsuki, a much happier Naruto and a more courageous Hinata throwing snowballs at each other.
Within the seal, Kurama just chuckled at the antics of the three. "De'ja vu. . ." He muttered to himself as he went back to sleep, but for a rare moment, he smiled as he watched.
A distance away, Kakashi and Haku watched as the three had their moment of being normal children. "Even on a mission, they still have the time for stuff like this." Haku got out.
Kakashi did his infamous eye smile to that. "Well they are still just kids and they need to be just kids as long as they can after all." He simply said.
Haku chuckled at the response. "I do have to agree father." He replied with honesty.
"D-Director! Bad news! Terrible news!" The assistant director called out as he ran past the other crew members.
"Now what?" The director asked his assistant with a slight annoyed tone.
The assistant director then caught his breath as he looked at his superior. "I-It's Yukie-chan! She ran off again!"" He then revealed.
"WHAT!?" The director shouted in surprised.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME DATTEBAYO/DATTEBAHI/DATTEBAKON!?" The trio then exclaimed in shocked unison after hearing that.
"OH FOR THE LOVE OF-! QUIET DAMMIT!" Kurama then roared in annoyance. "Damn that Hyuga's really getting influenced by those two. . ." He then grumbled to himself.
A couple of meters away from the film site. . .
Yukie was running through the snow as fast as she possibly could. "No way! Absolutely not!" She shouted in her mind in a panic.
Unknown to her however. . .
In the shadows of one of the trees, a slender figure came out of it as it watched the runaway princess. The figure was covered by the shadows, but what could be seen was a pair of beautiful ice blue eyes. "Found you. . ." The figure declared in an emotionless tone.
However the figure was forced to return to the shadows when the presence of many shinobis were heading their way.
Back with the team. . .
The team was jumping down the mountain with ninja speed and grace.
"Hinata can you find her." Kakashi then questioned to the Hyuga on the team.
Hinata shook her head as she scanned the forest. "I can't, though I can see far, my Byakugan isn't mature enough to see more, my limit is twenty-five meters." She admitted with a sad tone.
"Don't feel to bad, a blizzard is also starting to fall in this forest. I just wanted to asked if you could." Kakashi replied.
"I'll work on that when she gets older. . ." Kurama thought to himself as the possibilities forming in his head.
Kakashi then looked at his entire team as they stared back at him. "Let's split up in teams and search her. Naruto and Hinata, your one team, Satsuki, Haku, your another, I'll go by myself. Radio back when you find her" He then ordered.
"Roger!" The all replied as they then separated to search the area.
Naruto suddenly stopped, making Hinata stopped and looked back. "What's wrong Naruto kun?" She asked her fiancé in confusion.
Naruto whoever didn't say anything as he watch down the woods. "That princess. . ." He then got out with narrow eyes.
With Haku and Satsuki group. . .
"No fair. . .How come Nata-chan gets to pair up with Naru-kun?" Satsuki quietly whined with a small pout.
"Now now, we're on an important mission, it happens." Haku tried to calmed the pouting Uchiha.
"I guess. . ." Satsuki replied with a sigh, though was still pouting.
"Get over it Uchiha. . ." Kurama then ordered in annoyance. "You can have your nights sleeping with the brat naked when you get back to Konoha." He then reminded.
"Like I need you to tell me!" Satsuki once more replied with a huffed.
Suddenly, the blizzard started to get worse as their visibility started to dim and blurry.
Satsuki instantly covered her eyes with her arms from the snow. "Oi! Why did the blizzard get this bad!?" She shouted.
Unfortunately as she did this, she didn't see the cliff and jumped right at it. "Eh?" She got out as she comedically float in midair and then when she looked down, her eyes widen in terror. "AHHH!" She screamed as she fell before grabbing the edge of the cliff as she began sliding down the hill.
"DAMMIT UCHIHA!" Kurama roared in more annoyance. "NOW LOOK WHAT YOU GONE AND DID!" He then ranted.
"OH SHUT IT ERO-FOX!" Satsuki roared back as she continued to slide down as her voice echoed away.
Hearing the scream, Haku jerked his head over to the cliff. "Satsuki!" He then called out as he tried to go and help her when suddenly. . .
THUNK! THUNK! THUNK!
Haku had to dodge three shuriken that hit the tree he was about to reach. "An enemy in this blizzard!?" He thought as he was now on full alert and began to search for the attacker within the blizzard.
"That is far enough. . .Konoha Shinobi. . ." An emotionless, yet female voice got out as the stomping of feet through the snow was heard.
This instantly made Haku to go completely into full battle mode while taking out a senbon in each hand, ready to fight. "Where are you. . ." He then calmly questioned in a mutter.
The attacker said nothing as the sound of a blade unsheathing itself has heard. "Eliminate." It then stated in an emotionless tone.
Haku's instincts then kicked in as he then used a senbon to block a strike from a katana before it then vanished within the blizzard. "Not good. . .I'm at a disadvantage. . .it's like trying to fight Zabuza-sama in his hidden mist jutsu. . ." He thought as he couldn't see the attacker thanks to the blizzard.
The whirlwinding of a blade could be heard inside of the blizzard as if ready to strike again.
"Expected, you cannot see," The attacker then stated. "Your battle instincts are admittingly good, but futile." They then declared.
That was true, though Haku could had also used this tactic as well, it was because he didn't know where the enemy was located so he had to relied on his experience in training in the hidden mist so that he could dodge the attacks, but he couldn't risked using his ice mirrors because the enemy would attack him in the moment of vulnerability.
Then the whirling was once again heard and Haku instantly jumped to his left, narrowing dodging the attack once more. "Ok. . .now I know how annoying this type of tactic can be in an actual battle. . ." He thought with a sweatdrop.
Once again the whirling could be heard.
"Ok! This has gone far enough!" Haku declared as he began to make one handed hand seals. "Ice Style: Ice Dome!" Haku declared.
Then on command, ice began to gather on top of the trees above them, the ice then began to extend and connect with the ice from another tree, this continued until a improve ice dome was create.
Thanks to this, the blizzard was halted, making Haku's vision much more clearer. "Much better." He commented as he span his senbon. "Now I'm ready to fight." He declared.
". . ." The attacker said nothing, as if was thinking about something.
Haku then looked around to try to find the attack from the area inside of the dome. "I guess you're' not going to attack now that you don't have the blizzard at your advantage?" He then questioned as he never once let down his guard.
"Ice user. . ." The attacker then said as the sound of feet walking on the soft snow could be heard.
"Huh?" Haku soon questioned, not understanding what the attacker meant.
Then Haku finally got a full view of the attacker as it came out of the shadows. The first thing Haku saw was their feet as the attacker came from the shadows, he saw that they were very small and petite even as they were covered in black boots. Then he saw that the attacker had very attractive legs that looked very nimble under her black shinobi pants.
"A female?" He then thought as he deducted what the attacker's gender was.
The attacker slowly continued to walked away from the shadows and Haku saw that she wore black long sleeve ninja shirt underneath while on top of it she had a very unique shirt as it had the design of icicles pointing downward from the upper part of the shirt while the lower part had the design of snow flurries as the shirt itself hugged her body while on her back was a katana sheath.
"Hmm. . ." Haku hummed out, not expecting this in his attacker.
Lastly, Haku saw that the attacker had a long and beautiful hair that when down her hips, but what really surprised Haku was the color, it was silver bordering on light blue in color that almost sparkled and her eyes could only match her hair as they had a beautiful ice blue iris that had a snow like pattern that made her almost look like a snow fairy, if it wasn't for the fact that she had an emotionless yet equally beautiful and frail looking face.
"Interesting. . ." Haku thought as he got a full view of the attacker.
The female attacker then pointed her katana at the natural Ice Release user. "Objective change. . ." She stated in the same emotionless tone and expression. "Capture. . ." She then added as she grabbed her katana and with the grace of a swordswoman and adjusted her blade.
When Haku heard that, he instantly knew what this was about. "Looks like we were right. . ." He commented as he placed his senbons away as he took his regular battle stance ready to fight with his speed base fighting style. "So Dotō is after me now." He then voiced out his deduction.
The attacker merely nodded to that. "Correct." She bluntly answered as she then charged at him with incredible speeds even with the large amount of snow below them.
Haku's eyes widen when the attacker was already in his range. "Fast!" He thought as he jumped back. "She's maybe about half as fast as me using me mirrors!" He thought, surprised by this opponent.
Haku then used his own speed to dodge the attack, if just barely as she managed to create a small cut on his shoulder. "Impressive. . .No shinobi that isn't from the Land of Snow is that fast in the snow. . ." She admitted.
"Well. . .I'm used to fighting in it. . ." Haku replied as he once again too his battle stance.
". . ." The attacker said nothing as she kept staring at Haku. "Very well. . ." She declared as she then did something that surprised Haku, he raised her free hand and made a seal.
"Single hand seals!?" Haku shouted as this was the first time he has saw someone other than himself making one hand seals.
Haku was so shocked by this that he didn't saw the attackers hands began to distorted for a moment before they stopped. "Resume battle. . ." She announced as she retook her kenjutsu battle stance.
Then the attacker made another incredibly fast charge and in seconds was in range of Haku once more.
But by then, Haku had already recovered from his shocked, as he narrowed his eyes. "Its as if I'm looking in a mirror of sorts. . ." He thought in a joking tone thinking of the ironic of that statement.
Just when the attacker made another slash Haku once again used his speed to dodge, however. .
SLASH!
"WHAT!?" Haku shouted as his left hand was slashed as a small amount of blood came out of the wound. "But I dodge it!" He exclaimed in his mind with confusion.
"Do not worry. . ." The attacker said, gaining the ice user's attention. "That attack is neither life threatening or permanent damage. . .It was meant for disabling you. . ." She explained as she then readjust her blade once more.
It was apparent that the explanation wasn't what he wanted to know. "How did she hit me, I was sure I dodge it." He thought as he tried to figure out what she did. Then he remembered that she did a one hand seal before the attack. "Could that had something to do with it?" He thought to himself.
Then the attacker made another charge, Haku jumped back but this time he raised his remaining hand. "Ice Style: Ice Needles!" He declared as he summon many Ice needles to attack her.
When the needle reached her she stopped her charge as she made a powerful downward slash and the needles shattered.
As Haku stopped his backpedaling he narrow his eyes. "A wind style attack? No there wasn't any visible wind veil in her blade that suggest that she used one, but if not that then what was it?" He quickly began to analyze the attack.
However his couldn't analyse further as the attacker made yet another charge, once again was in his range and made a downward strike to his remaining hand.
"Can't risk it!" Haku shouted as he used his right hand once more to make another hand seal. "Ice Style: Frozen Dome!" He declared as a thick ice dome appeared in front of him, the dome was so thick that it instantly stopped the blade at the moment it struck it.
"Attack failed. . ." The attacker simply said as she took a leap backwards, she readjust her blade and waited for the chance to attack again.
"Not good. . ." Haku thought as he quickly used the cover of the dome to tighten his kimono around his wound to stop the bleeding. "How did she manage to hit me. . ." He began to poundered again. "It makes no sense. . .if she had cast a genjutsu I would had felt it, but I don't detect of my chakra in my body being manipulated in anyway, so how?" He continued to think, when he saw the scratches of the last confrontation on the ice dome. "Huh?" He got out in confusion.
The reason for this confusion from the ice user was that although there was indeed a slash on his compact ice dome, but what was really confusing him was that the slash was horizontal.
"How. . ." Haku asked as he quickly remembered the clash.
However his couldn't analyse further as the attacker made yet another charge, once again was in his range and made a downward strike to his remaining hand.
"But she made a downward strike. . .Why is there a horizontal slash on the dome?" Haku thought to himself as his memory and the result on his dome made no sense.
Then the Ice dome began to melt from the lack of concentration of is maker.
Using this change the attacker made the same one hand seal as before and once again her hands blur for a moment as it return to normal. "Attack resume." She declared as she once more went on the attack once more.
Haku narrow his eyes at the approaching attacker. "I need to confirm it!" He shouted as he made a single hand sign, making a much small ice dome before he threw it at her.
The small dome went at fast velocity at the center of the attackers body. Seeing this, she had no choice but holded her charged and when to make a downward slash to try and defend. But the moment she did, the dome was sent flying. . .horizontally.
Haku's eyes widen in shock. "So I wasn't imagining it. . ." He stated.
The attacker readjusted her blade and saw that Haku was staring at her hands. "So you notice it. . ." She bluntly stated.
Haku nodded as he got into position as well. "Yes. . .Your strikes. . .they looked that they come from one direction, but in reality, it comes at the complete opposite angle. . ." He stated, as he began to quickly think at everything he had seen in their battle and was finally able to figure it out. "When you made the hand sign and you cast a genjutsu. . ." He deduced.
". . ." The attacker remained quiet at the deduction as she continued to looked at Haku.
"However you didn't cast it on my body like any genjutsu user frequently do, you cast only at my eyes, making it difficult to detect that I fell into it." Haku concluded.
". . ." The attacker still remain quiet for another moment before she nodded. "Correct. . ." She answered with a nod. "But that will not matter as of now. . ." She began as she once again did the same hand seal. "You will not be able to change the outcome if I increased the speed of my attack. . ." She then concluded as she charge at ever greater speeds the before.
Haku didn't had time to even be shock as in half the time then the first time the attacker had reached him earlier and with equal speed made an upwards vertical slashed, before his brain could even process the pattern. . .
SLASH!
The ice user winced in pain as he was slashed with a downward vertical slash from his left side. "Damn. . ." He got out as he held the wound and fell to one of his knees, but like the first is was meant to only incapacitate. "If I didn't had time to summon my mirrors before, now I have less with that speed." He thought to himself.
"Surrender. . ." The attacker then ordered as she casually walked towards him.
Haku then shook his head in response. "I apologize, but I can not comply to that." He replied as he struggled to get up.
". . ." The attacker looked at Haku with the same expression, but her eyes had a much more intense stare. "Very well. . ." She stated as she once more readjusted her blade. "I will have to incapacitate you to prevent you from escaping." She then decided.
"Well. . .I'm in trouble now. . .I can't use my mirrors and I can't use one of my hands. . ." Haku thought with grim. He was really in a very tough situation now and had very little options of what he could do.
The attacker did yet again her single hand sign. "Mirage. . .Blade. . ." She then revealed.
"Ha. . .That's a very fitting name. . ." Haku commented as his face cringed. "What can I do?" He thought with a slight panic. then the image of his favorite trio appeared in his mind. "What would they do?" He asked himself as the attacker lowered her stance. As memories of the time in the vehicles appeared in his mind.
"The environment. . ." Haku soon answered.
"Huh? The environment?" Satsuki repeated, not understanding what the older boy meant.
"While it's true that jutsus, individual and team skills as well as experience are key in a fight, the environment or simply where you fight also plays a key factor in any fight." Haku explained in detail.
Haku smiled at the memory. "Haha. . .yeah. . .that could work. . ." He muttered to himself with a chuckle as he secretly did a single hand seal.
"What are you going on about?" The attacker then questioned with a raised eyebrow, showing a small sign of emotion for a brief moment. Then she shook her head and her face returned to her expressionless form. "No matter. . .it ends now. . ." She soon declared and charged with even more speeds that one would think that she was now at Haku's level.
Haku's smiled didn't changed at all. "My favorite students and friends, they would do something completely crazy and unexpected. . ." He said as his eyes had already gotten used to the speed of the attacker. "LIKE THIS!" He shouted as he jumped back and raised his hand and made the floor become an ice ring.
"NANI!" The attacker should with the first real emotion face that was adored with confusion.
But it was already to late, as the ice made her slip out of control and couldn't control her attack anymore.
Then as if slow motion, Haku used his injured arm to grab her sword while the other grabbed her arm. "It's over!" He declared with the same smile his favorite trio would make.
However. . .
SLIP!
"Eh?" Haku got out as his foot slipped on a stone that was sticking out of the ice and made him lose balance of the momentum he stole from the attacker.
"Eh?" The attacker also got out in confusion at the mistake made.
"AH!" The two screamed as the began to roll on the ice together.
They continued to roll until they hit a tree that was near the cliff and snow on top of it fell on the two.
"Ok. . .I think that to much like them. . ." Haku commented as he struggled to get up.
"Moh. . ." Came a silent scream/moan from the attacker.
"Moh?" Haku repeated in confusion as he looked down and his eyes widened like dinner plates. "Oh boy. . ." He thought with a rising blush on his face.
Right next to them, a hand grabbed the edge of the cliff. "Finally. . .I reached the top. . ." A very annoyed Satsuki complained as she pulled the rest of her body above the cliff.
"Next time use fire style to get rid of the ice on the rocks you were climbing," Kurama then advised in the girl's head. "Honestly Uchiha, you're suppose to be a natural born genius!" He then remarked in annoyance.
"Oh! Will you shut-!" Was all Satsuki got out as her eyes finally saw what was right in front of her. "Up?" She finished as her own eyes widen.
"What was that? That was your-" Kurama began as he too looked in front of him. "Comeback?" He finished as his own eye widen.
What shocked them was a very unusual sight indeed. What they were witnessing was one battle worn out and blushing Haku who was on top of a very beautiful girl who had small tears falling from her eyes as one of his hands was holding a katana while the other was holding onto her breast.
"Huh. . .never thought the perfect gentlemen would have the balls to do that. . ." Kurama admitted with a raised eyebrow. "At least she's a beauty! Damn! He knows how to choose them!" He then added with a perverted tone.
"Kurama. . .she's obviously the enemy. . ." Satsuki got out with a twitch.
"Not from how she's moaning she's not." Kurama then remarked with a smirk.
And then right on cue. . . "Moh. . ." Said enemy moaned with her eyes shut and a red blush on her face as she squirmed a little in what seemed like pleasure.
Both Haku and Satsuki blushed red while Kurama began to laugh his ass off being proven right. "Bwahahahaha! I told you!" The demonic fox then quipped out.
Haku in an instant released her and stood up while he still holding onto the blade. "I-I-I-I terribly sorry!" He exclaimed in a panicking tone with a blush that the former Hinata would be proud of.
The attacker didn't move from where she was as she opened her eyes, the blush still on her face as she looked at her former opponent. "N-No. . .G-Give it back. . ." She cried out.
"Huh?" Haku got out, still embarrassed over what had happened.
"What is she talking about?" Satsuki questioned with a raised eyebrow as she looked at the other female.
The attacker then sniffled as some tears came down her face. "G-Give me back my p-pride. . .and my honor. . ." She got out in a tone that was the complete opposite of what it was when she and Haku were fighting.
Haku and Satsuki's face turn nuclear red at that took that in a completely wrong way, while Kurama was now laughing so hard that his sides were hurting. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The Bijū roared as he was now having trouble breathing.
The attacker only continued sniffling and crying in a hurt maiden like way. "M-My sword. . ." She whimpered out.
This stopped the two embarrassment friends and regain their thought process. "Your sword?" The both asked in unision.
The attacker sniffed once more as she pointed at her blade in Haku's hand. "My pride and honor as a swordswoman. . ." She clarified.
The two friends in unison turned and looked at the blade as they finally understood. "Ooooh. . ." They said in unision.
"Oh this is so hilarious! Never a dull moment with you idiots!" Kurama shouted as he continued laughing, which made Satsuki gain a tick mark on her head.
Haku looked at the katana for a moment as he began to think, then after another moment he nodded. "Very well. . ." He got out as he stood up.
"Huh?" Satsuki asked as he watched the ice user walked towards the attacker.
Once Haku reached the whimpering girl, he kneeled down. "A compromise then, I promise to return your blade if you promise to stop your attack." He then offered.
"Oi! Haku! Do you think that's a good idea? She's an enemy!" Satsuki asked with a startle expression.
"D-Deal!" The former attacker got out instantly.
Satsuki in an instant fell flat on her face on the snow, while Kurama got yet another laughing fit. Then she pulled her face out of the snow. "SERIOUSLY!?" She shouted in disbelief.
Haku then smiled as he placed the katana in front of the girl he just fought. "Here. . .and sorry for that mistake from earlier. . ." He then stated in calm tone.
The moment the attacker saw her blade, she quickly took the katana faster than anyone could even blink and hugged it close to her body, then as if transformed, the attacker expression returned back to her expressionless face she had at the beginning. "Very well. . ." She then responded as she grabbed the hilt of her katana before placing it into its sheath on her back. "I will stop my attack for now, however I will come back. . ." She declared.
Haku nodded as his smile never left. "Very well, but next time you won't have it easy against me." He declared with confidence.
"Darkness. . .Moon. . ." The female then declared as she began stepping back into the shadows.
Haku instantaneously knew what she meant by that. "I see. . .But honestly, I do not think that fits you though. . ." He honestly admitted.
". . ." Darkness Moon responded with nothing as she disappeared into the shadows, but Haku could have sworn that he saw a ghost of a smile creeped on her face before she disappeared.
There was nothing but silence after Darkness Moon disappeared from the area. . .
But that however didn't last long. . .
"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED DATTEBAKON!?" Satsuki shouted towards the heavens as she completely missed out on what just happen between Haku and Darkness Moon.
Back with Yukie. . .
The actor/princess continued to run down the mountain when she stepped into a very exposed tree root covered by a lot of snow. This caused her to loose balance and began to roll on the snow. Once she stopped, she simply laid there and a sudden urge to sleep took hold of her and slowly began to close her eyes.
"Look carefully. . .you can see the future." An older man said.
A young Yukie stated at a fullbody mirror with a confused expression. She then cutely tilted her head to the side. "I can't see anything." She said.
"Sure you can." The same man encouraged her. "Yes, you'll be able to see in the spring." He added.
"Spring?" Yukie asked, not understanding what he meant by that.
"Father, you liar!" The older Yukie shouted in anger. "There is no spring in this land." She then added
Yukie slowly began to wake up as she slowly began to open her eyes.
Not a few meters aways there was Naruto and Hinata looking at the fallen princess/actor.
"Geez. . .How many times will you run away before you're satisfied?" Naruto asked with an annoyed tone.
"Even I know when my limits are. . ." Hinata admitted with an equally annoyed tone.
Yukie then slowly began to stand up as she turn to looked at the two Chunins.
"Everyone's waiting." Hinata stated with a neutral expression.
Yukie however looked at them with indifference yet with a hint of annoyance. "I'll just run away again." She then bluntly stated.
Naruto's eye twitched to that as he and the Hyuga looked at the princess. "And we'll just keep getting you again." He bluntly responded as he went towards her.
Later inside of the ice coated cave. . .
We see a very annoyed Yukie being piggybacked by and equally annoyed Naruto, while Hinata had to hold a giggle from escaping her mouth. Now Hinata would get angry or annoyed by this, but the look on the two face made it easy for her too know that his fiancé didn't like this at all, which is the cause of her holding back a giggle.
"Heavy. . ." Naruto thought as he lugged the stubborn woman.
"Ok. . .rule number one kit, never tell a woman she's heavy or you'll get your nuts kicked." Kurama instructed in a sage like way.
Naruto then narrowed his eyes to that while giving a witty smirk. "Talking from experience?"
"Yes. . .and it's not something I'll ever do again." Kurama admitted with a shiver as he thought of two very scary and deadly sisters.
Hinata was ready to let out another giggle attack from hearing that.
"Why?" All inter conversation ended with that single question from the lady on Naruto's back. "Why do you always find me?" Yukie then asked again.
". . ." Naruto remain quiet for a moment to that. "It's my mission. No matter how much you hate it, I'll come after you wherever you are." He finally manage to say
While Hinata and Kurama would let him answer that on his own as they knew that regardless of what, Naruto wanted to help the woman.
". . ." Naruto gain a mixture of annoyed and embarrassed expression. "I can recognize. . .your scent." He then admitted. "I got a heightened sense of smell." He added.
Kurama began to laugh his ass off to that answer his host gave. "BWAHAHAHAHA! WAY TO BE HONEST KIT!" He bellowed out as he began laughing like mad.
"Naruto-kun. . ." Was all the embarrassed Hinata could say.
Yukie on the other hand still had an indifferent expression as if she didn't even care if that answer sounded perverted or not. She remain quiet for a moment or two. "Even when I go back. . ." She started as she gain everyone's attention. "All I will do is act before the camera. I won't do anything else!" She then declared.
". . ." Both Naruto and Hinata said nothing as they didn't even need Hinata's Emotion Byakugan to know that the declaration was more to herself than to them. "You just keep telling yourself that dattebayo/dattebahi. . ." They both then thought in unison.
Suddenly. . .all three of them felt the cave began to tremble violently.
"What the hell!?" Naruto got out as he and Hinata began to look around the trembling cave.
"Byakugan!" Hinata thought as she activated her eyes, soon widening as she saw what was coming. "Train. . ." She got out with a slightly pale face.
No sooner she said that, railroad tracks suddenly appeared below them and continued to go until to the end of the cave.
"Chakra on the tracks. . ." Kurama advised to the unasked question he knew both of them were thinking the same thing.
Outside, the ice began to melt as it revealed a set of metal tracks.
"What's that?" The director called out as he and the rest of the crew watch the railroads appeared.
Sandayū made a dash towards it as he kneeled down to look. "It's chakra. . .There's chakra running through the tracks and it's melting the ice!" He stated as his eyes widen in fear as he instantly knew what was coming. "He's coming." He said in a fear filled tone, before his face turn serious and then turned to the crew. "EVERYONE! YOU MUST HIDE IMMEDIATELY!" He then ordered as he then ran towards the forest.
"Huh? Sandayū-san! Where are you going!?" The assistant manager asked with fear in his tone.
Said man said nothing as he continued to run with a serious expression on his face.
Back inside the cave. . .
The group began to hear a loud sound and then saw a bright light was beginning to reach them.
"A-A train. . ." Yukie instantly knew what was coming.
At the very instant, a huge mechanical moving house was heading straight at them at least a shinobi running at full speed.
". . ." The two Chunins could only stare at the train with a blank expression.
"Oooooh balls. . ." Kurama got out from within the seal.
"Run?" Hinata started as she looked at the blond.
Naruto nodded in agreement as he looked at the Hyuga. "Yup. . ." He then exclaimed.
"WILL YOU TWO IDIOTS RUN ALREADY!" Kurama roared as the two did as such.
"AAAAAHHH!" The two screamed as the train was getting closer to them.
Yukie could only held onto Naruto as if he was her lifeline. Then she turn and her eyes widen. "It's going to outrun us!" She exclaimed in fear.
"NOT KIDDING!" Naruto shouted in terror as he continued to ran at full speed while hiding his blushing face from the feeling of Yukie's breast on his back. "HINATA-CHAN AND SATSUKI-CHAN'S ARE BETTER DATTEBAYO!" He declared in his mind.
"Though I'm happy to hear that. . .I REALLY DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR THIS DATTEBAHI!" Hinata shouted via mindlink in terror while she to ran at full speed.
"RUN FIRST, COMPLEMENT AND APPRECIATE BREASTS LATER KIT!" Kurama ordered in a panic. "I DO NOT WANT TO BE RUN OVER!" He then added.
"It's useless!" Yukie shouted in fear as she was ready to surrender.
"Screw that! I won't give up!" Naruto retorted.
"It is totally useless!" Yukie shouted once more.
"No way! As long as we don't stop, there's always a chance!" Hinata declared.
"SO BE QUIET!" Both Naruto and Hinata ordered in unison.
"LESS TALKING! MORE RUNNING!" Kurama roared as he could feel the train getting even closer to them from within the seal. "I DON'T WANNA DIE WITHOUT ANOTHER ALL NIGHTER WITH ANKO-CHAN!" He then added.
"WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT!" Naruto and Hinata retorted.
"THIS IS SO USELESS! IT'S OVER!" Yukie screamed terror as she hugged Naruto out of fear.
Naruto soon had enough of the attitude of the princess/actor. "We won't let it end!" He declared and shocked Yukie. "Even if you want to give up, we will never give up! EVER!" He declared with determination as he began to charge his legs with even more of his chakra and began to ran at twice as fast as before.
Seeing this Hinata did the same as her speed increased. "I was always told when I was younger to always give up, but I will never listen to those words. . .EVER AGAIN!" She also declared as the two ran at twice the speed they had ever ran before.
However, even with the increased of speeds of the two teammates, the train was just as fast as them and was quickly gaining on them.
Soon the light of the exit could now be seen but the train was now a few feet behind them. Yukie tighten her hold on Naruto's black and orange coat.
As the light of the entrance completely cover their faces the train was just one inch behind them.
Outside the cave. . .
The group finally reached the exit and in one desperate moment, they sent even more chakra to their legs and made one massive jumped to the left, narrowly avoiding the train as it sped past them while the three landed in the soft snow and panting heavily as they lay there
They stay there for a few moments before Naruto began to laugh loudly and happily.
Hinata also began to have her own giggling fit.
"Its official. . .they have finally lost their minds." Kurama commented. "I saw my life flashing before my eyes. . ." He then admitted. "When did I slept with her?" He asked himself as the memory of a girl he didn't remembered appear in his mind before he went pale at recognizing her. "OH SHIT! THAT WAS MATATABI!" He then paled.
Yukie could only watch the two laugh with a stunned expression. Then she turn to looked at the train that nearly run them over.
"It's been a long time, Koyuki." A deep voice said from the train with a mechanical sound like tone.
To the voice, Yukie instantly recognized it as her eyes widen. "Dotō Kazahana. . ." She got out.
Indeed, on one of the carts of the train there was none other than Dotō as he held a device closed to his mouth while Nadare on his left. "It's been ten years, huh?" He asked with a smirk on his face. "Now come closer and let me see your face." He then asked.
Yukie could only lay on the snow with a stun expression, unable to move, let alone say anything.
However, she didn't have to as Naruto and Hinata stood in front of her as to shield her.
"If you think your gonna get the princess. . ." Hinata started as she got into the Juken Stance with her Byakugan activated.
Naruto then brought out a scroll as he applied chakra into it, this got the Executioner's Blade out as he held it with both hands, widen his legs as he got into his battle stance. "Then you got another thing coming dattebayo!" He then declared with narrow eyes.
Dotō only looked at the two with uninterested expression as he continued to look at his niece. But before he could actually say anything else. . .
Many large logs began to slide down the snowy hills above them. They slam into the train, but the train was to heavily armored and didn't budge an inch from the impact.
Naruto, Hinata and Yukie watch with stun expression at the sight and then they gasped.
Right on top of the hill, there were many armored men holding spears and having classical battle armor. In the center of the group was Sandayū also wearing his own armor and a katana. "Everyone! Princess Koyuki is looking after us! Victory is ours!" He declared as he raised his fist to the sky to motivate his men as they let out a battle cry in response.
"Sandayū-san. . ." Hinata got out as she and Naruto looked on in shock.
Then Sandayū pulled out his blade from his sheath. "Dotō Kazahana. . .we have waited a long time for this day!" He shouted with anger and hatred in his tone. "I, Sandayū Asada and fifty loyal warriors. . .will avenge out late Lord Sōsetsu Kazahana. . .here and now!" He declared with conviction and courage as his comrades roared in agreement.
Hidden away with a white sheet, the camera crew filmed everything. "Stay quiet and keep rolling. . ." The director whispered.
Dotō and Nadare watch at the men with complete unfazed expressions. "So there were still insurgents like them?" He asked with an unimpressed tone.
"Pardon us." Nadare apologize to his master. "We will get rid of them immediately." He added.
In response, Dotō only smirked. "No. . .We must make them know what absolute despair tastes like." He declared.
No sooner he said that, the fifty men began to ran down the hill with weapons ready, as they shouted battle cries.
Suddenly. . .
CRANK!
The sound cranking of metal was heard, the sides of the train open to reveal many hole light patterns while to of Dotō's men was on each joint of the train holding an object with similar patterns as the sides of the train.
The men continued their charge as they either didn't saw this or simply ignore it.
Then the sides of the train began to unleashed hundreds among hundreds of kunai at the men.
Naruto, Hinata and Yukie could only widen their mouths in shock. As one by one, the men were being killed, no. . .slaughtered. . .
Kunais. . .blood. . .and dead bodies began to fall on the white snow, turning it crimson red as Dotō only laughed at the display.
Naruto grinded his teeth in pure rage while Hinata could only close her eyes in sadness for the fallen men. "Monster. . ." They both thought.
"Fuck me. . ." Kurama got out at the swift deaths unleashed.
When the massacre finally finished. . .death that was what filled in the snow. As one one warrior was all that was left and that warrior was none other than Sandayū, complete covered in kunais as he could barely stand up.
"Sandayū. . ." Yukie got out as she watch her manager/caretaker continued to the charge even if he was the only one left.
Then another barrage of kunai was released to killed the lone and dying warrior.
"BASTARD!" A female feral roar got out as a dark blue streak dashed through the bloody snow. "FIREBALL JUTSU!" She then roared as a massive wall of flames came out, completely melting the kunais and then went straight at the train, killing the men on top.
"Satsuki-chan!" Naruto and Hinata called out in happiness and shock. Unfortunately, the train was so heavily armored that the attack didn't do much only made some superficial burns on it.
While this was happening, Haku used his only fully functional hand to make a hand sign. "Ice Style! Frozen Spears!" He thought as he executed the jutsu, causing at the snow on the mountain nearby to be pushed out and create an avalanche followed by ice spires rising from the ground to follow.
The train was struck by not just the avalanche but with Haku's ice spires, while it didn't pierce it sides it did force them to move it or risked being pushed out the cliff.
Once the train began to passed a small bridge. . .
BOOM!
The bridge then exploded with Kakashi watching nearby.
Having no choice, the train separated a large part of the train to be able to passed safely.
No sooner this happened, Satsuki in her blue valkyrian like fury was ready to make pursuit. "YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!" She roared as her eyes were already fox like.
"Wait Satsuki!" Kakashi called out to the pissed of kunoichi. "Don't be hasty! We need to tend the injured and deceased. . ." He ordered.
Though angry, Satsuki knew that was the right thing to do, so after taking many deep breaths, she finally manage to calm down with her eyes returning to their charcoal black color. "Hai. . ." She replied with a growl.
Seeing that the danger had passed, the film crew began to come out of their hiding place. "And. . .cut. . ." The director got out, feeling sad and depressed about what had happen but never losing his motivation for the moment at the scene.
JG (JGResidentEvil)'s A/N: What's up everyone! JGResidentEvil here with fight2protect with the newest and coldest chapter of Uchiha Heiress Remix! Just in time for winter!
F2P (figh2protect)'s A/N: Hiya! Great to be back!
JG: Now to start with, three more remastered chapters are done! BANZAI!
F2P: Heck yeah! A good day for your faithful readers!
JG: And now here are the new chapter titles as followed!
Chapter 4: Cat's Out of the Bag
Chapter 5: Beginning the Test
Chapter 6: Team Seven Assembles
Whew, the remastering of past chapters is a long and tough process. Each of them is now around thirty pages each! ^^"
F2P: But it was so worth it for our readers! And I honestly want to ask the longest readers, have you liking the remasters chapters? Like them? Hate them? Waste of time? Because the older readers really haven't commented on them. Now who was expecting that Anko wanting an all kunoichi team? :D
JG: Here's a hint Mattwilson83 on DeviantArt.
F2P: And for those that instantly knows what the hint means. . .the answer is no, it won't be the same as that.
JG: Yeah! Now moving on, it's time for the review responses where we response to a review of another! Here's mine from a long time reviewer: Leaf Ranger!
So, the mission to Yuki begins. Most interesting.
admittedly, I'm a bit surprised the Yuki shinobi came out of that initial battle so well. They're armor might give them an advantage, but most of them are relatively one trick ponies with little skill to actually earn them any rank above Chuunin (Nadere being the exception), while Hinata, Satsuki, and Naruto have already shown they're capable of handling enemies at their level. Especially when they become enraged like Satsuki and Naruto did.
I also do have a bit of a bone to pick here. This isn't directed at you, but at Kishimoto or whoever wrote the fight scenes. I'd like to point out that the armor is inconsistent. It blocks weapons that Sasuke throws at Mizore, but it can't block taijutsu? That makes no sense at all. How can an armor designed to stop ninjutsu and genjutsu, but not taijutsu, be able to stop a physical weapon? It shouldn't, because the physical weapon, unless sheathed in chakra, is not emitting any chakra, and thus the armor shouldn't block it really.
Like I said, that's pointed more at whoever wrote that into the movie.
Anyways, overall this was a very excellent chapter. Can't wait to see what comes in the next one. Hopefully though we won't have Naruto or his girls being captured, like in the movie. That was...honestly annoying. -_-
Oh well. Till next time!
Oh trust me my friend, we are really changing it from the original version of the movie, so you'll be seeing major differences between this and the movie, so expect to see more!
F2P: We also like to clarified was your first part about the Snow ninjas, it was already explain in the story, but we like to say it again, it was the environment that really helped those guys a lot, because if they were on solid land, the trio would had destroyed them. And as for the Kyubi chakra, its was also cleared up that the trio can't used it pass one tail or suffered tremendously. As for the Armor thing. . .We think so too. Now for my review is from Noble78:
I don't think I ever mentioned this in an earlier review but I absolutely love how when you put a chapter out, it's extremely long in length and that I have a long story line. I wish more people would do the same. Anyways I thought the chapter was great! Didn't really see any spelling mistakes and such that would annoy others, also sorry for being a little nit picky but with how well you write I'm kinda forced to. Either way I can't wait till the next chapter! please update soon.
Thank you so much for liking these long ass chapter! We really appreciate that you guys like them as much as we do, we really want to give the readers a much more detail read of what's happening like a real light novel does.
JG: Just remember though that this isn't a light novel though! XD Moving on from there, you might all have noticed something new within the Land of Snow Arc, more specifically, someone that wasn't there originally? :3
F2P: Now who could that beauty be you asked? Well you won't find her anywhere because she's our own original Character, code name: Darkness Moon.
JG: But you'll find out her real name soon! And trust me when I say that it but great! XD
F2P: And if your wondering what her impact in the story will be, well. . .you'll just have to wait and find out! :D
JG: Yeah! Though with what happened, it might be an obvious hint. ^^"
F2P: For those that can connect the dots, yeah pretty much. Now! For that small surprised we promised. . .Another sneak peek at the future!
JG: LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
In an unknown location. . .
"What the-!? What the hell's happening here!?" An aggressive voice asked out loud.
"Hmm. . ." A mature and deep voice hummed out.
". . .I am. . .unsure imouto. It seems that there is still chaos at work here." A calm voice stated.
"Indeed it is. . ." A very silky, feminine and well mannered voice agreed.
"Jeez, everything looks hectic down there! This is gonna be exciting!" An excited and playful voice remarked.
"That's an understatement. . ." Another calm yet slow voice stated as well.
"It really is sis. . ." A slightly younger voice got out.
"Oh! Don't be a spoil sport!" The excited and playful one complained.
"Ooooh! So cool! It's like home but isnt home!" An eccentric and hyper active voice exclaimed with amazement.
"I know~!" A preppy and familiar responded in agreement
"It really is Mama!" A completely childish voice agreed.
"You really are a dunce, you know that?" A mature and slightly stuck up voice remarked in a mutter.
"HOW DARE YOU!" A booming voice roared in anger.
"Yeah! It's like one big road trip of fighting!" The eccentric and hyper one stated.
"It does look like they need help down there." A cocky voice commented.
"Jeez, always ready for a fight huh?" A nazzly voice
"It does seems as though they could use some assistance, even with the forces that are already down there." An intellectual voice revealed.
"Alright, enough of that, we gotta get down there and help out dattebakon!" A mature, graceful yet playful voice ordered while the rest of the group nodded in agreement.
"Freakin' bastards keep coming dattebayo!" A mischievous voice complained.
"Ah mou! There's no end to them!" A kind, yet heroic voice also complained.
"Don't worry, we just got to stay in top gear." A calm yet authorial voice reassured.
"Just stay calm and we can handle this!" An older and mature voice ordered.
"Hai! Nii-san! We can and we will stop them!" A young and mature voiced agreed.
"Oui! We can handle this if we don't fall!" A flamboyant and eccentric voice declared with passion
"Will you shut up!" A very aggressive voice shouted.
"Moh, this is annoying. . ." A sly voice got out in a slightly whiny tone.
"Calm your ass already!" A feral voice also ordered.
"Yeah! He's right about that!" A firm voice agreed.
"This is so far out!" The only female voice declared.
"The numbers do not matter. . .The strong will win!" A deep and powerful voice declared.
"Need a little help dattebakon!?" The mature, graceful yet playful once asked in an equally playful tone.
"Huh!?" The mischievous one called out in surprised. "NO WAY DATTEBAYO!?" They then exclaimed.
"HOW THE FUCK!?" The feral voice got out in shock. "No seriously! How!?" They then added.
F2P: AND. . .SCENE!
JG: I bet there was a lot of confusion of to what was going on.
F2P: And you should be! Because what you just read is something that has never happened before!
JG: And you all now have to wait until the time comes! BWAHAHAHA!
F2P: Well with that said, hope you like this little surprised early Christmas present!
JG: Unless we get the next chapter done by then! XD Though that would be an epic goal!
F2P: One we will try to accomplish at all cost! But. . .if we can't, it will be a New Year's present then.
JG: Hell yeah! But for now, I guess now, it's now time to go. It's great to be finished with this chapter!
F2P: And we hope you'll like it just as much as we did!
?: Yeah! I really liked that part where we show up!
JG: You got that right. Glad you like it.
F2P: I know right!? That was epic!
?: I really am excited to meet with Satsuki!
?: Same here. . .
JG: You guys still have to wait until the time comes.
F2P: Yeah! You know that it's worth the wait!
?: Oui! All great cooks know that timing is key for making delicious pastries!
JG: Exactly! Good things come to those who wait.
F2P: It's great that everyone's in the same page!
JG: . . .Wait. . .HOLD ON HERE!
F2P: . . .Huh?
*everyone turns and waves at us*
F2P: WHAT THE FUCK!
JG: WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ALL HERE!?
?: Not our fault, you just made a scene with all of us. *grins in victory*
JG: *Smacks forehead* Dammit. . .
F2P: *Takes a deep breath* Hahaha. . .I never thought I would be pushed this far. . . *eyes gone hollow and lifeless*
JG: Uh oh. . .you guys are boned now. . .
?: Oh~ Why would you say that monsieur?
?: Yeah! How are we going to regret it? *places her hand on her hips as if challenging F2P*
F2P: Hahaha. . . *pulls out a remote control* With this. . .
Everyone: What's that?
JG: Ah jeez. . . *Rubs forehead*
F2P: Hahaha. . .*points at everyone except JG* A little device that a certain interdimensional observer made for such occasions. . .it teleports you to the place you hate the most. . .
Everyone: . . .Huh?
F2P: Bye bye. . .*pressed button*
Everyone: WAIT! *shouting in pure terror*
*WHOOSH!* *Everyone being teleported away*
JG: I warned them. . .
F2P: Hahaha. . .
JG: Well that that matter is settled, we'll see you all again next time! See you later!
F2P: Hahaha. . . *stares at the sky* Peace out. . .
