Naruko: A Story Redone

By: dbrame91

AN: To the rude guest(s) who left comments like "Pathetic.. you are Stupidtly biased with Female Naruto x Sasuke" or "That was stupid" please be a bit more helpful in your comments. I am not saying only post positive things, just explain what you are saying, such as what makes me "Stupidtly biased"?

By biased I assume you mean showing "an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially: a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgement." All I said was that I refused to do that pairing. It has nothing to do with personal reasons. There are tons of SasukeXfemNaruto stories and I have read a few that I love. However I do have reasons for wanting to not do it, none of which are I don't like Sasuke or I don't like the pairing.

There, I said what I needed to say, and did it in 135 words without being whiny or overly rude.


Chapter 9: Naruko

Getting in was easy for the two "sisters." After Naruko and Kushina had planned out every step, and made sure the rest of Team 7 had what they needed, they all began their approach. The two Uzumaki women went the long way around, giving the second Jonin and other Genin the chance to set up outside of the bar closest to what is believed to be Gato's hideout. Naruto had chosen a tight fitting strapless black dress, and matching heels. The outfit was normal clothing from the Land of Iron. Kushina had put on a thigh length red dress, something back from her time at the Golden Garden.

When the pair walked into the bar no one was around except a few of the tyrant's lesser goons and the two bartenders. One bartender was an older man and the second was his young daughter. When Naruko and Kushina stepped inside the thugs were harassing the woman behind the bar, grabbing at her and making rude remarks. As soon as the present men looked over and saw the disguised Uzumakis they stopped. The men started to laugh and talk amongst themselves, their eyes rarely leaving the "sisters."

Not long after two of the men, most likely the uncontested leaders, joined the the two new comers at the table they had taken. Naruko fell into her role right away, telling their story about being sisters from the Land of Iron on vacation and looking for some fun. Kushina flirted with the guy who sat next to her, she laid it on a little thicker than Naruko. After a few rounds, the ladies barely drinking theirs before the men ordered the next round, the guys started to get handsy. About twenty minutes later Naruko and Kushina convinced the thugs to take them to the base for more fun. Both of the Konoha ninja played drunk and giddy, helping to throw off any suspicion.

The group lead them deep into the woods, where there was a secluded mansion. One of the drunk men unlocked a side door that Naruko marked with chakra to act as a beacon for her team. Everything up till then had gone according to plan, however even the best plan could go wrong. Shortly after they had gotten inside they ran into Gato and his personal body guards, all three of which chose to take the younger of the two instead of Kushina. The plan had been for Kushina to go off with Gato while Naruko took care of the thugs and mercenaries.

Now Naruko was in Gato's office with the three men. She had two options as far as she could see; play along and let everything stay peaceful, or take action and eliminate the other occupants in the room. 'Don't try it Naruko-nee. Kaa-san said this was gather intel and get out.' Naruko sighed slightly as she slipped back into her role of drunk and horny woman from the Land of Iron. If she couldn't kill these men she could at least impair them as she did her job.

"Oh wow! This room is amazing." Naruko was looking around the room, studying everything she could; possible escapes, expensive objects that could be looted and sold, etc. As she looked around she flared a slight pulse of chakra, checking for any seals. Thankfully Gato didn't trust ninja too much and had gone without the chakra packed markings. "You must be really powerful if you have all this incredible pieces. Are you related to a daimyo?" The disguised blond sat on a plush red couch, big enough for five people to share, right next to the diminutive man. As she sat she crossed her legs at the knee, making the motion slow and obvious, and put a hand on Gato's shoulder.

One of the body guards sat on her other side and slowly ran a hand up her side, his fingers faintly brushing along the side of her full chest. She cooed slightly at the touch, forcing her usual honied voice into the sound. Taking the sound as approval the man snaked his arm around her flat stomach and began to play with her chest through the dress. She pressed herself closer to the tyrant and kept her focus on him. "I bet you are the richest man in the entire Elemental Nations."

Being the ego possessed man he was Gato loved to talk about his wealth, and the power that came with it. With a chuckle and a smile that failed to portray what he wanted it to, though he thought it worked, he started to rant on and on about how even the daimyos were poor compared to him. He continued to go on about how he hires ninja with bounties so he can turn them over to hunter ninja, for a cut of the bounty and without paying them what he owes. He also admitted to having hired one of Kiri's Seven Swordsmen and was already trying to contact his former village to betray him.

Naruko leaned in closer, breathing softly onto Gato's neck. The mix of booze and warmth on her breath as well as her soft sultry voice drew him in more as his body guards switched places. "How about we have some drinks?" Naruko pulled away from Gato slightly and got up, heading over to the large glass bottle and fancy glasses. When she got to the little table she found it was a small wooden cupboard filled with an assortment of drinks that she only knew of from her classes or Jiraiya. As she read the labels she looked for higher proof drinks, and settled on a clear drink that looked like water with very little smell to it, but the label was one of the highest in the wooden box.

With a quick movement she stood up straight and brought the bottle over in one hand while she had some glasses in the other. 'All I have to do is keep them drinking and acting like a girl from a hostess club. They'll be out like lights.' As she walked back over to the couch she stepped slowly, her hips swinging slightly, drawing the men's eyes. "Aren't you afraid of that Zabuza guy? Ninja are such brutes, and they are all so scary. Aren't they?" The false redhead asked with fear in her tone. Gato laughed it off and said that he wasn't afraid, especially since the ninja he hired was currently recovering from a fight as well as too dependent on the short man for his income. Naruko poured drinks for the men and watched them all take the first drink. "Can we go see him? I want to see you put him in his place. Such a powerful man like you should be able to do that easily."

After a few more rounds of alcohol the men agreed to head out to the ninja's hideout, a ten minute walk from Gato's mansion. Before they left Naruko excused herself to the bathroom and wrote a two notes, one for her mother and one for Zabuza. Kushina's told her about where to find Gato's office and what was happening. Zabuza's was a warning for the planned betrayal. Once the ink on her notes was dried she stepped out of the bathroom and followed the tyrant and his lackeys, stopping to give Kushina her note along the way and seeing her mother had been using the same plan as her of hostessing her targets until they blacked out.

The walk was easy for her, though Gato had been carried through some of the more rocky or root dense parts. The second body guard had offered to carry her as well but she politely declined. As they walked she thought over what tools she had brought with her; a small armory of her preferred kunai in a storage seal on her right thigh, just covered by her dress, as well as a lock pick buried between her breasts. When they got to the hideout Gato slammed open the door, calling out in a drunken bravado. The group of four went up the stairs of the building and opened a door on the right side of an undecorated hallway. 'Be careful Naruko-nee. That fake hunter is here too.' Naruko gratefully thanked her chakra doppleganger and entered the room, with Gato in front of her.

A short exchange occurred between the business man and Zabuza, ending with Gato striking Zabuza in what looked like a recently stitched chest wound. Instinctively Naruko clenched her fists, ready to destroy the small man for hurting her father figure, however right as she was about to go for him she was grabbed from behind. A strong but gentle grip was on the back of her neck, a left hand, and then three senbon pressed against her throat. 'Damn he is stealthy.' Naruko slowly opened her hands and touched the seal on her right thigh, calling out one of her flat blades with no smoke before she palmed it carefully. 'I don't want to fight if I don't have to. This is a bad situation for me.'

"Haku, let the tramp go. There is no honor in trying to kill some woman who probably came from a brothel in the Land of Fire." The hand and weapons were gone as quickly as they had come. Zabuza's comment was too purposeful for Haku not to notice. If the injured man said "trying to kill" it was for a reason, he probably thought that Haku would lose if it came to a fight, but why would he assume she was from the Land of Fire or a brothel? He could somewhat understand the Land of Fire part, seeing as how there were four ninja from Konoha on the island.

Naruko picked up on both parts also, and understood them. 'Well cover is blown, but only to him.' She reacted as any civilian would when she was freed, her hand going to her neck and throat checking if she had been cut. Forcing her voice out shakily she retorted. "My older sister and I are from the Land of Iron, not Fire. Not that I suspect some ninja to care." Naruko gingerly let go of her neck and looked over at a still startled Gato. 'He's still shocked from that non-situation?' She hurried over to him, helping fix his tiny tailored tyrant tux as she dropped her note for Zabuza in the bed ridden man's open and exposed hand. The movements only noticed by Zabuza and Haku. "We should go Gato-san. This brute is obviously too idiotic for your great plans."

As the group left and closed the door behind them Haku turned to his master. "Why did you want me to let the whore go? I could have easily killed them all with no issue."

Zabuza laughed, a rare and often scary occurrence. "Haku, that is the blond Konoha girl. And my telling you to let her go was as much a message to her as you." The bandaged man shook his head as he sighed. "She chose a disguise that looked like her mother, and she said she had a sister? I doubt it would be the pink haired girl, seduction is too far from that one's comfort. Maybe she means that Ku..." He laughed more, louder and longer, before continuing. "As for why to let her go, there are two reasons. First is she could beat you, I trained her myself back when she was living in a brothel with her mother. Second reason being she is like a daughter to me. And it does not matter if you are a tool, a brother, or a son to me, I would end you for hurting her." Considering the discussion over Zabuza then read the note and growled to himself. "Change of plans Haku. We kill that rat at the construction site, and then we take every ryo we can carry."

About fifteen minutes after leaving the Kiri ninjas' hideout Naruko and the three men returned to Gato's mansion. Naruko sent a quick chakra pulse, giving her mother and team a heads up that she was back. The body guards and Gato ushered her back to the lavish office where Naruko began to once again poor them drinks until they passed out. That hadn't happened until several rounds in, and was around the same time that Gato told her that he wanted her to put on a show for him, with the aid of his body guards. With a mental shiver Naruko thought, 'ICK! This little scum ball can't even get it up without his body guards around?' Externally she agreed before pumping all the men with more alcohol as the thugs started to undress her, though they didn't even finish getting her dress off before they were all blacked out. "Haha. I'm too good at this." Naruko looked around the room a little more. 'Hey, Yoko-nee? You think we should loot the place a little?' She asked her companion as she looked around, her eyes stopping on a chunk of molded gold. 'Oh Kami. That fucker is so pretentious he has a golden bust of himself in his office.'

'I think that is a whole statue of himself Naruko-nee. It even has tiny legs.' The red haired fox girl laughed from inside her room, currently modeled after a sun warmed valley with trees offering shade when she wanted it, a small stream with clean water, and large patches of bright warm sunlight that were perfect for Yoko's phantom style of sunbathing. With a big stretch the chakra girl yawned happily and flopped down onto her back, absorbing what her sister saw through their connection. 'It would be worth a lot, but I think we should take that framed title of ownership behind his chair. Only if it is for his company, then we can do what we want with it and say he gave it to you last night as a 'gift'.' The fox giggled a bit as she arched her back and wiggled out of her kimono to take in the fake sun's rays. 'Make sure you knock before you come in okay?'

Naruko sighed and agreed, laughing at the weird relationship they shared. Looking at the title that Yoko had pointed out, Naruko found that it was indeed for Gato Shipping. She took it from the wall and out of the frame before she rolled it up carefully and hid it in her thigh storage seal. Just as the document was put away a knock came with a spike of chakra, Kushina warning her and waiting for a reply. Naruko made a clone to open the door as she quickly worked on a copy of the paper she had just stolen, using wrong identifying numbers so there would be less notice of it being missing. When Kushina entered the room Naruko gave her a quick rundown of her part in the mission before both mother and daughter left the mansion, Naruko's clone staying behind to act as a spy.

Once Naruko and her mother were outside the rest of Team 7 joined them and they dispelled their sister disguises. The group of five talked as they moved, taking to the trees as soon as they could. "I stayed behind while Naruko was lead to where Zabuza and the fake hunter are. During that time I drugged any drinks that I gave to the thugs." Kushina started telling her side of tonight's events. "Once they were out I looked around and drew up a map of the inside. There are also a few key objects I feel that we should take when we bring this issue to a close." The natural red-haired woman said as she took a jump into the lead of the group, followed closely by Kakashi, then Sasuke, with both Naruko and Sakura hanging back a bit. The two Genin lost in there own conversation.

As the two Jonin continued there briefings Naruko was breaking down what she had seen of Zabuza's state. "He had a large wound across his chest, like a sword cut. It had been stitched over but still looked a little tender, with pink almost red coloring to it." She landed on a branch just under the one Sakura used, neither branch being enough to hold them both. "Other than that he seemed to be in good health, one arm a little more limp than it should have been though."

"The chest wound could have been from that Daibakufu jutsu you used to break up him and Kakashi-sensei. Recent stitching is either they just got the supplies needed or he popped the old ones. The coloration is either infection, though it doesn't sound too bad, or it was a recent stitch job and the area is irritated." Sakura sighed a bit, the person who was caring for the rogue ninja knew what they were doing, but it seemed to all be the rush job field-learned procedure instead of clean and organized hospital methods. "His arm could still be recovering from mild paralysis when he had gotten hit by the senbon. There are a few nerves around the shoulder that when hit right react like that."

Seeing his two female students hanging back and having their own discussion Kakashi fell back, letting them catch up. "Your mom is done with her report Naruko what did you do while you were in there?"

The sudden presence of his voice surprised both girls, with Naruko going a slight pink from a feeling of awkwardness. "I planted a Kage Bunshin as a spy. In order to incapacitate Gato and his two bodyguards I used the same method as Kaa-san, just no drugging the drinks. I also met with Zabuza and warned him via note about the planned betrayal by that sleazy little rat. I noted a few more things worth robbing him of in his office. For now I only took the proof of ownership document he kept in his office, and made a copy with wrong identifiers." She sighed a bit as she forced her blush to dissipate. "You are now looking at the current owner of Gato Shipping." Naruko chuckled a bit before sticking herself to the underside of a tree branch with her hands and chakra, using it to swing herself to the next tree like a monkey.

Sakura, picking up on Naruko's initial embarrassment to be around Kakashi, gave her quick diagnosis of her team's main problem and claimed they would have about another week before he was back to full health. Satisfied with the information, the silver haired ex-ANBU caught up again with Kushina to begin planning for their defense of the bridge site. "Naruko, I heard what happened from Sasuke." When Naruko looked at her with a blank stare Sakura continued. "You need to talk to sensei again. Just because you two slept together back in Koriyo doesn't mean things should be awkward for either of you."

"Th-things aren't awkward at all. I already talked to him. It wasn't a good idea to keep anything like that going, be it just good sex or an actual relationship...WAIT, Sasuke told you? That ass!" Naruko began fuming while Sakura giggled a bit and kept up with the blond. Switching moods instantly Naruko returned her attention to the team medic. "So we mutually agreed to not do anything else. It is too dangerous for us to be involved like that."

"Especially with the Red Hot Habanero for a mother huh?" Sakura smiled a bit, trying to relax the other teen. 'So sensei was good in bed?' The pinkette thought to herself about it before shaking her head. 'What does it matter? I have the best boyfriend ever, heir to a clan or not.' When Sakura saw Naruko's agreement about her mother being dangerous for any relationship the medic smiled and slung herself over the blond's back. "Can you carry me Naruko? I'm tired." As she said it her arms snaked around to the front of Naruko's neck and she began to feign sleep. Both lost their rhythm because of this and crashed to the muddy ground below, Naruko taking the full impact before both got back on their feet, looked at each other and laughed. "Sorry about that."

Back at the front of the group, when Kakashi sped back up Kushina glared at him. "I don't remember saying you could go near Naruko yet." The team's sensei shrugged his shoulders and just explained he was getting her story on the events of the evening. "Mhm. Just remember, I'm putting you in the ground when we get back to the village." Kushina turned her attention back towards her daughter in time to see Sakura grab onto the blond and for them both to fall from the trees. "Naruko, Sakura! Hurry up! You still have training tomorrow."

Both girls caught up with their group, Naruko brushing off mud as they jumped. As soon as the girls were back with the others the group jumped into the clearing with Tazuna's home. Most of the group went inside, Naruko being told by her mother to jump into the pond nearby to clean up before coming in. Once they were all inside they sat at the dinning room table, each one taking a side of the rectangular table with Kakashi standing in the threshold with his orange book in hand. "So should we change the training methods?" Kushina looked around the table, waiting to see if Kakashi felt the situation called for harder training or not.

"I think you should take Sakura with you for now, Kushina-nee. I am still trying to force out Sasuke's Sharingan and need every second I can get." Kushina nodded as Kakashi read his book slowly. The constant presence of the book was making her angry, hoping he would take the discussion seriously.

"Okay, but I am no good at medical jutsu. I can probably only help her with her strength augmented by chakra." Kakashi nodded as he thought it over. He knew the basic principles but had only ever seen the practice once, Kushina on the other hand had experience taking that type of punch as the Sannin woman used to be her Jonin instructor. Taking a look at the pink haired teen Kushina thought it over. "She doesn't have as much chakra as Tsunade so it will have to be done in bursts, instead of constant flow like Naruko does running.

Kakashi nodded, he had thought about that too. "Can you do anything to help her increase her reserves?" Kakashi didn't want to rush the process, especially as Sakura would have to keep working on her control as she developed more chakra, and would need the time to work on both.

"With out exhausting what she does have every day? No." Naruko was bored and dozing in her chair while Sasuke was staring off into space. "I could help with that after this mission, but no real improvement would be made until the Chunin exams even if I started right now." Naruko got up to excuse herself, unwillingly making her the next subject.

"What about Naruko?" Kakashi asked as he looked up from his book. "She should train with more than just you. She needs the experience of seeing different styles."

"Kakashi-sensei, shut up. Kaa-san is not likely to agree. Besides I also spar with Ero-sennin when he is around, and he always fights differently." Naruko looked at her teacher, worried for his life when it sounded like he was saying he should train her for a day. "I'm used to seeing different ways to fight. Plus if Sakura is with Kaa-san and I, she can practice with me too."

"You're both right. Naruko should train with more than just me, but she isn't going to for now. I'm trying to help with her sealing, I want to see if she can work it in with her Mizutou-ken*." Kushina looked between her daughter and the girl's teacher. Naruko slumped back into her seat sighing as she threw her head back. The blond began grumbling and moaning to herself about seals and how annoying it was to always have people forcing their study on her. "If it doesn't look like she can then you can have her for one day to help put pressure on Sasuke. That usually helps unlock his clan's eyes. Or at least that was what Mikoto told me once."

Kakashi nodded his head, agreeing to the terms. "And as I have already said, I will take Sasuke to help him figure out the Sharingan."

Kushina nodded before stretching, "Now what should we do about the construction site when Zabuza does show up again?" The redhead slowly shifted her shoulders, forcing them to pop audibly. "Naruko and I know how Zabuza fights, so I think we should do that while you help Sasuke and Sakura with that masked guy. If you can get Sasuke's dojutsu to manifest Naruko and he should take the Hunter. That way Sakura is also free to cover Tazuna."

"Haku. That was the name Zabuza called the Hunter by when he tried to attack me tonight." Naruko looked up as she talked. "He seems to hate killing or hurting people. He could have killed everyone in the room without us noticing, but he grabbed me and used me as a hostage before Zabuza told him to let go." The blond's hand went to her neck as she rubbed it gently. "He didn't even grip that hard. I think he was pressing a nerve or something."

"Having more than one person against Zabuza is a bad idea Kaa-san. He will feel cornered and like he needs to fight." Naruko looked at her mother. "You should be the one to go against him, he would never hurt you." Kushina had to agree with that, she knew the man wouldn't even pick up his weapon in front of her. "We will plan for Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, and I to fight the hunter. And I will act as backup for you if you do need it."

With that out of the way all of the Konoha ninja left the dinning room and went to sleep. When Naruko started to get comfy Kushina pulled her in close, pressing them together. In a soft whisper she calmed the blond. "It's just me Naruko. I don't like having to fight Zabuza at all." Naruko nodded her head slowly. She understood what her mother meant. It felt like turning on your family to her. "We just need to keep this from going wrong." Again the blond nodded her head.

"Yeah, and we will bring him to Konoha no matter what." She relaxed into her mother a little bit more and sighed softly. "Now get to sleep, you have two hormonally unhinged teens to teach tomorrow. And one of them has no idea what she is in for." Mother and daughter laughed softly as they heard Sakura grumble, half awake, telling them to shut up.

Next morning at the bridge

Naruko had brought her last gift from Zabuza with her to the bridge. Standing at one end, away from most of the workers she practiced her drills. She started with the first scroll going over every little step, including where her fingers should be resting on the hilt. At about 10 o'clock she was already finishing the 5th of the seven scrolls. The sixth scroll focused on using the hole in the blade as an alternate grip and center point for her swings. As she practiced Sakura looked on from the clearing where Kushina was currently beating the ever loving snot out of her.

"Come on Sakura, if a medic is the last person on a team alive or able bodied then they need to be able to defend and heal." Kushina struck the pink haired teen in the shoulder, forcing the joint out of place just enough to weaken the girl's guard. "As the medic it is your job to stay alive." Noticing where her trainee's eyes were Kushina added on, "And don't let yourself get distracted, especially when you are trying to revive or help a teammate." This time the head of the Uzumaki clan brought a knee into the elbow of the already injured arm, forcing it up and away from the girl.

"Kaa-san, give her a break. Sakura has never seen Uzushio fighting styles." Naruko was standing under a few trees, her back to the bridge when she was suddenly shoved forward. Turning around she found one of her mother's clones behind her, smiling wickedly.

"Oh really? Then do you want to come at me together?" Kushina laughed as she got ready, placing herself between her daughter and the other teen. Naruko was first to act, jumping at her mother with her arms and legs tucked in. When she was on top of the redhead she threw a kick downward, getting caught and tossed away. Sakura followed up by coming behind her and planting a foot as she cocked her good arm back for a punch, only to have the one grounded foot kicked from under her. The punch was chakra charged, but because of having lost her balance it had no real power. "Nice try Sakura, but you should have your whole body rooted when you strike."

Both girls got back on their feet and waved off the older woman. "Fine. We give. I'll just warm up with Sakura for now." Naruko said as she continued to wave her straightened hand up and down dismissively.

"Did you look at the sealing scrolls I gave you?" Naruko nodded and handed her one storage scroll over to Kushina. "Okay, then go against each other for a little bit and then we can stop for lunch."

"Hai hai Kaa-san." Naruko placed her right hand on her left shoulder and rotated it slowly. "You reset you arm yet Sakura?" The other teen nodded and moved it freely with no show of pain. "Good, then come at me using chakra for strength." Sakura looked at her in a hesitant manner and then turned to Kushina. The Habanero nodded her head, knowing her daughter wasn't going to expect all the power that would be in the punch.

Sakura did what she was asked to, with almost all of her power she punched the blond. The jinchuriki's daughter braced for the impact and applied a similar notion of augmentation to her arms which she used to block. She was still knocked off her feet and backwards into a tree, almost toppling the rough wood. Naruko hopped back onto her feet, shaky as she took deep breaths to refill her lungs. "OW! That fucking hurt!" Kushina glared at her daughter for the swearing. "I know I asked for it but that was more than I expected." Thinking about her words for a bit she turned a slight shade of pink as she noticed that context was key in that statement.

Naruko shook out her arms a bit before getting back into place. Sakura checked her teammate for any serious damage and aided in what ever recovery needed the help. Naruko always healed quickly, not like her mother, but still needed medical attention when it was real bad. This time she only had a slight fracture to her forearm that Sakura took quick care of. "There, that should do it Naruko."

Flexing her fingers and swinging her arms carefully Naruko broke out in a smile. "Hehe, good as ever. Thanks." She then closed the slight gap between them and kissed Sakura lightly on the lips. Realizing what happened she turned pink and apologized. "Oh crap, sorry. I'm just used to Hinata helping me like that during training. There was nothing meant by it, sorry." Sakura was an equal shade of pink and tried to calm down.

"I-it's okay, accidents happen... Wait, you've kissed Hinata?" Sakura snapped her eyes up, locking with Naruko's, a look of shock on the medic's face.

Naruko nodded. "Yeah, I'm not a 'guys only' type of girl if that is what you thought." Naruko smiled a bit and scrunched up her eyes. "Please just don't tell Sasuke, or Ero-sennin. It was just an accident." Sakura agreed but asked who 'Ero-sennin' was since this was not the first time Naruko referred to them. "Oh he's my godfather. Jiraiya of the Sannin. He is the pervert who writes Kakashi's books."

After hearing a few stories about the man Sakura was more than willing to not share information about the kiss, innocent as it may have been. After about an hour of Naruko taking augmented hits Sakura was running empty and gratefully accepted the lunch Kushina handed her. It was a lot more food than she was used to, almost always being on a diet. Noticing that Team 7's medic was eating slowly, and only a few bites of each part, Kushina spoke up. "Sakura, you need to eat. Diets are a terrible idea for any ninja. The level of activity in our lives easily burns off most of what we eat. Just don't become an Akimichi and you will improve your health ten fold." Sakura looked over at the lunch Naruko had already finished, each of the compartments to her layered bento was about one of Sakura's plus half, and she had three sections to it.

"Where did all of that go?!" Sakura asked out loud, looking towards Kushina, who had a lunch of equal size to Naruko's.

The rest of the day was more of Naruko taking any punch Sakura could land. By the end of the day Sakura was exhausted and sweaty. When they got back to Tazuna's the three Konoha ladies each took a turn in the bath, Sakura taking the longest as she tried to soothe her screaming aches. 'Ugh, how do those two do it? They eat like Akimichi clan members and train harder than the Uchiha, Hyuuga, and the Inuzuka.

The rest of the week went like that, with the only change being Naruko was not with Kushina and Sakura the day before Zabuza's expected attack. She had stayed behind at Tazuna's to help Kakashi and Sasuke. Before the Uzumaki head left with the young Haruno they saw Naruko slowly circling the house, one foot dragging behind her and the earth scorching wherever the dragged foot touched. Naruko was working on a seal to keep the house safe incase Gato's men did anything stupid. After that was done the blond was forced to make clone after clone to rush Sasuke during his training.

And now on the day Zabuza should be attacking they found themselves alone with Tazuna on the bridge. Naruko was on the arm of a crane, her feet angled up with her head aiming down. Sasuke was scouting the area as mist rolled in off of the ocean. Sakura was next to Tazuna near the makeshift office of the construction site, ready to get him inside quickly. Kushina was out of site, hiding in the shovel of a large scoop. Kakashi was in the middle of the bridge with his book in hand as he hummed an old song used to teach the ninja principles to children in the academy.

The reason no one was working today was that they had all been given the day off, Team 7's hoping to not include civilians. As the mist got thicker Naruko opened her eyes. She could feel the malice and chakra in it. She was too used to unnatural mist to miss it. 'They're here.' She flared her chakra once, a heads up to her team who acted as planned all gathering together, minus Kushina who stayed hidden. "So, you all chose to stay and help that old man?" Zabuza's voice rang out from every where.

"Cut the ventriloquism crap Zabuza-tou." Naruko called out ready to thicken the mist more if she needed to. It had proven helpful in the first fight but now it was just to make the enemy feel like they hadn't changed methods. Kakashi heard the pull of the Kubikiribocho from behind him, Zabuza was getting ready. "I know you aren't this much of a coward, Demon of the Mist. That little boy toy of yours though should learn a new trick or two." As she said it Naruko reached out behind her and grabbed the wrist of someone trying to sneak up on her. With a quick twist, not breaking it but applying pressure, Haku let out a hiss and Zabuza thinned the mist enough for both sides to see each other.

Chapter End


Thank you for reading everyone. Just some quick notes.

Mizutou-ken is supposed to be something along the lines of "Mist Walker Fist." Nowhere in the entirety of any sources can I find who Kushina's Jonin sensei was so I saw this as being a good chance to start giving Sakura more Tsunade like strength but not medical skill. As for the NaruSaku kiss, it was meant to be an accident, I'm not going to suddenly make this a NarukoxSakura fic.

I also hope that some people will be willing to check out my other story. So far it is just a one-shot but I want to write more if people actually like it. It is another Naruko story and Minato and Kushina are both alive, read and you will figure out why. It has what can be a too strong Naruko so if I do continue I also want to know how I can keep her from just being Melon Lord Toph or god like Naru.

And one shout out to Merriam Webster's dictionary for the definition, in the A/N at the beginning. I know what biased means but I didn't know the way to best word it.

Thanks again everybody and till next time.
-dbrame91