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Naruto suddenly shot up out of bed, breathing heavily as sweat glisten on his forehead.
He looks out his window. He's greeted with night sky with a full moon shining over the village.
It's been one week since he returned to the village, and every night since then, he had a flashback of his fight.
The part that scared him the most was when he pulled out his hand from the enemy cover in crimson red blood.
"I didn't think killing someone would have this big of an effect on me?" he gazed at the hand that struck the finishing blow.
He stayed up for about 10 minutes, still shaking from the memory before sleep reclaimed him for the night.
Outside his window on a tree
A man in anbu gear watches Naruto from a tree branch across from his home. "Hmm, should have guessed this would happen to him...but if he wants to be a ninja, he has to deal with this."
One week later, Hokage tower.
"You called lord Hokage," Tenzo said, standing before the leader of the village.
"Yes, it concerns the feudal lord's niece."
"Did something bad happen?"
"I wouldn't say that, but apparently, she can deduce people with less than kind intentions."
"What do you mean?"
"It seems she able to sense the intention of people who come to see the feudal lord over the past two weeks with 100% accuracy."
"How can this be?"
"I have a feeling it has to do with that mission from two weeks ago. Exposer to the foxes chakra must have awakened an ability unknown to Yukino."
"Well, this unexpected, what are you going to do?"
"I need to confirm this myself self. I'm going to meet the girl personally. Hopefully, help her deal with a new ability, and she'll gain some control over it."
"But that would require leaving the village, which I highly advise against in case our enemy tries to attack!"
"I'm aware of that. I have trust in my shinobi to protect our home while I'm gone."
"And what of Naruto since he seems to be the cause of this?"
"Will tell him when the time comes, how is he doing since the mission?"
"He been training every day since then, waiting for another mission, and he seems to be getting over his recurring nightmares."
"Well, it's nice to see him making progress. I just wish he didn't have to go through that."
"It can't help as death is forever part of the life of a ninja," he said, respectively.
"You may go now as I have a trip to prepare for."
"Hai," he said before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
With Naruto
Naruto is on his way to the Sarutobi compound.
He's meeting up with Kukiko after not seeing her in a while.
They've met up a few times since she came to the village. The training was always getting in the way, but not today.
Today was a break day for her, and he wanted to see her progress as a ninja.
When he made it to the entrance, he was greeted with her presence.
"Nice to see you again, Naruto!"
"Same here, Kukiko, so what do you want to do today," he said with a grin with his hand behind his head.
"Can we go to one of the training fields? I want to show off my skills!"
"Fine by me," he led her to a nearby training field that thankfully was empty.
"Show me what you got up those sleeves" he looks to Kukiko, seeing her wear black pants that go down to her ankles, ninja sandals with ninja pouch, and a kunai holder.
For a top, she wore a white t-shirt with mesh under it visible from her neck opening.
A black open vest jacket with sleeves going down to her elbows.
No matter how much time has passed, he was still mesmerized by her mitch-matched eyes.
She started building up her chakra using the proper hand signs.
Suddenly the water from the nearby river started moving before shooting to Kukiko.
She caught the stream of water with one of her hands engulfing it before being whipped around.
"So it's a water whip jutsu?"
With a smile," more than just that," suddenly, the water spikes formed along the water whip.
Kukiko unleashed its destructive power by slashing the ground, causing chunks of earth to go flying.
"Woah, that's amazing!"
"Thanks, Naruto, all though I'm not sure if it's a Kekkei Genkai?" she said with her free hand on her chin in a thinking manner.
"What else can you show me?"
"I can do basic water Jutsu like the water clones, and a few more offensive ones like water bullets."
"Are there any non-standard water jutsu you can do?"
"Besides the whip one other so far."
"Can you show me!"
"Sure, but it uses up a lot of chakras, so I can only do it once a day."
"In that case, take your time to make sure it perfect!"
"I'll keep that in mind," She went through another series of hand signs. This time the water swirled around her, forming a vortex-like barrier.
"Whoah, now that one's cool!" he chirped.
Not long afterward, the water fell to the ground soaking dirt around her.
She had a slightly winded look in her eyes, "that my limit for today, Naruto."
"Ichiraku on me today for pulling that off!"
"Really, thank you, Naruto!" she said, bringing him into a hug for a few moments.
"My pleasure, and we talk about everything that happened since you started training," he said, walking to Ichiraku with her right beside him.
As they made their way to ichiraku, Natsu learned that before she could enroll in the academy, she had discovered her Kekkei Genkai.
This prevented her from going to the academy. For her and the safety of the other students as she had very little control over it.
Naruto was silently thankful for this, as it meant he made a friend before the villagers got to her.
"So what's the name of your, Kekkei Genkai?"
"I don't really know from what the Hokage said I have advanced water manipulation. What takes regular ninja years of practice only takes me a fraction of the time."
"Who knows, you might be the first ninja to rival the second Hokage who, from what I could find, is a master in water style. He can create water for his jutsu using only his chakra!"
"Amazing, I didn't think that was possible!"
"Well, looks like you have a goal with your water ninjutsu," he said with a grin.
"That the perfect goal. Who knows, I might be the greatest water style ninja ever!" she said with determination.
"Well, I'll be there as support as it's my dream to become Hokage!" he said, giving her a thumbs up.
"Back at ya, Naruto."
As they continued walking, trading stories, they weren't paying attention when Kukiko bump into someone.
The person in question was a boy with shoulder-length black hair and had an aura of arrogance.
This boy was Sasuke Uchiha.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Kukiko shouts, getting back up, eyeing the boy.
When Sasuke locked eyes with her, pink lightly dust his cheeks "sorry," this was very unlike him as he never did this before.
It was then he noticed the kid around his age with blond hair. "Naruto?"
He flinched at this as he wasn't wearing his usual outfit this time. He wore regular black pants, sandals, and an orange T-shirt with a swirl on it.
"Hey Sasuke," he said shakily.
"What are you doing here?" he said in an annoyed tone.
"We're going to Ichiraku for some lunch," Kukiko interjected.
Sasuke then looked between the two of them for a minute.
Unknown to him, he had a tinge of jealousy toward the blond.
He got up and apologized before going on his way.
"Come on, let's hurry!" Naruto said before the head toward the destination.
Unknown to them Sasuke was secretly following them or, more specifically, her and observe from an ally across from the ramen shop.
Unknown to him, he was doing a terrible job of hiding his presence.
All the hours of training with Kakashi had paid off as Naruto was well aware he was spying on them.
But he didn't give it any mind as he was focused on his conversation with Kukiko and eating his beloved ramen.
Naruto ate five bowls, and kukiko ate two bowls. Naruto paid for their meal before they disappeared in a flash heading back to the training ground.
Teuchi saw the figure in the ally and called him over here.
"What brings you here, Sasuke? Hiding isn't your normal thing," he had a pretty good idea why he was hiding.
"I was just curious about what Naruto has been up to," he said, looking away.
Teuchi handed him a bowl of ramen to the boy, who reluctantly accepted.
"Sure you were, Sasuke," he said in a teasing tone.
"I'm binging serious!" he said with a blush.
"Well, Naruto has been busy recently, so I haven't seen him in a while, and this first time he brought a girl with him, he's growing up so fast," he said with a proud grin on his face.
Sasuke had a slightly angry expression at this as he continued to eat his ramen in silence.
"Can you tell me what Naruto has been up to since he left the academy?"
"Hmm, all I can say is he been getting stronger, but that all I'm going to say out of respect for Naruto."
Sasuke would pay for his meal, but Teuchi wouldn't have it, saying it was on the house.
This surprised Sasuke somewhat before saying his goodbyes.
He had a lot to think about after running into Naruto again and about that girl.
Watching him running off, Teuchi couldn't stop the smirk and thought, "ah, to be young again."
With Naruto and Kukiko
Naruto right now was giving his friend a demonstration of his progress the last time they met.
He did his shadow clones and showed off a few jutsu he learned to like a wind manipulation Jutsu called the great breakthrough.
"So, your a wind type?"
"Yep, it was one of the last things Kakashi taught me, and with the help of the shadow clones, I was able to learn this jutsu in record time."
"How does that work?"
He went into explain the shadow clones jutsu and what it cost.
"Wow, I don't think I'll ever be able to do that if it's that dangerous!"
"You want to be able to do water jutsu without water being present. who knows by the time that happens, you might be able to when that time comes."
"Your probably right about that one," this caused him to grin.
For the remainder of the day, they spared together, honing their skills as ninja.
Speaking of that, Kukiko is close to becoming a ninja. She just needs more control of her kekkei Genkai first.
Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing when that will be.
With the sun going down on the horizon, they parted ways for the time being.
He turned around him to see a village Anbu standing before him with long purple hair on his way home.
"What is it you need, Cat?"
She brought him into a hug "little Naruto growing up so fast and going on a date and training with a girl," she let go of him.
He had a disgruntled look on his face "it's not like that. Kukiko, just a friend!"
"I know, but it's nice to see the former prankster mature a little bit," she said, ruffling his hair.
"Whatever, unless they're something you need, I'm going home," he said with an exhausted look in his eyes.
"Hai," she said before disappearing.
"Damn, looks like I'm gonna have to up my training if I couldn't detecter her till she let me."
The next day With Hiruzen
Thanks to his ninja speed, he made it to the feudal lord's palace in no time at all.
He was traveled with the squad on Anbu and some jonin only to be greeted by the palace guards.
They showed him the way to lady Yukino, sitting in the palace library waiting for him.
When he caught sight of her, he could see the urgency in her eyes.
He takes a seat next to her "hello, my name is Hiruzen. I am the third Hokage. What's your name, young lady?"
"Greetings, Lord Hokage. My name is Yukino. I assume you're here to help me with my….problem." Hiruzen could tell she is on edge.
"Yes, I will assist you. However, I can. Why don't we start from the beginning if you don't mind."
"..ok then."
From what she could recall, this problem started shortly after Naruto and the other escorts her to her uncle's palace.
She was introduced to everyone who serves her uncle, and many were kind and accepting of her.
But there were a few who felt off to her. She made sure to take a note of them.
And when she went to bed that night, she heard voices in her head while she slept.
And many of them weren't pleasant, she didn't say anything the first few days, but as time moved on, the voices got more and more sinister.
They ranged from simple irritation to almost outright treason. After all, the feudal lord is a powerful man. He has enemies.
At first, no one believed her, but she convinces her uncle about one just under a week since she arrived.
And it turns out she was right, which causes many others to be found out of their less than ideal intentions.
"That brings us to now, so can you help me?" she said in a pleading voice.
"I would love to, and it looks like you have unlocked what we ninja call a Kekkei Genkai."
"Kekkei Genkai?" she and her uncle said in unison.
"Kekkei Genkai or bloodline limit, in other words, it's a jutsu that can't be learned. You have to be born with it."
"What are you saying?" she said
"Hmm, you have a Kekkei Genkai, meaning you have chakra, so you can potentially become a ninja. But I don't see that happening considering your status as a noble.
"Like Naruto!" she beamed.
"Yes, but you are a noble of the land of fire having certain responsibility, so it not the life for you, but that doesn't mean we can't help you control this power of yours."
"Ok, where do we go from here?"
"Before we continue, do you have an idea what could have caused this?"
She fidgeted in her seat for a moment "when I was being escorted to here. A fight broke out. When things were looking the worst, Naruto saved me, but I found I was somewhere else after that. All I remember was giant cage doors and two giant red eyes before coming back to reality." she was on the verge of tears by the end.
Hiruzen had a look of concern the same for The feudal lord "can you tell me what I saw" she pleaded.
"I'm sorry I'm not at liberty to say as that is a village secret and sorry, my lord. I can't tell you either for fear of our enemies getting ahold of this information."
"I understand, Hiruzen. I just hope one day we can know the truth."
"Eventually, but not today," he said firmly.
"So what can you do to help Yukino?" the fire lord said
"Firstly, we need to teach you basic chakra exercises, so you have something to grasp. Allowing you to control your new power."
"How do I do that?"
"Since you haven't done any ninja training, it will be difficult for you."
"I promise I can do it," she said with determination. This causes both her uncle and Hiruzen to smile at this.
For the remainder of the day, Hiruzen, with the aid of his ninja. Taught her the basics of summing and controlling her chakra.
She, fortunately, was a quick learner and was able to summon up a small amount.
She spent the next two days increasing her control and chakra levels needed for Hiruzen to help control this power of hers.
They were now standing in the courtyard of opposite ends of each other.
"Now, do the proper hand sigh and summon up all your chakra."
"Like this?" she did the standard ram hand sigh.
"Exactly now, try and focus on someone with your chakra."
She did as she was asked and focussed on her uncle, who's standing by. Believe it or not, she faintly heard what was going through his head.
"I hope she can do this. I will, uncle," she said aloud, getting both surprises and looks of approval.
For the remainder of the day, she continued the exercises and had decent control over them.
"Seem you got the hang of this, but this is all I can teach you. the rest you'll have to do on your own"
"Thank you, lord, third!"
"You are welcome, but I have one more thing to say."
"What?"
"After doing some research, it seems you can tune your sensitivity to other people's chakra and read their minds. It started in your sleep because your conscious mind was overriding your subconscious mind while you're awake. But now that you are aware of this, you can do it while you're awake."
"Do you have any idea why it started now?"
"It's commonplaces for hidden abilities to spark to life when in life-threatening situations, yours is no different."
He wanted to tell the truth, but that would cause problems later down the line if Naruto status got out.
"One more thing, I highly suggest you keep this to yourself. Many individuals would jump at the opportunity to know how your jutsu works," he said in a severe tone aimed at the fire lord.
"Again, thank you, and tell Naruto I said Hi," Yukino shouts with a big smile.
"That's a promise."
Several hours later
"Sir, do you mind going into further detail on what you said to the girl?" one of anbu asked.
"Well, from a report on the escort mission when she was overwhelmed by the foxes chakra, her body reacted unlocking the jutsu. Now I'm only speculating, but she unlocked that ability in hopes she could find the source and stop it."
"That's amazing?"
"Yes, it is. Now is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Nothing except the elephant in the room. How are we going to explain the nine tails to Yukino as well as the fire lord?"
"I'm thinking the same thing if word of this gets out, the girl could be put in grave danger," his expression the other he deep in thought.
"I have a feeling she will find out on her own," another anbu said
"How so?"
"Remember it was the foxes chakra that unlocked this ability, so it stands to reason when he makes contact with her again, she'll know right away."
"True, but all we can do is hope that never happens or she accepts the fact he houses the demon fox," Hiruzen added"
"Let's not forget Danzo and his root agents. I can't imagine what he would do with her"
"When we return, I want some of you to keep a very close eye regarding the girl for the time being"
"Yes, Lord Hokage."
With Naruto
Naruto right now is currently training to increase his senses to prevent others from eavesdropping on him.
To train for this, he used his chakra to form a radio antenna so to speak to search for his surroundings.
This is the first step. Now Naruto has to train his mind and chakra to do this instinctively.
He has a pretty good range thanks to Kakashi, but now he has to increase his capacity and sensitivity.
That's easier said than done when others can hide their presence.
Thanks to his shadow clones, he can train himself to increase his antenna's sensitivity and skills to concealment from others.
It was challenging, but he could detect a faint presence in the tree line.
Of course, he knew they were letting him know. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to find them in the first place.
He is currently sitting on the ground with his eyes closed in an open area, trying to find his clones hidden away.
"Come on, try harder, you have to do this," he summons even more chakra spreading out around him.
From what Kakashi describes, tiny, fine invisible spider threads spread out all around him.
This is only a basic understanding. Only experience can fine toon this ability.
The next is to use those threads to detect even the faintest of changes in the given area.
The changes in question can be as simple as slight airflow around a given area or the vibrations on the ground being absorbed by the new objects.
Or the sudden imbalance of natural energy all living creatures give off.
After some time, he found two of his four shadow clones.
One is high in a tree, using the foliage to block his visibility so he can focus, suppressing his chakra signature to be nearly Undetectable.
The other is hidden in a bush, using the natural vegetation energy to conceal his.
Increasing the web, even more, he found another. This one is hidden. A greater distance away is a small ditch.
He was using his chakra to be absorbed by the earth as to becomes one with it.
After extending it, that last clone is hiding in the nearby river, synchronized with the river's energy flow to becomes one within like the other clone.
Now that he has found all four clones plus the extremely well-hidden one.
He has to carefully withdraw his chakra while maintaining his sensitivity to their presence.
He did this slowly so he can tell find a minimum amount of chakras needed for this.
Once he was done, he dispelled his clones, gaining their experiences.
Now he learned to detect not only nearby people but also suppress his energy.
Or synchronized with the natural energy to become one with it so he would merely pass over it.
"Come on out, I know you there," he shouted.
In a flash of a second, a member of the villagers anbu stood before him.
Upon inspection, the agent in question wore a tiger mask telling him he is agent Tenzo.
"I must say I'm impressed you were able to detect me."
"Nearly, I might add, and that was because you ultimately let me find you," he deadpanned.
"Either way, your skills in detection and suppression are growing nicely."
"Thanks, so why are you here?"
"My job is making sure the Fox isn't trying to escape after our last mission together," he said bluntly as he knew it was pointless to hide his reason.
"Hmm, whatever, but I know there is more to your words!"
"My other objective is to monitor your growth as a ninja."
"If that is all, I'm going to get some ramen," he waved him off, heading to Ichiraku.
When the boy left, he had a smile on his face hidden within his mask.
"This boy truly could be a valuable member of the anbu. Just hope he can get past the guilt with ending the life of his enemies," he shunshined away.
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