What if Naruto Returns to konoha After Running Away from Jiraiya | Part 1

hey guys welcome back to the channel this is story about what if nuto returned to koha after his 2-year training with Jura part one before I start please do support for more amazing content and comments for part two do consider to subscribe my channel and Share my video to your friends and check out the description as well let's start the video unwelcome Arrangements a hated trees the forest the leaf Village hell she hated the whole damn land of fire among other things some of these he might have been able to put up with the village had been trashed courtesy of rimu but it was times like this that reminded her of why she hated this place she lived in because as far as she was concerned her home was barely deserving of the description H the residence was inside one of those hated trees carved out by someone unknown ages ago ad furnished with the Comforts of Home although she suspected that Comfort was an odd word to describe anything having to do with the Spartan Furnishings a bed constructed out of branches bound with Vine and heaped with old Furs long since ruined but that there were two chairs of similar make and even smaller table resembling more of a stool and this is pathetic place was where she lived now I hate this place I hate this place I hate this place the Mantra rang in her ears as she limped into her small home the limp had been there for more than 2 years ever since that lazy shitthead and the blonde wind user had crippled her by dropping a forest on her every part of her had been crushed both her arms had been broken her collar bone a couple ribs all stuff that would heal she was nothing if not durable being a uzamaki even an untalented brat like herself had its advantages but the real damage was to her legs they had been mangled she was no medical nin and she didn't dare return to her aimu her master would show her no mercy and he would not fix a broken tool that wasn't his way he would throw her to his monstrous experiments or Worse give her to Kabuto for his own experiments and her seal it refused to respond to her call probably because of the severe damage to her body it wouldn't activate if the host was too weak to take the strain and if by some miracle she could activate and thus heal her legs The Strain on her mind would likely kill her there was a good reason why arachim Mar used the level two cure Mark sparingly so this is how she got by doing nothing better than scraping by in two years she had made friends with an old man who lived in the forest much like her a Healer but he didn't use chakra in his healing he was an old medicine man he had done what he could but she knew that it might be 20 years before she could walk well again 20 years too long it was an agonizingly slow recovery for someone with strong yamaki heritage like her pathetic really at 25-year recovery ha some kenoi she was if she had the courage she would crawl her way to the leaf Village and offer her body as stock to rebuild the uzamaki clan in exchange for being healed but no she would never subject herself to that never not in a million years would she Bend her knee to the Hokage or anyone from that degenerate Village she cursed his pain hot and familiar shot through her legs up under the kneecaps teia cringed as the door to the Treehouse opened and she stepped in unsteady she wobbled over and dropped onto her small bed with a whimper that Delight her constant profanity what did I do to deserve this kill a few people for a rimu is that really the only thing that put me here the Kami must be a he I lay on her bed still waiting for the agony to leave her legs she needed to play while on her flute a Jutsu to lure in animals from outside the Healer in the woods might be friendly but he was adverse to sharing supplies without some kind of trade and she had nothing to give that he didn't have after she had waited long enough enough to let the pain fade she pulled out her flute a sad smile graced her lips this small wood flute had no combat potential it couldn't handle the strain of her dense chakra wood like this would crack or even disintegrate with too much energy passing through it her agile mind could have worked out a way to create a song complex enough that it wouldn't destroy the instrument but there really wasn't any point in doing so so teia sat up in bed and placed the simple instrument to her lips she gathered a chakra in a thin ribbon then she started it was a simple tune but it carried well though the forest the Sweet Melody sang out filtering through the trees a calming wave like a ripple followed the music not ajudo but an invitation hum gets him you come to Sweet teia so I can have a decent meal tonight she played for a few minutes then stopped after a short while no prey came to her open door and lyed she started again playing a more peaceful tune a lethargic Melody the small rises in the song brought her own mind piece as much as anything else it didn't have the desired effect even after she played continually for half an hour she frowned nothing still something must have scared anything away recently I better stop before someone notices that the music is laced with chakra the leaf Village is still too close for comfort leaving off playing te arrested her body had tremendous healing powers but as in uzamaki she didn't fully understand how they worked so she slept as often as she could both to heal faster and to forestall hunger it seemed like it would be another long week a passed slowly as they will when you're in constant pain teia was beginning to get desperate no animal had come to her call in days she was weak not to mention out of food and soon she would have to make the long exhausting journey to fetch water from the nearby stream as dangerous of propostion as it was Nei say she didn't like the idea of dying from dehydration at all so she was not looking forward to that she did her absolute best not to focus on her deteriorating situation it seemed that the more she healed the less lucky break she caught and a scary thought had been coming to her lately have I depleted the resources in this territory that she really have to move to a more active location to survive some place with people where some passing Leaf Village Patrol might recognize her leaving her relatively Safe Haven was something she dreaded other people would easily take advantage of a and jinjutsu might not save her life especially if the leaf Village caught rumors of a red-headed girl weaving Illusions among the civilians she was very Indiscreet with her pension for speaking her mind and taking nothing back coupled with her physical condition and the Very fact of her red hair and violet eyes well it might not take much to get her killed at the same time she wasn't ready to give up and damn sure wasn't going to die AIA survived another two weeks before giving up no food no water unless she made the trk to the stream her legs had stopped making any process she guessed it was because of malnutrition so with her options clear and her future uncertain she set out for the leaf Village she hated to admit it but there was no point in her going to another Village she would end up in cono one way or another sooner or later if she tried to go to one of the smaller villages in the land of fire it would only be a matter of time before someone caught a whiff of her existence she knew that Koo was almost generous in comparison to other hidden Villages but all the same stumbling through the brush till she found the trail was easy the Journey Down the long path would be hard it was a day and a half walking to the Village normally she would be there in 2 hours but her legs made her move at a crawl still she forced herself to walk normal no way she would let anyone call her a or tease her for her injury I think the best way to get into the village is to feain the injury harder than it is then I can identify myself as an yamaki and probably get entry to the hospital some medical Ninjutsu would go a long way to shortening my recovery she thought to herself about possible plans and deceptions all the way till night fell she hadn't the strength to build a fire again pathetic she didn't deserve help by all right she should have let herself Stave so she didn't burden anyone else who actually had a purpose in life she hurly brushed those thoughts aside they would only haunt her her sleep was uneasy that night and the next day she woke Stiff The Journey to the leaf was worse than before now every time she moved legs or not tears Beed in her eyes from the excruciating pain the grinding sound coming from her kneecap started halfway adding to the monotony of the journey it took five more hours of Torment before she found herself at the gates to the Village her thoughts had long ago shut themselves off trying to blot out as much feeling as she could anyone would have seen that she was on the verge of starvation she didn't realize it but the moment she walked under the great Arch she was being supported by one of the guards her breath gasped out with every step till she realized that she wasn't walking anymore she looked up her eyes catching the Gaze of a man with brown spiky hair and a bandage over his nose Tei remembered him vaguely the realization didn't bring any flash of clarity to her numb mind though if anything it dropped her deeper into darkness she was being carried for a while two voices followed with her a very small part of her brain told her that one was the gate guard and the other was a masked ambo even that part shut off as the swish of doors opening signaled their entry to a building of some sort he hoped it was a hospital and not a prison she felt half dead Nudo headed down the stairwell into the underground meeting room where he'd been called to attend he had no idea this place existed it was a complete secret even to him he idly wondered if this was something old or recently constructed if it was old then he was surprised that he hadn't chanced upon it at least once and if it was new he was even more astounded that he hadn't been aware of the construction after all he prided himself on knowing most of what went on in his village he'd only been back a little while from his training trip with the pervy sage and already his lines of informance a large selection of Academy students jenon and lunin had started to funnel information back to the boss Naruto felt a surge of Pride that the younger generation and even some of his peers looked up to him now Naruto's mind was working on several things at once as it was apt to do less than half of these mental projects had any viable use but hey who said anything about him being logical but anyway back to the bunker it had the feel of old construction but you never could tell old people tended to make stuff around them seem all too he was unsure if this meeting would be different but in his experience admittedly not much clan meets were the number one place to go if you were looking for a gathering of old people nuto guessed that he was being called by tsun to debrief him finally on his trip with the toad Sage jera had left the village more than a month ago and Naruto had expected sunate to evaluate him more but other than the second Bell test with Kakashi nothing and that annoyed him more than he was willing to admit but not enough to start taking D ranks arudo grumbled to himself as he descended the stairs not even a mission from the deep recesses of his mind came a Pur like that of well to put it rather bluntly a giant fox said giant Fox seemed irritated as well though in his usual bored manner you're a demon brat why let you have any responsibility oh shut up furball a sound like a blast of steam sounded in his mindscape humph call me that again and I'll be reciting mathematical equations while to talk with the clan heads and I'll shrink your cage to the size of a hamster ball it can go either way now shove it I'm going in arudo ignored the cao's annoying Jabs and pushed open the door to the bunker style meeting room it had a low ceiling but was still a bit over his head everyone else was sitting hiashi hauga chosen akamichi shikaku Nara and inoi yanaki sat to one side with them were Hannah and yuzuka and Kiba and yuzuka he wondered why they were there this was supposed to be four Clan heads only a I remember now their mom is out on some sort of business for the clan or something he recalled that one of his clones had overheard that on his way over here on the other side sat the head of the abam clan Stern and Silent with him were Kakashi and assuma Kakashi sat next the end of the table with a diminutive girl her red hair and round face made her very attractive he thought he recognized her from somewhere those angry purple eyes were a bit unnerving now I know I've seen her somewhere I don't think we were friends either he put the girl out of his mind making the absolute minimum of bows to tunate as she sat at the head of theable across from him hey what's up granny he nimbly dodged a large paper weight which sailed past his ear putting a hole in the door behind him his grin widened as the Hokage growled angrily be respectful to you Elders Naruto and sit down damn it nuto coughed as if she were missing something um about that I was kinda in the middle of something so maybe you could tell me what's going on the leaders of the various Clans reacted to his manner in different ways chosen smiled while both anoi and shikaku frowned hiashi raised one Thin eye eyebrow in mild interest the head of the abam clan Naruto couldn't remember his name acted very much like Shino as in absolutely no response whatsoever Kakashi and assuma both looked at each other Kakashi's look was a defiant I Told You So Naruto even caught the slight glint as something shiny changed hands between the two Nudo saw Han and kibba chuckle drawing an angry look from both tunate and anoi he ashy inquired calmly and what is so important that you would arrive 20 minutes late to a meeting of Clan heads especially when you are part of the reason for its calling the blonde scratched his head yeah if someone had bothered to tell me it was actually something to do with me I would have been on time all I got was some yanoo handing me a note you know I can't help the fact that this place was pretty damn hard to find I mean I thought I'd found every secret hiding place in the village the ID sunade trying to impart a non-verbal message to the Hokage nothing is hidden from the prankster king of cono Theo Shrugged as for what I was doing I'd rather not say call it training sunade hissed sit Nudo before I break something he grinned besides the door then he sat down before she could lob another projectile at him sunade side loudly and nutk eyes wandered around the room again immediately he noticed a man back in the shadows he was almost invisible but Naruto knew he was no Ambu and never being one to hold back he decided to ask hey Granny who's the old fart in the corner if he thinks he's hiding he's doing a bad job is he a clan head too sunade blinked and turned around as if surprised every one else in the room followed her gaze except for the redheaded girl she scoffed took you idiots long enough to notice him is he more observant than Clan Elders no wonder you guys get your asses handed to you every time you fight another Village she crossed her arms even as a look of intense pain slipped across her features the clan heads turned to regard her for a moment before returning to the old man who had decided to step forward his face was bandaged as well as his arm he held supported himself with a cane and his piercing dark eyes reminded nuto of a certain snake s he immediately disliked him he spoke yes young man I am a clan head though I am very surprised you took such quick notice of me the reason I hide is because I am part of The Village's Shadow I Aid the Hokage from the darkness helping in all matters that must be kept discreet sunade growled you were not invited danzo the man stared sunate down I am the head of my clan sunate send you as are you we both have equal right to attend this meeting had you called it something else I would have been in error to attend but I am well within my rights to be here here sunade looked away from danzo and to Naruto it doesn't matter at the moment Naruto yeah she pinched her fingers over the bridge of her nose we have a problem and unfortunately all the solutions have other problems attached you will probably not like it either way Vero groaned okay okay I'm going to take a while guess here something to do with me being a uzamaki right everyone in the room shifted uncomfortably Kashi asked how did you come to that conclusion arudo pointed at the girl next to Kakashi her she has red hair there was a universal so from around the room she has purple eyes they just looked at him uncomprehending he groaned again okay let me connect the dots I'm in uzamaki as everyone seems to like telling me over and over I do not look like in uzamaki uzamaki are supposed to have red hair am I right anyway I've only ever seen like two other people with that color hair before one of them was in a picture that old man third used to keep on his desk I know she was in uzamaki and then there's a girl me and pervy Sage met last year nuto thought about it for a moment actually I've met another one before she was a rogue nin that I ended up killing not too long after the tunin exams she could kill people and steal the ability to use their chakra Natures he looked at the Girl Again saying and besides that I'd swear I've seen her before and I'm not really good with faces unless I've been in a fight with them he struggled for a moment trying to recall where he'd seen her that small frame that red hair and those angry purple eyes it was on the tip of his tongue then the girl turned on Kakashi can I move yet my legs are killing me you ass the light bulb went off over nuto head I got it you're that girl that shikimo and tamari took down one of the sound five but I thought you'd all been killed assuma gave Naruto a calculated look you figured that out awfully fast considering you only fraught for a moment and never saw her again what tipped you off the answered simply that's easy I never met anyone who cursed as much as she did in five minutes she put Sakura Chan and Enoch Chan to shame I still never figured out what some of her insults actually meant that much was certainly true he thought even jera had been unable shed light on some of her more colorful descriptions nuto had no clue why she was here he doubted it had something to do with Sask if it did then they wouldn't have told him for fear that he would go rushing off after his longtime friend and rival so that meant that there was some other purpose to bringing him in here to meet her hey K uby I'm drawing a blank here you got any clue what they want I have a guess wait and find out for self nuto waited as she tried to bite Kakashi's throat out for shifting her the wrong way evidently she was injured somehow he could almost feel her Presence at this distance he could sense the kinship they had the same blood that was for sure but she seemed quite volatile after a minute she calmed and Tsunade returned to the business at hand she said you are quite right Naruto you are here because you're in uzamaki more to the point you're both here because you're uzamaki nuto didn't realize what she was getting at then he saw the look on her face and look on kiba's Face the red head Fury pain embarrassment Hiba humor sympathy disbelief the Demonic chuckling from the back of his mind settled it nuto looked at sunate in something akin to horror and as usual he said the first thing that came to mind be as unhinged as that rimu he was pale he realized that because his face had gone cold he might have blushed instead if he hadn't been halfway between denial and anger sunade sighed wanting to get it over with Naruto you are the last to official member of the uzamaki clan no other member has stepped forth to clam the clan name you are 16 and that is the age at which heirs begin to look for a suitable partner as much as I detest the idea there isn't likely to be a better chance to restore the Uzumaki Clan silence or silence grew an active sheer when nuto focused his mind calming himself and for once the caoi didn't interfere or make any snide comments about his situation he lamented the fact that he was so slow when it came to this stuff not having parents to teach him how the Clans and politics worked forced him to think extra hard on this stuff if only pervy Sage were here he'd stop this in its tracks but what I don't get his white sunate is going along with this I thought she was against the tradition of using people like breeding stock the clan heads watched as Naruto sorted through his mind for an answer anzo stepped forward he spoke slowly but commandingly the decision is all but final The Village needs the uzamaki clan to return and as the head of your clan it is your responsibility to strengthen your clan as much as you can can all you need do is agree Nito nodded ah but I don't think so you see it's kind's part of my nindo I really don't like it when people force me into stuff I don't like he looked up into danzo's dark eyes I don't know you youen Hokage and that means as far as I'm concerned you can go jump off a cliff as for the good of the village why should I care what have you done for me lately besides give me every time my birthday swings around he didn't really mean all of that he cared for the safety of the village regardless of what they had done to him as a child but it would be good to see what their reactions were he crossed his own arms mirroring the girl and my clan since I'm a male any girl I married would automatically be in uzamaki too so I don't see why I'm stuck with her Nudo gestured at her absently and is for her in general why the hell would I marry her she's an enemy and works for a rimu he leaned forward glaring at sunade you finally figured out how to piss me off granny congrats now I thought you hated this kind of I'm not some stud course and she isn't some nice quiet girl you picked off the street even if she wasn't a criminal and I did agree to that we'd end up slitting each other's throats before the clan got any bigger sunade nodded and asked you heard him danzo he won't do it he doesn't like any part of it and neither do I the number of times I've made it clear that we won't revive that heinous tradition is too high to count as for what Naruto said he has a valid point the marrying would only result in children with abut 75% uzamaki blood neither of them are pure uzamaki anzo said that is far preferable to 25% if he marries a daughter from another clan The Village needs this Tate do not let your feelings get in the way he I had decided to speak up then can you sons of get his over with in case anyone doesn't know both of my leg bones are fractured I should be back in the hospital still not watching you old argue over which gets me as a damned prize soon n growled you need to deal with it for now the sooner this is over and dealt with the sooner I can take care of your injuries the crack sounded through the room had turned Naruto had brought his hand down on the table with enough Force to Splinter it a jagged Fisher ran down the middle everyone in the room excluding the abam and danzo piled as he released killing intent in the wave to everyone it seemed like the temperature had dropped several degrees while gravity became roughly twice normal piba and Hana both choked on the fura he demanded angrily you brought her here with broken legs what kind of sick joke is this if you're going to force her on me fine but he her first Dam it do you know how many times I was denied entry to the hospital here when I was a kid you can forget about this until I hear that she's been given proper medical attention dozen nodded in agreement she should have been left in the hospital as she says and I agree with nuto it is very disrespectful to him to force the issue it is also very cruel to her to demand that she waits so long for treatment the ashy sigh let them go about their business I personally had training with my nephew and daughters today shall we resume this when the girl is healed sunade nodded very well do you have any objects stanzo the old man shook his head no heal her wounds then she may think differently of our proposal Nudo stood and left a second later he took the steps three at a time till he was racing out of the bunker and through the village he made his way all the way back to his apartment once inside he slammed the door the hinges snapped off and it fell flat Naruto growled and dropped down on his bed I try to stay calm I try but they keep pissing me off don't they understand how I think yet I would never agree to marrying anyone who didn't want it especially if I don't want it either and why the hell was granny so damn cool-headed about it usually she'd fly off the handle IU's amused voice came from the back of his mind that is simple she is being pressured by the civilian Council and many others including that danzo individual your right not to trust him my other containers both despised him but why is it so important that I marry and yamaki and don't they get it I marry who I choose and no one else Clan responsibility technically I'm the last of my clan so all my duty is is to look after myself an interesting way of putting it what would you do then first I'll make it clear that I'm not agreeing to an arranged marriage the Civil in Council they hurt me enough as for her she is in uzamaki I could tell just by being close to her I'll make sure she doesn't get used either that's what I'll do for her she did help the AA escape to arachim Maru would you forgive her for that of course I'll bet she was just manipulated like Sask besides I wouldn't let anyone auction her off to the highest bidder enemy or not that's also part of my n do what I think is right not what other people tell you is good do you need help are you offering I will be huffed so what if I am then I accept just don't get any funny ideas Fox Nudo stood and moved to the center of the floor give me some chakra I want to finish training where I left off it's been a month and I'm close to mastering it very well sunade walked up the stairs to Naruto's apartment shizun and toe her assistant keeping up a constant stream of worries and deadlines in her ear sunate ignored her for the moment she needed to speak with nuto so the boy could be properly informed about what he was being dragged into even if she couldn't tell him everything much of the information she wanted to give was classified and in addition to that she had to do it before danzo found some way to force her hand and dropped a on nuto without her permission when she reached his apartment the door was off its hinges lying flat on the floor shizun gulped audibly Naruto Khan wasn't happy with the meeting I guess did he fly off into a rage suage shook her head no but he feels the same way about the practice of forced marriage and breeding out rare Bloodlines it's immoral and should be illegal except in a few select circumstances but that wasn't really what set him off I called the meeting before the girl had the chance to be fully healed her legs are in bad shape arudo realized that we dragged her into the meeting badly injured I see why he's so angry he broke his wrist when he was seven and the hospital refused to treat him heruka told me about it once Naruto despises people who harm others for the sake of expediency shizun frowned it might be difficult to sway nuto into accepting her at this point she was involved with sasukes betrayal Tsunade nodded wearily and entered the apartment Naruto are you in here the voice from behind her and to the side spoke up you bet now are you going to tell me what the hell is going on with that girl or is this just going to be you apologizing for what must be done soon aen shizun turned to see nuto leaning against the wall by the door he looked ticked off which is at also happened he was he said I want to know what is going on where did she come from why is she here and why does that old guy want to use aaki Clan back so bad he paused for a moment before asking and who is he anyway sounded like he was a s-ranked to me the Hokage suppressed a mental chuckle and sighed at simple nuto the uzamaki clan has always been one of the most powerful Clans in existence often seen as a match for the A and senju your mother was a nearly full-blooded Uzumaki and in her time was the Undisputed strongest Ki in the village shizun looked surprised stronger than you my lady sunade said yes even stronger than me her Mastery of seals was on par with any of the cage in the lands most of the time surpassing them she even had the ability to use many powerful Jutsu without weaving hand signs that is how skilled she was with seals and if you'll believe the stories that Tsum used to boast about she mastered level 8 fuinjutsu in a single night she sighed again feeling incredibly old for saying it you are her only descendant and you have the potential to master all of the uzumaki's most powerful sealing techniques only strong uzamaki could even hope of using most of them so the reason danzo wants to force you into marrying her is that the Next Generation would have strong uzamaki Heritage boosting The Village's military strength over time the clan could be rebuilt from the ground up Theo looked between her and shizun so this is something that danzo wants not the village sunate explained danzo and I both serve to protect the leaf Village the simple issue is that we rarely see eye to eye on how it should be done danzo favors drastic legislations and strict rigid punishment I like to rule with a more even hand however the civilian Council has already been informed of the situation I don't like it but they have a lot of political power here they want the village to be the strongest it can be and A Renewed uzamaki Clan would help Nudo growled but I don't like it I hate being used like this or seeing anyone else used I don't care what she's done in the past she's basically family right and yamaki I can't sit here waiting for a bunch of grown-up deciding how she gets to live the rest of her life shizun smiled we don't like this either but the clan heads are in agreement they don't like the idea any more than we do however they know it would make the village stronger and seeing how your mom was nearly SS ranked in the international Bingo book having a whole clan inside or well would be the Hokage pinched the bridge of her nose she knew nuto would eventually make things work out one way or another you don't have to marry her Naruto no one can force it on you but and don't take this the wrong way if you don't marry her then I'm sure o would think up something else horrible for her there was a moment of silence while nuto molded over he looked up a second later oh she's an air and criminal right so if I didn't agree then she might be sentenced to prison or executed and if she is listed as an official prisoner then she forfeits our rights as a Shinobi that prick would be able to do whatever he wanted to her chisun looked amazed he thought of that but nodded that's true nuto you see why your decision is so important it is basically up to you to decide what becomes of her it's part of your job as Clan later another silence descended Nar closed his eyes thinking it over I want to help her but do I want to give up my chance to marry someone I like an image of Sakura flashed into his mind no she's going to be used like some tool by The Village if I let her go I can't call myself Naruto yamaki if I let anything happen to her when it's my decision that makes or breaks the deal I have to do what I can you may be thinking about what goes on around you more but you still don't think of everything what of the clan restoration act what's that the caoi sounded AG grieved a document that anyone can sign up for the last male descendant of a clan may take more than one wife as insurance that the clan survives I have no doubt that the aab brat would have used it eventually to restart the clan so I could marry her and still be able to marry someone else who I actually you know loved yes sunade watched as nk's frown disappeared he looked up is there no other way to make sure she's not hurt she shook her head there are other ways but they aren't assured to work nuto pulled his fingers through his spiky blonde hair gr rrr fine I'll do it just make sure she's healed properly and that no one messes with her and even if I marry her I better not get hounded about when there are kids on the way you good with that Granny Tade sigh are you sure Naruto he growled I'll apply for the clan restoration act I'm the last known male yuzaki so I can marry more than one girl right I wouldn't do this so easy if I was stuck with her both women agreed shizun asked true enough it lets you marry more than one woman but how did you know about it arudo Shrugged Sask was always going on about rebuilding his clan I just remembered him talking about it he pushed away from the wall and turned to leave the apartment sunate asked where are you going he said to talk to her at the hospital what did you think that I was going to let someone else tell her if I am stuck living with her then I need to start setting some ground rules otherwise she's going to kill me in my sleep or something but that he dropped off the side of the building before heading for the hospital chisun shared a confused and startled look with Tsunade when did he start thinking through so clearly it's like he's a different boy Tsunade looked around the room the floor had a large circular scar in the center as though it had been scrapped clean after it was covered in something unpleasant you're right nuto is acting rather mature these days and it's not just jera Naruto was himself for Kakashi's Bell test I wonder what gotten into him she saw something out of the corner of her eye a strangely shaped kunai sticking in the wall across the room sunate frowned her mind going back in time but it didn't match probably just some stunt weapon he bought with Ura stupid kids these days heia decided that if there was anything or anyone in the world that she loved it would be the kindly old man who healed her legs in about 20 minutes more than two years of constant pain and anguish left her and caused her to feel a fondness for him that fondness was quick to evaporate though the man quickly restrained her tying her to the bed with the thick leather belts provided hey what the why are you tying me down you old Gyer he didn't answer once she had been completely immobilized ized he gave a small smile and left teia growled in anger so they didn't trust her far enough to even let her walk on her newly healed legs she looked around the room it was fairly small with no window and bare White Walls the door wasn't barred at least as for herself a thin white hospital gown with noting underneath she didn't care about being almost nude it never bothered her before but it made her feel vulnerable and that was a feeling she would never be comfortable with her mind wandered to the meeting that had been postponed the blonde boy looked to be same age she'd only realized who he was after his last name had been mentioned he was the same as the kid who had pulled a fast one on her and sain and he was the default clan leader now at 16 you were technically an adult and if you were a Shinobi you could be called an adult as soon as you made chunin she assumed he was at least 16 this meant that she was actually almost 2 years older than him despite her small size he on the other hand was tall with short spiky blonde hair and deep blue eyes he wasn't physically imposing but he did exude an aura of power she thought that it probably came with being a ginu Ricky that damn brat was probably laughing himself silly after I bet he likes the idea of having his own sex slave thinks I'll just agree to marry him because I'm in uzamaki he's got another thing coming the pleasant but sarcastic voice from the door asked do you always curse so much even when you're alone or did you know I was here to listen he whipped her head to the source of the voice but saw nothing then here was a ripple through the air and nuto materialized out of thin air he was very tall in comparison to her he wore a black jacket with dark orange stripes down the sides along with that was a pair of black pants and combat sandals his headband had been removed and was tied around his arm she examined him trying to gauge what he was thinking she didn't know what he was up to and it made her uneasy nuto sigh well if you didn't already know I'm nuto and you're Tei right she didn't answer he obviously didn't expect her to because he didn't stop speaking granny explained your situation to me it seems like I have to decide what happened to you if I don't take you then danzo gets first dibs and if you're imprisoned for your crimes against a leaf then you lose all rights as a Shinobi which means he could do pretty much anything to you his words hung in the air like several tons of stone ready to fall she was prepared for his inevitable next words he scratched the back of his head so I decided to agree to marrying you it should help keep you out of his hands for now I figured it would be better for me to tell you than granny or some random Ambu ai's face Twisted in Anger how God damned Noble of you beruto shouted listen do you think I like being stuck in the situation I'm only 16 you know I don't want anything to do with this I hate arranged marriages she answered him pulling at her restraints so why are you agreeing to it it just makes you a hypocrite I get it you hate the leaf Village when did you figure that out but unless you'd rather go to prison and get sold out for your yuzaki heritage this is the best option the his what if I refuse you can't force me to marry you and unless you're planning on raping me you'll never get me to Bear your children luto looked away from her face at teia I'm only tying to help you and I would never rape anyone besides they wouldn't give you a choice otherwise oh really so you're just trying to help now she spat at him you mean you just want to get laid let me tell you lay one finger on me and I cut your dick off he clenched his fists she was pissing him off with her constant insistence that he was some kind of selfish monster just who do you think I am some pervert pretending to help what I'm trying to do is go with the option that is easiest for you the one that will hurt the least Theo growled you're lucky I care enough to help she looked at him venomously and why do you care he glared at her because it's what I think is right that's why it isn't fair to make you marry me and trust me I don't want it either but it is better than the alternative heia closed her eyes which is imprisonment rape torture experimentation and likely execution Theo turned to face her stepping forward that's right so are you going to give up and let me help where I can or should I just go find danzo and tell him that are ready for him she paled and glanced away from him at the moment she didn't look like a former member of the sound five she looked like an angry and scared teen which she also was at least as far as he could tell teia was smart so even if she cursed him out she'd come around eventually thei watched him in return she cursed inwardly she hated this place so much hated everything about this Village and worst of all it seemed like the easiest and least painful course was the one nuto was offering the fact that he'd come to speak with her himself booted well at least he was an honest person if nothing else and he wasn't stupid it seemed she let out a sigh I want to kill you he smirked I kind have figured that she asked and how do you know that I once sneak into bed with you and slid your throat the moment you sleep he Shrugged I'm not the only person who wants to help you teia but if you kill me there will be no one who wants to save your skin sunate and the other Clan heads would throw you to danzo so fast you wouldn't realized what happened Theo's jaw clenched I would bet that youd just end up in the same situation except with someone less nice a snapped and you're so nice barging in here and telling me to come along like a good little your luck I'm strapped down he turned around again you don't get it te I don't like you either but I'm still offering to help she gritted her teeth just out of the kindness of your heart right and you have no other motive at all I don't believe it Theo stiffened what do you think I actually want to marry you for some reason she shouted yeah I do face I think you're just like your perverted teacher that ugly damn toad freak the moment passed and neither of them spoke when Nudo moved again he was walking towards the door saying I don't know why you have to make things so hard which would you rather happen get stabbed or punched I wouldn't want either but the fact is that you don't have that option I'm the lesser of two evils Nudo stopped just outside the door and looked back at her if you want to yourself just to get at me go ahead it's your funeral I won't stop you now I have training to do I'll see you when they call the clan meet again thei watched as the door closed with a near silent click Nudo was gone leaving her with her thoughts it was tempting to tell nuto to go himself and let danzo do what he wanted with her but she didn't want to do that even if it mean being forced forced to live with that boy he wasn't lying to her he wouldn't take advantage of her that was more than she could have said for her own teammates in the sound five and after all if nuto never forced himself on her it might be years and years before before she ever had to do anything with him he didn't seem like he would be as annoying as s or Jobo it wouldn't be torture to live in the same house with him and from what she'd been told her crimes would be cleared this seems like a very easy option to take so why do I feel like there is something else to this that danzo wouldn't give up on all his plans for me just to marry me off to Naruto he would at least reserve the right to experiment on me like a rimo I must be missing something she tried to think through all the possibilities Naruto was the best option just like he said and he was in uzamaki not that it mattered but she felt fractionally better knowing they were from the same Clan she'd never known what it was like to have one so it felt strange to think about it there was a chance that all of this was for nod and he would end up slaving under danzo anyway but for now she was safe T I allowed her body to relax and enjoyed the feeling of no pain she almost couldn't feel her legs they seemed numb after years of Agony the thought entered her mind then in congruous after all that had happened in the last few hours will I ever be a ninja again AIA sat to the left of tunate 2 days later all of her injuries both major and minor had been healed she felt physically perfect but mentally she was balanced on the edge of a razor not long after Naruto had left perhaps an hour later danzo had appeared in her room she would never forget his intricate and detailed descriptions of what would happen to her should nuto choose not to marry her they didn't bear thinking about and then the day before this one sunade had come with the head of the amanaka clan to speak with her it had ended fairly well she supposed sunate had asked what her choice would be for obvious reason she said that she would rather marry nuto sunate explained that the wedding would be different from others non-existent in the legal sense they would be married but the rest of the village wouldn't know to all outward appearances she would just be living with Naruto it would only be made official at such a time when she became pregnant or if Naro decided to make it known however tsun told her that she would not be leaving the hospital to live with Naro until anoi assured her that she wouldn't try to escape or harm anyone in the leaf she had promised that she wouldn't and enoi had proceeded to delve into her thoughts looking for false feelings any other time she would have mind screamed him out of her head but she forced herself to stay calm even as the blonde man rifled through her life and thoughts like a skill Jeweler looking through gemstones in the end it was determined that she was telling the truth sunade said that the rest would be explained at the clan meeting the following day so here she was waiting everyone was here except for Asuma who was need for a mission also danzo hadn't bothered to hide his presence this time his icy stare was very much clear to to the rest of the room and yet again they were waiting for Naruto she wondered if he was always this late then the door to the meeting room opened and there was Naruto everyone reacted to him in different ways most were simply shocked by his appearance Kakashi chuckled relieved that nuto was up to his usual Antics sunade blinked her shock away Naruto was wearing the tattered remains of his jacket his pants were filled with holes and every thread on his person is badly cinched however his skin wasn't even scratched there was s in his hair which here as he walked forward toen asked Naruto what happened to you it looks as though you were hit with an explosive tag nuto stuck his finger in his ear and twisted it around sorry what was that my ears are still ringing a bit honestly your guys have like the worst timing in history good thing I'm more durable than your Ambu messenger heun's out cold sunate inquired you were training I take it with what he scratched the back of his head nervously nothing really just a new Jutsu I'm working on it tends to blow up in my face when I get to distracted anyway Nudo sat down at the close end of the table looking towards teia he asked you better now she nodded curtly I'm fine idiot he raised one eyebrow okay well granny should we pick up where we left off or our things pretty much settled tozen and he asy shared a look did something drastic happen while we were gone has the matter been closed sunade shook her head saying Naruto has agreed to marry teia asked she has also agreed to the arrangement granted that a record is wiped clean and no negative actions are are taken towards her from now on also she has made it clear that she doesn't wish to become a homebound wife she wishes for the chance to become a leaf Village Shinobi sometime in the future she turned to enoi enoi has searched her mind and finds no traces of Deceit she will move in with Naruto as a roommate for now when the time comes that she is with child or Naruto wants it to be official then they will move to the old uzamaki Embassy it will be renovated in expectation of that time nuto has asked that he be allowed to apply for the clan restoration act as part of the deal the ashy nodded a wise decision but as I have been told by my daughter hanada you live in a very small apartment is there room for two people to live in such a cramped space especially since I doubt she will be leaving your apartment for the first few weeks others will need to be alerted of this proceedings result before she is seen in public duto SED I have enough money to buy a bigger place but I've been gone for the better part of two years I'm used to having very little space to myself it's up to her how she feels about it anzo muttered you are surprisingly welcoming to an enemy ninja I did not expect you to consider her wishes important there was a murmur of agreement around the table Naruto gave danzo a dirty look cut the crap Gramps I'm not like you and ever will be I have friends in every secret Village actual friends I'm not going to mistreat her just because she used to be an enemy besides there's no point for her to try and hurt me so I hurt her the cashi coughed well as the leader of Squad 7 I must say that we are currently short-handed I wouldn't usually suggest just letting an enemy nin join a squad until they'd proved themselves loyal to the Village but inoi says that she's safe enough I can have her on Squad 7 as a way to earn some trust sunade shook her head not yet Kakashi maybe another time for now she needs to adjust to the Village I suspect it will be harder than she thinks she turned to nuto I'll ask again are you sure you are okay with this after all you are only 16 most Shinobi don't marry until their early 20s nuto grinned yeah well most Shinobi are ginger shicky either and I don't know many who trained with the toad Sage I've never been cut out for normal so I still haven't mastered my new technique so could we hurry this up it's not like we're exchanging vows are we cause I'm not sure that I could do that without it getting awkward IUN T said you can all forget about wedding vows I ain't saying any of that to him even if we married there was a rustle of cloth and danzo Drew forth a scroll he bent forward and placed it in front of teia he said s your name at the bottom girl next to the symol she obliged and the scroll was passed down the table to Naruto danzo gestured to him sign just above hers he did so and passed it back around to tunate the Hokage signed it quickly and blew the ink dry she nodded to danzo this is done take it and process it the older man nodded and left the room Naro would have swore he saw a smug smile on danzo's face it left him with a sour feeling that wouldn't immediately go away he looked at sunade anything else yes Naruto don'tk be so impatient there are a few things that need to be attended to first of all your mother was the last head of the uzamaki clan she sealed dozens of important documents and items away for a time when her descendants might need them they need to be taken from the village Vault and sorted through you're the only one who can do it unfortunately I have slight traces of Uzumaki blood but not enough to activate the seals the ashy asked just how large an inheritance does he have from his mother as I recall she tended to save everything she made there should be a large estate sunade pulled out a document from her sleeve this is a short record of the general contents of the inheritance from kashim uzamaki it shows only the basics though pass this to Naruto Naruto took the scroll as he Ashi handed it to him he opened it his eyes scanned down a long list of items till he came to the figure at the bottom holy she had a king's Ransom and money you'll never lack for funds it seems you got that right hey why didn't you tell me about this you should have known wasn't my mom your last container yes but she always kept me tight bound her chakra was particularly dense and strange I was always under the tightest of bindings with her I rarely saw what was going on outside oh well still I've never seen so many zeros before I guess this is from like the whole clan right I suspected s compensation to the uzamaki clan from the leaf Village you remember what I told you about the destruction of the uzamaki clan yeah I suspect this isn't a good time to bring it up they probably right about that sunate asked something wrong nuto he blinked as he looked down the scroll actually this doesn't make sense there's a bunch of numbers here for something they're not locations are they there was a moment of silence before the head of the abam clan spoke they are most likely the designation for specific Jutsu in the Forbidden Scroll of the village Jutsu invented by the uzamaki nut's eyes widen for a second cool so there must be some pretty awesome moves to learn huh I got to look into that stuff since I just started working on sealing Jutsu what is this right here ad de to a house on the north end of The Village sunade nodded that is also part of the inheritance but it isn't available to you yet certain requirements need to be met and before you ask no I can't tell you what those are he continued down the list noting things that he didn't understand it seemed like either his mother or the clan had owned lots of stuff in the village most of this was rented out already maybe that's where all this money is from if the uzamaki clan owned all this property and was renting it out to people then it's been collecting money for the last I don't know how many years aruto put down the scroll okay lots of stuff I had no clue there was this much pervy Sage told me that mom had some inheritance for me after I turned 16 but I never knew it was well so much he scratched the back of his head but on another topa if te is staying at my apartment then it's going to be a problem glancing at shikaku who had yet to speak so far nuto said the thing is that Shikamaru and me have been hanging out a lot lately and he's about the most observant person I know besides Kakashi Sensei he'd recognize her the second he saw her then there would be a huge mess and the whole village would know not to mention my other friend stopping by Sakura is always coming to try and drag me to some lame Mission I'm pretty sure she'd blow something important if she sought AIA there chaku side I understand that effective immediately all of the Shinobi are to be informed of her presence those who know her will be advised of her status those who don't will be told that she is your girlfriend not such a big lie since you're technically married as of 5 minutes ago he looked at teia are you prepared to do some acting when required to keep up the illusion until it is no longer needed she glared at him her expression and Body Language showing instant anger yes he IIA turned her Gaze on nud don't get any bright ideas yamaki he let a smirk cross his lips you don't need to tell me that I already know you're an antisocial paranoid the I looked like she'd been slapped her cheeks flushed red in both anger and embarrassment she shouted shut up Baro asked sunate what about the details on why she's here and where she came from it's not like I can just say hello everyone meet my girlfriend teia don't bother asking about her past she doesn't have one he glanced at her I mean it's going to seem really sudden I ever exactly had any a girlfriends before so sunade groaned AR yes Naruto we're still working on that for now she needs to stay at your apartment and have minimum contact with others I hope you can deal with that accordingly and don't leave her unattended all day either you have a bad habit of being so completely engrossed in your training that you forget to eat or sleep be cringed remembering the week he'd spent mastering renan almost no food or rest for days I guess you're right will someone drop by with the details or do I need to bring her to Hokage Tower to be briefed shikaku said someone will stop by with her backstory we're not sure how long it is possible to keep this a secret but it should be simple once the right parties have been informed arudo felt relieved at that perhaps it wouldn't be as much of a pain as he thought it would but then again he had a feeling that tea and his small apartment was a potentially explosive combin ation she is pretty aggressive like Sakura and she's got an even bigger mouth makes me wonder if we could possibly get along especially after that argument back in the hospital taking a deep breath he looked around again gauging the looks he was getting from the various Clan leaders it was slightly unnerving knowing that rank wise he was on par with them now it's almost the same as a sudden promotion to Jon and just because I got older baruto let out his breath anything else sunade nodded a few things left then you can go a I looked around 's apartment it was indeed small but no smaller than her room in arachim Mar's base had been and it was larger than the room carved into the base of the tree that had been almost closet sized but that wasn't the problem she had with it the problem was the blonde who had taken a seat on the bed he looked at her wearily suspicion in his eyes she ignored him for a moment and stepped around the room a dresser with clothes some ninja gear on top of it another by on window had a large scroll set out on its surface she thought it looked like a summoning scroll there was was another window by the bed it had a couple pictures on it one was of Squad 7 nuto and Sask were glaring at each other over a pink-haired girl's head Kakashi hadock stood over them with a hand on their heads beside that was another picture this one showed nuto a bit older with a toad Sage her attention was caught by the third one it was a distant shot Naruto could be seen sitting on top of the fourth hokage's Monument from the perspective it looked like it had been taken from the roof of the hokage's tower she glanced at Naruto and back at the picture something puzzled at the back of her mind nagging her like Phantom Mitch teia turned away from the pictures narut was watching her carefully his deep blue eyes curious but still edgy she asked what you were so damned sure of yourself back in the meeting room what the happened you look nervous now he Shrugged easily nothing just wondering as all about what he blinked you're a bit nosy fine I was wondering if you're planning on trying to escape or do something else stupid you act smart but sometimes you say stuff that doesn't make any sense and after signing that contract we're pretty much stuck living together permanently so I guess I was really wondering what kind of person you were hey I straightened well I guess that it would probably be nice if I told you about me but there isn't much to tell besides I still don't think you really care you're just pretending to be concerned so you can get what you want that's how the world Works arachim was no different and neither is your Hokage they both say nice things so they can you over later rachim Maru abandoned me even though he would have known that I didn't die since I still have my curse mark she sneered you want something from me which is why you agree to something that inconveniences you I just haven't figured out what your Twisted idea is or what is has to do with me Theo smirked you're more paranoid than anyone I've ever met well actually there are a few people who were worse than you but it a small number he stood and leaned in close you need to figure out that some people don't have any horrible plans hidden away and you don't beruto sh his head I have goals first I want to get sasu back I made a promise to sakuran to bring him home and then I want to become Hokage so I can protect everyone I've come to know as friends that's my main goal it's what I live for she gave him a questioning look how does helping me get you closer to becoming Hokage simple it doesn't if I think about it it's probably hurting me since I'm putting so much time into keeping you from danzo and the village I might not have as much time to train or go on missions and I'm sure that it's going to be a hassle as soon as my friends find out about you the I glared at him so why help me he cringed a bit at the volume Hey listen my ears are a bit sensitive okay don't shout so much it's giving me a headache she threw her hands in the air exasperated damn it why are you doing this I don't believe that it's out of the kindness of your heart this is the Shinobi world the age of the ninja people don't do that nut's eyes flashed as he lost his temper his palm connected with her cheek the harsh sting taking her completely by surprise his voice was almost a growl as he gred her shoulder painfully listen T I'm not your damned enemy I am trying to help you because you were taken advantage of you've probably lived through hell for as long as you can remember I lived through the same this entire Village hated me most of the people still think I'm an uncontrollable monster he closed his eyes which were starting to burn with the anger flaring up inside him his chest was beginning to hurt too I want to help people to prove I not the same as the demon inside me you are someone I can help so stop insulting me for trying theud released her quickly and turned around his heart was beating too fast his chakra was erratic even his breath was coming out as a purr he heardly stepped into the bathroom and looked in the mirror that's right pervy Sage loosen the seal when I get angry or stressed out my chakra mixes with the cais damn it now Tei is going to be freaked out his eyes were a murderous Crimson so deep that blood might have been lighter in color darker than in yamak hair it's no wonder Sensei almost pissed himself after opening the seal too much I look evil Nudo gazed into the Angry Eyes of his reflection he'd never seen himself in a mirror R after drawing on the power of the caoi it was scary even as he watched the red faded draining out of his Iris until only blue remained a moment later the slit pupil opened in the doorway teia said you look like a demon just now does that happen all the time he glanced back at her sometimes not often depends on how stressed I am almost killed the toad Sage when he pissed me off during training I see you're not scared that's good for me I guess I don't have to worry about you going ballistic on me she tilted her head seeming curious would you kill me if I made you too angry he chuckled probably even though I trained to two years I still have no control just to warn you T if you ever see me grow a tail that looks like it's made of red chakra you'd better run why Nudo smiled at her cause that's when I really lose control it's only happened a couple times but there isn't a whole lot that can get in my way when it happens and he looked back at his reflection if you see more than one tail you'll probably die anyway he I asked a bit puzzled and why not say The Village you're strong enough to do what you want right if the village hates you then you should make them fear your power kill a few of them and they'd leave you alone and if you were strong enough you could do whatever the hell you wanted he turned back to her and stepped close he proed her heart in the chest because that's not my ninja way I protect my friends and I'm loyal to my Village the fourth Hokage sealed the Ninetails in me for a reason I'm the one who has to master its power once I do that I can defend the Village from anyone who tries to harm it then the village will stop hating me and start respecting me he moved around her and back into the main room he looked around at the small chamber a thought occurred to him he glanced back at teia she caught the look he seemed to be mulling something over after a moment he made a quick hand sign and a plume of smoke enveloped him as it cleared she saw three clones they nodded to their Master before leaving the apartment Nito groaned and dropped back on the bed she moved back into the room with her arms crossed she wanted to know where he'd sent the Clones but figured he wouldn't tell her it was making her uneasy that he kept up the act of being a kind person gin chicki weren't nice people sure they had it rough even rougher than she'd had it but they were still shitty people everyone knew that having the demon inside turned them into hair trigger Maniacs we were just as likely to kill you as look at you it reminded her of Jugo from the far Northern Hideout that arachim Maro maintained near Kumo that man was a crazy lunatic and he wasn't even in Gin shuii the fact that nuto had the caoi inside him the biggest strongest most evil of the Demons it proved that he was trying to pull something over on her some deception that she was either to slow or too ignorant to notice I'll just have to wait and see what happens but after that little Outburst Kami knows I'm not going to try and piss him off I don't have a Death Wish when she looked down at him again his eyes were closed did he fall asleep who does he think I am he can't be that trusting he glanced around for some place to sit down and saw none the bed was the only place to rest besides the floor She gritted her teeth so that's the game right now if I want to sleep it'll be on the floor with him and he told me he wasn't a pervert like I could believe him she moved to the other side of the room and sat down her eyes still focused on the blonde he looked asleep but he probably wasn't in her mind she guessed that he was waiting for her to go and sit on the bed or even lay down down with him the narrow bed would have just barely enough room for them both to fit without touching and that was if one of them laid on their side irritation crept into her mind as she watched him doze it was ticking her off more and more every minute just then there was a knock at the door Naruto's eyes opened and he bolted out of bed teia shout was stifled by a hand as he hustled her into the bathroom he didn't speak but put a finger to his lips signaling silence then the door shut she cursed him mentally but stayed silent she pressed her ear to the door hoping to catch some of the conversation she heard the door open followed by an overenthusiastic greeting Naruto my rival it is time that we fight for you have prolonged our long awaited match long enough I long to meet you as youthful combat a I sweat dropped at the challenge this guy sounds like a complete looser nutk reply was somewhat less than energetic sorry buer Bros but I can't spar right now maybe another time a but nuto you have returned from two years training with the legendary jera you should be shouting your Readiness to test your metal burito said not now I can't train or Spar I have other stuff to do okay Hine but when you are free you must fight with me I will see you soon my fearsome rival Nudo sounded slightly aggrieved yeah sure the door closed with a snap a moment later the door to the bathroom opened Naruto apologized sorry about that Lee gets out of hand but at least he didn't kick in the door like he usually does he I spared him an annoyed look you have weird friends or should I say mentally unstable he agreed yeah most of us have something crazy going on Lee is a training lunatic tenton his teammate is crazy about weapons and niji hauga you've met him I think he has no social skills and is overp poite to the point that he's rude she didn't know what to think about is easy acceptance of them she asked how can you stand being around them how can I stand being around you you're louder than Lee more foul mouth than Sakura and even more insulting than nii and you aren't polite at all the only thing I like about your personality is that you're blunt at least I don't have to worry about you saying something you don't mean she smacked him upside the head hey what was that for she sneered what do you think he rubbed the side of his head saying I think you take things too seriously and you can't take what you dish out you keep insulting me and my friends but you get mad when I tell you how you act I should be asking what you're thinking Theo turned away from her if you want to sleep on the bed instead of on the floor try being a bit nicer a i esteemed and shouted why would I want to sleep with you he moved to take his place on the bed again I'm not asking you to sleep with me what do you think I sent the clones for I told them to go bu a bed that we can fit in the Cornet once I move the dresser and the other one was going to get you the usual stuff you know toothbrush toothpaste hairbrush Etc she blinked in surprise you really sent them out to do that they glanced at her do I have to keep telling you I'm helping you and because of that you are living in my apartment it would be rude if I didn't at least get you a bed of your own besides besides you'd probably attack me if I suggested using the same gear for cleaning and stuff a smirked you're not as stupid as I thought he closed his eyes and said sarcastically thanks for the compliment later that night Tay in her own bed listening to the sound of nuto sleeping she didn't like him not one bit but she respected him slightly more now than she had that morning he was considerate at least not something people generally were towards her and confusing his motivations didn't match up with how he'd been treated by The Village Anyone Who Had offered the scorn of their entire Village like that didn't just turn around and want to be the hero it made her blood boil thinking about it if she were nuto this place would be only slightly better off than it would have been if rimu succeeded in destroying it everything about nuto was a mystery she was stuck wondering did he really have something up his sleeve or was he just unhinged I don't know which one I prefer if he's just plotting something then he's normal everyone deceives others and tries to get what they want anyway they can I couldn't hate him for being normal but on the other hand if is actually a good guy and he's doing this just because he doesn't want to see me suffer I can't hate him for that either I can't justify being pissed at him either way she rolled over looking across the room at him he looked handsome at least when he wasn't wearing orange she didn't like that color very much to garish she liked red purples and blues orange was tacky something else she might have liked about him was his smile he seemed to smile a lot but it always looked fake to her something she had to admit though he was tall it was was a bit strange his height must have been from his father sunade said his mother was in yuzaki and Uzumaki tended to be on the small side like her he had the rounded face of in uzamaki and the eyes unlike hers he had the rich blue that looked like the sea after a storm what am I thinking about she rolled on her back unable to believe what she had just been doing I was doing some sort of girlish inventory of his looks I not some damned Fang girl to go admiring Beauty damn he's messing with my head AIA forced her eyes closed and willed herself to sleep aruto yawned mightily light steamed through the window over his face as he stretched he sniffed the air and froze his Keen sense of smell picked up a strange flowery scent and mixed in with it was another slightly musky one he sat up quickly and slipped off the bed wondering what it could possibly be Naruto halted at the bathroom door the sound of movement clicked something in his mind a prickling sensation on the back of his neck his body's warning of imminent danger signaled the do opening the bathroom door swung open and he was face to face or near as he could be with the height difference with teia she had put on the clothes she was wearing the day before but her hair was damp a towel was wrapped around her head keeping the wet hair off her neck Naruto registered her expression as it changed from calm to wrathful quack ai's hand chopped into a pillow as Naruto substituted with the one on his bed her eyes went WI a second before she was engulfed in white down feathers she thrashed for a moment as they descended to the floor Naruto watched as the hail of white clear cleared the glared at him all of her Exposed Skin which was still damp was now covered in feathers she pushed out her lower lip and blew hard clearing some of the fluff that clung to her face Aro guessed that it probably wouldn't do any good but he said it anyway sorry teia she removed her towel from around her head and used it to wipe the annoying down off her face and arms she kept her Frosty glare on his the whole time when she was done she moved to her own bed and sat down he noted that she didn't look very rested there were dark circles under eyes and he was sure that she hadn't slept the night before seeing how her bed was an even greater mess than his in addition to that she continued to radiate anger at him as though she were trying to burn holes with her gaze alone nuto looked away from her and to the Savage remains of his pillow he quickly made a shadow clone the copy cleaned up the mess and disappeared in a puff of smoke a few minutes passed before he muttered good morning no she made no move to remove her weighty gaze from him he was starting to feel like an ant under a magnifying glass eventually he felt compelled to break the mood listen I don't know what is wrong with you but could you stop staring at me like that it's starting to get to me she smiled Theo groaned irritated okay we are not going to get along if you are trying to Goat me into getting angry if you want me lose it and beat the out of you go ahead and mess with me theia smirked maybe I'm just getting revenge on what she Shrugged nothing arudo growled what did I do to you since yesterday are you staring me down because you walked out at the wrong time and got feathered or or are you trying to claim that you're getting revenge for me buying you a bed and everything cause if you want to sleep on the floor that bat I'll take your bed and put it next to mine and sleep real good a Shrugged it's for keeping me up all night he shouted I do not snore and what if I say you do then you'd be lying a demanded and how would you know if you snore or not you're the one sleeping Bashi watched them argue for the better part of 10 minutes both of them getting louder and louder until it became unbearable he wrapped the window frame with one metal-backed glove alerting them to his presence well you two certainly get along well for newlyweds tell me how's the honeymoon going both of them froze nuto asked slightly horrified how long have you been there Kakashi Sensei the jonan said bluntly about 10 minutes he I looked mortified Naro decided to pretend that nothing happened he let his shoulders relax what did you need Sensei the cashy scratched his chin thoughtfully well I was just passing along some info Naruto the clan leaders agreed that it would be simpler if all the cono 12 were told the truth about her seeing how close you all are already in addition to that most of the jonan in the village will be told the vast majority of them already know about the incident with Lord third a might not be immediately recognized but it would only be a matter of time he turned his head to look at teia on another note lady Tsunade wants to see you later this week once you're adjusted here you're rather lucky the Hokage trusts Naruto enough that she rejected danzo's proposal to put a chakra seal on you a ey glance at Naruto though she offered no thanks Narito asked anything else like a cover story for the people we don't tell about her Bashi said nope not yet you'll have to wait on that sakaku is working on a thought so you probably W have to wait too long anyway Sakura will be stopping by with some measuring tools since DEA here can't just go out and buy ones that fit try not to get injured Naruto but that the jonan vanished leaving his disgruntled student to fend for himself Naruto sighed loudly and let himself drop limply into his bed teia raised her eyebrow she was curious about who this akura was some girl that Naruto didn't get along with she didn't know but if there was a chance she could take advantage of the situation she would the only question was could she get answers out of nuto without him figuring out what her game was so narudo who is the Sakura he grumbled a girl with pink hair from my own Squad she's obsessive over sasu can probably is going try to kill you me or both of us nuto rolled over to looked at her seeing how you were partly responsible for Sask escaping she won't take kindly to that I just hope they explain things to her before she shows up and sees you otherwise I'll be stuck as her punching bag while I try to talk her down a smirked you let some girl wail on you like that aren't you a giner Ricky i' think you could handle your own team it crossed her mind that nuto was the kind of boy who would let a girl beat on him the whole nice guy routine had disadvantages too Aro grimaced yeah but she's a lot like you loud mouthed and easy to set off she growled watch a kid kid is that the best insult you could come up with surely you can do better touya leaping at Naruto she brought her fist in line to plow through his head Naruto didn't move like she expected him to has brought up one hand and caught her wrist easily his blue eyes burned into her for a moment before he let her go sorry but saakar richanne is an expert in Chakra manipulation and she can barely scratch me half the time without enhancing your strength you won't be able to touch me my body is naturally more durable and stronger than yours as you said I'm a ginu rii and a uzamaki and I don't really like getting hit so don't try it he shifted and looked up at the ceiling you're still treating me like an enemy but I'll keep trying to be friends with you as long as you don't hurt any of my friends you're safe as long as we get along he crossed her arms I'm not interested in being your friend I chose this route because it was the best course that doesn't mean I have to like it or you for that matter beruto closed his eyes slowly yeah well it wasn't your choice it was mine I was just being nice when I asked how you felt if you're not my friend then you'll never be friends with anyone else and if you have no friends and you're trapped in a house all the time it's no better than prison is it you might be clever but arachim never taught you how to accept things did he that's part of your curse mark too when you get angry you can draw out the curses power to increase your strength he let a smirk cross his face what is the point of living if you wen't happy she stepped back from him so you really have no plan to take advantage of me as soon as I let my guard down down T I already knew he wasn't that kind of person even if he was a pervert it was easy enough to figure out he wasn't that kind of pervert what bothered her is what Elsie could have planned for her Nudo said I might be a deep thinker sometimes but I'm not a schemer like some people if I wanted to take advantage of you I would oh and by the way just so you know what she started as a wave of forboding washed over her Naruto's body language seemed to change in an instant he sat up and looked at her teia was taken aback by his eyes the war blue was gone turned cold his gaze was predatory and reptilian if you want me to be the bad guy I can totally play that role it's not hard AIA shivered violently and turned around for a moment he looked just like rimu that gaze that saw only what it wanted and desired power Naruto's warmth had flooded out of him leaving hate why do I feel so weak right now he just looked at me he she hesitantly cast her eyes towards him why yes do you want to live with nice nuto or not nice Naruto your choice taia but you need to know I'm not going to switch back and forth once you decide he laid back down you don't have to choose now I'll give you a chance to think it over AIA could hear that his voice had changed it was deeper but lacking in Emotion it was cold like his eyes eyes that might have matched the demon inside him another shiver chill as a mountain peak in midwinter rushed up her spine she shuddered and rubbed at her skin gumps had broken out all over I remember this it's just like when a rachim would get pissed at us this is way worse is he is this how he is all the time and just hiding it it was almost like the temperature had dropped making her skin crawl her damn hair felt as though it was freezing to her scalp and the back of her neck she hurried to her bed and sat down her eyes darted to where Naruto was lying with his eyes closed he seemed so calm still but his presence it was like a panther crouching waiting for the moment she showed any weakness she knew she was showing just that I can't breathe teia clutched at her chest trying to force air through her Frozen lungs nuto lay still allowing himself to fall into a deep trance he heard the caoi speaking to him as if from a great distance nuto you're going to knock her unconscious if you keep this up and so baram recoiled at the hate Frozen and nuto answer this was not like nuto at all this eyed to the blonde boy whose mind he called home this port of him was dangerous she is not strong nuto you could kill her eventually tone down the killing intent before she has a heart attack why the fox felt his first stand on and fear and uncommon emotion to him bit into his Essence Karama hoped that he would never see this side on his container again his voice rumbled with urgency stop nuto you are starting to cause her pain you didn't answer my question why should I stop she wanted to see the real me this isn't the real you so says the one who would take over my mind and rip the village apart just stop make me Kurama the demon stilled there it was for the second time Naruto had used a name that had not been given to him he will not forgive give yourself for it later Pine weakling girl and she's one of the last uzamaki I guess it would be a waste a gasped in relief as the killing pressure left her in a rush she felt stiff and sore and an ache had settled behind her eyes she forced herself to sit up Naruto was looking at her out of the corner of his eye they remained cold but the crushing hand around her heart had vanished what was that nuta looked bored it was too easy to do you're in uzamaki I expected you to be stronger but I expected too much she paled that was a test he smiled and she had to look away from him it was like the Shinigami smile Naruto said bluntly I did it because I wanted to though it was a test of sorts a glanced at him and thankfully his smile was gone what were you testing nuto slipped out of bed and walked towards her the temperature seemed to plummet as he closed the distance between them he looked down at her there are only two reasons for the Clans to have you marry me the first is to keep you out of danzo's hands the second it to get you pregnant with you Moy children and really that's the main one they might have morals but when it comes down to it you're only a womb on legs to the Village you see the original yuzaki Clan didn't even live in the land of fire they existed in their own small nation between this country and the land of water so the clan heads really were excited to have the opportunity to reinstall the clan inside the village so as soon as sasuka is brought back they'll have three legendary Clans in a single Village sounds tempting doesn't it he pushed forward till his face was inches from her his breath bre hissed out and his pupil seemed to expand I want to know are you worth my time his hand shot out fast as a striking serpent his fingers curled around her arm his voice Pur out I could take you now and not have to worry about it I'm sure danzo won't turn his nose up at one kid and sunate will be a perfect grandmother to it Nudo leaned into her one hand scratching up her side eliciting a gasp as his fingers grew claws which raked her skin through her clothes he asked well are you a worthy mate or should I find a girl with a Constitution I might even find someone who didn't have such a fou mouth his calculating gaze took in her own fact is you might be one of the last uzamaki alive there's a good possibility that you're the last female so that gives you a bit of worth the uzamaki Clan's ability to master fuinjutsu was legendary even among the senju and they were the ones who made it a viable ninja art our children could probably surpass the fourth Hokage and talent he smirked and brought his face close to her own well nothing to say HEI yanked free and leapt off the bed Naruto's lips twisted into a fural grin she backed away till her back was against the door Naruto Shrugged and returned to his bed a terrified girl who kept her back against the door until her heart slowed enough to breathe properly she vowed not to ask another question until nuto went back to normal if he does the door to tsunade's office slammed shut the Hokage looked up at her student as she slid down the wooden surface to rest on the floor pink hair and disarray with a bag under her arm Sakura looked like she had just stumbled out of a horror movie alarmed sunade stood and quickly moved to her side Sakura's breath was erratic and her fair skin had gone a deathly white Sakura what happened her Apprentice looked up at her Sakura's green eyes were wide with fear as something is wrong with nuto sunade took Sakura's words at face value and helped her to her feet the girl was unsteady but sunade supported her to a seat by hers when Sakura was installed the Hokage called for shizun the assistant came in a moment later I hokama shizun get anoi now anoi yanaka placed his hands gently on either side of Sakura's head the girl was still unable to form coherent sentences she mumbled to herself as tuned looked on he glanced back at her this will take a moment but I can use my Jutsu to allow us to see what she saw I will have to go through the entire memory before I can activate it though Pine do it anoi nodded and pushed his thoughts into Sakura's mind it was unnervingly easy but then again she had no defenses up she was traumatized he wondered what could have happened to do this as he accessed her most recent memories something thoroughly unpleasant they came to him easily he immersed himself as he replayed the memory zakura opened the door to Naruto's apartment immediately she saw the red head on a bed against the far wall she was curled up with her eyes focused on Naruto the blonde was lying in his own bed looking up at the ceiling obviously bored he twirled a funnyl looking kunai on his fingertip Sakura walked into the room already chastising him Naruto Baka what the hell have you gone and done now lady tunate told me you agreed to an arranged marriage or something is that true nunk voice was lazy and bored as he said as if to himself and in walks the original loud mouth all hail the banshee and future queen of emo Sakurai ticked what did you just say Naruto answer me already why in the name of the First Hokage would you do that and with her of all people don't you know who she is she's one of the sound five you know one of the group who kidnapped sasu K there was silence as she stopped speaking Nudo took a moment to stop spinning kunai then he threw it at the wall to stick in the wood he sighed take you measurements already I W Peak their Knuckles cracked at his calm attitude Naruto I am so going to kick your ass if you don't get out of bed and answer me her breath caught as nuto materialized in front of her one hand catching her in the center of the chest the impact sent her into the wall behind her but didn't hurt she growled Naruto Baka her fist swung at his head glowing blue with Shakra Naruto caught her fist on his palm and pressed against her molding himself to her his other hand trapped her arm to the wall he stared at her coldly I don't feel like answering that stupid question and I'm getting tired of the noise his eyes shifted to where he had stopped her punch you getting weak Sakura or were you pulling you punch she struggled let go you idiot nunk face twitched and Sakura went cold it felt like her strength had completely deserted her the sudden pressure made it difficult to draw breath Naruto pushed his face past hers to whisper in her ear why should I care about anything you say even that pathetic AA recognized how useless you are I promised to bring him back to you but it was a childish bow don't think Sakura that I am the same loser that lets you punch on him I'm not the orange stripped fool you seem to like calling names so much I'm Naruto yamaki not your crutch to take out your little girl fears on he growled deep in his throat as she almost went limp don't stop struggling Sakura it's no fun if you give up you did want to play didn't you his tone had turned from menacing to playful in a predatory sort of way she turned her head to the side as pain carved through her hand and wrist claws were poking from his fingers cutting furrows across her skin Naruto pulled back slightly come on sakur you were always trying to get to Sask but what do you think he was into romance and puppy love no he was more the handcuffs and B pist kind of guy they grinned although I admit I never figured out which side of the equation he preferred nuto looked thoughtful for a moment before he chuckled but you're more of a sweet girl not the S and M kind you just want your tender moments with the dark bad boy so you can feel special his hot breath blew across her neck and down her shirt Sakura whimpered and tried to pull free again putting as much strength as she could into it but no matter how much chakra she forced into her arms and legs his grip didn't so much as loosen Naruto held her until she felt she was about to drop then he let her go Sakura stumbled to the door flinging it open before she caught her balance and dashed away as fast as she could go anoi pulled out of her mind with a shout falling on his ass as he did so sunate demanded anoi what is it he wiped sweat from his his brow something is defiantly wrong with that boy and not in the goofy way everyone loves he was terrifying in that memory I've never seen or heard of him acting like that it seemed completely at odds with his normal personality and he was using that chakra I could feel it even though her mind sunade ped herself anoi I thank you for your help but right now I need you to come with me to nutk apartment shizun have U on standby her assistant nodded and rushed out of the room quickly followed by the Hokage and the noi Naruto closed the door to his room and looked back at teia did you like that she shook her head no he smiled have you decided whether you want me your nice Naruto honestly I enjoy having the chance to play around a bit I was hoping Sakura would give in though it's a shame that my other side would be furious if I actually did anything to her heia gulped once before saying quietly I want the other one back and I don't want to see you again B aan you wounded me so is it that you dislike me that much she turned away yes go away and bring the idiot back I like him better you're insane nuto moved towards her quickly moving at top her but he can't touch you like I can we're different he Andy I know things he's too ignorant or Noble to notice or act sometimes you are my wife in a sense don't you want to have the strong cunning one as your mate they I felt a clot race down the side of her face a razor sharp caress no no no no no no I don't care I choose the other one Nudo smirked that was an odd way of answering me for first you say you don't care and then you tell me that you would prefer the other me she brought her hand around to smack him get off me and leave me alone give back the nice Naruto Demon he pulled back and stepped off the bed very well Tei uzamaki if that's your choice thei watched as nuto tilted his head and smiled again he pushed in close once more his face was an inch from hers he purred however if you want me to leave right now then you'll have to pay for it how about a kiss for your mate you leave he a bristled as he his expression changed to a pout a not even a lick or a peck on the cheek she hissed fine arudo turned his head slightly inviting her to do it she grimaced and moved to press her lips to his cheek his head turned at the last second and their lips touched Tea's eyes flashed open wide as claws raked her once under her breasts and Naruto pushed forward deepening the kiss his powerful muscles levered her down till she was lying flat under him butterflies exploded in her stomach even as she grabbed handfuls of his jacket and pushed it didn't work for a moment her jackr surged through her arms and she forced herself back further breaking the kiss as her cheeks flushed red thek fox-like smile vanished it was replaced instantly by confusion and surprise and his cheeks went red across the room from them the door opened with a bang and sunade stroe in followed by anoi both of them stopped dead Sun's eyes registered the tea was under Naruto her hands grasping at his chest while Naruto was on top of her one arm by her head and the other on her belly both both of their faces were bright red soon a felt acute shock as nutk blue eyes flick to anoi then to hers then to teia and back nuto looked down at teia she was under him and he was holding her down her soft skin rubbed against his as he attempted to piece together what the hell happened he wasn't in his bed he was in hers she was right there and they were molded together sensuously her face was flushed a deep crimson and her lips were slightly parted the moment froze in his mind his thoughts backtracked to the last thing he remembered the soft stin of her red lips on his head she kissed him or the other way around Naruto blinked as a massive migraine loomed just over the proverbial Horizon he realized that they were so close he could smell her distinct scent past the strong Aroma of shampoo and conditioner his heartbeat loud in his ears and he stopped trying to piece the last however long it had been out together sunate opened her mouth to shout and nuto decided for a tactical Retreat he pulled back in one fluid movement and made 20 clones they poofed into existence filling the room with white smoke he used used the diversion to jump off DE and hide his chakra signature as best he could then he blasted out of the window over his bed followed by a mass of clones immediately the place where he might be able to figure out what the hell had happened sunade ran to the window the moment the smoke cleared damn he got away already that boy is going to kill me one day with these stunts can't he stay put for one damn second she spun to see teia sitting up slowly her cheeks were still dark with her blush but she seemed all right better than Sakura for sure sunade walked over to her and asked harshly what happened tell me now hey I looked up at her he not him but the other one he kissed me she seemed to be in shock which she probably also was she touched her lips with one finger smoothing over them anoi stepped forward what do you mean by the other one theia shook her head Naruto his other self sunade asked are you talking about the caoi was Naruto possessed and why in kami's name was he doing that she shook her head not the demon it was nuto but as she didn't know what he had been a dormant personality of nuto or even the real nuto that he kept locked away under a perfect mask maybe it was the demon her mind was too mixed up to know he kissed me like that why do I feel like I want like it wanted AIA felt the onset of a headache as her brain replayed the moment that he pushed forward the chill in Her Bones turning to heat as he ow she put her hands to her head as pain blossomed behind her eyes it drove a freight train though her thoughts as in whitei bent down next to her he said listen teia I can help block off the memories if it will help but I have to go through them first we need to know what happened to nuto we only saw a little bit through Sakura he placed a hand on top of her and focused his chakra this would likely hurt a little but it was much more direct and he could look for the specific memory he needed anoi fell inside her thoughts quickly becoming caught up in the one that was causing so much turmoil inside her he saw from Tea's eyes as she kissed him gez that was H what was that that out of my head the noyi gasped as excruciating pain slammed him from her mouth mind he walled himself off from her mental shout before it could turn his own thoughts to Mush holy crap that was close she almost fried me she's much stronger than I thought standing he shook his head to clear it then he glanced at sunate I won't be able to get anything else out of her without stringent preparation if I guess right from what I saw in Sakura's memories and just now the flash I received from her before she tossed me out I would guess that nuto has a dual personality that was somehow brought to the surface sunade grimaced this is the first time I've heard of it nuto might have been weird but he never showed signs of being bipolar much less having a complete personality shift although this could be something that developed during his training trip with Ura but I would be amazed if Ura didn't notice it anoi looked down at tea as she cradled her head or hands she is going to need some time to recover I think what do we do until then we leave her here for now post a few ambo around to make sure she doesn't leave Nar should come back when he's ready no point searching for him now it would be like trying to find a needled in a hay stack honestly I think we should play it by ear she sighed this had been a headache from beginning to end this girl is unstable Nudo is unstable and danzo is just waiting for his chance to get a hold on either of them if she didn't already have a good guess as to what danzo wanted she would have suspected that he had done something to nuto to cause this but as it was it didn't match with his goals sunade spoke to teia stay here if you need something there will be U outside the girl didn't answer she had closed her eyes to slits trying to block out the pain sunade sighed and gathered a flicker of chakra to her fingertips then she placed them lightly on the back of her neck teia went rigid then relaxed back with a groan anoi asked will that help don't know having someone manipulate you thoughts can be excruciating I not at all well-versed in the Arts of mental healing and even you're more focused towards interrogation I can only wonder what she went through for the last two years between sas's disappearance and now and then before that serving under Rimer this is why I requested that she come to me once she settled in so that she could have some time to adapt before we pled her brain for info on him he raised his eyebrow and what about nuto sunate turned to leave if there was a top 10 of most unpredictable ninja he'd beat the next five on the list combined he'll show when he's ready theoi grumbled I know who his parents were and I know he trained with a toad Sage but considering what I saw in Sakura's mind you have a shocking amount of faith in that boy she smiled thinly I do now let's go Naruto's not going to come back while we're here nuto returned a few hours later to find taia asleep she had curled up into a ball on top of the covers he closed the drapes on the window as he stood over her I don't know what to think or what to do I'm sure she kissed me and I'm sure that I pushed back but I can't remember how it came to that to save my life and I can't get it out of my head caoi won't talk to me about it either he scratched his chin still just as confused as he had been when he High tailed it from the Hokage it was frustrating like a mental itch that he just couldn't reach teia had said something to him and then there was a big blank space and then the kiss I can't stop thinking about it it's going to drive me crazy nuto didn't know what else to do so he moved to his own bed and there he lay for hours more unable to fall asleep or banish the strange feeling in his chest Naruto blinked awake the next morning a second later his alarm blured out his Brazen war cry Naruto smashed it before so much as half a tone escaped it the jarring sound of it crunching removed the last vestages of sleep s from him the rrr that's the fourth damn alarm clock I've smashed by reflex since I came back from training with pervy Sage one more thing I have to worry about I guess an annoyed voice spoke from the other side of the room took you long enough to wake up lazy ass he pushed himself to his elbows teia was sitting on her bed her red hair SPL out around her the eyes which looked Haggard glared out at him despite the look she was giving him which reminded him of an annoy tiger a part of his mind admired her beauty in the face of sleep deprivation it was obvious that she hadn't received a full night of sleep the circles under her eyes from the day before REM remain and had grown a shade darker aruto coughed lightly clearing his throat I'm morning Tean don't call me that he blinked and yawned loudly he stretched and slipped his feet off the bedside well that's no way to be talking to your darling husband this early in the morning she scowled don't mention that idiot aruto gave her a pout okay then what would you like me to call you then is your regular name just fine touya not if you say it like that they groaned oh well pardon me for trying to mix it up do you prefer Mrs uzamaki the glare she shot him would have melted steel I didn't think so now I think I said something about me not being your enemy I really don't care about the foul language as long as it isn't being substituted for my name she turned her head away from him and let out a sound that clearly expressed her lack of agreement on that topic Naruto got out of bed and moved across the room he changed clothes quickly half expecting her to get pissed at him but thank thankfully she seemed to be less enamored of modesty when she wasn't fresh out of the shower a glanced back at him her expression becoming more Curious than angry what are you up to he said I have training to do and I'm not a support fighter my abilities are tuned towards medium Clos range combat with highly destructive Jutsu therefore I need a large training field to get anything done and you're just going to leave me here unattended he rolled his eyes you think that I'm really stupid don't you you guessed it nuto glared at her in return and brought his hands together there was a puff of smoke and a second nuto appeared the original gave her a cheery wave before disappearing out the door teia turned to the Clone he was well a clone in every sense of the word she felt annoyance building as the Clone simply sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes heia slipped off the bed and moved to sit in front of the Clone she demanded what orders did he give you the Clone opened one blue eye humorously boss said you would try interrogating me oh well I guess it won't hurt I'm supposed to keep an eye on on you of course if you kill me then boss will know something's up and come running if you try to escape I am to prevent you from doing so to the best of my abilities other than that he gave me enough Jack to make on additional clone for you to use as you wish she narrowed her eyes is that true or did he instruct you to make fun of me too the Clone Shrugged if you don't believe a humble clone like myself well that's not my problem but boss doesn't want you shouting at him because you wanted something all day while he was out training heia smacked the Clone upside the head it didn't disperse I knew it you just sent off a clone so you could see how I'd react to being left alone the Clone smiled sorry teia but you are mistaken apparently you don't know much about Shadow clones you see our durability is determined by the amount of chakra we are given just as the Jutsu we use are restricted if boss puts almost half his full chakra reserves into a clone like me I can be very durable you could wail on me for a few minutes before I dispersed she crooked an eyebrow why so much chakra the clone's grin became FAL boss has nearly 17 times as much cha as you and that is without the caoi even with half his chakra I could overpower you ai's jaw dropped overpowered by a clone the blonde copy of nuto inserted a finger in his ear and twisted it as if to say could you be any louder she growled I would never be beaten by a clone of some orange I can't believe a stupid clone is mouthing off to me anyway tea grabbed him by the front of his mostly black jacket and attempted to haul him off his feet unfortunately he was much taller than her and she only succeeded in dragging him to his feet where he looked down at her amused you seem angry teia was it something I said she roared of course it wasn't just that it's that insolent smile you keep flashing it's you laughing at me like this and it's this stupid situation I should have let myself starve in the forest rather than get involved with you the Clone apparently found this highly amusing as well she heard him start to chuckle and step back letting go of his jacket heia I don'tk get why you're so pissed boss is trying to be nice it's not easy for him he has no experience with girls in this situation she cursed him loudly switching into an entirely different language for some of it when she finished venting a little of her wrath she demanded why are you so compass then you must be a defective clone or something you don't act just like him he tilted his head still grinning and once again your knowledge of Shadow clone seems lacking it's well known that shadow clones can easily develop personalities opposed to their creator after being given certain directions she stopped what do you mean by certain directions he said for instance I was also directed to keep you company unless you said you wanted to be left alone or something along those lines I'm adapting to try and figure out how to complete my directive properly the Clone raised his eyebrow while dropping the grin The Shadow clone Jutsu was invented a long time ago and is the root of all clone Jutsu the elemental release versions are all easier to use requiring much less chakra but they are much more limited in their use a fire style clone will only only ever be an exact copy or the original with no ability to learn or adapt I could Master a new Jutsu and then pass on the knowledge to boss a i blinked you seem to know an awful lot for a stupid clone I'll take that as a compliment she moved back to the bed and sat on the edge fine then if you've been ordered to keep me company then you can start telling me about nuto I'm not going to get stuck listening to his life story from him the Clone smiled again you're kind of weird you know that right just get on with the Clone he sat down again okay to start out with boss doesn't know who his father is and only recently knew who his mother was he is an orphan he doesn't clearly remember much before he was five he lived in this Village his entire life enrolling in the academy at AG a i groaned I didn't want a boring historical account of every damn event I was asking about how he thought what he thinks about I know the big events in his life the Clone scratched his chin um I'm not sure boss would like me telling you about his inner thoughts and feelings Duff tell me anyway he looked extremely uncomfortable I maybe another question she swore damn it and I thought you'd be useful fine tell me what Naruto thinks of me and no lies he's already told you that theia cracked her Knuckles details clone or else I'll test how many hits you're good for the Clone cringed yeah okay boss is extremely confused about you he think of you as family because of your uzamaki blood and wants to help you but he also feels that he can't trust you because of how you were trained by rimu he wants to like you but you're constantly making it clear you want to stay as enemies anything else she asked it while lying the Clone dangerously she wasn't sure how far she could take the threat a clone was a clone after all he might not have any order to fight back if she attacked him but he would be aware of that too he muttered boss would kill me for this fine but only if you ask politely she gritted her teeth tell me please the Clone sighed boss doesn't remember much of what happened yesterday but he remembers the kiss he liked it wah she gaped like a fish for a moment are you ser fous he doesn't remember any of that nope AIA felt like hitting the Clone but that won't do any good and why the hell is this clone so informative I've seen clones before none of them were like this but I guess it goes with what he said arachim Maru told me once that the shadow clone Jutsu is part of the Hidden Scroll of the village so it makes sense that most of the Clone Jutsu I've seen were of a different type she frowned and what the hell does he mean that nuto liked it gr RR R I can't ask him about it Naruto will know everything that me and his Cy talked about so I can't afford to ask that I wish this wasn't so damn tedious what the did I do to get my life so up a few minutes passed and the Clone asked is there anything you want or need that I can get Naruto did tell me to do what you wanted to a certain extent they I aside anything well not anything but within reason she thought for a moment then said get me a good Flute from one of the shops in the village something with at least eight holes there was no movement of the Clone going to perform this task and steady asked do I look stupid I not supposed to do anything to Aid in your Escape buying you something that you can make us of as an effective weapon isn't on my list of things I'm allowed to fetch she snapped a simple flute not a chac metal combat flute do you think I could weave my demon song with a normal flute arachim Maru had my old one custom made for me it would take a month to recreate one to match the most I could do with a civilian flute would be charm animals or weak-minded people real jinjutsu is beyond that the Clone Shrugged okay I won't be the one in trouble if you're deceiving me he made another clone and left by the window she watched the new clone it didn't move she figured that this one had been ordered to keep her inside the room without fail and without doing anything to the contrary she sighed in an aggravated way and collapsed backwards if he gets a halfway decent flute at least I'll be able to play myself some music won't be too bad but I wish I had my old flute that cimro gave me years ago when she was only 10 years old cimro had taken her aside from the general group of prisoners he'd found her entrancing an entire group of her fellow inmates with her tune she wasn't trying to hurt them or anything but she had a special gift for the instrument he'd showed her his ability to manipulate his bone by crafting her a long flute of his hardest bone it played an eerie and haunting Melody she'd kept it for all those years even into her time as a member of the sound five and then later when cimro had fallen ill she'd stopped playing on it but now she wished to have it with her the bone worn Smooth by countless hours playing she remembered the time arachim Maru had been looking for her one day after he'd first recruited her and found himself caught by her Melody not a song meant for combat but one that expressed herself it was the only time she'd seen him with a genuine smile or at least a genuine smile that wasn't derived from his gruesome experiments I wonder what nuto would think of that song would he like it too a moment passed and she jerked up pulling the muscle in her lower back ouch why am I thinking like that again she massaged her back as pain bit deeply making her gritter teeth in anger I swear that ass causes me more pain than my legs did Tei left the bed and moved to the window looking out at the Village it looked peaceful there were a few civilians walking along at his this hour but most seemed to be Shinobi some even looked to be walking hand in hand this annoyed her for some reason she couldn't quite pinpoint even as she watched the street she saw someone she recognized a young man with Wild dark hair he wore a dark brown jacket that was almost black the red tattoos on his cheek marked him as a member of the inuzuka clan the saw him stoop down to Pat immense white dog by his side she sneered he was a pig like nuto he was foolish and idealistic but he was easily twice as arrogant as the Blane and cherii he'd shown that during the time they waited for Naruto to show up for the clan meet as she watched there was a popping sound from behind her she turned in time to see the original clone or what she assumed was the original clone he had a long dull red flute in one hand teia asked how' you get back so fast shrugging the Clone tossed the flute to her she caught it deafly it was slightly shorter than her battle flute and had two less holes but it seemed wellmade though she didn't recognize the material she asked what is it made out of he scratched his head the vendor said it was made out of something called Ironwood an import from the land of stone it was the only one that looked good she nodded fractionally heun right it's well made if this is Ironwood whom he obviously doesn't know about the properties of Ironwood this would be a perfect combat flute if it had two more holes unfortunately I can't work any jinjutsu with this unless they're very simple but I can summon and control my demons with this you seem happy with it hey I looked up why would I be happy with it you haven't cursed me out for buying a lame flute she shifted uneasy HEK getting better at reading me I'm not used to living with someone I need to be secretive around grr I hate him and especially this stupid clone the Clone in question smiled politely why do I get the feeling that you're silently plotting the boss's demise ai's ey twitched way too good at reading me stupid clone he asked so are you going to play me at tun she growled why would I well we aren't going to be separated from each other for a while so unless you intend on waiting for the exact opportunity when you can play alone I'd suggest getting what enjoyment out of it that you can I'm not going anywhere a I thought bastard copy has a point I asked for a flute so I could enjoy playing but I can't insist o doing it alone hmph I'm not playing personal music for him let's see how much he Shivers if I play the Lesser demon dance she put her lips to the flute and started to gather her breath deari sighed as shikim was forced to stop again he sneezed explosively and took a step back to steady himself she asked what number is that 20 either someone is talking some serious about you or you need to take some medication it would be bad if we got ambushed with you in the state she meant it as a joke but he didn't smile he wiped his nose annoyed it's Troublesome but I did inhale a ton of pepper when I was making breakfast this morning oh that's what it is well that explains it his face twitched but not from allergies they both heard a sharp clear note echo down the streets and over the building seven more piercing notes rang out in Rising volume tamari glanced down the street she said looks like someone is about to start playing as the def flute chamero unfroze and stuffed his hands in his pockets as the sound stopped he moved to continue down the street when the notes started up again the melody started out low and Rose and Rose till it was shrill then it descended into a complex series of notes tamari shivered damn that sounds Eerie chamra was frozen again I know that tun I've heard it somewhere here act his brain for an answer then it came to him no the Mari was startled as shikim leapt to the nearest roof scanning for the source of the music The Haunting song drove daggers of apprehension up his spine and caused the hairs on the back of his neck to go rigid that girl two years ago during the mission to rescue Sask the one with the red hair and the flute she came so close to killing me it was scary where is that music coming from Below him in the street tamari asked shikan what's up with you you're supposed to be escorting me to the Embassy he shouted down to her tamari get up here that's the exact same song that the sound five keni used to get the best of me two years ago her expression changed then what Shikamaru scanned the rooftops searching for The Telltale trace of red he found it a moment later what in kami's name is going on that's Naruto's apartment Naruto's clone had closed his eyes listening to the song that filled his room teia seemed flustered that he wasn't negatively affected by the music but the thing was he liked it pity boss isn't here he'd like this he opened his eyes keeping tabs on te's chakra from what he could feel she wasn't drawing any at the moment but he wasn't a sensory type so she could probably hide it from him if she wished he blinked as he saw a blur by the window that's oh a black ink stain flooded the floor reaching for teia his reaction was instant tea found herself on the bed behind her he held fast in the tenuous grip of the tentacle like Shadows he knew who it was immediately Shikamaru this isn't what it looks like she isn't an enemy outside the window shikimo looks somewhat less than convinced he asked then what is she doing here she survived a battle with you and tamari Chan she was living in the forest for 2 years but gave it up and turned herself in she's living here with a boss right now Shikamaru tilted his head I knew it you're clone is Shadow clone which means you're immune to this Jutsu he grinned pretty much I let myself get caught for a moment anyway she's not a threat I promise your dad is actually supposed to tell you about the situation pretty soon chir raised his eyebrow and what is the situation the growled and jumped off the bed hey twerp I'd H you died from some horrible accident but it looks like you're still annoying as she said it's none of your business until someone makes it your business I'm still technically an A-Class secret the Clone groaned could you somehow stop insulting everyone I'm only a clone you know if you get the whole Village trying to Stone you I can't stop them deari landed next to Shikamaru with a small Breeze blowing about her tomari's eyes locked on te it is you I thought I killed you AI spat no what you did was seriously up my legs so much that I had to crawl around for 2 years Sand Village the blonde kenoi mowed silently wow then she looked at Shikamaru it doesn't look like she changed at all still as foul mouthed as the day I almost killed her honestly I thought a few hundred tons of wood would do the trick nutk clone really wanted to tell tamari not to antagonize TAA but figured it would do any of them any good after all the sunna Ki had quite The Temper of her own sometimes heia was about to go ballistic when she felt a hand on her shoulder followed by a loud popping sound Naruto's boy said okay okay can we not do this right now Shikamaru tamari Chan would you mind not setting her off Shikamaru Shrugged if she's under control and not a danger I'm fine with her the Mari mimicked him same for me Theo nodded and said said teia please stop insulting my friends now we need to talk he turned to his two friends again would you mind guys Shikamaru gave the smallest of Whispers but nuto coded what a drag somewhere in the land of lightning yo you guy to my girl how you going to hurl my new Jutsu going to put you in a whia to anyone watching the bizarre scene unfold it might have been hilarious a huge man with dark skin and a white cloud Village vest was sparring with a petite girl love about 20 she had long blonde hair and a braid behind her it swung wildly as she dodged his Lightning Fast attacks her limber body Twisted as she bent over backwards the tips of her fingers touched the ground behind her even as her feet left the ground she cartwheeled away from her massive opponent one thing was on her mind getting away from the dozens of crackling blue bolts of electricity which blasted from Bee's fingertips come on yito just let me zap you you know you need to feel my extreme power yeah she shouted as she came back on her feet and settled into a defensive stance right B I'm not planning on letting you touch me with those fat little sausages you call fingers biller be stopped dead in his tracks wow eito watched as he whipped out a little black notebook and a pencil and started writing furiously he muttered as he scribbled sausages H never thought of using that in that kind of situation not sure if I can use that but okay she smirked and slowly Drew out a kunai from her pouch sending lightning chakra through the HT she watched as be closed his book he looked up and their eyes met well as best as they could while he wore his Dark Shades quick as a flash be threw his hands out fingers extended blue light flashed at the tips and she threw her kunai directly between them boom he landed several feet away skidding for a moment before he flipped to his feet yugito what was that almost made me go Splat yo her smirk turned fural as she dashed at him drawing on her chakra and sending it into the air directly in front of her be's eyes widened as she ignited the space between them with blue fire yugito plunged through the flame and felt it last on to her try this out for size B my new to judu style these Flames won't burn me but you aren't so lucky he realized this is second later as she lashed out at him he twisted to the size and her fist sailed past him the blue flames licking at his Flack jacket the heat caused his eyebrows to raise in Surprise waa yugito Chan's getting serious with her Jutsu where did she learn how to do that she hasn't been training in secret again has she ought to know big bro give her hell for keeping stuff from him an annoyed voice from the back of his mind interrupted him with a sarcastic comment which he did his best to ignore hey you backman I was wering how you can ignore your number one partner your tiresome be need I remind you I'm still recovering from your Escapade with eito well man you know I sorry about that business no need to be cold about it find some way to stay out of trouble for a few weeks and I'll get around to forgiving you eventually hey that no fair how am I supposed to bust out my mean Rhymes in a fight if you're not shoving some power my way you heard me behave yourself and I'll consider lending you chakra again such an uncool way of looking at things he came out of his trance as his blades fended off fujito through sheer muscle memory he might be off in beand but his body was an amazing multitasker he smirked as his blonde friend tried to impale him with a flaming kunai he ducked and rolled incredibly flexible for his size yugito leapt over him narrowly avoiding a sweep of his arm he found his footing quickly as yugito came down and Whirled they were about to start again when a familiar voice called out to them from the side of the training field hey Lord raikage wants to see you to ASAP me and yugito turned to see Derry standing at the edge of the circular Plateau his expression was a perfect mix of exasperation and boredom he scratched the back of his head giving them a raised eyebrow and if I were you too I'd get going he ain't in a good mood beito cringed but decided it would be best to follow the man's suggestion Derry was usually spot-on with anything he set his mind to okay I'm going see a man Biller be's face met the floor with enough Force left over to crack it a split second later he was back on his feet smiling broadly yo big bro what you got for us I'm din for a mission if you know what I mean the raikage pinched the bridge of his nose I don't have time for this bee right now I have a mission for the both of you under the circumstances I would never send either of you to do this but several reasons have compelled me to do so eito glanced at Derry who stood silent behind the massive leader of Kumer her eyes turned back to Lord a um what is this mission he stood and turned around looking out the Great Windows over his village his voice boomed out in the office I'm sending both of you along with a single team of our most accomplished Jen and Toano yugito you will be acting as senior instructor to the group as they Advance through the exams B you will do everything in your power to make contact with the jiriki of the caoi both of them looked at each other dumbstruck B decided to ask the obvious before yugito could get in trouble for it I'm not sure that's a good idea big bro we kinda snubbed Conor last time they invited us to come and last I heard we didn't get no invitation Lord a said it just came listen the akitsuki are in the land of lightning I have received several reports that the so-called zombie Duo has been in the western valleys they are coming here for you too I don't have any doubt in that and honestly with what I've heard of them I'm uncomfortable with having either of you here D you are blatantly disobedient and you're likely to get yourself killed if they find you but but nothing I have thought this out now you need to know that my opinion of the current Hokage has changed somewhat I think I was mistaken about her processor's intentions this new offer is simply a gesture of Goodwill towards her fellow cage be scratched his chin I see where you're going bro you want me to go in with eito for two reasons first you want us out of the village while the akitsuki are here and second you want me to get buddy buddy with the ginu O the Ninetails the older man shook his head no what I want is you to get a feel for him see if he has any chance of mastering his power on his own if he can then I want you befriend him if he can't then the leaf has a weakness a loose canon Jin shuii would be easy prey for you too eito coughed why would we befriend him if he had a chance of mastering the caoi simple I am considering forming a solid alliance with a leaf again I am not blind as the tsuchikage I can see past our differences to a common enemy each of the Akatsuki are near above cage level there may be some as strong as myself as it is Koo only lacks a trange in Chiki to be the dominant Village The Village hidden in the Stone has just barely recovered from their last war sunna as weak as it always will be isolated and possessing the weakest of the giki Kiri is in shambles still if we Ally with Koo then we will be completely safe from the other Villages until the Akatsuki can be properly dealt with he asked so you're worried about the akitsuki that much the nodded Derry show them Derry stepped forward and opened a folder on A's desk B and yugito leaned in close to look yugito covered her mouth in horror as said that is a report on a small village to the far north they were pacifists but they are distant descendants of the first wreckage like me they had a unique ability to manipulate the Natural Energy in the air around them by dispersing their own around them like a Mist I was good friends with the leader of the village Barry coughed as boss was saying there were several High Joon and level Shinobi in that Village they were slain by a single man as far as the one surviving witness knows he didn't even use Ninjutsu be jaw dropped damn that messed up uo blinked and pointed at the picture what is that Barry Shrugged we don't know some symbol made in blood they were scattered all around the village in varying sizes the point is one man did this yuo you wouldn't be able to accomplish the same unless you were in full tailed beast State and we know the Akatsuki has special methods for defeating released BIDU he asked so are you actually thinking of you know making good with cono even after you tried to NAB a couple dozen of their kids over the last 10 years growled I don't want to hear it B der has the details for you but B y bro if you try to twist the rules here I'll make crapping an offense punishable by death understood no more stupid yo I got this no need to be fussing one week later AI left Hokage Tower unescorted at least she thought she wasn't being followed she never could tell the U here were a sneaky Bunch even by the standards of U in other Villages maybe IA had more devious special ops nin but there was no way to be sure and it didn't really matter she was supposedly free to go about the village now she received odd stairs from almost everyone as she walked down the street heading for nutk apartment after the incident with Shikamaru she tried to stay there as much as she could until everyone had settled down for a while she'd been a Hot Topic and by hot she meant that there had been three attempts on her life gratitude she didn't want to admit that she was possible of feeling this for Naruto but after a member of the hyuga clan had tried to cut her throat well she could safely say that she owed nuto one it was strange when he'd saved her she didn't even know he was there there all she saw was the hauga lunging for her and suddenly there was an explosion of blue light and everything in the room did a 360 as a blast of wind took the tunin out the other side of the wall and then nuto had left he returned a few hours later to tell her that she had nothing to worry about from the hauga clan hiashi had been appalled that a member of his family had attempted to kill her even if he was a branch Clan member she didn't know what happened to the young man until she asked sunate about 20 minutes ago apparently Naruto had refused to level any charges saying being paralyzed from the neck down for a few years is more than enough punishment privately she agreed with him but she wouldn't admit it I wish I could talk to him damn it he comes in to eat check on me and to sleep sometimes I mean what the hell is he doing I can't believe that anyone is so crazy about training that he skips two days of rest for it he must have a girlfriend or something I bet that's it it annoyed her that he would have a girl besides her even if it wasn't exactly a romantic relationship she was his wife and he hardly talked to her is especially after the Nar boy stopped by actually I'd be willing to bet that he isn't at the apartment so heun be at one of the training Fields what was the number he told me two days ago 17 7 whatever I'll just ask around he I managed to get directions to training field 7even from an old woman sweeping out her doorstep so now she was going through the forest and ambo was 10 ft from her following her should have expected that she turned to him hey is it a left or a right up here he gestured to the left Tei aside and turn left the clearing was large with a small stream running through the center long green grass covered most of the area making it seem quite tranquil she glanced around it was also quite empty not a blonde hair in sight teia stretched out to try and get a sense of the area and there she walked into the underbrush and almost tripped over Naruto hey dumus what are you doing there he glanced up at her seeming slightly annoyed training what do you mean training you just sitting there Theo jerked his head around behind him and her eyes shifted her jaw dropped blonde hair everywhere at least 200 clones covered the forest floor behind him like a blanket all of them were sitting in a similar position cross-legged with their hands pressed together Palms flat what the hell is he up to what the are you doing here jackass he frowned listen I thought we agreed that you wouldn't call me names anymore she groaned oh fine narut I'll use your goddamn name even if you don't deserve it Nudo sighed and his eyebrow twitched could you go somewhere else I really am training so it' help if you weren't distracting me a devious smile stretched her lips and she sat down in front of him oh come on nuto why don't you tell me what you're working on I am your wife after all you can trust me like I can trust you that's funny she lost her smile okay stop right there I need to tell you something I am tired of being stuck in that stupid apartment alone with absolutely nothing to do arudo said bluntly you got be okay to go about the village without me why do I have to keep you company now as you put it 3 days ago when we had our little argument you could care less what kind of deal we had you don'tk want anything to do with me she coughed that was just a little argument Naruto listen I'm bored out of my mind he growled why don't you go play your flute then you saw how well that went nuto I ticked at her insistence all right I don't care if you watch but could you keep quiet at least I'm not good at sitting still this is hard enough for me but what are you doing it was starting to annoy her too his refusal to tell her just what he was doing what kind of freaking illegal is he doing that he can't even trust me with it it's not like anyone listens to what I said even if it wasn't allowed everyone would think I was lying to get him in trouble he said quietly it is an exercise that I saw in Kiri I'm trying to copy it but I don't have any sensory abilities for the most part so I'm having to guess at what I'm doing and that is she made her voice seductive thinking to put him off guard as usual it didn't work he said listen you know the tun and exams are coming up right she nodded and I know you're still a jenin so what are you entering the exams this year yes and this is very important to me I'm trying something that shouldn't be possible and I really don't want either of my Sensei trying to tell me it won't work AIA blinked in Surprise what do you mean by not possible is this why you skipped sleeping the last 2 days he growled yes now let me concentrate already she went silent and watched him after a few moments she felt the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end she scooted away from him as his lips twisted and his eyebrows Drew down into a deep scowl teia saw the hair on his arm standing now it was a moment before she realized what he was doing he's trying to use lightning release but he's a wind user and he wasn't born with lightning I think and if he was born with it then why is he saying it's supposed to be impossible extremely curious she decided to watch him while he trained her s mind raced looking for some reasonable answer to what he was doing her hair had Lain back down a while ago so what was he up to now arudo smiled inwardly as he finished his task h e l LL yeah suck that pervy Sage he briefly wondered if it was appropriate to think of his sensei in that way I guessed T is rubbing off on me Naruto stood and his red-haired companion did the same she brushed herself off complaining okay now I'm sore and still pretty damn curious are you going to explain what the heck you were doing for the last 3 hours nuto shook his head nope sorry teia but I can't tell you but since you waited there so patiently I'll tell you what what he snickered if you watch me in the tunin exams then you'll see what I've been training for she groaned but that's a whole 3 weeks away you're going to keep me in the dark the whole time aruto nodded yep but it will be so worth it when you see the look on pervy Sage's face when I whip out my new Jutsu he started to giggle to himself oh it's going to be awesome I can't wait to blow the lid right off him and all his rules about Jutsu whoever said you can't he glanced at her before he got too far ahead of himself and revealed what he was up to anyway you'll see I promise hey I huffed well I deserved it I think sunade grumbled to herself as shizun passed back the letter from the raikage it told her that he was sending two of his best with a group of three jennin they would act as the mentors for their team during the exams shizun asked was it a good idea to invite them sunade nodded yes it needed to be done I can't work well within the political landscape as a new cage I've only had this job for a few years most of my fellow Cage have years of experience on me the raikage and suage especially she robbed her Temple I actually extended to Lorde himself but apparently he decided not to come her assistant mumbled well the last cage to come here did get killed shut up thisum groaned loudly as the spectral figures of his fellow akitsuki vanished Dam Itachi sesori sure knows how to spoil our fun I was looking forward to fighting the one tales I've never FR a gin chuii who was also a cage even if he was young Bachi looked around the cave where the meeting had concluded his breath steamed out in the frigid air it is nothing we have a new task the Gin chuii of the two and eight Tales are on the Move sori could say that much the tall pallet man stretched and turned his white bloodshot eyes on the AA true but I'm surprised atachi why did you warn the zombies off attacking Kumo because Kumo is the strongest village now and their tactics won't work as well as ours in the situation we are a better match against them now besides you weren't interested in fighting that old man with the Four Tails Bim clicked his tongue it's not that I simply prefer more you youthful opponents old men want interest Samaha but it doesn't matter we need to get on the trail of the eight tales and Two Tales b r aachi letun go Bashi hadic scratched his chin wonderingly as he looked down at his student I don't know Naruto entering the tune and exams as a lone member sounds a bit Reckless to me are you quite sure that Jura gave the okay aruto nodded you bet he told me I was ready for this he is the toad Sage you know he taught me a ton of stuff I bet I could take you on any day the white-haired Joan and I smiled I have no doubt you're eager to try but you'll have to make junin before you challenge me so I get to enroll an exams no nuto was about to shout when Kakashi first told him not alone you need to find at least one other Jenine to watch your back it's far too easy to get caught off guard during the exams I don't doubt that you are strong but you don't have eyes in the back of your head the blonde groaned but all the other rookies are chunin or even jonan who do I team with Bashi sighed I don't know nuto is intent in still a jenin she could join you she'll be in the same position as you and what about kohu nutk jaw dropped little bro noeru why him he's just barely a genine last time I checked the cashi smirked under his mask poor Naruto never could keep up with local news could you no Naruto kohu is beyond the level of his team right now I heard him boasting that he could do rengan too I assume you taught it to him and if he can use that Jutsu I'm sure he can compete in the exams with you maybe not evenly but still there was a moment of silence as Naruto digested this okay sensei I'll get them in on it but there was something else I really needed to ask you about sure what did you need to know Nudo scratched his head but you got to swear that you won't tell anyone especially not granny or pervy Sage why so secretive nuto sigh I've been working on a new om Jutsu I didn't want them preventing me from training because they were worried about me getting hurt Bashi raised his eyebrow okay nuto you've got me curious I promise I won't tell a word you sure he nodded and lazily crossed himself cross my heart and H to die Theo raised his own eyebrow and asked stick a needle in your eye the cashi Shrugged uncomfortable with the phrase I keep my promises we both know that they paused for a moment as nuto compassed himself then he looked him right in the eye I've been training myself in sealing pervy Sage showed me the basics but I need help on this one I've been working on wait you made a new seal on your own nuto shook his head no I altered one I saw in Kiri but it just won't activate no matter how hard I try I'm a bit scared to push a lot of chakra into it so could you help out Bashi Shrugged againi see what you've got but I'm not sure how much I can help I've used a few seals before my Sensei was a master at them but I only learned a few of the more restrictive variety ones for containing energy not for combat the groan came from nuto but this one is supposed to be for fighting close up he hesitantly brought his hands to eye level and showed Kakashi has Palms the jonan blinked his visible eye then he scratched his chin interesting excited Naruto asked do you know what it's missing since say Bashi coughed lightly um no not a clue I have absolutely no inkling what that even is for can't help you here jera probably told you but ceiling changes drastically from person to person every ceiling master in the history of the village has had their own unique style only sharing their most basic techniques you could go your whole life and never see the same seal twice Nito groaned well that's a drag they starting to sound like anara and you're as useless as jera to sauna sometimes Bashi dead pan that wasn't called for but I suppose you're right sometimes still respect your teachers nuto dropped his hands finally and turned away okay sensei I'll just have to work it out on my own just make sure you register me I'll get tenton and koho in on it Bashi watched him go the door closed to his apartment and he sat up sorry nuto but I recognized that seal I really can't have you mastering it not that I could help you at all that's SS Rank seal from the third mizukage I have no idea where you saw it or how you memorized it but I need to tell tunate about it AI watched nuto he hadn't eaten all day and now he was positively moping she raised her eyebrow as he twirled an oddl look kunai on his fingertip it was abnormally long and the blade was serrated she figured that whatever Jutsu he was practicing hadn't worked normally she wouldn't bother with cheering him up but Naruto was bad enough when he was happy when he was sad or annoyed it was almost unbearable to be around she moved over to him and poked him in the shoulder with her flute he glanced at her what you need she glowered stop moping shitthead luto rolled his eyes I'm not moping I'm thinking HEI rolled her eyes back at him well oh great thinker it isn't a good look for you makes you look constipated or something thanks for the info his tone was sarcastic as he answered teia felt the urge to start a new argument coming over her he was just so clam at times at made her want to smash his head in Nudo noticed her own slightly aggrieved expression and said now who's the one who looks constipated she growled I'm going to tear you a new one if you keep it up Theo froze and she thought satisfied wow did that threat actually work damn who know he was afraid of being spanked t gasped as he jumped out of bed and kissed her on the cheek then he was darting past her and out the door thanks teia Chan I just figured out what I was doing wrong she turned to slap the living out of him but he was gone her eyes narrowed oh no you don't I'm going to really tear it off for that the Scot he found sunade sitting at her desk reading a letter with wide eyes he knocked at the door but she didn't answer um yo she glanced up at him hadock what do you want he scratched the back of his head in a very Naruto like way he realized this and stopped immediately well Naruto came to me earlier wanting help with a seal he was working on sunade blinked and how is this important Kakashi I have to arrange for the arrival of the raikage I don't have time for this spit it out thehi coughed thing is the seals were actually Inked onto his palms they were ones I recognize from the war she hesitated go on they are a kind of ninjutsu shortcut of shorts the mitsu kids used it to great effect as we both know he wasn't born with water Affinity so he invented a seal that would allow him to use elements that he had little training or affinity for as I recall he eventually used it to create artificial K Jen K extremely dangerous to use for someone who doesn't know what he's doing suage shook her head I don't know why you're bothering me with this Kakashi Naruto has no training with ceiling jera never showed him the basics he probably just saw it in Kiri and copied it hoping to use it in the exams he already submitted his application to do it with tenton and kohu Adam used kassi but something didn't fit but Naruto said that jera taught him basic ceiling sunade stood up what jera specifically told me that he had refrained from doing so he wanted to focus on nutk affinity for wind and his control over the caui they stood there for a moment Bashi wasn't the first to speak hadock you don't think it's possible do you and narudo somehow taught himself sealing and didn't tell jera then he came to me for advise under the guise of improving jia's technique they both looked at each other in silence she nodded it's impossible right no one teaches themselves that not without some access to a teacher Bashi asked manado sunade shook her head no he was an exception he had a grasp of ceiling that was beyond imagination it's impossible for nuto to copy that even manado was shown his first seal by jera bash the Hokage grimaced you've got me there I don't know she was also a master of ceiling she was in yuzaki after all but for Naruto to pick it up without any instruction at all the door opened to the office and shizun ran into the room lady tunate I have a message from the kazakage he wants to attend the tunin exams she stopped to catch a breath before she continued that suage accepted your invitation too sunade looked completely speechless for a moment the kazakage the tsuchikage and the raikage all in her Village at the same time I really should have reconsidered sending those invites damn this is going to be a mess Bashi I want you to get the Ambu watching Nudo too not just the girl and make sure it's someone who will be interested in the job I Don't Want Anyone Who Will Sher their duty to get even with the caoi yes hokama she waved him off wek talk later this is more important at the moment he agreed with her on that much I'll see if Yago is interested in watching him she was always fond of kha when she was younger yes Nudo restrained himself from shouting aloud the Forest Clearing was deserted but he could feel someone nearby approaching he put it out of his mind he'd done it he'd so done it now that he had the seal down flat it would be a walk in the park to master the Jutsu he'd been working on all that useless training trying to tame the caoi when I could have been working on my Elemental release and then all of that training with beating jinjutsu since he was so worried about Itachi coming after me again even though I I totally whipped him with my chakra reserves he still wanted me to train to make them larger I could have spent two years much more productively Nudo looked at his palms one each was a seal thickly layered seven layers on each palm and eight that covered both at the same time that was why he had to do it with his palms together damn near blew my hands of a few times but hey it worked he clenched his fist and took in a deep breath he focused his chakra in front of him punched out the clearing lit up for a moment well that was a let down I guess Fire release is still iffy I just got a train for the next three weeks he I'll blow everyone away Naruto he turned just in time to catch T's fist on his palm she glared at him and swung her foot to catch him in the groin he quickly brought his legs together trapping her foot before she could land the Hefty blow to his manhood a was slightly unbalanced as she swung her other fist at him you kissed me Naruto blocked her strike and twisted his hips to the side suddenly she didn't have a leg to stand on and she fell back Naruto fell at stop her pinning her to the ground te scmed and hissed get off I'll cut you open you Theo held her still sending chakra to his arms and legs to strengthen them he said stop trying to hit me and I'll let you go you kissed me you imbecile he raised his eyebrow at her and it was thanks for triggering my memory you didn't think I actually want to kiss you did you she closed her mouth for a moment before answering you enjoyed it last time pervert Yeah and we already Frau over this I don't remember doing it I just remember it happening I already admitted I liked it but I'm not trying to get neutered I wouldn't have done it if I hadn't been excited so it's kind to your fault he smirked and asked can I let you go now or do I just need to sit on you she growled let go of me already pervert he jumped back letting go of her hurly before she made another attempt at breaking the Family Jewels teia sat up fine face I'll forgive you if you tell me what the kind of epiphany I triggered in your lame ass Theo grinned I was working on a seal to let me use other Elemental releases see he showed her his palms and to her surprise there was a blue black eye on each one it seemed to be made up of several overlapping patterns a I asked how is that even possible even the best Shinobi need years to master a new Elemental release you couldn't get around that with a seal he shook his head nope but with my Earth special Training Method the years turn into months and the months turn to weeks and it's not long till the tunin exam start I'll work straight up until the day before the exam start and I'll sleep in late that day to recover my chakra reserves I am a ginu Ricky so being rested isn't a problem for me a snapped you're getting off topic you still kissed me he pointed out you already used that one by ass aruto laughed honestly it doesn't bother me that much anymore I mean sometimes it's annoying but your cursing feels like it's normal but good work on mixing it up no one's ever called me that before she sneered like I'm surprised you're as dumb as you look hey I'll have you know that I look very clever and that's much better than just being a know--it all he sniffed anyway you should get back to the apartment before the Ambu come out here and get you I doubt they were watching you at this hour now that sunade gave you free reain AAS stood and turned to go back into the village dudo watched her go with a long sigh she's going to take a lot of time to adjust I wonder if she'll ever give the personal insults a break it probably was too much to ask for her to stop cursing but he could hope right he turned his attention back to his training first wind then lightning then water then fire earth I want to be able to use a couple Jutsu from each by the time I finish and I'll take the last few days to work on more seals hump stupid pervy Sage thinks that I can't figure stuff out on my own hell I learned how to do Shadow clones without any teaching and I did it in a single night I'll show him what I made of Nudo focused and brought his hands together poof 2 weeks later 2 days before the tuning exams Lord a the raikage strout into the village hidden the leaves with Killer B by his side yugito was behind him with Derry and two squads of jenin he decided to accept Sun's proposal in full after all he wanted to see how koha had fared after the war and from the simple yet imposing Village Gates he figured that they had indeed fared well his eyes took in the small retinue waiting for them it consisted of a few jonen from the village as well as tunate and her assistant the knew that the kazakage had already arrived but didage hend all the better for me I can make amends with a Hokage before that that old man shows up and starts the next Great War shortly they arrived at the Village Gates sunade gave a minimal bow as today everyone else bowed deeply with a notable exception of Kakashi and Derry who eyed each other pensively sunade was the first to speak and a noted that her voice was strong and carried weight that it hadn't possessed the last time they met Lord raikage it is an honor to meet you once again I welcome you to the leaf Village I hope your time here will be eventful in a good way as do I now I believe that it is time I see your Great Village looks on the inside shall we go in she nodded yes follow me Lord a theemotion to those behind him giving be a stern look before he fastened his eyes to the great Gates he heard a bar being drawn on the other side and then they swung inward the anticipation from his subordinates was palpable as they came to a halt with a dull boom Sun a gestured for them to enter they walked inside the gates looking around at the Village hidden in the leaves and nodded in approval it looks as though you gave recovered well from the war almost as well as ourselves sunate agreed we have been blessed with an especially skilled generation of Shinobi this time it's been better that we weren't forced to divert attention to training incompetent Shinobi one group in particular has excelled Barry commented from A's right side I heard they called them the rookie 12 she smiled yes they were all jenin and all passed to the third stage of the tunin exams on their first try some of them are jonan now the saw how she took pride in her Village and he understood the feeling though he couldn't say this year had been best for new Talent he opened his mouth to speak then he heard it a high-pitched whistling sound then a moment later it was followed by a shout BR aamu G IA sunade let out an audible groan as two figures dashed from the street to their right it was a tall boy with dark brown hair and a huge white dog by his side they were obviously fleeing from someone bamu go faster oh I really crossed the line This Time hokama help Naruto's going to kill me she saw kibba and yuzuka dashing as a head long Pace towards her now that she heard the attacker again I'm not going to kill you dog breath I going to skin you alive do you know how much chakry put in that seal soon a blinked as Naruto came barreling at a pace hard to imagine he seemed to be blurring out his outline becoming indistinct bengan oh bomb Nudo slammed into the ground where Kiba had been a second before there was a 9 foot crater in the road where his hand was Kiba get your mangy ass over here don't make me use my new jut on you I'm saving it for the exams no way Naruto I ain't committing suicide the inuzuka ran to cower behind sunade hey could you handle nuto like you usually do you know calm him down sunade turned on the boy don't you see who I'm escorting here get lost solve your problems with nuto or you'll have worse things to worry about looks like T might need to appoint a new successor nuto cracked his knuckles ominously come here pup the fox wants to play tag bibba stepped away from Tsunade yeah okay I'll just go then he made a break for a side street but Naruto grabbed something from his pouch and threw it at Kiba they watched as the boy turned just in time to catch the flying kunai then Wham Naruto disappeared from where he had been standing and reappeared with his fist in kiba's gut the blow sent the inuka flying Naruto in Hot Pursuit but blinked once then twice he looked at sunade with growing apprehension Tsunade send you who was that she glanced back at him having gone quite pale herself that was Naruto yamaki he's a genen in here > be taking the tunin exams this year I stepped forward and looked her in the eye you know what I'm asking what was that Jutsu it looked like sunade quickly shook her head even if it is don't speak of it here not even in just nutk Jutsu are not widely known we hardly know everything he is capable of after training in secret for 2 years if we must then we will speak on it at the tower for now let me show you the wonders of the Lea he nodded but could feel the hesitation that suddenly filled his bones it couldn't possibly be no I refused to believe that was hin arudo hauled Kiba up and threw him sending clear over the wall of the inuzuka compound Hana looked at him surprised her eyebrow was raised in question so what did the do this time bito growled he interrupted me when I was doing something very important and worst of all he was trying to prank me did everyone forget who I was I'm the prankster king of koha not someone you mess with she just smirked at that well thanks for leaving him in one piece Naruto I'm glad you still have restraint he Shrugged letting his smile slip though actually it was a great stress reliever I kinda needed that Tei has been in a weird mood and it makes everything tense she burst out laughing yes see you around then nuto I hope you mastered the tune in exams this time you damn well know who I've got my money on she winked at him and give that foul mouth r a big hug from me he grin then you got it hanchan she you and I win the exams Theo sprinted through the village back to his apartment where he was working on seals it had required a huge amount of chakra to prepare his plan it was simple he wanted to completely dominate the exams and to do that he decided the three things were essential first he needed to study up on his opponents this time to that end he'd sent out over 30 clones to gather info on all the Jen and arriving in the village second he had to master at least one new element heha oh I am so going to win that category if they don't make me a tune in for what I managed to do in a few weeks then nothing will get me promoted I can't wait to see all their faces when I go and use an element they didn't even know existed third was a more personal goal he wanted to master three of the fourth's Jutsu he had mastered renan but the other two were a bit problematic for the second most famous Hokage he had very little info drifting around on him but his persistence and studious ignorance when it came to rules allowed him to find out two more that were damn special first was the heran the yellow Flash's signature Jutsu and the third didn't seem to have an official name so he decided that as soon as he could do it he'd name it himself simply the Jutsu allowed the user to temporarily make one's chakra much denser and if the description was anything to go by it meant that this technique could be used to bring out the bloodline limit of any individual but that was only through greatly extended use normally it would just be used to increase the power of His Ninjutsu by a couple times he accomplished the first task and the second as well and the third well he wasn't busy marking a ton of kunai and shuriken for nothing it's eating me that there's such a big break between the forest of death and the final test I wish they change it up besides I don't know what to do about the technical exam aruto stopped dead in his tracks as he felt a chill run up his spine all too familiar the sensation of someone staring at him with killing intent some low life is drilling holes in my back all right but who the hell is it is mine's eye track to where the person was he smirked time to show off a bit maybe this is some lay Mass Jen and from iwar something who hates koha doesn't matter this will fix him Theo Whirled and threw his newly crafted kunai it embedded itself in the wall of a building a couple alley back he heard a Yelp of surprise and caught sight of someone darting into the Shadows nuto smirked and flashed to his kunai he pulled it out and looked down the alley his eyes picked out the figure he or she was still darting down the passage not so fast Nudo judged the shot and threw his feet planted into a small back as he grabbed his kunai a fraction of a second before it embedded itself in the boy's back Naruto realized it was a boy as he dropped him to the ground with his full weight on top rather pleased with his work nuto asked like my new Jutsu kid the boy struggled to move until nuto jumped away from him Landing silently now he was sure this was one of the jenin from Iowa the uniform almost shouted Stoner as they were sometimes called nuto saw him stand and wipe the dirt from the front of his jacket he didn't feel sorry for dropping him like that the kid got what was coming to him trying to spy on him the nerve Nudo wiggled his eyebrows hey are you deer mute neither Cano has come Nudo chuckled that's funny a short guy like you who just ate dirt is calling me that you I winin really don't have a sense of self-preservation do you he spat you are a stain on this Earth dumb pig that caused nuto to burst out laughing you really are weird you'd think that I just made it clear who was stronger and you keep trying to insult me wow then again not exactly the worst names I've been called recently he thought of all the things teia called him on a daily basis they made this jenin insult seem almost sweet in comparison nuto felt his neck tingle just before he had the good sense the duck a wooden pole swished over his head as he did so nut's body moved on its own twisting around to deliver a three-fingered jab to his attacker solar plexus he looked up to see another eye with headband okay so what are the chances that they're both Total pushovers he stepped back to let the young woman recover she grimaced and cursed bastard nuto found himself in a fairly good mood now so he stopped to consider this from a literal perspective well since I don't know if my parents were married when they had me that's entirely possible but you know kinderoo to point it out he chuckled as she stood straight and stepped forward to fight here we go round two the window was open to tsunade's office as Naruto leapt up to the ledge to perch there with his two burdens he had officially lost his good mood but he wasn't completely livid anymore he'd had time to settle down on the way there but he had to give it to the two I in they knew how to rub him the wrong way it hadn't gone well for them after they pissed him off he didn't mess around fighting after his training trip clean and quick so now he had them one under his left arm the other was over his right shoulder both were tied with Ninja wire though he'd somehow managed to prevent himself from gagging them nuto looked inside the office sunade was there behind her desk like she usually was shizun was off to the side and there were a few amboo in the corners of the room however across from her floated or levitated an ancient looking man with what looked like the tui's symbol on his hat he took in the appearance of his company as they all turned to look at him in unison a slim girl to his left with eyes and a very mischievous smirk Naruto immediately labeled her as stiff competition but didn't find her repulsive anyone with a pension for pranks couldn't be too bad then there was the extremely fat young man to his right along with that seemed to be a couple Jon and team leaders and a handful of jenin nutk gaze returned to the old man the noi found himself staring into familiar and hated eyes blue as a Flawless Star Sapphire blonde hair the color of Spun gold tan skin and a tall athletic build those eyes were livid not simply angry but Furious the blonde spoke and his voice dambly similar to his hated enemy hey Granny got two deliveries here for the tsiic he tossed the two Jen and to the floor where they groaned the girl managed to sit up and hiss shove it use aaki brat B noi's eyes widened as the blond's eyes narrowed imperceptibly then everyone in the room felted killing intent so thick that it was as if the gravity in the room had increased tenfold he felt the overwhelming feeling of someone grasping at his old heart with burning talents he growled low in his throat insult me knock yourself out insult my Village have a nice day insult my family go right ahead since I don't have one to insult but if you insult the fourth Hokage again I'll show you what it feels like to have his favorite Jutsu shoved up your tight ass he raised his hand and the air in the room rushed to flow around his palm thick tendrils of indigo light materialize from the center of his hand his chakra condensed to let formed a swirling violent Vortex of wind and energy it was the size of the jenk head she ped as wide as part Naruto grinned as the ball spun faster and faster to it gave off a high-pitched Keening whale you know what this is It's called ring and dumus he sneered so tell me what you said earlier I dare you know I double dare you know I didn't think so the noi watched as the pulsing blue sphere shrank and dispersed the young man turned his gaze him the eyes were cold hey old man you should give your Jen and some advice from me unless they want to fight me they better get themselves knocked out early I'm going to the final test and they might not like fighting me when I'm allowed to go all out an noi glanced at Tsunade who had suddenly turned as pale as the jenin on the floor he asked who is this Tsunade she was cut off as the blonde answered my name old man is Naruto uzamaki thank you very much and no I don't care about your rank I judge people by their actions not some title you might have their respect he pointed at the two jenon but you'll have to earn mine soon a regained her composure and stood Naruto hold your tongue he is a cage and demands respect from all Naruto reached behind him and pulled out an oddly shaped kunai yeah we'll see I need to get back to working on my new Jutsu he flashed a predatory grin and threw his kunai out behind him his eyes settled on the slim Girl by an noi as he vanished soundlessly a jenin struggled to rise as an noi let out a long breath that gaze had been suffocating utterly terrifying it wasn't the Gaze of his old enemy manaton Amicus that had been the fal stare of a demon something that could rip him apart or swallow him whole Ki if I live another hundred years I could do without seeing that again he swiveled in the air and addressed sunade Hokage I would like an explanation immediately is that or is that not the son of manado namic is tsunade's eyes hardened and what if he is are you going to demand he answer for your defeat at his father's hands he doesn't even know who his parents are he barely knows his mother's identity only enough to carry on the uzamaki clan she dropped back down into her chair as the tsuchi I don't expect you to hold any sympathy for my people but he is wounded inside and there is nothing I can do about it do me a favor for once instead of going over old wrongs try to understand that others suffered as much as you did an noi closed his eyes for a moment remembering his losses in the war with koha if I'm honest with myself I'm part of the reason the boy has no family I was the one who put the death order on the namic clan but it still Burns me that he is here I would want nothing more than to assassinate him though there is no chance of getting away with it he nodded I understand that sunate however why tunate side it was the decision of the third that nuto be isolated for the express purpose of keeping him away from the enemies of the namikas and his parents she motioned to his subordinates in essence all of you could I be any more blunt I suppose not now I sense there is something better for us to speak of right now she grimaced very true down to business then indeed Nudo landed without a sound on the floor in his apartment he deactivated the Jutsu that made his chakra denser as he stood up his anger faded slowly leaving him cold and empty those I went in hated the yellow flash but he couldn't imagine that anyone could disagree with what he stood for the fourth Hokage had always preached peace hadn't he Nudo hoped hope desperately that his picture of the fourth was an actual picture and not some illusion that a little boy made up DEA and Kakashi and even tunate had told him that manado namus had been a great man but they had also been his friends and allies had they been blind to any bad side he wondered if the fourth would have liked him I don't know he must have known my parents or he couldn't have sealed the caoi and me at Birth or maybe Okami Me Maybe he despised my family and did it as an insult to them I couldn't live with that hey Mr thinker are you just going to stand there looking like a mule or are you going to start breathing arudo halted as thinking to glance over at teia she was writing something a notepad was in her hand and a long pencil in the other he examined her from head to toe she was looking better not having the Deep circles under her eyes helped immensely and her complexion had paled somewhat from all the time indoors giving her skin a tone slightly darker than h is the red hair was in her face as always making him wonder how she could stand it doesn't it bug the out of her constantly it probably blocks a fifth of her vision right down the middle besides that her eyes were clear and piercing and her red eyebrows made their Perpetual V while she waited for his answer I was just wondering about the fourth Hokage you know one eyebrow raised so why should I give a he's dead right and you want his position you should worry about yourself besides you already have his two most infamous Jutsu and another one I've never even heard of what more do you need for jenin beruto snorted you're technically not even a jenin but I seem to remember you defeating a few High tune into to Jon and level Shinobi so I hardly think the exams are going to be a piece of cake she rolled her eyes whatever Shad go find someone else to bother he smirked what if you're the one I want to bother what do you think about that AIA flipped him off and didn't speak Naruto smiled and launched himself at her she saw him coming ad barely managed to avoid skewering him with her pencil her Common Sense saving her at the last second she cursed several times as he landed next to her on the bed so what you working on she growled I hate you how can you be so bipolar one second you're serious as and then you turn into some laugh happy idiot that wasn't nice day a now show me what you're doing no why not she smacked him upside the head with a notebook and jabbed him in the ribs with a pencil for good measure he winced at the pencil but refused to move teia groaned and said their music sheets all right now get off my bed he didn't move her scent was teasing at him he might have been tempted to push his face into the crook of her neck but he wasn't quite ready to kick the bucket and he had no clue how she would react instead he rolled over so he could look at her she glared back I said get off my bed Theo grinned I don't want to right now besides I've already said that it's my bed too seeing how we are don't rub it in my face you're just the lesser of two evils beside you do realize that if you never give me any slack I can't give you any if everyone knows you're acting like a hostile nin with me you'll never get any privileges sunun trusts me but that only goes so far you know a sneered what makes you think I want any stupid rights in this place I still think of you like enemies why pretend otherwise better to just act like a prisoner that's what I am he sat up and snatched her notebook from her hand teia shouted hey give it back oh really I thought you didn't want any rights I thought I made it clear to you weeks ago go that you need to start working on that stubborn pride of yours how would you feel if I treated you like you apparently want to be treated do you really want me to act like an no I don't give it back already Nudo held it out of her reach then stopped being a he I halted what did you just call me her tone was deadly serious nuto ignored it what you like to call me even worse I guess you can dish it out but doesn't look like you can take it her hand crossed his face with a harsh slapping sound don't you dare call me that nutk eyes hardened really he smacked her across the side of the head hard enough to cause her to cry out ow he threw the notebook on the bed and used one hand to force her back onto it her eyes met his angrily Naruto caught her gaze with his own his cheeks were reing both from the slap and from the proximity to her te scent was strong and tempting the position they were in did not Escape him as she struggled to sit up Dorito growled stay down hell no he pushed forward ramming his forehead against hers I said stay down a bit of killing intent radiated out causing her to go completely still Naruto said we never had a serious talk about it but I've already lost control once with you I don't even remember doing it but I don't think either of us want it to happen again fear stole into her eyes setting of an ache in his chest he didn't want her to be afraid of him but this was necessary I'm going to be honest I haven't been feeling like myself lately all the training I've been doing it's almost like it's messing with my head I get excited or pissed on the drop to of a hat I can't control my impulses like I usually do and you keep ticking me off he growled and pulled back slightly I bero paused he didn't know what he was about to say it was there and then gone teia saw the look of confusion cross his face before it sharpened to anger his eyes flashed red as he tried to slow his breathing I want to be your friend teia could you try to be mine she looked to the side he watched her as the gears of her mind turned quickly his own expression softened as she let out a long pain breath she said quietly I don't know how to be friends with someone bero smiled I can show you their eyes turned to him questioning can you even teach that I'll do my best and that's a promise a woke the next day to find herself curled up on her bed she was a bit sore but that was to be expected after her talk with nuto he had taken her to one of the many training fields around the village he told her that training was one way that Shinobi strengthened their friendship she almost regretted sparring with him though he was a freaking Beast they at it for 3 hours and he didn't even break a sweat an hour later she was drenched in it and he wasn't even breathing hard it was Unreal how long he could go and he had three battalions of clones doing the same thing around us does he not understand the concept of overdoing it ai's nose picked up a tantalizing scent her body moved on its own forcing her to a sitting position she looked around searching for the source of the smell it was food so her eyes automatically moved to the kitchen nook there was nuto making something that certainly wasn't Raymond her eyebrows furrowed as she realized what it was bacon I've never even seen pork in this apartment where did the dumbass get bacon from and why heun's a raymen nut nuto evidently heard her sit up because he said I figured that you'd want something more substantial than Raymond after training hard for the first time in a while he glanced over his shoulder at her his cheeks were pink a I realized this immediately but didn't understand why then she looked down thigh this isn't my bed what the nuto why the am I in your bed then she remembered oh now I feel stupid Nudo scratched his chin uneasily yes sorry about that when you knocked off for the day yesterday you came and got in my bed by accident I didn't stop training until 11: I was exhausted and wasn't really paying attention kinda scared the out of me when I woke up right next to you she somehow managed to keep from glaring at him he wasn't responsible this time why the bacon you never eat anything besides Raymond he Shrugged already told you that teia oh now I really feel stupid idiot beside again with the names can't you call me Naruto it's not that hard to remember you know she frowned I prefer to call you idiot it suits you better nuto rolled his eyes at her okay well if that's how it's going to work I'll start calling you teia Chan I think it suits you he grinned well te Chan what do you think her I twitched then her fist fine nuto her thinly veiled anger made him chuckle she is cute I wish I could tell her that seriously but she'd probably go ballistic and I don't need the the whole village seen me chazzed around by some tiny redid an image flashed into his head it was shizun telling him about his mom something about a nickname and all the boys lusting after her but at the same time being too terrified to go near her Naruto sighed wondering who his father had been he must have been someone powerful he wouldn't have been able to keep my mom pinned down at least that's what I get from talking to people who knew her he casually twisted around and moved to her bending down to put breakfast on her lap she looked down at the food then back at him her question was clear why taking a page out of joi's book hadn't been a bad idea but he was unsure if she'd be pissed at his reasoning he said it's something friends do I told you that I wanted to be friends right she nodded mutely her fingers reached out for a piece of bacon Naruto watched as she snatched it off the plate and bit down with a crunch despite herself she smiled at The Taste she quickly finished the bacon off as he stood back Aro walked back to the counter and cleaned up the mess he'd already been up for 3 hours eaten showered and trained then he came back and made something for her to eat maybe I worked her a bit too hard yesterday I mean it's not like she's had the chance to train in a really long time two years of not being able to walk properly and then being stuck here she'll have to adjust to it he smiled to himself a bit as he heard her scrapping the plate clean behind him guess she liked it

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Published: Fri Apr 05 2024