2,667Chapter 67: A Well Deserved Break
After the younger shinobis had returned to Konoha, they all went straight to the hospital to check on their injuries. And just as the blonde Hokage had expected from her earlier analysis, with the exception of a few broken bones, there wasn't anything too serious.
So with the help of their newly improved skills in medical jutsus that were drilled in by the slug Sannin, the medical shinobis managed to properly mend all of the bones to hazen their full recovery in a manner of a few days of rest. Regardless though, they still heavily suggested that the young shinobis take it easy for a few days and to not do any intense training until they fully recovered.
While most of them merely complied with the order, the Uchiha Heiress was in complete agreement with after everything they had been through as of late and wanted to take it easy.
So with that, the time for rest and recovery had begun.
At the Ichiraku Ramen Stand. . .
SLURP! SLURP! SLURP!
The trio of Team Seven, more so the blond and ravenette, were enthusiastically eating their well earned bowls of ramen with their usual amount of gusto they were infamously known for.
Just behind the counter, Teuchi was busily preparing more ramen, while it was always the busiest whenever the trio visited his shop, it is still something he always looks forward to, as he enjoys watching his favorite client visit him. Which made the Ramen shop owner also be full in both his heart. . .and his wallet.
Meanwhile Ayame was handing another set of ramen, just in time to see both of the hot blooded Chunins finish their latest bowl with a loud slurp and place it with the other ever growing pile of bowls.
Satsuki took in a breath of relief with a satisfied look on her face. "Aaaaaah~" She let out a long yet content sigh. "Nothing like a good bowl of ramen after all the craziness we've been through lately." She then stated.
"Got that right Satsuki-chan!" Naruto happily replied after finishing slurping down the last of his current bowl.
Meanwhile the bluenette was also enjoying the ramen, she did so in a calmer manner. "Hai, a meal like this is needed for after everything." Hinata stated in agreement while taking a ponder pose. ". . .We have actually been going non-stop as of late." She then pointed out.
"Right!?" Satsuki exclaimed in agreement while pointing her chopsticks at her fellow heiress. "We need to act like kids once and a while! Even if we are ninjas dattebakon!" She then declared with a fire in her eyes.
The blond shinobi chuckled in agreement before he lowered his chopsticks. "Since Baa-chan had pretty much put a ban on training on us. What do you girls think we should spend our free time?" Nartuo asked his fellow fiancés.
"You mean besides relaxing?" Satsuki counter-asked in a joking manner.
"I mean sure, but anything else you want to do?" Naruto replied and asked once more.
Satsuki however merely smiled contently. "Anything as long as it's with you and Nata-chan." She replied.
"Hai, I agree." Hinata responded in agreement.
Though slightly embarrassed, Naruto merely chuckled and nodded. "Alright! Then on to the first thing on the list. . ." He soon began.
The ramen chef and his daughter meanwhile watched in amusement as the trio interacted, missing this since they had been on one mission after another. While he couldn't tell what their missions were about, he could tell they were all serious to some degree. It always gives him great dread at the possibility of what they could be dealing with in such a dangerous job. And. . .the possibility that this could be the last time he would see all three of them together.
"Old man! Another bowl!" Naruto and Satsuki called out at the same time.
And with that, The ramen chef let out a chuckle and nodded, as his worries once again vanished because he knew that they would always find a way to return for another bowl of ramen. "You got it Naruto, Satsuki." Teuchi responded with a nod and returned to the oven.
Ayame meanwhile giggled at the two before looking towards the former Hyuga Heiress. "Yup, you three are definitely perfect for one another." She stated in amusement.
The Uzumaki and Uchiha soon looked at the Hyuga. . .only to see she had the tallest stack of bowls out of all of them. Then they happily chuckled and giggled at each other and although still a bit embarrassed by the older woman's words, they were still happy all the same.
Hinata meanwhile just smiled innocently while looking at the ramen chef. "Another bowl please." She soon requested in the same innocent manner.
Teuchi however just chuckled. "Coming right up!" He replied with enthusiasm as he got to work to satisfy his favorite customers.
All in all, for the store owner, while he enjoyed seeing his favorite customers, it was seeing these smiles from the youth. . .
Meanwhile at a park in Konoha. . .
There were many people walking around the village's citizen centered park, some were walking, others were exercising, while the younger ones were busy running around without a care in the world. But above all, they were all simply enjoying just another peaceful day in Konoha.
A peace that was much needed after everything that had happened to the village as of late. Everything was still being fixed after the traitorous actions of Danzō and his acid rain he had unleashed for the sake of culling down the villagers after brainwashing them into a cult-like mindstate of worshiping him. And while it would still never be the same as before, it was a sign that their village was finally getting back to its feet again.
It was on this day that the two members of Viper Squad had entered through the park's entrance. The young looking animal lover was the first to enter with her animal companion right behind her and finally the swordswoman calmly followed right behind them.
"Stay close by, Nina-chan." Yami calmly instructed as she watched the brunette ahead of her.
Nina however was looking around in childish wonder at the open and grassy area of the village while the Os Trio happily rolled, stretched or flew around enjoying themselves. "Mmm~! Nice nice day!" She happily cheered as she raised her hands up to the sky.
The young wolf cub stopped rolling and shook off the blades of grass of her body. "Awoooo!" Okki howled out to the sky, panting in satisfaction. "This is a great place for a run!" Was what she said as she continued running around and rolling around.
Meanwhile, the young tiger cub had the complete opposite idea. "Meow~" Ora meowed out as she gently laid on the field of grass. "I could sleep all day here. . .~" Was what she said.
"Chirp! Chirp!" Ori tweeted while flying around the area. "Sleep! Sleep!" Was what she said.
The young animal lover merely giggled at her companions' interactions as she decided to go for a quick run around, mostly to get familiarized with the area. Soon enough, she found the tallest nearby tree in the area, then by first grabbing the lowest branch, she pulled herself upwards and then jumped on them until reaching the top.
Once Nina had reached the top, her eyes sparkled as she scanned all of the park, while it wasn't as impressive as any forest she had been before, it was definitely her first time in a simple park filled with all sorts of people as well as seeing the repairing village beyond it. "So many new new places!" She happily and excitedly declared with his fists raised into their air.
Yami meanwhile smiled as she witnessed this, also being impressed as to how fast the young girl was able to climb the tree with ease while she also couldn't help but smile at her teammate's near boundless eagerness. "Although she had been in the village for a few weeks, she hadn't really seen most of her new home. That and all those years of experience being out in the wild with Okki, Ora and Ori made her more fascinated with everything new to her." She thought to herself in a content manner.
Then just as the samurai-kunoichi was musing, she soon noticed an ice cream vendor passing by and smiled. A sweet treat on a nice day like this would make things all the sweeter.
The samurai-kunoichi soon looked up at the tree where the young girl was. "Nina-chan! I'm going to get us some ice cream!" Yami called out.
That immediately caused the wild child to perk up and look down the tree. Then with the agility and finesse of someone who had lived in the wild almost all their life. Said wild child began climbing down the tree with ease as she did a perfect landing with her hands straight up.
"Ice cream!?" Nina repeated in a giddy manner, her ears wagging atop her head with a starry look in her eyes.
The light blue-silvered haired could only giggled amusingly at the display and then walked towards the vendor with her teammate right behind her. "Two vanilla cones please." Yami soon requested.
The vendor in response gave a courtesy smile and nodded as he went into the cart and scooped out the sweet treats and placed them on the cones. "There you go, miss. That will be 300 ryo each." He replied and offered.
The silverette in response nodded as she got out the requested money from her pouch and handed it to the vendor. Then, once she received the cones, she turned towards her younger companion. Once she did, she motioned towards a nearby bench. To which, the wild child quickly ran towards it and sat down, swinging her legs with glee.
Yami could only giggle at this as she walked towards her companion and sat next to her. "Here you go Nina-chan." She soon replied as she offered the vanilla ice cream cone.
Nina's ears immediately began wagging happily atop her head as she took the sweet treat. "Thanks Yami-oneechii!" She replied with a smile and sparkles in her eyes and began to enjoy her treat.
Yami meanwhile giggled as she watched the girl she started to consider as a sister enjoying herself. "What a nice day." She simply replied as she looked at the innocence of her teammate, finding it completely adorable.
The young swordswoman's gaze began to look around, first she looked at all of the villagers enjoying their time. Then she looked just outside the entrance of the park and saw many more people continuing on with their everyday life, even after everything that happened as of late.
A simple yet peaceful day. This was something Yami wanted to protect.
Her new home.
Her new friends.
And her new family.
While each of them were strong in their own right, she vowed to always be there for them when they needed her.
But for right now, Yami and her companion-sister will enjoy their treat as well as their deserved break until the next mission.
At the Higurashi Workshop. . .
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
It had been very busy at the young weapons mistress's workshop, ever since their senseis had passed along regarding her new weapon creations to fellow Konoha shinobis, there has been a constant demand for them. However most shinobi were on the waiting list because of the most popular one, the Hidden Blade, especially from the ANBU division.
At first Arashi wanted any and all capital that they earned should go completely to her daughter, but being just as stubborn, if not even more so, then him, she insisted that it would be fifty-fifty. After all, she didn't have a seller's permit, let alone a business license, so legally she couldn't sell anything even if she does have a patent on all her inventions.
So Arashi became her daughter's investor, partner and provider, which all was planned ahead of time by herself, so he begrudgingly, yet secretly proudly, accepted the terms. But regardless of all this business mumbo jumbo, it basically meant that their shop and business was booming!
"HURRY UP TENTEN! WE CAN'T BE LATE FOR THIS BATCH!" Arashi Higurashi called out from the furnace as he was covered by soot and ash.
"Ok dad!" Tenten responded as she wiped away the sweat from her forehead and continued hammering away.
Although Tenten was a genius when inventing the new weapons as well as crafting and making the most intrinsically difficult parts, she still needed her father's assistance in the assembly and creation of the mass production of the new weapons. So both parent and daughter had been running ragged.
. . .Though she still wishes she didn't have to be wearing the pink version of her sensei's sense of style.
After another intense hour, the father and daughter duo finally finished up all of the orders that they needed for the day. "Alright! That should do it!" Arashi declared. as he straightens his sore back and turns towards his daughter. "You can go work on your projects now." He soon told her.
To which instantly caused the kunoichi's face to brighten in glee. "Great! See ya later dad!" Tenten replied as she made a beeline to her workshop.
Inside the room was filled with a mess of schematics, blueprints and prototypes of every single weapon she had ever thought of. Ever since her father had seen her daughter's passion and genius for weapon creation, he made this room for her to go wild and do as she pleased.
In the corner of the room she had her own furnace, albeit a much smaller one for personal use. Near it were many intricate and complicated parts she had welded herself for her newest weapons and on the wall more schematics of the weapons that she would classify as 'Must finish ASAP'.
Some were her weapons that broke during the Retrieval Mission and the other was her friend's Chakra Shield that needed repairing, but was almost completed.
However there were other various unnamed projects that were in the top secret section and it was all thanks to that single core piece from the Land of Snow/Spring's Chakra Armor for the start for all of them.
"Finally! They're all repaired!" Tenten declared in satisfaction.
Since the store had constantly been flooded with requests, the young weapons mistress rarely had time to work or repair on her personal projects. Thankfully she finally repaired all of her beloved weapons.
Tenten carefully tested and tried each of the weapons to see if there were any errors or faults. Then after testing each on and seeing that they all perform as intended, she let out a sigh of relief as her eyes shine as stars that she could finally use them once more.
However that happiness quickly fated as she recalled how they were broken in the first place. "I can't be complacent, after how that nearly got us killed." Tenten soon grumbled.
Then the young weapons mistress turned to look at the schematics of her friend's shield and towards the schematics of new possible upgrades blueprints.
"I need to make them better. . ." Tenten concluded, undoing her buns that released her hair as she then tied it into a ponytail.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
She had a lot of work to do, and nothing was gonna stop her now!
As the young weapon mistress continued working on her weapons, in a secret room inside her workshop there were hundreds of parts, wires, and metal pieces of sizes and shapes were scattered around. However what was even more eye-catching was the large chalkboard that was covered with a large sheet. While nothing could be seen what was written on it, the top portion could barely be shown as it read: TOP SECRET PROJECT: as the rest was covered by the sheet.
At a forest-like Konoha training ground. . .
All around the area, there were small and medium size dents on the ground, and in the middle of one Chōji was slowly walking out of it. The young Akamichi was panting heavily, no doubt after doing a lot of draining physical activities, however the most curious thing was that his normally chubby body was a bit thinner than usual.
Just a few feet away, the preeteen's father was smiling. "Alright, that's enough for today." Chōza called out as he approached his son.
To say the Akamichi head was stunned by what his son had told him was putting it mildly. What Chōji had described was that he had somehow used a lesser version of their clan's unique ability to turn calories into chakra. However the only difference was that in this version he didn't have the butterfly chakra wings.
At first, the elder Akamichi was hesitant to teach his son. After all, this jutsu was normally only taught by the time their clan members reach their teenage years, which would be around the age of sixteen, because it would be when their body has grown enough to handle the intensity of the chakra increase.
However after listening to his son and seeing the determination on his face to grow stronger, Chōza could only smile proudly and finally agreed. Now, father and son were at their clan's personal training area, trying to help the young Akamichi to recreate his version of their clan jutsu. After all, his son had finally realized that strength isn't just for hurting others, but to protect those he cares for as well.
Within the Hyuga Estate. . .
SMACK! BAM! SMACK! BAM!
The sounds of intense training could be heard in the dojo of the Hyuga state, inside was none other than the Hyuga genius himself performing his usual training program. Even though it had been many weeks since Neji had made a full recovery from his grave injuries, the prodigy didn't want to simply rest or simply relax.
It was more so after experiencing that life changing experience he and his cousin had gone through. However he wasn't going to let it stop or get a whole of him, he made a promise to himself to not just himself, but to his family and friends to never let anything cloud his shinobi way ever again.
The father of Hinata and uncle of Neji had offered to train his nephew so they could continue to practice their abilities and to work around the Hyuga's blindspot. And with the decision, Hanabi also had gotten herself involved too to not fall behind any of her family members.
SMACK! BAM! SMACK! BAM!
Neji had to stop for a few moments as he panted heavily and wiped the sweat off his face. The young genius could do this type of exercise a hundred times and wouldn't break a sweat. However, ever since he was fit to train again, he took a page from his teammates book (and his sensei's. . .over enthusiasm. . .) and put on said teammate's special weights on his four limbs. . .as well as another unique object of his.
The young genius had realistically seen that what he lacked in the last battle wasn't technique, it was speed and reaction time. While his regular speed could easily overwhelm anyone from his age range or rank, it was clear that it wasn't even remotely enough to deal with shinobis and more dangerously, mutated shinobis that were faster than even his teammate going all out.
And so, Neji had decided that he first needed to improve his speed and reaction time to be better prepared against another mutant shinobi like the spider monstrosity from Oto. Then once the Hyuga regained his breath and retook his stance in front of the training pole that had many dents and burns in it.
BAM! SMACK! BAM! SMACK!
It was after the young Hyuga genius was continuing training that the youngest of the head's daughters looked at him and slowly walked up to him. "Neji-niisama, I was wondering," Hanabi began. "Why are you dressed like your sensei in a way?" She soon asked in a curious manner.
In response, Neji's eye just twitched as he didn't say a word. However he couldn't and wouldn't be rude to her younger cousin so stopped and turned to face her. "Gai-sensei wouldn't allow me to borrow Lee's special weights if I didn't wear. . .these. . ." He soon revealed in shame while palming his face.
The younger Hyuga blinked a few times to process what she just heard. "Oh." Hanabi could only reply and wisely decided not to continue this subject.
"FLAMES OF YOUTH!" Three voices suddenly cheered loudly from across the village, two males and one female.
And in turn, Neji's eye twitched once more as he went back to training. "Good kami, they even got Kin. . ." He thought to himself in both disbelief and horror.
"Anyways. . ." The young Hyuga started as a shiver ran down her spine. "Neji-niisama, would it be alright if I could spar with you?" Hanabi soon requested.
This was what the older Hyuga needed to forget his annoyance as he smiled kindly and nodded politely. "Of course Hanabi-sama, it would be helpful for both of us to spar with each other." Neji politely replied.
Meanwhile, the head of the Hyuga Clan was watching from afar and smiled with approval at the conviction his family had on improving and getting stronger. And with that, both cousins took their respective stances and began sparing.
Neji had to get stronger, not just for himself, but for his team, his friends, his family and for their future.
At a different training ground. . .
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
A familiar platinum blonde was training at her usual training ground working out since the early morning. Ever since Ino was given the ok to train more, she had been practicing simple movement exercises, such as stretching, jocking and other methods that didn't require any serious or heavy lifting.
While most would think these wouldn't be the most effective training regiments any shinobi would have done, it was the best for the blonde to do in her current state. However, to make up for it, she had done this training with a much more intense time schedule, such as waking up early in the morning, resting-eating at noon and then continuing until sunset.
Such training did cause great concerns from both her teammates and her mother. However both her father and sensei allowed it as they knew it was Ino's way of not falling into depression.
And while it was very brutal the first few weeks, Ino didn't stop for a second, with the exception of a rest days that her sensei had ordered she take. In fact, thanks to this constant training, the young kunoichi was in better physical condition than she ever was.
While not the fastest of her age group, as those positions were still for Lee's and Satsuki being second, she was definitely in her team as her teammates were now having difficulty catching up with her and even her chakra reserves were greater than ever.
Unfortunately, because of her missing limb, she couldn't improve any jutsu related aspects. After all, shinobis need both of their arms to both channel and mold their chakra to cast a simple jutsu.
Regardless, Ino didn't wallow on it as she dedicated on working mostly on strengthening her body and her Taijutsu, even taking a small page from the bowl cut duo's book with leg weights, though not as much as theirs, she wasn't crazy enough to even try.
It was a struggle, though she had to take what she could get.
She had to get stronger, no matter the cost. . .
For the time she wasted. . .
"Fifty-five. . .fifty-six. . .fifty-seven. . ." Ino counted as she did one armed push-ups. . .with a light weight on her back. "Stronger. . .I have to get stronger. . ." She mentally chanted in her mind with a hazy look in her eyes.
Meanwhile at another part of the training ground the blonde's teammate and sensei were calmly playing shogi. Asuma had recovered well enough to be released from the hospital, after the last mission, however he was still mandatory of regular hospital visits to check.
After the older jonin had made his move, both sensei and student occasionally took side glances to watch her and analyze her. And sufficient to say, both were very concerned for the young girl's mental state.
Eventually with a heavy heave, Ino finally finished her last set and began taking deep breaths to regulate her breathing. "Stronger. . .I need to get stronger. . ." She thought to herself, ordering herself to do what needed to be done.
"All done Ino?" Asuma eventually asked while taking a puff of his cigarette. "You can take the rest of the day off, go out shopping if you like." He added that he knew how much the kunoichi always wanted to spend her time shopping.
This got Ino to return to reality and nodded to the question. "Alright." She began to say before pausing. . .and eventually frowning. "But. . .I'm gonna stop shopping for clothes for a long while." The platinum blonde suddenly revealed as she subconsciously touched where her arm was, before she quickly lowered her hand and began walking away.
However the young Nara saw it and frowned. "Ino. . ." Shikamaru sighed out. He already had the feeling regarding why his teammate revealed this, but it was too troublesome to say.
The jonin took a deep breath and let out a sigh. "She blames herself for Haruno. . ." Asuma sighed out while rubbing his head.
". . ." Shikamaru continued to look at the board for a few moments before grabbing his piece. "More like it's eating her up from the inside. . ." He finally stated with a somber tone.
Meanwhile with the Yamanaka, she had a determined yet frustrated expression on her face as she looked at the reflection of herself in the river. "I. . .gotta make up for lost time. . .for wasting time. . ." Ino concluded before getting back to training, sweating like crazy all the while.
After finishing playing their game, with the young Nara winning, the two didn't feel like playing again as their minds could only wander to their blonde member of Team Ten.
Asuma soon sighed as he already could tell what the girl was doing. "She's going to wear down her body. . ." He soon stated in concerned.
"She's dangerously only focusing on her physical aspects because of her inability to cast her jutsus." Shikamaru stated as he rubbed the back of his head. "Even with all my brainpower, I can't think of how to help her. . .which makes it even more troublesome. . ." He soon confessed.
The older smoker took a deep smoke of his cigarette and smiled as a thought came to mind. "I think I know who we should ask." Asuma vaguely revealed while taking a puff of his cigarette.
He was going to make sure his team would survive, and that meant everyone. . .
At a different training field. . .
The sounds of loud shouting, grunting and groaning could be heard over a large area, which ended with even more overly excited shouting.
"ONE TWO! ONE TWO! ONE TWO!" Lee got out as he was doing push-ups at a rapid pace.
And right next to him, was the light gray suit wearing Kin as she was doing the same. "ONE TWO! ONE TWO! ONE TWO!" She also got out while doing push-ups. She wasn't sure when it happened, but she soon came to the realization that her sensei and her teammate were right. She was in the springtime of her youth and she was going to enjoy it!
The young taijutsu master took a moment to look at his training partner and gave her a thumbs up while still in his push up position. "YOOOOOOSH! GIVE IT TWO HUNDRED PERCENT! KIN-CHAN!" Lee soon declared with a fiery manner.
"YOSH! TIME FOR MY FLAME OF YOUTH TO BURN BRIGHTLY!" Kin passionately declared with a fire in her eyes.
And with a nod, the two continued their push ups with much seal and vigor, all the while shouting in excitement.
A distance away laying on the ground, an exhausted looking Gai looked on at his students. "L-Lee. . .K-Kin-chan. . .come on, let's take a short break. . ." He struggled out the suggestion.
"What's the manner, Gai-sensei?" Lee questioned, the two stopping for a moment to look at their sensei. "The prime of one's youth waits for no one, you know." He then added.
"Hai. He is right, Gai-sensei." Kin replied in agreement as the two went back at it with their rapid push-up session.
The older shinobi gained a painfilled expression at that. "Maintaining the prime of one's youth is starting to get tough. . ." Gai muttered to himself before his head fell to the ground, showing that even the sensei couldn't keep up with his apprentice's unending stamina
For the two though, they had to get stronger for any and all upcoming battles. . .and to enjoy their youths to the fullest with vim and vigor.
As the days continued on, everyone in Konoha was doing their own thing as they continued their daily lives. At the same time the village was slowly and surely recovering to its former self as more and more buildings were being repaired by the day.
Within the Team Seven and Viper Squad Residence. . .
The bathroom was filled with a lot of steam and bubbles floating in the air, with only the gentle sound of a small dripping from the faucet. In the tub, there were two long haired maidens, the raven haired one was leaning on the blonde one's bust.
"Aaaaaaah. . ." Satsuki sighed out as she was in the bath. "This is nice, right Naruko-oneechan?" She muttered in satisfaction.
"Hai. It has been a while since we've done this." Naruko responded with a nod while giving the ravenette a head rub.
Satsuki nodded in agreement as she stretched her arms upward to relax her shoulders. "It really has." She replied as a small frown then appeared on her face. "Too bad Nata-chan went out to train for a bit with Yami-chan and Nina-chan." She then continued before leaning onto the blonde. "But then again, we needed this." She soon pointed out with a grin.
The female in question could only giggle and nodded in complete and total agreement as she too leaned backwards, closed her eyes and relaxed as well. "You got that right." Naruko responded.
It was after a few moments of simply enjoying each other's company, a random thought popped into the ravenette's mind. "Hey Onee-chan, I was wondering." Satsuki suddenly began
"Hm?" Naruko hummed out in a curious manner.
"What happens if your usual Sexy Jutsu form doesn't work?" Satsuki eventually asked in a curious manner.
Out of all the things the blonde could have thought the Uchiha was asking, this was definitely not one of them. "What do you mean?" Naruko soon asked.
The ravenette in turn tilted her head to the side. "I mean. . .you might meet someone who's more resistant than others." Satsuki simply pointed out. "What happens if something like that happens?" She then wondered.
This caused the blonde to be taken aback by the possibility. "Huh. . .you might have a point." Naruko admitted after thinking about it.
While the blond's jutsu had surprisingly worked well on many occasions against many types of opponents from early in his pre shinobi career and his brief time as a genin. There had been times where that had happened before, mostly from the female opposition and even more. . .level headed males could recover in either a second or not be affected at all because of metal fortitude.
The blonde kunoichi then realized the reason for that predicament. "Maybe because I still use the same version I had been using for a while, so I don't think it up to par with the enemies we've been facing." Naruko soon deduced, deciding not to say that this version was his earlier and childish depiction of a sexy woman, standing up and looking down at her body.
"Maybe you can improve it!" Satsuki soon suggested with a starry look in her eyes. "Hell! I even made something like a Sexy Jutsu once and it also knocked out all the guys too when I used it that one time!" She then proudly declared with a grin.
It took a few moments for the blonde to process everything that the ravenette had said, but once she did, she slightly tilted her head. ". . .Really?" Naruko got out in a curious manner.
It was then that the blonde kunoichi took a deep and pensive pose as she began to think of how she could improve the jutsu. As she did, a lot of thoughts began to come to mind. She had thought that the form itself had many flaws and imperfections, as it was simply too overemphasis the female form and focus only on appearances only.
Then she thought of all of the women she had met, from the two heiresses, the illusion specialized jonin, the wilder sadist interrogator, to the older yet very sexy blonde Hokage. Each and every single one had their own charm and beauty that if she took their form, that would instantly KO any opponent, kunoichis included.
This made her realize that her jutsu was nothing but a pale imitation of what true female beauty should truly be. Each one is different, each is special, each is unique to their respective bodies and charms.
So, with this newfound appreciation of the female form, the blonde shinobi smirked with a charm and beauty that she had never done before.
"Got something?" Satsuki soon asked in her own curious manner upon seeing the expression on the blonde's face.
This made the blonde kunoichi's smirk slightly widening a bit. "And ruin the surprise?" Naruko playfully countered. "Nope!" She declared as she made a hand sign.
POOF!
From behind the steam, the blonde shinobi was in his newest form of Naruko form.
While the original Sexy Jutsu form was that of a sixteen year old, this one was more of a twenty-one year old. Her wavy blonde hair had now reached down to her thighs, she also had an ahoge stand atop her head. This addition didn't make her look childish in the slightest, in fact gave her a more mature and alluring look to her face.
However the most noticeable change was her bust size. While not being big as the current blonde Hokage's, it was definitely bigger then the size that she originally had. Finally, her thigh, rear and legs were the perfect shape as the drops of water ran down them.
And almost immediately, the Uchiha Heiress became even more starry-eyed at the sight. "Ooooooooooh~!" She got out in awe and amazement.
"Ufufu~ Well~?" Naruko giggled and soon asked, her voice sounding as mature as her body as she rubbed the ravenette's head.
"Sooooooo sexy!" A starry eyed Satsuki excitedly responded as she allowed her head to be rubbed.
And with a fit of giggles, the two kunoichis continued to enjoy their bath in their well deserved peace.
At the hospital. . .
The members of Team Eight and Tayuya were walking through the halls as the green haired girl had some flowers in her hands.
"I hope that Kurenai-sensei is doing better." Fū remarked as she carefully adjusted the flowers to look prettier. She had to thank the Yamanaka Flower Shop for the flowers.
"Ah! Don't worry, Kurenai-sensei is tough and nails. No way she'll be down for long." Kiba replied while showing a toothy grin.
"Still, I can't believe Kurenai had to come here because of a simple prison break." Fū remarked.
"It's normal to feel concern, after all, Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei were overwhelmed by the two Stupid Brothers and by the sheer numbers of the would be escapees, that was the only reason they were defeated. And even though Asuma-sensei had recovered much quicker, he still has to come in for routine check-ups for-" Shino stated and began reminding while he fixed his sunglasses.
"Ok Shino/Bugboy! We get it!" Kiba and Tayuya shouted at the same time, interrupting the boy in mention, no doubt a long winded sermon the bug user would add if given the chance.
To which the Bug user only looked down that many would think he was merely complaining, but in reality it was his way of sulking.
Fū meanwhile giggled at that. "It's ok Shino-kun." She replied as she began rubbing the boy's head.
The dark pink haired girl meanwhile sweatdropped at the interaction between the two. ". . .Yup, those two are gonna be fucking in the future, I know it." She bluntly thought to herself with absolute certainty. "In any case, this Kurenai lady, she's a genjutsu user like I was right?" Tayuya recalled in a curious manner.
The comment finally got over his sulking and looked at the former Oto kunoichi. "Indeed." Shino responded with a nod. "You'll most likely be on the same team as us as part of your probation period, similar to how Kin-san was." He then deducted.
"Yeah. And she's the best Genjutsu user in Konoha." Fū added with a grin.
"So you better be on your best behavior, Sensei can be a really slave driver." Kiba also added his two cents as he could still remember his muscles being sore the first time he challenged his sensei's authority like a normal Inuzuka would.
"I'll say." Chōmei got out while resting on the green haired girl's head.
While the former Oto kunoichi would normally ignore advice like that due to her past, she decided not to this time as she knew her life was literally on the line. However there was one thing that still puzzled her. ". . .I still can't believe the fuckin' Seven-Tails is just casually resting on your head like that. . ." Tayuya deadpanned. ". . .And the fact that Konoha has it in its possession." She then muttered.
Fū meanwhile just giggled at that. "Still?" She asked in a joking manner. "It's been a few days now." She then reminded.
"I would question anyone with a lick of common sense if they would, or ever for that matter, get used to it." Tayuya countered with a deadpan tone.
"We're here." Shino however announced as they reached the hospital room.
The group then gave a soft knock and when they got the ok they opened the door to enter. Inside was a bedridden Kurenai while on a chair was Asuna. Even though it wasn't a routine check up day for the chain smoker, he still came to the hospital to visit Kurenai virtually every day.
"Oh? Hello everyone, It's nice of you to come and visit me." Kurenai commented with a pleasant smile on her face.
"It's the least we could do." Shino responded with his usual calm tone.
"Totally! Would have come sooner but we had some. . .things to take care of." Kiba added while looking at a certain split personality disorder kunoichi.
"And we bought a souvenir too!" Fū revealed while showing their gift to their sensei.
The Genjutsu specialist jonin smiled at that as she then noticed the unfamiliar face before recalling the reports she had gotten. "So, you're the one Kiba saved during the mission to bring. . .her back." Kurenai noted as she looked at the darker pink haired girl.
To that, Tayuya crossed her arms over her chest. "Hmph, what of it?" She remarked in a snarky tone.
"Hey! What did I just tell you!?" Kiba shouted with dismay and irritation.
"Bite me dog-boy!" Tayuya countered.
Kurenai however giggled in response. "As fiery and rude as Kiba's report stated." She simply responded in amusement.
"His what now?" Tayuya got out with widened eyes as she then glared at the dog-like boy. "What the hell did you write about me!?" She soon roared in anger.
"URK!" Kiba grunted out in a nervous manner.
Clunk. . .
At that moment, the door to the room opened and a familiar face entered the room. "Well, it seems like all of you are doing well." They soon remarked.
That got the attention of the group as they saw who it was. "Ah, Tsunade-sama." Kurenari got out as she, her fellow jonin, and her team gave a bow of courtesy. . .save for the dark pink haired girl.
"Tsunade-sama, would it be alright to ask. What exactly happened though out there while we were being treated for our injuries?" Kurenai soon questioned. "Was Mizuki captured?" She then assumed in a serious tone.
It was then that everyone in the room remained quiet as the Hokage began to explain in both general terms and confidential terms to what happened. It took a solid half an hour, but the group finally caught on and filled in to the conclusion.
After listening to the report, the female jonin looked down with a sad expression. "I see. . ." Kurenai could only say as she processed everything she had heard. While she knew that the chances of obtaining any info on her former student was slim to none, she was still saddened all the same.
Meanwhile the chain smoker let out a sigh. "Frankly, other than what Team Seven and Viper Squad had heard from Mizuki as well as Kurama and Anko finding out more of that cave. We wouldn't have gotten any further useful information about Orochimaru's mutating experiments." Asuma sighed out.
It was now the Hokage's turn to give out a sigh in response. "Hai. Which also means we're back to square one when it comes to finding your former master." Tsunade stated. "Plus we do know he has bases all over the world, just not their locations though. . ." She then muttered.
"Still, him mutating like that must've been a gruesome sight. Even by my standards." Tayuya remarked as she snapped her fingers, causing a small fire to ignite. "At least I'm still human in the conventional sense." She then added.
"Indeed you are." Kurenai responded in agreement with a nod.
"Wouldn't you know that would happen if someone took those pills with that potion thing?" Kiba asked as he thought she had some idea of the effects.
"Oi, how would I know that? That monster only told all the relevant things to his sick experiments to that ass Kabuto and that mad scientist." Tayuya reminded in annoyance. "Besides, the fuckin' pills alone can have different effects per person. Some may turn like that idiot Mizuki guy and only people in the single digits turn like me." She then added.
Asuma took a pondering pose at that. "If how it reacted to Mizuki at the end was any sign of that, then yeah, we can say that pretty much anything could happen." He agreed with a troubled expression.
The bug user then fixed his sunglasses. "Essentially, it is all unpredictable and volatile." Shino also concluded.
"Just like everything that he has ever done. . ." Tsunade groaned in frustration. "It just never ends with that goddamn bastard. . ." She then added in growing frustration while rubbing the bridge of her nose.
The green haired girl soon went and began patting the Hokage's back. "There there." Fū gently said in a comforting tone while the small beetle was also mimicking her from on top of her head as well.
". . ." Everyone was left speechless at the sight of the mini version of a Bijū, who are known to be literal forces of nature, gently patting on the Hokage's back. While the woman in question simply ignored it as she was more or less used to Bijū shenanigans thanks to a certain fox.
Within the Team Seven and Viper Squad residence. . .
While the trio of Team Seven and the duo of the Viper Squad were enjoying their time off, the other members of the residence were also very much enjoying their own time. More specifically a certain fox Bijū and the purple haired interrogation specialist jonin, as they were resting contently in their room after a very passionate night, cuddling up to one another as they were making-out.
"Mmm~" Anko moaned out, her arms wrapped around her man's while their eyes were closed as they gave kisses to one another before the two eventually separated to gather their breath while opening their eyes to look at one another. "So, you feel better now?" She quietly assumed with a smile.
Kurama in turn smirked. "Completely." He responded in a relaxed yet confident manner. "This means I gotta make sure the idiots don't overdo it from now on." He jokingly remarked before sighing in a more content manner. "Though. . .I probably will keep this from them for a little while longer, they still need to improve without my help. Don't want them to be too dependent on it after all." He then revealed and explained.
At that moment however, kunoichi's eyes darken a bit as she recalled something. "And then. . .all of you will eventually be going, right?" Anko suddenly assumed as she then looked away. "To go train with Jiraiya right?" She then added.
Kurama in turn nodded, sighing as he knew something like this would come up at one point. "Yeah, Jiraiya told me that he has plans, so at some point, me and the brats will be leaving with him. . ." He replied and explained. "So I want them to develop their bases a bit before then." He added nonchalantly.
"I. . .I see. . ." Anko quietly muttered, as she then sat at the bedside before getting up and looking out the window. There she saw the village just a short distance away, but somehow felt much longer away than she thought.
The human disguised Bijū didn't even need his negative sensing ability to know what his mate was probably feeling. After all, he is bonded to his jinchūriki host so he would be separated from her for a long and undetermined amount of time.
Kurama then stood up and walked towards the kunoichi and gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Babe, I know we may be separated for an unknown amount of time. . .but know that I will always think about you. . .you are my mate after all. . ." He told and reminded the kunoichi with a reassuring tone.
However the purple haired kunoichi still remained silent as she continued to look outside as the sun started to set, narrowing her eyes. "An unknown amount of time. . ." Anko thought to herself, the words repeating in her mind. . .along with one. . .other. . .word. "Mate. . ." She mentally added it to her mind as it also kept repeating, causing her to narrow her eyes.
. . .No. . .
She was not going to waste any more time. . .she was going to act. . .
Kurama raised an eyebrow when she saw the sudden change of the kunoichi's state of emotions she was feeling, but before he could even utter a single word. . .
Vrrrn. . .
Suddenly, Anko made a familiar hand sign as the disguised Bijū felt the seals being activated around the room.
"The silence and locking seals. . ." Kurama thought to himself in a serious manner. If his mate activated those seals, it could only mean that she had something important to say. So he quickly began scanning the room to make sure nothing was inside, just to be on the safe side.
However at that moment, the purple haired woman closed the curtains, darkening the room. Then she pushed the humanoid Bijū on the bed and began crawling up on top of him.
"Babe. . .?" Kurama got out in concern. "Anko?" He then added.
While the Bijū was already used to this kind of situation every time they had their alone time, this time however, it felt different and the atmosphere was much heavier than before.
At first, the purple haired kunoichi didn't respond, she was instead panting heavily enough to make her breath visible. "Take me now. . ." Anko soon whispered, her voice literally dripping pure lust. "Make me truly yours. . ." She then added in anticipation as she took off her jacket and threw onto a nearby chair before she then removed her fishnet vest. . .
BOING! BOING!
And released her mounds.
"I want. . ." Anko began before shaking her head as she removed her pants and underwear, leaving her completely nude. "No. . .I need this. . .now. . ." She then corrected and stated in the same lustful manner. "As the mate of Kurama, the Kyūbi no Kitsune. . ." She soon stated while licking her lips.
". . .Are you sure?" Kurama soon asked, releasing some of his chakra as a light crimson glow from his chakra formed around him. "There will be no turning back." He then stated in a dead serious tone.
"I know. . ." Anko confirmed with a nod. "I'm ready." She then reassured.
Kurama closed his eyes and let out an amused chuckle as his pupils turned into slits and started to glow red. Then he grabbed the kunoichi and pushed her onto the bed with him now on top of her. "Then get ready for a very intense wild night. . .Anko Mitarashi. . ." He growled out in a demonic manner with a smirk.
And then. . .everything went blank. . .
Just outside of the room. . .
"OH! FUCK! YES!" Anko soon grunted her exclaim with pure pleasure coursing through her entire body. "OOOOOOOOOOH~!" She soon moans loudly and passionately.
. . .The two were extremely lucky that the silence seals were on in their room. . .because they were nowhere close to being done. . .
At Team Seven Training Ground. . .
It has been a couple of days into the long and necessary break, the trio had their fill of R&R and decided to do some light training to get back into shape. Each member of Team Seven had taken their own space on the training ground to practice on their own.
After all, there was still a lot that needed to be done before they would eventually leave Konoha for who knows how long for even more intensive training. So just as Kurama had wanted, the trio also wanted to retrain their basic jutsus and fighting styles.
The blond shinobi took a deep breath and began channeling a large amount of chakra through his body. It took a while before his entire body was engulfed in an azure chakra cloak. However it still lacked the same fox shape as before.
VRRRRRRN. . .
The blond looked at the reflective surface his sword provided and saw his cloak and he let out a sigh before dispelling the chakra cloak. "Didn't get the form right. . .and it took way too long. . ." Naruto groaned out with a disappointed tone.
The young jinchūriki had been practicing conjuring his new jutsu, the easily named Fox Cloak. However, ever since his team had finished the last mission, he just couldn't cast it properly no matter how many times he tried.
On the bright side, he could now cast a similar cloak as his Bijū cloak, albeit a weaker version and stills requires the uses a lot of chakra, it still didn't take the same fox silhouette as of yet. Maybe it was simply because the blond wasn't in any real danger or simply still lacked the proper chakra control.
Regardless of the reason, Naruto knew that he had a long way to go before he could conjured the fox cloak instantaneously to make it useful in live combat. However, he wasn't gonna give up anytime soon.
After taking a small breather, Naruto walked towards his sword. "Well, better start practicing my kenjutsu now." He soon decided.
This was another aspect that the blond wanted to practice, being able to wield his sword without the use of any chakra. After all, he couldn't continue wielding it while using his chakra as a crutch, that wouldn't be respecting both the sword or the man who he inherited from the previous wielder.
So far, thanks to the ice user's previous training and his current training, Naruto had managed to at least pick up. Then he began practicing the basics of how Zabuza used the Executor's Blade, albeit in his fighting style.
Naruto started by taking a proper stance which he could only use his muscles, he did this taking sets of five minutes to start and then resting. He wasn't delusional to think he would hold it longer than that at the very start. He just needed to get used to first merely holding it normally.
Next, Naruto took a blocking stance to get use of the weight in that position and took the same time sets as before. He quickly realized that this position was much harder to practice, because in the first stance he had to hold the handle while balancing the sword, while in this stance he had to raise the handle while keeping the sword full weight downwards. Making it more physically demanding onto his body.
Then after taking half an hour break, Naruto changed his training by raising his sword and began a chopping position which was soon followed by a chopping motion. He wanted to see how many chops he could do. And sadly to say, it didn't go well. . .he nearly fell backwards by the sword's massive weight and the few times he managed to chop forward, he nearly threw the sword because he couldn't hold onto it.
Afterwards, Naruto changed his training by positioning his sword to slash from right to left as well as vice versa with left to right. And with this practice he had better luck than the last, well just barely. . . This time he did manage to keep holding the sword between each swing and not fall, but he could never retain his initial position, because once again he couldn't handle the weight.
Finally Naruto began practicing using the simplified version of his kenjutsu. This meant only practicing the movements he had to perform while using said kenjutsus. And like all other practices he did before, it wasn't easy in the slightest as every time he tried to do a movement, he felt like he was just a little kid watching and trying to imitate an actual swordsman.
And after a while. . .
THUNK! THUMP!
The blond shinobi dropped the large sword and then lay on the ground soon after, as his face was sweating profusely and panting heavily. Even with his massive stamina reserves and his normal stubbornness to refuse to give up, Naruto couldn't practice more than a full hour without his muscles screaming in agony without the Bijū's chakra both helping and healing him.
Naruto could barely raise his dominant hand, which was shaking, before he let it flop onto the ground. "Yup. . .got a long way to go. . ." He panted out to himself feeling disappointed in himself.
It was now very apparent to the blond shinobi that without chakra to help him, he could never properly wield his sword, much less use it in actual combat. Which made him think that he was doing a disservice to the sword.
After all, the blond Jinchūriki's own mother was a great swordswoman and he wouldn't let her down. Naruto then turned to look at his sword as he recalled the shinobi who had given the sword to him. How the former swordsman of the Mist effortlessly wielded the sword and how he used it to be a force to be recon with in battle.
The blond shinobi's expression turned into one of pure determination. "I'm not as good as either yet. But. . .one day. . .I'll make them both proud." Naruto all but swore it as he closed his eyes and rested a bit.
Giving up was not an option for him, nor his fiances as well.
Especially with how crazy things are getting now and will no doubt be in the near future.
At another part of the training ground. . .
The sounds of hardwood clashing against one another could be heard through the area. Each time it sounded in almost harmonic and rhythmic clanking.
The Uchiha Heiress was sparring with a shadow clone of herself, both of them using her unique style of sword and shield, however they were both using disposable wooden swords and shields.
Then quickly backflipping in a showy manner, Satsuki just as quickly rushed towards her standing clone as she eyed its posture and stance to understand what would be its next move. Upon realizing it, Satsuki quickly ducked and narrowly managed to evade the strong vertical slash from its wooden sword. Once the Uchiha did so, the two quickly re-entered their clash once more.
Both the original and clone fought using only basic kenjutsu footwork and attacks, without relying on their Sharingan or their chakra. Much like the blond shinobi, Satsuki also decided to train with her swordsmanship. While she would have liked to do so by fighting with many clones at once like usual, she decided to focus on single one-on-one combat for right now.
After a good solid hour later, the clone dispelled after taking a solid hit, Satsuki took a deep breath and then let out a sigh of relief. "That was a good practice." She breathed out to herself as she was satisfied with her kenjutsu training. "Alright. . .Now I should practice my ninjutsu along with my kenjutsu." She then decided.
After all, she shouldn't get too used to just one regular training method.
POOF!
And with that, the Uchiha Heiress made a new Shadow Clone. "Ok, you focus on Fire Style and I'll work on Kenjutsu." Satsuki soon instructed.
"Got it." The clone responded with a nod and a salute as the two gained distance from one another and soon ready themselves.
"And. . .go!" Satsuki soon called out as she got into a stance.
"Fireball!" Clone Satsuki immediately declared, unleashing the massive ball of fire.
FWOOOOSH!
Satsuki instinctively brought her shield arm up to shield and blocked the attack as she had always done normally, however she forgot one minor yet crucial thing. . .it was a wooden shield. . .
"HOTHOTHOTHOT!" The Uchiha Heiress yelped out, shaking the now burning shield.
To that, the Shadow Clone of the Uchiha Heiress snickered. "And that's why you don't use a wooden shield during elemental jutsu training." She quipped in amusement.
"Son of a-" Satsuki began to swear, only to dodge a narrow strike from a roundhouse kick. "Too close!" She then got out. "Oi! We said jutsus only dattebakon!" She told her clone frustrated.
"Well as know, we gotta expect the unexpected dattebakon!" The Uchiha clone countered as it then unleashed another fireball.
The ravenette took a deep breath and then exhaled it. "Right. . .forget I'm good at annoying my opponents. . ." Satsuki reminds herself when the fireball was just a few feet away from her. "But. . ." she then said with a confident grin.
Then just as the fire justu was about to reach the Uchiha, she tightened her grip on her wooden shield, took a wide stance and slammed it onto the incoming fireball.
VRRRN!
The clone then noticed a familiar aura coating the wooden shield as the flames died down.
"Chakra coating training using a normal shield was really hard, but so~ worth it." Satsuki happily declared with a grin.
". . .That's cheating. . ." A very nervous Clone got out as it knew that it was now at a disadvantage.
"Expect the unexpected~" Satsuki retorted, reciting the same words the clone had stated before.
The clone in response smirked trying to hide its nervousness and readied itself. "Becoming as tricky and sly as a fox." It remarked.
The original chuckle as that perfectly described the blond shinobi and Bijū. "Hehe, you know it~ After all you end up picking up a thing or two from the two of them." Satsuki reminded, giddiness in her voice for the self-reminder of that fact.
The clone meanwhile noticed the distracted look on the original's face and groaned. "Oi! Focus on training dattebakon!" It counter-ordered in annoyance.
The original and clone continued their exchange of kenjutsu and ninjutsu for a solid half an hour. With the original having difficulty to land a solid blow to the constantly dodging clone, which only aimed for long range.
When reaching the thirty minute mark however, the original took yet another page of the blond's book and did something out of her usual style. So with a grin, Satsuki once again charged at the clone and delivered a wide vertical slash at it, which resulted in it dodging yet again.
After the Uchiha had just missed to land another hit on the clone, it quickly began to cast another fireball, however when it was about to spit it out her eyes widened when it felt a solid blow on its stomach.
There the clone saw that the original actually threw her shield with enough force to disturbed her jutsu, canceling its activation. "Dammit." The clone barely got out before the shadow of the original appeared right before her and. . .
SLICE! POOF!
Was struck down by a chakra enhanced sword slash.
After the smoke cleared, the ravenette took a deep breath as she sheathed her blade. "Not bad. I think I'm getting the hang of parrying with a shield now and that I think I can use it offensively too." Satsuki muttered with satisfaction as she wanted to think of other ways she can use her shield. "But. . . I really gotta get my real shield back soon. . ." She then added while looking at her shield arm, feeling as though she was naked without it as she threw away the remains of the disposable shield. . .as it soon caught on fire.
Although it hadn't even been a half a year since the female Uchiha had both gotten and used her shield, it had quickly became part of both her fighting style and identity to use both her blade and shield that if even one was missing it made her feel incomplete. Sure she can still fight, but she much rather have them and not need them, than needed them and not have them.
She was gonna have to see Tenten if she was close to fixing it and getting her shield back.
Meanwhile in another part of the training field. . .
There were many target signs in different parts of the field, some were simply in the ground while others were in places like trees, rocks and hidden behind other natural obstacles. Most of the targets were littered with multiple arrows or simply around the area as they barely missed it.
Hinata took in a deep breath to calm her mind and spirit, then she readied her bow and arrow. "Focus. . .focus. . ." She whispered to herself.
VRRN!
The Hyuga slowly began to channel her chakra onto her hands at a steady pace and slowly transferred it towards the tip of the arrow, causing it to shimmer with a gentle hue. While this would be a very difficult task for even seasoned shinobi, with her excellent control this was an easy enough task.
And then once the Hyuga had the required chakra. . .she released the arrow.
WHOOSH! THUNK! BANG!
The released arrow soon struck the center of the target, before the target soon burst upon impact.
"Not bad Hinata-san. It appears that you're slowly managing to get the hang of chakra arrows." Haku commented as he looked at the remains of the target and saw that despite the burst, it was mostly intact. "However, it still lacks power." He then added.
"Hai." Hinata responded with a nod, as though expecting this result.
While most shinobis can practice with the bow and arrows, as it only requires a certain amount of strength and precise aiming.
However, the use of chakra enhanced arrows were another story entirely, as it requires fine tuning and very excellent chakra control, as one single miss laps of focus could dispel the chakra entirely or have it burst into pieces.
While Hinata knew she could never match the proficiency she saw from the deceased Oto Shinobi's archery skills, she knew that she could use that experience to both use and create an archery that fit her style.
So even the Hyuga Heiress knew, she still had a long way to go before mastering her own, personal style of fighting.
Not just as a member of the Hyuga Clan. . .but also as herself.
As Hinata Hyuga.
As a future wife of her love, Naruto Uzumaki.
As a Konoha Shinobi.
"Well that should be enough training for today, I better regroup with the others." Hinata concluded and decided with a satisfied smile.
At the Team Seven's main training grounds. . .
The trio and Haku all calmly walked towards the meeting point, each member of Team Seven had tired muscles or were simply tired in general from their respective training program.
"Good work you all. That concludes today's training." The Ice User of Team Seven stated, much to the relief of the trios. "Though to now inform you all, I am going to be assisting someone else with their training for a while." Haku soon revealed.
This sudden declaration surprised the trio. "Really?" Satsuki asked in a curious manner.
To that, Haku nodded. "Their sensei felt as though I would be the best choice to help them out." He vaguely explained.
Upon hearing that, it didn't take even a second for the trio to understand who the ice user was referring to. ". . .It's Ino-chan, isn't it. . ." Satsuki soon enough guessed in a serious tone.
To that, Haku nodded in confirmation. "Hai. I have been requested by Asuma-san to assist Ino-san in the usage of one-handed handsigns." He soon revealed.
"After what happened. . .it's understandable." Hinata hesitantly admitted.
"That and Asuma wants me to make sure Ino doesn't overdo it with the training she's currently doing." Haku then revealed. . .before sweat dropping. "Mostly because he doesn't want her to become like Gai-san and Lee-san." He soon revealed, causing the trio to sweatdrop as well.
". . .Help her out in every way possible." Satsuki soon requested in a concerned yet serious tone.
To that, the Ice User nodded. "Of course. I will make sure she becomes a powerful kunoichi." Haku responded in reassurance as he turned to leave. "All of you, take care" He then added before he soon vanished.
In response, the members of Team Seven looked at one another and nodded, knowing that despite their friend not being around to help them train, they still had to keep it up to improve themselves.
To become stronger.
To become faster.
To become wiser.
To become greater shinobis.
At a different area of the training ground. . .
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The sounds of whirling slashes could be heard throughout the area, the sound had a small echoing effect that was strangely calm and silent. However by no means shown that it was any less deathly as each time a leaf would fall onto the path of the slashes was instantly cut.
"Haaaaah!" Yami soon began, charging chakra to her beloved katana while getting into a stance. "BLADE BEAM!" She soon roared as she delivered several slashes.
WHOOSH! SLASH! WHOOSH! SLICE!
The chakra slash continued soaring through the air as it struck a massive boulder, large gashes were made as a result, showing that it had been done before. However what was curious was that the slash that was shown and struck had a different angle, signaling that she had also used her illusionary kenjutsu.
The kunoichi-samurai soon took in a breath as she relaxed herself for a moment, knowing when it was time to rest.
Since that last mission against the mutated Konoha traitor, the young swordswoman was honestly happy to finally be able to use her sensei's personal jutsu, albeit in her own style.
Then with one more elegant swing of the beloved blade, the silver-bluenette kunoichi sheathed her blade and took a moment to not only rest and contemplate. "It is becoming clear I'm able to use sensei's Blade Beam more easily with each training season, however it still costs more chakra than what I'm used to whenever I combine it alongside my personal kenjutsu style." She muttered to herself with a contemplating expression on her face.
It was very apparent that the swordswoman had calculated that it would cost at least three to four times more chakra for her sensei to his jutsu in rapid succession that would far surpass any of her attacks, simply because of the sheer comparison between his Executioner's Blade and her precious katana.
And even with a small blade, the silver-bluenette still needs at least two times more chakra than normal to use it effectively, but given that she didn't have that much chakra as the likes of said blond, she couldn't use it for long extended battles.
However, regardless of that drawback, Yami also realized that this jutsu had limitless potential and application. So she had been pushing herself to improve not only using it more proficiently, but also to improve her chakra reserves as well to mitigate these drawbacks. As well as desiring to not use it only just as a simple mid-long range attack, but also utilizing it along with her kenjutsu.
"It will take some major improvements on not just chakra reserves but also in my creativity. Regardless, I must demonstrate that Sensei wasn't mistaken for allowing me to learn his prize jutsu, by combining my own kenjutsu style using his jutsu." Yami soon declared with a fiery and determined look in her eyes.
After all, if she along with everyone else she cared for was going to go up against mutated shinobis and even stronger threats in the future, she needed to further improve herself.
. . .But for now, it was time for a break.
A nice, sweet break with ice cream with her fellow teammate and little sister figure.
Elsewhere. . .
Unlike the other training grounds that had a symphony of various sounds due to the young shinobi's own unique and specialized training methods, this particular area was very calm and tranquil as you could still hear the birds chirping and insects buzzing without a hint of care.
Just at the base of a certain tree, there sat the animal lover kunoichi, who had her eyes closed, in a lotus position and her arms crossed, while her three animal companions lazily lay next two here, waiting for her.
After blinking a few times, the wolf cub turned towards the kunoichi, "Arf. . .?" Okki whines loudly while giving a cute yawn. "Still nothing Nina-oneechan. . .?" Was what the small cub had said as she was tired of waiting around doing nothing.
On the other hand, the white tiger cub was happily resting beside the kunoichi in question. "Meow. . ." Ora merely meowed without opening her eyes. "Leave her be. . .Nina-oneechan will come up with something eventually." Was what the tiger cub said.
"Hmmmmm. . ." Nina hummed out while she cutely tilted her head to the side as she pondered for a bit. "I need to make a super super cool, special move like the one Naruto-niichii, Satsuki-neechii, and Hinata-neechii did. . ." She once again declared while continuing moving her head from side to side.
The animal lover had spent at least half an hour thinking of new special moves she could create. After the last mission, though she did quite well overall, she was motivated to make her own cool jutsu that looked and was as strong as the ones used by Team Seven. However, as much as she thought about it, she couldn't think of anything.
"Oh well! I'll just practice with you guys first and then think of a cool special move!" Nina soon decided with enthusiasm and excitement.
Because of the sudden movement, the small red bird was startled, causing it to fall off the kunoichi's head and land beside her. "Chirp chirp!" Ori chirped while still laying on the ground. "Moves moves!" Was what was chirped out.
The small wolf cub excitedly stood up and did a backflip. "Arf arf! AWOOOO!" Okki eagerly barked out before howling in anticipation and wagging her tail. "Finally! Come on Big Sis! Let me have a go!" Was what she said.
"Meow. . .Meow~" Ora meanwhile mewled in a tone as if it was sighing before turning towards her companion. "Oh well, there goes nap time. Anyways, calm down, Onee-chan will decide the order." Was what she said.
Then after thinking for a moment, the young kunoichi nodded. "Yosh! Ori-chii! Let's practice first!" Nina called out.
"Chirp chirp!" Ori happily chirped while flapping her wings. "Practice practice" Was what she said as she flew around her big sister.
Then an animal lover did her signature pose. "Shiny shiny!" Nina excitedly declared as she raised a fist to the air.
"Chirp chirp! TWEET!" Ori chirped out before letting out a loud cry. "Kurīchāmāji! Bird!" Was what she said as the two were enveloped in red chakra.
Once the light vanished Nina's body gained a small beautiful feathery red feathery coat along with red hair, then with a big wide smile she jumped upwards and hovered in midair. "Wee~ Let's go go!" She shouted as she excitedly flapped her arms as if she was trying to fly like a bird.
"Rrow. . .meow~" Ora meowed out in a embarrassed manner. "Nina-oneechan. . .once again, you can't fly in that form. . ." Was what she reminded.
At the comment, the peppy girl stopped flapping. "Oh! Right right!" Nina sheepishly replied with a giggled, though it was still hovering in place.
"Bark Bark!" Okki barked out, sounding like she was asking for something. "Hey Nina-oneechan! Shows those cool fire moves!" Was what she requested.
Upon hearing the other member of the O trio, the avian kunoichi's face turned to pure excitement. "O~k! Let practice my new new moves!" Nina declared with her eyes turning into stars from wanting to show off her new fire style jutsus.
The red avian kunoichi looked around the area, trying to find a good target. Then her face brightened when she was a decently large rock just a few feet away. So with a flap of her arms, she glided towards it.
Once close enough, Nina began to channel her fire chakra. "Fire Fire Style!" She began as the feathers on her arms slowly began to glow. "Boom Boom Feathers!" She shouted as she flapped her arms slightly as red feathers were launched from her arms, which then ignited as they struck a semi large rock before. . .
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The feathers explode on contact, though said explosions weren't big by any means, they still resulted in small fragments of said rock to be scattered onto the ground. And then the kunoichi landed while doing a pose as the explosion happened behind her.
The small wolf cub began jumping upon seeing that. "Bark Bark!" Okki barks excitedly. "Nina-oneechan is so~ cool!" Was what she said.
The avian kunoichi grinned goofily as she scratched the back of her head before readying herself once more. "And now. . ." Nina began as she jumped high into the air as she channeled her fire chakra once more. "Fire Fire Style. . .Burning Kick!" She declared, the feathers on her legs igniting slightly as she was propelled towards the rock as she shifted her body for a kick, her kicking foot soon igniting in flames as well, striking the rock. . .
CRASH!
And breaking a small part off of the rock while leaving large burn marks around the area as well. But before the avian kunoichi could cheer at this. . .
FLASH!
The two then finally de-fused as the kunoichi caught the tired bird on her arms. "Chirp chirp. . ." Ori chirped out. "Tired, tired. . ." Was what the small bird said.
The kunoichi then picked up the small bird and gently placed her near the tree she had previously sat by. "Good job Ori-chii! Take a good rest." Nina praised and instructed while gently patting her bird friend. "Ok! Okki-chii! Your turn!" She then called out.
"AWOOO!" Okki howled excitement at this. "Finally!" Was what the small wolf said as she rushed towards and stood in front of the young kunoichi.
Then an animal lover did her signature pose again. "Shiny shiny!" Nina excitedly declared as she raised a fist to the air.
"Arf arf! AWOOOO!" Okki barked out before howling. "Kurīchāmāji! Wolf!" Was what she said as the two were enveloped in deep black chakra.
The now black fur and black haired young kunoichi let out a cute howl. "Alright! Let's go wild!" Nina shouted with excitement and a feral smirk on her face before getting into a low stance before. . .
WOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Dashing across the field in a zig-zag motion at a fast pace.
Just like when they first meet Anko and the rest, Nina could run at very impressive speeds that made her look like a blur, delivering rapid kick after kick to the air with each stop she did followed by flurries of punches at a rapid pace.
With each and every rapid blow, short bursts of air shockwaves could be felt. While they were nothing compared to the shockwaves that Rock Lee could produce even with his weights on, they could at least blow away the leaves or the loose sand around her.
Wanting to hit something sturdy, Nina began to kick a few rocks upwards and then began to hit them with her right leg. "WACHACHACHACHA!" She got out in a similar rapid manner as the rocks broke.
And as the wolf girl continued to deliver more and more blows, the more she felt more confident that she felt that she could take on anyone. So with that mindset and noticing a nearby boulder, a new thought came to mind as a cocky grin appeared on her face.
Soon enough, Nina rushed towards the boulder that when she was about to reach it, she jumped into the air, curled into a ball-like form. "HAAAAAAAA! SPIN SPIN DROP KIIIICK!" She soon cheered and then with one burst of speed, she dive bombed and delivered a powerful dropkick, cracking the top part of it and causing a decent dent on it.
CRACK!
Though at that moment, the kunoichi's cocky face contorted into one of agony as tears formed in her eyes. "OOOOOOOW! OW! OW! OW! OWIE!" Nina shouted as she held her injured leg while jumping on her good one.
Which caused the small tiger cub to put her paw on her face. "Meow. . .Meow meow. . ." Ora gently meowed with a hint of exasperation. "Nina-oneechan. . .your very fast, but not that strong in that form. . ." Was what she said.
"Oh right. . .I forgot. . ." Nina got out as she continued hopping and wincing in pain. "Alright. . .that's enough." She then declared as the black colored chakra covered her body as she and the wolf cub separated.
Then the next instant, the small wolf cub plopped onto the ground. "Arf. . ." Okki whined in an exhausted manner. "Tired. . ." Was what she meant to say.
"Thanks for giving your all Okki-chii!" Nina happily and excitedly got out, forgetting about the pain as she then looked at the tiger cub. "Ora-chii! It's your turn now!" She then decided.
"Rrow~" Ora meowed out in a haughty manner as she passed her tired companion. "Now, it's my turn." Was what she said.
The animal lover then did her signature pose once again. "Yoooosh! Shiny shiny!" Nina excitedly declared as she raised a fist to the air.
"Meow meow! Roar!" Ora meowed out before roaring in a cute manner while getting into a stance. "Kurīchāmāji! Tiger!" Was what she said as the two were enveloped in bright white chakra.
The now white haired tiger girl intertwen her fingers and gave some slight stretches, making her look even more like a cat. "Hmph. Now then. . ." Nina began in a calm yet haughty tone as she stopped her stretching, looked at the cracked rock and smirked. "Let's do some light warm ups first." She then decided.
To that, the wolf cub and the bird chick moved away to give the tiger girl some space, knowing it was going to get intense.
The tiger girl then slightly widened her leg stance, slightly bending her knees as her arms were placed forward while her palms were open. However the fingers on her left hand were curled as well as the ones on her right, but with only her right index being straight.
Nina soon took in a deep, deep breath as she tightened her stance and clenched her fists.
FWOOSH! FWOOSH!
Then she delivered a short straight right punch, which was followed by a left punch, not once did her feet even move an inch or lose her initial stance. She continued to do this for a few more times. Everyone of these punches were admittedly slow, but they carried a lot of power and force, if the slight wind pressure was of any hint of it.
Next, the tiger girl proceeded to place her bent left foot forward and her left hand was sent forward to match her foot, as her right foot remained in place while she bent her right elbow. Then she continued by doing the same steps with her right foot first and then her right hand.
Finally, NIna stood up straight, then she crossed her arms as she took a deep breath, while she was exhaling she uncrossed her arms, bent her elbows and placed them to her sides. "Alright, that's enough warm ups." She muttered. "Now then. . ." She started as she prepared herself once more, glancing at the boulder that caused her pain before.
It was time for some payback now.
The tiger girl once again widened her stance, but only this time, instead of placing her hands forward, this time her right hand was placed forward while her left hand was bent slightly upwards as if trying to protect her head. And then. . .
SMASH! CRASH!
With a slow yet mighty swing of her fist, the cracked rock, completely shattered.
At the sight of getting her revenge, Nina smirked triumphantly and relaxed herself. "Glad to have that off my system." She soon remarked.
"Bark bark!" Okki excitedly barked out while wagging her tail as her earlier tiredness vanished by just watching her big sister. "Great job Nina-oneechan!" Was what she said.
"Thanks!" Nina happily replied with a grin. "Alright, that should do with training." She soon decided as she then glowed white.
FLASH!
Once the glow vanished, Nina had returned to normal as she had the now tired tiger cub in her arms. "Good good job Ora-chi." She said while she gently rubbed the cub's chin and she walked towards the other members of the O Trio.
"Rrow~" Ora meowed out with a yawn. "As tiring as always~" Was what she yawned out.
As the wolf cub waited for her big sister, a sudden thought came to mind. "Arf! Bark bark, wuff?" Okki suddenly barked in a curious manner. "By the way Nina-oneechan. Why do you always do those strange moves whenever you fuse with Ora?" Was what she asked.
"Huh? Um. . ." Nina began to say as the questions had caught her off guard as she had never noticed that before. "I'm honestly not sure. . ." She admitted with a head tilt. "But now that you mention it. . .Why do I do that that. . .?" She soon wondered.
"Woof! Bark!" Oki barked while letting a small growl at the tiger cub. "Maybe it's just that cat's fault!" Was what she said.
The sudden accusation also caught the cub in question off guard. ". . ." Ora in turn went silent as she didn't know the answer.
Nina however shrugged her shoulders at the comment. "All I can say is. . .I guess it just feels right to do it like that." Was all she could say.
"Arf arf! Raff!" Okki barked out. "That's weird, but if you say so Nina-oneechan!" Was what she said.
"Chirp! Chirp!" Ori meanwhile chirped out. "Weird! Weird!" Was what she said.
However before anyone could have time to think of this anymore. . .
"Nina-chan! We're going to get some ice cream!" Yami soon called out just a couple of meters away from the training ground.
That immediately perked up the wild child as her ear shot up with a sparkle in her eyes. "Yay!" Nina happily cheered as she rushed off with the Os Trio in tow.
". . ." However as the members of Viper Squad headed out, the small tiger cub that was still in her big sister's arms was deep in thought as she couldn't stop thinking about their earlier talk.
A few days later. . .
As the days continued on, a sense of normalcy was felt for the residence of Team Seven and the Viper Squad, as their bodies had finally had their well deserved rest that they had desperately needed.
And with that rest, they knew it would be time to get back to their normal training to further improve themselves for the coming days. Such as their personal fighting styles and jutsus, as well as more intense training courses to better prepare for any situation they had previously faced before.
Whether it be Orochimaru, mutated shinobis, the Akatsuki or any other kind of threat that would try and ruin their or innocent people's lives. They had to be prepared for anything and the unexpected. . .
However before they could do that, one certain ravenette kunoichi needed something before that, so at the request of a certain weapons-smith, she had asked the Team Seven trio to come to a training ground to pick it up. . .
"WOOHOO! My shield!" Satsuki happily declared as she jumped while raising her beloved shield to the sky.
"Sorry I had to ask you to come here to pick up your shield, Satsuki-chan." Tenten apologized to her friend and client.
"Sure, no problem!" Satsuki replied as she continued staring at her beloved shield.
Both the blond and bluenette shinobis couldn't help but smile. "It's great that you finally have your shield back." Naruto commented with a grin on his face as he was happy to see the Uchiha Heiress happy.
"Hehe, thanks Naru-kun." Satsuki giggled out as she then turned to the bun haired brunette.
SMOOSH!
"!" Tenten's eyes meanwhile widened to the softness of her friend. . .though there was also a hint of envy as she blushed.
"And you too Tenten-chan. No more naked arm feeling for me now! You're the best, dattebakon!" Satsuki then added with a starry look in her eyes before hugging the weapons-smith, pressing her bust against the weapon-smith's head.
"No problem, Satsuki. . ." Tenten replied while hiding her slight envy, before calming down. "And sorry it took longer than I thought, I first just wanted to give it a check up and repair or change some parts." She then said with a sheepish grin. "But I got carried away and couldn't stop tinkering with it and tried to find a way to improve it." She then vaguely revealed.
"Eh?" Satsuki got out in a curious manner as she ended the hug and looked at her shield once more.
Tenten simply smiled as she placed her hands on her hips. "After a lot, and I mean a lot, of tinkering, I managed to give it a little something extra thanks to that chakra armor core piece you got from the Land of Snow." She once again stated in a vague manner.
The female Uchiha tilted her head as she pondered about this. "Like what?" Satsuki finally asked as she couldn't think of what she could have done.
The young weapon mistress couldn't hold back and smiled proudly. "Well, when you mentioned that the guys that originally had these cores used some kind of armor that allowed them to block out ninjutsu and genjutsu, so. . .I tried to reapply a small fragment of that and infused it with the shield itself so it would have similar effects to a minor degree." Tenten recalled and soon revealed.
That in turn caused the Uchiha's eyes to widen in both shock and amazement, before grinning in curiosity and excitement. "Really!?" Satsuki asked in awe.
"So Satsuki-chan will be able to nullify ninjutsu and genjutsu now with her shield?" Hinata assumed in amazement after all she knew that this sort of ability would make any shinobi kill to have something.
It was then that Tenten's smile slightly faltered. "To a small degree, yes. It's still just a prototype. As much as I tried, I couldn't make it have complete nullification, at best just reduce its impact and some immunity to low rank genjutsus. And I won't be able to make any more improvements until much more testing." She stated before she looked at the shield in question. "So, I would like for you to test it, so that I can collect some data to improve it." She then requested.
To that, the Uchiha Heiress grinned and nodded, understanding that it was still in its testing phase and was fine with the request, after all, she also couldn't help but be excited to try her new shield out even more.
At that moment though, Hinata recalled what her friend had just said. "But. . .if you only used a small fragment, what are you using the rest of it for?" She soon asked in a curious manner.
"Oh yeah." Naruto got out as he also thought about it. "What's the plan with the rest of it?" He then asked.
To that, Tenten giggled and winked. "Now that is something I can't spoil the surprise for." She vaguely replied in a teasing manner with a hint of excitement in her voice.
Satsuki however pouted at the secrecy. "Moh! Tenten-chan! Now you're just teasing me dattebakon!" She soon accused in a whiny manner, causing her friends to chuckle and giggle.
The blond just closed his eyes and chuckled at how cute the Uchiha looked right now. "Hehe, good old Satsuki-chan." Naruto chuckled out in a teasing manner.
It was then that the weapons mistress gave a somber expression. "That said, I'm sorry if I took parts of the core without permission. But I promise that it's for a very good cause." Tenten then reassured.
"It's alright." Satsuki instantly replied without a hint of annoyance or feeling betrayed. "You're not the type of person that would just take things like this without a very good reason." She then added.
This caused Tenten to smile both sadly yet happily. "Thank you. . ." She all but whispered her gratitude.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! BAM! BAM!
The group then heard the sounds of punches and kicks being thrown before noticing two familiar faces nearby sparring one another. "Huh, Lee-kun and. . .Kin-chan." Satsuki got out before. ". . .And is she wearing-" She then started.
While the young taijutsu specialist was still wearing his usual outfit, this time however he was wearing additional heavy metal bracelets around his wrists and his ankles. It was very apparent that they were very heavy as each time he moved, the bracelets briefly continued their motion, before the shinobi forced them to stop. Then there was his training partner. . .
It was the first time the Team Seven had seen the former Oto kunoichi's new. . .outfit, so they were, understandably, stunned by the now matching clothes the two were wearing.
"She is. . ." Tenten sighed out with an annoying tone. . .as her eye then suddenly twitched. "Lee and Gai-sensei got to her. . .she's like them now. . ." She then revealed in a fearful and traumatized manner.
"YOOOOOOUTH!" The duo in mention meanwhile cheered as they trained.
The trio in response sweatdropped upon hearing that.
"That's. . .gotta be rough." Satsuki awkwardly got out.
"And disturbing. . ." Naruto added in his mind as he didn't want to say it out loud.
"Excellent work Kin-chan! Your taijutsu has vastly improved since last time!" Lee enthusiastically declared with a fire in his eyes.
After finally getting over their initial shock the trio merely shrugged as they were used to weirder things by now. "Well anyways, thanks again. We'll be going now." Hinata soon decided.
"Sure, won't take more of your time. See you guys next time." Tenten replied, sighing once again as she looked at her teammates.
Then as the trio were about to walk back towards the village. . .
SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH!
The four soon stopped as they heard stronger splashes. "What was that?" Satsuki got out in confusion.
The blond shinobi squinted his eyes as he tried to look for the source of the sound. It was then that he saw a river nearby. "Wait. . .are those. . .?" Naruto got out as he saw something flowing along the stream.
Hinata instinctively activated her Byakugan as a result and gasped. "Three people! And they're still alive but barely!" She responded in a panicked manner.
That immediately got the attention of the others as they rushed over to help. It only took a few moments before the trio each grabbed one of the fallen men and pulled them out of the river.
The three men laid on all four limbs and began coughing harshly as they exhaled all the water they had in their lungs. "Who. . .Who are you?" One of the weakened and water-logged men struggled out.
The blond shinobi kneeled down onto one knee. "We're shinobis of the Hidden Leaf Village." Naruto responded and showed that they weren't enemies nor a threat to them.
"We're gonna bring you to the hospital to get you treated." Hinata soon informed, already using some medical ninjutsu to heal any physical wounds as her hands glowed with a light green chakra.
"And when you recover, you can explain what happened to Granny Tsunade." Satsuki soon concluded, doing the same as her fellow fiancée with her own medical ninjutsu.
The young shinobis could have sworn that they saw a small smile of relief appearing on the man's face. "The Hidden Leaf Village. . ." The same man soon breathed out before drifting off into unconsciousness.
"H-Hey!" Tenten got out in a panic.
Hinata quickly checked the trio and saw that they didn't have any life threatening injuries. "It's ok, they just fell unconscious from exhaustion. However they are showing signs of suffering from hyperthermia and need urgent medical attention." She informed-reported with a serious tone.
The female Uchiha nodded in agreement. "We better get them to the hospital and fast." Satsuki soon advised.
"I'll help to carry two of them!" Lee suddenly declared as he and Kin had somehow appeared right in the middle of the group and grabbed the other two unconscious men.
Sufficient to say that the group was left startled by this. "What the-!? When did you guys get here!?" Naruto shouted in startelement by the sudden appearance.
However before they could have gotten any answers, Lee had already placed two unconscious men on his shoulders and was making a mad sprint towards the village.
Meanwhile Kin was also running right beside him. "My apologies Naruto-kun, but we better bring them in quick!" Kin meanwhile advised in a similar manner.
The trio of Team Seven meanwhile sweatdropped on how the former Oto Shinobi was talking as the blond shinobi picked up the man that briefly regained consciousness. ". . .She's just like Lee. . ." They all said in perfect unison as they all also quickly followed after the friend in question.
All the while the young weapon mistress looks on with a deadpan expression. '"Told ya. . ." Tenten grumbled with a sigh before she too followed after them.
So with this new occurrence, the trio of Team Seven knew right then and there that their time of relaxation was over and they were about to get involved in yet another crazy adventure. . .
JG (JGResidentEvil)'s A/N: What's up everyone! JGResidentEvil here with fight2protect with the finally finished chapter of Uchiha Heiress Remix!
F2P (Fight2Protect)'s: Yo! Great to be back! And yes. . .we know it was a LONG wait. . . ^^"
JG: Ugh, we keep explaining to people that we have lives outside of writing and can't just pump out a chapter every other week, but no one seems to want to listen to us about that specific manner. It gets really frustrating and annoying after a while.
F2P: So. . .while we ARE sorry that it took long, from this moment forward we'll not going to remind you guys anymore, cuz it's redundant at this point.
JG: Unlike how we usually start with Review Response, we need to discuss something more important that that. . .the former lemon/lime scenes. I will say this once more, they were completely removed and no longer exist in the story.
F2P: Look, it was when we were just starting the fic when we put them and completely forgot about them. Sure we get it, it was weird but damn. . .you don't need to constantly remind us.
JG: And I'll admit, at the time, I was pressured by a guy to put it in due to them giving the reason that 'they're ninjas, so they're technically adults', so at the time, I thought it was reasonable. But then I realized that mistake and removed them as a result, so I would like it so people to stop bringing up that stuff and move on from it.
F2P: HOWEVER. . .we only think of this for part 1, after the time skip there WILL be lemons and limes IF we want, cuz at that point it is because we WANT to add them now.
JG: And that's a big maybe since we wouldn't want the story to be taken down by the site.
F2P: I mean for the love of god, its a fanfic. . .I know there's a LOT worse on other fics. But we won't take chances, so if there are, it will possibly be added in the future. In an extra 1.5 chapter kind of way, but it will NOT be in the main story.
JG: Meanwhile, the other issue that needs to be discuss. . .illegally placing Uchiha Heiress Remix related artwork on literally hentai sites without the permission of the artist.
F2P: Wow. . .just wow. . .I was so surprised when he told me about that.
JG: Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people for doing that!? You know actions like that are illegal right!?
F2P: Bud. . .you know they don't care about that. . .They just care to spread their Malware to poor saps, so I hope they DO get their ass hauled to jail for doing that.
JG: Agreed. I had already informed the artist about these actions and they were pissed about it as well, so please, remove the Uchiha Heiress Remix related images from any and all hentai sites. Actions like that are what give stories and artists bad names. :(
F2P: Well with that out of the way, let's get back on track.
JG: In any case, it's time for Review Responses! Here's my response from Leaf Ranger:
Sorry, yet again,. for the extreme lateness of my review. Real life is becoming...more complicated. *sighs*
But so wow. That was certainly a heck of a lot to get through! Chouji was pretty awesome there, using his makeshift jutsu to protect Shikamaru and Haku and slow the Oni Brothers down long enough for tsunade to arrive. Very awesome indeed. Way to go.
and both Yami and Nina got to show off against Mizuki, though Naruto, I think, got the win in the end. Hell of a nice plan there from him. And jeez, Mizuki really went out painfully. I mean damn. Just damn.
Great work, as usual. Keep it up! Till next time!
It happens Leaf Ranger, like I mentioned, the real would can be a hassle at times, so I'm not bothered by the lateness of the review.
F2P: Ditto. . .But regardless! Glad you liked it! As you read, we ain't pulling no punches, you do mutation shit and you'll NOT going to have a good ending. . .
JG: I mean yeah, the show version where Mizuki essentially became a raisin was a form of karma on him, but you gotta admit, this is also karma on him for trusting someone like Orochimaru.
F2P: Yeah. . .that was such a stupid choice of his, now over, life. . . That I actually felt kind of bad, with how he went out.
JG: I mean look in the Shippuden arc involving the Three Tails with the one guy who mutated into a giant blob monster and merged with his comrades thanks to Kabuto giving them a power up.
F2P: Like you said, it was an appropriate and karmatic end. . .any case, now its time for my review from the guest reviewer, mr. bumpity:
No sweat guys, just write when the moods hits instead of forcing it out. Yes there might be tons of typos and mistakes but going through all of them when the story is complete is worthwhile. Otherwise, have any plans to insert any more crossover elements like the Tales of Beseria attacks? I'm not pressuring you or anything; having some here and there really spices up the story nicely. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay sane!
Thanks a lot my guy! We know it doesn't make it right, we sent our thanks towards you and the other readers that understand.
JG: We honestly have so much planned it's not even funny, though as mentioned constantly, the real world makes us busy.
F2P: And finally, yup! We are totally using crossover elements, like Tales and many others! You have to pay more attention to find them. :D
And finally, to end this review section, for a certain reader that was very. . .OPEN *sarcasm*, about his dislike about the fic. . .well all we got to say is that, if it took you 5 chapters to decide that you didn't like it, then you either have WAY too much free time or you were just looking for an excuse to be vocal about your dislike. Either way. . .thanks for giving it a read, I guess. *shrugs*
JG: Yeah. . .thanks. . . *rolls eyes*
F2P: Moving on! Now we're going to talk about some important things we like to talk about the future of our story.
JG: We are making one thing clear. Orochimaru does not deserve redemption in any way like in the canon.
F2P: Yeah. . .I felt so exasperated to know that he was basically exonerated at the end. . .that bastard should have been sent to the deepest pits of hell for everything he had done.
JG: And for anyone who has seen anything Boruto, we will also make one other thing clear: we are not doing the evil tree clones from the Ten-Tails that the Boruto manga is currently doing.
F2P: For all the small good/cool parts that manga has done. . .THIS is so stupid. . .
JG: And we do mean small. . .very, very small. So in conclusion, we are not doing a Boruto-like arc in the future.
F2P: Yeah, we're just going to add some of the elements that we actually like, but that's it.
JG: Some, and that would be a big if. So, as for this chapter, it was essentially a relaxation chapter with some training. Definitely needed after that last mission.
F2P: Oh yeah~ But that doesn't mean that it was just a relaxing moment, as the young shinobies had been doing some much needed training. Nothing major, just to show that they're still in need to improve their basics and their current skills. But if you pay attention, there are scenes that hint at what's to come. . . *taping fingers evilly*
JG: And it shall be glorious! Plus, the next arc beginning is a favorite of mine with something funny returning~! :3
F2P: Man! Its going to be so hilarious! XD
JG: So many more are gonna be confused as well! Plus, things are gonna get. . .spicy~
F2P: Calm down guys. . .it's not what it's normally implied. XD If you get the joke, here's a cookie for you! *Throws a cookie*
SNATCH!
F2P: NINA! That's not for you! *chase after her* Get back here!
Nina: COOKIE! MINE! *runs around the studio*
JG: Right, Nina's sweet tooth. ^^"
F2P: *walks back while panting* With that. . .we conclude with this review. . .
JG: Well. . .thanks for reading like always and I hope more will keep reading with some more. . .positive reviews. See you next year! Happy Holidays!
F2P: Have. . . a Merry. . .Christmas. . .and. . .a Happy. . .New year. . . *drops dead* Peace out. . .