Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Tonsou Ninja ❯ The Kazekage's Girlfriend ( Chapter 5 )
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By: blackflames8 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Psychological | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 12.17.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 426 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Psychological | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 12.17.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.9K | Visits: 426 | Status: Work In Progress
is quiet inside his office but I respect that because it’s not like they have someone as crazy and loud as I used to be. One of his assistants, a lovely woman of about twenty-three offers me tea and I accept before she disappears behind the sliding door.
I take a sip and look around, his office has changed a lot since I was last here. There are some pictures of a woman and himself, maybe a close acquaintance or even a girlfriend but I doubt people in his position have those.. The woman in the pictures is also beautiful, her red hair matches his and I notice that his hair has also grown.
Her eyes are a contrast to his but then again, no one I know or have seen has eyes like him…well maybe, but not exactly, not even close.
There are other pictures, pictures of his brother and sister.
I hear the door slide open and I turn around to see if it’s him; it is, though I didn’t really expect to see anyone else.
I stand and bow, just to be polite and I notice that the girl from the pictures has made her way in behind him.
“There is no need for that,” he tells me. “You are in the company of friends. Make yourself at home.” He walks around me pulling this girl by the hand and gets a chair from the side of the room. He takes a seat on the chair and the girls sits on his lap, their hands entwined on her lap.
“It’s been a while, Gaara,” I say.
“Yes it has, though technically we are not supposed to be meeting.”
I feel a look of confusion wipe over my face. “Why?”
“Well, as you know, we are in alliance with the Konoha.” Even the name makes me wince now, maybe in hate, maybe in sorrow, not exactly sure which. “Tsunade has told me of your betrayal to them and advised me to treat you like a common criminal. However, you saved me and for that, I owe you my life. And she did not explain why you abandoned them, so I wish to hear your side of the story. And it would be wise to tell me the truth.”
“I didn’t have any intention of lying to you,” I inform him. “And I did not abandon them, they got rid of me--well really, I went against Tsunade’s wishes.”
“Which were?”
“Sakura has run away,” I say bluntly. “Tsunade refused to let me retrieve her saying that there was no telling what would happen to me. She said that she felt bad about it too and would have someone on it as soon as they were available. I argued that it would be too late and she told me that I would be suspended. When I finally made my decision she upgraded her suspension to full expulsion.
“And when this didn’t work, she had me attacked by Kakashi and Iruka. Lucky for me, I had foreseen this and created a clone of myself so I was long gone by the end of the fight.”
He sat there, taking everything in before he finally spoke. “Maybe I can convince her otherwise. I can’t promise anything but, it’s worth a try.
“Tell me though, did you not say that you wanted to become the Hokage?” I nod. “Then why would you give that up?”
“Because sometimes, sacrifices must be made to save those you love.” I have no idea where that came from. “I will not let my teammate be caught by Orochimaru’s thugs. I will risk anything to save my team. I risked my life when I chased after Sasuke and I destroyed my chances of becoming anything more than a common criminal in the eyes of my friends.”
“Sakura ran after Sasuke? How can she still be obsessing over him, it’s been how many years? Three and a half? Surely he has lost his body to Orochimaru by now.”
“No one knows. There haven’t been any sightings of anyone working for Orochimaru since he left.”
“I think it’s cute,” the girl on Gaara’s lap says.
“It’s actually a bit different than the way it sounds, miss. By the way, what’s your name?”
“Oh, my name is Haru. I already know your name though, Gaara’s told me all about you. I know I might sound a bit intrusive but I wish to know if you have a girlfriend? That is the only thing Gaara has not told me about.”
I blush a little, the answer is simple but a bit embarrassing. “No,” I finally say.
“That’s ashamed, I would have thought that someone such as yourself would have found someone you wish to settle down with. You’re a good looking guy and I wouldn’t see any reason you shouldn’t have girls hanging off you.”
I blush deeper but luckily Gaara changes the subject.
“I know I’m probably not supposed to tell you this but I will. Sakura has come through here; briefly just to get some sleep and something to eat but left before anyone had woken. She told us that she was on a mission but I hadn’t thought she’d be one to lie so I didn’t bother to check with Tsunade.”
“I already knew that, my um…someone I thought I could have trusted, told me she was headed this way.”
“And this person was?” he asks.
“I’d uh, really rather not talk about it,” I say honestly.
“Well I’m sure there’s a good reason for that but the least you could do is tell me who it was, I don’t think it should be so hard to give out a name especially to one such as myself.”
I sigh. “There is a family in the town next to my old village that--they didn’t want me to know about them. They kept the truth hidden from me, lied to me all my life. Before I became a Genin, one of the Chuunins told me that I was the holder of the Kyuubi, a Jinchuuriki like yourself.
“It was a lie…I am Kyuubi.”
He has fallen silent at these last words, though I don’t much blame him. “Who told you this?” he finally asks.
I sigh again and turn my head away. “When I first saw one of them in the streets, I didn’t believe that it was possible, thought that I must have been dreaming or something. He was a little boy by the name of Kyouryoku Uzumaki.”
Again he has fallen silent.
“I know it doesn’t make sense, it didn’t to me but it’s true or it may be, I’m not exactly sure because there is one thing that might disprove this theory.”
“What’s that? It’s not like you could surprise me worse than you already have,” he says casually.
“Then I think it would be best to show you to make sure there is no confusion as to what I would be able to tell you.”
Okay Kyuubi, you know how to activate this bloodline so do it.
I feel the change and then I begin to see the slight shadows of Haru and Gaara’s breathing and their shocked faces which eventually align. The girl, however seems a lot more shocked though I doubt she’s ever seen something like that happen.
“What is that?” Haru asks.
“It’s a bloodline, one I just come to have. But it isn’t an ordinary bloodline, it’s all the bloodlines mixed, supposedly only usable by those who’s family haven’t mixed with those who didn’t have a bloodline.
“The only theory I have thought up is that because the gods gave humans these bloodlines, combining my body with one of them would allow me to be given this ability. The only two questions I have are why haven’t you been given this bloodline? and why didn’t I have this before?”
“Two very good questions at that.”
“That is the other reason why I came here. They told me that the only person who could help me was someone named Kyoko.”
This name seems to bring a bit of confusion to their faces. “That’s impossible,” Gaara informs me. “The only person with the name Kyoko is Haru here, it’s her middle name.”
But the girl does not acknowledge his words, doesn’t even take her eyes off me when he reaches his head forward to look at her face. He looks worried but then again, I’m sure I do too.
“Um, Miss, is everything alright?” I ask her.
But something about her doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t make sense though, why would he lie to me about this person’s name. Could it be the reason she seemed so taken aback was that she wasn’t expecting me to have the same bloodline as her? It doesn’t seem logical that she would be the same person but then again, things in this world just don’t make sense.
“It’s you isn’t it?” I ask. “You are friends with Ken’ichi aren’t you?” Her expression becomes more shocked yet and it’s all the answer I need. “I only ask that you teach me how to control this. I fear that I will need it later and be unable to use it properly, I got lucky once and I don’t want to push my luck.”
“Then just use it,” she says and it seems she has her nerve back. “If you seek to learn more, than you are delving too deep. There is nothing special about it except that a very limited group of people have it, from what I know, just me and you. It is not something that you can control, at least all the time. It, in a sense, has a mind of its own.”
“I’m sure it doesn’t, not at first it won’t. Let me try to explain it a different way; I’ll use the Hyuuga bloodline as an example, it’s helped me out a lot.”
Gaara promptly jerks his head backwards and puts on a confused look. “What do you mean a lot?”
She winks at me and I know what she’s talking about, or I think I do, luckily Gaara didn’t see this because I think he might take it the wrong way. Then again, I’m not exactly sure how to take it myself.
“The bloodline itself is simple in function, basically three functions in general. If you want to see through the walls, you do. If you want to see someone’s chakra veins, you do. And if you want to see everything, even what’s behind you, you do. Understand now?”
Why can’t she just give me a straight answer? “So it’s a choice, if you want to use a bloodline, it just happens.”
She bobs her head from side to side telling me that I am close but not exact. “In a way, yes. It understands your needs and wants and even when you aren’t using it, it is still active and will activate itself to protect itself.” Her hand shoots out but then slows and I know the bloodline has activated itself.
However, when I go to move her hand out of the way before it collides with my face, her arm begins moving faster again and zips around my own where it inevitably collides with my forehead. Her eyes, like I know mine are, are solid black.
Time returns to its normal self and with it I see Haru laughing uncontrollably and Gaara, well…confused, to be honest.
“I’m sorry,” Haru manages to say through her laughter. “I’ve always wanted to do that.”
Yeah well, that doesn’t change the fact that that hurt, though I won’t admit it if she asks. “How did you move that fast?” I ask her when her laughter has ceased.
“It’s simple.” Apparently not or I would have learned it by now. “That bloodline, the Saito bloodline, is a fairly simple bloodline though in no way is it simple to beat. Unlike an eye bloodline that only controls vision, much like the Hyuuga bloodline. This one focuses on reaction speed and speed itself--”
“I don’t mean to seem rude Haru, but would you explain what’s going on? Not only don’t I follow you, but it boggles my mind how this never came up before,” Gaara says. He’s right though, he at least deserves a better explanation of what’s going on, I’m sure this comes as just a greater surprise to him as it does myself. I’ll leave her to explain it though, she seems to be the expert here.
“Naruto and I share and ancient bloodline that consists of all the bloodlines combined, from the Hyuugas to the Saitos to the fabled Haku.”
The name brings back memories, one’s I would rather not endure again but I am forced to. Losing control of my own body, fueled by the anger of Sasuke’s “death”. He didn’t even seem sad to die, happy if anything though his face would never show it. He wanted to save Zabuza, make his dream come true and it seemed to be the only thing he cared about judging by the amount of times he repeated it. And then he sacrificed himself for Zabuza who ended up dying anyway, realizing all to late that he cared for Haku as well.
To my own shock, I had, for some reason, muttered all this and they had heard every word of it. Haru seems a bit disappointed though I can’t imagine why.
“Getting back to what I was saying, in order to increase your speed, you must offer more chakra which it only uses in small rations so as not to tire out the user though it would only take a few seconds to kill someone with this technique if you’re good enough. However, focusing chakra into your arms, legs, or head, depending on the results you want, and the selected body part or parts and they will increase by a set amount.”
This is all happening really fast, not exactly sure I understand but I guess I’ll figure it out as time goes by.
“Gaara, if you will, I would like to fight Naruto.”
“Whoa! Hold on a second!” I say quickly. “I didn’t think I would have to fight you, and I’d like to avoid it if possible.”
“Why? Afraid I’ll beat you?” she asks.
“That and I wouldn’t want to hurt you, I don’t know how strong you are. I’m sure Gaara would agree.”
“He’s right, I wouldn’t want you to get hurt either.”
“You two are so funny, mainly because you think I’ll get hurt. Neither of you have seen me fight before and you have no clue what I’m capable of.” Somehow this comment makes me a bit scared of her. If Gaara doesn’t even know, I’m really not sure I want to either.
But after about half a minute of her talking really seductively to him, he eventually caves in and we are led out to an open field. It isn’t really much different from the surrounding desert except it’s got some pillars, a couple cracks in them but they don’t seem to be in bad condition.
People have followed us here, a few people we passed but I suspect they may be Gaara’s protection, not that he needs any with that sand of his still strapped to his back and only an idiot would be stupid enough to attack him in the middle of the desert.
I look over at Haru and see that she has taken off her robe, exposing an expensive-looking shirt, silk maybe and I don’t want to rip it, I’m broke.
“You ready?” she asks.
“About as ready as I’ll ever be,” I respond.
“Okay, well don’t think about going easy on me because I won’t go easy on you.” It’s not like I have a choice, I really don’t want to hurt her but by the same token, I don’t want to get annihilated by her.
She pulls out a wire, was she planning this or something? But before I have time to ponder this further, her eyes become black and she disappears.
My own bloodline activates and I see her, her speed is about what it should be but disappears in a blur, she’s really good. I try summoning chakra into my head, hoping she wasn’t lying about that but it’s not like she would have any reason to lie. When I search for her, I find that she has stopped about 10 feet behind me, the wire clutched in her hand and she is smiling.
I trace the wire, it’s everywhere, high and low, left and right, I am surrounded and in the space of twenty seconds. “Try this out for size,” she says and with one quick pull, the place begins coming down on me. I also have to worry about the wire, if I get caught in it, I’ll get crushed for sure.
Damn, she planned this from the beginning, time for the Hyuuga and… duh, it was the Sharingan and Byakugan, Sasuke and Neji’s bloodlines. No time for that now, gotta focus. Figure a way out of this that will put me in a good offensive position. It’s a good thing everything is moving so slowly or I’d be doomed.
Or would I….No, it’s too risky and she‘ll be expecting an attack because she knows I‘m faster than these boulders. I look through the boulders to pinpoint her location and find the most logical path. The path I need is the tightest one so I’ll have to apply more chakra to my legs so I can make it.
I run towards the hole which is closing quickly. I have to jump over an already fallen piece of pillar while at the same time keeping my head low enough not to not smack my forehead on the pillar that’s falling over it, easy really. But now the hole is just barely large enough for me to crawl through though that’s not exactly what I have planned. I jump and spin myself to avoid cutting my back on the jagged edge of a pillar piece and I feel the warmth of the sun hit me.
No time to waste though, I have a plan to finish. I know exactly where Haru is and I pull out a few shuriken, six to be exact, one for each gap between my fingers. I wait until my body is facing her and I throw them. Kage Shuriken no Jutsu I think as I finish the proper seals.
I am about to collide with the ground but break my fall by flipping myself into an upright position and skid to a stop.
I am just in time to see the many shuriken either connect or miss their target. She pulls out a summoning scroll, this ought to be good. It’s a metal pole, she can’t be hoping to block all them with that thing. At the speed they’re traveling and the amount there, she’ll have to block one every twelve-hundredth of a second, something I doubt anyone can do.
However, her arm begins moving rapidly and I can see the shuriken being knocked away with ease until she finally stops moving and all the stars have been knocked away.
She’s got a weapon so I guess I should get mine out too. I retrieve my summoning scroll and activate it. Instantly I feel the sword in my hands though it is not as heavy as it would seem, really light.
By god though, I wish I had something smaller and I can feel the sword beginning to lighten further and in my hand it has become smaller. I wonder what else this thing can do. Maybe a little less deadly, I’m not trying to kill her. But it seems that I’m pushing my luck with this attempt so I’ll just have to be extra careful that’s all.
I run towards her but she remains planted firmly where she is, her arms rested at her side but I can tell she’ll be able to block so I have to think of a way to get her. That’s it, the way my clone beat Kakashi, let’s just hope this bloodline doesn’t have a mind-reading thing. I just have to focus a lot of chakra into my arms and legs.
She fades from view and reappears by my side with the pole raised over her head, she’ll hit me no matter how fast I move. But maybe Kyuubi can help with that. Time for some action fox.
The pole is brought down on me and I disappear in a puff of smoke. “I win,” I declare, resting the sword on her shoulder.
She turns her head slightly and smiles. “Very good, only one problem.”
“What’s that?”
“You’ve got the wrong one,” her voice tells me from behind and I feel the cold metal of the pole touch the back of my neck. “You aren’t the only one who can use the Shadow Clone Jutsu you know.”
I take a sip and look around, his office has changed a lot since I was last here. There are some pictures of a woman and himself, maybe a close acquaintance or even a girlfriend but I doubt people in his position have those.. The woman in the pictures is also beautiful, her red hair matches his and I notice that his hair has also grown.
Her eyes are a contrast to his but then again, no one I know or have seen has eyes like him…well maybe, but not exactly, not even close.
There are other pictures, pictures of his brother and sister.
I hear the door slide open and I turn around to see if it’s him; it is, though I didn’t really expect to see anyone else.
I stand and bow, just to be polite and I notice that the girl from the pictures has made her way in behind him.
“There is no need for that,” he tells me. “You are in the company of friends. Make yourself at home.” He walks around me pulling this girl by the hand and gets a chair from the side of the room. He takes a seat on the chair and the girls sits on his lap, their hands entwined on her lap.
“It’s been a while, Gaara,” I say.
“Yes it has, though technically we are not supposed to be meeting.”
I feel a look of confusion wipe over my face. “Why?”
“Well, as you know, we are in alliance with the Konoha.” Even the name makes me wince now, maybe in hate, maybe in sorrow, not exactly sure which. “Tsunade has told me of your betrayal to them and advised me to treat you like a common criminal. However, you saved me and for that, I owe you my life. And she did not explain why you abandoned them, so I wish to hear your side of the story. And it would be wise to tell me the truth.”
“I didn’t have any intention of lying to you,” I inform him. “And I did not abandon them, they got rid of me--well really, I went against Tsunade’s wishes.”
“Which were?”
“Sakura has run away,” I say bluntly. “Tsunade refused to let me retrieve her saying that there was no telling what would happen to me. She said that she felt bad about it too and would have someone on it as soon as they were available. I argued that it would be too late and she told me that I would be suspended. When I finally made my decision she upgraded her suspension to full expulsion.
“And when this didn’t work, she had me attacked by Kakashi and Iruka. Lucky for me, I had foreseen this and created a clone of myself so I was long gone by the end of the fight.”
He sat there, taking everything in before he finally spoke. “Maybe I can convince her otherwise. I can’t promise anything but, it’s worth a try.
“Tell me though, did you not say that you wanted to become the Hokage?” I nod. “Then why would you give that up?”
“Because sometimes, sacrifices must be made to save those you love.” I have no idea where that came from. “I will not let my teammate be caught by Orochimaru’s thugs. I will risk anything to save my team. I risked my life when I chased after Sasuke and I destroyed my chances of becoming anything more than a common criminal in the eyes of my friends.”
“Sakura ran after Sasuke? How can she still be obsessing over him, it’s been how many years? Three and a half? Surely he has lost his body to Orochimaru by now.”
“No one knows. There haven’t been any sightings of anyone working for Orochimaru since he left.”
“I think it’s cute,” the girl on Gaara’s lap says.
“It’s actually a bit different than the way it sounds, miss. By the way, what’s your name?”
“Oh, my name is Haru. I already know your name though, Gaara’s told me all about you. I know I might sound a bit intrusive but I wish to know if you have a girlfriend? That is the only thing Gaara has not told me about.”
I blush a little, the answer is simple but a bit embarrassing. “No,” I finally say.
“That’s ashamed, I would have thought that someone such as yourself would have found someone you wish to settle down with. You’re a good looking guy and I wouldn’t see any reason you shouldn’t have girls hanging off you.”
I blush deeper but luckily Gaara changes the subject.
“I know I’m probably not supposed to tell you this but I will. Sakura has come through here; briefly just to get some sleep and something to eat but left before anyone had woken. She told us that she was on a mission but I hadn’t thought she’d be one to lie so I didn’t bother to check with Tsunade.”
“I already knew that, my um…someone I thought I could have trusted, told me she was headed this way.”
“And this person was?” he asks.
“I’d uh, really rather not talk about it,” I say honestly.
“Well I’m sure there’s a good reason for that but the least you could do is tell me who it was, I don’t think it should be so hard to give out a name especially to one such as myself.”
I sigh. “There is a family in the town next to my old village that--they didn’t want me to know about them. They kept the truth hidden from me, lied to me all my life. Before I became a Genin, one of the Chuunins told me that I was the holder of the Kyuubi, a Jinchuuriki like yourself.
“It was a lie…I am Kyuubi.”
He has fallen silent at these last words, though I don’t much blame him. “Who told you this?” he finally asks.
I sigh again and turn my head away. “When I first saw one of them in the streets, I didn’t believe that it was possible, thought that I must have been dreaming or something. He was a little boy by the name of Kyouryoku Uzumaki.”
Again he has fallen silent.
“I know it doesn’t make sense, it didn’t to me but it’s true or it may be, I’m not exactly sure because there is one thing that might disprove this theory.”
“What’s that? It’s not like you could surprise me worse than you already have,” he says casually.
“Then I think it would be best to show you to make sure there is no confusion as to what I would be able to tell you.”
Okay Kyuubi, you know how to activate this bloodline so do it.
I feel the change and then I begin to see the slight shadows of Haru and Gaara’s breathing and their shocked faces which eventually align. The girl, however seems a lot more shocked though I doubt she’s ever seen something like that happen.
“What is that?” Haru asks.
“It’s a bloodline, one I just come to have. But it isn’t an ordinary bloodline, it’s all the bloodlines mixed, supposedly only usable by those who’s family haven’t mixed with those who didn’t have a bloodline.
“The only theory I have thought up is that because the gods gave humans these bloodlines, combining my body with one of them would allow me to be given this ability. The only two questions I have are why haven’t you been given this bloodline? and why didn’t I have this before?”
“Two very good questions at that.”
“That is the other reason why I came here. They told me that the only person who could help me was someone named Kyoko.”
This name seems to bring a bit of confusion to their faces. “That’s impossible,” Gaara informs me. “The only person with the name Kyoko is Haru here, it’s her middle name.”
But the girl does not acknowledge his words, doesn’t even take her eyes off me when he reaches his head forward to look at her face. He looks worried but then again, I’m sure I do too.
“Um, Miss, is everything alright?” I ask her.
But something about her doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t make sense though, why would he lie to me about this person’s name. Could it be the reason she seemed so taken aback was that she wasn’t expecting me to have the same bloodline as her? It doesn’t seem logical that she would be the same person but then again, things in this world just don’t make sense.
“It’s you isn’t it?” I ask. “You are friends with Ken’ichi aren’t you?” Her expression becomes more shocked yet and it’s all the answer I need. “I only ask that you teach me how to control this. I fear that I will need it later and be unable to use it properly, I got lucky once and I don’t want to push my luck.”
“Then just use it,” she says and it seems she has her nerve back. “If you seek to learn more, than you are delving too deep. There is nothing special about it except that a very limited group of people have it, from what I know, just me and you. It is not something that you can control, at least all the time. It, in a sense, has a mind of its own.”
“I’m sure it doesn’t, not at first it won’t. Let me try to explain it a different way; I’ll use the Hyuuga bloodline as an example, it’s helped me out a lot.”
Gaara promptly jerks his head backwards and puts on a confused look. “What do you mean a lot?”
She winks at me and I know what she’s talking about, or I think I do, luckily Gaara didn’t see this because I think he might take it the wrong way. Then again, I’m not exactly sure how to take it myself.
“The bloodline itself is simple in function, basically three functions in general. If you want to see through the walls, you do. If you want to see someone’s chakra veins, you do. And if you want to see everything, even what’s behind you, you do. Understand now?”
Why can’t she just give me a straight answer? “So it’s a choice, if you want to use a bloodline, it just happens.”
She bobs her head from side to side telling me that I am close but not exact. “In a way, yes. It understands your needs and wants and even when you aren’t using it, it is still active and will activate itself to protect itself.” Her hand shoots out but then slows and I know the bloodline has activated itself.
However, when I go to move her hand out of the way before it collides with my face, her arm begins moving faster again and zips around my own where it inevitably collides with my forehead. Her eyes, like I know mine are, are solid black.
Time returns to its normal self and with it I see Haru laughing uncontrollably and Gaara, well…confused, to be honest.
“I’m sorry,” Haru manages to say through her laughter. “I’ve always wanted to do that.”
Yeah well, that doesn’t change the fact that that hurt, though I won’t admit it if she asks. “How did you move that fast?” I ask her when her laughter has ceased.
“It’s simple.” Apparently not or I would have learned it by now. “That bloodline, the Saito bloodline, is a fairly simple bloodline though in no way is it simple to beat. Unlike an eye bloodline that only controls vision, much like the Hyuuga bloodline. This one focuses on reaction speed and speed itself--”
“I don’t mean to seem rude Haru, but would you explain what’s going on? Not only don’t I follow you, but it boggles my mind how this never came up before,” Gaara says. He’s right though, he at least deserves a better explanation of what’s going on, I’m sure this comes as just a greater surprise to him as it does myself. I’ll leave her to explain it though, she seems to be the expert here.
“Naruto and I share and ancient bloodline that consists of all the bloodlines combined, from the Hyuugas to the Saitos to the fabled Haku.”
The name brings back memories, one’s I would rather not endure again but I am forced to. Losing control of my own body, fueled by the anger of Sasuke’s “death”. He didn’t even seem sad to die, happy if anything though his face would never show it. He wanted to save Zabuza, make his dream come true and it seemed to be the only thing he cared about judging by the amount of times he repeated it. And then he sacrificed himself for Zabuza who ended up dying anyway, realizing all to late that he cared for Haku as well.
To my own shock, I had, for some reason, muttered all this and they had heard every word of it. Haru seems a bit disappointed though I can’t imagine why.
“Getting back to what I was saying, in order to increase your speed, you must offer more chakra which it only uses in small rations so as not to tire out the user though it would only take a few seconds to kill someone with this technique if you’re good enough. However, focusing chakra into your arms, legs, or head, depending on the results you want, and the selected body part or parts and they will increase by a set amount.”
This is all happening really fast, not exactly sure I understand but I guess I’ll figure it out as time goes by.
“Gaara, if you will, I would like to fight Naruto.”
“Whoa! Hold on a second!” I say quickly. “I didn’t think I would have to fight you, and I’d like to avoid it if possible.”
“Why? Afraid I’ll beat you?” she asks.
“That and I wouldn’t want to hurt you, I don’t know how strong you are. I’m sure Gaara would agree.”
“He’s right, I wouldn’t want you to get hurt either.”
“You two are so funny, mainly because you think I’ll get hurt. Neither of you have seen me fight before and you have no clue what I’m capable of.” Somehow this comment makes me a bit scared of her. If Gaara doesn’t even know, I’m really not sure I want to either.
But after about half a minute of her talking really seductively to him, he eventually caves in and we are led out to an open field. It isn’t really much different from the surrounding desert except it’s got some pillars, a couple cracks in them but they don’t seem to be in bad condition.
People have followed us here, a few people we passed but I suspect they may be Gaara’s protection, not that he needs any with that sand of his still strapped to his back and only an idiot would be stupid enough to attack him in the middle of the desert.
I look over at Haru and see that she has taken off her robe, exposing an expensive-looking shirt, silk maybe and I don’t want to rip it, I’m broke.
“You ready?” she asks.
“About as ready as I’ll ever be,” I respond.
“Okay, well don’t think about going easy on me because I won’t go easy on you.” It’s not like I have a choice, I really don’t want to hurt her but by the same token, I don’t want to get annihilated by her.
She pulls out a wire, was she planning this or something? But before I have time to ponder this further, her eyes become black and she disappears.
My own bloodline activates and I see her, her speed is about what it should be but disappears in a blur, she’s really good. I try summoning chakra into my head, hoping she wasn’t lying about that but it’s not like she would have any reason to lie. When I search for her, I find that she has stopped about 10 feet behind me, the wire clutched in her hand and she is smiling.
I trace the wire, it’s everywhere, high and low, left and right, I am surrounded and in the space of twenty seconds. “Try this out for size,” she says and with one quick pull, the place begins coming down on me. I also have to worry about the wire, if I get caught in it, I’ll get crushed for sure.
Damn, she planned this from the beginning, time for the Hyuuga and… duh, it was the Sharingan and Byakugan, Sasuke and Neji’s bloodlines. No time for that now, gotta focus. Figure a way out of this that will put me in a good offensive position. It’s a good thing everything is moving so slowly or I’d be doomed.
Or would I….No, it’s too risky and she‘ll be expecting an attack because she knows I‘m faster than these boulders. I look through the boulders to pinpoint her location and find the most logical path. The path I need is the tightest one so I’ll have to apply more chakra to my legs so I can make it.
I run towards the hole which is closing quickly. I have to jump over an already fallen piece of pillar while at the same time keeping my head low enough not to not smack my forehead on the pillar that’s falling over it, easy really. But now the hole is just barely large enough for me to crawl through though that’s not exactly what I have planned. I jump and spin myself to avoid cutting my back on the jagged edge of a pillar piece and I feel the warmth of the sun hit me.
No time to waste though, I have a plan to finish. I know exactly where Haru is and I pull out a few shuriken, six to be exact, one for each gap between my fingers. I wait until my body is facing her and I throw them. Kage Shuriken no Jutsu I think as I finish the proper seals.
I am about to collide with the ground but break my fall by flipping myself into an upright position and skid to a stop.
I am just in time to see the many shuriken either connect or miss their target. She pulls out a summoning scroll, this ought to be good. It’s a metal pole, she can’t be hoping to block all them with that thing. At the speed they’re traveling and the amount there, she’ll have to block one every twelve-hundredth of a second, something I doubt anyone can do.
However, her arm begins moving rapidly and I can see the shuriken being knocked away with ease until she finally stops moving and all the stars have been knocked away.
She’s got a weapon so I guess I should get mine out too. I retrieve my summoning scroll and activate it. Instantly I feel the sword in my hands though it is not as heavy as it would seem, really light.
By god though, I wish I had something smaller and I can feel the sword beginning to lighten further and in my hand it has become smaller. I wonder what else this thing can do. Maybe a little less deadly, I’m not trying to kill her. But it seems that I’m pushing my luck with this attempt so I’ll just have to be extra careful that’s all.
I run towards her but she remains planted firmly where she is, her arms rested at her side but I can tell she’ll be able to block so I have to think of a way to get her. That’s it, the way my clone beat Kakashi, let’s just hope this bloodline doesn’t have a mind-reading thing. I just have to focus a lot of chakra into my arms and legs.
She fades from view and reappears by my side with the pole raised over her head, she’ll hit me no matter how fast I move. But maybe Kyuubi can help with that. Time for some action fox.
The pole is brought down on me and I disappear in a puff of smoke. “I win,” I declare, resting the sword on her shoulder.
She turns her head slightly and smiles. “Very good, only one problem.”
“What’s that?”
“You’ve got the wrong one,” her voice tells me from behind and I feel the cold metal of the pole touch the back of my neck. “You aren’t the only one who can use the Shadow Clone Jutsu you know.”