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"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Bijuu Talking"

'Bijuu Thinking'

"Jutsu/Reading Material (Book, scroll, etc.)"

AN: IMPORTANT! Due to a couple of reviews and PM's I got I decided to change the age of Akira and her team to 28-29, Kakashi's age group, just so that it is on record, will be in their mid-to-late thirties

Chapter Five: The Habanero of Konoha

Nami no Kuni, Northern part of the Island

"This was the area we encountered her," Miroku informed as he limped forward. "Not sure which way she went when she left though…"

Jaden and Amy followed Miroku through some of the woods, as they could clearly see the signs of battle around them. Trees torn in half and splintered, destroyed ground and stones, overall it looked like a war had been fought here.

"Yup, definitely Kushina-chan's work," Jaden said with a nod. "Subtlety never was her strong suit."

Amy smiled a bit before she blinked. "Hang on… I hear something…" she whispered.

Jaden looked at Amy in surprise as he looked around. "I don't hear anything…" he said, but Amy shook her head. She closed her eyes for a moment, before she glowed for a few moments and activated her bloodline, revealing her cat-features which startled Miroku a bit. "Cats can hear ten times better, and better responses than the best watchdog, O'nii-san," she said with a smile. "With my Bloodline, I can hear things some dogs and most people can't even hear."

"Nothing you shinobi do surprises me anymore…" Miroku said with a sigh. "What do you hear, lass?"

Amy had her eyes closed, as both Miroku and Jaden were totally silent. Amy could hear everything around them, birds chirping, the heartbeats of both Jaden and Miroku, crickets singing and more. However one noise stood out of the rest. "It sounds… like a fire burning…" she said, "Not a big forest fire… like a small fire in a stove… now I'm hearing… a Tea Kettle going off?" Her eyes opened. "Its coming from over… there!" She pointed towards the east, as she ran forward.

"H-Hey! Amy-nee, wait up!" Jaden shouted, as he quickly moved to follow his adoptive sister, with Miroku following close behind.

Miroku sighed as he ran lightly behind them. "Shinobi are weird…" he groaned.

A few minutes passed as they continued to move, until they finally came across a clearing in the forest. Up ahead, on top of a small hill, was a small house made out of logs. It looked fairly recently built, maybe a few months old. However there was smoke coming from the stone chimney. There also appeared to be a small garden next to the house as well.

"So… this is where Kushina-chan lives, eh? Jaden said, with a small smile. "Looks cozy."

"So, do we just walk to the front door and knock?" Amy asked, "I think I hear someone inside… I can't be sure…"

"Knowing Kushina-chan, she already knows we're here." Jaden said with a smirk, as he walked towards the house steadily, heading for the front door. Once he reached the door, he glanced around before he finally knocked. "Kushina-chan?" Jaden asked. "You in there? It's Jaden."

It was silent for a minute as they waited for the response. "What's your proof?" Came a feminine voice from the other side.

Jaden sighed. "You babysat Amy-nee for me when I went on important solo missions," he said, "And you showed her some of your tricks… without telling me at first. She's actually right here with me." He then raised an eyebrow. "Do you want me to also mention that little… incident in Kumo a few years back?"

It was silent for a few seconds before the door opened revealing a beautiful woman in her late forties with long red hair that reach down to her knees parted with a small black hair clip with a pair of bangs framing her violet eyes. Her body belied her age looking like that of one half her age with smooth tanned skin, her breasts were at a large E-cup, her hips were wide and descended into toned legs that seemed to move with a natural sway. She was wearing a rather simple outfit consisting of a brown leather sleeveless tunic that tightly hugged her curves while displaying a good amount of cleavage with a pair of black hot-pants and a pair of black fingerless gloves, topping her outfit off was a pair of dark brown three inch heeled boots.

"Jaden-kun?" She asked warily, her eyes raking over his body. "Why are you here? And… why do you and Amy-chan have Konoha Hai-ates?"

"Kushina-san!" Amy said excitedly, as she surprised Kushina and hugged her. "I missed you so much! I haven't seen you for years!"

Kushina's lips spread into a smile as she hugged the kunoichi back. "It is good to see you again Amy-chan," She informed. "You have become such a beautiful young woman. Now tell me, why are you two with Konoha, and why are you here?"

"Well, we moved into Konoha like we said we would," Jaden said, shrugging. "I took up a Job as a Shinobi, currently a Chunin. Amy-nee just graduated from the Academy, and is a Genin. The reason why we're here… well, its mostly about you." Jaden sighed. "Kushina-chan… you wouldn't happen to have had a Daughter, would you?"

Kushina looked away and turned back into the house. "Had," she said simply, her voice blank of emotion. "She died not even hours after she was born."

Jaden and Amy both blinked at that. "Died?" Amy asked. "W-What do you mean? What happened?"

"Killed with my husband during the Kyuubi Attack," Kushina informed, giving them a look to drop the subject. "Why are you asking me these questions?"

Jaden glanced at Amy, who nodded before he sighed. "Kushina-chan…" he began. "Your daughter… wouldn't happen to be named Naru Uzumaki, would she?"

Kushina shot Jaden a harsh look, her eyes brimming with pain. "Why. Are. You. Asking?" She repeated, her teeth gritting. "Answer me."

"Kushina…" Jaden said, "We think… your daughter may still be alive. She's… Amy-nee's teammate, actually."

Killing Intent flooded the small house as Kushina levelled a hard look onto Jaden. "Do not lie to me… boy," she ordered angrily. "I know my daughter died that night, she died when the Kyuubi stepped on her!"

"Kushina-chan!" Jaden said, fighting off the Killing Intent. "Why would I lie to you? Why would Amy lie to you? We have no reason to lie about this! You're my friend Kushina, and Amy thinks of you like an adoptive mother! How are you so sure Naru-san Died during the attack?"

"I WAS THERE!" She shouted, tears building in her eyes. "That man showed me the body! What was left of it! That man killed her!"

"What man?" Jaden asked, "Kushina-chan, Hokage-sama told me that Naru-chan is your daughter, not only does she look like you, but also…" He glanced at Amy, before he groaned before he leaned forward and whispered. "The Kyuubi is sealed inside her," He whispered, silent enough to only Kushina could hear, and not Amy.

Jaden grunted as Kushina's hand suddenly lashed out, grabbing his collar tightly. "Madara Uchiha killed my daughter," she growled. "He controlled the Kyuubi and forced her to attack my family and myself, the only reason I was able to survive was because of the remnants of the Kyuubi's chakra within me."

Jaden's eyes widened a bit, as the Hokage had filled him in on most of the details before he was sent out in the mission, but he was surprised that she said Madara Uchiha was responsible for the attack. "Madara…" he muttered, before he shook his head. "Kushina, even if this is the same Madara Uchiha… that doesn't change the fact that Naru is the Jinchūriki of the Kyuubi… you tell me… who else was born on October 10th, and was selected for the sealing? Last I checked… there was only one from what Hokage-sama told me. Your Daughter. And I say again, never in my life have I lied to you Kushina, why would I lie to you about the chance your daughter may still be alive, and is currently here in Wave with her team?"

"But… how?" Kushina asked, staggering into a chair. "I know she died… how did she survive?"

Amy, who was still shocked from the amount of Killing Intent Kushina had released, was finally coming too as she spoke. "K-Kushina-s-san…" she said, "W-What… w-what if M-Madara… lied? W-What if… i-it wasn't N-Naru-chan you saw die… b-but another child?"

"But… th… that would mean…" Kushina said, her words broken as tears welled up in her eyes. "That would mean I abandoned my own child… in Konoha… oh god, she's a Jinchūriki, the people won't respect Minato-kun's-"

"Kushina-chan, calm down." Jaden said, reassuringly as he hugged her slightly. "It's not as bad as it seems. Though Naru-chan's first few years were not the best… she found a good home, and has great friends, many she considers family - including Amy-nee. Though the People didn't want to leave her alone… " he chuckled a bit. "Let's just say a few people in the Red Light District had dirt on everyone in the civilian council, and pretty much said, 'You hurt or mistreat Naru in any way, that dirt is gonna spread like wildfire'." He then looked at her in her eyes "She also recently discovered you were her mother," he said. "And, at the time, she thought you were dead, she was still proud to know her mother was a strong Kunoichi to Konoha. And… since we found out you're now alive, she is looking forward to finally meeting you."

"She's… here?" Kushina asked, wide eyed in her shock. "She… doesn't… hate me?"

"I wouldn't say hate, just shocked." Jaden said smiling. "She wants to know why you left… but if what you said is true… I think she will be more than understanding. Naru-chan is very smart and caring… just like her mother."

Kushina let out a sob as she let her face fall into her hands. "My daughter… my precious daughter… she's alive…" she said happily between her sobs. "Where is she? Take me to her!"

"In the town of Wave I believe, with the rest of the team." Jaden said, "She may've already left for the infiltration mission, since her sensei sent her to infiltrate Gato's Compound." Kushina had a look of worry, before Jaden spoke again. "Don't worry, Kushina-chan, Naru can handle it. Akira told me Jiraiya-sama himself trained her, and Akira and Kakashi have trained her as well. She can handle it."

Kushina let a soft smile slide onto her face. "I see, so Jiraiya is looking after her, Kakashi-chan is to… that is good to hear." She said in relief. "Who is Akira? Her sensei?"

Jaden nodded. "Yup, Akira Hisanaga, last heiress of the Hisanaga Compound," he said. "A good friend I made when I started my career in Konoha, trust me, she's no slouch in her work. She's kinda like you in a few ways."

Amy nodded. "Yeah, Akira-Sensei-chan is really nice," she said, before she smiled a bit. "I'm on Naru-chan's team, along with Hitomi-chan… we're all very… close…" Amy had a very deep blush after saying that.

"Akira… Hisanaga?" Kushina repeated before smiling. "That could only be Kuro-chan and 'Zaki-kun's daughter." She got a puzzled look on her face as she looked back at Amy. "What do you mean 'close'?"

"Eh…well…" Jaden said, scratching the back of his head, while Amy blushed more. "Well…Naru-chan is… ehh… involved with… another teammate… Hitomi Yamato… as well as Amy-chan… and Akira-san…" He then sighed a bit. "Akira's team is… they specialize in… Infiltration, Info-gathering and… seduction."

Kushina blinked as she took in the blushes on the siblings. "So when you say my daughter is infiltrating Gato's base…" Kushina started looking between the two. "What you really mean is that she's sleeping her way in?"

Jaden hesitantly nodded. "Y-Yeah," he said. "It… was Akira's idea… to get as much dirt on Gato Shipping we could… the rest of Akira's team, and Kakashi's team, is preparing for a battle with a Missing Nin, Zabuza Momochi."

"I'm not angry, Jaden-kun," Kushina informed before looking away with a sad look. "I can't really judge my daughter's life choices when I wasn't even there for her life… and if she chose to become a seduction specialist, I'll support her as best I can, if she would allow me that is…"

"I-I'm sure she will, Kushina-san!" Amy said reassuringly "Naru-chan really wants to meet you! So… do you want to come with us, back to town? Ya know… meet the rest of the team?"

Kushina smiled. "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea for the time being." She said before looking outside where Miroku leaned against the wall next to the door keeping his eye out for any mercs that might wander into the area. "What about him?"

"Don't worry, he's with us," Jaden said. "He used to work for Gato, but he quit, killed a bunch of Gato's thugs, and now wants to help us save the village. He helped us find you."

Kushina looked over to Miroku who looked back. "I remember you, you managed to cut me," Kushina stated, eying the ronin, who shrugged in response.

"When you get to a certain age, you realize you are more concerned with feeding yourself than helping others." He said nonchalantly. "I just grew sick of it all."

Kushina nodded her acceptance of his words and stood up. "Let's get going, I would like to see Kakashi-chan again," she informed. "And meet this girl that Naru-chan seems to be taken with."

Later, Nami no Kuni Town

Eventually, Jaden and Amy lead Miroku and Kushina back to the town of waves, and approaching the house of the bridge builder. "They should be inside," Jaden said as he reached the door, and knocked.

"Password?" A feminine voice asked from the other side.

"Silence is Golden," Jaden said.

"And Duct Tape is Silver." Amy finished.

A chuckle was heard as the door opened to reveal Akira standing there. "Looks like your mission was a success," she announced, looking around. "Kushina-sama, it's a pleasure to meet you, and I must say it is a shock to know you are alive. I am Akira Hisanaga, Jonin-sensei of squad five."

"You've grown quite a bit, Akira-chan," Kushina informed getting a surprised blink from Akira. "I last saw you when you were about four, your mother and I were genin teammates."

Akira blinked again. "Oh, I didn't know that," she informed. "My family… I was too young to fight in that battle, but… they all did, on the very front lines…"

Kushina blinked as she let out a small 'oh' of understanding as her eyes widened. "I… I didn't know…"

Akira shook her head shaking off her sadness as she gestured for the group to enter. "I have long since put it behind me," she informed putting a slight smile on her face as the group took seats around the living room, Tsunami bringing them some tea before leaving the group alone. "They did everything they could to hold the Kyuubi off during the attack and I have the mementos they left behind for me."

Kushina nodded, her eyes drifting down to her bandaged arm. "So you were born with that seal…" she murmured, before shaking her head. "My daughter… will she be alright?"

Akira nodded confidently. "She will," she informed. "Naru-chan will be just fine, Jiraiya-sama trained her in the sealing arts and how to deal with various poisons."

Kushina nodded slowly, a faint smile on her face from the thought of her daughter's godfather looking out for her in some way. "How well… how did the village treat her?" she asked, her eyes shining with concern.

Akira looked away, her eyes growing distant. "I won't lie, most of the villagers believe she is the Kyuubi," she informed getting a gasp from Kushina. "I personally think that Sandaime shouldn't have even said anything to the general populace about her being a Jinchuuriki, but… she has been called the 'beloved princess' of the Red Light District after Makoto of Ma Koyo took her in."

"Makoto? So, she lived in that Geisha House, huh?" Kushina asked, uncertain how to feel at the moment. "So, I take it she learned seduction from her then?"

Akira nodded, a proud smile on her face. "She's a natural at it, Kushina-san," she informed, her voice brimming with the pride her face showed. "Although, she has developed a slight case of nymphomania as a result, but that is actually very common in the trade."

"And the Kyuubi?" Kushina asked. "Has anything happened there."

Akira shook her head. "The seal is still strong," she informed. "As to my knowledge they have not made contact with one another."

Kushina nodded her understanding. "I understand that she is… involved, with her other teammate," she informed, a nervous looking coming up into the kunoichi's face. "Could I… meet her?"

Akira nodded in response, a smile on her face. "She's out back, training," she informed as she stood. "Come on, I'll lead you to her."

Meanwhile

Hitomi was busily training, getting in some practice with Katon Jutsus, having discovered a while back that she had a rather strong Fire Affinity…

Flashback

Konoha Training Ground

Hitomi stood in front of Hatake Kakashi, a piece of chakra paper in her hand. Naru was standing off to the side. "So, this will help determine my chakra affinity, Hatake-Sensei?" she asked.

Kakashi nodded as he held up a piece of the same paper himself. "When you channel your chakra through it, it will react with the latent chakra affinity that is manifested at birth based off of your parent's affinities," he informed as he began to channel his chakra into his paper causing it to crumple. "Lightning-based chakra will crumple, wind-based will be cut, water-based will become wet, earth-based will become dust, while fire-based will burn. Sometimes you will have two things happen to a paper at once, denoting a dual-affinity, with a possible kekkei genkai."

Hitomi nodded, and started channeling chakra into the paper. The paper almost immediately caught fire, then-

BOOM!

-went off in a rather large explosion.

"Well, that was unexpected…" Kakashi said as he stepped out from behind a tree, having used a kawarimi on instinct. "I think you may have a possible kekkei genkai, Hitomi-san, I don't think it's possible to have that strong of an affinity to not to have one."

Hitomi gingerly picked herself up from where the explosion had managed to hurl her. "It's likely fire-based," she remarked with a slight groan. "Given that I remember seeing the paper covered in flames in the split-second before it blew up."

"That would make sense," Naru agreed as she dusted some soot off of her kimono. "Plus, it fits with how… explosive you can be in bed."

Hitomi blushed. "Well, anyway, I guess that means I work on Katon Jutsu, right?"

Kakashi chuckled as he pulled out a scroll and handed it to Hitomi. "Here are a couple D-C ranked Katon Jutsus," he informed. "They will help you get a grasp on your abilities, well Naru-san, you're up."

Naru nodded as she looked at her paper and channelled chakra through it, causing it to shred right before it went up in a blaze of blue fire that singed her fingertips. "Well, that was interesting…" Kakashi mused as Naru yelped and sucked on her fingertips to alleviate the burn. "Fairly obvious you have a powerful wind affinity with a fire one, although… I have never heard of blue flames before…" 'Could the Kyuubi's presence be affecting her chakra affinity?'

"So, Fuuton and Katon for me?" she asked as she took her fingers out of her mouth. "Well, I know a couple of Fuuton techniques, but I don't know any Katon ones."

Kakashi nodded and passed her a scroll. "That one is the same as Hitomi-san's," he informed. "Remember, I'm always willing to give you a hand if you need it!"

"Thank you very much, Hatake-Sensei," Hitomi said as the two left to rejoin their team.

Flashback End

Ever since, Hitomi had been practicing her Jutsus alongside Naru. She had managed to get the basic Goukakyu no Jutsu down, though it was much larger than a normal Goukakyu, possibly as a result of her affinity and Kekkei Genkai (whatever the latter was).

"Hitomi-chan!" Akira called out catching the brunette's attention. "We have a guest who wants to meet with you!"

Hitomi looked over to see her sensei approaching with a woman who had a strong resemblance to her lover. "Hitomi-chan, this is Kushina, Naru's mother."

Hitomi's eyes widened slightly. "So… so you're my Naru-chan's Kaa-san…" she remarked.

Kushina nodded in response. "I am," she informed, her eyes separating from Hitomi's to look down at her own feet. "I… I don't even know if I should even call myself that with her…"

"So I was right…" Hitomi whispered. "Someone convinced you that she was dead…"

Kushina nodded in confirmation. "Yeah…" she whispered. "Everything was happening so fast… Minato-kun… he… and then when I saw the Kyuubi step on a red haired child…"

Hitomi winced. "You thought she was dead, too… and since there were too many painful memories, you left…"

Kushina nodded. "It was easy to slip away in all of the confusion," she informed softly. "Everyone was more concerned about finding survivors than about a single person walking around…"

Hitomi nodded. "It makes sense…" she remarked. "I personally don't hold it against you, and I doubt Naru would, too - if we were in your shoes, we might do the same thing. Though, we'd probably visit the Hokage's office first, let him know why we were leaving and get official travel permits… that way, even if the village thought we had perished, at least the Hokage would know the truth and could summon us if he found that one we thought was dead had in fact survived."

Kushina looked away. "I had thought I would do that too, before it happened," she informed, sounding depressed. "Even a decade and a half later, grief is a force that will make you do stupid and foolish things…"

As they talked, the red-cloaked figure looked on, hidden by the trees. Although he saw all three women, his gaze was focused on Hitomi.

'She… she looks just like a younger Kaa-san… only with Tou-san's hair and eye color…' he thought.

"Well now, who do we have here?" A feminine voice purred behind him, whirling around the figure spotted Akira standing there with a cheshire cat grin. "Now, who do you work for, Zabuza? Gato?"

"N… neither…" the cloaked figure replied, startled by how she had appeared without him even knowing. "I'm just searching for my sister… I'd believed her dead for several years, but I'd recently heard she'd become a Konoha Ninja and had taken a mission here."

"Oh?" Akira asked, her entire body showing her suspicions. "Considering only one genin is out here, you're after Hitomi. Well, you better have damn good proof boya, else I'll be showing you the Bloody Fist part of my name."

The figure sighed, before pushing back his hood, revealing that he had the same hair and eye color as Hitomi, only his hair was in a buzz cut, and he had a fairly bushy moustache the same color as his hair. He also had a similar facial structure to her. "I certainly hope you believe me now," he said. "I will defend myself if I have to, but I do not want to fight if I don't have to."

Akira studied him for a minute, her expression unimpressed. "You must think I am the worlds biggest idiot if you don't think that I am not aware of the Henge technique or several Seals that can change appearances," she deadpanned. "You want me to believe you, then allow me to place a Zettai-tekina shinri(Absolute Truth) Seal on you."

He nodded. "Very well," he said.

Before he knew it he found Akira right in front of him, her ink dipped finger expertly drawing a seal onto his forehead. "Fuuinjutsu: Zettai-tekina shinri, fuin!" she declared as the seal activated. "What is your name?"

"Takeshi Shiba-Yamato," he replied. "Shiba was my mother's maiden name, and I took it up after she died to honor her memory."

"What is your Profession?"

"I am one of the Fire Daimyo's Samurai Bodyguards, just like my Father before me. The Daimyo went to Konoha for a visit several days ago, bringing me along with him to meet the Hokage, where I happened to spot Hitomi's name on the Shinobi Roster. After questioning the Hokage about this, I gained permission from the Fire Daimyo to follow, but I was ordered to conceal myself, so as not to draw undue attention."

Akira was silent for a moment. "If that is true than the Hokage should have given you a verification phrase, what is it?" she asked.

"Alpha Zulu Niner Niner Four," Takeshi recited.

Akira nodded slowly before a grin spread across her face. "What… is the air laden velocity of a sparrow carrying a coconut?"

Takeshi blinked. "What do you mean, a Kumo Sparrow or Konoha Sparrow?" he asked.

Akira laughed as with a handsign she deactivated the seal. "For future reference, Mr. Samurai, when a Konoha Shinobi starts questioning you, your first and only response should be the verification phrase, else you may find yourself ten feet underground with nowhere to go," she said.

He nodded. "Right - thank you for the advice," he said. He then turned to look back at Hitomi, and then sighed. "She looks just like a younger version of Kaa-san, only with Tou-san's hair color and eyes."

Akira rose an eyebrow. "How did she end up growing up in the orphanage?" she asked. "If I remember correctly, Konoha sent out photos over Hi no Kuni asking for relatives after the Kyuubi attack…"

"For some reason, the photo never reached us," he admitted. "We'd been visiting Konoha on a vacation the day of the attack - Tou-san died during the fighting, we were separated from Hitomi-imouto, and Kaa-san took injuries that caused her death a mere three years later." He sighed. "Kaa-san was also a Samurai, but of a slightly different discipline from Tou-san, and she used those last three years to teach me everything she knew."

"I see," Akira said musingly as she folded her arms under her breasts. "And what do you plan on doing with Hitomi?"

"She seems to be happy as a Shinobi," he remarked. "So, apart from trying to get to know her, about all I can see doing is seeing if she has the ability to perform the same techniques Kaa-san could - her discipline involved more than just Kenjutsu, it also included a bit of what you could consider a Kekkei Genkai. I inherited it, which allowed me to learn how to use it from Kaa-san, but I'm not sure if Hitomi-Imouto has or not."

"Tell me, does it involve way too much fire to be considered healthy?" Akira asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, fire was Kaa-san's element - she said that the Shiba Clan represented Fire where she came from, and there were four other Clans representing Water, Earth, Sky, and Forest. However, for the main form of our 'Kekkei Genkai', I should probably provide a demonstration."

He reached into his cloak, and brought out a small device, mainly red, with black and silver trim. He flipped it open, revealing a screen on the top half and a keypad on the bottom half, but he then folded it lengthwise, causing what looked like a brush tip to point out the top of the device. He then began using it to make strokes in the air, the brush tip leaving trails of red energy in its wake as he wrote the Kanji for 'Fire'.

"Symbol Power: Fire!" Takeshi called out as he flicked the brush device across the Kanji, causing it to spin through the air before hitting a tree, causing a small explosion of Flames.

Akira quickly performed a Suiton Jutsu, putting out the resulting flames, even as Takeshi said, "Symbol Power is fairly similar to chakra, but is used in a manner similar to Fuuinjutsu - I draw the Symbol, and it creates an effect."

"Similar indeed," Akira informed with a nod. "I'm glad you're not going to try and take her away," she continued with a shrug. "It's always so hard to come up with a feasible explanation on why someone went missing."

Takeshi nodded. "Still, what did you mean by 'way too much fire to be considered healthy'?" he asked.

"She caused a standard explosive tag explosion by simply channeling her chakra into a piece of Chakra Paper," Akira explained off-handily.

Takeshi's eyes widened. "Well, like I said, Symbol Power is similar to chakra - about the only difference is how one calls on it," he mused. "It could be possible that her Symbol Power and Chakra have… blended together, somehow, meaning she calls on both when trying to call just one - said blending could increase the potency exponentially, but I will say this is just a theory."

Akira chuckled. "Well, we best get down there," she informed. "I think Hitomi would be happy to know that she does have flesh and blood family."

Takeshi nodded. "Just as I am happy that at least one member of my family is still alive, even though I thought her dead all these years."

Meanwhile, with Kakashi's team

"I think we have found hell, you guys…" Sakura groaned as the three genin of Squad Seven lay collapsed under the foliage of the forest. "Trying to maintain the right amount of chakra while your sensei hurls kunai at you? We are in hell…"

Kei panted a bit. "I… *pant* know…" she said. "But at least… we actually got to the top…" she then adopted a thinking pose. "Hey… something's been… bugging me… shouldn't we have learned these things like tree and water walking before going on a C-Rank mission, let alone a C-Rank-Turn-A-Rank Mission?"

"That was my bad, to be honest," Kakashi informed apologetically. "It was my plan to teach you guys tree walking on the return trip, I would have taught it to you earlier, but due to the teamwork problems I had to forgo it in order to instill even the basics of teamwork in all three of you."

Kei sighed a bit as she finally sat up. "Yeah…" she said. "And I guess none of us expected any of this was going to happen in this mission… I'm glad Amy-chan and her team showed up, I didn't think we could pull this off on our own if Zabuza is still alive." She glanced at Katto. "Right Katto-kun?"

The Nin-kin nodded in agreement. "Yeah," he said, as he sat up as well on his hind legs. "It was a close call back there with him."

"Akira-kohai will be fighting him in the next engagement," Kakashi informed the group. "Not only would Zabuza and I both still not be at one hundred percent, but Akira is actually more skilled than me in Konoha's Assassination techniques."

"Good," Kei said. "But what about that Hunter-Nin? If she was really working with Zabuza, chances are she'll show up as well along with anyone else Gato will send out way."

"That will be Jaden's job," Kakashi informed. "Sas… Miko, you will be accompanying them with Hitomi, the rest will be going to attack Gato's mansion."

'Miko' slightly growled at being called her new name, while Kei and Sakura both nodded. "Sounds good, Sensei," Sakura said. "So what do we do now?"

"Hmm, well, I think you all now have an adequate amount of control for training in you ninjutsu affinities," Kakashi informed as he pulled out a small stack of chakra papers. "Each of you will need to take one and channel you chakra into it. Earth crumbles, Wind cuts, Fire burns, Water soaks, and Lightning crumples."

Kei nodded as she was the first to take on of the sheets of chakra paper. She then looked at it, as she focused her chakra into her fingers, and watched, in a bit of surprise, as the paper began to crumple up. "Lightning, huh?" She said sounding surprised "Weird… I would've thought I'd get Earth like my mom…"

Sakura's paper began to crumble in her fingers, making her blink. "I guess that makes my chakra earth based," she mused, looking at the dust in her hands.

Miko's paper crumpled before igniting in a small ball of flame. "Lightning and Fire?" the neo-female mused. "I think the lightning aspect is from kaa-san."

Kei, deciding to at least try to start up a normal conversation with Miko, glanced at the Neo-female "Your mom had Lightning Affinity, Miko-chan?" She asked.

Miko nodded absently, her mind flashing to old memories. "Yeah, one of the few in the clan," she informed, her face unreadable. "She was considered to be a master with it, creating several A and S ranked techniques."

"She sounds like she was pretty powerful, and popular," Sakura said, following Kei's example in trying to talk to Sasuke, not as a fangirl, but as a friend. "My Grandfather mentioned something about her, that she was one of the best Kunoichi Konoha had, rivaling others like Tsunade and Kushina."

"Kushina… that name… it's familiar…" Miko said with a thoughtful frown.

"It should," Kakashi informed. "After all, Kushina Uzumaki was the genin teammate of your mother, and… your godmother."

This bit of info caused Miko's eyes to widen, as she looked at Kakashi shocked. "W-What?" she asked.

Kakashi nodded, his lone eye looking sad. "Indeed," Kakashi confirmed. "Had things been different, Kushina would have taken you into her home, but… everything changed with the Kyuubi attack… and she wasn't the only one. A lot of other people tried to adopt you after what happened, I admit even I tried to adopt you, and Akira-kohai tried more than once." He then sighed. "But… the Civilian Council always got in the way, they didn't want anyone to adopt you so they could control you."

"To… control me?" Miko asked, shell shocked.

"Actually, that was the main reason Akira-kohai put that seal onto you," he continued. "It was a plan devised between myself, her and the Hokage, the Civilian Council has been trying to exert far too much influence in shinobi and clan matters, so, by transforming and renaming you while 'Sasuke' was off on a mission, we could hide you in plain sight while the Hokage began to deal with the council."

"W… what was her second reason?" Miko asked nervously.

"To save you from yourself," Kakashi answered after a few minutes of silence. "You were heading down a self destructive path, Miko… you are currently labeled as a High Chance Flight Risk, and should that happen, we would have no choice but to send Hunter-nin after you to first capture you, collect sperm samples from you to continue the Sharingan Bloodline, before executing you as a traitor of Konoha."

"And, to be fair, Miko-chan… Sasuke was turning into a jerk, and Emo," Kei said. "In case you forgot what happened a few years ago… "

Miko seemed to wince a bit, as she did recall what he tried to do with Kei a few years ago, trying to use his influence as an 'Uchiha Elite' to convince Kei to stick with him, but when she said no he didn't like that answer and attacked. They beat each other up quite a bit until Iruka broke up the fight.

Miko let out a long sigh, as she looked down, and then, almost in a whisper but just loud enough for them all to hear, she spoke. "Kei… Kei-chan… I… I'm sorry…" she said.

That statement caused Kei to blink in surprise for a moment, before she smiled a bit "Apology… accepted," she said. "Then again, you're not Sasuke anymore, right? You're Miko. "

Miko nodded slightly, a small smile on her face. "Yeah, I am, aren't I?" she asked softly, tucking an errant strand of hair behind her ear.

As the three of them bonded, Kakashi couldn't help but smile at the three of them. 'I think your plan worked, Akira,' he thought. 'Slowly, the real person that was hidden behind the mask is coming out.'

"And… sorry about… the Academy, Sakura-san," Miko then said to Sakura, much to her surprise. "I just… really didn't like Fangirls and all… but, well…"

"Sas-Miko-chan…" Sakura said, quickly correcting herself. "It's alright… back then, I was different. I didn't take being a Kunoichi seriously enough… but now, I hope… I hope we can just be friends."

Miko gave Sakura a slightly hesitant smile. "I… would like that, Sakura… chan," she informed, testing out the honorific. If this were a few weeks ago the old Sakura would've practically rejoiced for Miko/Sasuke to say that honorific, however the new Sakura simply smiled and nodded.

Meanwhile, with Takeshi and Hitomi

Introductions had been made and brief explanations given, and now Takeshi and Hitomi were sharing a fraternal embrace.

"It's… definitely good to see you again, Imouto," Takeshi whispered to her.

"Yeah…" Hitomi replied. "It's good to know that… I still have some family left…"

"Same here," Takeshi said. "If I had known you were still alive, Imouto, I would've brought you home in a heartbeat. Kaa-san would've loved to meet you… it's amazing how much you look like her."

Hitomi nodded, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. "W… what was Kaa-san like?" she asked.

Takeshi smiled. "She was strong, smart, and kind," he said. "One of the best women Samurai in the Elemental Nations. She would've loved to have trained you to be the same, but I think she would still be proud that you've become such a strong Kunoichi."

"Thank you for saying so, Take-nii," she replied. She then paused a bit. "By the way, did Kaa-san have a Kekkei Genkai, by any chance?" she asked.

Takeshi chuckled. "She did in a sense, but it wasn't really based on Fire," he replied. "You see, where she came from, people didn't use Chakra - the Shiba Clan and four other Samurai Clans instead used something called Symbol Power."

"Symbol Power?" Hitomi asked.

"From what Kaa-san told me, it's similar in nature to Chakra, but is utilized in a manner similar to Fuuinjutsu," he explained. "You draw the Symbol - usually a Kanji of some kind - and the Symbol Power you use in drawing it creates an effect based on the symbol drawn."

"What kind of effects are there?" Hitomi asked curiously, eager to find out all she could about what her mother could do.

"Well, I doubt I could explain all of them," Takeshi said, "but I can explain a couple of the ones I use most commonly."

Bringing out his 'brush' (and unfolding/refolding it the same way he had done in front of Akira), he once again drew the Kanji for 'Fire'.

"Symbol Power: Fire!" he called out as he flicked the brush device across the Kanji, causing it to spin through the air before hitting another tree, causing a small explosion of Flames once again.

As Kushina, who had been nearby, used a Suiton Jutsu to clear out the flames, Takeshi remarked, "That Symbol actually has another function, which requires drawing the Kanji slightly differently. I usually only save that version for actual combat, though."

"Wow, so… you're saying I can actually learn how to use this?" Hitomi asked hopefully.

"Possibly, I don't know," Takeshi replied. "Based on what your Sensei told me of what you did to a piece of Chakra Paper, it's possible your Symbol Power and Chakra have… blended, somehow. That would mean you use both when calling on only one, which would increase the potency exponentially. That's just a theory, though, but if it is true, it might also have an effect on your Symbol Power - what effect that is, we won't know until we try."

"So… where do we start then?" Hitomi asked, eager to learn something new. "And if you say calligraphy lessons I will shove my katana up your ass, I already went through those when Makoto-sobo saw how atrocious it was as a kid."

"We can skip the calligraphy, then," Takeshi remarked. "Why don't we start with something simple?"

He pulled out what looked like a calligraphy brush from older times. "This is an older Symbol Brush that the Shiba Clan used in the old days," he said. "Try seeing if you can focus your Symbol Power into that, and just try making a few strokes in the air to see if you can actually use it."

Hitomi nodded, taking the Symbol Brush. Concentrating on trying to draw forth her Symbol Power, she tried moving it into the brush.

Takeshi blinked. Was it him, or were Hitomi's index and middle fingers glow-

BOOM!

Hitomi groaned as she slowly dragged herself to her feet. "What is it with me and explosions lately?" she asked in a low groan.

"Not sure, but I think I know what happened," Takeshi remarked. "Try again, but this time without the brush - just try focusing your Symbol Power into your middle and index fingers on one hand, and just make a swipe through the air while pushing the power through your fingers and into the air."

Hitomi blinked, then nodded. As she focused her Symbol Power (having done it once, it was slightly easier to focus on it as opposed to her Chakra), she could notice a reddish glow emanating from the fingers she was focusing it into. Making a downward swipe with her fingers, she was surprised to see a red trail of energy following them, much like what Takeshi had made with his 'brush device'. "How…"

"I think I know how the blending affected your Symbol Power," Takeshi remarked. "Because Chakra doesn't need a medium in order to be used, your Symbol Power is behaving the same way, meaning you don't need a Symbol Brush."

"So… basically, I'm capable of using Symbol Power without a medium?" Hitomi summarized.

"Pretty much," Takeshi remarked. "However, since great advantages like that come with trade-offs, I'd imagine you won't be able to perform some of the more advanced abilities - such as infusing Symbol Power into objects."

"But… if I'm guess from what happened with the brush… isn't my chakra pretty much overpowering the Symbol?" she asked curiously. "Basically boosting its natural power?"

"Pretty much, and the same thing is happening with your Chakra," Takeshi remarked. "It seems like an incredibly potent combination. But like I said, it's not without its drawbacks - trying to focus Chakra or Symbol Power into an object, such as the Symbol Brush or Chakra Paper, will most likely infuse the object with too much power - with explosive results, judging by what happened with the Brush and the Chakra Paper."

"Not to mention Kakashi-senpai mentioning that my Katon's are far more potent than normal," Hitomi mentioned. "He said that my C-Ranked Goukakyu no Jutsu was closer to B-ranked in strength…"

"Interesting…" Takeshi replied. "Perhaps the same thing will be true with your Symbols…"

Meanwhile, with Akira

Akira silently leapt through the trees, her senses on the lookout for any trespassers in the forest that surrounded the bridge builder's house. Her feet not even making the barest of whispers as she landed and pushed off of the branches of the trees, not even causing the branches to sway.

Spotting something out of the corner of her eyes she paused in a tree, crouching down to minimize the chance of being seen as she observed a young woman with smooth, silky, ebony black hair and a pair of warm brown eyes set inside of an attractive angular face, she was wearing a simple pink, sleeveless, kimono with a cloth black ribbon around her neck.

Akira closely inspected the woman as she moved through the small clearing she was in gathering up plants. 'Those plants… they are used for patients who are recovering from comas…' Akira realized as she narrowed her eyes, gathering up a minute amount of chakra she moulded it in her mouth before softly whispering. "Chakra Hibiki (Chakra Echo)." sending out the minute chakra in a near undetectable pulse that could only be picked up by the user, or a chakra sensor, towards the woman, and a few seconds later, the pulse returned to her, indicating a shinobi-level chakra pool. 'Looks like I found Zabuza's little helper…'

Haku sighed softly as she continued to collect the plants that would quicken her master's recovery. Taking a quick look around as she felt a slight shiver down her spine, only to find nothing, Haku gathered up her basket and prepared to head back, when suddenly she found herself tightly wound up with wires around her body. "What?"

"Well, well, lookie what we found here," a sensual voice purred as Akira stepped out holding the ends of the wires that trapped Haku in one hand, the other placed on her hip as she strutted towards the bound ninja. "Little miss Hunter-nin-chan."

Haku's training kicked in immediately, as she feigned surprise "W-What are you talking about?" She asked, "And for the record, I'm a boy!"

Akira's chuckled sent a chill down the ice wielder's back as she circled around her. "Mm, a boy… eh?" Akira asked throatily as she reached up with a kunai and slowly cut away the top of Haku's Kimono revealing her bandaged bound breasts to the Assassination-specialist. "Hmm, I wonder what kind of boy has these?" she asked in a purring voice as she reached up and unbound the large C-cupped breasts before groping them harshly.

Haku tensed up at the contact, and let out a small moan at Akira's actions. "W-What do you want?" She asked, "Do you work with Gato?"

"Quite the opposite, I'm here to kill him," she informed, whispering huskily into Haku's ear as she continued to grope her. "And you're going to help me, whether you like it or not… well, at first anyways, I can guarantee you'll be loving whatever I have you do when I'm through with you."

Haku grunted a bit, as she tried to fight from Akira's grasp. "I could care less what happens to Gato," she said, "But we need the money he's paying…"

Akira chuckled in amusement. "Oh, don't worry, when I'm finished, the only thing you will be worried about, is pleasing me," Akira informed, a semi dark, semi lustful, smile on her face as she pulled out an ink bottle and quickly drew a pair of seals on the back of Haku's neck, making the girl feel like her body was locked up, and something strange seemed to be happen to her body as it began to heat up, forcing a moan out of her mouth.

***LEMON ALERT!***

Akira chuckled as she saw the flush rise up on the hunter-nin's face before she cut the wires from Haku's body, releasing her from her bonds and allowing the girl to collapse as it seemed her muscles refused to support her. "Curious as to what I did?" Akira asked slyly. "The first one blocks all the signals your brain sends out to you muscles below your neck, I still need you to speak after all, the second one not only increases your sexual drive, but… it increases your body's sensitivity tenfold."

She then gave an experimental flick to Haku's neck, which caused the woman to let out a loud pleasure-filled moan. She closed her mouth to muffle the sound, but it did little to help her predicament.

"Oh how adorable," Akira said smirking. "I really don't get very many chances to break someone fresh like you, so please, resist it, it'll make it all the sweeter for the both of us when you finally give into me."

Akira let out a small, sadistic giggle as she began to slowly divest Haku of her clothing, revealing the girl's soft, creamy skin to her inch by inch as Akira delighted in her squirms.

"No… I… I won't betray Zabuza-sama," Haku swore, gritting her teeth as she made an attempt to bite her tongue, only for Akira's surprisingly strong fingers to prevent her from doing so.

"Ah, ah, ah, can't have you doing that," Akira informed as she pulled a ball gag out of a hidden seal and forced it into Haku's mouth before securing it around her head. "Especially not before I break you, if you're a good girl, I'll take it out soon."

Haku still tried to fight, however as Akira continued to oh-so-slowly take off her clothes, her now ultra-sensitive skin was making it very difficult to think coherently, every touch she made caused shivers of reluctant pleasure, causing her to let out moans of pleasure.

"Mm, that's right, my little hunter-chan," Akira purred as she played with the final garment on Haku's body, her plain white panties. "I hope you've said your goodbyes to your old life, because from here on, you will be my slave."

Haku whimpered a bit, as Akira's fingers slithered under her panties, and gently rubbed her pussy, causing her to shiver and let out a soft moan.

"I wonder how it will be for you, my new slave?" Akira purred as her fingers moved tantalizingly slowly inside of her pussy. "Will it be a slow fall? Or will it be a sudden and harsh fall into the insanity of submission?"

Haku didn't respond, as her mind and body were thinking very differently. Haku's body felt like it was begging, pleading for the pleasure she had never felt before, while her disciplined mind was trying to fight back the urges, trying to stay loyal to Zabuza.

Akira giggled gleefully as she slowly pulled her finger along Haku's pussy, before gently brushing it across her clit, causing Haku's entire body to stiffen. "Ah, you certainly felt that now, didn't you?" Akira asked, as if she was teasing a young child. "Mm, but your eyes tell all, you will be a drawn out one with a quick finish, so… perhaps I can quicken it along, shall I?" she asked as she quickly covered her finger in ink once again and expertly drew a seal onto Haku's stomach. "In the ANBU Seduction and Assassination Corps, both of which I was apart of, you learn so many interesting techniques to break down a person's will, you are one where pain will go nowhere, but pleasure on the other hand…" she trailed off with an impish giggle. "This is something I learned in the Seduction Corps, this seal will prevent you from cumming until I give my verbal permission, sounds fun, doesn't it?" she asked as she pinched Haku's clit while giving it a slight tug.

Haku let out a loud scream of pleasure which rushed through her body, but just as it felt like was at the peak, it did not deliver the final bit of pleasure her body was beginning to crave.

"Oh, nice reaction," Akira said, her smirk becoming feral as she began to pump her fingers into Haku's virgin tight snatch. "And a virgin to boot, how lucky I am. Hmm, I wonder, how soon will it be, until you start begging for me to take that precious virginity from you?"

Haku could just whimper, as Akira was being sure to pump as slowly as she could, and gradually quickening her pace. She could feel her mind deteriorating from the pleasure, she felt as if she were going insane from the sensations she had never felt before.

"I have to admit something to you," Akira said in a low whisper, one that was used between lovers. "I'm not sure why, maybe it's just natural for my trade, or maybe there is just something wrong with my mind, but, the one thing I love the most in life, is watching someone as one of two things happens, the first is as the light of life fades from their eyes," she informed, letting her tongue drag across her captive's cheek. "The other, is watching as their sanity leaves them, watching, as they abandon everything that makes them human, and become nothing more than an animal to either their own, or someone else's whims." Akira's ministrations took on a more painful approach as she began to pinch and bite at Haku's tender breasts making the girl buck underneath her even as she used her fingernails to scrape at her inner walls. "It is at that moment, that I can feel most connected with my target," she continued, freeing her mouth from Haku's breasts, leaving behind red bite marks. "So please… Hunter-chan, let me feel that connection with you, submit to your desires, submit to your body, submit… to me."

Haku didn't know what happened, as everything began to become a blur to her. Something about what Akira said just caused what was left of her sanity to break down, as the pleasure that had been built up in her body came flooding out like a dam, as she just began to do whatever she could to get pleasure, wailing out moans of ecstasy and pleasure.

"Good girl, lose everything of your identity to the pleasure," Akira hissed into her ear, a finger drawing a complicated seal onto Haku's forehead, her other hand pulling out the gag in the girl's mouth allowing her desperate moans to be heard clearly. "Swear your mind, body, and soul to me, say those words and you will feel a pleasure like you have never felt before… say those words and the rest of your life will be one free of all worries, your only concern, will to how to best give me pleasure…"

Haku's mind was a wreck, she could not even try to stop herself as she moaned out the words. "I swear… my mind… my body… my soul… to you…" she moaned out, before letting out an even louder moan as Akira hit a particularly sensitive spot.

"Hisanaga Fuinjutsu: Yorokon Fujuku (Willing Submission)." Akira whispered lovingly to the submitting girl as she seal on her forehead activated, glowing white as it began to spread over her face. "Such a good girl you are, doing what I needed to become my loyal slave, this seal will ensure that you will be only loyal to me, loving all that I do to you, it would be easier to use, but… it requires that oath you just spoke to me to be spoken willingly, like you just did." The glowing seal sank into the girl's face causing her to jerk as her eyes rolled back into her head. "And now, Slave-chan, cum."

And with that, Haku let out an ear-piercing scream as she came hard, as juices flooded out of her soaking pussy, as she remained in her orgasmic high for a solid minute until she slumped to the ground, unconscious.

Akira giggled as she released the three other seals that she planted on the girl and picked her up onto her shoulder. "My my, today has been a fruitful day, Kushina-san was found, Gato's base infiltrated, Hitomi's brother arrived, and not only did I gain a slave, but, an informant on our enemy." She giggled again and groped the girl's ass, causing her to moan in her unconscious state. "You and I will be having so much fun in the future, my new slave," she informed, before disappearing in a blur of speed.

***Lemon is Over!***

Meanwhile, Tazuna's House

"It's so great to see you again, Kushina-san!" Amy said, as she and Kushina were sitting down in the kitchen of Tazuna's home, while Takeshi and Hitomi continued to train outside. "I really missed staying with you back then and our old training sessions."

Kushina smiled softly at Amy. "I've missed you too Amy-chan, it certainly has been quiet while you two were gone," she admitted. "How have things been in Konoha?"

"They've been good… for the most part at least," Amy said. "Jaden-nii has been taking on a lot of missions, mostly because our house's landlord prices it pretty high, we want to move out, but there're not many other places to move, so I sorta spend a lot of time alone. I don't like it though… especially with the civilian council…"

"What do you mean?" Kushina asked, raising an eyebrow.

Amy looked down a bit, before she sighed as she closed her eyes, and revealed her Neko features, causing Kushina to blink. "I… never told you this Kushina-san, but… I have a Bloodline." She said, "The Tora clan had the ability to shape-shift, and gain feline-like features and abilities. The council… they try to convince Jaden-nii to let them use me as…" she left it hanging there, but Kushina knew where she was going with that.

"They've always been like that, for the shinobi side, I sympathize somewhat," she informed as she took a sip of tea. "They are simply concerned with strengthening the village and are at least willing to cede to an individual's right. The Civilian Council on the other hand…"

Amy nodded. "I know… I don't like anyone on the civilian council," she said. "But Jaden-nii has always protected me from them… kept them from trying anything funny, everything he's done since we moved into Konoha was for me. I guess part of the reason I became a Kunoichi is so he wouldn't have to worry about me so much anymore, since I can take care of myself."

"And the other reason?" Kushina asked, with a bit of a raised eyebrow, and Amy looked down a bit.

"Well… part of me wanted to impress Jaden-nii a bit, I guess…" she said, and Kushina let out a small sigh.

"You still have that crush on him, don't you?" she asked, and Amy blushed deep red which answered her question. "Amy, what did I tell you about Fangirls?"

"I'm not a Fangirl!" Amy declared. "I actually train, and I didn't put my looks first! I remembered everything you, and everyone else taught me Kushina-san! And… I was over my crush on him… for a while…" her blush then deepened. "But lately… things have been a bit… different…"

"Akira-chan?" Kushina prompted with a raised eyebrow. "You feel love for her, don't you?"

"I know… I love Akira-chan… but I still like Jaden-Nii…" Amy said. "It's just… so confusing… and it doesn't really help when Akira is actively trying to get me and Jaden in bed together ever since this mission started…"

Kushina giggled slightly. "She definitely inherited her mother's free spirit," she informed with a nostalgic smile. "I think what Akira is trying to accomplish with that, is your own happiness, if she is anything like her parents that is. She knows life as a ninja is too short for regrets, so she wants you to be able to say that you have no regrets in life. The first main tenant of the Hisanaga: Live your life as you wish, and die with a smile on your face as no regrets weigh you down."

Amy nodded with a small smile "Yeah… Akira-sensei told us that…" she said, before she sighed "But… how am I going to bring this up with Jaden-Nii?"

Kushina shrugged. "Sometimes, you need to be completely blunt and honest with someone," she informed with a fond smile of remembrance. "If he does turn you down, at least, you will not regret not ever attempting to be more than what you are, although, you could help your cause with seduction."

Amy blushed more at that thought. "S-Seduce… J-Jaden-nii?" She repeated, "But I… he… w-… uhh…"

"Is that not what you are essentially being taught to do?" Kushina asked, a smirk playing on her face. "To use your feminine wiles to obtain what you want?"

Amy's blush was bright red. "Y-Y-Yes…" she said, "but I… h-how do I s-seduce Jaden-Nii? I-I mean… I don't… I…"

"Well, what is the first step to a successful seduction?" Kushina asked calmly.

Amy stopped for a moment, as she recalled what Akira had taught her about seduction so far. "Understand… the target…" she whispered, "From financial info, to relationships and… f-fetishes…" she then gulped a bit. "Oh boy…"

Kushina giggled. "So Amy-chan, what is his situation?" she asked. "Be as detailed as possible."

Amy thought about it for a moment, before she suddenly blushed bright red. "I… I may have… an idea…" she said, "but… I might need… Akira-sensei's help for it."

Kushina raised an eyebrow in response. "Oh, what is your plan?" she asked curiously. "And why do you need Akira-chan's help for it?"

Amy glanced around, before she leaned forward and whispered her plans to Kushina's ear. Her eyes widened slightly, and a small ting of red appeared over her cheeks. "My, Amy-chan." She said, glancing at Amy with a small smirk. "where did you get that idea?"

Amy blushed a bit more. "W-Well… training with Akira-Sensei and Naru-chan… broadens your horizons I guess," she said.

Kushina got a fond look over her face. "Well, if Akira-chan is anything like her mother, then I guess it would," she agreed, she finally sighed and looked at Amy fondly. "Why don't you tell me some stories about your days in Konoha, I'm sure if some of the things Akira-chan told me about Naru-chan is true, then the Academy must have been interesting."

Amy let out a little giggle at that. "Oh, you have no idea," she said. "Let me tell you about the time I helped her and Hitomi-chan prank the whole Hyuga Clan, excluding some of our friends…"

A few days later- Naru/Juri's Mindscape

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

"Dear god, that is maddening," Naru declared as her eye twitched at the constant dripping of water in her sewer-like mindscape as she idly walked through, waiting for the time to release the seal that was keeping her mind separate from her false persona.

"Imagine how I feel, trapped within this prison hearing that for the last sixteen years," the growling voice of the Kyuubi informed her, sarcasm lacing the voice quite clearly.

Drip.

"Now it's just mocking us, isn't it?" Naru asked with an eye twitch as she seemed to just suddenly appear in front of a massive cage that held a massive nine-tailed fox. "Well… I suppose this meeting was supposed to happen eventually."

Drip.

"Indeed," the Kyuubi agreed as it settled itself into a comfortable position it's head resting on it's paws. "This is both better, and worse, than your mother's mindscape, she had me chained to a giant floating rock with spikes… but she had no annoying water drips."

"Kinky much?" Naru quipped, getting a glare in return.

Drip.

"So…" Naru said, dragging the word out. "What now?"

"Well," The Kyuubi began to say…

Drip.

"Okay, Seriously? That needs to stop NOW!" The Giant fox shouted, its front paws slamming into the ground as it covered its ears "I'm going to go fucking insane if I hear one more drop!"

Naru blinked as she looked around, before she smirked a bit. "I… could help with that…" she said, causing the Kyuubi to look at her, "But… you need to make a few… promises."

Drip.

"For the love of Kami, just do it!" it shouted. "I can't take it anymore!"

Naru crossed her arms. "First, attacking is a massive no-no," she informed seriously. "I want us to be able to work together, also… no massive fox form, it really hurts my metaphysical neck having to look up all the time."

"First off, I wouldn't have attacked you to begin with, I have no reason to," The Kyuubi said, before sighing. "And… I can agree with the change in appearance… whenever I'm in this form, everyone thinks I'm a damn guy with the voice…"

Naru blinked in surprise, before the Kyuubi began to suddenly get smaller and smaller, a small aura of red and black light surrounding her for a few moments, until finally, leaning against the bars of the cage was a young woman who looked about as old as Naru was, with long waist length Crimson red hair, and blood red colored eyes with a very gorgeous body that any woman would kill to have, and many more men (and some women) would do anything to be with, complete with DD sized breasts, and completing the look was a pair of red furred fox-like ears on top of her head, and nine black-tipped fox-like tails trailing behind her. "Better?" She asked, with a small smirk.

"Much," Naru purred, grinning at the Kyuubi's new appearance before snapping her fingers, causing the entire room to shift in a blink, changing into a decently sized two bedroom apartment. "Is this better?"

Kyuubi looked around, blinking for a moment before she smiled and sighed as she flopped onto a couch. "So… much… better…" she whispered. "The damn dripping is gone… you have no idea how hard it is to sleep with that damn noise…"

Drip.

"OH COME ON!" Kyuubi shouted in outrage, shooting back up as her eyes darted around the room. "Where is it? Where the fuck is that noise coming from?"

Naru giggled and pointed to the sink where water was gathering up on the tip. "Sorry, couldn't resist the temptation," she informed, not looking sorry at all. "Now, onto business, in what way can you help me best?"

Kyuubi shot her a glare before she moved to turn the Sink off, ensuring no more drips would be heard. "Remember who you're talking to," she said. "I'm the Kyuubi no Kitsune for a reason, I can grant you infinite access to my Chakra reserves, and I have near limitless knowledge on every single jutsu that has ever been created by man - including some exclusive to Demons like myself." She grinned a bit as she sat down. "And since I'm sealed inside you, you'd be the only human who can use them… aside from Kushina-chan of course, since I've taught her a few things."

"You taught Kaa-san some things?" Naru asked curiously as she sat down next to Kyuubi, not at all phased by the fact that the Kitsune was stark naked, in fact with a quick thought she dismissed her mental avatar's clothing leaving her as bare as the day she was born. "Like what?"

Kyuubi shrugged. "The basics, really," she said. "Namely how to control my Chakra in general, since it's far more potent and strong than regular Chakra. As you've no doubt seen, my Chakra has already begun to affected your elemental abilities, the blue fire for example. I taught her some techniques to help her control them, and how to use them in the best way possible."

Naru nodded in understanding, her hand idly tracing designs on Kyuubi's leg, the demoness' skin was silky smooth under the genin's finger. "Well… I'm guessing your chakra is more useful for combat than anything?" she asked with a raised eyebrow, her voice dipping a few octaves deeper as she moved slightly closer to Kyuubi. "Unfortunately, I'm not combat focused…"

Kyuubi smiled a bit, feeling Naru's hands on her soft skin. "Believe me…" she purred, as she began to return the feelings to Naru, rubbing her hand against her leg. "There are many other things I can teach you… Naru-chan…"

***LEMON ALERT!***

Kyuubi quickly captured Naru's mouth in a passionate kiss as she straddled Naru's lap and pressed their chests together rubbing their nipples against one another causing them to moan in one another's mouths as their tongues entwined with one another, their hands gripping one another's asses as they massaged them.

When they finally separated, their faces were flushed with arousal as their pussies both leaked juices onto one another's bodies. "Well Naru-chan, I think you've been dominant with your little 'Hito-chan' a bit too often, lately," Kyuubi informed lustfully. "I think my Heat cycle is bleeding out into you, time to show you how to really dominate your mate!"

Naru's face blushed a bit, but she still grinned lustfully in return, practically shivering in anticipating "Then what are you waiting for… Kyuubi-sama?" She asked huskily in return.

Kyuubi grinned as she leaned over and bit into Naru's neck making the far younger redhead squirm underneath her as she felt a foreign chakra invade her own system. "Your mother and I never really got around to doing this," Kyuubi informed. "While my chakra may mainly be used for combat, like your mother used it for, it has many other uses… like marking mates, or a powerful aphrodisiac that makes what your physical body was subjected to look like sugar…"

Naru's eyes widened a bit, before she felt a surge of pleasure burn through her body, a feeling ten times more intense than any aphrodisiac Jiraiya had ever introduced to her as she let out a silent scream as her entire body was engulfed by the new feelings that assaulted her, as she felt hundreds of times more horny than she already was.

Kyuubi giggled as she dove back down, pulling Naru into a bruising kiss as her hands held Naru's above the genin's head, four of her tails were holding down Naru's legs, two at her knees, another two at her ankles, while another two played around with the genin's hardened nipples teasing them, another pair were slowing trailing around her armpits, the final tail was teasing her damp entrance.

When their lips separated, Kyuubi smirked at the lust-crazed look in Naru's eyes as she struggled against the surprisingly powerful tails that pinned her as her hips bucked. "Ah, it is always lovely to see that look…" Kyuubi moaned out. "Time for you to see a perk to being a demon," Kyuubi informed as one of her hands went down to her clit and slowly teased it, the clit surprisingly growing out into a foot long, five inch thick cock that had Naru's lust crazed mind nearly blank out in sheer desperation to have it filling her cunt.

"S… s-so… b… big…" was all she was able to whisper out, as her eyes were wide looking at the massive member Kyuubi now had, as she felt her pussy dampen even more in excitement.

Kyuubi let out a deep, husky chuckle as she prodded her member against Naru's entrance. "Naru-chan, this is how you fuck a mate!" She declared as she harshly slammed her full length into Naru's pussy and started on a harsh pace slamming repeatedly into the genin who howled in pleasure like an animal. "Mates are yours to fuck, although I can see you love being fucked yourself Naru-chan. I wonder if your little 'Hito-chan' has it in her to absolutely dominate your body like this?"

Naru was unable to respond as her breath was currently occupied with screaming out her pleasure to her mental world as her hips bucked up into Kyuubi's thrusts, the massive cock combined with the powerful chakra aphrodisiac reducing her to a feral state as she clung to her partner.

"Yes, whether you are the dom or the sub, you must be feral with your mate," Kyuubi informed as she twisted Naru's nipples. "Let your primal side run wild, after all, you are a bitch in heat!"

Naru could only nod as Kyuubi's cock continued to slam into her pussy relentlessly, as she continued to scream and howl in pleasure uncontrollably. Never before in her life had someone dominated her so savagely, not ever her last session with Kei could compare to what she was feeling right now.

"There's even more to having sex with demonic beings, Naru-chan!" Kyuubi informed as she pulled her cock out of Naru's pussy, getting desperate whimpers in response from Naru as her body protested from the lack of cock within her. "Those who use Demonic chakra, can also do… this!"

Kyuubi stroked her dick with both hands, and shockingly, as she stroked her cock, it slowly separated, a second cock that was exactly the same size appeared before she thrusted forward, piercing both Naru's ass and pussy. "Oh~ this always feels so~ good!" Kyuubi cried out ecstatically as she hammered away into both of Naru's holes as the genin beneath her shook as a massive orgasm began to rip through her body. "I haven't been able to do this since Mito-chan!"

Naru's mouth was wide open, screaming out as Kyuubi now ravaged both of her holes, the pleasure she was feeling prior skyrocketing as she was reduced into a moaning, screaming, and cumming slut, unable to speak, and barely able to move as Kyuubi had her way with her.

"Hah, hah, your holes are so tight Naru-chan!" Kyuubi informed as she panted for breath. "I'm going to cum soon, Naru-chan, take my cum, and with it, my demonic chakra!"

At that, with one massive thrust, Kyuubi came inside of Naru as her thick cum poured inside her ass and pussy, Naru screamed out as she experienced the strongest orgasm she had in her life. As she rode out the orgasm, she felt her own stomach enlarging to accommodate the growing amount of Cum inside her, filling her so much that some of the cum was forced to pour out of her pussy even while Kyuubi continued to cum.

Kyuubi panted as she felt her body tire, Naru slumping into unconsciousness underneath her as the pleasure of the Kyuubi's cum flooding into her body becoming too much to bear, one of her tails fading out of existence as Naru began to change, her ears shrinking as a pair of fox ears with crimson red fur with white tips sprouted from the top of her head, letting out a whimper of discomfort, not only as Kyuubi withdrew her cocks, but from a fox tail with the same colouration of the ears that grew out until it swished around her ankles.

"Ah~" Kyuubi purred as she stroked Naru's whiskered cheek making the jinchuuriki purr as she rubbed her cheek deeper into the Kyuubi's hand. "So cute…" she mused as she rejoined her twin cocks into a single one before lifting Naru's head up a bit and placing her cock near her lips. "I just can't resist you now, Naru-chan!" she declared as she slammed her cock into Naru's mouth and deep into her throat.

A spike of Chakra brought Naru out of unconsciousness as she awoke to the feeling of Kyuubi's cock sliding itself into her mouth, as she could taste a mixture of her own juices with Kyuubi's cum. Naru submitted to her as she used her tongue as best as she could to coil around Kyuubi's massive cock as she thrusted deep into her throat.

"Ah~ Jiraiya-san trained you so well in how to properly use your mouth~" Kyuubi moaned out as she used one hand to force Naru's head deeper on to her cock as her other hand kneaded her own chest. "I've decided Naru-chan, from now on, you are my bitch," Kyuubi declared. "Hito-chan may be your chosen mate, but… I want you as my bitch… in exchange I wouldn't mind playing the part with Hito-chan if she ever drops by."

Naru couldn't help but moan in response to the Kyuubi's declaration as she swallowed the massive tool within her throat, also nodding as best as she could. The very taste she experienced having Kyuubi's cock pound away in her mouth was continuously driving her to madness, while the Demoness continued to dominate her in ways no other has done before.

The last rational thought she could recall having was 'Kami, Amy-chan, Akira-chan, and Hito-chan are gonna love her…'

***LEMON END!***

Gato's Mansion, Gato's Private Quarters

Gato, a rather small man with a grey afro and a pair of sunglass chuckled as he sneered at his company's latest acquisition, the girl was born for fucking, her body was perfect and just seeing it made him hard, not to mention no matter what was done to her she remained virgin tight.

She was such a catch, that he had claimed her as his own personal slave, occasionally lending her out to his men to ensure they didn't revolt against him.

He was about to turn away when something caught his eye, a hazy red glow began to surround the slave as she slumbered, drenched in the cum of the latest gang-rape she had underwent. He slowly moved closer, wondering if the soft glow was a trick of the eye when suddenly all across her body erupted a series of scrawling markings. Those markings began to glow for a minute before with a sound, almost like glass shattering, they vanished and the slave's eyes snapped open to show a pair of blood red eyes with slit pupils, soon after her eyes opened a pair of fox ears and a tail, both crimson red with white tips sprouted from her body as her canines grew out a bit.

BGM: 'Monster' By Skillet

It happened so fast, that Gato couldn't even begin to run away as the girl appeared before him, and cleaved his head clean off, blood squirting out of his body as the head cluttered to the ground, along with the body as blood oozed out. The girl then charged towards the door, and using her energy she blasted on through, creating a large human-sized hole in her wake before she darted forward, running on all fours.

A shocked shout caught the transformed Naru's attention as she spotted a pair of guards who had been heading to Gato's office were now being targeted by the bestial genin, who launched herself forward, a blue flame appearing on the tip of her tail before throwing herself forward in an aerial somersault. "Kitsune-Bi: Hono Sharin!(Fox Fire: Flame Wheel)" she cried out in a demonic voice as her sumersault finished the blue fire continuing forward in a spin as it picked up speed and size before consuming the two guards and setting the hallway ablaze.

By that point, alarms had finally started going off around the compound, as men began moving to find out what was attacking them. However those who were unlucky enough to run into Naru were savagely cut down literally as she summoned out nails made of Chakra from her fingers as she ripped them apart in gory displays.

Her feral eyes scanned the area she was in, a room that had and overlooking window to the main entrance, looking through it carefully, she spotted a large gathering of Mercenaries, nearly three quarters of Gato's entire force, a low growl emanated from the back of her throat as she glared at the mercenaries. 'Kill them…' a seductive, demonic voice whispered in the back of her mind. 'Kill the ones who threaten your pack.'

Naru growled again before backing away from the window. Once she gained enough distance, she blurred forward, smashing through the window shocking the Mercs below as she fell towards them, both hands alight with the blue fire. "Kitsune-Bi: Juka no Hono!(Purification Flame)" she roared out in her demonic voice before launching the two balls of fire that exploded in the midsts of the mercenaries.

The blasts alone cut the number of mercenaries in half, as those closest to the blast were incinerated almost instantly, while those more distant began screaming in pain, running and rolling around trying to put out the fires swarming their bodies, but to no avail. Chaos sweeping across their ranks before the might of Naru.

"Kitsune-Bi: Hono Tsume!(Flame Claws)" Naru shouted as blue colored flames erupted from her knuckled into three blue flame claws on each hand cutting deep into a Merc who screamed as the intense flames set his skin aflame, a savage grin appearing on Naru's face as his screams ripped through the room.

She continued her attack, devastating the Mercenaries within Gato's mansion, all while ensuring the survival of those they had been keeping captive of, slicing cages apart, freeing slaves and killing the mercenaries guarding them. For several hours the battle continued as the freed slaves ran from Gato's compound, as the sounds of battle, and the screams of dying mercenaries echoed around. Until finally, the fighting came to a stop, as the final scream fell silent.

Naru stood in the center of the room, covered head to toe in blood and dried semen, all around her the smell of burnt flesh and eviscerated organs surrounded her. "So… this is what demonic powers are like?" she asked herself, fisting her hand as she stared at it, before letting an aroused smile cross her lips. "I like it," she announced before her blood red eyes faded back to her normal blue, the added appendages remaining behind. "Now… Akira-sensei said they would be at the bridge around this time…" she said in her normal voice, before she took a look at herself and sighed. "Gonna have to take care of this, though… don't want to scare everyone with all this… I wonder if there's still a shower working here?"