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Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf	By : Pokemaster12 Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 8578 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 11
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Chapter 4: Academy Days pt. 1

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

It was early in the morning, the sun was rising, painting the sky in beautiful reds, yellows and oranges, and the people of Konoha were currently gaping as members of the Uchiha Police Force were busy running around Konoha, trying to pick up their undergarments, all of which had been hung around the many buildings of Konoha and dyed bright pink.
The sight of the Uchiha police force, one of the most powerful clans in Konoha, picking up bright pink underwear that had been hung from the buildings, their faces burning with shame and anger, was a sight that shocked all those who were watching. Many of the people, including the red eyes themselves, wondered who had the audacity to do this to one of the most powerful clans and the people in charge of the police force.
Unbeknownst to all of them one six year old Naruto Uzuamki was watching the scene unfold from a nearby building, hidden under a camouflage sheet and snickering. "What do you think of my latest exploit Akane-chan?"
"I must admit I'm impressed," Akane said, laughing within his mind. "I've always hated that clan, their so arrogant." That, and she hated the way they treated Naruto, with his permission she had watched more of his memories. The Uchiha clan had been one of his biggest detractors, and a lot of the abuse he had taken from the ninja forces had been Uchiha. That had been more than enough to put them onto her shit list.
Of course, there were more reasons she hated them, but she wasn't going to say anything about that to Naruto until she felt he was ready for that kind of information.
Naruto smiled as he moved into a crouching position and jumped off the roof and into an alley. He threw off his camouflage and hid it in one of the many hidy holes he had created within the village. Walking out of the alley he bumped into one of the many Uchiha running around, collecting underwear.
"YOU!" the Uchiha shouted, gathering the attention of everyone else there as he pointed at Naruto. "I bet this is your doing you little D… brat! I'm gonna make you suffer!"
And so the chase begins, Naruto thought as he laughed out loud and shouted, "then you're going to have to catch me!" with that he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small self-made smoke bomb that he threw on the ground, covering the entire area in smoke.
"*Cough cough* where did he go!"
"I don't know!"
"I can't find him in this stupid smoke!"
"Damn him!"
"When I get my hands on that brat!"
The smoke soon cleared and the group of Uchiha looked around, spotting Naruto as he turned a corner. They soon ran after him and Naruto laughed as he began giving them a merry chase around the village.
Having memorized every single side-street, back alley and sewer tunnel, Naruto knew more ways around Konoha then anyone else and had no compunctions against using them to lead the Uchiha clan by the nose.
Looking behind him he saw the red eyes chasing after him, their Sharingan active as they tried to use it to track him down. He grinned, turning his attention back to what was in front of him and quickly turned another corner. Several trashcans were standing off to the side, and Naruto pulled out a small red stick with a wic on it. He felt Akane channeling her youki through his finger and grinned as the wic sparked and lit. He tossed the stick into one of the trashcans and turned another corner.
Just then the Uchiha had turned the corner he had previously turned a few seconds ago and the trashcans exploded, sending food, gunk and other kinds of garbage flying all over the red eyed clan members, who had all been blown off their feet.
Naruto cackled as he continued to run, he turned another corner and found more Uchiha that had stopped collecting their underwear at the sound of the explosion. They quickly spotted him and their faces turned to anger.
"Look there!"
"It's him! The Demon!"
"Get him!"
Running some more the blond haired troublemaker took several twists and turns as he pumped chakra through his legs to increase his speed. He pulled out more smoke bombs, along with some tear-gas he had made from onions, garlic, and piss from the Inuzuka's dogs. He let them drop behind him and grinned when they exploded into the chasing ninja, causing them all to stop and cough as their lungs, eyes and nose burned with the terrible mixture of liquids.
Naruto rounded another corner and into an alley before jumping on the roof. Going through several hand seals he disappeared in a puff of smoke, using the Henge, or transformation technique, to transform into a young Chunin with brown hair and steel-gray eyes. After which he began moving away from the parts of Konoha that had the Uchiha's dyed underwear. "You know, pranking the red eyes is starting to get kind of boring. Do you think I should start finding other targets?" asked Naruto.
"Hmmm," Akane tapped her chin in thought, "it may prove useful to prank others, maybe you should begin pranking a clan like the Inuzuka's or the Hyuuga's, so that you can practice hiding from people who are good trackers." It was unknown to everyone but Naruto and his inner demoness, but the blond didn't just use his pranks as a means of revenge. They actually had a three part purpose, the first being to get back at those who had and still do, wrong him; the second was too train in his stealth, evasion and espionage skills; and the third was to give himself the persona has a prankster and attention seeker, thus ensuring no one took him seriously and thought of him as a threat. So far, it had worked perfectly.
"Of course, just because you're going to select other targets, doesn't mean you should stop pranking the arrogant bastards."
"We both know I would never stop pranking the arrogant pricks," Naruto grinned as he stopped building hopping. He looked around, seeing no one in sight and figuring he was far enough from the most heavily populated centers of the village he dropped the henge, reverting back into his blond haired, blue eyed form. He dropped down from the roof and began to casually walk through the section of the village he was in, "They need someone like me to ensure that their heads don't get so big they no longer fit through a door."
As he continued walking along, a shadow came up behind him and an emotionless voice spoke up, "Hello, Naruto-kun."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"I demand that brat be punished for his transgressions!"
Sarutobi held back a sigh as he stared at the man in front of him. Fugaku Uchiha was the head of the Uchiha Clan and leader of the Police force. He had short, black hair and onyx eyes, with visible creases below them that were made more pronounced whenever he adopted a stern look like right now. He wore a simple kimono with grey pants which had the clan's symbol on the back.
The man was currently trying to demand that Naruto be punished for the prank that had just been played on his clan. Somehow, someone had snuck into the Uchiha compound, and in the span of one night had taken and dyed all of their underwear pink, than strung them up on the buildings around Konoha. It was just one of the many pranks that had been played on Fugaku's clan, along with several prominent business owners.
"Do you have any proof that Naruto is the one who played this prank?" asked Sarutobi.
Fugaku scowled, "of course I do! He was there at the scene of the crime and ran away when my men tried to apprehend him!"
"A lot of people were there at the scene of the crime," Sarutobi pointed out, hiding his frayed patience behind a mask of calm. Fugaku had always hated Naruto for holding the Kyuubi, the Uchiha clan had been one of the clans that had suffered the most during the incident, losing nearly one third of their clan to the great demon. Because of that, even though Fugaku knew that Naruto was not the Kyuubi, he still blamed the boy for the fox's transgressions.
"Also, need I remind that your people had not even bothered to question him, simply blamed him for the prank," Sarutobi had seen the little incident that had caused the chase through Konoha and knew who was really at fault. "And we all know how the Uchiha Clan has treated him in the past so it's no wonder he ran when your men attempted to apprehend him and then chased after him. Besides," the old Hokage added when he saw the man's scowl increase, "are you telling me that Naruto was good enough to somehow slip past all of the clan members you have guarding your compound?"
If possible the Uchiha Clan leaders scowl increased as he found himself caught in the wily old man's trap. If he admitted that his clan was not good enough to capture one child, a child who was also wearing hidiously bright orange clothes that were impossible to miss, from sneaking in, his clan would end up being the laughing stock at the next meeting, even more so then they would be already for having this prank happen to them in the first place.
"No child could ever get past our guards," Fugaku ground out, knowing he had lost this battle.
"Then there is no way Naruto could have done it," Sarutobi replied, "but rest assured I will do all in my power to find out who did this."
Sending one more scowl at Sarutobi, Fugaku spun around and walked out of the door, slamming it on his way out. The Sandaime sighed as he let himself lean back in his chair, one hand absently opening a drawer and pulling out his pipe and some tobacco. He placed the tobacco in the pipe and lit it with a small Katon (Fire Release) Jutsu, absently puffing on it as he thought of this new problem.
The mass pranks had only started about eight months ago, around the same time Naruto had started the academy. Ever since then merchants, specific civilians and Clans had been hit with a string of pranks, though this recent one was the largest prank by far. He didn't really know who it was, and even though he, like many others, suspected Naruto since he was at every single incident, there was no actual proof that he had done it.
Besides, how does a six year old child sneak into the Anbu HQ and paint there changing room neon green?
Just then the door opened and in walked the trouble maker himself. Like always he was wearing an orange tracksuit with blue on the upper shoulders area as well as up and down the front, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, a red swirl on the back, a big white collar, orange pants, and blue sandals. Why the boy had decided to pick up such a hideous outfit was beyond the aging Hokage, it was the largest eye sore he had ever seen, almost as bad as Maito Gai's green spandex.
Behind Naruto came his most trusted Anbu agent, Itachi Uchiha, who had an amused look in his eyes clearly visible even behind his mask.
"Ah, Naruto-kun, I just had a conversation about you," Sarutobi said.
"Was it about how you're finally ready to give me that hat, Ojisan!" asked Naruto in a very loud, very obnoxious voice.
"No, I'm afraid not," Sarutobi puffed on his pipe. "You see, there was a recent prank with the Uchiha Clan recently."
"Ano sa, isn't that your family Itachi-nii?" asked Naruto, looking up at the weasel masked Anbu agent.
"Yes, it is Naruto-kun," said Itachi, a smile hidden by his mask.
"So what happened to them?" asked Naruto.
"It seems someone snuck into the Uchiha Clan compound, stole all their underwear, dyed it bright pink and then strung it throughout Konoha –" Sarutobi was suddenly interrupted by a shout of "AWESOME!" from Naruto. "You wouldn't happen to know anything about this would you Naruto-kun?" he finished.
"Eh? I saw all the pink underwear if that's what you're talking about," Naruto scratched the back of his head as his eyes took on a squint that made him look like a fox.
"But you have no clue who did it?" pressed Sarutobi.
"OF COURSE I DO!" Shouted Naruto, raising a fist into the air and shaking it, right before a dumb look crossed his face. "Um… where is the Uchi…Uchin… red eyed compound again?"
Sarutobi pinched the bridge of his nose at the sheepish and stupid look at the blonds face, "never mind. You're supposed to be at the academy anyways, Itachi, see to it that he gets there."
"Of course, Hokage-Sama," Itachi bowed before placing a hand on the young blonds shoulder. "Come along Naruto-kun, time to go to the academy."
"Aw, but the academy is so boring!" whined Naruto as they made their way out, leaving Sarutobi to contemplate just who was pranking his village.

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"I was most impressed with your prank this time," Itachi said as he and Naruto were walking towards the academy. He knew that the young blond really was behind the pranks, but it was so funny watching the others run around trying to find out who did it that he had not said anything. "It was very creative."
Naruto grinned, "thanks! I thought it was pretty masterful myself."
"I am also pleased that you did not touch mine or my kaa-san's underwear," the normally stoic Anbu added with an amused look.
Grinning sheepishly, Naruto scratched the back of his head, "yeah, well…" the raven haired Anbu captain shook his head before stopping in front of the door that led to Naruto's classroom.
"Excuse me," Itachi said as he opened the door and had Naruto walk in, "I found him wandering around town and felt that it would be prudent of me to escort him to his class."
The person in charge of the class, a man with graying hair and green eyes, said, "Thank you," even as he gave Naruto a glare of malicious hatred. Itachi noticed the glare but did not do anything that would get him in trouble, instead making a mental note to report this guy to the Hokage as someone to watch out for. He gave a nod and left via Sunshin.
"Sit down… boy," The man said, scowl still in place.
"You got it, Shinsi-sensei!" Naruto shouted, he knew what the man had really wanted to say. Like many others Shinsi hated his guts because of Akane, no doubt the man wanted to call him a demon like the others but was prevented from doing so thanks to being in the academy with people who did not know of her being sealed into him. Naruto knew very well that there was a law that supposedly prevented people from telling their children or anyone else who didn't know about the sealing, though it didn't prevent them from telling the children to stay away from him.
He walked over to an empty seat, and plopping down and stretching out. The lessons soon began and Naruto found himself bored as hell, all the man was talking about was how the Shodaime Hokage founded the village, and Naruto had already read all about that.
"Man, I'm soo bored," Naruto complained to Akane as Shinsi continued droning on.
"Well, we could always come up with a prank to lighten up the moment," Akane suggested.
"Maybe…" Naruto looked around at all of the students, they were all two years older than him. Very few academy students ever entered at the age of six anymore, since they were no longer in a time of war and the previous loss of shinobi from the Kyuubi attack had been filled for the most part, the civilian council had made a new law that essentially cut the shinobi academy down by two years. Now most academy students didn't start until they turned eight.
"Uzumaki!" Shinsi yelled, smirking at seeing him not paying attention, "Since you don't seem to like paying attention you can leave!"
"WHAT! But I am paying attention!" Naruto shouted as he stood up and jutted his chin out with a stubborn look.
"Oh, then when did the first Hokage found the village?"
"Uh… the day he founded the village of course!" Naruto shouted, scratching the back of his head.
Shinsi smirked as the class laughed at Naruto who was scowling. "Obviously you're not paying attention, and until you do I will not have you in my class," he may not be able to be so blatantly unfair that he would draw the attention of the Hokage, but he was more than capable of doing something like this.
Naruto scowled before walking out the door and slamming it shut. As soon as he passed the threshold for the academy he grinned, "thank god, I really didn't want to be in there anymore."
"To the training ground?" asked Akane, grinning at her blond container, even though he didn't know it.
Naruto gave a smile that if the two could have seen each other, would have realized were the exact same, "Of course."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"Ugh, I can't believe that jerk kicked me out again," Naruto thought to himself as he walked through the streets of Konoha.
"Are you complaining?" asked Akane, her voice belying her amusement.
"Of course not," Naruto said, scoffing a little. "Honestly, how could I complain about getting out of that boring classroom, where all we learn about is that the Shodaime could make wood out of the nothing, the Nidaime could pull water out of the air, the Sandaime could pull every jutsu in Konoha out of his ass, and the Yondaime could flash from one point to the next in less than a second. It's the most boring class I've ever been in."
"It's also the only class you've ever been in," she quipped.
"Whatever, I –" Naruto stopped talking and took a deep sniff of the air. There was a heavenly aroma coming from somewhere, What is that smell? It smells incredible!
Ooh boy, thought Akane as Naruto began to follow the scent, she knew what it was. Somehow, she wasn't surprised that it had caught his attention, she had honestly expected him to find it ages ago.
Naruto soon found himself standing in front of a small stand. It didn't look like much, just a very small building with flaps on it that said Ichiraku's; behind that the blond could see a small bar with several stools and behind that, what looked like assorted cooking gear. Even though it didn't look like much, this was where the smell was coming from and Naruto couldn't help but enter, his mouth watering slightly at the scent.
As he stood at the entrance an old man walked in through a door in the back of the bar, stopping when he noticed Naruto standing there with a glaze expression. "Well hello there!" the old man said in a friendly voice, snapping the blond out of his daze and making him blush as he realized that he hadn't even noticed the man come in. The old man saw it and chuckled, "welcome to Ichiraku's! what can I get for you?"
Naruto opened his mouth to speak, only to close it several times. He looked at the man cautiously and was surprised to find that he had no malicious aura or ill-intent towards him. "Um…" the blond scratched the back of his head as he relaxed slightly, though he was still prepared to run if necessary. "I'm not sure, I just sort of followed my nose…"
"And here you are," the old man finished with a chuckle, "well, hop on the stool and I'll give you a menu."
Doing as Naruto hopped on the closest stool, where he began swinging his legs slightly since they were about two feet off the ground. The old man came over and passed him a menu, pausing when he noticed the whisker marks. Naruto saw him looking at them and tensed, an act which did not go unnoticed by the old ramen chef owner as he set the menu next to him and gave a smile. "Just let me know what you want, and I'll have it cooked up in a jiff!"
Naruto gaped at him for a moment before blushing, speaking in a low voice he said, "I – I would like to try something but I don't have any money…" he moved to get up but received a shock when the old man placed a hand on his shoulder and pushed him back down.
"Then the first time will be on the house!" he said, a cheerful smile on his face. "It would be a shame if I were to lose a customer just because he didn't have any money on him. Now, what will you have?"
"Um… I don't know," Naruto looked at the menu, "maybe… some Miso?"
"Miso huh? Comin' right up!" the old man turned his head and cupped his mouth as he shouted, "Oi, Ayame! Get in here, we have a customer!"
"Ok!" a voice came from the back before a young girl, who looked to be around ten or eleven years old, with brown hair that was in a bun and brown eyes came in. She walked over to the two of them and looked at Naruto, blinking in idle curiosity, causing Naruto to tilt his head in confusion. "KAWAII!"
The squeal startled Naruto so much that he almost fell out of his seat, and likely would have were it not for the fact that Ayame had somehow magically appeared next to him and was currently squeezing the life out of him. "Oh Tou-san he's so cute!" she gushed as Naruto tried to decide whether he should feel embarrassed by her words or petrified that this girl who he had met not more than a few seconds ago was choking him with her hug.
He was thankful when she let go, at least for a few seconds because she soon began to rub his whiskers. "I've never seen such cute birthmarks," she said, running a finger over them, they were slightly bumpy, rather than being smooth, almost like a scar. Against his will Naruto began to make a purring sound in the back of his throat.
Of course, this was the wrong thing to do when around a young girl. "KAWAII!" Naruto suddenly found himself back to being squeezed to death, and was now fearing for his life. He wondered how long he would survive without oxygen.
"Ayame, you may want to let him go," the old man said, "it looks like your choking him."
Ayame looked down to see Naruto, blue in the face, with swirls in his eyes. "Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to – I mean I was just trying –"
The old man laughed as Naruto began to get his bearings back, "how about you just help me make some Miso?"
"Miso? Coming right up!" Ayame said enthusiastically as she somehow appeared back behind the bar. Watching her do that, Naruto was almost reminded of the Yondaime's ability to flash from one point to another.
A few minutes later the food that the delicious smell was coming from was placed in front of him by Ayame. "Eat up!" she said cheerfully. Naruto sniffed at the ramen, taking in its heavenly aroma before breaking apart a pair of chopsticks. Wrapping the noodles around them he took a bite, rolling the food around in his mouth before he froze. The Ramen chef and his daughter tensed, wondering if he didn't like the ramen.
"This… THIS IS DELICIOUS!" Naruto shouted, right before he began to gorge himself on the bowl of ramen.
The old man looked from the currently stuffing his face Naruto to his daughter, "Ayame-chan, I think we just found our number one customer."

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

"Ok Naruto-kun, I think you're ready to learn actual hand-to-hand combat," Akane told her container as he finished exercising. The blond academy student had gained a lot physical prowess, for a six year old that is. With the extremely demanding work out, combined with his large chakra reserves and the very good amount of control he had over his chakra, Naruto could likely already beat any genin out there.
"Now, Taijutsu is simply a basic form of jutsu that typically does not require chakra, but chakra may be used to enhance techniques. Taijutsu generally require no hand seals to perform and are much quicker to use than ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put, hand-to-hand combat. Taijutsu is something that everyone, including most demons use in combat, and there are many different styles."
"The style I will be teaching you is called Kitsuneken (Fox Fist) and is a style I myself came up with many years ago when I was under the command of Inari-Sama (Fox god)." Akane paused for a moment before continuing, "now, the style I'm going to teach you actually takes the essence of a fox and imbues it into your fighting, meaning that it requires the use of a combination of feints and quick counterattacks to weak and vital areas. We use trickery every chance we get to deceive our opponents and create openings in their guard to exploit, much like a fox. To use this style requires a great amount of speed, flexibility, dexterity, constitution and endurance."
"Is that why you always make sure I exhaust myself to the point where I damn near pass out every time I train?" asked Naruto. The exercises that Akane often made him do were always extremely exhausting and often painful, several times he had been so tired that he had fallen asleep in the training field. Those were the few times he cursed the vixen in his head.
"Yes, this style is not made for humans. It requires more energy and ability then a regular human can produce," Akane hummed in thought."I had been debating on teaching you this style until you turned into a Hanyou, but I feel it would be better if you got a decent grasp on it sooner, rather then later. Head home and come into the seal so I can begin working on this style with you."
"Yes, ma'am!"

~Story of the Ten Tailed Wolf~

Another year passed and Naruto continue to grow and improve. His nights in the seal were now spent working on his taijutsu, which Akane had shown him. For the first four months this had consisted of going through the kata's that he was taught, his friend and mentor would correct him when his stances when wrong, often making him go through all of them again if he made a mistake. During that time she would always comment on the various attacks that could be done from each position, and the best way to counterattack when someone would make a specific move.
When Akane had deemed him passable in the taijutsu katas she moved onto sparring. Because of his A) lack of a sparring partner, and B) Akane wanting to see him so she can correct his flaws, she had Naruto spar with her in the mindscape. Sparring being more like beating the holy hell out of Naruto and then telling him what he did wrong.
"Come on Naruto-kun, you have to do better than that!" Akane shouted in a singsong voice that she knew would bother him and make him angry enough to make mistakes. Naruto never liked to be looked down upon.
"Grrr!" Naruto growled as he stood up, "I'll show you!"
He came in hard, moving quite fast for someone who was only seven years old. However, that was nowhere near fast enough to catch her off guard.
As Naruto moved in he aimed a claw swipe at Akane's mid-section. This was met with the red head using a hand to subtly shift his attack away from her, while at the same time using her other hand to launch a fast strike that caught the blond in the solar plexus. Naruto gasp and likely would have flown back several feet and landed on his back, but Akane had grabbed his left wrist and pulled him before he could get away.
She spun around one hundred and eighty degrees, taking Naruto with her before she let go, releasing the blond and sending him flying several feet away, where he hit the ground rolled along the ground before coming to a stop several feet away.
"You're not thinking clearly anymore," Akane admonished, "you can't let yourself go off half-cocked and expect to win. Often times it's not the stronger opponent who wins, but the one who thinks with the clearest head."
"Urg, right," Naruto winced as he sat up and rubbed his chest, "sorry."
"Don't apologize, just get back up and start again, this time, with a calm mind."
Naruto took a deep breath as he stood up, his legs felt a little wobbly but he managed not to fall over. Looking up at his opponent he saw her standing there with the same smirk she had on every time they sparred. "Ok, here I go," he breathed, right before charging at her.
He came in with several high low claw strikes that were aimed at the vital points in the human body, Septum, Larynx, Clavicle, Solar Plexus, Floating ribs, Radius Bone, Inner thigh and several other areas of weakness. When using this form of taijutsu, it was necessary to have intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the creature you were fighting. Akane had made Naruto study up on the human body by going to the library, which he had been able to use ever since the Hokage had the previous librarian who worked there arrested and a more malleable one had taken her place.
Akane weaved through the strikes, lightly deflecting every attack that might have come close to hitting her. She was impressed with how good Naruto had become in just under a year, it showed just how determined and intelligent the blond really was. She almost felt it was a shame that he had to hide it from every one else.
Oh well, there loss.
"Not bad Naru-chan," Akane teased before lashing out with a soft edge strike to the throat. It was so fast that Naruto hadn't even seen the attack before he was on his knees, wheezing as he tried to take in a breath but couldn't due to having his throat temporarily closed from the strike. A minute later he was on his back again, in a slight daze after his nose had a meeting with Akane's knee.
"I think that's enough for now," Akane said as she walked over to where he had landed after her strike. "It's been about two hours nonstop fighting; your improving well."
Naruto blinked several times in an effort to get the stars out of his eyes, he sat up a few moments later and looked at Akane. "How strong do you think I'll be when I graduate?" he asked.
"It's hard to say," said Akane, sitting down as her tails spread out behind her. "On pure power alone, you'll be able to beat any jonin you ever run across, maybe even a kage, though you won't have the experience that they do." That was something she would need to help him with, sometime soon she would have to help him with his first kill. But that was for another time.
"And speaking of graduating," she paused and took a deep breath, "I think you should fail your first two years."
"What!" Naruto gave her a shocked, wide eyed look, "why?"
"Because we need people to believe that you're not a threat until I can change you," she said. "If people saw what you were capable of right now, and if you graduated too soon, they would assume you were dangerous and it could get out of hand."
"Well how long will it be until you change me?"
"I need my Youki to fully integrate into your chakra coils, so I would say about… five years," Akane looked thoughtful for a moment and nodded,"yes, five years should do it."
"So when I'm twelve then?"
"Yes."
Naruto thought about what she was saying, he really didn't want to wait two extra years to graduate. But… "Fine," he said, "I understand what you're saying… I'll wait."
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun," she told him, placing a hand on his left leg, "but at least this way you'll also be with people your own age."
"You know that doesn't really matter to me," he told her as he grabbed her hand and began to play with her fingers, an odd habit he had never gotten out of when he was younger and she used to tell him stories. "You're the only person I care about."
Akane felt herself blush, why does he always have to say the sweetest damn things? And so innocently too! She had never been in this situation before and had no clue why she was acting this way. Could I… could it really be? She wondered, but quickly shook her head. He's just a kid, there's no way I could be in love with a seven year old boy.
But if that were the case why was it that her heart would flutter every time he cuddled up to her when they were done training? Why was it that she couldn't get him off of her mind? Maybe… I do feel something, she admitted as she looked down at Naruto who was staring around her cell with a frown. But he's too young right now, while I don't really care about age he wouldn't even understand the concepts of a relationship for several more years. I'll wait and see what develops when he gets older, much older.
"Is something wrong Naruto-kun?" asked Akane.
"Yeah…" Naruto's frown continued as he looked over at her, "I was just looking around the mindscape. I've been thinking about this for a while, and I don't like how bleak it is. Is there a way to change it?"
"I…" Akane paused and looked at him curiously, tilting her head. "I don't know, very few beings can actually use powers that affect the mind and even fewer can access their mindscape. Even most demons are incapable of accessing their mind. It's a very rare skill, the only reason you can do it is because I'm sealed inside of you."
"I see…" Naruto thought for several moment as he looked around. Nodding to himself he closed his eyes and began to concentrate.
Akane looked at Naruto oddly and opened her mouth to ask him what he was doing when she saw something that shocked her. From the point where Naruto was sitting, a ripple was spreading out, and when it left, only white could be seen. In only a few seconds, the knee deep water, the cage, the dark craggy walls and the barely illuminated landscape was gone. In its place was nothing more then what could be considered a white space, where there was no difference between the floor, the walls or the ceiling and the entire area just seemed to go on. Akane actually felt slightly queasy just looking at the white area that seemed to give no sense of direction.
Another ripple soon spread out from Naruto, however this one left green in its place. Not just green Akane realized with shock, but grass! Lush looking green grass a few inches tall, it spread out from underneath Naruto and began to encompass the floor. Starting from a point above her, blue began to spread out along walls and ceiling. Where the walls and ceilings had previously been was a light blue sky, with a sprinkling of clouds and a bright yellow sun. Trees and other foliage soon began to sprout up from the ground, covering the area to create a forest. The entire process only took several minutes.
Before Akane could marvel at what just happened a soft gasp of breath alerted her to Naruto, who was laying on his back looking exhausted. Sweat marred his bar and he was breathing heavily, as if he had just done one of the work out routines she had given him.
Crawling over to the blond Akane sat back down and crossed her legs, bringing Naruto's head into her lap where she began to play with his hair."You do know what you just did is impossible right?" she said, grinning to hide the surprise she herself felt from seeing what had just transpired."No one without mind powers should be able to do what you did."
"Perhaps I have mind powers and you just don't know it," Naruto smiled as he sighed in content as Akane's fingers lightly raked over his scalp. Closing his eyes he leaned into the red heads touch.
"No," she looked at in amusement, "the only clan that received the powers of the mind are the Yamanaka's because of a service they gave to Kami several hundred years ago, and the Rikudou Sennin who had done the gods a great justice and was rewarded with the Samsara eyes. And I don't have mind powers, so there is no way I could have passed them onto you."
"Perhaps I'm just awesome then."
Akane laughed, "Perhaps you are." Her eyes softened a tad as she looked at him, "your exhausted, get some rest, I'll take care of you."
"M'kay," Naruto said with a soft yawn, "night."
"Good night," Akane whispered as Naruto went out like a light. That entire night she watched him as he slept, gently running her hands through his hair.
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