Naruto: The Great Kunoichi
By Sara T. Fontanini
This is a tale of a ninja. Many may already be intimately familiar with this tale. But, this tale is different.
For you see, this is a tale about a ninja, who lives in the village hidden in the leaves.
And this ninja wants to be Hokage, the greatest ninja in the village.
And this ninja has to deal with prejudice, lonliness and even hatred.
And this ninja does have the nine-tailed demon sealed within them.
But things are different. This is a slightly altered world.
This ninja is not Naruto Uzumaki, a male ninja.
This ninja is Naruto Uzumaki, a kunoichi.
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It was morning. Naruto had woken up and prepared a hearty breakfast. Well, it was three rice balls, but when life gives you lemons...
When she had finished, she got dressed. She checked herself out in the mirror.
She had on a black long sleeved top, an orange vest and orange pants. She loved orange. Almost as much as she loved ramen.
People teased her about dressing boyishly, but she didn't care. Her father HAD given her a boy's name, but she didn't care about that either. She was who she was. She wouldn't change for any reason.
She then put on her new headband. But this one was special. It had a steel plate with the village's symbol engraved on it. This showed the world that she was an official ninja of Konoha. And she had worked hard for it.
She was a poor student, but she wanted to be a ninja. It was the only way she could find acceptance. When she couldn't pass the test that would allow her to achive her dream, she was devastated. But then Mizuki-sensei had told her about the scroll, how she could pass simply by learning one of the skills inside. It was like a gift from the Kami. She had worked hard to master the Kage Bunshin, the first jutsu that was written down. Since it involved creating a clone of herself, she had difficulty even getting the basics down. But she got it in the end. And when Iruka-sensei had said how he aknowledged her, she was sooo happy. And it all paid off when she used that new skill to defeat Mizuki-yarou. And all that allowed her to get the headband from Iruka-sensei, and officially become a ninja.
Today was her first day as an honourary kunoichi. The first step to her goal. her dream.
To become the first female Hokage of the village.
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Naruto had entered the classroom and took her seat. Next to Sasuke. How she hated him. She couldn't understand how every other female in the village loved him. He was... He was so...... Sasuke.
She couldn't think of any word good enough to describe how his very existence could agravate her so.
But there was a shining light in the badness that is sitting next to Sasuke Uchiha.
Sakura.
"Hey, Naru-chan!" She said with a smile.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan!"
No matter what, she could always brighten up her day. She and Sakura had been friends since they were five. And Naruto's feelings of friendship had grown into....something else.
"Naruto," Sakura began, "can I sit next to Sasuke-kun? Please?" She gave puppy-dog eyes.
"Sure."
The only reason that she and Sakura were still friends was simply because Naruto was the only girl not after Sasuke, so noone thought of her as a threat. And as long as Sakura sat between them, Naruto didn't have to aknowledge that teme's existence.
Ino was a seat behind them. As with Sakura, Naruto was good friends with Ino as well. She had heard that Ino and Sakura used to be friends as well.
"You think simply sitting next to him will mean anything? He's mine, Forehead. There's nothing you can do about it." Ino said venomously.
Not any more. Naruto rightly blamed Sasuke.
Sakura looked at her rival with fury. "Oh yeah, Ino-pig!? How are you so certain!?"
"Because, he wouldn't want a girl with such a freakishly huge forehead." Ino retorted. The two began to quarrell, until...
"Ino-chan, Sakura-chan, please stop fighting! I can't stand to see my two best friends fighting!"
Ino and Sakura turned to look at Naruto. She was tearing up around the eyes. The two girls immediately tried to calm her.
"I'm sorry Naru-chan!"
"It's okay, don't cry!"
Naruto brightened. "OK!"
A few seats over, Hayate Hyuuga, blushed and smiled. he was very shy, but was also very skilled.
'How much she cares for others!', he thought, 'Such devotion to another is so endearing! Just another reason why I love her so!'
(I have no idea why he sounds like Tatawaki Kuno. However, he only talks like this in his head.)
It was at this time that Iruka finally entered the classroom. (What the hell was he doing!?) he was holding a bunch of papers. He got ready to address the class.
"All right then," he said, "you are all here because you have passed the exam! You are now honourary ninja. You shall now be divided into teams of three, and will be under the supervision of a Jounin teacher. I will now read off the team placements. The decisions will be based on how each team is balanced out, depending on the student's individual skills." He then began announcing the team formations.
'Please, Kami, anyone but Sasuke.' Naruto prayed.
"I hope I'm paired with Sasuke!' Sakura thought.
'Let it be Sakura-chan!' Ino wished, strangely enough.
'Let my ancestor's bless me with Naruto-chan's companionship!' Hayate proclaimed. (In his mind.)
"For Team 7..." Iruka began. "Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura..."
Sakura and Naruto high-fived. Iruka glared.
"...and Uchiha Sasuke."
Sakura was ecstatic. Not only is she paired off with her best friend, but Sasuke-kun as well! The Kami must be smiling on her.
'Oh, cursed Kami, why must you toy with me?' Naruto silently asked.
'How annoying.' Sasuke thought.
'Damnation!' Hayate mentally cursed. Outwardly, he just looked a little disheartened.
"Tomorrow you will meet up with your Jounin instructors. Good luck on your new paths as ninja!" Iruka declared, giving a warm smile Naruto's way.
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Team 7 were not happy. Hours had passed, and everyone else had already met up with their sensei's and left. Team 7's had yet to arrive.
"Where the hell is he!?" Sakura screamed. "He should have been here hours ago!"
Naruto also looked peeved.
Sasuke.....brooded. Either that, or he was dead. It's kinda hard to tell with him...
Suddenly, the door opened up, and in entered....a very strange person.
She was most assuredly a female. She wore a white T-shirt and dark jeans, perfectly showing off her figure. Of her face, it was unclear, since it was covered by a mask. She also had her right eye covered by her headband. She had silvery-white long hair, done up in twin ponytails (Think Naruto's sexy jutsu form).
"Hi!" She said cheerfully.
"You're the Jounin, right?" Sasuke finally spoke.
"Why, yes I am!" She answered. "Pleased ta meet ya! I just know we'll be awesome friends!" She gave a thumbs up.
'This is our sensei?' Sakura asked. 'She's so weird!'
'Awesome...' was all naruto thought.
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They had gathered in a nearby courtyard. Naruto couldn't stop staring at their sensei. She was incredibly sexy.
"So, how about we introduce each other?" Their sensei asked. "I'll start off, so you know how to do it! My name's Kakashi Hatake. Weird name, I know, but my parents were kinda strange, come ta think of it..."
'Look who's talking!' Sakura thought.
'Wow! She has a boy's name too!' Naruto thought.
'She's so annoying.' Sasuke thought.
Their sensei continued. "I like lots of things. I dislike an equal number of things. My dreams for the future...are super secret!"
'She only told us her name!' Sakura thought.
"It's your turn." Kakashi said. "Starting with you!" She pointed towards Naruto.
Naruto looked bewildered. "Huh? Me?" She then grinned. "Alright! I'm Naruto Uzumaki! I like ramen, especially the kind at Ichiraku's, and the colour orange. I dislike the 3 minute wait with certain cup ramen."
'Talk about obsessed.' Kakashi thought, a disgusted look on her face. 'What kind of freak thinks only of ramen?'
Sakura just giggled. Naruto's ramen obsession wasn't a secret.
"My dreams for the future..." Naruto continued. "I want to be a great, no, the greatest kunoichi ever, and then I can become the first female Hokage!"
Everyone stared at her, except for Sasuke, who couldn't care less.
Sakura looked awed. "Wow, Naru-chan! I had no idea you had such a huge dream!"
Naruto scratched her head in embarrassment. "I didn't tell you? Geez, I'm sorry!"
Sakura grinned. "It's alright! In fact, I'll root for you!" She gave a thumbs up. (Why does everyone do that?)
"Thanks Sakura-chan!"
'Hokage, huh?' Kakashi thought. 'Weird.' "Speaking of Sakura," She said, "How about you go next."
Sakura nodded. "Hai. My name's Sakura Haruno, as you know. What I like is...well...." She looked at Sasuke. "Anyway, I dislike Ino-pig and anyone mean to Naru-chan!" Naruto blushed. "My dreams for the future...." She blushed and looked at Sasuke again.
'All she cares about is that boy.' Kakashi mused, with a hard look in her eye. 'I hate girls like that.' "Sasuke-kun, your turn!"
Sasuke looked annoyed, then obliged. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't like many things. I dislike everything else. My dream for the future....No, my ambition, is to restore my clan, and then to kill a certain bastard."
Again, everyone stared.
'I knew there was something off about him.' Naruto glared.
'Who knew Sasuke could sound so...determined.' Sakura thought, blushing.
'Well, whaddya know.' Kakashi thought. "Well, now that that's out of the way, I have an announcement."
"What is it?" Sakura asked.
"First thing tomorrow morning, we'll have a survival exercise." She said pleasantly.
"An exercise? As in more training? I thought we were going to do a mission." Naruto whined.
Kakashi feigned surprise. "Oh? You didn't know? This is a special exercise."
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked again.
"This exercise is to prove you are worthy of becoming ninja. Of the many students who passed, only nine will be chosen to pass and continue on as ninja."
"What?" Naruto cried. "Then what about the academy? We were told we had already passed!"
Kakashi looked nonplussed. "Oh, that? That was just to narrow down the candidates who could become ninja."
Naruto was pissed. All that hard work, and it had been for nothing.
"Oh, and one more thing." Kakashi continued.
The three gennin-to-be looked at their sensei.
"This test has a 66% pass or fail rate. If you fail, then you are sent back to the academy."
Everyone was shocked. Then Naruto suddenly looked confident.
"No matter. As a great kunoichi, I will definately pass this test!" She declared, giving the 'V' hand sign. Sakura looked at her friend in awe, and gave a thumbs up. Sasuke continued to brood.
'She's certainly interesting...' Kakashi mused. "Alright then, that is all, you three can go home. Remember to wake up super early!"
The three children turned to leave, but...
"I almost forgot."
They turned towards their sensei.
"Don't eat anything before the exercise. It can get so bad, that some just puke on the spot."
Then she gave a happy look and ran off.
The three gennin-to-be looked uncertain.
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Yes, I know. Another naruto gender bender. But, I absolutely love naruto and gender bending stories.
For those who may not have guessed, Hayate is Hinata, but slightly different. However, there is a distinct difference between his thinking self, and when he talks to people.
As for Kakashi, well, he's always been weird, I just decided to make his female self weirder. I know I could've changed her name, but I thought it would add to her character. And, if I did change her name, then I wouldn't have gotten that funny line.
I don't know why I didn't swap anyone elses gender, probably because its been done in other fanfics and wouldn't work for the story. Although, I might do it with characters that haven't been introduced. Like Ero-sennin. (:D)
Oh, and Mizuki did reveal the whole "Kyuubi-inside-Naruto" thing. I just didn't put it in the semi-flashback because it didn't fit. But it was said, and so Naruto is aware that she has a demon inside her. it's just that she isn't always thinking about it.
Hope you have enjoyed my latest piece of crap. I'll get started on the next installment soon.
And the pairings may be transparent, but oh well.
And please comment! :D