The Beautiful Rose has Thorns

In the Academy, Iruka's Class...

Its known for having loads of Clan Heirs...and now, at their fourth year of the Academy...trouble came, when Iruka introduced a new student.

A very beautiful girl that threatened all girls in class by her looks alone. Threatened because she may gain the attention of the boy they pined after for almost two years now. She has honey-blonde hair, an alabaster complexion that can only belong to nobility, and pinkish red eyes. She wore her hair in a half-ponytail and then using hairpins pinning the divided tips of that half-pony above her ears. Her hair accessories have osmanthus flower motifs. She also wore a white shirt with puffy sleeves, and a blue jumper dress with regular shinobi shoes. On her forearm is a black cuff with a silver cross with a heart-shaped topaz gem in the center inset into a round silver platform attached to the cuff.

'Class, this is Akashi Naru-san.' said Iruka. 'Her family are traveling merchants that were attacked by bandits and she was taken here by some of our ninjas. Be accommodating since she just recovered and just for this week, she's excused from Taijutsu, Weapons and Physical Training as ordered by the Medics!'

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Akashi Naru...no, Uzumaki Naruko has returned to the very village that nearly killed her because just by merely leaving her dimension, she caused a great power imbalance due to her nature...a Human Sacrifice containing a sentient being comprised mostly of an unusual energy that wasn't...youki. And her sentient being is a part of a set of nine so there are eight others like her.

She was rescued from this village by two traveling vampires who happened to have a client in a high-level job that works nearby. Job done and they stopped by Konoha for the night, when they found her, beaten to death and thrown right on top of a trash can. Angered by this and feeling sorry for her as she definitely didn't deserve that, she was bitten and given Vampire Blood by this couple. However, instead of becoming a Ghoul, she became a Vampire straightaway due to an unknown case that she was taken to a friend who excelled in sorcery...and figured out what she is.

Her...tenant's power was the reason she turned into a Vampire, skipping the 'scary stage' of the gamble stages of 'Temporary Vampire' and Ghoul. Its power practically overrode and overpowered the chances of her becoming a Ghoul because someone imprisoned a sentient being of pure Yang energy. For a year they let it stay in her body until he crafted a body for him to put that energy in.

But upon extraction, he was accosted by two chakra beings. A man and a woman who in fact, sealed some of their own energy in their DAUGHTER...just to protect her from the very being they sealed in her and will only activate if her seal is threatened by 1) if someone tried to yank it out and 2) the seal weakens at childbirth. For their daughter to at least have two children if she wasn't satisfied with one, and for them to maintain it while she undergoes labor. They each could be used only once.

The sorcerer, Touhou Fuhai had to tell them what became of their daughter after his two friends found and saved her.

Cue the mother angrily berating her father in outraged shrieks, while sobbing in dismay and grief while her father was shocked and looked terribly ill, horrified that their people betrayed his hopes and trust. She was supposed to be a hero, not a chewtoy.

She was able to meet her parents who both died saving their village and still loved her even if she became a vampire. A vampire who will gain longevity as in aging veeeeery slow after adulthood at age 30 due to vampire's vanity.

But she was satisfied in knowing her parents truly loved her, not abandoned her in that hateful village all alone as mostly everyone hated her one of her fears was that she was abandoned because she wasn't wanted.

After leaving behind their knowledge before perishing and allowing Fuhai to safely extract Kyuubi off her, and put him in a rudimentary body. Her heritage.

Then taught about what vampires are.

While the benefits are OK, the weakness of clean water...isn't. But Kyuubi in her practically bulldozed that away too as he didn't want a weak host weak to something as idiotic as water. He had used what little knowledge he has of his 'father's techniques to get rid of that one weakness and she can easily avoid silver.

That was before he was extracted off her and he was free of course. She was one lucky vampire and her traits would be inherited by her children someday!

She was educated in Japanese, as her hidden lands where she originated is miles away from Honshu eastwards, near the Prime Meridian of the world and language and culture is similar, but with limited technology that they were able to come up with on their own without influence from the rest of the world outside their barriers, and they had no knowledge of the world outside theirs. Their military are still...ninjas and samurai.

She learned all about Konoha, and trained under her mentor Touhou Fuhai starting at age 4 while his children tended to his grandchildren who are all way older than she is. Fongfong is three years older than her and Lingling is in her late teens, fighting an illness for her life and currently bedridden. It was due to this that Fongfong was born because Lingling was originally the family heir, but was stricken by a deadly disease in one of her jobs...discovered too late.

Naruko was subjected to grueling 'war time training' as it was what her parents had known, as their youth was nothing but war. Touhou was a lot worse. Especially as she's a vampire who quickly heals. She also learned her parents' 'cheat code'-something Touhou planned on exploiting for his family-and quickly studied and mastered many things. Language, Mathematics, Japanese Manners and Etiquette, Social Skills, Konoha Laws and Politics(what her father remembered at least), who's who in Konoha, Extreme Body Conditioning, Assassination Skills, Vampire Combat Skills, Taijutsu(Chinese Martial Arts) Weapon Skills, Sword Skills, all 18 Disciplines of Ninjutsu, Chakra Manipulation and Control. She trains with 100 of her clones every day in regards to formal education and chakra training. Pure physical skills however...can't be cheated with. She and her clones study and train separately.

By age nine...due to the Cheat Code, she was able to finish everything, and extended her stamina that she could create 500 clones, as well as being able to reach B-Class Strength Levels.

'Naruko, Kurama...time for you two to go back.' Touhou Fuhai told the pair. 'The Balance of power is stretched out to the max in your lands. Any longer...as in few months from now, who knows what could happen as a result of the vacuum left behind by your absence.' he told Kurama specifically. 'Originally, Naruko can stay here as long as she likes, but she still has remains of her bond with Kurama due to the both of you sharing the same houseroom for the past six years.' he said. 'Thus you two must go back. To break off the remains of your Jinchuuriki bond, you two must live so separately for at least a year and its as good as gone.' he finished with a snap of his fingers. 'Naruko, you go back to Konoha to get everything of your parents to do as you wish rather than let unwanted people have it and Kurama, don't be dumb enough to get caught again.'

'Up yours.' Kurama huffed, and the two gave each other 'the bird' causing Naruko to sweatdrop.

'But shisho, I don't want them to know its me...my life will be hell if the 'demon brat' is back.' said Naruko sadly. 'Can't we tweak a little?' Fuhai's expression softened. Well, Akasha and Issa DID bring him a nearly-dead child...

'I suppose...' he mused. 'Oh, and for the future, there is one thing you two must learn and master...'

Hence, her cover story as Akashi Naru. Spelled as 'red japanese cherry birch' and 'to become'. She was also given a Rosario Seal that she could 'adjust' when necessary by turning the cross clockwise to gain access to more of her strength and counter-clockwise to seal herself again. But as a child, she must hold back and be a pitifully-weak civilian. Hence her seal is at its max.

She wanted revenge as soon as she got back, but she would wait for a year...all the while holding back. And true to 'her merchant family's 'wealth', she has a gorgeous apartment and she has her own money...which she stole off casinoes of course, with her so-called parents and servants being things made out of sorcery to solidify her story with her hiding behind barrels of Natto. Considering the Inuzuka patrol in a certain area of Konoha, she leaves behind scent marks for the dogs to sense, while having to eat nothing but Natto and water because she would definitely get a check-up upon 'getting rescued'.

It happened indeed, and spent a month in hospital due to malnourishment...all the while stealing blood packs, twice a week and mixing it with the trash when she's done with it...at the wee hours of the night. Her favorite in particular, are blood off Kekkei Genkai clans. Their blood is thickened by years of selective engagements that to her, their blood is 'thick' therefore rich in flavor. She finds blood of everyday people bland in taste now that she got to taste Hyuuga Blood though she had to be careful...the Hyuuga blew a gasket when the blood packs went missing as Kekkei Genkai Clans take everything about them seriously. And 'Blood Theft' is a serious crime for obvious reason in any ninja village.

Whoopsie.

Not traced to her though, but the chaos this caused, was that Martial Law was enacted just to find the thief.

Lucky she wasn't included in the military check-ups as she is the survivor of a bandit raid of her family's caravan.

Martial Law however...unearthed a load of moles. Loads more than the Hokage would have liked.

Well, as a newcomer she was left alone as she recently got citizenship but was forbidden to leave her room until its all over, and let the medics do the rest for her.

The Martial Law lasted...way into until she got into the Academy so yes, revenge will have to wait. That, and drinking blood for now.

Damn.

Blood off animals it is for now but...yuck.

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A year later...Naruko found that she could not do her revenge, as the orphanage caretakers...are different this time. Through some investigating, its because the Hokage found out what was done to her and he wasn't pleased. This also denied her, her revenge, so she took it out on their families instead. Subtly as Martial Law was still ongoing.

Martial Law finally ended around New Year though.

A lot of people whether ninja or civilian were either arrested and carted to prison, or executed after being squeezed dry of their worth.

But still, nobody found the stolen missing blood packs...and they never will. Naruko mixed them in the trash and its long gone through Incineration Hours.

She may be behind her female peers by a year but...

'...what is the meaning of this?' she twitched. As a trainee she has a role to play but she knows what to expect. She just defeated Yamanaka Ino TOO easily in Taijutsu Class. A Clan Heiress of the Yamanaka Clan who has access to her family's 'wealth' and the Academy changed drastically too because of post-clean-up. 'You have had a year of work ahead of me and yet...why are you the weaker one when you're supposed to be stronger than me? You're a clan child right? You have benefits of being one more than us civilian kids or are you just wasting it and your time?' she chided with a frown.

'S-shut up!' Ino flushed, embarrassed that she lost to a newcomer. And the words the other blonde spoke of hit hard on the nerves of every clan child present. Apparently the newcomer expected a lot of them due to their names and got disappointed by Ino's display. If they don't show off, the new girl would paint them in the same brush and they have prides and their family name to defend. Shino, Sasuke and Kiba have a lot of pride. Hinata was nervous. Choji just took things in stride and Shikamaru could care less, really.

'Well Ino, you have lots more to work on.' said Iruka. 'Naru, good job on catching up to your peers. Next pair!' he called out as the two girls left the stage. As the next pair came up to stage, Naru inwardly snorted.

She's WAY beyond her peers, thank you very much. In heritage through her parents, her beauty, power and skill as a vampire but had to hold back because of a danger looming near her if she doesn't master 'that' before she gets noticed by 'them'.

Comparing herself to the memories her parents gave her, she's already Jounin Equivalent.

Not that they know that.