Hello Naruto fanfiction readers and lovers!

I am 'a red penguin' and this is my first time actually writing a non-crossover fic, and my first time actually proving my existence on this site for over a year.

This is a Fem-Naru fic, with a Yuri pairing as the main pairing, so if u no likey, turn roundy and go backy. i believe this is an original idea I will be using in this fic, as I haven't come across one similar to it.

But now read on, see if you enjoy the fic, and please read the A/N at the bottom for a fairly important announcement if you did, and want to contribute to the story!
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*Naruko~... You're late for the academy again~...* The usual voice in Naruko's head told her.

With a groan, Naruko lifted her face from the soft comfort of her pillows, drool running from the corner of her mouth and her eyelids drooping over her azure eyes.

"Eh? Natsune?" She mumbled out, shaking her head slightly, her messy mid-back length blonde hair flying about. "What time is it?.."

The voice, now known as Natsune, spoke again, in a more blank tone. *Look at the clock.* She appeared to have the same voice as Naruko.

Lazily, Naruko turned her head to the side and read the time. And froze. "T-t-ten thirty!?"

*Yep, you're an hour and a half late.*

"Why didn't you warn me earlier!?" Naruko yelled as she quickly got undressed and ran into the bathroom of her small apartment, which was strewn with clothes
and pocky boxes.

*Aah, I like watching you suffer.*

"I thought you hated it when I'm suffering!"

*When I'm not the one causing it.*

"Meanie..." Naruko could practically feel the sadistic grin that was stretching across Natsune's face.

After finishing her shower and getting dressed, she ran out of the apartment, quickly locking the door behind her before sprinting off into the streets, making a beeline for the Ninja Academy. Naruko was wearing A black, tight, thin strapped vest top that ends above her belly button, underneath an unzipped zip-up sleeveless jacket that ends just below the vest, with an orange and black pattern (same pattern as Naruto's Shippuuden jacket), orange thigh length shorts with black stitching and a black lopsided belt. Her hair was arranged into two shoulder length pig tails and had two chin length bangs falling either side of her face.

As she ran past all the various houses and shops, she ignored the blatantly obvious glares she recieved from almost everyone she past, but she could hear Natsune in her head, who was swearing and throwing threats at as many of the people as she could.

Once at the academy, she raced to her classroom and slammed open the sliding door, gaining the attention of everyone in the class, who turned to see a the usual late-coming blonde.

"Iruka... Sensei... sorry I'm... late..." Naruko apoligised, taking deep breaths every second.

The scarred man just sighed. "You missed taijutsu class, again..."

"Waaaahhh..." Naruko whined with anime tears pouring down her face. "But it's not my faauuullt."

"I know. But as a teacher I can't just allow you to turn up late all the time. Stay behind for a while after classes are over."

Naruko nodded slowly. "Yes Sensei..."

She made her way to her seat with a depressed look on her face, the student next to her giving her a sympathetic look.

"You alright?" They asked Naruko, who was now slouched at her desk with her head in her hands.

"Tired..." *Hah hah.* "Shut up"

"Eh? What did I say?"

Naruko, realising she said that out loud, shot up in her seat. "Ah! Nono! Not you! It was to- ahhhh... Someone else..."

The student gave Naruko an odd look.

"Naruko I'm sure you had plenty of time to talk while you were late for classes, but now you're in class, keep it down please." Iruka told her in a stern voice.

"Sorry Sensei."

"Good." He turned back to the class. "Now as I was saying, you will now be practising your basic academy ninjutsu. Today's focus will be water jutsu."

Naruko's face changed from depressed to ecstatic in less than a second. 'Yes! Something I can do!' *Hooraay...* 'Killjoy...'

"So," Iruka continued, "Please follow me to the training area."

The students did so, and when they reached the training area, Iruka had them line up while he stood in front of them. Naruko took a look around the area. Situated in random spots on the training floor were pools of water, each of different sizes. The floor and walls were the usual floor and walls of the academy.

"Ok listen up!" Iruka spoke loudly, gaining the students' attention. "Each of you will perform a single water jutsu, any rank is permitted as long as it is controlled. If you feel as if you can't control it, do not use it!. We will go in alphabetical order. First up, Chouji Akamichi!"

Each of the students stepped up after being called out after the previous had completed their jutsu. Most seemed to use the basic academy water jutsu, aside the few who were more skilled in water jutsu, who did more advanced D-rank jutsus. Naruko, who was one of the last in the list, had resided to sit down in boredom before even half of the students had performed.

'Ne, Natsune.'

*Hmm?*

'Which water jutsu should I use?'

*And you're asking me because?*

'Because I can't deci~de! Help me out!'

*Weell, Iruka-chan is making you stay behind, how about some punishment?*

Naruko's eyes lit up when she understood what Natsune was getting at.

"Sasuke Uchiha!"

"Ah! Good luck Sasuke-san!" Naruko grinned, patting her friend standing next to her on the leg.

Sasuke deadpanned. "Naruko! I keep saying at least call me Sasuke..."

"Whatever. Go kick some butt, ducky!"

What both students didn't pick up were the glares and killing intent directed towards Naruko from most of the girls in the class for being so casual towards Sasuke. However there were two girls who didn't. A white blonde who was stood next to them, who just giggled at the exchange, and a dark haired girl, who was indifferent.

Sasuke performed a simple academy jutsu, as he was not skilled with water techniques, but the praise he recieved from the fangirls was loud enough to blow Naruko's ears off.

"Man, why are they so loud..." She groaned.

"I don't know, but it's getting annoying." Sasuke told her as he sat down next to her.

*You're telling me...*

'Shh!' "Well, you did good considering your chakra affinity is fire."

"Thanks."

More hateful glares were recieved, this time noticed by Naruko, who just giggled at the sound of Natsune blowing raspberries in her head.

"Naruko Uzumaki."

"Finally!"

"Go get 'em." Sasuke told her, lightly punching her in the arm.

"Oh you'll like this." Naruko whispered to him with an evil grin as she walked towards the nearest pool of water.

Que hateful glares.

She made the necessary hand signs for her jutsu and just stood there, confusing Iruka.

"Naruko, is something wrong?"

"Ahem. Iruka-Sensei, it's not working. Can you come and help me please?" She asked in an almost too innocent voice that made Sasuke raise an eyebrow.

"Err, sure, Naruko."

He began to walk over. "What do you think you doing wro-"

He was cut off as Naruko swept her right hand across the water, collecting a large amount of water, and surrounding Iruka within a bubble of water, rendering him immobile.

"Naruko! What is this!?"

"Suirou no jutsu (1), complete." Naruko stated, a cheeky grin covering her features.

The class broke out into a cacophony of noise, some with laughter at what Naruko just did, others talking amongst themselves with awe at how an academy student had used a high C-rank jutsu.

"What is the meaning of this Naruko!?" A fuming Iruka yelled at the small girl holding him captive.

"Weeeell... I recall a certain someone was making me stay behind for a while after classes, and was wondering if they would care to change that?"

"Well of course Naruko."

Naruko wore a toothy grin.

"Let's make it an hour instead."

Her grin fell. "Eh?"

"Would you like that Naruko?"

"Not really..."

"Then how about you get me out of here."

"Or just hold you until you change your mind?" Naruko said with a hopeful smile.

"Do you want to make it two hours?"

"Okaaay letting you go."

She ceased contact with the sphere of water, losing control of the jutsu, the water splattering to the ground around Iruka.

"Thank you." Iruka said, content with his freedom.

"No problem..." Naruko mumbled before shuffling back to her place in the line.

"That was impressive." Sasuke praised as Naruko slumped down beside him.

"Thanks..."

*Well, you screwed that one up*
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It was after classes now, all the to-be-ninjas had gone home. All except one Naruko Uzumaki, who, at the moment, was wiping the desks of her classroom, with Iruka observing her from his desk while he filed through student applications for next year's newcomers. After taking a while to think, Iruka decided to speak his mind.

"Naruko."

"Eh?" She looked up from her chore.

"You are a smart student who has almost perfect chakra control and amazing skill with learning and performing jutsu, correct?" He asked looking up from his papers.

"I-I guess?" Naruko said bashfully.

"Then answer this, why do you waste that talent on pranks like the one you pulled on me today. I must admit, it was crafty and you had the mindset of a ninja, but why?"

Naruko stood up straight. "Well part of it was for payback for keeping me behind, but I guess it also gets me some attention."

At that, Iruka's eyes softened. "Naruko, I understand that you're lonely, but-"

"But I'm not lonely! I sit next to a friend in class, then I have you, Sasuke-san and Ino-chan, and Natsune. And~... errmm..."

*Idiot..*

"Natsune? Is she a girl from another class? I've never heard of h-."

He was interrupted this time by a fellow teacher sliding open the door to the classroom.

*Saved!*

"Iruka-san, the Hokage has asked for you." Iruka's plump counterpart informed him, as he noticed the other person in the room. "Oh, hello Naruko-chan!"

"Hiya Shibō(2)-sensei!"

The teacher cringed. "Naruko-chan please stop calling me that..."

"Nope!" Naruko said while grinning, making the teacher cry anime tears.

"Hokage-sama?" Iruka blinked. "Do you know why?"

Recovering from his crying, Shibō subtly indicated towards Naruko, and Iruka nodded in understanding.

"Ok, I'll be right there."

Nodding, the teacher left.

"Naruko that'll have to do for today." He told the girl.

"Yes!" The small girl cried in joy as she jumped over tables towards the door.

"Hold on there." Iruka said while grabbing the collar of her top to stop her.

"Whaaaat?.." She whined.

"Here." He held out a box of strawberry flavoured pocky, to which Naruko went all starry eyed and reached out for.

"Thank you Iruka-sensei!"

"And also," Iruka placed some yen in her spare hand, "buy yourself some more with that, Ayame will be happy to help you."

"Sensei! Why are you giving me this!?" She asked in wonderment.

"Think of this as a treat for doing the best in the class with that water jutsu."

"Thank you sensei!" She yelled, giving him a hug.

"Ah! N-no problem Naruko. Now let go. I need to see Hokage-sama."

"Ok. See you tomorrow!" She turned to leave.

Iruka realised something. "Hold on Naruko!"

"Hmm?"

"You ready for the graduation test tomorrow?"

Naruko stared at him blankly. "Eh?.. Tomorrow?.."

"You forgot didn't you?" Iruka asked, sighing.

Naruko welled up. "I forgot~! Iruka-sensei, I'm going to fail~!"

"Calm down! I'm sure you'll do fine! Remember what I just told you. You're a smart and capable student. Keep that in mind and be confident in yourself. You'll do well, I promise."

*He's right*

Naruko let out a deep breath. "Ok. Thank you once again sensei."

And with that, she ran off.

Iruka smiled kindly after her. "Don't mention it."
_

"Hokage-sama. I'm here."

"Ah, Iruka." The Third looked up from his paperwork as he entered the room. "You took your time."

"Sorry, I was with Naruko."

"That's all the reason I needed to hear." The Hokage chuckled. "How is she doing lately?"

"Well, I'm not sure where to start Hokage-sama."

"Attendance?"

"It's still very poor, but we both know that she can't help it. With one of the tailed demons inside her she has at least mild insomnia. Not being able to sleep until extremly late doesn't help her when she's waking up."

The Hokage nodded in understanding. "How is her performance in class?"

"All I can say is that she has improved even more with her ninjutsu. And her mindset has become more like a ninja. Just today when I had each student perform a water jutsu, she was able to pull off the highest ranked in the class, a C rank, that's overachiving for a student."

"Oh? Which jutsu was it might I ask?"

"Suirou no jutsu."

The Hokage raised an eyebrow in slight confusion. "Surely you need someone to use that on."

"Ahh..." Iruka kept his mouth shut.

"She got you didn't she?" The Hokage deadpanned.

Iruka stiffed before sighing out a 'yes'. "Though I will admit that she was extremely crafty. And skilled, for that matter. She completed the hand seals correctly, fooled me into thinking that it went wrong, and then when I came over, she trapped me. She performed the jutsu a good twenty seconds after finishing the seals."

The Hokage smiled. "It seems we have a bit of a genius in little Naruko."

"I would say so, Hokage-sama."

The Hokage's smile fell. "If only the graduation test focused on ninjutsu."

"Hokage-sama?" Iruka's face held a look of confusion.

"It appears that the council have chosen the graduation test to be focused around taijutsu. I'm sorry, Iruka." The Hokage bowed his head as a physical apology.

"Hokage-sama! There has to be something you can do! You're the Hokage for god's sake!" A distraught Iruka yelled.

"Do you not think that I have tried Iruka!?" The Hokage shouted back, slamming his hands on the desk, scattering sheets. "I am truly sorry, I care for that child just as much as you, but the majority of the council don't want Naruko to become a ninja. There's nothing I can do."

Iruka looked down at the floor, fists clenched and hanging by his sides. The promise he kept to Naruko would be broken. "Dammit..."
_

The next in Iruka's classroom, all of the class were there, talking about this and that, how they did or how they think they were going to do in the exam. All was disrupted, however, when Naruko burst into the room, late once again.

"I made it!" She scanned the class, looking for a friendly face. "Ino! When's my slot!?"

"Naru-chan you barely made it." Ino told her placing her hands on her hips. "You're after Sasuke."

After scanning the room, Naruko looked back at Ino. "Where is he?"

"He's doing the test. I did say you barely made it."

"How long will he be?"

"Not that long." A voice behind her spoke after the sound of door sliding stopped.

Naruko's face lit up and she spun around and looked up at Sasuke, who was holding a hitai-ate, not registering the sympathetic look on his face. "Sasuke! How did you do? Was it easy? Hard? What ninjutsu was it? Was it wa-?"

"Naruko the test is taijutsu!" Sasuke blurted out.

Naruko froze, her eyes wide. "Wh-Wha..."

"I'm sorry Naruko." Sasuke said, looking down.

Naruko didn't hear him, she just stood staring blankly ahead with wide eyes, before slumping to her knees and looking at the floor. The room was quiet at this point, almost everyone feeling some amount of sympathy for the girl. The girl who's physical strength equaled that of a child who had just joined the academy, a mere six year old.

*Naruko...* Even Natsune was sympathetic.

"I'm going to fail. I can't do it. I'm not going to be a ninja..."

Sasuke kneeled down infront of her. "Naruko listen to me, you can only do your best, despite how little it is in this particular type. If you do your best you can be proud. Just go and do you best.

Sniffing, Naruko nodded. "Right. Just do my best."

She stood up. "Thank you Sasuke."

"Can Naruko Uzumaki please make her way to the examination room!"

With one last encouraging glance from Sasuke, she left the classroom and headed for the classroom that was holding the exam. Once she reached it, she slowly opened the door and examined her surroundings. Either side of the room were punching dummies that seemes to have an upgrade of sorts, as they had attached joints. Looking directly down the middle of the room she saw Iruka and another teacher that she didn't recognise who had light pink hair. They were sat at a table with rows upon rows of hitai-ates placed on it.

"Naruko." Iruka greeted her with a small nod.

Naruko returned the greeting. "Iruka-sensei."

Iruka gestured to the man sitting beside him. " This is Mizuki. He'll be the second proctor for this exam."

"Mizuki-sensei." Naruko bowed slightly.

"Now... I'm sure you've been told about what this exam entails." Iruka inquired, sadness in his formal voice.

"Yes, sensei. But I'll try my best."

Iruka smiled sadly. "That's good to hear Naruko. You test is to fight these three dummies with taijutsu only, you must knock at least two of their heads off to pass. You may begin when ready. That is when the dummies will activate."

Naruko nodded. "I'm as ready as I can be."

"Alright, Mizuki, please activate the dummies."

As Mizuki did so, Naruko dropped into a sloppy academy stance. However, the first dummie approached faster than she expected, it's right arm raised and ready to strike with a straight punch. All Naruko could do was cross her arms to make a flimsy block to protect herself, but it was not enough. The fist of the dummy threw her out of her sloppy stance and she fell back, landing on the ground. The dummy didn't wait though, and proceeded to attack the girl, driving a fist into her stomach, causing her to cough up spit.

Iruka looked away. "Mizuki stop the dummy."

The second proctor did so, forcing the dummy to freeze mid-punch. Looking through a crack in the door, a pair of eyes softened before disappearing from view.

Iruka left his seat to tend to the downed girl. He place a hand on her back and helped her sit up, but she avoided his gaze.

"I failed didn't I?.."

Iruka looked away once again, and the silence was all Naruko needed for an answer. She gave a sad laugh.

"It's to be expected, I'm weak with taijutsu." She removed herself from Iruka's grip and headed for the door, clutching her stomach where she was hit. As she opened the door, Iruka spoke up.

"Naruko. I'm sorry."

"It's ok, Iruka-sensei. It's not your fault."

With that, Naruko left the room.

Back at the classroom, the chatter had returned to how it had been before Naruko's arrival, all except for three people, one of which just opened the door to re-enter the classroom, attracting the other two people's attention. Ino and the person who sat next to Naruko approached Sasuke, who had been to check on how was Naruko handling the test. When they reached him, all he could do was shake his head, causing theirs to droop. Not so long after the door slid open again, and they looked to find it was Naruko, a empty look in her eyes. She took a few slow steps forward until Ino got in the way and pulled her into a comforting hug. Naruko barely registered the embrace, as tears began to leak out of her seemingly dead eyes.
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Naruko sat on the ground floor roof of the academy building, her depressed eyes staring down at the event that was happening below. Academy graduates being greeted by their parents as they all celebrated their gradution to Genin together. But she just sat there, ignoring the whispers shared between the adults.

'Hey, it's that girl.'

'She's the only one who didn't pass.'

'That's a good thing, she shouldn't become a shinobi. Because she's-'

'Hey! We're not allowed to talk about that!'

Naruko didn't listen to them.

*I'm sorry, this is my fault*

'Natsune non of this is your fault. You weren't in control of your actions that night.'

*But everyone thinks that you're the Kyuubi because I'm sealed inside of you. My guess is that they made the test a taijutsu one so that you couldn't pass*

'It's their fault for being so blind. So what if I have the you sealed inside of me. The big bad scary Kyuubi.
No offence.'

*Non taken*

'They don't understand that I can conta-'

"Naruko-kun?"

Naruko was pulled from her chat with Natsune when a figure stood next to her. Looking up, she found Mizuki staring down at her, a kind smile across his features.

"Mizuki-sensei."

"How about me and you talk Naruko?" He gestured for her to come with him.

Naruko nodded, standing up and following him out of the academy campus.

"So, Naruko-kun. You didn't do so well on your exam, hmm?" He asked as they continued to walk down a random street.

Naruko grimaced. "Why are you reminding me?.."

"How about a second try? A last chance to graduate?"

Naruko perked up. "There's a second exam!?"

"Indeed there is. Would you like to be given another chance to graduate?"

*Be careful. I don't trust this man* Natsune warned Naruko.

'I don't care! I want this chance!'

"Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes! I want to try!"

Mizuki chuckled at her enthusiasm, stopped walking and crouched infront of Naruko. "Then I'll tell you what you need to do. Inside the Hokage tower there's a room that hold all scrolls to ever Hidden Leaf jutsu. You need to infiltrate the tower and take the forbidden scroll."

"What does it look like?"

"Don't worry, it's easy to find. It's one of the big ones and it has a large label on it. Think you can do that?"

"That's all I need to do to become a Genin?"

Mizuki nodded. "That and learn a single jutsu from the scroll."

"I'll do it!"
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*I'll say this again, I don't trust that man.*

'And I'll say this again. I don't care." Naruko told her tenant as she stood, at night, on a roof opposite the window she would be using to infiltrate the Hokage tower.

*Urgh, fine! Not my fault if he attacks you~*

'Whatever.' Naruko jumped of the roof and latched onto the window, managing to pull herself up and into the building. 'Infiltration complete!'

"Naruko? Is that you?"

Naruko deadpanned. 'That's the old man~! Wait, I know what to do!'

She spun to face the Hokage.

"Naruko what are you doing here so la-?"

"Kifu(3) no jutsu!" Naruko performed a single hand seal, and with that, her body grew taller and her chest and butt became very well proportioned sizes, and her clothes seemingly vanished.

The Hokage was stood for only a moment until the his brain processed the sight in front of him, to which he then flew back, blood spewing from his nose, unconscious.

Back to normal and with clothes on, and with Natsune laughing her lungs out in her head, Naruko faced in the direction of the scroll room before running forward. "Onwards!"
_

Later that night:

"Okay, I got this jutsu down easily!"

Naruko was sat by an abandoned wooden hut in the middle of a forest just outside Konoha's walls, happily reading throught the scroll and trying out any of the jutsu that she found interesting. She'd just completed the 'Kage Bushin'.

*Well considering your immense amount of chakra thanks to me, you could easily pull off the 'Taju Kage Bushin no jutsu' as well, never mind just the 'Kage Bushin'*

"You have a point." Naruko spoke aloud as she scanned through the scroll. "Hey, what about this one?"

*Hmm? Chi(4) Bushin? That would be effective but painful, you willing?"

"How painful?"

*A slight twinge, is all. You should be fine*

"Right. I'll try it then." Naruko made the necessary hand seals and waited.

After a few seconds of waiting, Naruko grew bored.

"Nothing's happe-" She stopped mid-sentence when something stabbed her in her forehead. Holding in a scream, she reached to pull it out, except all she met was air. The non existent blade sank deeper and deeper into her mind, and Naruko could longer hold in the scream of pain as she gripped her head.

*Naruko! Naruko!*

"Natsu-ne... Wha-what's happening?"

*I d... know! Thi... n't mea... ppen!*

"I can't hear you! Natsune!" She continued to call her name until the blade started moving from her head, dragging itself through her body, causing her to scream once again as she felt like she was being cut in half. Once the blade reached her gut, however, she lost conciousness.

It wasn't too long until she began to gain conciousness, hearing someone calling her name.

"Nar...o! N...uko! Naruko!"

"Natsune? You're alright?" Naruko asked, blinking her eyes as she tried to open her heavy lids.

"Oh thank god! I was worried!"

"Natsune. You're back."

"Actually I'm right here." Naruko heard Natsune say when she felt a hand stroke her forehead.

"Eh?" Natsune's eyes shot open to see herself staring right back at her, as she realised she was resting on a pair of thighs. "Whawhawha~!? Why are you me!?" She yelled a bewildered look on her face.

"I'm not you per say, just in the body of the Chi Bushin you created, but it seems I have influenced the clone's appearance somewhat."

When Natsune said that, Naruko observed her features, and noticed that Natsune's hair and eye colour were both blood red, and she had a single elongated fang emerging from her mouth.

"Natsune, you're cute."

"But I have the same appearance as you."

"Exactly my point." Naruko said cheekily. "And I never knew I had such comfy thighs." She added, nuzzling into Natsune's thighs.

"This is nice and all, but you girlies can have you lesbian heart to heart in the afterlife!" A voice that Naruko had heard recently stated from the trees.

"That voice..."

"I did say you shouldn't trust him~." Natsune sang nonchalantly.

"Mizuki-sensei?"

"Hello fox brat. And what appears to be your twin sister." The man said, appearing on a branch on a nearby tree.

Natsune lay Naruko down gently on the ground so she could regain her energy. "So, as I recall Pinky, you plan to kill Naruko?"

Mizuki growled at the nickname. "Indeed. This is a chance to rid this village of that damned fox! And after that I'm going to take that scroll! And if you're going to stand in my way, I'll just kill you too!"

"Pathetic, do you know who I am?"

"No, and I don't care either! Now die!" Mizuki drew five kunai from his pouch and threw them at Natsune, who just raised her left hand, expecting the kunai to diverge off-course.

She only had a few seconds to react as the first kunai impacted the palm of her hand, managing to move her head enough to avoid being impaled in the head, the kunai only forming a deep cut in the left side of her forehead. She wasn't able to avoid the other kunai, which impacted her in her right thigh, her stomach and right arm.

"Natsune!" Naruko cried, now able to sit up.

"Lucky escape from instant death you had there brat!" Mizuki drew one last kunai and prepared to throw it. "Now... Wait, are you smiling!?"

True enough, a large grin was stretched across Natsune's face as she shook with a low chuckle, even though she was bleeding profusely from her wounds, blood from the cut on her forehead running down her face.

"It seems that this body prevents me from using some of my powers." Her eyes widened maniacally and her grinned grew wider as her teeth began to show, her larger canines evident. "I guess that make it more interesting, no?"

Mizuki's own eyes widened in shock when she moved her injured arm so that she could pull the kunai from her palm, and then continued to remove all three remaining kunai without even flinching. His worry grew when he saw the holes made by the kunai close up as if they were never there in the first place.

"No." Mizuki shook his head. "You can't be! Extreme regeneration speed, red hair, red maniacle eyes, large canines! Kyuubi!"

"Correct." Natsune's grin morphed into an evil one. "And unlike my former vessel..."

At this point Mizuki threw a kunai, and it flew through Natsune's head, which turned out to be part of an after-image.

"... my physical strength is pretty good." Natsune said, reappering behind the Konoha traitor, placing a strong kick to the small of his back, causing him to grunt as he fell from his perch on the tree, landing on the ground next to Naruko, who was now up on her feet and making hand seals.

"Mizu shūshuku(5) no jutsu." Naruko uttered as she raised her hands infront of her, and after a few seconds, water began to make it's way towards her from the surrounding plant life, forming a ring around her.

She then made a different set of hand seals, uttered the words 'Suirou no jutsu' and proceeded to trap a still dazed Mizuki in a watery prison.

"You..." Mizuki glared at Natsune. "How you get out fox?"

Natsune shrugged. "I'll be honest with you, I'm not entirely sure."

Mizuki growled again, and struggled against his watery bonds. "Let me out of here!"

Natsune caught Naruko's eyes and winked, all the instruction needed to let her know that she could release the jutsu, and Naruko did so, letting Mizuki fall to the ground, which he would have done if it was not for Natsune's fist meeting his face halfway, sending him flying into the abandoned cabin, destroying the small structure and rendering Mizuki unconscious.

Natsune turned to Naruko, who had once again fallen to the ground, chakra exhaustion getting the better of her. "How are you doing?"

Naruko sent her a disbelieving look. "You're asking me... after taking kunai to your whole body?"

"You know as well as I that we heal quickly. Now get some rest."

Naruko nodded before losing consciousness, her head once again resting on Natsune's thighs. They remained like that for a good few minutes, Natsune just calmly stroking Naruko's head, until a voice broke the silence.

"Naruko! Naruko!"

"Ah, Iruka-chan! Over here!"

It didn't take too long for the scarred teacher to burst through the undergrowth and see Naruko resting on the lap of a girl the same size as her, and who was also wearing the same clothes as her.

"You don't need to hesitate Iruka-chan. I won't bite." Natsune turn her head towards him, flashing a fang at him. "Maybe..."

It wasn't too long before Iruka noticed the red eyes and hair, and he instantly realised who was before him.

"K-Kyuubi..."

"I prefer the name Natsune, Iruka-chan."

"Natsune... Wait... Naruko mentioned you yesterday! She said you were a friend of hers! You've been brainwashing her!"

"As if. I wouldn't be able to harm this girl even if I wanted to. I've seen her suffer since day one. My heart has softened for this one." She told Iruka, gazing down at the sleeping girl. "She is merely tired."

"From what exactly?"

Natsune pointed towards the collapsed cabin, Iruka followin her gaze and spotting Mizuki amongst the pile of wooden logs.

"M-Mizuki?" Iruka forced out, confused.

"That man there tricked Naruko into stealing the scroll, which I assume is the initial reason you came to find Naruko, no?" Iruka nodded. "Naruko came here with the scroll and learnt the first jutsu in that scroll, Kage Bushin."

"That doesn't explain why you're here." Iruka mentioned warily.

"Let me finish Iruka-chan. After that she found a jutsu called Chi Bushin, a jutsu that uses half of the user's chakra to create a exact blood copy of themselves that are tougher than Kage Bushin. The most accurate assumption I can give for my being here is that Naruko was too low on chakra to use just her own, so instead my chakra was placed in the clone, taking my mind with it. Though I assure you. I am of no danger to you, you care for Naruko and have cared for her. I like you. Also the reason for my safeness is that not all of my chakra is in this body, so I'm not at my full strength. This added with the fact that I am in a child's body means I am far weaker than my original form. Lastly, since I now embody this body, it is no longer a simple clone, but a living organism that will grow and nurture in the same way Naruko will, as it has the same DNA. Do you understand all of what I just said."

Iruka looked at her blankly, still taking in all of the information. "I-I~... yes."

Natsune grinned, moved Naruko so she was giving her a piggy back and began to walk to Konoha. "Good. Now can you take me to the Hokage to discuss Genin graduation? I'm sure defeating a chuunin is worth a promotion of sorts."

"What about you being the Kyuubi?"

Natsune stopped walking. "I guess we could mention that."

She continued walking, now with a bewildered and sweatdropping Iruka tailing behind her.
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"So let me get this straight..." The Hokage grumbled, rubbing his temples after hearing a repeat of what Natsune said to Iruka.

They were now in the Hokage's office, Naruko and Natsune and a recovered Naruko standing side by side with Iruka next to the Hokage.

"Mizuki, who is now is custody, tricked Naruko into stealing the scroll, which she then used to learn new jutsu, one of which brought out Kyuubi's, or rather, Natsune's chakra and placed it inside a Chi Bushin, granting her partial freedom from the seal, then you both worked together perfectly in order to beat the living daylights out of Mizuki." The Third summarised.

"In a nutshell." Natsune said, Naruko nodding beside her.

"Well, I have enough trust in Naruko to say that if she trusts you, I feel as though I can too. I'm sure the same can be said for Iruka." The man in question stiffened. "As for your promotional request, I'm sure working together to overcome a rogue chuunin is ample enough of an excuse to be given the title of Genin, not including the fact that you returned the forbidden scroll."

At this, Naruko's face lit up and she wrapped her arms around Natsune and jumped up and down, squealing like a young child.

"Now," the Hokage reached into a drawer in his desk and took out two hitae-ates and handed one to both Naruko and Natsune.

Naruko took hers without a moment of hesitation, but Natsune eyed hers.

"Sandaime, I didn't request for a position."

"You and Naruko work well together, that will be a valuable asset. Take it."

Natsune hesitated for a moment, before tieing it around her neck just like Naruko had, then bowed. "Thank you for allowing me to be with Naruko, Hokage-sama."

"Think nothing of it Natsune." The old shinobi grinned. "All we need now are the photos."
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The Hokage and Iruka stood together hunched over in a small room, seemingly looking at a picture.

"Well, I must say it'll be an original picture for their shinobi file." The Third said with a chuckle.

"I guess you could say that Hokage-sama..." Iruka told his superior while sweatdropping. "It certainly is different."

The picture showed the right side of Naruko's face, who held a graceful open eyed grin, and the left side of Natsune's face, who wore a smirk that reached up the left side of her face. Beside the fact that they shared the picture, their features lined up perfectly, the line of their lips making contact and their eyes looked like they should be on the same person.

"Yep," Iruka said again, "certainly interesting..."
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(1) Name: Suirou no jutsu (Water prison jutsu

Classification: Ninjutsu, supplementary

Naruko forms the necessary hand seals which causes the water to form around the target into a spherical prison which only allows for limited movement. The ninja must keep their body touching the water prison to maintain its existence. If the contact is broken, the water falls away and their target is released. When combined with a bunshin technique, the ninja can imprison their target but still allow for a clone to attack others nearby.

(2) Shibō-fatty

(3) Name: Kifu no jutsu (Endowment jutsu)

Classification: Henge

Similar to Naruto's sexy jutsu, except her body becomes the perfect hourglass figure, which she uses to tease or seduce people. Very effective on perverts.

(4) Name: Mizu shūshuku no jutsu (Water contraction jutsu)

Classification: Ninjutsu, supplementary

The user is able to draw water out of any surrounding plant life and utilise it in their jutsu. Advanced users of this technique can draw out water from any source, including other humans.

Right! There's the first chapter for you, I hope it was satisfactory. This is the opening chapter to what, I hope, will be a successful Fem-Naru series that I originally came up with two days prior to the writing of this first chapter, the planning and character and jutsu files only a day beforehand.

And so, I bring myself to this, the big important bit:

(ATTENTION)-I will be excepting one and only one OC to be in this story! They will be on the same team as Naruko and Natsune and whoever else i decide to put there (Probably going to keep Sasuke) to make a five man squad (1 Jounin and 4 Genin), and they will be one of Naruko's original friends. If you feel like replying, I have put in what I need to know about your person below. Now remember this, I will not only be choosing the best OC due to amount of detail, but also for how well I think they would integrate with the team, but that doesn't mean you can barely write anything. There's no need to add an age, as they will be the same age as the rest of the graduates.

Name: (The first and last, if you do it the japanese way then warn me, because I write names as 1st then surname. Also, make it flow well)

Nickname: (If you can think of something besides (shortened name)-chan/kun and instead something affiliated with their name but is not their name, then that is a big 1up in my eyes. Though they AREN'T necessary!)

Blood type:

Appearance: (Eye colour, hair colour/style, size (if female, a little info on chest size, etc) any defining features (eg. Scars), skin color)

Clothes: (make sure they're not the complete opposite of their personality, for example, if they're emo, don't give them bright pink tops with smiley faces)

Personality:

Intelligence: (IQ)

Physical Strength: (Great, good, poor, pathetic)

Love interest: (Anyone except Naruko/Natsune/Ino/Sasuke as they are taken, but if you do really want to pick one of them, the love would be unrequited)

Chakra type: (colour/element affinities)

Backstory: (little bit of a backstory for your OC always helps me out)

Jutsu speciality: (Taijutsu, genjutsu, ninjutsu)

List of Jutsus: (Kekkei genkai allowed, just don't have it op. make sure jutsus match the character's chakra affinity, so if it's water, no fire jutsu)(Include what they know (short for now) and what they will learn)
(Layout of jutsu should be like this:
Name:
Classification: (nin, gen, tai. Offensive/defensive/both)
An explanation of what it does.)

And also, include what they would say for the likes/dislikes, dreams and hobbies thing

Send submissions via PM, except for the anonimous reviewers, you can post yours as a review. Please do not make you OC perfect, as that is no fun to write and also boring. And lastly, even if you doubt yours'll be accepted, please submit them, as they're always great to read in my opinion.

Anyways, get sending those OCs in! This is a red penguin saying goodbye!