Chapter 27 - ch 27

-------------------------------Time skip! 8 1/2 months later--------------------------------

Naru was sparing against Maka, glad to finally be back on her feet. She was forced to saty in bed for several weeks after she gave birth. While she was less adept at fighting due to her pregnancy, her technique was near flawless, giving Maka and Soul a tough time. The battle soon ended in a draw, both Maka and Naru too tired to continue. Naru heard laughter and, smiling, looked over at her children, to whom Chachamaru was designated nanny. One was a girl named Naruka who had blond hair like hers, and Hinata's eyes, though she looked more like Sakura otherwise. The other, a boy named Hanata, had Sakura's pink hair, Naru's eyes, and looked almost exactly like Hinata, hence her namesake.

She noted it was near feeding time, and walked over as Maka rested, Soul reverting back to normal to help her to a chair. Chachamaru noticed her approach. "You have such good intincts, Miss Naru! They only just started to complain of empty bellies."

"I am their mother, after all!" She opened her top to reveal her braless breasts. She had decided it was just easier to go without until they were weaned off. She gently picked each of them up with an arm and placed them to her nipples. They began suckling hungrilly immediately. As always, she felt a gentle tingle of pleasure she knew she shouldn't, at least with them.

"The Chunin Exam is tomorrow. Are you nervous, Miss Naru?"

"Hell no! Bring'em on! Nothin's gonna stop my climb to the top, and these Exams are my next big step!" She exclaimed, though keeping her voice soft to not startle the children.

"That's quite a bit of confidence you got there!" She heard a familiar voice, bringing up painful feelings. She looked over to see Hinata, closely followed by Serah. Just behind her was Blackstar and Tsubaki, and Kid with the twins.

Liz, being her usual bubbly self, was oblivious the the tension in the air. "Hi! Long time no see! What brings you here!?"

Her sister looked at her harshly. "This is their house!"

"Oh yeah! My bad!" She just giggles it off like she never made the faux pas.

Blackstar walked over to Soul, who got up from sitting next to Maka, and the banged their arms against each others. "Long time, no see!"

"Yeah, good to see ya!" Responded Soul.

Soon after, they disolved into their usual groups: Soul and Blackstar drag Kid with them before he starts reorganizing everything, Liz, Patty, Tsubaki and Maka head of to relax in the bath, Leaving just Naru, her lover, her ex-lover, Chachamaru, and her two children still suckling her.

The babies soon finish, and Chachamaru takes them to burp them and put them to bed. Naru got up and walked toward Hinata. "Listen, I'm-" She wasn't able to finish her sentence as she was sluged hard enough to fly several feet, landing at Sakura's feet. "OK, I deserve that."
She finally looked Hinata in the face to see how much she had changed, just as Hinata got her first good look at Naru.

Hinata's hair had gone from being nearly pitch black to white as snow, and her skin had followed suit, paling even more than it was before, making it look like porcelian. Conversely, her eyes had gon from a dull grey to deeper than pitch black, like they actually absorbed the light around them. The whole package gave her a beautiful, yet haunting look. She wore a flowing black cloak over a black and pink bodysuit that accentuates her features and allowed complete freedom of movement.

Meanwhile, Naru's hair had grown longer and denied any attempt to be managed, spiking out as it ran down her back like a long mane. Her face was more angular, even a passive look seemed vicious, as her canines were clearly pronounced, her eyes angled down, and her eyes were still that bright red. She still wore the black leather suit she bought months before.

"Y-you've changed." Said Naru as she got up, wiping dust of her ass.

"At least I still look human! You give 'foxy lady' a whole new term!"

"Well, at least I can still hide from people! You stick out like a sore thumb with that hair!"
 
As they continued bickering, Serah went over to Sakura. "Yo! Name's Serah!" She held out a hand.

"Sakura." She shook her hand. "Has she been like this ever since we left?"

"More or less. She has some shadow or something that's supplying her with chakra, so she can fight without me, but it'll corrupt her. What about her? She looks more like a wild animal than a ninja."

"Yeah, it's kinda similar. She's jinchuriki to the 9-tailed fox, and she's allowed it to give her chakra. It's changed her, though only physically. Mentally, she's been brooding ever since we left. She's also kinda subjucated me! It can be hard, but she never hurts me, and will always protect me, so I guess I'm happy with it."

"That's good. Me and her have a partnership, so we both have a say. It's really hard to fuck her, though."

Sakura blushed at her complete shamelessness. "H-how do you mean...?"

"Ever since the first time, she has absolutely refused me. I guess I was a little rough..."

Sakura's face blanched at the thought. There was very little Hinata would deny. "W-what exactly did you do?" She asked, almost afraid of the answer.

"Dry fucked her ass amd fisted her meanwhile. She came like nothin, but has denied me ever since. I dunno, she keeps pretty quiet."

Sakura laughs. "Yeah, that's Hinata! So, should we stop them?" Thet were wrestling on the ground, still insulting each other.

"Nah. She still has feelings for her, even if she won't admit it. Best to let them sort it out."

"yeah, I guess you're right. Girls, we're going inside. Don't fight too long!"

"K!" They both respond before returning to fighting. Sakura and Serah just roll their eyes as they head inside.

They continued to wrestle and roll around, insulting each other and pulling each other's hair. They eventually got tired and ended up lying next to each other. "Naru...why..Why did you just leave me like that?"

Naru looked away, full of regret. "We thought it was best..."

"I'm not asking why you left, I just...Why didn't you ask me?"

"It...it was too painful..."

"More painful than how we feel now? We...we used to love each other..."

"I do still love you-"

"Well, I don't love you! Not anymore...Not after you left me without even saying a proper goodbye. It's getting dark, I should head in." She left Naru with a saddened expression. Naru's heart broke at her words. She had hoped that if they ever met again, they could patch things up, but now... She slowly got up, all energy gone, and headed inside herself to cry herself to sleep.

------------------------------------next morning---------------------------------------

The exams were about to start, and Naru was running late. "Why didn't anyone wake me up!?" She was dashing through town to the school where the first test, the written exam, was, when she bumped into someone. She fell on her assand rubbed her head.

"Watch where you're going, pipsqueak!"

"Who you calling..." She looks up...and up... and up at her. She was tall, at least 6 foot, with her hair pulled back in 4 ponytails. Naru had run directly into a giant foldup fan strapped to her back. She wore a white short dress cinched together with a purple sash. A mesh clothing was under it, and she wore her headband as a collar. It had the symbol for the sand.

"I don't have time for this!" She decided to take the quick route, and opened her fan, got on and flew off on it.

"Cool." She noted before running after her, to the school. She managed to make it with a few minutes to spare, meeting with her team: Sakura, Maka, and Soul. "Hey, why didn't you wake me!?"

"Hinata said you were already on the way." Responded Maka.

"Dammit Hinata!" She looked for her, seeing her with her own team: Blackstar and Tsubaki, and Kid and the sisters. She saw Naru looking and flashed a mischevious grin. Naru growled. She looked around at the rest of the competition, seeing a bunch of people she never even seen before, though most were from the leaf. She saw the blonde haired girl with 2 men: one had a slightly animalistic hood and facepaint with a large bandaged up thing on his back, with what looked like hair jutting out from the top. His hood was attached to a black coat and matching black pants. The other was a redhead, with a solemn expression, wearing a large gourd on his back. He was wearing a dusty red coat, strapped with a black belt, and black pants underneath.

"The genin from the sand." Naru turned around to find a man with grey hair pulled back in a ponytail reaching his upper back. His black eyes were slightly obscured by his round glasses. He wore a purple shirt, shorts, and fingerless gloves all the same color. "Hi, my name's Kabuto. And no, I'm not a pokemon in disguise."

Everyone in earshot dropped a sweat from the terrible joke. "Hi, I'm Naru, this is Sakura, and Maka and Soul."

"Would you like to know a bit about them?" He pulls out some cards out of his shirt, revealing their profile on them. "Let's see... The blond is Temari. She's a wind user, madew even more potent with that fan. The guy with face paint is Kankuro. He uses puppets connected with strings of chakra. The last...is Gaara. Not much is known, but he uses sand as a weapon, which he carries in the goard."

"Do you have profiles on all of them?" Asked Soul.

"Most, but nothing on you, Maka, or those groups over there with Hinata."

"How do you know so much?"

"This is my fifth time."

"Wow, you suck!" Noted Naruto with her usual arrogance.

"Thanks for that... Well, I should meet back up with my team. Good luck!"

"That was random." said Naru.

"He gives me the creeps." replied Maka, grabbing herself.

"Alright, Pissants! Time for the test! Follow me.!" A large man with a scarred face turned and lead them to a huge classroom. "Take your seats." Everyone does as told, finding seats with their names. The class was lined with shinobi, each obviously at least junin. "Here are the rules. You will be given a paper with 9 questions." He nods to the junin who start passing them out, facedown. "The final question will be given at the end. You have ten points. Each question wrong, you lose a point. Each time you are caught cheating, you lose 2 points. If anyones points go to 0, they and their team are disqualified until next year." There was a ruckus at this. He slammed his hand on the podium at the end of the class. "QUIET! This is my class, and my rules. If you don't like it, you can leave now, and disqualify your team as well!" No one moved. "Right. BEGIN!!"