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Kurohoro smirked as she watched from the trees as a young leaf ninja walked through the woods,
She was pretty sure he'd noticed her half an hour ago, which considering she had medium lenght light brown hair covered with a red beret, a matching long sleeveless dress, with a white apron over it, upon her forearms are long red sleeves, ones she used to hide her hands, and her poisoned arsenals, she'd normally be very easy to spot, well... were she not an elite ninja that was, yet despite spotting her, the ninja who ran along the ground hadn't done anything about her, not even call out to her,
But she hopped from tree to tree, silently following him despite the noise her concealed weapons should make as he made his way to a cave,
There he found a large bandit encampment, one that he shouldered into alone,
She observed as he charged head first into the army, looking less like a stealthy ninja, and more like a one man army,
He tore through the encampment, though the wooden walls they'd built to keep themselves safe, sending their forces flying with swings of his weapon, an iron ball on a chain,
And as he fought down the forces, drawing out the leader, who he then took head on,
Kurohoro had no idea how this tank of a man was still going,
Especially since this wasn't even his mission,
She'd been observing him as he alone escorted a delivery he'd just come across on his way home to a random village,
She was supposed to watch the delivery, but she never got the time to even appear, thinking the kind man, who was obviously a ninja would attempt to attack the convoy,
Only for the village to mention the bandits off handily as he was about to head home again,
And here he was, fighting as if they were threatening his own village,
Despite that he'd been fighting for the entire day he showed no signs of slowing what-so-ever,
She watched as he grabbed the bandit leader, and snapped his spine with a bear hug, before throwing him down and stomping on his skull,
Those who remained looked terrified and quickly ran away, while the man tried to catch his breath over the bodies of his fallen foes,
After a few seconds he started walking forward, tearing a short sword out of his body, and entered one of the tents,
Where he promptly fell onto his knees, and then passed out,
Kurohoro smiled, and with one jump landed a mere three feet away from him,
She took a long step towards him, large bladed clippers slowly slipped out of her sleeves as she approached the odd ninja,
But as she stood over him she saw the gentle rise and fall of his chest showing her he was asleep,
"Suppose you reached your limit didn't you?" she asked, her weapons retreating back into her sleeves, then she saw a nearby bed, "Since you did my job for me, I'll help you with yours," and grabbed his arms dragging him toward the bed,
It took a three hours for Naruto to come to, and when he did, he shot off the bed, noting his now bandaged side,
He looked around, but Kurohoro was again hiding in the trees so he likely didn't see her,
Though she expected him to lie back down and go to sleep, he again surprised her as he found his weapon, wrapped it around his shoulder, and started again on a journey back to the village,
Kurohoro continued to follow him as he walked, seemingly as if he'd gotten a full night of rest, but when he came to the village he found them on full alert, believing him, to be long dead, and the bandits coming for retribution for the ninja they'd sent to them,
Quickly upon the sight of him the villagers started celebrating their freedom from the bandits, they'd tried to ask him to join, but the man denied their hospitality, citing that he was supposed to be home a few days ago,
Though they tried to draw him in to the party, Kurohoro noticed his responses remained stoic, until he eventually started on his trek back home,
Kurohoro should've gone back to her own village as well, but she was a rather curious girl, and now she needed to know this stranger who'd come out of nowhere to protect people he didn't even know,
She followed him further, watching as the man continued to protect everyone he'd come across, regardless of gender, race, or nationality,
She'd watched as he continued to get side tracked helping others, before he eventually and finally reached what she assumed to be his home,
Konoha,
But the man's arrival at the gate was much less then any warrior should've gotten,
He was chastised for taking so long, revealing he'd been out of the village for days, that his team should've gone with him to keep him from wandering off, that surely he'd get reprimanded this time,
For Kurohoro, who'd known of the man for what was essentially an entire day, it was certainly a less charitable opinion of a human tank then the man himself deserved,
But she wanted to remain silent, it didn't seem to bother the man so she would keep to herself, she just wanted his name,
And she got it, "Chunin Uzumaki!" bellowed a loud voice, causing the man to turn to an older man wearing the robes of a kage,
The title surprised her, the the man who'd been on his feet fighting for three days was only a chunin felt very wrong to her,
That he had no team the entire time bothered her more,
"Where have you been?" the older man asked,
She watched as this Uzumaki gave excuse after excuse, none mentioning that he kept running into people who needed help, just that he'd gotten lost, or fell asleep,
She shook her head, she wouldn't let that stand, besides, she wanted this beast of a man to owe her,
Thus she leapt out of the tree line and came a few feet away from the group,
"Forgive the entrance M'lord," she said with a grandiose and mocking bow to the kage, "But, I am Kurohoro," she said, "and this man here," she slapped the blonde ninja on the back, "is lying through his teeth," she said,
The Kage gave a look to them both, "Is he now?" he asked uncertainly,
Kurohoro laughed, "He most certainly is," she stated, "Why I've been following him for an entire day, and I've seen him try to start a journey home only to run into people needing his assistance," she said, "Why he actually took my escort job while I was making sure there were no ninja waiting to ambush me as soon as I alerted my presence,"
"So you were the one watching?" Uzumaki asked, "Thought you left after the-,"
"Bandit camp you took out alone?" she asked drawing closer to him then he liked, "Oh why I patched you up after the fight so you wouldn't lose anymore blood, but I found myself intrigued by a man who wordlessly went to go fight bandits for a group of people he didn't know, and then ignored any celebration so he could go home faster,"
"Sounds like you're nosy," Uzumaki said dismissively,
"And while you were watching him," Sarutobi said, "Did he do that kind of thing often?"
"All the time," Kurohoro stated, "nothing stopped him from offering his assistance," she stated,
"I see," Hiruzen said looking back to Naruto,
"Also," Kurohoro said, "I'd be very careful about punishing him," she said, "After all, I'd very much like to take the man myself," she said as she walked around Naruto, admiring his body,
"Would you now?" Hiruzen asked, quickly making a sign to some unseen force,
"And why'd you want that?" Naruto asked,
"What's there not to like with a man like you?" she asked leaning over to him, "Strong, bold, brave, kind," she said, "Why if a Princess ever met you I'm certain she'd throw her kingdom your way to make certain that you'd be hers," she stated,
"And where are you from miss?"
"Foundation Star Cross Academy," Kurohoro stated, "And trust me we're looking out for talent constantly, we'd give a whole lot of Ninja and Kunoichi, for just one..." she smirked, "I'm sorry I never did catch your name," she spoke, looking into Naruto's eyes,
"I never gave it," he replied back,
"I can find it you know, might as well just... give it now,"
"Don't care," he shot back,
"Well a lot of girls would certainly go for you Mr Uzumaki, and the school would love to have someone as..." she traced one of his scars with a finger, "Unbreakable as you,"
"He's not for sale," Hiruzen said,
"I know," she turned back to Hiruzen with a smirk, "Jinjuriki never are,"
Kurohoro leapt away to dodge a barrage of weapons, landing a few feet away, "If you don't want people to know then you really shouldn't make it so obvious," she said, "really, a man like him capable of half the things I saw him doing not getting a heroes welcome, and instead being reprimanded?" she asked with a laugh, "It's highly obvious you're far more scared of him being discovered then his work,"
"Now that you know what he is" Hiruzen stated,
"I don't want to leave anyway," Kurohoro stated interrupting him,
She walked back over to Naruto, "In fact I'd love to stay, and keep an eye on this man for you,"
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes at her, "And what makes you think we'll allow that?"
"The fact that I already sent a message to my school that I am in Konoha with their Jinjuriki with a detailed description of him and his character and that should anything happen to me they'll come here and take him from a place he's clearly not happy?" Kurohoro suggested with a smirk,
"Also-" she said raising a finger, and then she and Naruto vanished far down the path, "I'm far certain that when they get here in five minutes we'll be able to fight our way to escape," she said, causing Hiruzen's eyes to widen in shock and fear,
"So what's it gonna be sir?" Kurohoro asked with a malicious smirk, "Get a new kunoichi? or lose your Jinjuriki?"
Naruto looked at Kurohoro "There's something you forgot," he said,
"You won't betray me," she said, "I've watched you, you long for freedom,"
"Going from one prison to another isn't freedom," he stated,
"You aren't," she said with a smirk, "After all you're of special interest to me,"
"Sir" one of the Anbu said,
"I see them Bison," Hiruzen stated as figures seemed to appear in the tree line, he cast his gaze down to Kurohoro who waved back to him,
"So..." she started, "What's it gonna be?"
Hiruzen glared at her,
OCTOPUS-Two weeks later-OCTOPUS
Naruto found himself in another Bandit encampment, tearing through the thugs there,
As a group leapt at him while he focused on those on the ground a shadow fell on them, they screamed as Kurohoro fell by them, tearing through them with multiple different weapons, before she landed in front of Naruto, "Seems we make one hell of a pair my love," she said,
"Maybe this time I'll actually make it back to Konoha on time," he suggested,
"Please don't insult me," She said as she spun on one leg tearing through some bandits who'd come near her, "We might as well take a nice long break, I hear Ame's lovely this time of year," she laughed,
Naruto shook his head with a chuckle, "One day Hiruzen's gonna break this agreement you've got him in,"
"He can try, but I've got his balls in a f*cking vice, and if he wants to do anything he loses them," she said with a smile,
"How the f*ck did you beat him within five minutes of meeting him?" Naruto asked as he swung his chain at the obvious leader, it wrapped around his neck and snapped it before Naruto pulled the ball back to him,
"Women have powers Naruto," Kurohoro stated as she vanished slicing through the remaining bandits before appearing in front of him, she put her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek causing him to blush immensely, "especially when we want something, or someone,"
"You're crazy," he said trying turning away from her,
But she pulled his head back, "I get what I want Naruto, and you know what I want right now?" she asked,
"Uh... t-to go home and-,"
"I want to cuddle with my boyfriend," she stated, "So lets go find a nice hotel, and. . . cuddle,"
OCTOPUS-The End-OCTOPUS
