"If you don't wish to tell me, fine, but you'll never feel better than you did a moment ago if you keep it inside," Naruto interrupted before exiting. Deciding to step outside, Naruto went over to the sandy shores to gaze at the ocean. In all his life, he had never seen the ocean before, though he'd seen many pictures of it. This was his first time, and he was enjoying the fresh, enchanting smell and the breeze of the open, crystal-clear ocean with the sun shining over him. The waves of the ocean were splashing against his feet, causing wet sand to get in between his toes.
Too bad Hinata-chan isn't here to enjoy this with me, Naruto thought to himself as he pictured himself holding Hinata in his arms while watching the sun set over the ocean. Snapping back to reality, Naruto cleaned the sand from his feet and out of his sandals. Turning around, he went back to the house and over to where his clones were. He dispelled them and absorbed all of their memories and experiences. From what he saw, nothing happened while they were on guard.
Just as he was about to summon more clones, something caught his eye on his right. He turned his head, and, from a distance, he caught sight of someone in the woods, a very attractive young woman hiding behind one of the large trees.
"Mother?" Naruto wondered before shaking his head to come back to his senses. "What am I saying? Idiot! My mother died years ago!"
Naruto took a better look at the woman, and, though the unknown woman resembled his mother, Naruto soon saw that there were noticeable differences. From what Naruto was able to make out, she had dark eyes and long red hair tied in a braided ponytail in which she wore a white headband. She wore a purple, sleeveless kimono with yellow trimmings held closed by a traditional obi with a long, streaming bow tied to it, mesh armor underneath it, and a short white skirt. He also noted that she was barefooted.
Who is that hot-looking woman? Naruto wondered as a blush and toothy smile appeared on his face and he started to approach the woman. As he got closer, Naruto felt something flow through his being, and it only got stronger as he got closer to her. He couldn't explain it. The feeling wasn't threatening or harmful in any way. Instead, this new feeling gave Naruto a sensation of harmony and familiarity with the unknown redhead.
What is this strange feeling? Naruto wondered as he stared back at the woman.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked loud enough for the woman to hear. "Tell me your name."
He got no reply, as the woman was now backing away from the tree she was hiding behind and into the woods beyond.
"Wait!" Naruto called out as he ran after the woman. When he got to the tree she was hiding behind, he saw that she was already gone.
"Where did she go?" Naruto asked aloud to no one in particular.
"Who are you looking for?" Tazuna asked as he approached the blond.
Naruto turned to Tazuna and inquired, "Do you know of a really gorgeous woman with long, braided red hair?"
The old man looked at Naruto, baffled. "I have never seen such a woman living here in Nami no Kuni." Tazuna said, then gave a perverted smile. "But if such a woman did live here, I'd have loved to have met her."
This bothered Naruto greatly. He was sure that the woman he saw was no illusion, as the feeling he felt was too strong to ignore, and he couldn't dispel it. Though Naruto was unaware of the Legacy Seal imprinted inside of him, it had reacted to the woman…but why?
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(At Zabuza's Hideout)
In a cone-shaped house in the middle of the forest, Zabuza was resting in his bed. He did not like the fact that he had lost to Kakashi, let alone the fact that he was then immobilized and wounded by his blond-haired Genin, who then nearly killed him. Speaking of the blond, Zabuza saw that there was more to that Genin than meets the eye.
Moments later, a short man dressed in a business suit with two samurai bodyguards entered the room and went over to Zabuza.
"What do I see here? The great 'Demon of the Bloody Mist' is crippled after facing a few kids and some ninja? I'm beginning to believe that I'm not getting my money's worth with you, Zabuza. Perhaps I ought to kill you now and spare myself the pain of losing my money," said the short man, whose name was Gatō.
Gatō walked over to the masked ninja and reached out to strangle Zabuza when a figure came out of nowhere and stood before the short man, tightly holding his arms before twisting it hard.
"You will in no way harm Zabuza. I won't allow it," said the young hunter-nin, who was no longer masked. Much to the older man's surprise, it was a young girl. The girl had a very pretty face, dark brown eyes, and dark hair that was tied up in a bun on top of her head, with two bangs hanging down and framing her face. She wore a green kimono with brown pants and a long, brown obi.
"Remove your hands from our boss, you little bitch!" yelled one of the two samurai bodyguards. The girl simply threw senbon at specific points in their arms, rendering the men helpless.
"I purposely missed your vital points, so don't test me," she warned.
"You brat! I expect both you and Zabuza to finish the job you started! I will not tolerate failure from either of you! Get the job over and done with, or suffer the consequences!" shouted an angry Gatō, leaving the room with his bodyguards while rubbing his injured arm.
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