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Chapter 63 - Educational Exercise

"Is this how you speak to your sensei?" I asked quietly, my voice carrying just enough edge to cut through her fascination.

The card trembled in her hands as her eyes snapped up to mine, that...

Chapter 62 - The Perfect Student's Imperfect Beginning

Perhaps it was the weight of what she'd just agreed to, or perhaps some belated awareness finally pierced through her emotional fog, or perhaps she simply felt the unmistakable hardness pressing ag...

Chapter 61 - Fragile Wings

A/N: All characters are 18+ in this alternate universe. This is a work of fiction intended for adult audiences only.

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My hand froze ...

Chapter 60 - Push and Pull

A/N: All characters are 18+ in this alternate universe. This is a work of fiction intended for adult audiences only.

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On the sixth ...

Chapter 59 - For Her Own Good, Obviously

I watched with fascination as the word sank into her consciousness, her mind clearly struggling to process what I'd just said.

That porcelain skin of hers flushed a deep crimson that spread f...

Chapter 58 - The Cost of Defiance

Silence stretched, and I could practically feel Sakura's composure beginning to fray at the edges. It was delicious to watch, really.

The silence was doing exactly what I'd intended. In a roo...

Chapter 57 - Working on Projects

Morning came way too early, as it always does when you're pretending to be a responsible adult.

"Rise and shine, sunshine!" I called because that was what adults do in these particular situat...

Chapter 56 - Parallel to the Road

The shadows were our best friends that afternoon—thick enough to hide three shinobi but not so dense we'd lose sight of our precious cargo.

I kept us moving parallel to the road, maybe thir...

Chapter 55 - A Change in the Script

I admit one of the reasons I had not pursued Haku was due to lingering, and frankly useless, sentiment from my previous life.

Every instinct I'd honed to reach jounin rank was screaming at me...

Chapter 54 - Illusions of the Mist

I was not surprised when a senbon needle aimed at my throat. I parried it effortlessly with a kunai, metal ringing against metal in a sharp note that cut through the aftermath of the explosion.

Chapter 53 - Not a Tea Person

Things were not bad. Things could’ve been a hell of a lot worse.

Nobody was dead.

That was always a promising start. I mean, Naruto looked like he’d tried to tackle a freight bull ...

Chapter 52 - A Hundred Narutos

Zabuza's eyes narrowed at Naruto's declaration. For a moment, the only sound on the bridge was the gentle lapping of waves against its supports and Naruto's ragged breathing.

Then, unexpected...

Chapter 51 - The Bridge and the Blade

NARUTO UZUMAKI

Naruto decided he hated bridges. Too open and windy. Too easy for thoughts to sneak up behind him and slap him on the back of the head like Iruka-sensei used t...

Chapter 50 - Bleed and Bluff

I blew out a slow breath, not in pain, but in growing irritation.

The first ice needle came out with a quiet snick. The tip was coated with a thin glisten of my blood. Nothing deep, I had rei...

Chapter 49 - Deadly Ambiguity

Three shining needles cut through the air on perfectly silent trajectory before chakra even had time to flex.

I twisted smoothly, one hand brushing my belt, and a kunai slapped into my palm.<...

Chapter 48 - Whistles in the Silence

Having a clone forcibly dispersed was a shit show. There was no subtle way to put it. It was jarring and violent; a full-body punch that didn’t bruise the skin, but hammered the brain with a sled...

Chapter 47 - The Unfinished Bridge

We reached the coast in less than half a day from our last stop. Miraculous, really. All it took was a half-assed, and quite odd, bandit ambush and a little steel in the merchant’s pants to final...

Chapter 46 - The Price of Shamelessness

One of the biggest shifts in this version of the world was Minato’s little crusade to sanitize the shinobi system.

The man meant well, I’ll give him that.

No Nine-Tails meant no mas...

Chapter 45 - Firehand

I landed low, just behind the scrub brush at the treeline where we’d left the merchant and his creaking, overpriced carts not an hour ago. Sakura’s chakra signature trailed a few seconds behind...

Chapter 44 - Boob Logic

Sakura went utterly still, like a deer hearing twigs snap in the woods.

The forest froze. No bird or leaf dared make a sound.

I could hear her breath catch. The quiet wasn’t ...

Chapter 43 - The Monster You Need

I placed my hand gently atop Sakura’s head, petting her slowly, like soothing a tense cat too proud to admit it wanted comfort.

Her hair, long and smooth, slid between my fingers. She hadnâ...

Chapter 42 - Touching the Truth

I had never ever thought I’d be the victim of Naruto’s infamous Sexy Jutsu.

Honestly, it had never even crossed my mind. It was some stupid prank move from a horny blonde trying to shock ...

Chapter 41 - Infuriating Detours

It shouldn’t take more than a day for a shinobi to reach the south coast from Konoha. Two or three, if you were walking with untrained civilians.

But a goddamned merchant?

Fo...

Chapter 40 - A Bird's Eye

The second day, while the morning mist still clung to the earth, we were ‘ambushed’.

An ugly gang of seven half-starved with rusted swords and no skill. Not shinobi. Not even trained merc...

Chapter 39 - Déjà Vu Gone Wrong

The sun was already climbing by the time our client finally showed up, accompanied by two carts, one jittery hired hand, and enough noise to rattle a mission report out of your hands. You’d think...

Chapter 38 - Force of Nature

I had been prepared.

Kushina Uzumaki was fire in a woman’s body—smart, impulsive, proud, honest to a fault. Unapologetically fierce. The sort who’d leap into battle without blinking and...

Chapter 37 - Trade

KUSHINA UZUMAKI

Her breath caught in her throat, turning into a strangled inhale.

"You sick little thief," she hissed beneath her breath, barely loud enough for her ear...