Naruto: Tango with Death

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The introductions over, Takashi said, "Well, I'll be moving to the lake for a swim. The water's just right today, so I would advise you to join me. Swimsuits were arranged for you in your rooms, if you feel tempted."

He started walking out from Amai-Sensei's room, which we were all in since it was the last one we visited, but stopped at the door as he added, "You don't have to come if you don't want to, of course. Chiriku will be watching over me anyway."

And with that said, he left.

Now that we were alone, we looked at each other, and Laiko was the first one to break the silence as he said, "Well, I'm definitely going."

Izumi snorted and replied, "I don't think it's you he wants to see."

I couldn't help but sigh, "You are making this so much worse than it should be. I don't care, I'm going."

Takashi was being surprisingly proper, so it was juts me being polite, and definitely not because I wanted to take a swim. Nu huh.

As I walked back into my room, I found many, many, many clothes. Like five times more than I even had, and all of it looked expensive. As Takashi had said, among those were also different kinds of swimsuits, going from one pieces to bikinis.

They also were all my size, which wasn't very surprising as my file in the village had my size for my clothes, and it probably didn't count as confidential intel. Not that everyone could get access to it, but it was the Daimyo's son we are talking about.

Anyway, I ended up choosing a bikini like swimsuits with several bands connecting the upper and lower parts. It was black, which allowed it to accentuate my dark hair.

Looking over myself in the mirror, I could see I had changed quite a lot ever since I had become a Genin. I had turned 9 some time ago now, when I was training under the Owl Sage after my first C Rank Mission. My body though, looked older than that.

My black hair, similar to the Uchiha, was straight, like pretty much everyone in the world, and had recently gone a little longer than shoulder length.

Lowering my sight, I spotted pitch black eyes starring back at me, with thin eyebrows. Then, it was a small, straight nose, surrounded by small dimples that were gradually disappearing as I grew older.

Passing a hand through my hair, I could see some resemblance to my older self, back when I was on Earth, but I was still different. More… beautiful. No amount of excess fat, not short on my feet, nearly no imperfection on my skin. And god, confidence!

It was a little saddening though that this 9 years old body of mine had more curves than I ever did back on Earth. I'm not sure whether my genetics changed when I crossed worlds, but what I could say for sure was that I took care of myself in this world, compared to Earth.

Granted, I didn't have much of a choice as the way I looked was inherently linked to my survival in this world.

My breasts weren't actually bigger, they were barely budding out, which was already abnormal for someone my age, but because of my skinny build, they stood out more. And so did my butt.

I know I sound narcissistic, but I really do look like a bombshell here. Despite my age.

I spent some more time looking myself over in the mirror, before walking out of my room, well intended on enjoying this vacation I got.

For my team, this vacation was simply a break before going back to missions, but for me, it meant much more.

I had become a Genin all the way back in October of last year, and since it was July, it had been a full ten months since I joined the forces as a Genin. Of course, some of that time had been spent off duty, because of the problems we encountered, but still, it allowed me to catch onto the basics I had skipped with my early graduation, and more.

I'm not one to… well, maybe I actually am one to brag, but I got good reasons. I don't know if its just talent, will, knowledge or a mix of those and some things I don't understand, but I've been making more than impressive improvements in everything I studied. Moreover, I was taught by the very best in many areas.

I had Might Guy training me in Taijutsu, Kushina Uzumaki in Fuinjutsu, Shisui Uchiha in Kenjutsu, Itachi Uchiha in battle experience and smarts, the Owl Sage in Stealth and the OP Six Paths Sage Statue for my own training.

And over the course of several months, I had managed to make enough improvements in all of these to become a full fledged Chunin, bar the actual rank that is.

This wasn't something I could hide either, nor did I want to, which is why after this mission, I will get my promotion to Chunin, and join the Anbu Squads as their youngest member ever, beating Itachi by a year since he joined when he was ten.

In any case, this vacation was important to me, so I'm going to enjoy it as much as possible.

As I walked out of the mansion, I saw the beautiful scene of the lake. It really was a wonder of nature, the trees surrounding it only made the scene appear more peaceful, and beautiful.

However, this was ruined, as always, by humans.

I stopped at the door, where Chiriku was meditating, not even opening his eyes. Further on, already in the water, was Takashi. The boy was actually well built, and to my surprise, wasn't just enjoying a swim, but training with a spear in the water.

Neither of those were displeasing, but the whale ashore sure was…

Okay, I know, it's not nice to laugh at fat people, and I honestly couldn't care less about someone being fat. However, Madam Shijimi, the Daimyo's wife, really looked disgusting.

It wasn't her size that bothered me, it was her attitude.

She was laying on a chair in an obviously too small bikini, with three servants holding umbrellas above her.

Mind you, it was really hot under the sun, it was July, and those three were obviously sweating and in pain, yet Madam Shijimi obviously had no consideration for her servants as she calmly sipped on her drink.

As I approached the water, our eyes crossed, and she quickly checked me over, looking at me from my eyes to my toes, before spatting out, "Little slut."

I merely smiled at her as I could the envy in her eyes. Her face turned red as she clenched her drink so hard it shattered in her hands.

The servants immediately dropped their umbrellas as they asked, "Madam are you alright?!"

Madam Shijimi, whose hand was bleeding, slapped the closest servant across the face with her valid hand, yelling, "Pick up the umbrella you god damn moron!"

Yeah, I really don't feel sorry for calling her a whale. And I still love all my curvy ladies back on Earth.

I proceeded to ignore her as I dropped my towel at the lakeside, and started walking on top of the water. However, I barely made a couple of steps when I felt a disturbance in the water below.

I didn't have to be a sensor to know what was happening. Taking a small step back, I watched two hands break the water surface, grabbing nothing but air, and Laiko's eyes widen underwater.

Bending slightly, I grabbed his hands before he could take them back, and strongly yanked him out of the water.

It must have been quite the spectacle as a 9 years old flung a 13 years old out of the water like he weighed nothing and threw him away.