Journey of Desires

Three days later, Hikari and Kilia were sitting in the room they found in Kumogakure, at the moment, Killer Bee is accompanying Ban and Naruko, these two are very interested in Kumogakure.

If the Land of Iron is the center of cold weapons and fencing of the whole world, then Kumo ranks second in the number of warriors with cold weapons, the third place went to Kirigakure, and although in the Land of Lightning there is no such skill and honing of their skills in wielding a blade, but here a huge number of ninja use various techniques introduced into their fencing.

For example, there is a separate style for those who own the element of lightning, these representatives of the ninja profession can concentrate lightning on the tip of the sword or its blade, allowing them to hit the enemy's nerves during attacks and preventing him from dodging attacks with a blade. This style was invented more than twenty years ago by the student of the second Raikage, one day he went out on the battlefield against the swordsmen of the hidden fog and saw the owner of the blades Kiba, as a result, inspired by what he saw, he created this style, which, by the way, is still very popular.

And such techniques and styles were very interesting to Ban, after all, in the world of the seven deadly sins, the power that could suppress the enemy ruled, and not skill, and he satisfied this aspect in the Land of Iron, but Kumogakure allows him to study and look at the unity of weapons and local "magic".

Naruko went with them not because of some kind of curiosity, or a desire to study the village, no.

In three days they had already walked around all the possible interesting places, it turned out that in terms of tourism, Kumogakure is even more boring than Iwagakure, and Killer B did not have to put much effort and time to show all the most interesting things, today he came exclusively to spar with Ban. Bee was one of the few warriors of Kumogakure who emphasized not the use of techniques with a sword, but in the mastery of fencing, although very strange, still the style of seven swords, this is something that Ban personally has never seen.

Naruto plays the role of a tail trying to somehow better study Bee and ask for help with the nine-tailed.

For all the time that has passed since their conversation about choosing a weapon in the Land of Iron, she was never able to achieve anything more than just get into her consciousness, unlike the original Naruto, her soul was not like a sewer, but a fiery city with skyscrapers, somehow this sight resembled the inner world of Ichigo from Bleach. Kurama's cage was a huge wide tower in which half the space was occupied by a cage for biju, in fact, it was a box, but beautifully decorated on the outside, and inside it was completely empty up to the ceiling.

Talking to Kurama never worked out, he simply threw her out of his subconscious as soon as he saw her. Why this was happening was unclear to her, and in the hope of correcting this situation, she wanted to somehow ask Bee, who was already an ideal Jinchuriki, everything, but she still did not dare to reveal that she was carrying a nine-tailed beast inside her, saying that you own a biju and do not belong to any village is putting a mark on yourself.

True, Naruko did not imagine that she was recognized on the first day, after all, detailed information from the Hokage with a request to find Naruko had been sent a long time ago, and thanks to Gyuki it became clear that they were trying to return her so madly precisely because she was a Jinchuriki, and since there was only one biju in Konoha, there was no point in guessing who was sealed in her.

Killer Bee noticed her intentions on the second day, and then turned to his brother, to which he received approval to help Naruko. You can only lure a person who left their village because of bad treatment with two things, the first is money, but judging by Naruko this option is not suitable, but the second option, namely a good attitude, can solve a lot.

A person who was treated badly, a person who left his homeland, a person who wants a good attitude towards himself. This is how the Raikage saw her, and in the hope of getting points in her eyes, he gave Bee the order to help Naruko with training to become a Jinchuriki if possible, in the future if everything went according to his plan, there would be one more Jinchuriki in Kumogakure.

***

Tired Hikari, after training with the Kumogakure ninja, returned home and decided to take a nap during the day, and as a result, she woke up only three hours later, the time was approaching closer to sunset.

Getting out of bed and going to the bathroom where she refreshed herself with cold water, she smelled a very pleasant and unusual smell.

Driven by curiosity, she followed the smell, which led her to the kitchen.

She saw a scene there that was quite unusual to the eye, namely, Kilia was standing in the kitchen and cooking something in a frying pan.

This sight was unusual because almost none of their company ever cooked, all the food they ate was either from Ban's reserves or bought in the cities and villages where they stayed.

Today, Kilia took up cooking, and seeing this scene, Hikari went into the kitchen, sat down on a chair near the table and asked.

- What is this?

- Fish... I haven't eaten it for a long time, my brother hates fish and hasn't put a single piece of fish in his storage on principle.

- Really? I somehow didn't notice.

- It's because of the variety.

- Huh?

- Ban likes different types of food, and with the exception of pizza, not a single dish can be repeated in a week. I don't know what you ate while living in the clan, but I'm sure that there was no such variety, and so trying something new every day, you didn't notice that there were no fish dishes.

- I see...

The conversation died down at this point, earlier, while Hikari was sleeping, Kiliya went to the local analogue of the market, in Kumogakure this role was played by a huge pavilion carved into the rock, there were a huge number of retail outlets where people came and rented places selling their goods. Having seen one type of fish there, she stood in a stupor, in the world of the seven deadly sins she had never seen this type of fish, and having got into the world of Shinobi, she completely forgot about it. In the world of the seven sins, Salmon did not exist.

For more than one thousand five hundred years, she had not tried Salmon, in her first life she loved this fish, but today, having seen this fish where she did not expect it at all, namely in the mountain village of ninja, distant memories came flooding back and she immediately bought it.

Now she was cooking Salmon in a frying pan using salt and pepper, in general, a simple fish steak without any unusual additives or unusual cooking styles, something that will allow you to simply enjoy the taste of the fish itself.

More than ten minutes passed during the cooking, after which the first portion was ready and the second was coming to an end, knowing that Ban would simply look skeptically at the sight of the fish and take out the pizza, she wanted to make only three portions, the largest was for Naruko, since due to the appetite of the Jinchuriki, she eats a lot.

When the third portion was put on the frying pan, the sound of the door opening was heard in the room, and a few minutes later Ban and Naruko entered the kitchen.

Ban immediately sensed something was wrong and headed to the stove, seeing the fish there, he only grimaced and looked at his sister's face, in response she showed a cheerful grin, to which he frowned and offendedly went to the table, where a moment later feijoada appeared, a national dish of Brazil, which he knew how to cook since his teenage years of his first life.

Naruko watched this scene with bewilderment, and a minute later she understood the essence and began to smile.

When Naruko got curious and came to see what Kilia had cooked, her eyes widened and her stomach rumbled, because in her first life she lived in Asia, she loves seafood, and recognized this type of fish at first sight.

Looking at Kilia, she saw the "sit down" gesture shown with her hand towards an empty chair, and a couple of minutes later everyone started eating dinner.

***

- So what about the kyuubi?

The question was asked by Naruko after dinner was over, and Naruko immediately gave her the answer.

- Everything is bad, today we talked with Bee, and the result was the conclusion that I will not be able to withstand anything more than six tails and remain conscious, although my body is strong, but it is not accustomed to the Kyuubi chakra. According to Bee, I still need AT LEAST 2 years to be able to completely transform into a biju, and then I still have to pass the test on the turtle island.

- So you won't be participating in the attack on Konoha?

- Huh? Why is that?

- Soon it will be half a year since we've been traveling.

- So what?

- Ban won't let you fight.

This phrase left Naruto confused, why wouldn't he let her fight?

- I don't get it?!

- We already know each other very well, and Ban has a habit of taking care of his friends and loved ones. You should have seen how he behaved when he had to fight at night in the world of the seven deadly sins, he spent most of the time near Escanor and protected him with every mosquito, because Escanor was a weakling at night, Ban was very worried.

- Huh? Ahahaha, really? Like a mother hen.

But a second later she realized that she said this phrase in the presence of Ban himself and slowly, creaking, turned her head in his direction.

Only to see how he behaved absolutely indifferently, it seemed that he did not even know what she had just said, realizing that she had gotten away with it, she exhaled and returned to the conversation.

- But I still don't understand why he won't let me go.

- What's unclear? You're weak.

- What? It's a shame, actually, and I already fought when we fled from Konoha.

- At that time, Ban knew you for a month, and communicated with you for less than a week. Although you were interesting to him, he wouldn't worry about you.

- And now?

- And now we've been traveling with you for almost half a year. I just told you that he even tried to protect Escanor, the strongest of us, at night when he was weak. And he definitely won't let you, who can only show off her physical indicators obtained through pumping, into battle. You won't go against Koharu and Utatane, you don't really know them, and the Raikage is enough to kill them, and he definitely won't let you into battle against Danzo, who owns Shisui's Sharingan and many others to use Izanami... Well, and in a battle with Hiruzen, where there will be a Kage capable of using all five elements, and a Sanin with Mangekyo and the ability to summon huge snakes... I think there's nothing to think about.

- But I won't get experience for SUCH a rare event...

This time the answer came from Ban, who had been listening all this time.

- Is life more important to you than experience?

- Life... but what's the point of living if I'm weak?

- Mmm, like my sister said, I'm against letting you fight Hiruzen, they'll crush you and not notice you, last time you fought only thanks to the reinforcements from Hikari and Kiliya. This time, Hikari will be with me against Danzo, and taking you with us doesn't make sense, Hikari alone will be enough for him, and I'm there as backup.

- But what should I do then to become strong... Stop! Can't I ask Orochimaru to use the immortality fuinjutsu on me?

- You wanted to remain a thirteen-year-old girl forever?

- What do you mean?

- Immortality fixes your body's state and constantly returns to it, which is why you cannot die, if they give it to you now, you will stop aging forever, remaining a child.

- Huh? Indeed, but I couldn't use the kyuubi without a stronger body, and immortality at this age is a bad option, and shadow clones hit me too hard mentally, you saw the result...

And indeed, seeing that Naruko, despite the system, could not quickly gain strength, their company resorted to the main cheat of the Ninja world, shadow clones, but it turned out that even four shadow clones harmed Naruko's mental state so much that she swore off using them at all. It is unclear why this happens, but there is a theory, most likely it was because she was reborn, but it is unclear how exactly, that is why it is a theory.

At this point, Kilia took the initiative in the conversation again, saying some rather important information.

- Hmmm, Ban, what if we use the time exhaustion barrier?