Death Goddess

Promise of a Duel

"One of the Legendary Sannin taking on a snot-nosed genin... I oughta be ashamed of myself."

"It's because to be Hokage... is your dream... isn't it Naruto? One last time... just one last time... I place the odds on you."

Ignoring the voice in her head Naruto continues to run through the forest.

Words that played through her head meant nothing if she couldn't understand them nor know who spoke them. They were simply there.

But lately she's been getting some of her memories back, mainly about about someone she used to call "Iruka-sensei", connecting the dots she concluded that the man was her teacher once upon a time. Though judging by her memories of Iruka always chasing her it wouldn't be far-fetched to assume that she gave the man a lot trouble.

It was sad that she couldn't really remember much about Iruka. He seemed like a great guy, what did he think of a troublemaker like her?

"Stop acting like a baby! You want to know what I really think of you?! I think you're one of my most precious students... and... you're like a little brother to me."

A smile graced Naruto's features as she broke into a run. She had a mission to complete, namely to steal a scroll from some Senju squad that was out on a retrieval mission.

If she recalled correctly there was a warning about one of them being a sensor. But it didn't matter to her. After all, she glanced down at the blue crystal that was attached to the necklace around her neck, she could erase her chakra signature or pass off as a Senju.

Now how was it possible for one to erase their chakra signature?

Easy, Naruto was the apprentice of Death himself for centuries. She'd pick up a thing or two in stealth soul gathering.

'Or not' she thought feeling one signature briefly alert.

Impressive.

But even if she was caught she wouldn't fail her mission. Even Death himself knew that Naruto Uzumaki doesn't give up, she doesn't run away because that's her...what? Her what exactly? Oh, well.

Feeling a wave of mischief Naruto started humming an eerie tune once she was in the Senju squad's hearing distance. At the same time she conjured up five other clones, now it was six Naruto and six Senju.

Without meaning to Naruto started adding words to the song.

"Deep, deep, through the forest~ The lambs hide from the pre~da~tor, never knowing there's no escaping."

She sensed them tense and stood in a protective circle.

Her clone continued the song,

"The lightning suddenly strikes, the tensed lambs jump in fright~" on cue a lightning bold tears through the sky and Naruto feels the six Senju's alarm.

Her second clone chuckles using the hiding like a mole technique to quickly get bellow the Senju while her first clone continues

"Surprisingly the lambs are rather prideful, choosing not to run...or maybe accepting death? Ah~ Who cares~ It just makes it easier! My will isn't like the earth, it can't be shaken~"

Naruto winced when her second clone blew herself up in order to make a small earth quake, but it was rather fun. Really exciting making six men so riled up.

"Ah, they've fallen to their knees, beggin' for their lives~ The fleeting wind sending shivers through their spines!"

Naruto giggled but summoned a gust of wind towards the Senju squad, her clone knew had to have fun. She felt like a proud mother.