The Fox's Third Flash of Hope

Chapter 10

So I actually made it to chapter 10 of this story XD

The crazy and reader trolling parts are yet to come just a heads up. If you think at the end Kansen is going to find a boyfriend and settle down and be happy like Naruto, well, you don't know how wrong you are. I've pretty much got the last few arcs planned out already, but don't worry I still intend to add in quite a few stories before that.

Now to the chapter~

8:00

Why the hell did she wake up this early....?

The training session was at 9:30. Normally Kansen would have woken up at 9:00. Heck, if she really wanted to she could crawl out of bed at 9:15 and still be five minutes early.

But nooooo, her body alarm clock just had to wake her up at eight with no way of going back to sleep.

Sighing, she silently changed into her normal clothing and walked barefoot down to the very end of the wood floor hallway to Senai's room/office. God knows what the jonin did in there. It literally took up half the house.

Kansen knocked on the ebony door. There were a few swirly patterns on the border, but otherwise it was pretty much just a plank of wood with a round bronze doorknob. She waited.

And waited.

And waited some more. She was pretty sure her guardian had heard her knock and was probably busy hiding her deep dark secrets or something.

Finally the door swung back to reveal a disheveled orange haired woman wearing loose fitting gray pants and a light yellow tank top. The normal turquoise streaks in her hair were nowhere to be seen.

"What took you so long?" Kansen queried.

"Why are you up so early?"

"Don't answer a question with a question! Sheesh, you're almost as bad as the Kyuubi......." speaking of that particular fox, she'd grown accustomed to its presence over the last four years. Now, it was just......there. Kansen didn't bother it, it didn't bother her. Simple. The only drawback was that the seal took up a ton of energy and now she needed to sleep at least 8 hours to even begin to feel okay.

Senai replied, "I was dyeing my hair." She lifted up a strand that was half blue.

"Really? I thought you spray painted your hair."

"Now where did you hear that......." Senai's eye twitched. "Well, perfect timing. It's May, and I know how awkward it is for you to wear that scarf now. How you survived these past few summers is beyond me..............." she shook her head, turned around and said,"Come in and I'll show you."

Kansen hesitantly stepped within the doorframe. What she saw really awed her. Despite having lived in this house for the past eight years, she'd never been allowed in Senai's workroom.

First off, the area was huge. The entire section was a square, each side 9 meters long. Then it was separated by glass into 9 different sections, each a 3 x 3 square. In one square there were hand drawn weapon designs, in another was a metal desk with blades of all sizes laid in a careful array on the surface, and numerous others that seemed to have everything a crafty person could want. It was lit by round, inlaid ceiling lights.

Kansen mouthed a silent 'wow'.

Senai walked through an opening in one of the glass barriers to their side to one section that had just a simple desk and chair. She picked up something and returned to where Kansen was still standing, trying to make sense of the scene before her.

The orange haired jonin opened her hand. "A graduation gift."

There lying in her palm, was a black cloth choker that glinted strangely in the light. This wasn't just any choker, attached to it was a small metal circle one inch in diameter that bore the sign of the Leaf.