Kazahana Koyuki

At a small tavern in Konoha, a beautiful woman in a coat sat at a little table, drinking alone.

Quite a few people around her were drawn to her.

"Where did such a gorgeous girl come from?"

"She's really beautiful, and she's alone."

Murmurs came from all around.

The woman was already drunk, her cheeks flushed and her expression hazy and alluring.

A few thugs behind her exchanged glances and stood up at the same time.

"Had a bit too much to drink, beautiful? How about we take you home?"

"Yeah, beautiful, want us to walk you home? It's not safe around here."

As they spoke, the thugs began getting handsy.

"Get lost."

Kazahana Koyuki was already in a bad mood. When she saw the thugs, she simply struck out, slapping one of them.

"Damn you, bitch. You'll regret turning us down."

"Boss, why waste words? Let's just take her."

"Yeah, let the boys teach her how to behave."

The thugs finished speaking and grabbed her hands.

Only then did Kazahana Koyuki feel afraid.

"Ah! Help!"

She glanced around in terror, but everyone was just watching the spectacle.

A faint sense of regret crept into her heart.

The four men dragged her backward, trying to slip out through the back door.

"Boss, this girl's a catch."

"Heh heh!"

The four of them grinned in triumph.

The leader at the front was already fantasizing when he accidentally bumped into something.

"Which blind bastard—"

The curse slipped out instinctively.

He lowered his head and met a pair of utterly cold eyes.

It was one of Naruto Uzumaki's shadow clones.

"What are you staring at, brat? Get lost!"

Apparently unnerved by that gaze, the leader lashed out in a fit of embarrassment, instinctively slapping at him.

Naruto's eyes turned cold. He hated mindless trash like this most of all.

After three months of having his Sharingan, he cast a genjutsu on the four men.

Their eyes went vacant as the genjutsu took hold. They wandered off blankly, their fates already sealed.

Only then did Naruto look at the woman on the ground.

He had watched the movie just yesterday and remembered its heroine vividly.

"What a pain."

Looking down at the drunk woman, Naruto wore an expression of disgust.

He activated Reverse Eight Directions, making Kazahana Koyuki float into the air. Then he grabbed her with one hand and headed for the meeting point.

"I'm not going back."

Koyuki had already fallen asleep, mumbling in her dreams.

Naruto, meanwhile, tried to recall the plot, but since it was a movie, he couldn't remember it very clearly.

At the meeting point, the others had gathered. They exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"Man, this is exhausting. What a pain." Kakashi scratched his head.

Just as they were wondering how to handle things, Naruto came over carrying a woman.

"Naruto, you found her?"

"Koyuki!" Kazahana Koyuki's manager ran over, visibly excited.

"Don't worry. She just drank too much and fell asleep."

Seeing everyone look at him, Naruto hurriedly explained.

Everyone relaxed at once.

"All right, now that we're all here, let's get going."

Kakashi didn't want to waste any more time.

Everyone had already packed, and they were ready to leave.

The mission was to provide an escort, but officially, they were there to film a movie.

They soon left Konoha, took the main road to the coast, and boarded a ship bound for the Land of Snow.

It was their first time leaving Konoha, and everyone seemed excited.

Naruto and the others looked around, only to find that it wasn't much different from Konoha.

The next day.

Everyone was aboard the ship. Naruto sat at the bow with a fishing rod in his hand, while the deck was bustling with activity.

The director and a large crew were setting up the shooting location. Naruto wasn't interested in making movies.

Sasuke and Hinata, on the other hand, were quite curious and watched from the side.

After some time, Kazahana Koyuki's assistant hurried over and said something to Kakashi.

Kakashi scratched his head, looking troubled.

"What a pain."

Naruto was fishing when he suddenly sensed someone standing behind him. He turned to look.

"Kakashi-sensei, do you need something?"

"Well, Naruto, that girl's feeling a bit hopeless. How about you take Hinata and try talking her around?"

"Why me?"

Naruto wasn't willing at all. He wasn't like the Naruto in the original story; he didn't have a way with words.

"There's no helping it. Sasuke isn't suited for it, and neither am I. You and Hinata are the only ones who can give it a try."

Kakashi spread his hands.

Naruto looked at him. True enough, with Kakashi dressed like that, he didn't look like a nice person. Then he glanced at Sasuke, who had his usual haughty look.

Naruto shrugged helplessly, reeled in his line, and followed the manager with Hinata to a room below deck.

"Please, you two. I'm counting on you." The manager bowed to them.

"I'll try."

Naruto didn't dare promise anything. He knocked on the door.

There was no answer from inside.

"Open the door."

Naruto looked at Hinata beside him.

"She's inside."

Hinata had already activated her Byakugan.

"What a pain."

Naruto used chakra, and the door opened instantly.

The room was pitch-dark, but Naruto could clearly see a beautiful woman in the corner, hugging her knees.

Naruto frowned and glanced at Hinata.

Then he walked straight in.

"Get out." Kazahana Koyuki's voice held a hint of anger.

"Are you afraid?"

Naruto's expression was calm as he looked her straight in the eyes.

"You have no idea what I'm about to go through."

"How would I know if you don't tell me?"

"It won't help even if I do."

"How do you know it won't help if you don't tell me?"

"Get lost." Kazahana Koyuki flew into a rage, finding the boy utterly obnoxious.

"What an unreasonable person." Naruto's mouth twitched. Girls really were illogical.

Luckily, his Hinata wasn't like that.

"I don't know what you're afraid of, but you can trust in our strength."

"Impossible. Even a ninja couldn't do that."

Having never seen a truly powerful ninja, Kazahana Koyuki still didn't believe him.

She knew that the moment she set foot here, that man would have already found out—her uncle.

Her uncle had become her nightmare. At the thought of that man, she was transported back to the nightmare of her childhood.

Her body trembled uncontrollably.

Seeing a beautiful woman look so helpless and frightened stirred even Naruto's urge to protect her.

"You know nothing about true power."

Naruto's body rose into the air. He lifted a hand, and Kazahana Koyuki, still trembling, floated up too.

"What is this?"

Her voice trembled with disbelief.

"I have absolute faith in my own strength. You can relax. No matter what the difficulty is, I can handle it."

Naruto was utterly confident.

His confident bearing seemed to affect the woman before him.

Kazahana Koyuki gradually managed to suppress her fear.

"Is this really the power of a ninja?"

The Ninja World knew nothing of the power of Kage-level shinobi.