My Way of the Ninja
Chapter 1
Introduction: Before Naruto goes to train.
Disclaimar:
Chapter 1
Jiraiya told Naruto that before he left, he had to see Tsunade. He got up that morning, packed his things for
his trip with Jiraiya, and headed to Hokage Office. As Naruto was walking to the office, he noticed that
people still glared at him.
'Man, I became a ninja, stopped Gaara, and still people hate me. Hell the newest one is it my
fault the Sasuke ran away. Sometimes I just want..." thought Naruto.
"NARUTO WAIT UP!" screamed a girl's voice that he would always recognize "her" voice.
He turned around to see the pink haired kunochi run towards him. He would do anything for her, even
bring back Sasuke. He made a promise of a lifetime.
She stopped in front of him and asked "Where are you off to this early in the morning?"
"I have to go see the Hokage this morning, she wants to say something to me before I leave for
training. Then I will go train, come back, bring Sasuke back for you, and then BECOME HOKAGE!"
said Naruto.
Sakura just looked at him, wondering where he gets all of that energy. 'He was leaving to fulfill the
goals he promised to do. He always puts other people's feelings and wishes ahead of his own. Now I
am going to be alone, but next time I will not be a burden.' thought Sakura.
"Well, don't forget you're not the only one training. I will train with Tsunade-sensei. When you come back, I
will help you bring Sasuke back. Now we better hurry, or we're going to be late." said Sakura as
she grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled him along.
'It's so gentle, so soft. Huh I can't tell her, how I feel for her' though Naruto
"Okay, Hey I will race you there." said Naruto as he took off leaving her in the dust.
"HEY, YOU'RE CHEATING!" screamed Sakura, as she ran after him.
They were now standing in front of the Hokage's door to her living quaters. Naruto had been here before,
when he stole the Scroll of Seals. They were told to meet the Hokage here, by ANBU members. Sakura
knocked on the door, and waited for answer. (Both of them? I thought it was only Naruto who was asked to see Tsunade)
"Come in you two." said Tsunade
When Naruto and Sakura went inside they saw Shuzune, Jiraiya, and of course Tsunade having breakfast.
"Hmmm...that smells good. Obaa-chan, can I have some too?" asked Naruto
"Naruto, show some respect to the Hokage." said Sakura as she hit him on the head, and walked past him.
Tsunade giggled; this reminded her of time with her team. She always was the the one to put Jiraiya in line.
"You two take a seat, and we will join you in a minute. I just need to have my morning breakfast. Shizune, this
is really good." said Tsunade.
"I have to agree and this coffee hits the spot, especially after the "couple" of drinks I had last night."
said Jiraiya
Thirty Minutes Later
Naruto was sitting there getting impaient, as Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune had their third helping of breakfast.
'I am supposed to be training right now, so I can get Sasuke back. But no I have to sit and wait for these two
to finish breakfast. The least they could offer something to eat.' thought Naruto.
Sakura was sitting nice and calm, but her thoughts were something different.
'Damn those two, I am starving. Stupid diet, all I had today was a orange, and a glass of milk.
Then when I come to train those two are eating food like there's no tomorrow. DAMN IT THEY SHOULD
ATLEAST OFFER US SOMETHING TO EAT' Inner Sakura thought to herself.
"This is really good, I think that I could have another helping." said Jiraiya.
"I don't know, maybe another cup of coffee for me." said Tsunade.
"No problem, I will get those right away, Tsunade-sama" said Shizune.'
"THAT IS IT! ERO-SENNIN AND OBAA-CHAN, YOU TOLD ME TO GET UP EARLY AND COME
TO SEE YOU 'CAUSE YOU WANTED TELL ME SOMETHING IMPORTANT. BUT ALL YOU ARE
DOING IS WASTING MY TIME. I COULD..." screamed Naruto as he was cut off by being hit
on the head by both Jiraiya and Tsunade.
"BAKA" said Jiraya
After Shizune performed some medical ninjutsu on Naruto's head, they decided to get started.
Tsunade and Jiraya were sitting on one sofa, while Naruto and Sakura was sitting on the other. Shizune
was in the love seat, putting a cup of coffee out for everyone. Tsunade looked at Naruto as she spoke.
"Naruto, as you know, you will being leaving to train for two and half years with Jiraiya. Before
you go, however, I must give you something as a request from the Fourth Hokage. It involves many things, that
you will have questions about. However, I will not have the answer for you."
Jiraiya looked at Naruto and was surprised that someone wanted to give him anything. He was shaking.
"As you know the village of Konoha has a secret law around you involving..." Tsunade was saying before
she was cut off
"Wait, Sakura, please leave, I don't want you to hear about this." said Naruto.
"Naruto, why do you want me to leave?" asked Sakura
"It involves something..." Naruto was saying, before Jiraiya tossed a rolled up napkin at him.
"Baka, she has every right to hear this. She needs to know this, you want her to prepare for the future." said
Jiraiya as he continued. "Who are you to tell her, that she doesn't need to hear this. She is your friend,
your teammate, and yet you don't want to tell her the truth?"
Sakura was confused as she watched him lower his head. Naruto knew were this was going, and hated it. He had a fear about telling his teammates the truth. They
might think he was a demon and blame him for everything. Just like the people in the village of Konoha.
"Anyway Naruto, I called you here to talk about the incident twelve years ago, when your father gave his life to seal
Kyuubi away." said Tsunade.
Sakura was shocked, and was thinking 'Naruto's father sealed Kyuubi away, but that would mean Naruto's
father was...'
Naruto's head shot up, "If my Father sealed the Kyuubi, that means, I am..." said Naruto.
Jiraiya looked them both in the eyes and said "Yes, Naruto, your father was my student, the greatest Ninja
Ever Known, the man some called the Yellow Flash, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, Kazama Yondaime
Arashi was your father, Naruto."
"He chose you to be Kyuubi's container for that reason. You are his son, and he knew you would be able
to hold Kyuubi and not abuse its power." said Tsunade.
Naruto was in shock to say the least. He didn't know what to say. He couldn't move.
Sakura couldn't believe that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son. 'What a minute did he just say that...' thought Inner Sakura
"Wait a minute, I thought that Kyuubi was killed by the Fourth. What do you mean that Naruto is the container
for Kyuubi..." asked Sakura.
"When Naruto was born, a great burden was put on him. He is the jail for Kyuubi Nine Tails. His father
knew that Naruto was the only one that could truly hold that creature and not fall into madness." said Tsunade. She
looked at Naruto and saw him crying. She walked over to him, kneeled down and gave a hug, and patted him on
the back. "It's okay Naruto, let it out." said Tsunade
"Why? Why do people in Konoha hate me then? If my father was their hero, why do they hate me?" asked Naruto,
sobbing.
"He believed if his enemies were to find out that you were alive, they would have killed you, because he wasn't around
to protect you. That is why no one in this village knows about this, also that is why the Third made the S secret law to
never talk about it. Also that is why Kyuubi was sealed with in you, to protect you." said Tsunade
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"Your Father knew he could not defeat Kyuubi without giving up his life. So the only way to truly protect you was to
give power. Power to protect yourself. He believed that the people of Konoha would respect you based on the fact
of your burden." said Jiraya
Sakura couldn't believe it. Naruto was always in pain and she never knew. She always treated him bad, and she
didn't care. 'I didn't know. I gave you a second chance. I only liked Sasuke. Now I made you make that promise
to me. I placed so much on your shoulders, without a care. I didn't know.' thought Sakura
"Naruto, I am sorry. I didn't know. I shouldn't have placed so much on your shoulders. Naruto please forgive me." said Sakura.
"Sakura, you are the one that makes me strong. You and everyone cause I want to protect everyone." said Naruto.
"Anyway, I have to break up this emotional moment, moving on," said Tsunade "Your father, left some things for you,
when you were old enough. Since you are now fourteen, I want to give you his legacy." said Tsunade as she
waved Shizune to go get it.
"What did he leave me." asked Naruto.
"No one knows. It was sealed away, until you were old enough to know the truth. Now is that day, so I thought before
you leave, I will give you, what your father left behind for you." said Tsunade.
Shizune reappeared with a box. It was a wooden box, that was nicely designed, made of oak.
He looked at it and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.
"How do I open it?" asked Naruto
"You blood open's it." said Jiraiya
Naruto bit his thumb and made a line with his blood. Soon the box was glowing and a click was heard. Naruto reached
over and opened the box. Inside were five scrolls. Each one had something written on it. He looked at the one that said
'Naruto' on it, opened it and found it was a letter to him. He read out loud.
Dear my son Naruto,
I guess if you are reading this now means you have now matured enough to understand about your past. As your father
Naruto, I sealed Kyuubi inside of you not to cause you harm in any way whatsoever. The demon that will be inside of you
is a blessing, in the sense that it shows you true strength of carrying such a heavy burden upon yourself proving that you
are the strongest and most faithful person I that could trust with this. Your mother was a beautiful woman, however she
died giving birth to you. She would be proud of you right now as well.
Inside this box, I left you the most important teachings of our clan. Also, I left the our clan history, sword and my personal
made flute for you. I would like to learn our ways. It will not be easy, but I know you can succeed. I know you have already
passed all expectations. You can't however, talk about our clan secerts with anyone, except for the person you take
as your bride. It's so secretive that we are forbidden to talk about it because of its powers. Before I say anything more,
our clan is based on agility and silence or silent killing. We were trained to be the most advanced lethal
assassins on the village and probably the whole country considering the other clans' abilities, so the scrolls I left for
you can teach you the ways to follow in my footsteps and I would be most proud for you to follow this route.
I know this sounds extremely harsh; but it is a move purely for the most desperate situations, however it will take
you a very long time to master it. Yet I am sure you will master it, I have my full faith in you, my son.
Having been the fourth Hokage has been a great honour for me and I would have done anything to save the village I loved.
I only hope you feel the same way. Don't back away from what others say, as your heart is much than that; listen to
them and always be determined to achieve your goal like I did in life.
Do not be sad that we are not here with you but remember we are never that far away.
Son, we will be your guardians in life and watch over you in your heart. You are the son we will forever protect
and will never look back upon it.
Your mother and I would both want to fulfill you dream and gain your rightful honour as Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village.
Love your Father, who will always watch over you.
Yondaime Arashi Kazama
PS: I will always be in your heart.
PSS: Chicks dig a guy who can play the flute.
Naruto was shedding tears freely, not of saddness, but of joy. He always wanted to recognized by someone. Now his late father had recognized him. He was never alone.
"Father..." cried Naruto "I will do, what you ask of me. It's my promise as a ninja." said Naruto
"So Naruto are you ready." said Jiraiya.
"Yes, just let me pack these scrolls and I will be ready to go train. I will fulfill my promises to everyone." said Naruto.
as he took the srcolls and placed them in his bag. He put his bag on his back.
He went Shizune and said "Thank you, for being there for me."
Then he went to Tsunade. "Obaa-...Tsunade-sama thank you for everything." he gave her a hug.
"You just come back, okay. You said you would become Hokage one day, right." said Tsunade as she gave him a
big hug and kiss on his head.
Then he went to the last person in the room. Sakura Haruno, his friend, the person he would always protect.
"Be ready when I come back, cause we will bring Sasuke back. Together." said Naruto
Sakura lips turned into a smile, "Naruto, you just come back. Maybe, I will be better then you and take position
of Hokage." said Sakura as she gave him a hug.
"Well, we're off" said Jiraya as took Naruto in his arms and vanished in a poof of smoke.
"Naruto.." whispered Sakura.
"Okay then, Sakura get to work. You have a lot to do today." said Tsunade
"Hiya" said Sakura as she took off towards the study to pratice medical ninjutsu.
Naruto and Jiraya have been traveling for a couple of days now. Naruto was trying to firgure out where this
secert training ground that Jiraya knew of was.
"Jiraiya are we almost there? I mean we have been running for like three days now. I mean, I understand
that we have to train in secret, but we passed the Wave Country yesterday, and I am getting hungry." said Naruto.
"Actually, Naruto we just arrived." said Jiraiya.
Naruto looked around the ruins and surprised how ancient this place was. Naruto stood in front of a valley of anicent ruins, and he could feel the history of this place. This place had a odd feeling in the air, but it felt comforting. Almost like a Holy place. There were temples, courtyards, and so much more. He looked at Jiraiya, and asked, "What is this place?"
"This is the place where the way of the Ninja was born, Naruto." said Jiraiya "This is the place I trained your
father to become a ninja. I believe it only fair that you train here as well."
"This is were my father trained." said Naruto as wind blew through his hair.
"Come on now, let's go set up camp. We have a lot to do before our guests arrive." said Jiraiya.
"What guests? What are you talking about?" asked Naruto.
"A group of ninja that I know are coming to pay back a favor for me, to help with your training. But we
have to do something first, once camp is set up." said Jiraya
"Oh, what's that?" asked Naruto as he took off in a run down the cliff side.
Jiraiya was running right next to him, "To talk with Kyuubi." said Jiraiya
"WHAT!" screamed Naruto
After a few hours, Naruto finished setting up the camp. Jiraiya went around scouting the area, saying it was to make sure
there were no unwanted guests.
"Always leaves me to do the hard work. Probably just sleeping somewhere, until I finish, stupid Ero-Sennin" said Naruto as he started a fire to keep them warm and make some ramen.
Suddenly Jiraiya appeared and scared the crap out of Naruto.
"So are you ready to confront Kyuubi?" asked Jiraya
"Why?" asked Naruto
"Naruto do you want to lose control one day? I read the report you made and I read it to the others. I know you've used
Kyuubi's power, and that you lied in the report. I know it's time for you and Kyuubi to talk. You might one day
get very angry and might lose control. What do you think will happen?" asked Jiraiya.
"I never thought about it. You have a point. I can't lose control like I did back the valley. I need to learn to
control it, somehow." said Naruto
"Thattaboy, now sit down and close your eyes. I will be entering your mind, and together, we will confront Kyuubi." said Jiraiya.
They sat down around the fire. Jiraya looked at Naruto, and asked "Are you ready?"
"I was born ready." said Naruto as he closed his eyes.
"Here we go." said Jiraya as he performed some seals and when he finished fell to his side.
"Whoo, what a rush. Naruto, where are you?" asked Jiraya
"Right behind you. Anyway let's go, Kyuubi's cell is this way." said Naruto.
They started walking until they came to a giant cell, which had a small tag on it, reading 'seal'. All of a sudden
A giant nine-tailed fox appeared before them, and stared at the trespassers. "What do you want now boy, and stupid perverted hermit?" boomed
Kyuubi.
Jiraya was upset by that remark. "Great Kyuubi, we come to make a deal. I know that Naruto uses your power."
"Borrows my power." corrected Kyuubi.
"Okay, "borrows your power", anyway I came to make a deal." said Jiraya
"Since you can't leave this cell, and if Naruto dies, so do you, I wonder, would it be possible to teach Naruto to use your
power, without losing himself to it." asked Jiraiya.
"No, I can't teach him." said Kyuub.i
"Why the hell not? Am I too much of a idiot to do it? 'Cause if that is the reason, I will show you." screamed Naruto.
"No that's not it either. For one thing boy, you are not an idiot. You are a lot smarter then most people give
you credit for. Anyway the reason, is that he's not a demon. While human chakra is blue, demon chakra is red.
This much you know already. The problem is that his body is not made to handle it. It's just the chakra
systems of a demon, and human are too different for him to use my power without concequences." stated Kyuubi
"Any example of this is every time, Naruto uses my power, he takes an unknown risk that he might
explode from using a chakra of a demon. So, to answer to your question, no, I can't teach him." said Kyuubi.
"Why are you telling us this?" asked Naruto
"That is for only me to know." stated Kyuubi
Jiraiya was trying to think of a way to handle this. Naruto was thinking, then came up with an idea.
"Kyuubi, what if I became a demon? You and I fuse our souls together. We can't remove the cell, but it can
be altered. So Kyuubi, you would be able to experience everything I do in the outside world, but I would be the one in control.
You can experience life through me, in return, your power and mine will combine to one. How does that
sound?" said Naruto.
Jiraya was shocked at what Naruto just said. Kyuubi was interested about this.
"Give me a moment to think about this?" stated Kyuubi
"Naruto, where did you learn about the idea of altering seals? I mean that is advanced knowledge for you is it not?" said Jiraya
"No, back in the academy someone asked a question about it and the teacher said it would be possible if you
had some experts do the work. So in theory, it could work. Besides I need Kyuubi's help to fulfill my dreams, and promises.
If this is the only way so be it. Besides, the village already thinks I am a demon, why not go all the way?" said Naruto.
Jiraiya looked at the kid, rubbed his head. "Naruto, you are the most unpredictable ninja there is." said Jiraiya.
Suddenly Kyuubi appeared and stated "It's a deal, kid. Now leave me so I can prepare my power. You also need
to get ready. We are going to need experts on seals."
"Already on the way, be here by tomorrow. I prepared them to be ready to alter the seal anyway." said Jiraiya.
"Every well, Naruto before you leave, thank you, it will be an honor to fight alongside a human like you." said Kyuubi.
"Kai" said Jiraiya, and Naruto and Jiraiya disappeared
"Naruto go to sleep. I will wait for the others to show up, they should be here in about an hour. Rest you will need it." said Jiraya
"Okay." said Naruto.
Naruto awoke to see Jiraiya and few others finishing something on the ground. It was pretty big, whatever it was.
Jiraya sensing that Naruto was awake, turned around to see Naruto.
"Ah, Naruto good you're up, we are almost ready to begin." said Jiraya
"Who are they Ero-Sennin? They look like ninja but I don't recognize their markings." said Naruto.
"First thing, don't call me ERO-SENNIN. Second these are ninja from the Village Bathed in Light. They are experts in seals, and they
owe me a favor. They understand what we want to do, so they will be the ones rewriting the seal for you. While I put up
a barrier to make sure no one gets hurt. Okay, now I will explain how this works." said Jiraya.
Five Minutes later
"Understand?
"Umm...of course I do." said Naruto
"Just go lay down in the center of the circle, and I will tell you what to do. Jeez can't follow simple instructions." said Jiraiya
as he walked to his position. "Okay everyone, we are going to get started. Naruto follow instructions."
"Hiya" screamed Naruto
"Now, Naruto we are going to power up the seal. When I tell you, call upon Kyuubi's power, and the seal will do the rest.
Note Kyuubi must release all of his chakra, okay." said the white shinobi.
"Hiya" screamed Naruto
Soon the giant seal started to glow. Soon it was so bright Naruto had to shut his eyes. He starting to feel something
strange.
"Naruto, tell Kyuubi to send his power through to you." said the White Shinobi
Naruto did it. At first he felt nothing, but after a few seconds he was screaming in pain. He felt himself changing. Muscles,
bones, everything was in pain and he was screaming. After about fifteen minutes, Naruto felt the pain go away and
felt warm. He opened his eyes to see the seal stop glowing. He sat up and looked at his hands and then he turned around
and looked at Jiraiya and asked "So, how much did I change?" asked Naruto.