Naruto the Swift Blade
This is a Naruto story that takes place a little after the battle against Zabusa and Haku, Naruto is troubled about how useless he was in the battle against Haku, so Kakashi decides to help him get stronger, this will be about a stronger and somewhat smarter Naruto, don't own any of the characters.
Chapter 1- Realization! The training begins
Naruto Uzumaki was lying on his back on his bed in his orange and blue jacket with his orange pants while he looked up at his ceiling. He had a box of instant ramen standing on the table in his kitchen, however he wasn't really feeling hungry which was rare for him.
He closed his eyes and sighed, he and his team which was made up of Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha as well as their sensei Kakashi Hatake had just returned from their mission in the Land of Waves where they were to protect the bridge builder Tazuna while he completed his bridge so they wouldn't have to rely on the corrupted business man Gato who was also a drug dealer smuggler.
Gato, desperate to stop the bridge from being finished, hired the rouge ninja Zabusa Momochi, also known as the Demon of the Hidden Mist, who was a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
He narrowed his eyes, Kakashi Sensei almost finished Zabusa off during our first encounter with him, however we never expected that he would have an ally nearby, if Haku hadn't been there to save him, then we wouldn't have had so much trouble later on.
Naruto got a sad expression on his face when he remembered the boy that looked like a cute girl Haku who had long black hair, he had been an enemy, even so he had on purpose not killed Sasuke even though he could've done that and only made it look like he died.
Naruto got a troubled expression on his face, he felt troubled over how powerless he had been against Haku, he knew he needed to get stronger since he didn't want to feel how he felt when he believed that Sasuke had died in his arms ever again.
He then sighed and sat up on his bed, "Lying here won't do anything good, I might as well take a walk in order to clear my head a little". Naruto then got up on his feet and walked over to his door and opened it and then walked out of his apartment.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Naruto was walking through the streets of the Hidden Leaf Village, his birth home in the evening. He looked down on the street in front of him as he continued walking while he was in deep thoughts. He then noticed how a man who looked like he was in his late thirties glared at him with hatred and disgust.
Naruto looked around himself and saw how a few more men and women looked at him either with hatred or fear. He looked down at his feet and sighed, he was pretty used to those looks by now since he had been getting them for as long as he could remember.
He narrowed his eyes, he had always wondered why everyone had always looked at him like that before, however then, a former Sensei at the Ninja Academy, Mizuki had tricked him to steal the sacred Scroll of Sealing, which he later find out contained techniques that had been placed in it by the very first Hokage and was forbidden because they were too dangerous if not used correctly.
Mizuki had told Naruto that if he could master a jutsu from that scroll then he would be allowed to graduate from the academy since he had just failed the graduation exam for the third time.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, angry at himself for believing what Mizuki had told him, however he had been desperate to graduate from the academy in order to fulfill his dream to become Hokage and gain the approval of everyone in the village.
He later then learned the truth about the scroll from his favorite teacher at the academy, Iruka, who had arrived where Naruto had been hiding while he practiced just in time to save Naruto from Mizuki who had tried to kill him.
Mizuki had then revealed to Naruto that the third Hokage who had retaken the position after the fourth Hokage's death 12 years ago had made a law around that time which forbid people to talk about something, which he then had revealed was the fact that the spirit of the Nine-Tailed Fox that had almost destroyed their village 12 years ago was inside of him.
Naruto narrowed his eyes a little more, At that time, I didn't want to believe what Mizuki was telling me, I didn't want to believe that the Nine-Tailed Fox was trapped inside of me, however like he pointed out, it would explain why the people of the village looks at me with either hate, disgust or fear, also Iruka Sensei didn't deny it either. Also there is that time during the battle with Haku when I thought Sasuke died, when I felt an incredible power well up from inside of me.
Naruto then got a small smile on his face when he thought back to when Iruka had told Mizuki how he was a hard worker and always tried his best and that he was nothing like the Nine-Tails, "If Iruka Sensei hadn't said that about me at that time, I might've given in to the darkness in my heart".
Naruto then walked past someone, however he didn't notice since he was still looking down at the ground, however he then got shocked when he heard a familiar voice call out to him, "Naruto, is something wrong?"
Naruto turned his head around and saw that the man he had just walked past was his sensei with spiky silver hair that had covered his left eye with his Leaf Village headband, Kakashi Hatake.
Naruto then noticed that Kakashi had his Make-Out book in his hand, he looked at Kakashi with a smile, "Still reading that book Kakashi Sensei? I've seen the books from the Make-Out series in the book store here in the village, and they seem pretty boring to me".
Kakashi looked which page he was at before he closed the book and placed it in his pouch and walked over to Naruto, "We all have different taste Naruto, as for me, I find them quite enjoyable, now then, could you tell me what's troubling you?"
Naruto's eyes widened in shock for a second before he got a troubled smile on his face as he turned towards him, "What are you talking about Kakashi Sensei? I'm not troubled, I'm the same as always". As to emphasis what he said he waved arms up and down.
Kakashi placed a hand on Naruto's right shoulder, "Naruto, I know I only recently became your Sensei, however I've been long enough to see that you've been troubled by something these past few days since we got back from the Land of Waves, so please tell me".
Naruto looked at him shocked before he got a troubled expression on his face and then a few seconds later he nodded his head.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Naruto and Kakashi sat on a park bench, Kakashi looked at Naruto, "I see, you've been troubled over how little you could do against Haku. Well was around high level chunin level or even jonin level ninja, Zabusa said that Haku was stronger than himself, however since I never fought him I can't know, however with his ability to use hand signs with one hand as well as his Ice Style, he might actually have been stronger than Zabusa, so you shouldn't be too troubled about it, to begin with that mission was too high level to begin with, but it helped you guys learn a lot".
Naruto looked down at the ground with a depressed expression on his face, "Even so, I felt so useless in that fight, not only couldn't I do anything but I also passed out because of the damage I took, if Haku had really tried to kill us, then both Sasuke and I would've died that day".
Kakashi placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder, "You can't blame yourself for that Naruto, both you and Sasuke had just recently become genins where Haku was probably jonin level like I mentioned earlier".
Naruto didn't say anything and continued to have a depressed expression on his face, Kakashi looked at him with a troubled expression before he suddenly got an idea, "Naruto, go to the training grounds where I tested you guys to see if you were ready to become ninjas and wait for me there, I just need to get something".
Naruto looked up at him confused, "The training grounds? But Sensei, it's evening now, and we have a mission tomorrow".
Kakashi looked at him, "It's not that late yet, so we should have some time before we need to get to bed, I'm just going to confirm something, and once I have confirmed it, I will know what I need to in order to make you stronger".
Naruto quickly jumped up on his feet and turned around and looked at Kakashi with an excited expression on his face, "Really! Awesome, I'll go there right away, and then I'll wait there for you until morning if I have to considering your habit of always being late, believe it!" Naruto then ran to get to the training grounds so fast that a dust cloud formed behind him.
Kakashi looked after him before he chuckled, "He sure is a knucklehead, even so he's an interesting kid, I have faith that he will be able to become a powerful ninja in the future, after all…" He looked up in the sky, "He's your son after all, Minato Sensei". He then got up on his feet and walked towards his apartment in order to get what he needed.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Naruto was leaning against the wooden pole that he had been tied to during the bell test that team 7 had taken, he had now waited for Kakashi for 15 minutes and was hoping that Kakashi would come soon.
Naruto then heard footsteps coming towards him from the right, he turned his head to his right and saw Kakashi walking towards him. Naruto quickly ran towards Kakashi with an excited expression on his face, "Let's get started Kakashi Sensei!"
Kakashi chuckled and gave Naruto a one-eyed smile, "Very well, but like I said before, first we need to confirm something before we begin". Kakashi opened his pouch and took out a slip of paper and held out it towards Naruto.
Naruto took the paper and looked at it with a confused expression on his face, "Huh? What are we gonna confirm with a piece of paper?"
Kakashi sighed and took out another paper and held it between his index finger and his middle finger, "These papers are made from special trees that are fed and nurtured with chakra, they'll react to the slightest amount of chakra, with the help of this we will be able to find out which chakra nature that fits you the best".
Naruto looked like a living question mark, "Huh, chakra natures?"
Kakashi sighed again before he continued, "Have you ever wondered how Fire Style jutsus can be used? The ninjas that's able to use fire chakra nature is able to transform their chakra into fire, or they can just use their chakra in order to manipulate fire around them".
Kakashi then held the index finger on his other hand, "There are five basic chakra natures, fire, earth, wind, water and lightning, shinobis are usually born with just one and then might master one or two more during their lifetimes, a rare few are able to master all of them. However a few rare shinobis are born with two elements at the same time, like Zabusa's partner Haku who possessed the Ice Style, which most likely a combination of water nature and wind nature, these special natures are called kekkei genkai".
Naruto looked at Kakashi shocked and amazed before he looked at his paper and then turned his eyes back to Kakashi, "So then, how are we gonna find out what my chakra nature is?"
Kakashi didn't say anything for a few seconds and then Naruto gasped in shock when he saw how the paper Kakashi held between his fingers wrinkled, "If you have lightning nature like me, then the paper will wrinkle like mine just did, if you have if earth, then the paper will crumble, if you have water then it will get soaked, if you have fire then it will burn up, and finally if you have wind, then it will be cut. Now concentrate on gathering chakra in your hand that's holding the paper, and then we'll find out".
Naruto looked at the paper with a determined expression on his face, "Alright then, let's do this!" Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated on gathering chakra in his right hand, he kept focusing, then he suddenly heard a loud tearing sound. He quickly opened his eyes and saw that the paper had almost been torn almost in half.
Kakashi nodded his head, "Alright, now we know that your nature is wind, the wind chakra is able to slice and tear anything, which makes it perfect for battle".
Naruto got a shocked expression on his face before a huge grin appeared on his face, "Really?" Naruto then started jumping on the spot in excitement, "Alright, I knew that I was awesome!"
Kakashi held up his hand, "Calm down Naruto, we have just discovered what you're chakra nature is, which means that your true nature manipulation training begins right now".
Naruto stopped jumping and looked at Kakashi confused, "Nature manipulation? You mean like transforming my chakra in to wind, like you explained earlier with fire?"
Kakashi nodded his head, "That's right, also the same thing with water, once you have mastered it, then I'll teach you some Wind Style jutsus, however since I'm sure you still don't really understand the true destructive power of the wind nature chakra, I'll have someone who is a wind user show you, wait here and I'll go and get him". The next moment so did Kakashi vanish.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Naruto sat on top of the pole he had been tied to, he then heard two pair of feet coming towards him and looked to his right and saw Kakashi coming towards him again with a man with spiky black hair and a black beard and with a cigarette in his mouth.
Naruto jumped down from the pole and looked at the man shocked, "Asuma Sensei? You have the wind nature as well?"
The man whose name was Asuma looked at Naruto with a smile, "Yeah that's right, I must admit that I was shocked when Kakashi came to my apartment and asked me to help you since you also have the wind nature".
Asuma looked around before he looked at Kakashi, "Let's go in to the forest and find a good place so I can properly show him what the wind nature chakra is capable of".
Kakashi nodded his head before he looked at Naruto, "Follow us Naruto". Naruto looked at both of them confused but nodded his head and followed both of the jonins in to the forest.
After walking for at most a few minutes so did Asuma suddenly stop walking and looked around and then suddenly focused his eyes on a tree with a large boulder behind it.
Asuma got a smirk on his face as he opened his pouch, "Yes, this is perfect to show Naruto what the wind nature is capable of". He then pulled out what looked like trench knives with four holes in them below the blades.
Asuma placed his fingers in to the holes of one of the trench blades and held it up in front of Naruto, "These are my chakra blades, they are made of a special metal that allows them to not only channel the chakra of the user through them, but they can also absorb the chakra nature of the user, which can make them the origin of a jutsu for the user".
Naruto looked at him with an expression of complete confusion on his face, Asuma chuckled, "I guess I'll show you what I mean".
Naruto then gasped in shock when he saw how a thin layer of chakra formed around the blade, Naruto watches as the chakra flowed like a saw blade around it. Asuma then turned towards the tree with the boulder behind it, "Now watch closely Naruto".
Asuma then took and threw the chakra blade towards it. Naruto's eyes widened when he saw how the chakra blade easily tore through the tree and then crashed in to the boulder and smashed it to pieces.
Asuma looked at Naruto who had an expression of complete shock on his face with a smile on his face, "If you infuse weapons with wind nature chakra, you can easily cut through stone, or smash it like I just did, you'll also be able to cut through metal easily as well.
Naruto's shocked expression changed to one of pure excitement, "Awesome! That was so amazing! I will train as hard I can until I'm able to do that as well".
Asuma chuckled before he held out his other chakra blade towards Naruto, "Alright, first let's see how well you're able to channel your chakra through my chakra blade".
Naruto nodded his head and grabbed the chakra blade and placed his fingers of his right hand in the holes and placed the blade on his knuckles, he then closed his eyes and focused and started to gather chakra at the blade, he opened his eyes and looked at the blade and narrowed his eyes when he didn't see any chakra surrounding the blade, he gritted his teeth and focused on gathering more chakra.
Naruto then saw how a thin layer of chakra moving around the blade, however instead of looking like a saw blade, it moved like large waves, Naruto groaned, "It doesn't really look like yours did".
Asuma chuckled, "Well, I've had many years of training, you have just learned about the different chakra natures, not to mention that your chakra control is not that great yet, considering how much you needed in order to gather chakra in the blade".
Asuma looked at Naruto and held up the index finger on his right hand, "As for wind nature chakra, when you gather it, imagine that your chakra is split into two halves that's grinding against each other, and once they've sharpened each other in to thin, fine pieces, you rejoin them again".
Naruto got a confused expression on his face, "Thin and sharp?" He then looked down at the chakra blade and then after a few seconds so widened he his eyes, "You mean like a blade?"
Asuma nodded his head with a smile, "That's right, shape it as thin and sharp as possible".
Kakashi walked over to them, "In other words, wind nature chakra is really good for close and mid range battle, however, if you're going to master wind nature chakra, you could use a main weapon similar to Asuma's chakra blades".
Asuma placed a hand on his chin, "Hmm, the one who made me my chakra blades owes me a favor, so I could ask him to make Naruto a weapon of the same metal as my chakra blades".
Kakashi nodded his head, "Thanks Asuma, now let's think, I think that the weapon that might suit Naruto best might be a slightly shortened chokuto sword, I think that with some training Naruto will be able to handle it quite well".
Asuma nodded his head, "Alright, I'll see what I can do about it". Kakashi nodded his head and thanked Asuma again before Asuma vanished.
Kakashi then turned towards Naruto who looked at him, "Now, the first level of training you should do in order to master the wind nature is cutting leaf".
Naruto looked at him confused, "Cutting leaf?" Kakashi nodded his head, "Yeah, you'll hold a leaf between your hands and then you'll try and cut the leaf with just your chakra".
Naruto looked at Kakashi with a troubled expression, "It sounds like this training is gonna take a really long time".
Kakashi looked at him, "Normally it would take quite a bit of time, I won't deny it, however you're lucky that you know the one trick that will allow you to shorten the training time".
Naruto got a confused expression on his face, "Huh? What are you talking about? If I knew a trick like that, don't you think I would've used it long ago?"
Kakashi sighed tired before he spoke again, "I'm talking about the Shadow Clone jutsu that you know, it's an B-rank technique, and that's for several reasons, and one of them is because that anything that the clones learn is transferred back to the original once the clone is either destroyed or the jutsu is released, which is why this jutsu in the past was used to explore dangerous terrains or sent on missions to search for enemy shinobis".
Naruto widened his eyes in shock when he heard that, "Really? The Shadow Clone jutsu is that awesome? I've never noticed that during the times I've used it".
Kakashi nodded his head, "You have unconsciously received the information from the Shadow Clones but never used it because you never noticed it, now let's both make a Shadow Clone each and then they will do something out of our view of sight and then you'll tell me what they did".
Naruto got a smirk on his face, "Got it!" He then crossed the index and middle fingers on both hands so they formed a cross, "Shadow Clone jutsu!" The next second, a second Naruto appeared next to him.
Kakashi then also crossed the index fingers and middle fingers on both his hands, "Shadow Clone jutsu". A second Kakashi appeared next to him. Kakashi's Shadow Clone then told Naruto's Shadow Clone to follow him and they went deeper in to the forest.
A LITTLE WHILE LATER,
Kakashi's Shadow clone stopped walking and looked behind him, "This should be far enough". Kakashi then took out a kunai and turned towards Naruto, "Now, let's clash a little".
Naruto's Shadow Clone nodded his head and took out a kunai as well, he then leaned forward and ran towards Kakashi in high speed, he then jumped towards Kakashi and swung his kunai at him.
Kakashi's Shadow Clone easily blocked Naruto's Shadow Clone's kunai with his own, however, Naruto's Shadow Clone got a grin on his face and grabbed Kakashi's Shadow Clone's arm and used it to launch himself under his legs so he got behind him.
Naruto's Shadow Clone quickly threw his kunai at Kakashi's Shadow Clone's back, however Kakashi's Shadow Clone with ease caught the kunai with his free hand.
Kakashi's Shadow Clone then turned towards Naruto's Shadow Clone, "Alright I think that should be enough, now let's release the jutsu". Naruto's Shadow Clone nodded his head and then both of them crossed the index fingers and the middle fingers on their hands before of them disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
AT THE SAME TIME,
Naruto gasped in shock before he chuckled, "I know what our clones did, both of them pulled out a kunai and fought with them, then after distracting your clone with a frontal attack my clone snuck behind yours by sliding between your clone's legs and then tried to hit you from behind, however your clone caught the kunai that mine threw".
Kakashi gave Naruto a one-eyed smile, "Exactly, while it's true that the Shadow Clones are useful in battle, it's one of the most useful techniques when it comes to gathering information since the original will learn what the clone learned once it disappears".
Kakashi then held up his right index finger, "Anyway, let's say that that you train with one clone, then the training time is cut in half, if you use two clones then the time gets cut to a third part of the time, and so if you make nine clones so there is ten of you then the time becomes a tenth part of what it of what it normally would take".
A huge grin appeared on Naruto's face, "I get it now". He then placed his hands behind his head, "Since you know how to use Shadow Clones, you must've used them when you trained right? That would explain why you're so strong Kakashi Sensei".
Kakashi closed his eye, "While I can understand why you would think that, that's not true, because of the amount of chakra and stamina I have, I can't maintain it for long or use it to its full potential by using many clones since my chakra is equally divided between me and my clones. In fact, with amount of chakra and stamina you have, you're the only one I know who can pull off this kind of training".
Naruto looked at Kakashi shocked, "Really? I have that much more chakra than you?" Kakashi nodded his head, "A little more than four times as much chakra as me".
Naruto got a huge smile on his face, "Really, that much? Man I really am awesome". He then gasped in shock and then looked down at the ground, I wonder, if I could control the Nine-Tails power, how much power would I have?
Kakashi looked at Naruto confused, "Naruto? Are you okay?"
Naruto gasped again before he quickly looked at Kakashi with a smile, "Yeah I'm fine, so you want me to use my Shadow Clones to shorten the time of my training to master wind nature manipulation right?"
Kakashi nodded his head, "That's right, also while I know you can make an almost insane amount of Shadow Clones, I want you to at most use 20 clones, also when you train to learn a new jutsu, I would like if you didn't really use any clones at all unless it's a difficult one, then you can use up to three clones, also I think you should continue practicing the tree climbing exercise in order to continue to improve your chakra control".
Naruto nodded, "Got it Sensei, I will train the way you have instructed me as often as I can".
Kakashi nodded his head, "Good, I would suggest that you do most of your training here so I will know where you are when I decide to check how it's going for you, and like I said, once you have managed to completely tear the leaves in half, I'll show you some good Wind Style jutsus, however I have a pretty good jutsu I think would fit you quite well that you can practice right now". Naruto looked at Kakashi confused while his sensei once again gave him a one-eyed smile.
Naruto who is troubled over how useless he was against Haku decided to walk through the village to clear his head, there he ran in to his Sensei Kakashi who asked what was troubling him and Naruto told him, Kakashi then decided to help train him but before that he needed to find out what chakra nature Naruto had. After testing he found out that Naruto's chakra nature is wind, after that Kakashi asked Asuma to help him show Naruto how destructive the wind nature chakra can be if used correctly. Kakashi then explained to him the advantage of using Shadow Clones since everything the clones learn and the experience they gain returns to the original. What's going to happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.
