A/N: Hi everyone, it's been a while. Sorry about that. Here is another story idea that I couldn't get out of my head. I won't be giving any hints as far as where I see this going, but I'd love to hear your guesses.
I will go back to my other stories to continue them soon, it mostly depends on if my work keeps me busy. Hopefully this will be the last new story for a while assuming my muse shows some consistency for one.
Enjoy!
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Starts from Manga 94
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It's been three weeks since Naruto started training with Jiraiya, 21 days of nothing but...
"Summoning Technique!"
Spoke erupts from where he slammed his hand down. As the smoke dissipates, a creature is revealed. It looks like a cross between a tadpole and grown up frog... so a preteen amphibian? (Sorry, author rambling...)
"Damnit!" Naruto cursed for what must be the 300th time. Quickly he bit his thumb and flashed through the needed hand signs
"Summoning Technique!"
"Damnit!"
"Summoning Technique! This time I've got a frog!" Once again the smoke cleared to show, the same young frog as before. Who looked very confused as to why he kept popping in and out of the world...
"What?! Damnit! Why can't I get it?!" Naruto hung his head for a moment, catching his breath. "What is this damn red chakra he keeps talking about..." He muttered quietly.
At this point, Naruto heard a sound from the edge of the clearing. "Hehehe" Jiraiya giggled while he wrote in his notebook.
Letting his frustration overwhelm him, Naruto shouted, "Damnit you old man!" Somewhat quieter, he continued, "At least pay some attention to me, your'e supposed to be... teaching... me..." He trailed off as he lost consciousness.
Jiraiya stopped giggling and sighed in disappointment. 'He collapsed again... I suppose I can't blame him, it's been 3 weeks non-stop.' Jiraiya thought as he walked and stood over the young boy. 'Using the Kyubi's chakra isn't easy. And it's true that his control is terrible. He's also too small a container to hold the Kyubi's chakra. The seal probably prevents his use of the chakra as a safety measure.' Jiraiya picked up Naruto and slung him over his shoulder. 'But those reports on Wave... strong emotions must be the key to unlocking that power. Well if strong emotions are the key, I'll just train his body to use that key...'
Jiraiya started heading north outside of the village towards Kyubi's Chasm.
Kyubi's Chasm is a bittersweet and awe-inspiring landmark a couple of days east of Konoha (Unless you are a Sannin, then it's just a few hours.). This section of Fire Country was known as one of the most stunning examples of the Kyubi's power. After destroying the land of Whirlpool the Demon Fox headed directly towards Konoha. During the delaying actions of Leaf ninja 13 years ago, the fox struck the ground with one of it's enormous tails and opened a canyon that split the earth for miles, dropping several dozen ninja to their death below. This chasm was hundreds of feet deep and nobody had yet been to the bottom and lived to tell.
Jiraiya had decided that this was the last resort for Naruto. Knowing that he would soon have to face enemies nearly as strong as his father, only the Demon's power could give him the edge he needed. Most of the more powerful bloodlines only emerged at a life-threatening moment and this power appeared to be no exception to that rule. As Jiraiya lept through the trees toward his destination, only one thought repeated in his mind. 'Forgive me Minato...'
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Meanwhile
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Naruto was in his first year at the academy. It has only been a couple of months and he was already losing hope that things would ever change.
An academy teacher looked down at him with a disgusted look on his face. "Stop disrupting class, go sit outside while those that want to learn remain!"
"But I wasn't doing anything!" Naruto protested, looking up at his sensei.
However, Kenji wasn't listening. He pointed again to the door and yelled, "Get out!!"
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It was his first day with Team 7 and Naruto's teammates had just fed him, in violation of Kakashi's orders. For the first time in years, Naruto began to hope that he had started to make friends. He had heard stories over other ninja becoming the best of friends with their teammates, lasting for decade. Suddenly, storm clouds gathered overhead.
"I thought I told you not to feed him!" Kakashi yelled as he appeared.
The storm clouds cleared and Kakashi smiled. "Congratulations! You all pass." He said before walking away. "Come on Team 7, I'll treat you to lunch." They left for BBQ, leaving Naruto tied to the stump.
"Wait, what about me, don't leave me tied up here!" Naruto shouted.
His cries went unanswered as he struggled against the pole.
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Konohamaru had just completed the Sexy Technique when Ebisu showed up.
"If you hang out with trash like him, you'll become stupid! Now come on!" the tutor yelled, trying to drag Konohamaru away from the demon.
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Naruto had gone to the hospital to look for Sasuke. In the lobby, he ran into his sensei.
"Sorry Naruto, I can't train you, I have to train Sasuke." Kakashi had answered when Naruto asked him for training. "Good luck though. You will be training with Ebisu for the next month." Kakashi finished before vanishing.
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Naruto had just demanded that the old man train him for knocking out Ebisu. Jiraiya retorted "I hate disrespectful and rude brats like you!"
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'I can't believe I had to bribe him into training me by turning into a woman... God I'm pathetic...'
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Naruto woke up.
"Nnnnn... What? Where am I?" He asked, blinking as the sunlight hit his eyes.
"Get up."
Naruto looked up to see Jiraiya standing over him with a blank look on his face. "Huh? What's going on?" He looked around in confusion, wondering where he was. All he could see was forest all around him. This could be any part of Fire country. Naruto suddenly wondered if he had made a mistake learning from this old man. Was this another Mizuki? His fears only increased as he heard the Toad Sage start talking.
Jiraiya spoke sternly, "The training end today brat. I have done everything I know how to do to help you learn this and we are now out of options. If you don't want to die then you had better figure this out right now."
"Wait, what?" Naruto replied, looking around frantically for an escape or someone to help him.
Jiraiya's only response was to knock Naruto back into the chasm.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" was all that could be heard as Naruto fell.
Looking down at his small student, Jiraiya shoved down the growing sense of dread in his stomach and quietly stated, "Now we will see if you are meant to use this power. Or not."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Naruto was falling down at a high speed, he passed terminal velocity and had fallen at least a couple hundred feet. Looking around frantically, he tried to figure out a way to save himself. Turning his head to the side, he sees the rough walls and has an idea. "Wait, maybe I can grab onto this like with those trees." Putting his hands into the ram sign, he gathered his chakra. "If I can't do this, I'll die! Gotta focus..." Feeling his chakra move to his hands, he reached out desperately. However, despite his best attempts, Naruto's hands just slipped off the wet rock every time.
"Damnit!" he shouted, watching the walls blur by. It was now that reality had started to set in to the teenager. Naruto could only say one thing. "I'm really going to die here..."
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Naruto woke up.
"Huh? Where am I?" He looked around wondering if that had just been a dream.
"A sewer?" It appeared that he was in a sewer, but it wasn't like any sewer he had seen. Having hid in the sewers of Konoha to escape a drunken villager a few times, he knew he wasn't in Konoha any more. What's more, something didn't feel right, this sewer felt... familiar, but ominous.
"What's this feeling?" Moving down the hallway, splashing lightly in the water on the floor, Naruto passed door after door as he explored. Each door was in a different condition. Some were clean, most were rusted and a couple looked like they were one step from falling off of their hinges. Seeing a passage way up ahead, Naruto wondered if maybe he should be moving away from the incredibly creepy feeling. As the passge ended, he was standing in a room that appeared to be larger than the coliseum. Standing a couple hundred feet away, and reached the ceiling and side walls was what appeared to be a set of giant cage doors. In the dim lighting he could make out a shadow the size of the Hokage monument and suddenly, part of the shadow opened to reveal a pair of red eyes that radiated anger and frustration.
"Ugh, so big... what is it?" He asked himself, staring into the giant eyes.
A low rumbling voice echoed from the cage. "Child... come closer..."
As if hypnotized, Naruto did as ordered, moving forward in a slow daze. As he came close to the cage, he suddenly shook his head and jumped back. Just in time too.
Crash!
The cage bars flashed and the claws jerked back as if stung. "I want to eat you!" The shadow roared, shaking the room. "This damned seal!"
Naruto took a moment to take another look at the room. This time he noticed a few things he had missed before. He saw the bars of the cage were inscribed with various Kanji and where the two doors met in the center as a small slip of paper that simple said 'Seal'.
As realization struck him like a ton of bricks, Naruto pointed at the shadow and shouted, "You... you're the Kyubi! The red chakra... It's yours!" He couldn't believe that the pervert wanted him to use this cursed power. Last time he used it, he nearly killed his first true friend. Was Jiraiya trying to make the village hate him even more?
"Yes I am. Why are you here? What do you want?" The now revealed demonic fox asked.
Giving the demon an incredulous look, Naruto wondered the same thing, what was he doing here. "Everybody hates me because of you! I don't want anything from you!" he shouted. "Let me out of here!"
The Kyubi was speechless for a moment. He had not expected this. "You don't want to use my power? We are falling to our death, without it, we won't survive!"
Naruto scoffed. "I don't care anymore! I can't become Hokage, nobody likes me. I have to bribe people for training! Nobody respects me... and they never will..." He turned as if to leave and waved. "I can't say it was nice to meet you, but goodbye."
Recovering from his shock, Kyubi roared after the young ninja. "Come back here! You brat, get back here!!!"
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Naruto blinked as conciousness returned to him. As expected, he was still falling. The difference was that now, he didn't really care.
I guess this is it... sorry old man, guess I won't be taking that hat from you. Kakashi, you sucked as a sensei, I won't miss you. Bye Sakura-chan, good luck with Sasuke, you don't have to put up with me any more. I'm so sorry Iruka-sensei...
He could now make something out at the bottom, it appeared to be an exposed portion of an underground river. At peace as he approached the his death, he felt a sudden warmth surround him.
And then he felt no more.
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A/N: Please review, this whole reason I am posting this is because someone reviewed Long Lost Uzumaki recently. I will continue LLU within the next month and Pulse or this story after that. Enjoy!
Rant: Does anybody mind if I rant for a bit? What is this bullshit about the new and all powerful Juubi? Also, now we hear that the Sharingan either developed from the Rinnegan or the Juubi had some super ShaRinnegan? This is stupid, he first states that the Sharingran developed from the Byakugan, then he says that the Byakugan, Sharingan and Rinnegan were the 3 great and powerful Doujutsu and now it looks like the Sharingan and Rinnegan are connected and the Byakugan is just forgotten or something. I'm somewhat curious to see just how OP the Uchiha become, I'm thinking DBZ strong here soon. I can see it now, Madara's evil scheme will come to fruition and then Naruto, who somehow survives the Kyubi extraction, pulls a Kamehameha out of his ass to destroy the moon! Take that evil scheme!