A Spark of Brilliance
A One-Shot
Disclaimer: Naruto Is Not Mine :'(
Authors Note: A quick one shot of how Naruto's defeat to Sasuke at the Valley of the End should have brought some sort of epiphany on how to hone and control Kyuubi's powers.
As he lay in the Hospital, he kept thinking it over, the fight against his almost brother.
"I couldn't even touch him with out using that damn Foxes power" it was disgusting to think that he had to rely that heavily on a Demon's power. "And even when I did tap into it, I had no control of it, no will, no power." "Its like I wasn't even fighting my own battle" he though depressingly.
He sat there silently as he healed from the Chakra exhaustion caused from his fight. Where did he go wrong? Why was Sasuke so damn powerful! He knew he had more ninjutsu than the Uchiha; perhaps equal taijutsu and they barely even resorted to Genjutsu as far as he was concerned.
"Those seals and the Demonic chakra are the only thing he had me outclassed on" he couldn't see further into it, because truly that was the only thing there was. Sasuke had better control over his curse seal and he had better control over that demonic chakra it offered. He himself on the other hand, didn't even know the beginnings to slightly understanding his seal, much less how to control his demons power.
"Seals and Demon" he repeated once more under his breath. "Fuuin and Oni" he muttered a final time, as his mind finally began to wander.
Naruto understood what a problem was and how to solve it. He wasn't stupid enough to believe that all he had to do was hone his Tai and ninjutsu and hope to get him next time. A ninja's best friend and greatest power was surprise, the very thing he was praised most for and prided himself on most.
He knew he had a problem. Now how was he to solve it? He didn't know anything about his seal, or any seals for that matter. He figured as soon as he could figure out seals, he could figure out how to completely master the Foxes chakra. Not that far out of an idea when you think about it, although it is easier thought than done.
He snorted loudly. "Yeah, who the hell knows how to deal with seals on this level?" He wasn't an idiot to think that the mess of symbols on his stomach was simple. Even if it was he couldn't even figure out the exploding note, and that was Academy basics! He sighed as he relaxed in his bed once again hitting a dead end.
"Did someone say seals?" a rather loud voice came from the window, startling him and causing him to pull the kunai from under the sheets. Jiraiya raised an eyebrow at that, "bit jumpy are we?"
The kid snorted, "you never know." Jiraiya could only agree with pity, it was no secret what he went through as a kid and what it had brought him to. "Anyway, what do you know about seals ero-sennin?" the blonde stared at him dubiously. "As far as I've seen all you can do is play hooky and stare at breasts all day" That was a lie of course, in truth Naruto had a very high respect for the man in front of him, not that he'd admit that of course. After all the man was the only one to truly teach him something so far.
The Sannin scowled at him then smirked as if he had just seen Tsunade stark naked; "Well kid I helped designed that beautiful little thing on your stomach, so of course I know a bit about seals" and it was true, but not to the magnitude he made it seem. Minato had done the majority of it while Jiraiya sat back and actually learned something from his student, giving an input every now and again that wasn't necessarily needed. BUT he would never admit that of course. After all, he was the Legendary Sannin and Womanizer.
To Naruto though, it was like the magic words had been spoken, the metaphorical secret to life, or answer to his problems. Not that far fetched considering it technically was. "So what do I got to do to learn?"
Jiraiya's saw the eagerness in the kid's eyes. The desire and need to learn this, his grin turned into a full brown smile "Come with me for 3 years and I'll have you creating seals in your sleep kid" Naruto didn't even need to think about it. He would do anything to get his brother back, and now even more importantly, control that fox.
That night Naruto was released from the hospital and gather all his things, and with out so much as a good bye to his friends he and Jiraiya took off into the world to create one more Seal Master and the man nick named The Orange Seal.
3 Years Later; Konoha's Main Gate
A tall and imposing lone figure approached the gates of Konoha with an air of nonchalance. Not ridiculously so, but tall enough for a kid 17 years old. The chunin guard almost stopped him until he spotted his headband; it had an orange clothe that read Fuuin instead of the leaf symbol, the man gasped. The headband had become as well known as Jiraiya's oil headband.
The teenager strolling up to the gates was wearing black pants and a black shirt with orange gloves and sandals as well as a flowing white trench coat. The teenager looked up to the man who stood atop the gate and flashed him a smile.
"It's been a while since I've been in this town!" the teen shouted to the man, the man was startled out of his admiration for a quick second and responded.
"Uzumaki-san, you were expected 6 months ago when Jiraiya arrived!" the chunin said before he jumped down, now feeling a bit better knowing the man wasn't going to kill them all.
He grinned instead and waltzed through the gates without trouble; "Sorry, personal business. You know, classified and all that good stuff" the teen smirked at them then continued to walk they didn't bother stopping him, the kid was a legend after all.
The chunin noticed two things at that moment; on the back of his coat was a red nine-tailed fox in chains it head in submission. He also noticed a little to late that the Uzumaki was staring at the Hokage Monument (which now included Tsunade's face) with a frown as he produced numerous spray paint cans seemingly out of thin air.
"Well this just wont do, now will it" the Uzumaki muttered as produced 9 other clones and disappeared off into the crowded village. An hour later seemingly instantaneously, the Hokage Monument was vandalized and marked on each face was the Fuuin symbol.
Hokage's Office
Tsunade was startled out of her sleep as Jiraiya burst into her office with a giant smile and a scared looking Shizune. Outside her office the village was laughing hysterically, she followed everyone's eyesight and saw the painted monument with shock then anger and then a giant smile.
"Get every ANBU and available ninja we have on his ass, he's to brought to my office unharmed but in chains" She said all this with a vicious smile, the brat thought he could disappear and reappear without giving her a hello-goodbye? He was in for worse punishment then Jiraiya that she was sure of.
Jiraiya shuddered a bit; he was still limping for not having told her in person and instead having sent a letter a week later.
A unique brash but charming laughter was heard through the village as an orange and black shinobi darted around avoiding capture.
Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, aka the Orange Seal, had returned and the world was sure to be in for quiet the shock.
Authors Note: This took on a life of its own way too quickly, now I want to make it a full-blown story. I guess I'll let the fans vote on it :D tell me if you like it like that or you want it to go all out.