Naruto Fanfiction: Legend of Wind
Chapter 2: Training
Naruto groaned. After one week of training he had finally been given a five hour break. Itachi, or niisan as he had started to call again was a slave driver, though he had to grudgingly admit that the training he received was worth it. Itachi had told him about the secret of the Kage bunshin no jutsu. You dear reader, would not have been able to predict the amount of surprise Naruto felt when he found that out.
Next, Itachi had given him a chakra paper and had made him find out his affinities. His primary affinity it seemed was wind, and guessing by the way the paper was all torn up it was a strong affinity at that. His secondary affinity was fire, which Itachi seemed to be happy about. Everyday Itachi made Naruto summon 1000 clones, which was really taxing him, for training.
One hundred would go off to practice the various chakra control exercises they were given, one hundred would go for Taijutsu practice for a style which Itachi called the Yurei Kumite (Ghost Kata) which heavily relied on swiftness, effective evasion, stealth, and deadly accuracy.
Another one hundred would go and practice kenjutsu with an Itachi clone. Yes, Itachi had gifted Naruto a Wakizachi called Arashi (Tempest) which according to Itachi had been made by a famous forger in tetsu no Kuni (Land of Iron) with a rare Wind Ore from Kaze no Kuni (Land of Wind) at the hilt of the sword that raised the sharpness and effectiveness (Mostly with Wind jutsu) of the sword. Itachi was teaching Naruto the ANBU kenjutsu style which was called the Ono-ha Itto-ru Kumite (One Sword Kata) which are based on sift, hard hitting precision strikes to defeat enemies.
Another one hundred would go and practice Wind Chakra control while another one hundred would go and practice Fire Chakra control. Then another one hundred clones had been given a jutsu scroll by Itachi which contained Futon: Daitopa. (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough). Another one hundred had been given a scroll containing Katon: Goukyaku no Jutsu. (Fire Style: Great Fireball jutsu).
Another batch of hundred clones would had been given a scroll containing Genjutsu exercises on how to break out of them and finally another hundred clones would go and practice the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker). The remaining one hundred were practicing weapons throwing and other arts associated with them. As for the original Naruto himself, well, Itachi was bent on making him raise his speed whilst putting Juryoku Fuin (Gravity seals) on his body. As of right now they were at x2.
Naruto panted as he sat down heaving. Itachi was right. One week of training with the Shadow clone training method had given him two months' worth of training. But it was also very very taxing. He looked around at his quarter and wondered what his other genin were doing.
X.X.X
"Kisame, can you please repeat that again?" A person with bright orange hair and purple eyes with ripple patterns asked.
"Pain-sama, Itachi has deserted Akatsuki." Kisame repeated for the third time.
"And how did this happen in your watch?" Pain asked with gritted teeth.
Kisame sweated a little before saying "I had gone to eat in a nearby civilian village while Itachi said he was going to the river for some relaxation."
Pain sighed as he said "Fine then. Let him leave. But if you are to ever see him, make sure that he does not see the light of day ever again, is that understood?"
"Yes." Kisame said as he disappeared in a smokeless shunshin.
Pain sighed as he left too.
In the shadows a man wearing the Akatsuki robes and an orange spiral mask chuckled. "Itachi, Itachi, how naïve you are….."
X.X.X
2 and a half weeks later
Itachi and Naruto were eating at an inn near the upper border of Hi no Kuni. Itachi was eating quite gracefully while he was frowning at Naruto who was stuffing his face full with ramen and dango.
"Naruto, you need to learn proper table manners." Itachi murmured as he slurped on his own bowl of ramen.
"Hark who's talking niisan!" Naruto replied haughtily as he continued to stuff his face. "I haven't had a proper meal since you started to train me at all!"
Itachi sighed. He should have known. But as quickly as it had come it went away. He smiling then. Naruto definitely had the potential he had been looking for. Even with the Shadow clone training method, Naruto had grown from a mid genin level ninja to a ninja of mid-chunin level strength.
Itachi was just about to finish his bowl of ramen before he saw a duo of two Iwa Jonin make their way towards the, Itachi's eyes narrowed. One of them was an S-rank Shinobi called Iwa no Suchiru shirudo (The Hidden Stone's Steel Shield) who possesses the famed Koton (Steel Release).
"Well well, what do we have here, two Konoha shinobi, one being none other than the Konoha no Karasu (The Raven of the Leaf). And who's this blonde? The son of the Yondaime?" The steel user taunted.
Itachi grew very still as did Naruto though for the latter it was because of shock.
"Blonde spiky hair, blue eyes, natural talent for speed…Is he really?" Naruto thought internally before Itachi said "We have no business with you Iwa nin, please go and have snacks if that is your intention for coming into this inn."
The other jonin who Itachi recognized as a B-rank shinobi called the Iwa no Asubon (Earthborn of the Stone) then called out "Come on Konoha scum, why don't we parlay?"
"I am sorry but we must be going. Let's go Naruto." Itachi said as he stood up with Naruto following soon after.
They were just outside of the gate of the inn when they heard a voice call out. "Koton: Keji." (Steel Release: Cage)
A giant cage made out of steel rose above the ground and enveloped Itachi and Naruto thus trapping them inside. Itachi just murmured "Fool." Before flashing his hand through several hand seals and saying "Katon: Fennikusu no Kagutsuchi." (Fire Release: Phoenix of the Fire God)
A giant phoenix erupted out of Itachi's lips as they crashed against the cage completely melting it. Naruto gapeed at the sheer display of power by Itachi. Just then before he could react the other Iwa jonin came into view and started to attack Naruto.
Itachi looked at Naruto and said "You hold him off until I kill this Steel Release user."
Naruto nodded as he dodged a kunai strike to his heart. Naruto kicked the quickly in the abdominal area causing the Iwa jonin gasp for air. This was one of the advantages of the Ghost Kata, absolute precision and accuracy. The jonin stumbled back before grinning.
"This would have been boring if this had been a one sided match. I am glad you're up for the challenge, yondaime-brat." The jonin spat. There was it again. The reference of his appearance to the yondaime. Could he really….?
Naruto shook himself. If he was, then he would find out later, not now, he had had to concentrate. He had a battle to fight. He quickly took out his Wakizachi and settled in a stance that held his sword in a wide arc with his feet in an upright posture.
The jonin smirked before putting his hand on the snake seal and slammed his hand on the ground. "Doton: Iwa no Nami." (Earth Release: Rock Wave)
Rocks started to come out of the ground as they started to roll at Naruto in ferocious speeds. Naruto barely had time to shunshi out of the way. He brandished his sword as he ran forward to strike the jonin. Naruto knew he couldn't win this battle. He was against a jonin, he on the other hand was most likely at mid-chunin levels. The jonin grinned as he grabbed the hilt of his blade and tried to swing Naruto away. Naruto grinned. This could work to his advantage. Just before the jonin could throw Naruto, he said "Nin-kenjutsu: Futon:Kuken." (Ninja Sword techniques: Wind Release: Air Blades)
The jonin had barely left the hilt when suddenly wild wind blades started to whip around the sword. The jonin was thrown away with gashes on his body. Cursing himself for having been outsmarted by a brat he stood up ignoring the pain and said "You brat, the yondaime left you for the rats. For once I agree with him! Just die!"
Naruto grew still at the words. It cost him. The jonin had sped forward and had smashed his fist in Naruto's jaw making him stumble away in pain. He gasped as he grasped his aching jaw.
"You are nothing. Even that bastard who killed my parents left you. You are not wanted. You will never be acknowledged ha!" The jonin continued oblivious to the internal struggle going on in Naruto's mind.
"If only he could see you now, he would be proud. Proud that he was right that you were worthless, trash!" The jonin continued on.
"Shut up."
"What did you say, brat?" The jonin growled while holstering a kunai in his hand.
"I said…..shut UP!" Naruto said in a demonic voice as he ran forward with his sword glowing light green. The jonin was surprised at the increase of speed Naruto showed and barely had time to flash through three hand seals and slam his hand on the ground. "Doton: Doryuheki." (Earth Release: Earth wall).
A huge wall made out of rocks and earth emerged before Naruto blocking his path. The jonin smirked victoriously but it quickly fell away. The wall started to crack, slowly…..until it broke completely. Among the shattered rocks and dust the jonin ssaw Naruto and saw something peculiar. Naruto had six yellow chains coming from body, they all had sharp edges and presumably had broken the earth wall. The jonin who had read on the Second Great Shinobi War could not believe his eyes.
"Kongo Fusa….." The jonin muttered as he dodged an incoming chain. The legendary bloodline of the famed Uzumakis. This kid…so that yondaime married the akai chishio no Habanero it seemed. This just made him angrier.
"You…you Uzumaki-Namikaze bastard!" He shouted "Just die! Doton: Dosekiryu no Jutsu" (Earth Release: Earth and Stone Dragon Bullet)
A huge Dragon rose from the ground as it gleamed with strength. Its yellow eyes shining it attacked the jinchuriki. Naruto's eyes flashed red again as he ran forward and with his sword glowing green once again he said "Kenjutsu: Chakura Shogekiha!" (Sword Technique: Chakra Shockwave)
Naruto released a huge amount of chakra at the jonin who flashed through some more hand seals and said "Doton: Fukusu Doryuheki!" (Earth Release: Multiple Earth Wall)
Four to five earth walls had rose as they defended the jonin from the impending attack. He huffed in arrogance and with a victorious air he shouted over the dust. "You can't win Namikaze! I will grind you to the dust!"
"I wouldn't be too sure." A demonic voice said as the jonin felt a tug at his left foot. He looked down and saw a chakra chain wrapped around his left foot. And there's was more, the chains….they were draining his chakra and fast. He tried to struggle against the chain but it was no use. He growled in frustration. He was a jonin for god's sake! He flahed through some hand seals and said "Doton: Doryuso!" (Earth Release: Earth flowing Spear)
An earth spear tried to impale the chain but it was absolutely a waste of chakra as the jonin felt his life ebbing away as the chakra seemed to totally take his life force away.
"Damned brat, so this is how I die, without even giving a proper fight…." The jonin thoigh whilst gritting his teeth before finally succumbing to the jutsu. The man fell down dead. Naruto fell down unconscious.
X.X.X
Itachi dodged a punch as he slashed at his enemy with his Katana again. The Iwa jonin simply evaded by shunshinning away. Itachi growled, not in anger, butt in annoyance. This pest, this lower tier S-rank ninja was annoying him. His sharingan started to spin as he said "Magen: Kasegui no Jutsu!" (Demonic Illusion: Shackling stakes)
The iwa jonin felt paralyzed as he 'saw' two shackles holding him in place. Smirking he gave a rush of chakra and broke the illusion. He slammed his hand on the ground and said "Koton: Sanrokuju Danhenso!" (Steel Release: 360 Shrapnel Spears).
The jonin started to spin rapidly as a barrage of steel spears started to attack Itachi at a 360 degree level direction.
Itachi simply looked at the incoming attack and said "It seems the standard of S-rank ninja have degraded a bit. Katon: Kaenhosha!" (Fire Release: Flamethrower).
A huge stream of fire let out of itachi's lips as they completely melted the spears and approached the Iwa jonin. The jonin gritted his teeth as he slammed his hand on the ground and said "Koton: Koryuheki!" (Steel Release: Steel Wall)
A huge wall made of steel deflected the incoming fire attack. The iwa jonin sighed in satisfaction before he saw something peculiar. Black fire? What in the world?
Black fire completely consumed the steel wall as it simply melted off. Iwa jonin looked at itachi and froze at what he saw. The Mangekyo sharingan. He though the Sandaime Tsuchikage's stories about it were just myths.
The Iwa jonin grit his teeth. He looked around thinking that his friend had killed the blonde brat but saw that his friend was dead and the blonde brat was unconscious.
He was seriously outmatched here. He had been a fool to engage the legendary clan slaughterer. He had paid the price with his friend's death. He quickly slammed his hand on the ground and planted a smoke bomb. Huge gusts of smoke enveloped the area as Itachi looked on stoically before he sheathed his katana again.
"Such cowards. Unworthy of the S-rank title." Itachi murmured before he picked up Naruto and shunshinned away.
X.X.X
Some hours later
Naruto woke up slowly as he looked at Itachi. "What happened?"
Itachi shrugged before saying "You killed a jonin and awakened a bloodline. Congrats."
Naruto just stared at him dumbfounded.
Itachi sighed as he explained what had happened to him. Naruto just sucked in his breath before he realized something. There was just four days left before he left for Konoha again. Itachi noticed his look and said "Don't worry, there is still some time to smooth things over Naruto-kun."
Naruto nodded glumly before he felt another question rise. "Is the yondaime really my father?"
Itachi nodded. Naruto immediately stood up enraged as he shouted "Why did he seal the Kyuubi in me then?! What kind of father does that!?"
Itachi shook his head as he said "Hear me out Naruto. What kind of leader could ask his villagers 'oh the kyuubi is attacking the village and I need to seal It. Too bad I need your child to seal it in.' He sacrificed his life hoping you would be strong enough to hold the Kyuubi back and hopefully master it's chakra."
Naruto slowly contemplated Itachi's words before saying "You're right. I will make the Yondai-I mean I will make Tou-san proud!"
Itachi smiled as he ruffled Naruto's hair. "Indeed you will. Now I have another thing to tell you. Your bloodline."
"Oh yeah my bloodline. Is it as cool as the sharingan?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"It will be even stronger if mastered. Now focus your chakra on your finger tips and make it extend like a thread." Itachi commanded.
Naruto nodded as he did so. A small chakra chain emerged as Naruto looked at it in awe. Itachi stroked his forehead as he said "Very well, this three days before you leave I will train you in basic combat with your bloodline."
Naruto nodded excitedly.
X.X.X
Three days later
"So this is it eh, Itachi-nissan?" Naruto asked with a sad smile.
"Yes, Naruto-kun." Itachi replied back with an equally sad smile.
"Thank you for the training you gave me for the past month." Naruto bowed his head.
Itachi chuckled. "That is fine, fine. Just practice the techniques I wrote down in the scroll."
Naruto clutched the scroll tightly as he said "The next time we meet, I will have mastered it all and I will kick your ass, Dattebayo!"
Itachi laughed before suddenly turning serious "Naruto-kun, I know that Sasuke has been unfair to you…..but I can you watch over him for me?"
Naruto looked at Itachi for a while before a grin broke off in his face "Sure thing niisan! You know I don't keep grudge for far too long!"
Itahci smiled, but this time he smiled a true smile. A smile that had only been seen by Mikoto Uchiha, Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze in the past.
"Go make your parents proud Naruto." With that Itachi disappeared in a flock of ravens.
Naruto looked at the spot Itachi had been earlier before taking a deep breath and turned around. After a month he stepped back inside Konohagakure no Sato.
END OF CHAPTER
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