A Space-Time Ninjutsu Mess
Chapter Two: Namikaze Naruto realizes that the Kisame he just spoke with isn't his senpai and decides to step in and take Team Gai's place against the Kirigakure Swordsman.
Disclaimer: I do not in anyway shape or form own Naruto Shippuden, or anything unique to it. The show and manga are owned by Kishimoto-Massashi. I think I do own Namikaze Naruto though, or at least the one in this fiction since as of yet Naruto hasn't changed his name in the manga. Also, there may be parts of this story where I combine certain things from the English, and Japanese parts of Naruto. I also don't own the Fusion Sword that Namikaze Naruto uses closes to the end. That belongs to the designers behind Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, a great movie in my opinion.
NOTE: For this the beginning of this chapter is mainly from Team Gai, and Kisame's point of view, therefore N Naruto will be reffered to as Arashi Kazuma.
"Kisame! Were you even planning on telling me that your partner was a dude? Or did you just decide to not tell me for some laughs? Because Kami as my witness, if you were I am going to hurt you badly. Senpai or not, no one messes with me!" Shouted the now named Arashi at the disinterested blue Kiri Swordsman. Hoshigaki Kisame refused to turn his head in the direction of the irate blonde man. Instead his kept his predatory gaze locked on the group of Konoha shinobi in front of him.
"No, at first it was because what you said was weirder than what I'm used to. I was in some form of shock and disgust, though that soon passed. After that I decided to hand you the bingo book and let you find out." The S-Rank Missing-Nin from Kirigakure showed his sharpened teeth. "Besides, everything you told me is going to be loads of fun to tell Itachi about. And I fully intend to laugh at you later, after I finish these guys off of course."
"No, no, no, no." Retorted the white coat wearing man as he moved to cross both of his arms across his chest. "You are going up against me first, my mighty 'Tailed Beast without a Tail.'"
"And why would I want to do that Arashi? You may interest me, but right now I want to rip off half that guy's face for not remembering who I am." Kisame said while pointing at the tensing form of Gai. The Konoha Jonin narrowed his eyes as he prepared for the inevitable attack that the Kiri Swordsman was ready to make.
The Jonin's eyes drifted off to rest on the second unknown person on the battle field; the blonde man who very much resembled the late Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato. Gai was well aware of the jutsu Orochimaru had used to reanimate the bodies of the Shodai and Nidaime Hokage during the Chunin exams nearly three years prior. 'Konoha's Sublime Green Beast of Prey' was also aware of the fact that the traitorous Snake Sannin was also an ex member of the Akatsuki. If he had informed the organization of his reanimation technique, then it was quite possible that the man standing on the rock was the reanimated body of perhaps the most powerful Shinobi to have ever lived.
That was reason enough for the Jonin to be wary of the man. Especially as the Yondaime look-alike reached down to open up a pocket on his flak jacket. To Gai's shock and growing sense of fear the man slowly pulled out a modified kunai blade. The man's index finger slid into the ring of the three pronged kunai and he allowed the weapon to swing slightly on the digit. Seeing that action alone nearly caused him to have a panic attack, especially as his eyes made out the markings on the handle and somewhat thicker length. The so called 'Arashi' turned to look at Gai and gave him a warm smile as he saw the comprehension in the Jonin's eyes.
"You remember exactly what this is, don't you Maito Gai? Well I shouldn't be surprised; after all, you were around the last time this thing was used I imagine." Arashi soon dropped his smile and became utterly serious. The resemblance to the late leader of Konoha now nearly complete aside from his lack of jaw length bangs on the side. The modified kunai was soon thrown in the air and caught in way that would let him easily throw the three-pronged weapon. Which he did and aimed just in front of Gai himself
"Team! MOVE!" Gai cried out as he prepared to guard against the inevitable attack. Never in his years as a shinobi had he assumed that one day he would battle against the legendary Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying Thunder God Technique). The man disappeared from the rock he was standing on, and appeared near instantly in front of the group of Konoha ninja. All present stared in at the red and black flash that followed the jutsu, and as the man stood up. Flashing the members of Team Gai a vaguely familiar smile and lifting his right arm up for a thumbs up.
"Yo! Let's leave the formal introductions for later, just call me Arashi for now." Arashi said before moving to bring his raised arm back to his side and then turning his head to lock at TenTen for a moment, namely chest level. Bring his left arm across his chest and cupping his chin with the right hand, Arashi took several moments to observe the girl before giving her an appraising look. "I give them…Hm, an eight out of ten, also a ten for the cute face, and a seven for the body. You should try and wear clothing that reveals your womanly figure more often though; from what I can tell it would get a lot more attention sent in your direction. Aside from my complaints for that, you are an otherwise lovely kunoichi indeed."
TenTen sputtered as a bright red blush spread over her face upon hearing this strange, admittedly handsome as well, man comment on her womanly appearance.
"Oh, and an adorable face of embarrassment to? That's even better!" Arashi added as he then took a step back to avoid being nailed by a hastily thrown punch. "And a temper as well. I'm not sure I like that one so much though."
"Shut up!" TenTen shouted as she held a handful of shuriken ready to be thrown at the cause of her great embarrassment. Her anger was returned with a disarming smile of amusement on the blonde's part.
"Um, all right. By your command, my young and lovely lady." The statement was also accompanied by a formal bow at the waist from Arashi. Seeing the action caused a wave of confusion in TenTen and Rock Lee, although the two Jonin remained weary. Both the older Jonin Captain and his younger subordinate were most aware of exactly what they had just seen. Gai, from having seen the Yellow Flash perform it himself during the Third Great Shinobi War, and Neji, due to having heard of the justu from his father as a child.
However the man standing before the team was not the Yondaime Hokage; there were several subtle differences that were now noticed as Arashi stood no more than ten feet away from them. The famous jaw bangs that lined the sides of the famed ninja's face were missing; although there were parts of the blonde hair that looked as though they had been cut by a sharpened blade. His youthful appearance was more pronounced showing that he was several years younger than Gai, instead of nearly half a life time older. As a rough estimate the present Hyuga prodigy guessed him to be in his early to mid twenties at most. Curiously his eyes seemed to convey a multitude of emotions that none of Team Kakashi's reinforcements would have expected from his outward attitude. They could plainly see the confusion, worry, growing fear, and weariness all trapped behind his penetrating cobalt blue gaze.
As Gai continued to memorize the physical features of the man his eyes wandered up to the metal headband. Eyes widening Gai motioned for his now grown students to move back and behind him. His face morphing into one of disdain and disapproval the Taijutsu master fell into his typical ready stance.
"I am curious to know," began Gai as he focused on the movements of Arashi's body, searching for any indication of a possible attack. "Why a Missing-Ninja from Konohagakure is all the way here, in Kaze no Kuni?" Upon hearing the words of their former sensei, the other three members of Team Gai also became aware of the slashed leaf symbol hidden beneath the dirtied blonde hair. Neji activated his clan's bloodline and readied his Juken stance; Lee mirrored his mentor's own movements, while TenTen prepared to unseal a weapons scroll.
Arashi blinked upon seeing the somewhat hostile posturing of the ninja before him. It took them this long to notice who I am? Oh…If I'm right about where I actually am now, then it stands to reason that these guys would have no reason to know who I am. Oh boy, time to run damage control and especially with that TenTen girl here. Last time I saw her I barely avoided a kunai below the belt. With his silent soliloquy finished the former Konoha ANBU Captain slowly raised both hands in a harmless manner.
"Would you believe me if I told you I was trying to find out where my fiancé was by asking the blue guy over there?" Asked Arashi while hooking his left thumb in the direction of Kisame. The Akatsuki member bristled somewhat upon the 'blue guy' part, though he soon relaxed.
"At least he didn't call me a fish man." Grumbled one of the Shinobi worlds most wanted criminals. The Konoha nin, and the freak with the eyebrows who failed to remember him, paid no heed to his mutterings however.
"Why would he know anything about your fiancé?" TenTen asked, voicing the question held by her teammates at the same time. Arashi sighed before looking over his shoulder and sending Kisame a scathing glare.
"Because technically, he is my fiancé's partner. And the jerk didn't tell me something that a guy should be completely aware of before he starts talking about stuff!" Arashi shouted the last part at the now smirking Kiri Swordsman.
"Well Arashi, if you really want to get technical, then technically you started talking about my partner and what you did in a Nami no Kuni hotel some time ago first. I said nothing on the matter at all."
"Oh shut up, and how do you know I wasn't talking to your sword?"
"Samehada doesn't talk to strangers. For the most part, it's just me and him communicating."
"…Really? I was joking about what I just said, you know."
"I wasn't." Kisame deadpanned. Eyes blinking Arashi began processing the new information before shaking his head. Turning back to the Konoha force he raised an eyebrow as they were all looking at him in an odd manner.
"Didn't you say his partner happened to be another man?" Neji asked, his normally stoic face revealing a genuine sense of curiosity. A sentiment equally shared by both Lee and Gai; but not the female kunoichi whose eyes widened as her mind produced a possible scenario.
"Yes, I did indeed Hyuga-san. To be more precise his partner is the, or I assume at least, infamous Uchiha Itachi." Arashi said simply as though it meant nothing.
"Great." Mumbled TenTen who then sighed miserably before continuing. "Why are a lot of the hot guys I meet usually either not interested in relationships, or play for the other side?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up right there!" Shouted out Arashi as he suddenly appeared right in front of her. TenTen immediately stepped back, surprised by the man's speed.
"How did you get here so fast?" She demanded.
"I'm fast, now forget about that. I'll have you know that statement is a serious slander against my person. You should know that I am a hundred percent attracted to women. If I wasn't, would I enjoy doing this?" Asked the blonde man before promptly squeezing one of the girls' breasts twice. Ignoring TenTen's response of nicking his left cheek with a kunai Arashi's face took a rather thoughtful expression. "Huh, I suspected that they were real and I was right. I just had to be certain about that, so no hard feelings right?"
The red faced TenTen was barely restrained from attacking the man by the joint efforts of both Neji and Lee. Gai was about to berate the man for the inappropriate action he had just been witness to when Arashi brought a single hand up to silence him. Smacking the hand way the Jonin glared at the rouge ninja.
"That action was most un-youthful, even for a shinobi who has abandoned his village."
"True, I will not deny that statement. But it was the best, in more ways than one I assure you, to correct her on which side of the fence I stand on. Regardless however, shall I assume that you and your team are here to reinforce another team of your ninja forces?"
"Do you expect me to reveal information about any mission my team is undertaking?"
"I probably shouldn't no. Despite that, I will assume that your mission is similar to that if not exactly the same. Go on ahead, I have some business with Kisame to take care of." Arashi said before turning to face the Kiri Swordsman he was discussing. After picking the kunai he had thrown from earlier Arashi concentrated on his chakra flow and began transferring his own chakra into the kunai, which he then flipped and grasped in a reversed grip.
"Gai-sensei, perhaps he is right. We cannot afford to be slowed down if we are to complete our mission." Lee informed his mentor as Arashi pulled out a second kunai and repeated his action with it as well. Now holding two of the kunai in the same manner the blonde spoke up again.
"That sword of his eats up chakra, so my chakra blades should be able to match it as long as I keep channeling a steady amount through my kunai. Get going while I keep him busy." Ordered Arashi in a commanding tone without looking over his shoulder. "I can take care of myself, after all…I used to be an ANBU Captain."
ANBU? If he really is an ANBU, and a Captain at that, why am I not aware of this man? Any time an ANBU abandons the village all Jonin are made aware of it as soon as the Hokage is made aware. Who is he? Gai wondered silently before reluctantly nodding his agreement. Lee was right; Kakashi and his team needed reinforcements if they were going to be able to rescue the Kazekage alive. Despite feeling uneasy at allowing a Missing-Nin who could use the Yondaime Hokage's trademark jutsu to be at the backs of his team, Gai gave the order to move one.
Kisame made no moves to halt them however as he also prepared to battle the strange Arashi. The blonde man raised both of the three-pronged kunai at arms length and smirked at the Kiri Missing-Nin. The blue skinned man smirked in turn before hefting the massive bandaged blade from its resting place on its shoulder. The battle began the instant Samehada was plunged deep into the rock Kisame was standing on.
Naruto was admittedly curious as to reasoning behind Kisame driving his sword into a rock. His questioning was soon given an answer as his instincts kicked in and warned him to roll to the left. As his body began to move of its own accord he heard the sound of something coming up from beneath the water reached his ears. The blonde felt the small spray of water droplets striking the rock and his own uncovered skin en masse. As he completed his roll Naruto's blue eyes caught the unmistakable wrappings of Samehada.
A second rush from the water alerted him to another danger that he had no time to dodge. As a second blade came into his field of vision Naruto was surrounded by a cloud of smoke. The moment the second blade crashed through the smoke and into the ground where the blonde had once been, the Namikaze reappeared behind one of the two Mizu Bunshin. With an almost untraceable flick of the wrist his two kunai were launched at the back of the clones necks. Both clones collapsed in a small torent of water droplets. Kisame however did not wait for the water to fall to the ground before flying through hand seals; stopping at the Hare seal. Naruto's eyes widened as he quickly twisted in the air before he landed; what he saw was a maliciously grinning Kisame Mizu Bunshin whose front palms were facing outwards at him.
"Suiton: Suirō no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu)!" Called out the Kisame Bunshin as the water from its two brother clones incased Naruto in a bubble of water. The moment he was trapped however the Kisame Bunshin keeping him in place was killed by kunai slash from the real Naruto. Helping his Kage Bunshin up to its two feet Naruto turned to face Kisame.
"Did you really expect that to work?" Was the genuinely interested question from Naruto. The Kisame who had stabbed his blade into the stone simply walked around the bandaged weapon before shaking his head and dispelling, along with the sword. "Great, so where is the real one?"
"How should I know Captain?" Asked his own clone before grabbing the original by the arm and throwing him away. As soon as it had saved its creator the clone was promptly eaten by a massive water shark. Rolling in the air Naruto was able to land in a crouch and stay above the water. The shark seemed to realize its mistake before finding him and moved to attack its original targeted Naruto. Eyes narrowing, he began making hand seals; beginning with the Tiger seal and finishing with the Ram hand seal.
"Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique)!" He shouted out before the water around him rose up and formed an equally large water shark. The shark launched out to meet its fast approaching hostile counterpart. Both techniques collided and quickly canceled each other out. Slowly standing back up Naruto ran a wet hand through his dirty blonde air several times before shaking his head quickly to lose the liquid. "C'mon Kisame! This is too weak to be your real strength! Get serious!"
"Big words coming from a pup like you." Came the reply from behind him. Naruto cut off the flow of chakra keeping him afloat and fell beneath the water as Samehada cleaved through the air where his midsection had once been. Turning around he disappeared in a flash of crimson and black as Kisame soon went beneath the surface as well. His sharpened teeth showing, the Kiri Swordsman began to realize that his opponent was skilled indeed. Well, well, well. I did hear him mention being a part of Konoha's ANBU, maybe that wasn't just talk after all. This is going to be fun, ha-ha. As the water cleared up from where Naruto's form had once been, Kisame felt his eyes widen; one of the three-pronged kunai was floating in the water. Out of nowhere a second kunai with an explosive tag attach appeared alongside the Hiraishin Kunai just in front of his face and exploded.
From behind a well-sized rock Naruto felt the spray of water falling from the result of the underwater explosion. The blonde couldn't help but smirk as his newest jutsu seemed to work flawlessly. For the most part the technique was a modification of his fathers famed Hiraishin no Jutsu, minus a slight change in the sealing array. Instead of teleporting himself to one of his kunai it would use an explosive tagged kunai. The explosive tag kunai was teleported to the Hiraishin kunai just as it was about to detonate, allowing him to instantly send an explosive attack within inches of an opponent.
Considering how it was clearly successful beneath the surface of the water Naruto realized that he still had to give it a name. His thoughts were cut short just as he felt the rock shaking beneath him. Jumping high into the air the blonde saw Kisame destroy the rock from below as he was revealed standing on the water once again. Landing a good two hundred feet away from the Swordsman.
"You know what," began Naruto as he came to a standing positioning again. "I'm starting to think you're not the real Kisame. Your jutsu seem kind of weaker than what they should."
"Really? Then how strong should my jutsu be then Arashi?"
"Strong enough to make me sweat at least. Strong enough make me go all out at best. They aren't even near the at least mark. I think you can't have more than forty percent of the real Hoshigaki Kisame's chakra levels." Naruto said calmly. To his surprise Kisame began a completely real bout of laughter. Raising an eyebrow the blonde began to rub at the back of his head with one hand. "Was it something I said?"
"No, no, nothing at all Arashi." Kisame said between attempts to control his laughter. Shaking his head the Kiri Swordsman smirked right at his unusual opponent. "But I don't see anything wrong with telling you that you nailed it. I'm not the real Kisame at all, though you have it all wrong on my chakra levels right now. I'm running on more along the lines of thirty percent of my real reserves."
"Oh well." Naruto said with a shrug before smiling at the Swordsman. He did not have to have to go all out in this fight; meaning he was going to treat it as though it was one of his spars against the Hatake Kakashi he knew. Fighting against someone he knew could kill him if he got sloppy, but could relax somewhat. "Math was, and will always be, my worst subject. For some reason I keep having to use it though; its not fair at all I swear."
"Ha-ha. I like you Arashi, you're an honestly interesting person I'll give you that. Kinda cocky, but I have a feeling that's it is a well deserved kind of arrogance." Kisame replied as he once again hefted Samehada on his shoulder. "By the way…I have to know, what is your elemental affinity?"
"I was born with a strong affinity for wind and water. How do you think I'm able to keep up with you without a Sharingan like Kakashi or an Uchiha?"
"I'm impressed pup. There aren't many people who can go up against me when it comes to Suiton jutsu. For the most part, the only ones who have actually did have a Sharingan." Kisame said while he cracked his neck side to side. It was then that Naruto noticed the rips and tears in his Akatsuki cloak. So then, that means he used Samehada to block most of the force behind my explosive tag. He may not be the Kisame-senpai I know, but he is clearly just as skilled even if that's not the real Hoshigaki Kisame of Kirigakure.
"A complement from one of the Seven Legendary Swordsman of the Mist? Wow, now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside, thanks." Naruto said before bringing up a thumb to his lips and biting down for the second time that day. Moving his other hand up to his flak jacket he opened up one the pockets. A scroll fell out of the pocket and he soon opened it. "I think its time I try and finish this, and I know just how I'm going to do it to. Though you'll have to forgive me for any mistakes you might see; I haven't had much practice with Kenjutsu, unlike yourself."
As soon as the final words were out of his mouth his bloody thumb had slid across the entire seal. The scroll burst into a cloud of smoke after he threw it into the air. Stepping back Naruto held out his right arm and caught a large sword of comparable size to Samehada landed in his hand hilt first. The weapon consisted of a large red hilt and with an orange fox serving as the pommel. The blade itself was covered in lines that blended together and vaguely resembled something akin to puzzle from Kisame's point of view.
"What the heck is that? I've never seen a sword like that before, I have to say though; I like the way it looks pup. Very nice indeed." Kisame said approvingly as he took in the swords appearance.
The Akatsuki member then pushed his own personal weapon off his shoulder once again. The fight was beginning to get even more interesting to the Swordsman who grinned in anticipation of the coming battle as his hands began moving to make a single lone hand seal; the Snake. "Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave)!"
Kisame threw Samehada into the air before he tilted his head back. Manipulation his chakra within his body Kisame released an even larger amount of water. Combining with the water already surrounding them the jutsu created an even larger and more powerful wave. Finding his way to the top much the same as he had done with Team Gai, caught Samehada as it came back down to his hand.
Naruto took a deep breath before closing his eyes to calm himself in the face of the approaching tidal wave. Opening them up again he quickly summoned up two Kage Bunshin sans the hand seal. Hefting his sword across his back Naruto began running across the water towards Kisame and his assault while the Bunshin stayed back. The clones lifted up their own swords and began a series of unusual hand seals. They soon finished and lifted their weapons behind their backs before bringing them down in a swift slash.
"Fūton: Reigou Kirikaesu (Wind Release: Chilling Slash)!" The moment their swords came down a large wave of wind flew at the massive wave, avoiding the original Naruto by inches only. The wind slammed into the water and immediately began freezing the water from the impact point outwards. The wind chakra powered attack quickly overwhelmed the water chakra powering the attack and began to cancel out the power behind it. Kisame's face clearly showed his shock as his jutsu began to quickly slow in momentum.
Taking advantage the real Naruto leapt towards the Kiri Swordsman with the intention bisect Kisame at the waist. Seeing what his opponent had planned Kisame moved his own blade to block the attack. Catching his strike on Samehada's bandaged form and then pushed back. Naruto managed to deliver a chakra enhanced kick to Kisame's left shoulder thereby unbalancing the S-Rank Missing-Nin from his position. Continuing through with his assault Naruto then swiftly swung his blade diagonally at Kisame's other shoulder. The Kiri Swordsman managed to jump off before the attack could sever the arm entirely; although it did clip his shoulder.
The wave itself ceased to moved completely as the wind jutsu had finished its mission in halting the attack. Kisame landed on one side of the frozen wave and began to roll the shoulder blade Naruto had nailed. The arm was stiff and began locking up; the Swordsman knew it would be a few seconds before the arm was back to par however. Unfortunately, they were seconds he didn't have as he felt a pair of hands wrap around his waist from behind and hold on to him.
Suddenly a crimson and black flash met his eyes and Naruto stood in front of him; blade already moving to stab through him and the Kage Bunshin holding him in place. As the attack came, Kisame became aware of the seal that he had failed to see on Samehada's wrapping.
Hm. So, this is it ne? This…This is what fighting the Yellow Flash must have been like.
Kisame's eyes widened as his mind returned to his body. Feeling his sore muscles the large blue man began a series of movements to remove the stiffness. Cracking his neck slightly he looked off in the direction of where his fight against the man named as Arashi had occurred. A smirk crossed his face as he remembered the encounter.
"Kisame. We are finished now." Came the familiar emotionless tone from his stoic partner; Uchiha Itachi. Hearing the caused a mischievous glint to shine behind the Kiri Swordsman's eye. "Kisame?"
"Hm? What is it Itachi?"
"While I was providing my distraction…I was interrupted by an unknown variable whom I was not aware of. An ANBU Captain from Konohagakure. Shall I assume you had a similar situation?" Kisame blinked upon hearing his partner's voice. In place of the emotionless monotone, was slight sense of surprise and an undertone of joy.
"Actually I was, by a Missing-Nin from Konohagakure by the name of Kazuma Arashi. You know…He said he was a former ANBU Captain as well. Itachi I heard you reached that rank by thirteen, you remember that name from somewhere?"
"No. No, that name doesn't sound familiar at all. I don't recall hearing about any Kazuma from either the Jonin, or Chunin ranks. But Kisame…"
"Itachi?"
"The ANBU was an Uchiha, just like me."
"…Well then…Looks like things are about to get interesting in the future then, ne Itachi?"
AN: Whoa, right on the money for length this time. Not counting the disclaimer or this AN I have like a few dozen below 5k words exactly in this one. I have to say, writing the banter between Kisame and N Naruto was actually the easiest part. It was the fighting that I wasn't exactly comfortable with though. On the other hand, I think I made a fairly believable original jutsu that sort of satisfies what some people wanted of an Ice Jutsu.
Fūton: Reigou Kirikaesu (Wind Release: Chilling Slash): My first original jutsu, and something I really think would be useful often. Reigou is Japanese for chilling, in the sense of cold steel. Kirikaesu literally means slash in the sense of striking back, a counter attack. I think that fits in well with what I had N Naruto do to perform it, and what exactly it did. I think I'll rate it as a B-Rank jutsu. Summary: By channeling wind chakra through a medium, the wind user is capable of launching artic temperature winds by swinging a blade of sufficient size. The jutsu then penetrates the first object of sufficient mass it comes into contact with and begins to freeze all liquid within. I'm sorry if that doesn't really make sense. If someone could, I'd appreciate it if they would try and explain it a bit better and send it to me so I can make an edit.
Then there is also Naruto's modified version of his dads most famous move. I think it was explanatory, though I don't really have a name for it. Again, I could use some help with that. And the jutsu isn't just limited to explosive tags. The way I see it, if Hiraishin no Jutsu can teleport Minato due to the seals he place then why can't they be modified to teleport other things as well?
Also as you can see I made Naruto a Wind/Water affinity ninja. I was really surprised about this one, but it did let me do a lot more with is fight against Kisame which I think I did a good job with. Surprisingly, everyone gave the wind/water combo as one of their suggestions. Second most was a Wind/Lightning affinity. But don't worry, Wind and Water are only his primary affinities. I think I'll let you all think on what I mean by that. *Insert maniacal laugh*
Thanks for the reviews by the way. I think this is the most amount of reviews I've gotten in such short amount of time after starting a new story. Usually, I only get about four or five reviews before I put in a second chapter to a new story. Seeing ten-ten!-reviews before I put up a second chapter really makes me feel like I'm doing a good job. So thanks again.
Also, yup. N Naruto has Clouds Fusion Sword from Advent Children. Good movie by the way in my opinion, I enjoyed Clouds use of it all the way to the end. Plus, in a way what he does with it at the end kind of reminds me of another blonde and his Yellow move. I am definitely going to incorporate its use into the Hiraishin no Jutsu, and subsequent variations. Oh yeah, on the note of the Yellow Flash's signature jutsu. There is no real explanation for why they called him the Yellow Flash for his use of the Jutsu, so I made an assumption that I will keep even if its not correct. The seals he used on the handle made a Yellow Flash whenever he uses it, so I had N Naruto work around that so it makes a crimson and black flash for him instead.
Quick question btw, anyone have any ideas if one were to combine two different elemental natures into a jutsu? Because if Naruto can perform two Rasengan at the same time, what if one was wind and the other water? I'm really curious about that one.
Other big surprise. For whatever reason, you guys seem to like the idea of Itari a lot. Like, not one single negative comment a lot. Just to clarify, they are the same age. Well actually she's a few months older but that's besides the point. Their dimension is different from the canon Narutoverse hence why the Sasuke they know is younger than the Sasuke in Naruto Shippuden. Anyway, I decide to reveal that yes she is in this story and world as world. Though will N Naruto find her son? No. I intend to have him looking for her be something similar to how important it is for Naruto to find Sasuke before Orochimaru can take over him, get it?
Please, take some guesses as to how Itachi really feels about another Uchiha still alive. His reaction now is just him being glad to know that even if Sasuke dies then the Uchiha clan can still survive without the two brothers. Whether or not he remains glad, that's to be decided.
Man, I think I'm most nervous about how people are going to respond to my first real Naruto fight. Seriously, if it weren't so cold in my house I think I might be sweating. I mean, did I make it seem that Kisame was killed off way to easy, or did I not drag the fight out long enough?