Hello, back with another chapter, hope you all like it
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Chapter 2: Training Trip
It had been three months since Shanks had started training Naruto, and boy was he not kidding when he said it was going to be hard, he had learned a lot from Shanks since then.
The first thing Shanks done was get Naruto's chakra control as good as he could in a month, which was mastering tree walking, which was pretty impressive considering it takes most people at least a month to get through Tree walking, while Naruto went through every chakra control exercise up to there in that amount of time
After that Shanks had taught him the basics to his own fighting style, 'Emperors Fist', this involved using your forearms to block body strikes and hitting back with twice as much strength as the previous attack
He had also learned his basic kenjutsu style, 'Emperors Blade', this involved pretty much the same but was more offensive, if the attacker isn't attacking then you are to not give them a chance to defend or attack back
That was basically all he had learned from Shanks, but today was special, Shanks had told him to meet him at the park for a surprise
He just got out of the house and started running towards the park.
He had changed his look too, he was taken to get proper shinobi clothes, he had a cloak that resembled Shanks', except it looked new and not worn out and had a hood, he also wore a black unzipped sleeveless jacket with a blood red t-shirt underneath with the buttons on the top unbuttoned and to complete he wore black ANBU trousers with various pockets
He ran through the streets to the park, his cloak waving in the wind and finally spotted Shanks standing near a tree with a large bag about the size of a small child
I walked up to him with a questioning look in my eye and he smiled, "We're going on a small training trip, the Sandaime has allowed me to take you out of the village to train until your old enough to be a Shinobi, which happens to be 15, so we have six and a half years to train, which should be more than enough"
"Woah, I'm just surprised that Jiji allowed this" said Naruto
"Yep, now go home and pack all your things, we'll be making camp just outside the border of fire country" said Shanks as he ruffled Naruto's hair who immediately ran off to his apartment
Flashback
"Sarutobi, I'm going to take Naruto out of this village" said Shanks
Sarutobi's eyes widened, "WHAT!" he yelled
"My life is ending Sarutobi, I'd say I only have a couple years left anyway" said Shanks, "I want to teach him what I know"
"Why can't you do it here" asked the Sandaime
"The Uchiha is the reason..." he said, "They've been watching me and Naruto's training sessions, caught one the other day who fought back using the basics of my fighting style"
"... I see" said Sarutobi, "... Then I allow it, as long as you promise to return him when he turns fifteen so he can become a ninja"
Shanks nodded, "I was going to do that anyway, he needs trained, and when he returns, he'll be the most powerful Shinobi this village has ever produced... he will make his mother and father proud"
Sarutobi took a puff out of his pipe and nodded, "Leave now, before I change my mind" and with that Shanks left
End Flashback
Naruto arrived a couple of minutes later with a bag about the same size as Shanks' bag and smiled, "Ya ready whiskers" said Shanks
"You bet old man" was Naruto's reply as they started walking out of the village and walked into the distance
Later
"Are we there yet?" whined Naruto
"Nearly, we've only been walking a couple of days" said Shanks with a grin
"You say that like it's easy!" yelled Naruto
"Come on, I make you run around the village 5 times a day wearing weights, this should be a piece of cake" said Shanks
Naruto sighed, "... guess you're right"
"Of course I am" said Shanks, but then he spotted something, "Hey, we're there"
Naruto looked up and saw a trail of blood cutting across the road, "Umm, Shanks, are you sure we're here"
"Yup, that line of blood marks the borders of our training ground" said Shanks
"What do you mean" asked Naruto
"Where we are about to enter is a place known as the Twilight Zone, it is full of mindless beasts that only know two things, when to give up, and when to fight, and the first one is pretty rare" said Shanks, Naruto's eyes widened and sweat appeared on his forehead
"And we're gonna be camping in there" asked Naruto
"Yep, there is a tree in the centre of the area, it wards off the monsters, but don't worry, one monster would be like fighting a High Chunin or Low Jonin" said Shanks, causing Naruto's eyes to widen further
They started walking through the forest that seemed to get eerier as they progressed, "Shanks, are we being watched?" asked Naruto
"Yes... when you're in here, you're always being watched, but the monsters here know not to mess with me, maybe soon they'll learn to fear you" stated Shanks
"... Cool" muttered Naruto as they made their way to the forest and finally found a large tree in the middle that seemed to emanate power
"This is known as the Devil's tree, once every 10,000 years a fruit is produced, I believe that's time is nearly finished" said Shanks, muttering the last part
"What could one fruit do?" asked Naruto
"They're known as devil fruits, once the user eats them they gain a special power but become weak when in contact with sea water" said Shanks
"Whoa... what kind of powers?" asked Naruto
"There's three categories, Zoan, this allows the user to gain certain attributes of an animal and turn into them at will, Logia, the ability to become a literal force of nature, it could allow you to turn into fire at will or even light, this is the rarest, and paramecia, basically everything that doesn't fit in the other two categories is here, from causing earthquakes to being made from rubber" said Shanks as Naruto soaked in all of the information
"Woah, when do you think the next one will appear?" asked Naruto
"You know, it will come soon" was all Shanks replied as he stood up, "Let's get to training!" he said enthusiastically
"Alright, I'm ready sensei" said Naruto with a grin, "What will you be teaching me?"
Shanks giggled, he was clearly excited about something, "I'm going to teach you haki, a power that lies dormant within everyone, I'll tell you about them as we go along, first, is Observation haki" he said as he got a bat and a blindfold out and handed the blindfold to Naruto
"I don't get why I need to wear a blindfold, especially if this is about observing" said Naruto
"Just shut up and don't take that blindfold of" said Shanks as he swung a bat down onto Naruto skull
"Aghh!" yelled Naruto in pain, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" as he tried to find Shanks despite the blindfold still being on
"Dodge" Shanks said simply as he hit Naruto on the side of the head
Later
"Oww" whined Naruto as he was hit once again
"I told you, feel the bat, don't see it" said Shanks
"That doesn't make any sense" said Naruto, "Oww"
"Come on, you can do it" said Shanks as he swung again, but was impressed when he saw Naruto's head move slightly down and didn't take the full blow of the attack, either he was learning or it was instinct, "Remember, I'm not stopping until you can dodge at least three in a row without it being just guessing"
"Okay, focus" said Naruto as he clenched his fist and as if he could see it coming before it happened he ducked below the swing and dodged to the side to dodge another... before being hit once again
A... long while later
The sun was setting and Naruto finally managed to dodge three in a row, and was finally allowed to take the blindfold of and rest
Later
It had been a week and Shanks had drilled him with observation haki training and he could now successfully dodge one of Shanks' fasted sword slashes
"Okay, now that you're good enough in observation, it's time we start on armament" said Shanks
"Finally, no more getting hit in the head with a bat anymore" said Naruto with a sigh of relief
Shanks simply laughed and muttered, "Just you wait" and spoke out loud, "Follow me" as he walked away
Naruto followed, "So what does this haki do?" asked Naruto
"This haki allows the user to coat their skin in armour that can pierce through devil fruit abilities and also can be used as an enormous strength boost" explained Shanks
"Woah, how do I train for this" asked Naruto
Shanks pointed a giant boulder, "You see this boulder" asked Shanks, Naruto nodded, "Punch it"
"What?" asked Naruto
"Punch it, punch it until it is nothing but dust" said Shanks, causing Naruto's eyes to widen in surprise
"What the hell! How on Earth am I suppose to do that" asked Naruto in shock
"Just keep on doing it, stop when there's at least a fist sized hole in it and come get food" said Shanks
That's the end, I was wanting to just get through the training quickly to get to the good bits, anyway, just so you know, Naruto won't be OP, he will just be very strong, he will be around Kakashi's level
1. Naruto will know Haki, Rokushiki (Six Styles)
2. I am planning on Naruto having a devil fruit but I'm not sure which one, Logia, Zoan or Paramecia, please vote which one in the comments, first to three wins
3. I am planning on having Naruto paired with Hinata, but no definite since I am rubbish with pairings
Anyway, please review and don't forget to vote