Author's Note:So I decided that this story won't be a harem but purely NarutoxFemKyuubi. I mean with her devotion and love, who needs other women? Besides, it would be an insult to her love. So eternal lovers go!
CHAPTER 1: KIT TRAINING ARC! PART 1: FIRST TAIL
Konohagakure, Hokage's Office
Sarutobi Hiruzen was having a bad day. Not only was he swamped with paperwork that doesn't end, the council also kept pestering him with useless stuff.
"Hokaga-sama! We must do this, do that-"Sarutobi said in a mock voice. "Geez!"
And then, one of the very important people to him just up and disappeared! Uzumaki Naruto had been missing for a few days now. This had never happened before. Sure, he was hated by the villagers, but they never laid a hand on him.
Sarutobi made sure of that. Slap the kid and Sarutobi will personally crush the hand does it. Throw stuff at him and Sarutobi will throw his kunai at you.
In fact, there was numerous assassination attempts at Naruto's life before, but Sarutobi managed to stop it before it happen. He made an example of the assassins by public execution and left their bodies at the town square for three days.
Since then, the villagers know not to harm Naruto...physically. Sarutobi can't stop the mental and emotional abuse though, because if he were to punish people for it, there won't be any of Konoha left.
It doesn't stop the martyrs or the wannabe heroes from trying though.
Still, it could be the villagers or even his own ninja that was behind Naruto's absence. Especially Danzo. That old crone (look who's talking) was adamant in having his way of training Naruto in becoming the perfect ninja ever since he had the Kyuubi.
Sarutobi then made a gesture with his hand and immediately, an ANBU with Dog mask appeared.
"Dog, any news on Naruto yet?" Sarutobi asked. If he finds out that Naruto has so much of a scratch-
Dog shook his head. "No, Hokage-sama. Naruto's trace just...disappeared to thin air. The only conclusion is that Naruto was transported using a Space-Time jutsu,"
"Space-Time jutsu? Hmmm..." Sarutobi mused. Of all things, why must it be Space-Time jutsu? Space-Time jutsus are very powerful and a gamebreaker. Not many can counter it. A prime example would be the Fourth's Hiraishin jutsu that pretty much turn the tide of The Third Ninja World War.
Luckily for him, Space-Time jutsus are very few in numbers, like the Fourth's Hiraishin or Summons. So he could narrow it down to what type of jutsu used to transport Naruto. That is, if the jutsu in question is something that he knew.
"If I may add?" Sarutobi nodded at Dog. "I think that maybe Naruto...executed a summoning technique. And since he didn't have any contract scrolls with him, he got summoned instead,"
"Plausible. But the question is...where was he summoned to?" Sarutobi asked. Kakashi could only shake his head in reply.
'Naruto, please be safe,' Sarutobi prayed.
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Getsuga Clan Forest
Naruto was disappointed that he couldn't learn fuinjutsu straight away. It turns out, being the most versatile and powerful jutsu of all meant that it would the hardest to learn and master.
How hard? Well, he has to have perfect calligraphy for one. That means no chicken scratch writing.
Kuro said this was because it was to make 'reality' understand what you wanted to do with a seal.
"Imagine it this way," Kuro started. "You make an explosive tag with clear writing and no baby stuff. Reality says "Oh, this guy's making an explosive tag. Good for him," The exploding tag will then work the way you want it,"
Naruto nodded.
"Then you make an exploding tag with writing so horrible that no one except you can understand. And then Reality will go like, "What the fuck is guy making? Oh well, screw him then," and then your seal will either not work or malfunctions," Kuro continued.
"I see…"Naruto nodded again.
And thus begins Naruto's journey to perfect his calligraphy and that involves poetry writing, story writing, etc. etc. The foxes are a natural at this though. They are quite the artist and have various poets, poems, stories, paintings and stuff and their stuff was genius level of work!
Naruto didn't understand the poet and poems at first but when he did, he cried at their beauty. Their stories were also very interesting to read and had made Naruto a book reader and someone who appreciates a good wisdom; something that he was not before.
Anyway, writing and reading is one thing. Mediocre chakra control is another. He was disappointed again to know that he won't be doing any ninjutsu or genjutsu before he had mediocre chakra control.
It didn't help that he had a fuck up chakra control.
"It's not that you're stupid or anything," Akane told him. "People with large chakra reserves tend to have the same problem,"
"Really?" Naruto perked up, his mood beginning to brighten again.
Akane nodded, happy that he wasn't sad anymore. "Imagine it this way. People that have low chakra have eyedroppers as their chakra reserves. Getting an exact amount is very easy. People with large chakra, however, have a water tank as their reserves and a pipe hose as their control. The water that comes out will be as large as the size of the hose. Trying to make the hose smaller to reduce the amount that comes out will only make the water pressure stronger,"
Naruto nodded furiously. The amazing thing about the foxes is that they are very good teachers. They like to use examples that are easy to understand.
They are also, very mischievous and like to play pranks on each other. But their most favourite target? Humans.
When you fall asleep in their territory, expect to wake up to a doodled face. Or have your money replaced with leaves that have genjutsu on them, making them look like real money. Some of the pranks might go too far, sure, but the foxes made sure that they make it up to the victim.
Still, the foxes like a good literature more than a good prank. They would create a makeshift inn for travellers in the forest and disguise themselves as humans. The travellers then would rest at the inn and the foxes will strike a conversation to trade literatures.
If you have literatures to trade, then your stay was free. But if you don't, cough up the cash.
Hey, foxes need human cash too to trade with the humans. They could have just use leaves, but then that would cause troubles.
Speaking of which, the foxes are also masters of genjutsus. Their use of it is ingenious!
"Aren't genjutsus used for, you know…evil stuff?" Naruto asked and Kuro sighed.
"Another stereotyping of stuff," Kuro said. "No, genjutsu isn't used solely for evil stuff. The thing is, in this world exists two types of things; users and tools. Users are the one that uses, obviously and tools are the one that is used, obvious again,"
"Now, what determines the purpose of the tool?" Kuro asked.
Naruto scrunched up his face in concentration. "It's use?"
"And what determines its use?" Kuro asked again.
"Uh…the user?" Naruto said.
"Well, done. You just shot in the dark didn't you?" Kuro grinned and Naruto scratched his head sheepishly. "That is correct. A tool's purpose is determined by its user. For example,"
The forest around Naruto changed into swirls of colours before setting it into a normal human kitchen. A woman was preparing her dinner and was chopping up some vegetables.
"Woah!" Naruto said. The genjutsu was realistic!
"The woman is using a kitchen knife, correct?" Kuro asked and Naruto nodded. "The kitchen knife is used mainly for cutting food. However,"
Thugs then entered the kitchen and was about to assault the woman when the woman spun around and with a quick motion, slashed the thugs with the kitchen knife. She then focused back on her vegetables and the thugs fell down on to the kitchen floor; bleeding. Naruto winced a bit at this.
"It can also be used to cut people. You see, the woman determines what the kitchen knife would be," Kuro continued. "The same principle held true to everything that is considered a tool. This also means ninja tools like genjutsu and ninjutsu,"
"Remember, it isn't the power that is evil, but the user," Kuro said and Naruto nodded.
"Good. Now, genjutsu is considered evil is because people mostly use it for evil. They didn't realise other uses that it can be used. For example," Kuro said. "Want to watch a movie? Alright then,"
The world around them changed again and this time, it was replaced with a lake. The full moon was reflected on the surface. On the edge of the lake stood a woman with fiery red hair, looking at the moons reflection. She wore a beautiful black kimono and had her hair tied in a bun with expensive hair pin.
A man then came out from the forest and went to her. The man had blonde hair with a blue kimono. The man seemed familiar. "Sorry I was late. The kits were a bit clingy," the man grinned.
The woman turned around to face him and Naruto saw that she had red eyes and ruby lips. "Well, you are a magnet," she smiled at him.
"So, do you like the lake?" the man said and the woman sighed.
"That was extreme you know, creating an artificial lake like this," the woman said.
"Well, I told you I'd give you the moon and ta da!" the man gestured over the moon's reflection. "Besides, I have the Sanbi inside me, so it was easy,"
"Talk about power abuse," the woman said, to which the man scratched his head sheepishly.
"Well…Sanbi also said that he wanted to swim in the lake once in a while," the man said and the woman raised an eyebrow at this. "Don't worry, me and him are good buds, so he won't rampage,"
The woman nodded, satisfied by his answer.
"Besides, I also put in a few fishes inside the lake, including your favourite," the man said and the woman gasped.
"That fish was hard to find!" the woman said in disbelieve.
"And now it isn't," the man grinned.
The woman shook her head and sighed. "The things that you do…it boggles me,"
"Well, for my love, I'll do anything. I told you I'd give you the moon, and I did. I'll give you the world if you ask," the man said and leaned closer to her and wraps her in an embrace.
"You are my world and that is all that I ask," the woman returned the embrace and rest her head on his chest.
"And so are you. Besides, I figured that it would be a nice addition to the Getsuga Forest. I mean, how many other clans can say that they have a lake?" the man grinned.
"True. It'll increase the land's value," the woman grinned in return.
"So, what should we name it?" the man asked.
"What about…the Moon Lake?" the woman said and the man nodded.
"Sounds beautiful, just like you," the man replied and he leaned in for a kiss. The woman too, leaned in and their lips met.
The genjutsu then dissipates and Naruto found himself in the forest again with a puzzled look.
"So the Moon Lake is artificial?" Naruto asked. The Moon Lake was a lake inside the Getsuga Forest. The Getsuga Fox Clan had their settlement near it and it provided the fox with a steady supply of fresh water and fishes.
Kuro nodded while looking at the boy, wondering if he managed to piece one and two together.
"Awesome!" Naruto said and fist pumped to the air. Kuro could only sweat drop at this.
'Guess it was too early,' Kuro thought.
Ever since then, Naruto viewed genjutsu in a new light. With genjutsu, you can create your own reality and thus was a perfect tool for storytelling. At certain nights, the foxes would tell their adventures using genjutsus and allows for a much richer experience than words could do.
It also could do wonders to enhance one's life.
For example, using a genjutsu to trick your mind into thinking that you're eating a delicious meal while in reality, you're only eating a meagre meal. This trick is useful in boosting one's appetite.
Speaking of which, he really could go for a ramen now.
But of course, using genjutsu too much poses a risk.
"Always know how to differentiate the world's reality with other's. Failure to do so can be catastrophic," Kuro said with a grim tone and Naruto nodded.
Kuro then explained that there are two types of genjutsu; personal and environmental.
Personal genjutsu occurs in the target's mind alone. For example, person A and B was walking down a road when a ninja jumped out and casted genjutsu on A. A would then be in a genjutsu that only he could feel. B would be unaffected.
Environmental genjutsu is when you casted the genjutsu on the environment and can affect multiple people at once. They would only be affected if they are in the genjutsu's area of effect.
Personal genjutsu's are easier to break free. They would require less chakra to do so and other people can break it for you if they sense you are in one. Environmental genjutsu however, was harder as larger charka is needed to dispel it and a good environmental genjutsu can confuse a lot of people.
Still, genjutsu was one step below fuinjutsu in terms of difficulty and Naruto had to master chakra control and ninjutsu before he could try genjutsu. Oh well, he had the time.
The foxes are also very social to him and would allow him to ride on their backs (the larger ones) and allow him to hug and touch their tails. An animal's tails are a very sensitive issue and not many human had the privilege to touch it. Especially a fox's tail as it contains their chakra.
Naruto also managed to encounter some weird foxes along the way. One of them was Miya, a five tailed black fox. She was Kuro's mate.
"Oh hello there Naruto-kun! Long-time no see!" Miya said and Naruto tilted his head. It was the first time he met with Miya.
'What does she mean by that?' Naruto thought.
"You're an Uzumaki now? Last time you were a-" Miya couldn't finish when Kuro tackled unto him.
"Naruto! There you are! Let's go training!" Kuro said and bit his collar and jumped off, with Naruto screaming all the way.
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Konoha, Ichiraku's Ramen
Life at Konoha had changed for the father and daughter of the ramen stand ever since the orange wearing loudmouth kid was gone. It has been two months ever since the kid was disappeared and the whole village celebrated for a week!
Everybody was happy now that the 'demon' was gone. It was saddening for the duo as they never thought that the child was a demon.
If anything, the demons would have to be the villagers themselves.
The father and daughter knew who the child is and saw him for what he really is; a hero. Without him, Teuchi and Ayame wouldn't be here at all. It was for that reason that Teuchi never charged the kid for the first four meal that he eats.
He couldn't afford to have him eat for free as it would bankrupt him. The kid was a big eater after all. Normally the kid would have around five to eight in a single eating, but the duo didn't mind and was glad that he enjoyed their food.
It was the least they could do for the little hero.
"Do you think that he's really gone?" Ayame asked in a sad tone. Teuchi didn't answer and instead, gave her daughter a sad look.
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"Naruto, do you know about lucid dreaming?" Akane asked him.
Naruto who was painting her in her fox form, stopped what he was doing and turned to look at her. "No, what's that?"
Akane smiled. "Lucid dreaming is when one realises that one is dreaming. Normally, you only realised that you were dreaming when you woke up. Correct?"
Naruto nodded. "But what difference does it make?"
"Well, one could control a lucid dream, allowing you to manipulate it to your wishes, instead of it being random most of the time," Akane answered.
"Really? But still, in terms of manipulating illusions, we could use genjutsu, so why bother with dreams?" Naruto asked again.
"Ah, that's where it gets interesting, Naruto," Akane smirked and walked closer to him. "A genjutsu, no matter how powerful it is, it is still an illusion. Well, there's one genjutsu that's an exception but that is for another day. Now a genjutsu cannot change reality, correct?"
Naruto nodded. A genjutsu can only affect biological beings and nothing more. If you casted a barren wasteland on a forest, the truth is, there is no barren wasteland. Your genjutsu cannot change that fact; only cover it with a lie.
"A dream however, is one's own reality and it can change you," Akane continued. "Besides, since it is your own reality, you could change it to your whim without using chakra at all; since you're sleeping. Also, a lucid dream can substitute for meditation and is a much better alternative,"
"Besides, you preferred sleeping more to meditation, correct?" Akane grinned and Naruto scratched his head sheepishly.
"The thing is, the demon is inside of you and also shares your mind. Although the seal is doing its job in keeping you and him separate, I'm afraid that he might be able to find a way to manipulate you in your dreams," Akane stated.
"No he won't!" Naruto claimed.
"I know, but to deny you the ability to lucid dreaming is a shame. Foxes especially the children could do it. It was the reason why they are so creative," Akane continued.
"Besides, does your dream have something that related to the demon fox?" Akane asked.
Naruto thought for a while and he realised that sometimes, in his dream, a pair of red eyes would be there, watching him. Or sometimes, the image of a prison bar being at one end of a place in his dream.
Naruto nodded. "So…to do this, I have to confront the fox then?" Akane nodded.
"Don't worry, you won't be alone," Akane said. She needed to meet with the demon fox after all. There are a few things that she needed to make sure.
A few days later, the whole of Getsuga clan was near the lake, with Akane, Naruto and other fox elders in the center of the group.
Naruto's forehead was covered in seals and he was now lying in a seal circle with Akane beside him.
"This is the Dream Walker Technique. It will allow one to enter another's dream and interact with it. I will enter your dream to confront the Kyuubi with you," Akane said and Naruto nodded.
"You guys ready?" Kuro said and Akane nodded and lay down beside Naruto. She then closed her eyes.
"Alright, Sealing Technique: Dream Walker!" Kuro said and his fox tails glowed brightly. The seals on Naruto and the ground glowed brightly too. Soon both human and the red fox fell into a deep sleep.
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Mindscape
Naruto was in a dark and dripping sewer. It didn't help that there were water on his feet and at the end of the sewer, was a prison bar. He turned around a few times to see where was Akane who had promised to come.
"Gloomy," Akane, who suddenly appeared beside Naruto.
"Gah!" Naruto stumbled on to the watery floor. "Don't do that!"
Akane grinned. "Come, let us meet your prisoner,"
They walked towards the prison bar until large red eyes greeted them.
"So, the boy himself had come to meet me. Oh and look what he brought, his pet," Kyuubi said. "Fitting really, considering who he was before,"
Akane narrowed her eyes at this while Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
'Before? Again with this 'the-me-before' thing!' Naruto thought when suddenly, he realised another important matter.
"Hey! She's not a pet!" Naruto said at the demon.
"Sure, whatever you say," Kyuubi said with a smirk.
"Look who's talking. I remembered you being a pet to a certain Uchiha," Akane smirked. "Honestly, the others before you have to be contained within someone to be controlled. But you? Two times by the same person while you're outside? And what's more, after you were released by your 'master', you would be sealed inside the same clan, and by two girls before this,"
Kyuubi's eyes widened at this and smacked the bars hard. The bars sent out a loud ringing voice.
"At least, if I'm a pet, it was by my own will. You?"
"Fuck you bitch! When I'm out of here, I'll come after you and make you my bitch! I'll make you bear my kits and let's see who's laughing!"
"Hey!" Naruto walked towards the bar, hoping to give the demon a piece of his mind but Akane stopped him.
"You're just an imitation. And I don't do second rate copies," Akane replied and Kyuubi growled.
"Second rate? I'm stronger than you!" Kyuubi roared.
Akane smirked. "And here you are, while I'm free to roam the world. Power doesn't mean much when you can't use it, right?"
Kyuubi growled even louder and narrowed his eyes at her. "What do you want, bitch?"
Naruto 'hey!' again but Akane stopped him. "Naruto, I know you will get confused, but I want you to remain quiet, okay? I will answer all your questions after this," Akane said to Naruto and he nodded before she turned to Kyuubi again. "Answer my question truthfully. And you know what I can do. I'm the one that taught your previous two containers,"
Kyuubi roared at this, sending a shockwave that sent Naruto stumbling backwards while Akane stood unaffected. "Fuck! Shoot then,"
If it were anyone else, he would have denied them. But seal masters are a different thing altogether. After all, he was sealed by a seal.
His first container, an Uzumaki seal master; Mito was a nice person and didn't use her powers at all. That didn't bring her far but she was content with her way.
The second, another Uzumaki seal master; Kushina wasn't so kind. It still didn't bring her far but she wasn't willing to push farther. She wasn't an angel, but she wasn't a demon either.
The Sage's pet, however, is different. She wouldn't hesitate to do whatever it takes to help her master.
"I see you remembered," Akane said. "While others didn't,"
"Well of course the others don't. The Sage made it that way," Kyuubi said. "As you can see, the Sage didn't separate us equally in all aspect. That includes memories," Kyuubi said while laying down rest his head on his paws. This will take a long time.
"What do you mean when you said that you weren't made equally?" Akane asked.
"That means, I have the most knowledge of what happened to…'us', while Shukaku knows jack-shit," Kyuubi continued. "The Sage however, put in pieces of the Juubi's about him in all of us so that we will remember him," Kyuubi continued.
"Why he didn't make you all equal?" Akane asked.
"As a safety feature. If we were all equal and the same, we will be inclined to merge again. Besides, he did it to 'increase the difficulty curve', so to speak," Kyuubi replied.
"Difficulty curve?" Akane raised her eyebrow at him.
"Yeah. If we were equal, and one of us is defeated, then the same measure can be used against others again and we would fall easily," Kyuubi said. "With us being different, different measures needs to be used and it will get harder with the higher tails you go,"
"I see…" Akane said.
"What next?" Kyuubi ordered. He just wanted all this to be done with.
"Why…is he reincarnating and becomes a Host for every Beast?" Akane asked.
Kyuubi snorted at this. "The Sage wanted to understand what was inside him. The Juubi however, was incomprehensible to him. It's understandable really. Like an ant talking to an elephant. He did however, knew that the Juubi is filled with malice and whatever that ruins someone's day,"
"And so he separates Juubi to bring him down to your level. Turning an elephant into an ant, so to say," Kyuubi continued. "This way the Beasts could at least interact properly with humans and not garbling some strange language that no one could understand,"
"So he becomes the Hosts so that he could douse that malice?" Akane said.
Kyuubi huffed at her. "He wished. He wanted for the Beasts to at least have some good memories about humans so that should we become one again, the Juubi would at least, be able to understand about you guys,"
"Would have worked too, had the whole world have his mind-set. But alas, it was only wishful thinking on his part," Kyuubi smirked at this. "Next!"
"That will be the questions for now," Akane said and Kyuubi waited.
"And? That's not all isn't it?" Kyuubi asked.
Akane contemplated on what she wanted to say next. She didn't want the Kyuubi to talk to Naruto much for the fear of Kyuubi corrupting him. But to stop talking from both sides was wrong. Communication is two way after all. Both sides need to talk and listen and not both sides not talking to each other.
The Sage Naruto wanted the Beasts to shelve their hatred and so she will do as he wished. And for that to happen is for Naruto to talk with Kyuubi. She just needs to make sure that whatever stuff that comes out from Kyuubi's mouth doesn't affect Naruto much.
"I'm going to teach Naruto how to control his dream and ultimately, mind. That means he will be coming here, a lot. So I don't want you to be putting strange thoughts in him," Akane stated.
"What are you, his mother? Is little Naruto going to tell mommy that the big bad fox tell you lies?" Kyuubi said in a mock childlike voice.
Akane and Naruto looked at the fox and each other before bursting into a laugh. The way Kyuubi said it as if a big brother chiding his little brother for being a tattletale.
The Kyuubi twitched at this display of insolence. "Fuck you guys!"
"Oh cheer up. I'm sure after this Naruto could make this place much better," Akane said.
"Whatever!" Kyuubi said and retreated further into his prison.
"Well then, that settles things. Naruto, I believe you know how to differentiate right and wrong from his words, right?" Akane asked and Naruto nodded.
"Good then, let's get you out of here and I'll tell you everything,"
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When Naruto woke up again, Akane told him the truth of the Beasts and the Rikudo Sennin and that she was just a one tailed fox when the Sage defeated the Juubi and that Naruto bear similarities to him.
She didn't tell him that Naruto was in fact, the Sage reborn. She felt that he was ready for that news yet.
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2 YEARS LATER
Naruto was now, an intermediate seal apprentice. Although he only learnt it for a year and half, the six months wait was worth it.
The Sealing Arts was very very interesting.
This is because seals allowed one to be creative in its use and it wasn't restricted in combats like ninjutsu.
Ninjutsu was mostly destructive and people don't appreciate its use outside combat.
Sealing, however, was infinitely versatile.
For example, take the Wake Up Seal. It was a seal that was placed on your body and had a timer or a certain conditions to it. Once the conditions were fulfilled, the seal will send a surge of chakra that will wake you up. This is useful as an alarm clock and also, to combat genjutsu. The seal pretty much become a permanent seal on Naruto.
Ever since he started learning seals, he found out about the three fundamentals of sealing. First, the medium used to place the sealing. Papers are the most common and easy to use. Other surfaces also can be used such as the ground, woods, human skin and even air!
Now, different mediums react differently to sealing, well not all of them, with the prominent one being a human skin. Human skin was by far, the most dangerous medium and requires precise seal calculation. If not, it could function haphazardly.
For example, let's say that you place a seal on the back of your hand. And then you wanted to cast a ninjutsu like a chakra scalpel. Your hand will be surged with chakra and thus activates the seal even though you didn't mean to.
It can be quite dangerous.
Second, another important medium would be the ones used to write the seal. Like an ink. However, other types of medium could be used as the ink and sometimes, the chemical composition of the ink can affect the seal.
For example, let's say that you wanted to write a security seal that only a blood relative could open. A small part of the seal needed to be written with the blood. The contract summoning skill also used this principle.
You could also use your own chakra to write. However, chakra ink doesn't last long and tend to dissipate after a while and lasts only for one use. But it has its uses in combat situations.
The third is that, never ever wrote on top of another seal unless you really really know what you're doing.
Another important seal that he learnt was the Linked Seal. The Linked Seal creates a link between two seals; the parent and child seal. Now, whatever happens to the child seal, the parent will know what happened. And the beauty of this Linked Seal is that it can be combined with other seals and you could use it to trace the location of the child seal.
For example, let's say that you created a Lock Seal and combined it with a child seal with a parent seal on yourself. Now, put the Lock Seal on a box and placed it somewhere far from you.
A person founds it and tampered with the Lock Seal to open the box. The child seal will then inform the parent seal that the Lock Seal was tampered and thus, you will know what happened. The beauty is that you could put a lot of child seals under one parent seal.
The Linked Seal was an important part of Hiraishin and without it, Hiraishin was unusable.
The downside of this skill is that, should the parent seal were destroyed; the child seal connected to it will lose its function and became a dead seal.
And speaking about Hiraishin (the foxes knew about it because Akane helped in its creation), Naruto was shocked to found out how difficult it was! The seal uses 77 handseals for a single jump! And the only user, Minato Namikaze didn't use any handseals at all!
Its usage difficulty scales up the more child seal there is. Also, it requires perfect chakra control as if too little was used; you might end up halfway from your destination or what's worse sometimes you arrive without your clothing. Too much, and you might overshot and your clothing was someplace else; sometimes, your clothing was at the destination while you were someplace else! Also, the longer the distance, the more chakra was needed.
Not arriving at your destination is one thing and missing clothes was another. Another big hurdle was to overcome the disorientation on using it. The first time Minato used it, he was so dizzy that he was bedridden for a week!
And that was when you do the technique properly. Wrongly done, like how Minato found out using his clones; one could end up with only a certain part of yourself arriving at the destination!
The sheer difficulty and downside of using it pretty much makes it a Forbidden Jutsu. It makes Naruto wonder what kind of monster the Fourth was. And that was the main reason why Akane forbid him from learning it until he was at the highest level of seal master with a fit body.
Still, he could now make his own seals and making and creating new seals was fun!
And dangerous.
"So, the first seal that you wanted to make is an exploding tag?" Kuro asked and Naruto nodded. Kuro then sighed at the boy.
"Look, exploding tags explode when it works, and when it malfunctions. So how would you know the difference if it works or doesn't?" Kuro asked.
"Umm…if it works, it explodes well?" Naruto replied.
Kuro sighed again. "Sometimes, a malfunctioned exploding tag explodes much more powerful than what it was intended for,"
"Then the malfunctioned tag works!" Naruto said and Kuro smacked him using his tails.
"What did I told you?" Kuro asked and Naruto lowered his head.
"Power is nothing without control. A seal that doesn't work the way you wanted to isn't a good seal," Naruto replied.
"Good, now make some other seal that doesn't involve explosion!" Kuro ordered.
Naruto then did the Repulsion Seal as his first. The Repulsion Seal's function is to propel objects away from the seal, thus the name; repulse. The first time they wanted to test it, it was weird.
"Why are we being so far away?" Naruto asked. They were currently a mile away from Naruto's first own-made seal and was hiding behind a fallen tree. "Not like it's going to explode,"
"It could. You're lucky if your seal doesn't do anything if it doesn't work. A malfunctioning seal is something that you want to stay clear from," Kuro said. "Okay, Replusion seal test, ready to start?"
The test was by putting the seal on a ground and places a tiny stone on it. When the seal activates, the stone will be repulsed upwards, making it 'jump'. For the test to be a success, the stone needs to be repulsed one time at a height of three feet. Naruto nodded.
"Activate it!" Kuro ordered and Naruto did so.
The stone flew to outer space.
"…."
"…."
"You know, I know I shouldn't say this, but…that was AWESOME!" Kuro said loudly.
"Oh yeah!" Naruto joined.
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3 YEARS LATER
"I now pronounce you…Fuinjutsu Master!" Akane announced to the crowd and they all went wild with cheering and applauses.
The ten year old boy in front of Akane beamed with pride at the announcement. After all, it was for him. The boy wore his black pants with black and orange jacket. He also wore what seems like a tattered black cloak.
"Thank you, thank you! I couldn't have done it without you guys!" Naruto bowed to the crowed and he could see fireworks and confettis flying all over the place. Of course, it was just genjutsu but it still delivered the charm.
"So, Master Uzumaki," Akane bowed at him and he returned the bow what will you do now?"
Naruto rubbed his hands together in delight. "Well, I need to go back to Konoha to clear a few loose ends. Then I want to go to Uzushiogakure to see how things are there. And then around the world to find other Uzumakis and people that are willing to be part of Uzushiogakure!"
"Well, we the Getsuga Fox Clan is proud to be part of Uzushiogakure," Akane said and Naruto grinned.
"I know thanks! You guys will be the honorary allied of my kingdom!" Naruto claimed and pumped his fist to the air and another loud cheering went off.
"Go then Naruto. You carry with you the name, pride and hope of Uzumaki and the Getsuga Clan! Make us all proud!" Akane said passion.
"I will! I promise!" Naruto said and he Body Flickered away out of sight.
"So…it begins again, huh?" Kuro asked Akane the Kyuubi.
"Yes, it does. He will bring a maelstrom to the world and change it," Akane replied. "This time, this time for sure,"
Author's Note Again: So here I placed the basis of how sealing arts work and I hope that you guys understand its principle. Since the sealing arts in canon weren't explained so much, I figured I put in my own.
Sealing Technique: Repulsion Seal – Inspired by Portal 2's Repulsion Gel. It creates a seal that pushes any object that enters its area of effect away from the seal. So if you place it on a ground and you step on it, you will be bounced upwards. Place it on a door; you will be bounced away from it.
The downside of this seal is that the amount of 'push' it can impart on a target is affected by its weight. So the heavier a target is, the slower they will be propelled.
Sealing Technique: Dream Walker Seal – This seal allows two or more people that have the corresponding seal to enter one's dream. It is different from the Yamanaka Clan's signature ability. One is that both users will be placed in a sleeping state. Two is that it requires the use of seals.
Sealing Technique: Lock Seal – Creates a seal that is able to 'lock'. What it locks depends on its nature specified in its construction. So it can be used to 'lock' a place to prevent entry.
Sealing Technique: Wake Up Seal – Creates a seal that when placed on a body that has chakra flow and when certain conditions are met; it will send a surge of chakra that jolts the person awake from either sleep or genjutsu.
Sealing Technique: Linked Seal – Creates two interconnecting seal; parent and child seal. Whatever happens to the child seal will be informed to the parent seal, making it ideal for long range uses. It can be combined with other seals. Mutiple child seals can be placed under a single parent seal. Destruction of the parent seal will render the child seals connected to it inert.
