"Talking"
'Thinking and Jutsus' Also Used For Emphasis
"Demons + Summons Talking" Also Used For Emphasis
'Demons + Summons Thinking'
'Dark Naruto Thinking'
"Dark Naruto Talking"
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
I know some of you may be wanting to see the Dark Naruto, and sadly he won't be involved until around the end of the next chapter. Don't worry thought, he'll make himself known eventually.
Once again we join the Kyuubi inside the moist and forlorn sewer located inside the body of the youthful and lively body of the 18-year-old Uzumaki Naruto. The fox, just having awoken from his short nap, was currently shaking off the small amount of drowsiness that still clouded him. Once he was fully conscious he decided to once again materialize both his pen and notebook. The creature then utilized his chakra to open the notebook, looking for where he had last left off. Once he found his most recent page, he started to once again converse to the sewer that was the inner mind of Naruto.
"From the information I have gathered, the creation of a Great Shinobi is started with said shinobi assigning him or herself a long term goal. The goal can be a number of different things, ranging from the utter and absolute obliteration of a certain group or person, to the desire to simply be noticed by the general population of the world. From my first, or second depending on how you classify it, hand experience, I have come to the conclusion that the most efficient goal one can set for themselves is to protect those that they deem worthy of their protection. These people are, by the brat anyway, otherwise known as 'Precious People' if I am not mistaken," the Kyuubi said. As he was writing in his book the demon could not help but think to himself.
'When I finally do finish writing this book, how the hell am I going to publish it?' The fox biju scowled as his chakra flared, if only by a little. He had obviously not planned this whole 'making a book' thing out as thoroughly as he had previously thought.
Fast Foward 3 Days
Naruto scoffed as he looked toward the unconscious bodies of Team Gai. He could honestly say he wasn't expecting them to fight with a tenacity anywhere near the likes with which they had. But that really didn't matter now. He did however regret that fact that their battle had caused such a ruckus, for now he had the rest of the Rookie 9 hot on his trail.
'Oh well,' thought the jinhuuriki, 'I'm not one to back down from a challenge.'
Present
Haruno Sakura was an intelligent and beautiful young lady. One could ask her a question about almost anything pertaining to being a shinobi or med-nin and she would undoubtedly know the answer. She had an hourglass figure, was filled out in all the right places, and obviously took great care of her pink colored hair and her cream colored skin. But above all she was deadly on the battlefield, being both well trained in combat and healing. All in all Haruno Sakura had all the qualities of a picture perfect kunoichi.
Said young woman was currently waiting on a bridge in Konoha, waiting for her team to show up. It was not that her team was late, but more that she was early, the reason being that she was unceremoniously awoken from her slumber when she heard the mindboggling loud noise an anonymous Gennin team was making trying to catch that demon of a cat. Sakura scowled and she unknowingly leaked out some killing intent.
'That damn cat, I'm a Jounin and it still manages to get the best of me,' Sakura was cut off from her inner ramblings when an ANBU suddenly appeared beside her.
"Haruno-san, Hokage-sama has requested you and your team's presence at the main gain in three hours," said the ANBU.
"Very well, thank you," Sakura replied as she gave the ANBU a small bow. The ANBU returned the gesture and vanished in a puff of smoke. Just as the ANBU left, both Yamato and Sasuke arrived at the bridge.
"Sasuke-kun, Yamato-sensei, did you guys hear what he said?" inquired Sakura.
"Yeah, both Sasuke and I were informed by two other ANBU," was the answer by Yamato. Sasuke nodded, indicating what Yamato said was correct.
"We should head toward the main gate now," stated Sasuke, despite the three hour intermission they were given between now and their meeting with the Hokage.
'No freaking way in hell am I going to be late for a meeting with that senile old woman again,' thought Sasuke. He was not exactly the Gondaime's favorite individual, and the last time he was significantly late for an appointment with her he ended up having to watch that rich fat lady's damn demon cat for a week.
The group of three made their way across Konoha to the main gate in silence. Once they made it within sight of the gate they could not help but feel a spike in someone's chakra, albeit only a small one.
'For some reason I think this has something to do with books,' thought Yamato. Thinking it might be an enemy the three nin took out kunai and looked toward the gate, only to see a young blonde man, who was oddly enough looking at his stomach as though it was the most interesting thing he had ever witnessed. All three immediately recognized the man to be the same jinchuriki that had been banished three years ago.
"It's Naruto! He's back!" exclaimed Sakura as she begun to make her way toward the gate, only to be stopped by Sasuke grabbing her wrist.
"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?"
"Want to see if the dobe has gotten any better, Sakura?" asked Sasuke with an almost invisible small smile.
Sakura returned the smile and gave Sasuke a nod. Yamato said nothing, indicating he had no qualms against it.
'Looks like we're all curious,' thought Sakura.
Sasuke took his kunai and launched it toward Naruto. The three looked on as the kunai made its way toward the ramen loving shinobi until the kunai was about 1 and a half feet away from its target. Worry spread throughout the group when they realized there was a chance that Naruto might not be able to stop the oncoming projectile…
That same worry was quickly eradicated when the kunai seemed to simply stop in mid-air, shaking and moving erratically as though it were a rat trying to wiggle its way into a small hole. Finally after a few seconds of moving, the kunai simply started to melt away until all that was left was hot black liquid that was then sent hurdling to the ground. Sakura looked on with wide eyes while Sasuke had a grin on his face. The dobe had gotten better.
At the same time Yamato watched the event with a mix of confusion and awe. He had seen that technique before, well some of it anyway, and it was a jutsu that he had thought only one man knew, that man being the most perverted of the legendary Sannin.
'Looks like I'll be able to show off a little bit before the mission,' thought Naruto as he started to gather chakra and focus on where he concluded would be the best spot to intercept the kunai. Due to the fact that Naruto wasn't nearly as efficient with the Kaze Tate (Wind Shield) as his teacher was, it took a lot of effort on his part to actually use it.
Once the jutsu was ready Naruto activated it and it easily stopped the kunai. Naruto's grin grew even wider as he put his hands behind his head; this was the perfect chance to show off some more. The grin alerted his teacher that something was amiss.
"Naruto, don't try…" but it was too late. Naruto had already begun to melt the kunai. After a few seconds it had melted into a black liquid and fell to the ground. Jiraiya had a small look of irritation and relief on his face as he let out a breathe he didn't know he was hold, before he hit Naruto over the head with his fist.
"You baka, you and I both know that the last time you tried to melt something within the Kaze Tate it exploded right in our faces! My incredibly handsome face was almost ruined!" screamed the Toad Sannin, while at the same time stroking the his chin with his right hand index finger and thumb to accentuate his 'sexy face'.
"Yea, I know," was the reply of the blonde as his eyes went squint and his grin grew wider. Naruto was about to continue on with his suggestions for his sensei's next Icha Icha book before he was tackled to the ground by a quick moving pink blur.
"Naruto, your finally back!" was the enthusiastic cry Naruto heard before he could properly get his bearings. On top of him was one Haruno Sakura with a smile on her face.
"Hi Sakura-chan!" was his reply as he put on a wide smile before he picked both himself and Sakura off the ground. Sakura had a small blush on her face. 'Naruto's become quite the looker,' thought the kunoichi. Once Naruto brushed some dust off his clothes he looked to Jiraiya…
Only to see him with blood running down his nose.
Naruto looked in the direction in which his perverted teacher was looking, only to find that Sakura had, in lack of better terms, become freaking hot during their three year absence. Naruto could only barely suppress a nosebleed. Sakura had filled out nicely, was slightly taller, and was wearing something akin to what she wore at 15, except the skirt was a little shorter and semi-tight on her. Also her top was more form fitting and it had sleeves that went to her biceps. Her face and her hair, albeit a little longer, were pretty much the same as when he had last seen her. Not wanting to look like a perv, Naruto did what he thought was intelligent. This involved quickly sending a smile her way then looking at the other two people that had accompanied Sakura and not looking back at her until he could get his nosebleed under complete control.
"Yamato-sensei," said Naruto with a cursory nod. The man was exactly the same as when he had left.
"Naruto," replied the man as he returned the nod before going over to Jiraiya, looking as though he wanted to talk to him about something.
Finally, Sasuke was the only person that he had not greeted. Naruto looked over the Uchiha with squint eyes, as though he were examining him. This slightly annoyed Sasuke, but he brushed it off. Sasuke was wearing a white version of what he wore during his fight with Garra. He was now about Itachi's height and he had put on some more muscle than when Naruto had last seen him. His body however was still built slightly more for speed and ninjutsu than for strength and taijutsu.
"Sasuke-teme," Naruto greeted Sasuke as he opened his eyes fully and once again put his hands behind his head and smiled.
"Dobe," was the greeting that Naruto received as he saw Sasuke give him a rather friendly (or as close to friendly as someone like Sasuke could give) grin before cracking his knuckles. No words were needed before each one suddenly vanished, only to reappear in front of the village gates.
Sasuke took the initiative as he charged toward Naruto and threw a punch with his right hand, which Naruto easily dodged by ducking. Naruto then rose with a right handed uppercut, intending to hit Sasuke in the stomach. Sasuke quickly leaned back and only narrowly avoided getting hit on the chin. Sasuke then sent a roundhouse kick toward Naruto which he blocked with his arm before both of them leaped backwards, wanting to create space.
Both shinobi drew kunai from their weapons pouch and threw them straight toward each other with incredible speed and accuracy as both nin then charged toward one another. The kunai hit each other during their flight and flew backwards from the force. The tools continued going in opposite directions of each other before each one was grabbed by the ninja that had thrown it. Weapon in hand, both Naruto and Sasuke channeled chakra to their feet and leapt at each other as both of their kunai clashed, sending sparks flying. After a while they finally disengaged and put their kunai back in their weapons pouch. Both shinobi had looks of amusement on their faces as Sasuke began to speak.
"Not half bad, dobe," said Sasuke, with a smirk.
"Well, glad you think so teme because you suck even more than I remembered," was Naruto's comment as he also gave Sasuke a small smile. Sakura also smiled, it was great to see those two back to being friends/rivals.
Flashback
Sasuke was strong, he knew that much. The group of four ANBU that were assigned to watch him were light work as far as he could tell. Sasuke however was also smart. The chances of him beating them were absolute, but the chances of their fight alarming other ninja in the village were just as high. Sasuke may be arrogant at times, but he had no illusions of being able to single-handedly take down Konoha.
Knowing this, Sasuke was content in the fact that the council had let him be reinstated as a ninja, albeit still a Gennin. As he arrived at Team 7's customary meeting bridge, he noticed that Naruto, who was leaning on the railing of the bridge, was the only one currently there. A small frown found its way to Sasuke's face. Ever since he arrived, Sasuke was curious as to how exactly the blonde nin had managed to bring him back. He however was not one to ask others anything, due to the fact it gave him a feeling of superiority doing everything on his own. However Sasuke saw this as the only chance he would have where he would be able to ask Naruto without anyone around. So with his mind set to ask Naruto, Sasuke swallowed some of his pride.
"Oy dobe, can I… ask you something?" Sasuke said, pausing mid sentence wondering if he really wanted to go through with this. Naruto who was looking at his reflection in the water with solemn eyes only nodded his approval. Sasuke's frown became deeper. Ever since the council had decided to banish Naruto for three years, the pure ball of yellow haired energy had become rather forlorn.
"Well, I wanted to ask you," Sasuke paused, thinking of how to state the question, "where did you get the strength to bring me back?" finished Sasuke as he finally decided on how to phrase it. The reason of his asking was that Sasuke knew that Naruto had fought Orochimaru just moments before he found him. While Sasuke detested the snake bastard, he admitted that he was quite strong, and for Naruto to be able to fight him to a standstill then be able to knock him unconscious was quite amazing.
Naruto seemed to take a while to absorb the question as he continued to look at his reflection, probably thinking of the best way to answer.
"Teme, it's not really about where I got the strength, everyone has inner strenth, they just have to pull it out," was the reply Sasuke received. The Uchiha found himself forced to agree with the blonde. When worse came to worse, ninjas were known to be able to pull some crazy ass shit to save themselves. But most of the time ninjas just lacked the motivation to do so.
"If you put it that way, how did you pull it out (a/n no homo)?" was Sasuke's new question.
Naruto finally took his eyes off his reflection as he looked at Sasuke with a miniscule smile.
"I always keep my promises," stated Naruto, referring to Sakura, "but I also always protect my friends, even if they suck," at the the blonde looked at the Uchiha.
Sasuke's face was now as contorted with confusion as his bad ass image would allow. Naruto had found strength just because he wanted to protect him? Naruto who saw the bemused look on Sasuke's face, decided to continue.
"Sasuke, you want power to kill Itachi, so you are willing to cut off your bonds and do anything to get stronger. I want power so I can become Hokage, and also so I can protect my bonds with my friends and people I love. The way we decided to get our power is different, and for maybe the first time, I chose the better option. You see when you choose my path, you get determination from wanting to protect your bonds with your friends and loved ones. This determination in turn turns into desire to be able to become stronger in order to crush anything or anyone that wants to harm them. This desire leads to strength, and with this strength you can not only protect those you care about, but also accomplish your goals," finished Naruto. Sasuke was impressed that Naruto was able to come up with something like that. Little did the Uchiha know that the Kyuubi container simply reworded a speech he had once been given by the Sandaime.
Thinking over everything Naruto said, Sasuke realized that he may very well be right. Sasuke, who had cut off his bonds with everyone, was technically beaten by Naruto, who wished to protect, preserve, and create bonds with almost everybody.
'Maybe… maybe power is easier to achieve when you have people you care for," thought Sasuke with a mental shrug, 'wouldn't hurt to try, seeing as how I'm not going to get to leave anytime soon'. With this thought in mind Sasuke began to become slightly (very very slightly) more open to those around him. He was still not exactly the most sociable person around, but he was definitely better than before. While most of the ninja continued to dislike him, they no longer loathed him like they did when he was first rescued. Sasuke would only get better during the three year time period that Naruto was banished, although the blonde shinobi's banishment had caused the raven haired avenger to become rather withdrawn for a while. He and Naruto had once again come to have a grudging respect for the other. And while neither nin knew it, during their whole conversation a certain pink haired kunoichi and silver haired pervert were watching.
Flashback Over
Once done reminiscing, Sakura walked over to the other members of what had once been Team 7 in order to talk and catch up. While the three young nin were talking (well more like Naruto and Sakura talking, with Sasuke listening), Yamato took the opportunity to talk to Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya-sama, that jutsu Naruto used, was it the Kaze Tate?" asked Yamato, curious as to whether or not his sometimes student had really mastered a jutsu that not even the Yondaime could before he died. Jiraiya nodded.
"Yea it was the shield, but Naruto, to put it bluntly, sucks crap at it. We've been working on it for about a year now, and while his progress is incredible as usual, I believe that the Yondaime had gotten the concept of the jutsu down much better than the brat," Jiraiya explained before grinning, "despite this I am sure the brat will get it down eventually." Hearing Jiraiya explain something about a jutsu to Yamato, Sakura took both Sasuke and Naruto by the wrist and dragged them over to where the two older nin were.
"Excuse me Jiraiya-sama, but what is the Kaze Tate?"
"The Kaze Tate is a technique that requires no hand seals, but requires that the user has a natural affinity for wind to be used to its full potential. To state it simply, the Kaze Tate is like an invisible dome made of air, with the user located in the middle. Because the dome is made of air, the user can feel anything entering it. Once that happens the user can focus their chakra in that area and activate the Kaze Tate, causing the air to start moving and swirling around erratically. This movement effectively halts the progress of projectiles and can also disorientate incoming enemy nin. The better someone is with this technique, the larger the dome and the faster they can activate it. The weakness of this jutsu however is the high amount of chakra needed and the almost ungodly amount of chakra control required to use it."
"How come I've never seen you use it Jiraiya-sama?" inquired Sakura. The Toad Sannin in question grinned sheepshly before answering.
"To be honest because I don't have a strong affinity for wind I've never been able to use the Kaze Tate to the extent that I wanted. Thus the jutsu became an every-once-in-a-while sort of thing."After taking a few seconds to digest this information, Sasuke spoke up.
"Jiraiya-sama, how was the dobe able to melt my kunai then?"
Jiraiya glanced over at Yamato, "Do they know about it?"
Yamato nodded, "They are currently the only ones in his age group in Konoha that know, Jiraiya-sama."
Jiraiya then looked over to Naruto, "How about you tell them gaki."
Naruto squinted his eyes before nodding, "Well teme, Sakura-chan, as you know I have the Kyuubi no Yoko sealed inside of me."
Both ninjas nodded, eyes somewhat downcast from being reminded of why their teammate was so despised in the village.
"Well a year into my training while I was talking to the fur ball, he told me that each of his tails control an element. The first five are the regular elements us shinobi use, the sixth is healing chakra, and the last three are ones that humans don't really know about or can use so I didn't worry about them. He told me that since that he was inside of me and I had accessed his chakra before, my chakra affinity for wind was fused with his affinity for his first six elements. The medical chakra I can't really use, but my body can use it without my telling it to, which is how to fox heals me. The other elements however I can use," explained Naruto.
"So that means you can mix elements, like how that Haku guy could make ice by using wind and water?" asked Sakura. Naruto shook his head.
"Since the chakra affinities are not naturally mine, the way I use them is different," Naruto said. Before anyone could ask any questions he formed a one handed seal and then said, "Fuuton: Kaze".
The Kyuubi sighed. Deciding on how to publish a book before even finishing it was rather useless. Deciding to worry about the problem later he once again started to speak.
"The 'Successful Women's Guide to Perverts' is a book created with such evil that even I shiver by the mere mention of its name. This book is similar to the book in which missing-nins are placed, called the 'Bingo Book'. In the SWGTP however, the names of missing-nins are not placed, but the names of perverts. As in the bingo book, these perverts are given ranks, ranging from E to SSS. Along with the rank is a picture of the individual as well as a short description of their personality and what exactly they did to be put into the SWGTP. While no man knows how, if one woman feels the need to add the name of a certain man into the SWGTP, the name is also instantly added to the books of other women who posses a copy of the book. It is through this book that women everywhere are able to discover out identities… and then proceed to beat the living fuck out of us," were the biju's words as he closed his book and took out a copy of Icha Icha Paradise 6: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Pervert. (Disclaimer: I've heard the Crouching Tiger part somewhere so just to be safe, don't own it). The Kyuubi let out as series of perverted giggles as he read.
"From one great writer to the next Jiraiya-dono," thought the Kyuubi as he read about some of the way women 'abused' animals such as tigers.
Chapter two is done.
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