Naruto Demon of the Hidden Leaf
Chapter 2: Kazu of the Hidden Mist
Kudzu Town: 4 days from Konohagakure
Naruto and the third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi were walking through town looking at the shops and at all the people walking and buying stuff, it had been 4 day since Naruto and the Hokage had left the village, during those 4 day Naruto had refused to seal the sword in the scroll and had carried it all the way from Konoha, after the first couple of hours the Hokage notice that Naruto had stopped struggling with the weight of the sword and could now carried more easily yet still fell down from time to time due to either fatigue or lost of balance.
"So old man how far are we from this sensei's house?" asked Naruto as the Hokage looked up from the little book he was reading, the book was wrapped in a leather binding that completely hid the name and color of the book, when the Hokage looked up Naruto notice the old Kage was blushing a little and had some blood on his nose.
"The house is a couple of miles outside of town, so I guess in two to three hours max." said the Kage before he turned his attention back towards his little hidden book.
"Hey Naruto, want to train for a while?" Naruto was starting to get use to the fox speaking to him but it still startle him a little. Naruto mentally said yes and the fox pulled him into his mindscape. When Naruto opened his eyes he was shocked of what he saw, he was expecting that dirty sewer full of water and the huge cage but now he just saw a huge mansion in the middle of an open field, around the mansion he could see hundreds of little foxes running around.
"Welcome Naruto to my new home." Naruto turned and saw Kyuubi, he was dressed exactly like before, the only thing that change was that his silver necklace now had 10 little beads on it, the middle one was silver instead of red and had the kanji for seal in it.
"How did you do this, what happened to the cage and the sewer?" asked Naruto, before the Kyuubi answer a little 2 tailed fox ran up to then and started yipping. Naruto looked down at the cute little fox and crouched to pet it. Naruto was shock to see the fox was real.
"Are there more foxes here?" the Kyuubi shook his head and laughed, he then waved his hand and everything change, the mansion field and foxes were gone replaced with a huge training dojo. Naruto looked around in shock the dojo was full of weapons some Naruto knew others were completed unknown to him."Naruto here in your mind I can change the surrounding to my will, I can change things in an instance, but don't worry I can't affect your mind take control just change the appearance of my cage, the seals prevents that." said the Kyuubi when he notice the worried look in Naruto's face, the moment Naruto heard that he's worries left him and the awe of the change kick in.
"But why didn't you change things before." asked Naruto as the Kyuubi walked to one of the scroll stands and picked up a scroll.
"Cause I needed your permission, and the moment we became friends your subconscious allowed me to do so." said the fox as he threw the scroll to Naruto, Naruto caught it and read the inscription, "Chakra Control" Naruto opened the scroll and saw it was full of chakra control exercises.
"In here we can practice chakra control and since chakra control doesn't required physical training, if you practice it here you can master it with out having to do it in the real world but is a whole other matter with jutsus and taijutsu, you can learn them in here but can only master then on the outside world, same goes with physical training I can show you what to do but only in the real world does it take effect." Naruto understood completely and they started doing chakra control exercises.
After a whole day of practicing the Kyuubi motion for him to stop, he had a huge scroll in his hands, Naruto just walked over to him and stared tiredly at the fox. Kyuubi just opened the scroll and laid it on the floor.
"Naruto this scroll summons my personal vault, in the vault are many jutsu scroll, I want you to sign it so you can learn them." Naruto was jumping at the offer to have a vault full of jutsus was a ninja's wet dream. The Kyuubi explained how to sign it and with a prick of his finger Naruto followed the fox instructions and signed the Contract.
"Later I'll teach you the seal for the summoning jutsu." After a couple of more hours practicing the Kyuubi waved his hand and Naruto was sent back to the real world.
"Amazing only a day practicing and already improve a lot in with his chakra control, he's going to be great." Said the Kyuubi with a little pride in his voice, it was after all his host of which he was talking about.
Naruto opened his eyes to see the Hokage walking next to him still reading his book. Naruto looked at his hand and saw that his finger had a little cut from when he signed the Contract. Naruto again looked at the Hokage.
"What the hell he's still reading that, it's been hours!!" thought Naruto as he kept glancing at the Hokage.
"Actually only 15 minutes have passes Naruto." said the fox, startling Naruto in to loosing his balance, the Hokage and some of the people passing by saw him and started laughing.
Naruto stoop up and picked up his sword while giving the Hokage and the other laughing people a glare. Naruto walked in front of the Hokage so he didn't see the giggle fit the Hokage had.
"What do you mean only 15 minutes, we were practicing for hours." said Naruto as he started to fell a sleepy.
"Time passes differently in your mindscape than in the real world, one day in here is only a couple of minutes in the real world the only side effect is that after a long training day in your mind you'll become sleepy" said the Kyuubi as Naruto thought over what the Kyuubi just told him. Then he suddenly started grinning like a mad man.
"What is it Naruto, what's with the creepy grin." said the Kyuubi while Naruto kept grinning.
"With this and shadow clones I'll be an awesome ninja in no time." said Naruto as he kept walking with a huge smile on his face, the Kyuubi jut chuckled and went to sleep while the Hokage saw the grinning kid and just assume it was cause they were close to his new sensei.
Naruto and the Hokage left town and walked along a long road for 4 hours before they came upon a huge house, it was painted blue and looked a bit old but impressive, Sarutobi walked to the door of the house and gave 12 knocks. After a couple of seconds a voice was heard calling out.
"I'm coming, I'm coming." said a hard voice from behind the door, seconds later a man opened the door, I had the most distinguishing features any man could have, he was tall and had blue skin and what looked like gills under his eyes, his teeth were sharpen and his eyes were slit, he looked like a huge shark.
The man was wearing a dark blue cloak and had a huge zanbato in his hand, the sword looked a lot like Naruto's but it didn't have the hole for decapitation, it also had what looked like serrated teeth all along the edge of the blade. Naruto could only stare in awe at the blade.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi you old dog!! How have you being?" said the man as he shook hand with the Kage and invited both him and Naruto inside. When they enter the house Naruto was amazed at was he saw, the inside of the house was full of weapons, from simple little combat knifes to huge simple Zanbatos. The man notice Naruto's expression and he smiled, it had being a long time since he's seen and child with a passion for swords.
As he watched Naruto look at all the swords he notice the sword Naruto had on his back his eyes almost bugged out of his head.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT SWORD." screamed the man startling Naruto into grabbing the handle of the sword. Sarutobi stepped in front of the man to calm him down, after the man stopped freaking out he and the Kage left to talk in private leaving Naruto alone in the room.
Naruto was alone in the room alone for half and hour and like any other 12 year old in a room full of weapons he started picking katanas and swinging them around like an idiot. That's the site the Hokage and Naruto's future sensei walked in on after having their discussion about Naruto, they entered the room and Naruto was holding 3 swords, one in each hand and the third on his mouth, when he saw the men entered the room Naruto lost his balance and fell to the ground causing Sarutobi to sweatdrop and the shark man to start laughing.
"Naruto I want you to meet your new sensei, his name is Kazu Hoshigaki, former head of the 7 Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist." said Sarutobi as Naruto's eyes opened up to the size of plates when he heard that the head of one of the most powerful groups in the world was going to be his sensei.
"Kazu will be training you in Kenjutsu and some jutsu and you will return in 6 months time to the village, just in time to participate in the next chunin exams." explained the Hokage, Naruto just smiled and placed the swords back in their place.
The Hokage stayed for a while talking to Kazu, Naruto had already fallen sleep when the Hokage left to go back to the village, that night Kazu took Naruto's sword and started fixing it, it was still in great condition but Zabuza hadn't taken the time to fix the little things like scratches and small dents, he also sharpen the blade, that next morning the blade was as good as new.
Naruto was sleeping when a huge explosion that cause Naruto to wake up screaming and reach for his sword, something that Naruto notice he started doing subconsciously since he got it, but it wasn't there. Naruto heard another explosion the sound coming from the back of the house, Naruto got dressed and walked outside to see Kazu practicing with his sword.
"So squirt I see your finally awake." said Kazu as he placed his sword on his back and walked towards Naruto, Naruto saw the man was dressed in a dark blue open cloak with sharks painted in the cloak. The color of the cloak match that of the sword on his back perfectly. The man walked up to Naruto and started looking.
"Sarutobi told me you can do the shadow clone technique, how many can you do 5, 6?" said the shark man, Naruto just grinned and placed his hand on his favorite seal.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu." screamed Naruto as a huge smoke cloud appeared and when it cleared 501 hundred Naruto appeared in front of the shark man. He man was shock, for a mere boy to summon 500 clones he must have a massive chakra capacity.
"This is good kid, with this many clones I can double maybe triple the training I had plan for you." the shark man smiled sadistically, which cause Naruto to paled. The shark man placed his hands in a seal.
"Water Clone Jutsu." said the man and 5 water clones appeared beside him, the man turned and spoke with his clones for a few seconds before the clones and the man separated and stood in front of the Naruto's.
"During this six months here with me Naruto you will learn 6 important abilities every swordsman needs, first the real Naruto, you will weight exercise so you can carry your sword with ease, also I will personally teach you Kenjutsu." Naruto was happy to have such a powerful sensei as a teacher.
"Second 100 clones will go with one of mine and learn the art of forging as you will need to know how to repaired your sword in case I get's damage in a fight." Naruto nodded his head as he had notice the beat up stated his sword was in.
"Third 100 of your clones will learn the art of the silent killing technique and the jutsus that go with it." Naruto almost flip, he remember the way Zabuza had use that technique and almost beat Kakashi with it.
"Fourth 100 clones will practice taijutsu with one of my clones, I will be teaching you the style that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the mist use." Naruto was so shock when Kazu said that that the man had to snapped his fingers a few times in front of Naruto to get him back down to earth.
"Fifth 100 clones will learned the basics of Fuinjutsu so you can have at least basic knowledge of sealing techniques for weapons, food and clothes." Naruto remembered the scroll the Hokage had given his and was ecstatic to learn the secrets to such cool abilities.
"The last thing is 100 of your clones will watch me on a few missions around the village so you can learned, also they will study all the history of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, as knowledge is an important thing now that almost all of them are missing nin that don't like competition." said Kazu as all the Naruto's got a serious look on their faces, the clones separated with their respective Kazu clones and left to train.
The real Naruto and Kazu stayed behind Kazu walked up to Naruto and notice the gravity seals on his one sided vest. {A/N I forgot to mention that the vest were one sided, like the ones they use in Kumogakure} he gave a huge grin that showed his sharpen teeth, he then touched the back of Naruto's vest and Naruto fell to the floor muttering curses.
"Naruto I just activated the gravity seals on your vest, they will stay on at all times, and when I feel that you gotten used to the weight I will increase it, right know it's at 300 pounds. Start running, I want 20 laps around the compound." Kazu was ready to argue with the blonde but to his surprise the little genin stoop up and started running…very, very slowly.
That was the routine every day from sun up to sun down, Naruto had I day a week free for personal time, which he spend training in chakra control and some jutsu in his mindscape with Kyuubi. The training he endure was extreme but Naruto took it with a smile every day his training became more tough.
"This kid is something else, he's like a sponge, everything I teach him he absorbs, he's going to be great." thought Kazu as he saw the kid running around his compound.
Six Month Later
Naruto was kneeling down holding his sword in to his back with one hand, he was spitting blood, in front of him was Kazu holding his sword, Same no ha {Shark Tooth}, with one hand looking while looking at Naruto.
"Come on squirt, I'm barely sweating, bring it on." said Kazu as he disappeared in a blur and Naruto had to dodge or get cut in half by a sword slash, Kazu jumped forward and tried to slash Naruto again, only for the blonde to counterstrike and disappeared in a blur and appeared behind Kazu, surprising him.
"SO you released your gravity seal huh?" asked Kazu as he dodge another blow from the dark orange blur that was Naruto.
"Yeah I did now, get ready." Naruto was preparing to strike but Kazu disappeared in a blue blur.
"Shit' though Naruto as he felt one of Shark Tooth teeth touched his neck. Kazu just laughed and placed his sword back in his back strap and Naruto did the same, the strap was made by Kazu so that it was 2 belts that held the sword a little tilted to the side but during a fight if Naruto of Kazu added a little chakra to the side the 2 belts unclasped and the sword was free, Naruto wore the strap under his vest with the 2 belts come out of the sword in his back.
Naruto and Kazu went inside and Naruto started packing his stuff in one of his sealing scrolls, during the 6 months Naruto had become a great ninja, his Kenjutsu and taijutsu was easily high chunin or low jounin, he found he had a knack for sealing and was very good with inventing his own seals, he was very good in the art of forging being able to make beautiful katanas and other weapons in a couple of hours, he was a master at the silent killing technique and could use the jutsus Kazu taught him to go along with it, with much ease. He knew all about the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, from their names and abilities to their swords and how to identify them.
"I'm can't wait to see my old friends, my team, and most importantly old man Hokage, he's going to be so proud." thought Naruto as Kazu when to his room, after a couple of minutes he came back with a long dark blue long sleeve jacket, he stoop in front of Naruto and handed him the jacket.
"In my family is tradition to give your apprentice a swordsman jacket when they finish their training." Naruto smiled and threw the scroll he was holding to a table, then he took of his vest and belt and placed the jacket on himself, he close the first buttons and left the last ones opened then he placed his vest and Kyuubi belt back on. {a/n so basically he's wearing the same outfit Gaara wears in shippuden but the coat is dark blue instead of dark red, and he has that sweet Kyuubi plated belt the owner gave him}
Naruto looked at himself in the mirror and was shocked, he no longer was the puny little genin he was six months ago, he now was strong enough to carry his zanbato like it was a tooth pick, Naruto was ripped and thanks to the Kyuubi he was tall enough to carry his zanbato on his back without the point dragging on the floor [a/n taller than Sasuke but not taller than Kakashi] his hair was long and it was tied into a ponytail with the cloth with from his headband, since he no longer wore it, he had taken the metal plate and attached it to the front of his vest.
"There's something missing." said the boy as Kazu stood behind him and strapped the huge weapon to the back of Naruto's vest. Kazu then stepped away and Naruto looked at himself again, he was now complete. Naruto turned and gave his sensei a smile.
"I will miss you Kazu-sensei…I'll come visit you every time I can." said Naruto as he grabbed his scroll from the table and placed it in his pocket. Kazu just frowned and picked up his apprentice by his vest.
"You better you little squirt and if I hear your slipping on your training I'll go to Konoha myself and kick your ass, now get." he let go of Naruto's vest and Naruto bowed and left.
Kazu was watching him through the window, as he got farther and farther away until only a little blonde dot. He turned and place his Same no ha on the wall and sat down with a smile.
"He's going to be a great swordsman, Hahaha Sarutobi's going to flip when he sees the improvement in Naruto." Thought Kazu as he took out a huge bottle of Saki and drank from it.
Somewhere in the middle of the forest.
Naruto was walking through the forest looking for a good spot to rest until he came upon a clearing, he sat down and unsealed a tent from one of his scrolls. He sat down a made a fire using a tiny fire jutsu the Kyuubi taught him.
"Hey kit, I want to give you a present for finishing your training, use that jutsu I taught you before you started the training." Naruto though for a second before he remembered that jutsu, he bit his finger and started doing handseal, when he finished he slammed his hand in the ground.
"Summoning Technique: Fox Vault." Naruto shouted the moment his hand made contact with the ground and suddenly a tear appeared in front of Naruto, the tear got bigger and a door appeared.
"Naruto, this is the entrance to my personal vault, opened it and enter." Naruto opened the door and entered, what he saw amazed him, the inside was full of treasures, from old scrolls and ninja armor to weapons of all kinds, the Kyuubi motion for him to go to the back of the room, after 5 minutes of walking he reached the back, he saw a table with many huge scrolls.
" Grab with ever one you want." said the Fox, Naruto looked at the scrolls for a while before he felt one calling out to him, he reached and grabbed a huge orange scroll and headed for the exit.
The moment Naruto exited the room the door slammed closed, after a couple of seconds the door disappeared along with the tear. Naruto sat down to looked at the scroll he picked, he felt like the scroll belong to him, like he was complete with that scroll in his possession.
"Well kit, I never thought you would pick that scroll but I'm happy you did." said the fox, Naruto nodded without his eyes ever leaving the scroll.
"What is it…I feel like I was waiting all my life for this scroll." said the blonde swordsman as the fox just laughed.
"That my little kit is the Demon Foxes Summoning Contract." Naruto gasped when the Kyuubi said that, Naruto opened the scroll and saw that nobody had ever signed it. He did the same thing he did with the Vault contract, he bit his thumb and use the blood to sign the scroll.
"Hey can I summon you with this scroll?" asked the blonde.
"No since I'm trapped in here, but you can summon my mate Kira, she the 8 tailed demon fox, and probably the new leader of the foxes." said the Kyuubi a little sad. Naruto closed the scroll.
"What do I do with it?" asked the blonde as the Kyuubi started laughing again, Naruto just sweat dropped and glared into space.
"That contract is your now, when you rebuilt your clan if you want you can make the Fox Demons you family's personal summons, I know I would be honored stand next to you in a fight, and so will my kin." said the fox as Naruto strapped the huge scroll to the back of his Kyuubi belt, he then sealed back the tent and decided to keep traveling to Konoha.
"My own personal summon, that's so cool." thought Naruto as he disappeared into the darkness of the night.
Next Chapter: Hateful Return
A/n I want to come up with a new name for Naruto's Zanbato but I can't think of anything, a little help would be appreciated.