Authors Note!!!!
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The looks on the faces of Sakura and Sasuke were priceless as they entered the room and looked at there blond counterpart. They were by all means of the word flabbergasted at the outfit he wore, there wasn't a single speck of orange! He had on a black armored vest, which looked exactly like the Anbu armor that sat on top of a black short sleeve shirt, under which was a long sleeve mesh shirt going down to his wrists. Black pants with a red stripe going down the left leg stopped at his ankles and to complete the ensemble black sandals adorned his feet. A waving hand startled them as they realized they were staring at his clothing trying to find some kind of orange on the poor man. Sakura just blushed while Sasuke smirked, "So, you decided to get rid of that ridiculous color huh? It's about time if you ask me. I never understood how a shinobi could wear orange then go out on missions."
Naruto smiled, "Well Sasuke, if you remember that even though I did wear orange when I was younger I still managed to escape from most of my pursuers except for Iruka-sensei and Sandaime-jiji. Still while orange is my favorite color I did get rid of it for that reason, that way the Akatsuki don't get rumors about a orange clad ninja running all over the place because if that were true they would most likely be able to track my movements considering for the last two years I have been going in a circle, and its just about time for me to leave Wave again and now that you two are here I guess your going to try and get me to go back to Konoha?"
Sakura was the first to respond to the blonds' diatribe, "What do you mean for the last two years you have been going around in a circle? We have been on several search missions looking for you!"
"Well, if you must know Sakura-chan, every two weeks I move on to the next city. Now of course in order to go in a circle you must go to the same place at least twice in order however, I have been doing that for the last two years. I think this is at least the tenth time I have been back in wave! At least I think it's the tenth time I don't really know, hehe." Scratching the back of his head, Naruto had the decency to be embarrassed about his lack of information.
The two ninja in the door way sighed at seeing the blond act like everything was normal, which secretly made them happy. Not that they would tell there once teammate that for fear of getting a beating. The rumors that revolved around the blond were at a minimum intriguing to say the least, and now Sasuke finally decided to put an end to the rumors before they decided to get back out on the road to Konoha. "Naruto, while you don't have to answer right away. There is one such rumor that I need answered and while I don't care about what it pertains to I just need to know."
Naruto looked at the Uchiha already knowing what he was going to ask, "Go ahead."
"Is it true that you have control over the fox's powers?" Sasuke shot a sideways look at Sasuke then back to blond confirming Naruto's theory that this was something most in Konoha would want to know about.
"Yes Sasuke, after training with Kirabi the container of the eight tailed demon I learned that you can challenge a demon for control of his power. Now of course this sounds easier that what you would think so go ahead and take a seat while I tell my story." Nodding they both moved, Sasuke to sit at a desk on the side of the room and Sakura to sit on the edge of the bed facing Naruto as he moved himself to the top of the bed against a wall to lean against as he began his tale about what he did when he left Konoha.
Flashback!
Naruto began to pack his things with a slight amount of tears in his eyes. He knew that when Tsunade was rechecked in as the Hokage he would be welcomed back into Konoha with open arms, however he knew what he needed to do before that. Gaara had told him of training with Kirabi, the holder of the eight tailed ox/squid, and what it had done for him and Shukaku. He knew it wouldn't be easy to tame the Kyuubi but he was desperate to try it after the run in with his father in his mindscape. So after gathering all his belongings he left the village under Anbu watch till he reached the village boundries and they turned around without telling him anything and headed back to the village.
Thinking to himself Naruto turned towards the direction of Kumogakure and the little less known secret plateau hidden a distance behind the village where Gaara had told him Kirabi would wait for him.
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Two Weeks Later
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"God damn it, where the hell is this place at? Gaara said it was around here but all I see is flat land and no house or –." Naruto's rant was cut off as a fist came around to the side of him and decked him forcing him to the ground. Grabbing a kunai from his leg pack he flipped to the side off the ground and looked at the person that hit him, only to be graced with the view of a small cottage and a dark skinned man wearing a jounin vest with a Kumogakure symbol on his headband. Under closer inspection the man looked much more like what Gaara described; seven swords decorated his outfit and two small tattoos on his face made him look to be like the man he was looking for. Except Naruto couldn't feel any presence of the man that stood before him, it was as if the man wasn't even real. "Who are you?"
"The better question would be who are you, but I think I know that you hold the Kyuu." After the man said this he smirked and motioned for Naruto to follow him into the cottage which the blond did. "Don't be so surprised young one, for I am one not to shun."
After hearing the ridiculous rhyme Naruto sighed knowing that this was the man he was looking for from what Gaara reported he was a horrible rapper only getting a good rhyme every once in a while. "So Kirabi-san I am sure you know why I am here, so how do we get started?"
Said man nodded at the blond and took a thinking pose with a hand under his chan as he looked over the young man before him all trace of humor gone from his face. "Well, first we need to teach you how to mask your signature, or if we even can mask it. It all depends on your chakra element, or if you have two elements which one is stronger."
"My chakra element is wind, and it is the only one I have. I don't have a kekkei genkai."
"Just because you have two chakra elements doesn't mean you have a kekkei genkai but just to let you know eight-o says you do have one even if it is dormant in you."
Naruto just stood there, his mouth agape, and seeing the blond like that Kirabi began to speak. "Well one of my special conditions thanks to eight-o is the fact that I can know." Naruto sweat dropped at the horrible rhyme but remained quiet for Kirabi to go on. "He can sense another person's chakra affinity and if they have a kekkei genkai or not, and you kid have one. Whether or not it will show its head or not is another question but, it is one we don't need the answer to right now."
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"Wait, wait… you have a bloodline limit?!"
A smirk was all Sakura and Sasuke were met with as Naruto began to tell the story again not minding the little outbreak by his pink haired teammate.
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Naruto just nodded his head dumbly at the information his fellow demon container provided him with, he had a kekkei genkai and it was dormant. Why didn't his father tell him this when he fixed his seal as he was fighting Pain? He managed to calm himself down as he realized that line of thinking would only be able to further upset and instead looked at Kirabi. "Okay, you say that I have a bloodline limit or your demon says it rather, what does that mean for me?"
"That you actually have three different types of chakra elements inside of you. However two of them have yet to show themselves, most likely because you don't know that many jutsu. Am I correct in thinking this way?"
"Well not really, I know a lot of jutsu, it is just that fact that most of them are without an element except for two."
"Alright well please tell me what they are, so I can train you to go far!"
After sweat dropping at the rhyme Naruto proceeded to explain to Kirabi about all his rasengan variations, his senjutsu, his Katon: Karyuu Endan which he used to set the toad oil on fire in conjunction with pa during his senjutsu attacks, his above average ability with kage bunshin no jutsu, the academy three, and well he began to scratch his chin and couldn't think of any other jutsus he knew. "That's all I know, I am sorry if it isn't really acceptable I really thought I knew more than that."
Kirabi shrugged, "Eh, I think I know what to do. However, I also want to teach you how to use a sword. Just in case something happens, you never know what will hit you. So come on while I teach you something new."
Naruto just smiled and followed Kirabi outside as he began to teach him things and that went on for the next year as Kirabi taught him new things and learned about his own elemental chakra abilities. After finally learning all that Kirabi could teach him Naruto could be found sitting on the ground cross legged and meditating, he was finally going to challenge the Kyuubi for control of his chakra.
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Naruto's Mindscape
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"What do you want brat?"
"You know why I am here you big fox; just tell me what we need to do."
Said fox just smirked at the boy that looked up at him, even though the fox knew that he could decline the boy he also knew that if he did decline the boy wouldn't use his powers as much unless he was forced and by then he might die which would kill the fox along with him. "Hmmm…. You want to challenge me for the right to use my powers do you? Well let me see what the challenge should be… Oh, I know what should happen. In order for you to obtain the right to use my powers and I act like the hachibi you have to learn your father's legendary jutsu Hiranshin." The Kyuubi smiled at the thought of his container learning the jutsu. Of course he knew he could learn it but it would still be nice for the brat to learn it quickly and get rewarded for it, secretly the fox knew he was slowly being absorbed by the brat but for some reason when the Yondaime Hokage appeared within the blonde's body to redo his seal he never told Naruto about the fact that the seal itself was designed to disappear around the brats twentieth birthday and force the Kyuubi to be completely absorbed. Allowing the brat to use its power without problem might prolong its life or shorten it, but the fox was more than prepared to die especially knowing the fact that any Uchihas wouldn't be able to control anymore.
Naruto's face went into a thinking pose as he thought about the Hiranshin jutsu and wondered where he could learn it and when he began to think about it he realized that he needed to study seals and the kunai that his father once used but he had no idea how to get into Konoha to get the kunai without being found he would most likely have to ask for help from someone but he didn't know who at the moment. After what seemed like forever the blond looked up at the fox, "How long do I have until you call this challenge off?"
"Six months."
"What, are you kidding me?! That's it! I don't know if I can do that!"
"I can call the deal off if you like?"
"No no… Il figure out some way to learn the damn thing, just you watch."
"Oh I will defiantly pay attention brat, don't you worry about that." After saying that the Kyuubi forced Naruto out of its cage area and back into the living world, then began to think about the consequences it might have caused then shrugged and decided not to care one bit. On the outside Naruto began to look around then rushed straight to Kirabi.
"Hey I have a job for you!"
"Oh yeah what is that? Do you want to wear a Hokage hat?"
"Ugh, not now Kirabi I need you to ask your brother to get a Konoha team here that has Saratobi Konohamaru on it so I can get him to get something for me that has to deal with my challenge to the Kyuubi."
"Alright then no problem, I will just tell my brother to get the ….err…. Goblin! Ha-ha!"
Naruto sweat dropped at this and just sighed, "You are such a loser."
Kirabi began fuming, "What did you say brat?"
Naruto just turned around and waved his hand, "Nothing just hurry up I have only six months to accomplish something it took my father god knows how long."
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Two Weeks Later
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Naruto stood against the wall of a hotel room masking his presence as Kirabi had taught him when his target finally walked in and dropped his pack on the floor not even noticing Naruto was even in the room. Naruto smirked at this and slowly moved up behind him intent on scaring the living hell out of him. "Oh Konohamaru-kun…."
Said genin jumped into the air and turned around with lightning quick reflexes and settled into a taijutsu stance ready to attack whoever the hell just spooked him when he caught sight of his opponent he just gasped. "Na-Na-Naruto?! Is that you! Where the hell have you been? Do you know how many people have been looking for you and wanted you back at the village? Did you even know Tsunade-sama was reinstated as Godaime Hokage?"
Naruto just smiled hearing all this, of course he already had heard the information but having it come from someone he really liked put a definite smile on his face that day. "Yes of course I know Konohamaru, but the only reason you're here is because I need you to get something for me from your grandfathers' study at your house. I need you to grab one of the Yondaime's kunai that he used for his Hiranshin no jutsu."
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"WAIT!!! So it's true! You really are the son of the Yondaime Hokage?!"
"Yeah, shush you guys knew that, jeez come on, no one else is as sexy as me!"
"Ugh, Sakura let him finish before he decides that he is too good for us."
"Shush teme, you know you guys are the real family I have." Naruto smiled as he saw both of his teammates smirk and continued where he left off.
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"What for boss?"
"Because I really need to learn my father's technique, don't you think so?"
Konohamaru just gasped a little at those words as they came out of his blond mentor's mouth. "Wait you mean you're the Yondaime's son? Of course there were rumors but with you being out of the village Hokage-sama refused to agree or deny with the accusations, so I just decided to believe against it knowing your discontent with family and the like."
"What are you talking about? I don't really hate families. I just grew up without one so it was always easier to complain about them."
The younger genin just sat there in thought and finally just nodded about the whole thing before smiling at the blond. "Alright I will have them to you right away sir. In fact I am leaving for Konoha tomorrow and I will be back within the week. I just need to ask Ebisu-sensei for some time off but I think he will understand, he will probably just think I am trying to help out with uncle Asuma's baby that is now almost a year old!"
"Ah how is Kurenai-sensei doing these days?"
"Well Naruto, I think you might be surprised about this but she and Asuma aren't dating anymore Shikamaru and her are dating."
"What! No way. What the hell happened between them?"
"Well Asuma got called back to the Twelve Guardians of Fire and as such he is not allowed to declined unless he wants to be put under the death penalty and well he threatened Shikamaru to take care of her and the two just started dating. Asuma is a little jealous and everything but he realizes this is his own punishment for walking out on his family when he was younger. He knows he has a lot to be responsible for so he doesn't want to make too big of a fuss since he knows if he even asks Shikamaru or Kurenai the two of them would stop dating."
"Wow, Asuma has a strong heart to keep that stuff going."
"He just doesn't want to see either of them get hurt and figured this was the best way really. He still loves her and he loves Shikamaru as a son and his new son he loves just as much so really all in all he is happy. He is just pissed he cannot be around anymore except for when he has vacation time."
"I bet Shikamaru is the only one that's got a date though!"
"Actually Kiba is dating Hinata, and Sakura is dating Sasuke, I think Shino is dating someone too, and I know Chouji is dating Ino, and well, Neji is dating Tenten and Lee happens to be dating a civilian like Shino, although anyone who can understand Lee should be a shinobi. However, I don't really think I should judge him considering he could kick my ass."
"Ha-ha yeah your definitely right about that kid, you are definitely right about that! Alright then, I will be here waiting for you when you get back."
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One Week Later
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Konohamaru once again in Kumo was making his way towards the hotel he was at previously when someone grabbed him and dragged him into an alley. Already knowing who it was because of the clothes Konohamaru sighed and looked at Naruto. "Seriously boss, I know you don't want to be found so you should seriously decide on some new clothing!"
Naruto smirked at this already knowing that he should find something else to put on besides this ensemble but he was just trying to wait until he finally finished his father's jutsu. "Yeah yeah kid, do you have what I need?"
"Yeah," Konohamaru smirked and tossed him a scroll. "My uncle said ji-ji said this was for you when you became of age and was waiting for you to come and get it. It's from your parents and it is supposed to contain information on your lineage."
Naruto smiled wishing he knew of this scroll sooner but he also knew it was for the best this way and that he couldn't be mad at Sandaime-ji-ji for keeping it from him. "Thanks brat, hurry up and get to back to the village I don't want you to get in trouble."
Konohamaru smiled and hugged his role model, "Thanks Naruto, you are the best and I can't wait for you to return. I won't tell anyone else about you except for Asuma sensei you know he cares about you too!"
Returning the hug Naruto continued to smile. "Don't worry kid I will be back when I am finished with some things. That is my promise to you, and you know I don't go back on my promises!"
Getting back to Kirabi's villa Naruto finally regarded the scroll. It didn't look a day and had some seal on the top, which Naruto vaguely remembered to be a blood seal for the scroll. Smiling he bit his thumb and quickly wiped it on the seal, before it healed, and watched as the seal disappeared and opened it quickly. When he opened it he noticed there were two more blood seals and a decent bit of writing, deciding he should read it first he found a seat and began at the top.
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Narutos Letter From Parents
Hey Naruto,
It has most likely been a long time since I have seen you, since you are a baby, and I hope you haven't seen me yet. Which means that I hope you haven't lost control of the seal on your stomach and forced the little bit of chakra I sealed away inside of you to reseal the fur ball. If it happened oh well, just don't let it happen again! Of course, you can and just reseal it with the key that you can summon from the toad world if you know how! Anyway on to other things worth me and your time, I am sorry. I know what I am going to do sadly to get rid of the Kyuubi and I don't like it one bit! Not one bit at all! However, I came to terms with it because it is the only way to save our precious village. Just so you know me and your mother both love you. Sadly I am not sure if your mother is going to make it because of the fact that you were born three days ago and she is still having some internal bleeding. I just want you to also know that the fox isn't going to attack for another week or so, and we are going to have the time of our lives with you before I am gone.
Sealed in the two seals below are your mother's sword and some of my kunai and instructions on how to use the jutsu. It is actually easier than you think for the sheer fact that because of our bloodline we can use it very easily. Oh yes, we have a bloodline if Sandaime-sama hasn't told you yet, we are related to the Senju which happens to be the first two Hokage's and the sensei of the third which makes us destined to be Hokage. Funny really if you think about it. So maybe the mokuton will be brought out by the fox in you, or it could be suppressed by the bastard who knows. Just know that if it is suppressed by the fox once he is fully absorbed it will awaken however it could also lie dormant within your blood too just like it did for the Nidaime and Tsunade my mother. We have different names because she put me up for adoption when I was born because of Nawaki, my father, dying in the war she thought it would be to unsafe for me. However now she is a total drunkard and while I am glad she is my mother I am afraid she has forgotten about my birth but something tells me it is by choice and while she does remember she just chooses to ignore it.
Ah well, enough about that. You will find more of my writing and even your mothers in the seals. Just know that we love you my son and that if there was any other way we would totally not do this to you. We hope you understand that and know that you will definitely understand it once you read and analyze the information in my second seal. It refers to another reason as to why I have chosen you to be the bearer of a demon, even though in the eyes of kami I will probably be seen as a failure I hope that in time you do understand.
Love,
Minato & Kushina Namakazi
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Naruto rubbed at his eyes as he remembered the note and everything else that his father and mother had said to him. On the other side of the room Sakura and Sasuke begin to put everything together.
"Naruto, you beat the challenge. You control the fox that's why Gaara felt another demonic energy and could see yellow flashes outside of the village while he was fighting Kakuzu and when he went to check it out he found the bodies of Hidan, Deidra, and Sasori laying amongst burning and scared sands. It was truly crazy. That is also why we heard reports of the Yondaime running around because you were using his jutsu to save people when you couldn't do anything else weren't you! You crazy bastard do you know how many times we searched for your ass?"
Naruto had the decency to blush as he scratched the back of his head at what Sasuke was saying to him. After a few minutes he finally turned serious and stood up and stretched. "I think it's time to go back to Konoha, what do you guys think?"
Sakura smiled as they all stood, "Yeah except Tsunade-sensei is going to beat you up!"
"Nah, remember she really is my grandmother so I can call her baa-chan all I want!"
"I wasn't talking about that Naruto; do you realize how worried she has been?"
Naruto blanched when realizing this not even realizing the other two were out the doors and down the stairs. He ran to catch up with them after saying goodbye to Inari and Tsunade and telling them to say goodbye to Tazuna for him and give him a thanks. As he caught up with them his voice was low and a little shaken, "Maa maa Sakura-chan you don't really think Tsunade would hurt me that bad do you?"
Somehow Naruto just didn't get the feeling that he liked there laughter especially his pink haired teammate.
AN: So yeah it was mostly recap but I am using it to help explain what happend and where Naruto got most of his power from. During that year in training Naruto learned many a jutsu and sword training however I refuse to give up some of his jutsu's that easy but dont worry there will be a fight soon... very soon
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