Notes: I would just like to say that in my story, Naruto is a Fire and Earth affinity. Why? Because it's my story and I want it that way!!!
On with the super duper awesomey cool story!!
Chapter 2: Bunshin Tatsujin's Way
Four fifteen-year-old girls sat at a ramen restaurant known as Ichiraku's Ramen. One had short pink hair and beautiful green eyes. She wore a red tank top and a pink skirt covering black under-shorts and ninja boots that came up to her knee. The second had long platinum-blonde hair tied into a ponytail and blank teal eyes. She wore a purple tank top that showed her stomach, along with a purple skirt and black under-shorts not unlike the first girl's. The third had flowing, curvy bluish-black hair flowing down her back and creamy lavender white eyes, indicating she was a Hyuuga. She wore a lavender sweater and black shinobi pants. The fourth had brown hair tied into two small buns and chocolate brown eyes. She wore a Chinese-style white long-sleeved shirt and red pants.
"Hey guys, did you hear the rumor?" The bun girl, named Tenten, brought up.
"What rumor?" The Hyuuga, named Hinata, asked. The lavender-eyed girl had lost almost all her shyness just by hanging around Ino and Sakura, though she still melted at the mere thought of a certain Jinchuuriki (not Gaara).
"That there's a group of travelers from Konoha that wander around the continent. Two of them are said to have wiped out entire armies of bandits and missing-nin by themselves." Tenten explained.
"Wow. Those two must be really strong." Sakura, the pink-haired girl, said.
"I know, but the weirdest thing is the fact that they only use different Bunshin Jutsus." Tenten continued.
"You mean like Kage Bunshin?" Ino, the blonde, joined in.
"Kage Bunshin is just one of their various Bunshin Jutsus." Tenten stated. "They use elemental Bunshin Jutsus like Hi Bunshin and Mizu Bunshin, too. The locals of the villages they saved have taken to calling them the Konoha no Bunshin Tatsujins."
The girls talked a bit more about the topic when three young genin about five years younger than the girls burst into the small store. They all had green goggles tied to their heads, while their headbands were tied on their arms.
"Hey Sakura-neechan, Ino, Hinata-neechan, Tenten, guess what!?" One of them, named Konohamaru, cried.
"What is it this time, Konohamaru?" Sakura said. "Is it another successful prank?"
"Nope! This is much better than that!" Konohamaru screamed, a huge grin on his face. His two friends, Moegi and Udon, nodded enthusiastically.
"Oh? What is it?" Ino inquired. The other three girls listened intently.
"Naruto-niichan's back!!!!!" The three genin screamed in unison. The girls had only one response before running off at full speed towards the Hokage tower.
"WHAT!!??"
"Good to see you again, Naruto." Tsunade smiled at the young blonde in front of her. Boy has my little otouto grown…
Naruto had grown over his two-and-a-half year absence from the village. He was almost 2 meters tall (that's over 6 feet) and he had lost all of his baby fat, leaving only lean muscle. He had his headband on his right arm now, letting his sun-kissed blonde hair fall a bit from its usual spike-in-all-directions style. He wore a red shirt that had the kanji for 'Fox' on the back that hugged the rock-hard muscles on his chest, abs and upper arms, and the Uzumaki spiral on his left arm, along with black shinobi pants that had reddish-orange stripes going down its sides. He also had black shinobi sandals and orange bandages that wound around his lower shins, pants and all, and upper arms, starting from under his sleeves and ending in the middle of his forearm. He also wore a pair of black finger-less gloves that had metal plates on them, much like Kakashi's. Speaking of Kakashi, Naruto even wore a red cloth facemask that covered the lower half of his face. He had a katana in a black leather sheath strapped to his back.
The Pokemon worlders stood at Naruto's side. Satoshi wore the same attire as Naruto, except the red parts were blue and the orange bandages were green. The Uzumaki spiral was replaced by a sphere with a line splitting it horizontally, a smaller sphere in the middle (basically a Pokeball); the group had taken to calling it the Taijiri sphere. The back of his shirt read 'Lizard' in kanji. Kasumi had a light-blue tank top with Satoshi's old Pokemon League jacket on top of it. She also wore black shinobi pants that cut off just below the knee. She had let her side-ponytail fall, letting the orange hair frame her face. She had pinned a Cerulean Gym's Cascade Badge onto a piece of cloth that she wore on her left fore-arm. Takeshi had a brown shirt with a green gi on top, along with brown shinobi pants. He had a Pewter City Boulder Badge pinned on his gi, right above his heart. Jiraiya, still in the same attire, leaned against the wall, a smirk on his face.
"Good to see you too, Obaachan!" Naruto grinned behind his mask. The busty Hokage would've pounded on the young blonde had not four people burst into her office. The four people were Sakura, Ino, Hinata, and Tenten.
"Hokage-sama! We heard that Naruto is… NARUTO!" Sakura cried as she noticed the blonde in the room.
"Well, no duh I'm me." Naruto deadpanned.
The four girls smiled a little at Naruto's sarcastic comment. Then something managed to make their minds go overload. What is that 'something' you ask? Naruto's body. Tenten had a little bit of drool visibly coming out the corner of her mouth. Hinata desperately fought the urge to faint. Ino's thoughts are rated M and therefore cannot be mentioned here. Sakura just dazed off into mental bliss.
"Hey Sakura-chan, are you okay?" Naruto waved his hand in front of the pink-haired kunoichi. The said girl just noticed something right then. Naruto's face was only a few inches in front of hers. Then she did the last thing anyone would've expected from her.
She fainted.
Takeshi and Jiraiya frowned. Lucky bastard…
Sakura opened her eyes. The first sight she was greeted with was Naruto's masked face.
"Sakura-chan, are you alright!? You just suddenly blacked out!" The blonde exclaimed, worry in his voice.
No duh, baka. You are why I fainted… The pink-haired girl thought off-handedly as she sat up.
"Anyways, Sakura, I was just telling Naruto here that your old sensei, Kakashi, will be testing you to measure your current abilities." Tsunade said. She motioned to the silver-haired man in the corner giggling at a new book. The pink-haired kunoichi could've sworn she heard her former sensei murmuring 'arigatou Naruto' over and over again. Sakura merely sweat-dropped.
She noticed something missing suddenly. "Ne, Hokage-sama, where's Ino-pig and the others?"
"Oh, them? They went to retrieve their teammates. They are to come and watch your little test against your sensei." Tsunade explained. Sakura nodded.
After a couple of hours, Kakashi, Naruto, Satoshi, Kasumi, Takeshi, the two Sannin, Shizune, the rest of the Konoha 11 and their senseis stood in a large clearing known as Training Ground 7, the original training grounds for Team 7.
"Alright everyone, back off so Naruto and Sakura can start their test." Tsunade said to everyone. She turned to the said teenagers. "Alright Naruto and Sakura, you are to fight Kakashi here to test your current abilities. If needed, Naruto, we can even promote you to Chuunin."
Naruto and Sakura nodded. Then Satoshi raised his hand.
"Yes Satoshi?" Tsunade asked.
"Um… Is it okay for me to help them out Tsunade-sama?" The raven-haired boy asked.
"Of course." The Hokage agreed. And so everyone except the remaining members of Team 7 and Satoshi went to the treeline to watch the sure-to-be exciting fight.
"Okay, now…" Kakashi said as he took out three small bells and a timer from his pouch. He was about to begin explaining the rules, but Sakura beat him to it.
"We are to steal the bells from you before the timer runs out…" She began.
"… And we are to come at you with the intent to kill, or else we'll never be able to get them." Naruto finished.
Kakashi grinned and raised his headband, revealing his transplanted Sharingan eye. "Very good. Now begin!"
The Copy-cat disappeared from sight. Unfortunately for him, Satoshi was able to track a bit of his chakra.
"Sakura! Below!" He screamed. The girl nodded before punching the ground with all her strength. The ground broke up and exploded in different directions. Naruto, Satoshi and the now-visible Kakashi, sweat-dropped.
Damn…
What. Was. That…
Woah…
"Found you, Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said smugly. Naruto shook out of his surprise and began flying through handseals.
"Katon: Gokkakyu no Jutsu!" Naruto blew a giant fireball out of his mouth, which heading straight for the Copy-cat nin. Kakashi grunted as he started flashing through handseals as well. He Kawarimied just as the giant ball of fire impacted him. A flaming log fell from where Kakashi had been.
"Damn!" Naruto cursed. Satoshi sent out a wave of chakra and he sensed a small presence in the treeline.
"Naruto! He's to the left, 124.7 degrees!" Satoshi shouted. The blonde nodded before turning to where Kakashi lay.
"Doton: Doryuudan!" A dragon of mud and earth shot out of the ground and headed towards the Copy-cat nin in the treeline. Sakura was amazed, to say the least at their teamwork.
"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!" Kakashi shouted. He blew out a torrent of white-hot flames that quickly dried the mud in the dragon, making it unable to turn. The dragon crashed just to the left of the silver-haired Jounin.
"Suiton: Teppodama!" Satoshi cried before spitting out rock-hard water projectiles. Kakashi dodged them and ran at the raven-haired Jinchuuriki. The Pokemon worlder barely blocked the punch aimed at his gut. Kakashi jumped away as soon as he connected. Reason? Sakura punched the spot where he would've been if he stayed. Satoshi gulped, as her fist barely missed his nose, yet he could feel it strain under pressure. She probably hit's as hard as Kasumi-chan when she's angry…
They went on like this for a few hours, dusk coming through the horizon.
Meanwhile, the audience was amazed at the battle.
"Wow. Naruto has gotten good." Kiba gaped as Naruto threw a hail of Kage Bunshins transformed into kunai. There was a bit of jealousy evident in the Inuzuka's voice.
"Indeed! Naruto burns with the flames of YOOOUUTH!!" Lee screamed dramatically. Neji grunted, but one could see he was frustrated that Naruto was so powerful. He'll be hard to beat. The Hyuuga thought.
"The gaki and his friends have improved a lot during those two-and-a-half years." Jiraiya smirked a bit.
"Yes, Naruto and his friend are moving and fighting at Mid-to-High Jounin speeds. They are even using Jounin-level Justus." Kurenai commented. Kiba huffed and mumbled something that sounded like 'lucky bastard only got that strong 'cause he trained with a Sannin for almost 3 years'. Everyone else chuckled.
The blonde glanced at the horizon. The sun was barely over the edge. Naruto scowled. Not a lot of time left, gotta end this now.
"Satoshi! Protect Sakura-chan!" Naruto cried out as he made a familiar cross-seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
One clone popped up while Satoshi yelled. "Suiton: Suijinheki!"
Hm… One Kage Bunshin? Naruto's probably going to use Rasengan. Kakashi thought as a wall of water formed between Satoshi and Sakura, and him. By why put up that wall?
The Copy-cat's questions were soon answered when Naruto grabbed his Kage Bunshin and threw it at the silver-haired Jounin. "Bunshin Daibakuha!"
BOOM!!!
Kakashi flew out of the cloud of smoke, his clothes charred and ripped. He landed on the ground with a thud. But his rest was short lived as four Narutos appeared around him.
"U!" One grabbed him and threw him in the air.
"Zu!" The second said as it punched the Copy-cat nin upwards.
"Ma!" The third cried as it kicked him.
"Ki!" The fourth grabbed Kakashi and threw him towards three waiting Satoshis.
"Tai!" The first Satoshi clone said as it kicked him again.
"Ji!" Another punched him upwards.
"Ri!" Kakashi was met with a powerful strike to his back, making him fly high above the trees. Then the real Satoshi and Naruto appeared above him.
Naruto smirked. "Gotcha Kakashi-sensei!"
"NaruSato Bunshin Tatsujin Rendan!" The two cried as they brought their legs down on the Copy-cat nin in a devastating axe kick.
"Whoa." That was all Shikamaru got out before a shockwave of dust and air blew them back.
"What the hell was that!?" Kiba screamed as the dust subsided.
"That kick was filled to the brim with youth!!!" Lee literally cried, tears dramatically streaming down his face. But then again, it's Lee.
"That, was the NaruSato Bunshin Tatsujin Rendan. It's a combination of Naruto's Naruto Rendan, Satoshi, and a chakra empowered kick." Kasumi explained.
"Yup. Naruto and Satoshi have a dozen combination moves like that up their sleeves. I mean, they are the Konoha no Bunshin Tatsujins, the masters of clone teamwork." Takeshi added.
Tenten was lost in thought. Naruto and Satoshi are the Konoha no Bunshin Tatsujins? No wonder Kakashi lost. The Bunshin Tatsujins were said to have taken out several of missin-nin that were Kakashi's level.
When the dust in the clearing dissipated, everyone gasped, except the Pokemon worlders and the Toad Sannin of course. In fact, Jiraiya smirked. There was a huge crater in the middle of the clearing, an almost unconscious Kakashi in the middle of it.
"I'm proud of you Naruto." Kakashi stated before he blacked out. Naruto and Satoshi smirked underneath their masks as they stood at the rim of the crater. Sakura hesitantly walked down into the crater and looked at the devastation they caused Kakashi. Using her medical knowledge, she noticed he had four broken ribs and his left leg was fractured. She healed him to the best of her ability before turning to Naruto, an angry look in her eyes.
"Hehe, looks like I got carried away." Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.
Sakura growled. "Naruto you baka, you caused a lot of damage to Kakashi-sensei!"
Naruto gulped as the pink-haired kunoichi stalked up to him. She looked him straight in the eye…
Before hugging him.
Everyone face-faulted at that.
"What the hell!?" Kiba exclaimed as pushed his face off the ground.
"The gaki pounds their sensei then the girl hugs him!!" Jiraiya pulled at his hair. Not even Minato had that luck!!
"Lucky bastard…" Takeshi cried dramatically from his almost non-existent eyes.
"That was unexpected… And troublesome." Shikamaru sighed.
Lucky fore-head girl, getting to hug the new hot Naruto before I do! Ino thought, a flame in her eyes.
"Uh… Why are you hugging me?" Naruto twitched. Honestly, he loved having Sakura hug him, but he wanted to know the reason.
"Naruto, you are a baka. You beating Kakashi-sensei means that you are that much closer to being able to bring Sasuke back!" Sakura said, her voice muffled from the fact her face was buried into Naruto's chest. Naruto's eyes widened at that statement, then he smiled brightly.
"You're right Sakura-chan. Don't you worry, 'cause now I'll be able to bring that teme back, no matter what!"
Shikamaru sweat-dropped. "Why must all women be troublesome, Chouji?"
"Munch. Munch. Munch." Was Chouji's response. Unfortunately Ino heard him.
"What did you say!?"
Satoshi reached down and picked the bells off of Kakashi's belt. He tossed two of them off to Naruto and Sakura. As soon as their hands enclosed the small objects, the timer rang.
Satoshi smiled. "That was lucky."
Then Tsunade and Jiraiya landed beside the young Pokemon worlder. The Toad Sannin hauled Kakashi up on his shoulder.
"Congrats, gakis." Jiraiya said before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
Tsunade smiled. "Indeed, congratulations."
She took the bells and timer and started to walk off. Then she stopped just as she reached the treeline. "Oh and Naruto, Satoshi? You are now officially Konoha Jounin."
The two Jinchuurikis blinked in surprise as Tsunade walked away from sight. Naruto's face broke into his wide trademark fox grin.
"Yatta! We're Jounin, dattebayo!" Naruto cheered. Satoshi cheered along with him. They celebrated for awhile, until they noticed how late it was. Sakura bade them a good night and walked home. The Konoha 11 also said good night before walking home.
"Come on guys, let's go to my apartment. The owner has a lot of spaces available." Naruto smiled behind his mask. The Jinchuuriki walked of towards town, the Pokemon worlders following him. Somehow, the subject of who was the better cook came up as a conversation.
"Well, we all know Takeshi's the best cook, but as for second place…" Kasumi trailed off.
"I'm the second best cook!" Naruto and Satoshi exclaimed in unison.
"No, you're not, I am!" They shouted at each other.
"I'm the better cook!"
"Grah!" They screamed in unison. They argued all the way to Naruto's apartment. Meanwhile, the two Bijuu watched the conversation inside the boys' heads. They each smiled.
"I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Sichibi stated.
"Heh, it's like watching another Minato and Satogiri." Kyuubi commented.
Meanwhile, off in Tsunade's office.
The blonde busty Hokage sighed. She just noticed that she still had tons of paperwork to do. Tsunade took a sip from her sake and sighed again. She was about to start on one paper when a 'poof' rang in her ears. She swiveled around to find her former teammate sitting on the windowsill.
"Now, now Tsunade-hime, don't wanna get a hangover do we?" Jiraiya smirked. Getting Tsunade annoyed was his specialty.
"What now you pervert?" Tsunade glared at the white-haired man.
The said man just shrugged before turning away and looking out onto Konoha through the window. "I just wanted to tell you something."
The Godaime sighed. "What is it?"
The perverted author's face suddenly turned serious. "There are matters concerning the Akatsuki."
Tsunade's eyes widened, before narrowing. "What matters?"
"It seems they are on the move. They have begun hunting for the Jinchuuriki again. Itachi and Kisame will try to stall them as long as possible, but they can't hold for long." Jiraiya said, not even turning from the window.
"Ah, I see. But what about the other Jinchuuriki." Tsunade clasped her hands together and awaited an answer.
"Heh, the gaki and his friends are very smart." Jiraiya smirked again, a proud gleam in his eyes. "They sneaked into my notepad and found out about the Jinchuuriki. Naruto and Satoshi are planning onto making an organization that serves to protect them. Gaara is already helping them. And Itachi is planning to get the Jinchuuriki he and Kisame are hunting over to Hi no Kuni so that we could integrate her. The gakis are calling it the Kyuuyotaku no Fukei, I think."
"Kyuuyotaku?"
"Yes… The Nine Blessings…"
Here's the translations:
Konoha no Bunshin Tatsujins – Clone Masters of the Leaf
Katon: Gokkakyu no Jutsu – Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Doton: Doryuudan – Earth Release: Earth Dragon Blast
Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu – Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
Suiton: Teppodama – Water Release: Gun Bullet
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – Shadow Clone Technique
Suiton: Suijinheki – Water Release: Water Encampment Wall
Bunshin Daibakuha – Clone Great Explosion
NaruSato Bunshin Tatsujin Rendan – NaruSato Clone Master Combo
Hi no Kuni – Land of Fire
Kyuuyotaku no Fukei – Guardians of the Nine Blessings
Here are my first two Jinchuuriki character profiles!
Akatsuki Target Profiles:
Uzumaki Naruto, Age 15
Known Relatives (status): Namikaze Minato (deceased), Uzumaki Kushina (unknown)
Rank: Mid-to-High Jounin
Notable Jutsus: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Various Doton and Katon Jutsus, Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Gama, Rasengan
Bijuu: Kyuubi no Kitsune
Tail Access: 5-8
Allegiance: Kyuuyotaku no Fukei, Konohagakure no Sato
Background: Naruto lived without knowledge of his Bijuu until age 12. Able to access Bijuu's chakra since battle on a C-rank turned B-rank mission in Nami no Kuni. Has bridge named after him. Only person able to defeat Gaara (see Gaara profile). Can fully fight Level 2 Curse Seal with one tail.
Threat Rating: 9.9
Akatsuki Target Profiles:
Taijiri Satoshi, Age 15
Known Relatives (status): Taijiri Satogiri (unknown)
Rank: Mid-to-High Jounin
Notable Jutsus: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Various Suiton and Fuuton Jutsus, Rasengan
Bijuu: Sichibi no Tokage
Tail Access: 3-6
Allegiance: Kyuuyotaku no Fukei, Konohagakure no Sato
Background: Unknown until he was found by Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin, at the start of training trip with Uzumaki Naruto (see Naruto profile). Is said to be able to sense the slightest of chakra at a moment's notice. As powerful as Naruto.
Threat Rating: 9.7