1"Hello" normal speech

Hello normal thought

"Hello" demon/summon speech

Hello demon/summon thought

Author's Notes: Thank you all of you who reviewed.

Pyronix: Thanks for the help with the Shunshin description, its been corrected.

Baka Nii-san: Yes, there will be some kenjutsu involved in later chapters. However, this story is actually named after the song "Warrior's Code" by Dropkick Murphys (due to the lyrics and such).

Freshman007: Thank you for the pointers you gave me. I realize this chapter doesn't seem to acknowledge it, but I'm workin' on it ya' know? It goes against my nature. Lol.

Loki09 aka ttre208: Thank you. Does your penname have anything to do with the Norse God? Sorry for the randomness there.

----------------------Chapter 2: Let's Go Wild!---------------------------

The sun seemed to rise early that morning as a stranger walked into the Village Hidden in the Leaves. The chunnin didn't even think to stop the man at the gate, as he seemed to have a chakra level that was pathetic for even a civilian. He was dressed in white, puffy pants that were seemingly tucked into his traveler's boots and a golden, short sash at the top of his pants. His shirt, if it could be called one, was open in the middle and had two small strips of teal material that went up and over his shoulders and down the other side. Anyway, around his neck he wore a chain with a red orb at the end. His hair was long, and black as the night, while his eyes seemed to glow with an unnatural fiery orange. On top of his head, he wore a straw hat made for the typical traveler. Besides all this, he had a rather large, special scroll attached to his back via chains that were made into straps. This made his physique rather noticeable…or it would have had it not been cloaked in Genjutsu that made him look the part of a pathetic civilian child. He shook his head as he walked through the gates without being asked for identification or anything at all. I'll have to tell Tsunade that her guards are slacking. The "little boy" continued to walk through the village in the direction of Hokage Tower. While on his walk, he bumped into a girl with strange eyes. "Owww. I'm sorry miss. I didn't mean to knock into you." Said the "little boy".

"Oh, that's all right. Here, let me help you up." said Hinata as she picked up and dusted off the little boy who had just knocked into her. "There, all better. Go home safely, okay?"

"Okay, thank you… What's your name?"

"My name's Hinata Hyuuga, and your's?" said Hinata

"My name? My name is Jato. It was nice to meet you Hinata-chan! Bye!" he said as he ran off. Hinata merely smiled and continued on her way back towards her home from her early morning training. Meanwhile, Jato had finally reached Hokage Tower and proceeded to go inside and make his way up to Tsunade's office. The A.N.B.U. on guard however refused to let him in and so he was made to wait. "Come on guys, are you sure you can't let an adorable little boy like me inside?" asked Jato with big puppy eyes. This gained no response from either guard, causing Jato to sink down into the chair he was waiting in. Finally, about an hour later, Tsunade came out of her office. She turned to the two guards and asked, "Why is this little boy waiting here?"

The two A.N.B.U. on guard stated, "He said he had a meeting with you Madame Hokage. We did not believe him."

"What's your name?", asked Tsunade.

"My name's Jato. Don't you remember me, Tsunade?" Jato said with a fake sad face.

"Jato! Take off that henge! Jeeze, I was expecting you an hour ago! What happened?" questioned Tsunade.

Jato released his henge, thus revealing the mature 18-year-old that he truly was. "Well, your stupid guards here wouldn't let me in. I kept trying to explain to them that I did really have a meeting, but they were to stupid to tell that I wasn't really lying." Jato said was he winked at the two guards.

Tsunade laughed and waved to Jato saying, "Well, come on in, let's get this meeting started."

Jato followed her into the room and sat down in the chair opposite Tsunade. "So, why'd you call me here? I know it wasn't just to ask me how I was, or you would have just wrote it in a letter."

"Well, you see, I have someone I want you to train. His name is Uzumaki Naruto. Would you consider doing this for me? I mean, the kid's wanted by the Akatsuki and their getting even more aggressive as of late. So I figured he'd be safer with you, no?" Tsunade blurted out.

"Wow, you must really like the kid. I don't think I've seen you this flustered since the time I told you that I wanted to leave and travel the world. Well, let me take a look at the kid first, and then I'll decide. Also, in return, I'd like to train a Hyuuga. In fact, I'd like to train…What was her name again? Oh yeah, I'd like to train Hyuuga Hinata." Stated Jato.

"Why Hinata?"

"Well you see, an old friend of mine asked me to help fix the problems within their clan and to help at least one of their heirs to accomplish the full level of the Kekkei Genkai. Not only that, she was rather kind to me today, so I think she'll fit the qualifications."

Tsunade thought to herself for a moment before saying, "That's fine with me, but I'd like you to try to get the approval of her father. If you can't I guess I can force the issue by making it a mission, but I'd rather not. On the testing Naruto part, I told him to be at the training grounds today at 12, so you've got 2 hours to get there."

"All right Tsunade, I'll be there. Make sure you invite the girl's father that way I can make sure he understands that I'm no pushover, okay?" Jato said.

Tsunade nodded as Jato turned to walk out of the office. Right at that moment, a young woman walked into the room causing Jato to stop dead in his tracks. "You smell…" "Hey!" "…like a snake. Why?" Jato asked.

The woman mumbled something incoherently under her breath. Jato asked slowly, "What's your name?"

The girl replied, "My name is Mitarashi Anko and the reason why I smell like snake is because that's the kind of jutsu I use…. I used to be an apprentice of Orochimaru."

"Ah, you are one of the bearers of the Curse Mark, aren't you? What do you have? Curse Mark: Heaven maybe?"

Anko answered, "Yeah, how'd you know?"

Jato smirked and said, "Just a lucky guess. I hope you're not fond of it, because I'm going to have to remove it from you."

Anko merely stood there, shocked. She couldn't believe that such a thing could even be done. She had heard of sealing away the mark's power, but removing it altogether? There must be a catch or something…Oh well, all that matters is that I get this stupid thing off me! "Fine, do it. In fact do it now." Anko resolved.

Jato thought to himself for a moment before saying, "No, not right now. First we need to get you situated in a hospital. Then I'll explain the procedure to you, as well as the side effects…." Jato turned to Tsunade and said "Would you come and supervise, as well as help Anko here?"

"Of course. Let's go." Tsunade said.

So, on the way over to the Konoha Hospital, Jato started to explain the "procedure to the two women. "Okay, here's how it works. I run through about 15 sets of hand seals that are generic to the curse mark in and of itself, then I make another 5 hand seals specifically for the Curse Mark: Heaven and it's removal. This will cause my index and middle fingers to seem to glow with a yellow flame on them together. Then I'll take those two fingers and outline the mark. And finally, I'll "poke" you pretty hard on top of the mark and you'll fall unconscious shortly after." Jato finished just as they had reached the hospital.

After getting Anko settled in a room, Jato the began to explain the side effects and what to expect after the removal, "You will most definitely not wake up for a whole week. When you do wake up, you will most likely be in a large amount of pain and as well as be bedridden for the next 2 months and 3 weeks. During this time, you are to do absolutely nothing! That is because during this time you will be undergoing severe changes. As the pain decreases, so does the curse mark. You be able to visibly see it 'lose it's petals' so to speak, one by one. Also, you will slowly revert back to the age you were when you first received the curse mark, hence the other reason why you shouldn't do anything you would normally do. Your body won't be used to its youngself, nor the idea of growing backwards so to speak. All right? You understand?"

"Yeah, yeah just do it already. I understand." Anko said quickly.

Jato nodded and then said, "Okay, I need you to remove you coat and your shirt and then lie down on your back."

Anko, surprisingly, blushed a little, turned around, and quickly obliged. Jato then flipped through the required hand seals and began to trace the outline of the Curse Mark: Earth with his flaming fingers. Anko cried out in pain as he suddenly jabbed her with his lit fingers and yelled "Bachiatarti Shoujin no Jutsu!" Jato bent down to whisper in her ear, "You are quite beautiful Anko-chan and strong, too. When you get better, come to me and I will retrain you to be even greater than before. Good bye, Anko-chan."

He then turned to Tsunade and said, "I'm going to go scope out the grounds now. Please remember to get Hinata's father to attend this little…spar of Naruto's and mine."

Tsunade said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure he is there."

Elsewhere in Konoha, Naruto was just finishing his breakfast, having woken up rather late due to finally having the chance to sleep in after his long journey. He sat down on his couch to think for a little bit about what he was going to do that day. Maybe I'll go to Ichiraku's later for lunch… And then I'll challenge Bushy Brows to a spar! Yeah, that's what I'll do! His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a strange, and yet familiar (to Naruto at least) pull on his conscious.

"Gaki, there's a strong presence in this village of yours. The chakra seems familiar, but at the same time…different. Be careful kit, I don't want to die early cause of you. Keep a watchful eye!"

"All right Fox, no worries. I've got it all under control. Do you know if I was supposed to do something else today though? I mean, I feel like I'm forgetting something…"

"Kit, what do I look like your personal secretary?"

"Aw come on, can't you just help me out?"

"Fine flesh bag, you have to be at the training grounds in 5 minutes, remember?"

"Aw crap!" Naruto said as he snapped out of the conversation with his inner demon.

He jumped off the couch, into his clothes and ran out the door towards the training area. Well, that means no spar with Bushy Brows. 3 minutes later Naruto arrived at the training grounds thinking to himself "Why did I run here? I could have just easily Shunshined my way here and saved time!"

"Glad to see you've made it in time Naruto." Tsunade said from behind Naruto with a smile. Next to her were Hyuuga Hiashi, Hinata, and Jiraiya, all of which were waiting for the "show" about to take place.

"Hai. Hai Obaa-chan. So where's this new sensei you were talkin' about? I hope he's not like Kakashi-sensei, always late." Naruto said.

"I've been here for an hour." Said Jato, stepping out of the shadows from the trees surrounding the area. "Tsunade here thinks I should train you. However, I think you're a kid whose not worth my time. Prove me wrong."

"No problem! But since you know my name, it's only fair that I know yours." Naruto said with a light of defiance in his eyes.

Jato responded, "My name is Jato. Now show me your power Fox!"

Naruto growled at being called "Fox" and started towards his mystery opponent. Naruto brought up his right his going for a straightforward punch to Jato's face. Jato merely smiled, stuck out his tongue and then channeled chakra through it. Naruto, as well as the bystanders, were all shocked by the unorthodox block. Jato smirked and said, "You need to be a little more tricky than that kid."

Jato jumped back and performed the required seals to make ten Kage Bunshin. He silently gave them their orders and each one disappeared into the surrounding foliage. "All of you except one I need to hide and be ready to be replaced and battle. You over there on the right, you are going to sift through our information and find what makes this kid tick. Once you do, dispel and give me the information."

Jato then returned to Naruto who seemed to be trying to think up some sort of battle plan. Growing bored, Jato propelled himself forward and into the air, brought his left foot forward. Seeing this, Naruto returned his attention to the battle and threw up a block to what he anticipated to be a flying roundhouse kick. He was correct and caught Jato's foot in his two hands. Unfortunately for Naruto, as Jato feel back to the ground, he twisted his leg, and flung Naruto off and into a nearby tree.

Dusting himself off, Jato waited for Naruto to get up and said, "All right, let's make this interesting with a couple of rules. First off, no Kekkei Genkai's or their techniques. I'm doing this for your benefit. Second, try to limit yourself to mostly jutsus of your element. And lastly, you have to try to kill me. If you can land a what would be considered a mortal wound on a normal person on me, I'll give ya' something special." Jato said with a glint in his eyes.

Naruto smirked and replied, "Let's go wild!" Naruto started to run forward while creating a Rasengan.

Right at that moment, the reconnaissance clone dispelled giving Jato the needed information. He suddenly smirked and said, "You would fight a battle like that, wouldn't you dobe?"

Naruto stopped dead in his tracks and the Rasengan slowly dissipated. You would think he wouldn't be fazed by something so trivial like that, having gone through it all of his life. That wasn't what made him freeze though. What made him freeze was that after his opponent said those words, fire started to crawl up their feet. Slowly, the boots went away and became ninja sandals. Next, the white puffy pants and the thin shirt were replaced with the typical Sound Ninja uniform, along with the sash and kusunagi sticking out of the back. And last, but not least, the once smiling face turned into the trademark scowl of Uchiha Sasuke, along with the rest of the face. "What, not happy to seem me dobe?"

"YOU'RE NOT HIM! YOU'RE NOT HIM!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs.

"You don't believe me? O well, you never were the most perceptive ninja anyway. Besides, I fooled those old losers now didn't I?" Sasuke said as he pointed to the two Sannin and the Hyuuga. Had Naruto been thinking straight, he would have noticed the lack of A.N.B.U. at the scene or that fact that none of the bystanders seemed to care. Jato did though "Glad to know that my double genjutsu is going off without a hitch." The double genjutsu was used so that Naruto saw Sasuke, but the bystanders saw Naruto freaking out at the normal Jato.

"Let me prove it to you then dobe. Feel the power of the Curse Mark!" Jato shouted as he appeared to Naruto to have leveled up to the second level.

Naruto yelled inwardly, "Now would be a good time to help fox!"

"Get movin' kit!" the Kyubbi yelled.

Suddenly, a bright flash of red chakra came out of Naruto and three chakra tails sprouted. Jato smirked inwardly, still under the guise of Sasuke and thought to himself "Good, he's drawing on the fox's power. This should be fun, no, Ryu?"

"Yes, I too would like to test our mettle against my old friend, Kyubbi no Kitsune." Said a voice from within Jato.

"Let me prove it further still." 'Sasuke' said before saying in a dark voice, "Chidori." 'Sasuke' (or Jato to anyone besides Naruto) began his sprint towards Naruto. Seeing this, Naruto rekindled the Rasengan and charged forward as well. They met in the center of grounds and they met with a bang. The power from both attacks launched the two opponents backwards and created an extremely large and deep crater in the middle. Both sustained injuries that would hinder any normal shinobi their age wouldn't be able to stand. However, both shinobi stood up and watched as the other's wounds were almost instantly healed. Naruto picked up on this and shouted, "I knew you weren't Sasuke! Even in that state of his Curse Mark, he can't heal as quickly as I do! Drop the henge Jato!"

'Sasuke' smirked and suddenly became Jato again. "Good, I was hoping you'd pick up on that."

Narutp rushed forward again, Kyubbi chakra extensions and all, and began a vicious Taijutsu battle with Jato. Punches and kicks flew back and forth, though both were able to block some, Naruto ended up receiving the majority of the landed blows. They finally both jumped back to catch a breather. After a couple of seconds, Jato performed the Shunshin and sent eight of his nine Kage Bunshin out to play. While Naruto slowly worked his way through the durable Kage Bunshin, Jato awaited in the far tree for the opportune moment to land his attack. Finally after defeating all the clones, Naruto started looking around as the Kyubbi's chakra slowly began to dissipate. Behind him suddenly appeared Jato with a kunai to Naruto's throat. "Well, it was nice playing with you Naruto. Looks like you failed."

However, Naruto merely let his hands drop and then performed a cutting motion with his fingers pointed behind his back. He wordlessly performed the Kaze no Yaiba, large enough to cut Jato in half from the midsection down. It actually did!

Just as this was happening, Jato plunged the kunai into Naruto's neck. Naruto puffed into a cloud, indicating that he was only a cloud, causing Jato to chuckle. He then dispelled himself as Naruto appeared behind him instead. And then, for the final time, Jato appeared behind him, this time with his sword drawn and across Naruto's neck. "Well, it seems as if you attained your goal Naruto. Congratulations." Jato said.

Just as Naruto was about to reply, Jato cut in and said, "But let's see how well you dodge." And kicked Naruto (hard) forward while removing his sword.

Jato then shouted "Heru Moui no Jutsu!" as a wave of black red energy erupted from his hand and towards Naruto. Fortunately, Naruto preformed the Kawarimi just in time as the blast caught up to him. It continued on for another mile into the forest destroying all in its path. Naruto came out of the bushes behind the spectators breathing hard. He a content look on his face and said "When can you teach me that, sensei?" as he fell to the ground due to chakra depletion (the Kyubbi's chakra had diffused by that point).

Jato was smiling as well as he made his way through the scarred battlefield and towards the spectators. "Well, Hiashi, do you still think I am unfit to teach your daughter?"

Having seen the might of his last attack, Hiashi replied, "You may teach her. However, if any ill comes out of it, I will not rest until you pay." Hiashi then turned around and started walking back to the Hyuuga Clan Complex.

Jato turned to Hinata and said, "I will meet you and Naruto on top of the Hokage Monument at six o'clock tonite. Make sure he gets there on time."

"Hai. Thank you Jato-sensei, we shall see you in five and half hours." Hinata said as she too began to walk towards the Hyuuga Clan Complex.

Tsunade started walking to the Hokage Tower while motioning for Jato and Jiraiya to follow. Jiraiya picked up Naruto in stride and followed along thinking to himself "After all that training, he still doesn't know when to stop. Oh well, I guess that's just Naruto for you. This Jato kid is interesting, I wonder where Tsunade-hime met him?"

By the time the four of them made it back to the tower, Naruto was already back up on his feet, albeit a little slower than usual. The older trio sent him home to recuperate a bit more using the "We need to have a small conference" excuse.

They slowly made their way up to Tsunade's office and once inside, Jiraiya performed a sound barrier jutsu to prevent eavesdropping. Tsunade turned to Jato and asked, "So what'd you think?"

Jato stood in thought for a minute before answering, "Well, on a technical level he is very unbalanced. He's got absolutely no talent for genjutsu, nor do I see him ever using it. He's too much of an up close and personal kind of fighter to use the vast majority anyway."

At this point Jiraiya butted in and said, "Yeah, yeah, tell us something we don't know." Tsunade on the other hand chose to remain quiet.

"Anyway, his taijutsu is okay, but extremely unorthodox. I can't even guess what possible style he could be using, and that's saying something. He sure isn't using the standard leaf style. All of his movements either seemed forced and jerky or acted on due to his emotions." Jato analyzed.

"Well… that's probably because they are. When I went training with him, he refused to learn any real form of Taijutsu saying that his had always worked fine for him. So I let it go and decided to focus on Ninjutsu only with him, though we did have spars every now and then." Jiraiya admitted.

Jato replied, "Well, he's going use a real style once I'm through with him, whether he likes it or not. His Ninjutsu was excellent though from what I've seen and from what I've been told. From the little that I've seen so far, he knows when and how to use his favored jutsu. Also, I've…'seen' his entire jutsu repertoire and he knows a fair amount of each element."

Tsunade choose this point to speak up, "Where will you be taking them and how often will I hear from you?"

"The destination is still undetermined. I'm thinking we'll spend sometime in Kiri, some around my domain, and some on an island off the coast of the Fire-Mist border. As for updates and such, I'll send you a report of progress every other week or maybe every other month. It'll depend on how much the advance in what period of time and it may vary." Said Jato.

Tsunade nodded and asked, "Is there anything you'll need?"

Jato stood there, seemingly debating with himself on something. He finally said, "I would like for you to send Hinata and Naruto on a mission east. I don't care what town. I'll set up traps with explosives that should be able to be seen from Konoha. I want everyone to think that the two of them are dead, it'll help with the Akatsuki problem."

"Alright, just make sure no one gets hurt. I'll most likely have to send out search parties, so be sure to be long gone soon after the explosion." Tsunade said.

"And take care of my student, kid. 'Cause if you don't I'll pummel you." Said Jiraiya showing an amount of concern for Naruto never expressed before.

"Hai. Well, I'm off to get some rest and then introduce myself to my two new apprentices. Good night." Jato said as he moved to the door.

-------6:00 pm that night-----

"Man where is this guy?!" Naruto said impatiently.

"Again, I've been here for quite awhile. Learn to notice your surroundings, got it?"

Naruto merely grumbled a positive and waited for Jato to start talking again.

"We'll start with some introductions. I'd like to know whatever you would find useful to tell me, or if you've done this before use the same format you did last time." Jato said.

"I like pressing flowers and making herbal creams to help make my friends better. I dislike some of my clan's traditions like the Caged Bird Seal, as well as people who judge others currently based upon the ways of the past. I aspire to be a strong clan leader someday. My dream is…" Hinata said while blushing and looking in Naruto's direction.

Jato sighed to himself, "I hope this won't be a hindrance in our training. It's so obvious that she likes him, how can he not know?"

"Alright thank you Hinata. Your turn Naruto, then I'll go." Jato said.

"I like ramen, learning new jutsu and training. I dislike the three minutes it takes to make ramen, a certain Hebi-teme, and people who judge others because of something that's not their fault. I wanna' become strong enough to protect my precious people and bring back Sasuke-teme. My dream is to one day be Hokage and have the whole village respect me." Naruto said in a calm manner, unlike the last time he had to do this little "exercise".

Jato smiled at the last part and said, "How very admiral of the both of you. Unfortunately, I'm not so much like that. I like… not much actually, besides pretty women of course" He said with a grin.

This caused both of his students to think, "Oh no, have we gotten stuck with a pervert?"

"And no, I'm not a pervert, I just appreciate the female figure. I dislike most of the Akatsuki, most of the kages in the world, Stone Country, Lightning Country, and Sound Country. I don't have any dreams. But I do have a goal, and that's to have both of you become two of the strongest shinobi in the world." Jato said.

At this point, Hinata decided to ask a question, "Sensei, why do you hate those three countries? You don't have any country affiliation, so I don't understand why you have these hard feelings."

Jato smiled and said, "Good question Hinata. I hate them because they all have bounties out on my head, albeit for different reasons. In fact, they want me dead so badly that the historians saying I'm beginning to give the Yondaime a run for his money as to how much money is on my head."

Both of his students were in awe for a minute or two. Naruto broke the silence by asking, "Why do you like any of the Akatsuki? They're an evil organization."

"Ah, you see I have a spy in there who happens to be one of my best friends. Maybe, if you're lucky, I'll get him to come and give you guys a few pointers or something." Jato said with a glint in his eye.

"Well, now that we've got that over with, I'm going to give you both your instructions for the start of our journey. First off, go buy new clothes, I don't care how much, but don't come to me tomorrow with only the kind of clothes you have on now. You understand later. I also suggest you by traveling cloaks and replace any and all old equipment. Other than that all you might want is something to sleep in and on. Tomorrow morning you both are to report to Tsunade and receive your mission from her. You are not to say a word of this to anyone. Understand?"

Naruto and Hinata both nodded. Jato then disappeared, as a fire seemed to consume his form from the feet up. Once he was gone, Naruto turned to Hinata and said, "Well Hinata, looks like I'm gonna take you on that adventure sooner than we thought, ne?"

------------------------------Jutsu--------------------------------

Rasengan – A sphere of chakra manipulated in the palm of the wielder. Widely destructive.

Chidori – An electrical assassination technique. Wielder must thrust their arm into the intended target, causes tunnel vision.

Kaze no Yaiba – A Wind Blade that requires no weapon to perform.

Heru Moui no Jutsu - O.J. (original jutsu). It's a blackish red wide beam of chakra "shot" or blasted from the hand. To form it, the hand is held in the same position as the Rasengan. This means Hell Fury Technique.

Bachiatari Shoujin no Jutsu – O.J. (original jutsu). It is used to remove any of the Curse Marks made by Orochimaru, as was created by Jato. This means Damned Purification Technique.

----------------------Author's Side notes----------------------

I know I didn't use very many jutsu this chapter, but don't worry, the battles will have more ninjutsu in them in the future. If anyone knows where I can get the translations for the English jutsu I currently have posted, I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me. Please read in review, constructive criticism is a bonus. If you see anything wrong with what I have written (be it grammar, spelling, or known facts about the Naruto universe) please, please tell me. I will fix it as soon as I receive word of it (make sure you support it though if it's a Naruto fact).

Thank you,

Mouldy

P.S. I will resume writing after the 1st of January. Happy Holidays!