Alright, chapter two. WOOT!! Ever since I finished chapter one, I have been having some decent ideas for some other odd pairings (no harems) like, NarutoxYugito, NarutoxFemHaku. (Haku is a girl, we all know it) and hell, I even have one for NarutoxKin. But, anyway, on to chapter 2!!
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Naruto awoke with his head feeling like it had been used for target practice by Tsunade. Naruto shuddered. 'The only person who can come back from one of those punches is Ero-Sannin. I wonder if it's because he has built up a resistance to them.' As Naruto sat up, cradling his head, he was lightly slapped. Naruto started, then slowly turned his head in the direction the slap came from. He saw a girl, with red hair splayed out across his couch; the offending limb laying just off of the worn cushions that made up his overused sofa. As Naruto stood up, he heard a low rumbling that came from Tayuya's stomach. Almost in recognition of her hunger, she brought her arm back on to the couch, and curled it around her stomach. She then promptly began snoring softly, with Naruto smiling down at the sheer cuteness of her actions while sleeping, especially compared to her actions while she was awake. Naruto went to get some food from the cupboards, namely ramen. As Naruto set the water to boil, he heard Tayuya mumbling something in her sleep. After a moment of wrestling with his conscience, he walked over to Tayuya's head and leaned over it, trying to make out the words.
"Naruto... mmph mmn phoo." Naruto leaned a little closer, and was met with a fist that sent him flying across his living room, and into his television set. Naruto groaned, while lying in the debris that was once a television. He tilted his head up, even though his vision was swimming in and out of focus, and saw Tayuya, face down on the couch, with her fist straight out. She turned her head towards Naruto. "Wheres my goddamn food you asshole." Naruto smacked himself in the face, then stood up and slowly ambled over to the boiling water while cursing his stupidity for smacking his already aching head. Naruto looked up from pouring ramen into the hot water as Tayuya eased herself into a sitting position.
"Hey Tayuya, what's with all of the swearing? I don't think I did anything to deserve such harsh words, even if I did screw up your Sasuke retrieval mission." Tayuya twitched.
"I thought you said you didn't know anything about that mission." Naruto blinked owlishly.
"I... ehhh... uhhh... remember now?" Naruto shrugged. Tayuya smacked her head on the armrest, then sat straight up so fast Naruto could've sworn he heard bones snapping.
"Wait a minute... Alright, get over here Stumpy, I need to check something out." Naruto nodded apprehensively. He knew how much those punches hurt. 'She has a lot more muscle compared to Sakura. Then again, Sakura just fawns on Sasuke. Tayuya actually trains.'
"Hai, Tayuya. Just don't hit me again... Please?" Tayuya rolled her eyes as Naruto sat on the ground in front of her.
"Weakling..." Tayuya mumbled as she brushed Naruto's hair away from his neck to get a better look at the memory suppression seal that was in place the night before. "Wha? How did this happen?..." Tayuya spoke under her breath. Naruto barely caught the words.
"How did what happen?" Naruto asked as he turned around. Tayuya just shook her head in amazement. Or confusion.
"You had a memory suppression seal, My guess is that you were stripped of rank, and banished from the Konoha nin ranks." Naruto put his head to the side.
"But, aren't those seals completely irreversible? That is why they are so complicated to make and apply, right?" Tayuya nodded.
"Yeah, but one of the things Orochimaru was teaching us, being the sound five, was that although the Ban Seals, as they are called by most, cannot be removed, they can be protected against. Orochimaru was trying to figure out a way to do this." Naruto scratched the back of his head, and looked as though he was deep in thought. All of a sudden, his eyes lit up.
"Hey, Tayuya-chan, I think that was the longest you've ever gone without swearing!" The sound of cracking knuckles and low growling was enough to snap Naruto out of his patented "thinking pose". His eyes widened in fear as he looked at a very angry Tayuya with the promise of pain in her eyes.
"Tayuya-chan??" Naruto gulped.
"I-I t-think I better get the r-ramen, no?" Tayuya nodded very slowly, the fire in her eyes diminishing slightly.
"And I have an idea for your training." Naruto looked at her, quite confused.
"Training?" Naruto stood up and walked over the cooked ramen. Tayuya sighed.
"We have an unprecedented opportunity here, we would be fools to waste it!" Naruto finished serving the ramen, sat down beside Tayuya and set her ramen down in her lap.
"You mean that since everyone believes that not only have my memories been sealed off, but the fact that they all think I am incapable of self discipline or properly training myself?" Tayuya's mouth was on the verge of being unhinged.
"What. The. FUCK?!" She practically yelled. Naruto flinched, the noise causing further brain damage. "When the hell did you get so smart? I may not have known you for long, but you didn't seem the type to use any words that had more than three syllables in them." Naruto closed his eyes.
"I'm... not sure. I remember hearing those words before, but now I know what they mean, and how to integrate them into a sentence." he opened his eyes in time to see Tayuya's jaw go a little lower. "I did it again didn't I?" Tayuya couldn't do anything but nod. Naruto just laughed, then closed his eyes once again. 'Well, if it was possible to feel smart, I'd imagine this is what it would feel like. Everything that I have been taught, everything I heard, it's all at my fingertips. Eheheh, my mind is organized... THIS IS AWESOME!!." He smiled, and his eyes snapped open. "What are we waiting for? I have nothing to do all day, for about half of a year. Let the training begin!"
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'DEAR GOD, let the training end!!' was the only thought continually running through Naruto's mind, as his shadow clones practiced Jutsus that Tayuya had stolen from the public study area, (under a henge, of course) and he himself was run into the ground. The once limitless energy Naruto had quickly ran out, as soon as Tayuya figured out he had it. If Lee had seen the training regime Naruto had been put through for the past six months, even he would back away, spouting about how his flames of youth were not vibrant enough to undertake such training. The training was so intense and grueling, that it would scar your lives forever should you read it. Unfortunately for Naruto, not only did he read it, but he also went through it, every day for six months. His healing factor allowing him to stretch his muscles to the breaking point, and having them perfectly healed, and much stronger, the very next day. Tayuya had even made him write out a list of every Jutsu he knew, and then forced him to master at least one new one per month. The chakra training exercises had paid off several times over, in Naruto's opinion. He now wasted virtually no chakra when performing jutsu, his jutsu were much more powerful, and the best thing, in his opinion, was that he could make the Rasengan, on handed, with no clones. It took Tayuya bashing him on the head to stop him from jumping for joy and screaming to the heavens. After six months of nonstop secret training, he was finally awarded a day off.
"It's about time!" Naruto spoke, relieved, right before he threw himself on his bed. Tayuya just smiled.
"You've definitely earned it, Stumpy." Naruto groaned and buried his head further into his pillow. Tayuya smirked, and wheeled herself away in a wheelchair that Naruto had swiped for her from the hospital five months ago. Mere seconds after attempting to sleep, there was several knocks on the door to Naruto's apartment. Tayuya instantly changed direction, and hid herself in the spare room of Naruto's apartment. Naruto groaned yet again, as he dragged himself out of his bed and opened the door to his apartment. In the doorway stood Jiraiya.
"Ero-Sannin?" Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he leapt into the apartment, his hand covering Naruto's mouth.
"How in the hell did you crack that seal kid?" Naruto looked confused for a second before he put his hand behind his head.
"I don't know, I came back from finishing up the cleanup of the mission with Tayuya, and-" Jiraiya's eyes widened.
"Tayuya? As in the Sound ninja? What the hell is wrong with you kid?" Naruto shrugged.
"Nothing, I just felt compelled to help her is all. I couldn't really go against it." Jiraiya closed the door behind him.
"Tayuya of the Sound, you can come out now. I won't turn you in to the ANBU, if that's what you're thinking." The two males heard a door slam.
"Fine, you damn pervert. But if you go back on your word, you'll find out about all of the painful things I can do with eating utensils. The perverts eyes widened as he looked at Tayuya.
"Just like Kushina... of course." This piqued Naruto's interest.
"Who's Kushina, Ero-Sannin?" Jiraiya continued to stare off into space, before being brought back to reality by a perfectly executed shoe to the face by Tayuya. Naruto smiled. In his mind there was a chibi Naruto holding up a scorecard that had 9.5 on it, with a chibi Tayuya standing on top of a chibi Jiraiya, while holding the good guy pose. Jiraiya spoke.
"Kushina was your mother, Naruto. One of the seals the Yondaime placed on you at birth was to activate when you saw your mother." Naruto looked confused.
"What good would that to?" Jiraiya sat down on the couch.
"When a human brain actually matures, the memories of your mother are ingrained into your mind, either from close proximity, or from something else that we don't understand quite yet..." Jiraiya gestured towards Tayuya. "... Although, you seem to have broken the seal by being around someone who not only has the major attribute of your mother, her red hair, but also the similarity of their personalities. And even if you hadn't found her, you would have subconsciously continued looking for someone who resembled her." Naruto's eyes widened.
"Is that why I kept going after Sakura? She had pink hair, and it was pretty close to red, but that didn't work." Jiraiya nodded.
"That would have explained your devotion to her, you were subconsciously being drawn to her by an imprint of your mother's appearance and personality left on your mind. Unfortunately, Sakura was a fangirl through and through; nothing like your mother." Tayuya cut in.
"Now, why the hell would the Yondaime do something like that? It doesn't make any sense, why seal the Kyuubi into him and then make him stupid?" Jiraiya shook his head.
"He did this to protect Naruto the best he could. He knew that by sealing the fox into Naruto he would die. He also suspected that the villagers would fear him, although he believed the shinobi of the village to be able to discern the difference between the jailer and prisoner. He knew that if Naruto was in any way shown to excel at something, the majority of the villagers would believe it to by the demon's doing. So he... Dumbed Naruto down a little." Naruto stood up.
"Well, I understand. If I were to be unusually intelligent, the villagers would jump to the worst conclusions possible." Naruto scratched his chin thoughtfully. "It may even have been worse than year eight..." His voice trailed off at the looks his two house guests were giving him. Tayuya was the first to speak.
"Year eight? What the hell is so important about year eight?" Jiraiya sent Naruto a piercing glare.
"I would like to know this as well. Please, continue." Naruto backed away, and waved his arms in a disarming manner.
"Nothing happened, it was a slip of the tongue." The glares intensified, and he soon wilted under the pressure. "Alright, but you both have to promise not to tell anyone about this." Tayuya and Jiraiya nodded in unison. "Well, as you both know, the villagers only saw me as the Kyuubi, not Naruto. Usually, the only time they would get violent, is around the Kyuubi festival. However, one of my early teachers, the ones that hated me, let it slip that I was attending the academy. The villagers were not pleased, to say the least. It was the worst beating I had received; if a medic-nin had not seen me in the alley, I would have died, even with Kyuubi's healing factor..." Naruto turned around and lifted his shirt to show the scars on his back."... My back gets scars. I think it's because there are too many nerves to heal quickly enough without causing me to go into shock." Naruto then let his shirt down. Tayuya whistled.
"Damn man, and I thought my life was bad. You know, just for that, you have been promoted from Stumpy." Naruto smiled. At least one person didn't instantly pity him.
"And what have I been promoted to, Tayuya?" Tayuya smiled.
"You have been promoted to... Uzumaki." Naruto face faulted. Jiraiya just stood up and stretched his arms.
"Well, anyway, the similarities in personality between Tayuya and Kushina should be enough to break the seal; considering it has weakened considerably. It should have broken years ago. Anyway, here's a present, gaki." Naruto looked up questioningly.
"What do you mean?" The Toad Sannin reached into a pocket, and pulled out a folded photograph. Naruto hesitantly took the picture and opened it, only to rocket back from a giant nosebleed. Jiraiya took the picture from Naruto's quivering body, and looked at it. He smiled lecherously.
"Oops, wrong picture. Let me see here..." He reached into several other pockets, before pulling out yet another picture. "Here you go kid, this here's a picture of your mother and father." Naruto stood up, swaying slightly from blood loss. He took the picture from the perverted man, and handed it to Tayuya.
"I don't trust him... Could you make sure it's not porn this time Tayuya?" Tayuya snorted.
"Fine, Uzumaki." She unfolded the picture. Inside the glossy photograph, stood a beautiful red haired woman, and a blond man whose arms wrapped around her tightly. "Hold on... It's the Yondaime!" Naruto jumped.
"The Yondaime is my mother?"
"NO YOU FUCKING IDIOT! HE'S YOUR FATHER!" Jiraiya ambled towards the door.
"See you two lovebirds later; my research senses are tingling. Before I go..." Jiraiya stopped halfway through the door. "You two should get out of here as soon as possible. It will take at least another eight days for the information stored in Minato's seal to fully integrate itself into Naruto's brain. When that time comes, I want you two to be long gone... Say, seven days?" With that, he shut the door. Naruto placed the picture of his parents in his pocket.
"So Uzumaki, what do you say we pack and leave?" Naruto took a deep breath and nodded.
"My family name isn't Uzumaki. It's Namikaze. Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto. Tayuya grunted.
"Well then, Namikaze. Shall we pack?" Naruto smiled.
"Let's"
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Naruto sighed as he sank into the bliss that is sleep. He had spent all day packing, with Tayuya directing him. He closed his eyes, and prepared himself for the relief of unconsciousness. When he next opened his eyes, he was standing in front of a giant cage, with a monstrous fox standing in front of him. Naruto smacked himself in the head.
"Dammit fox, I was trying to sleep." Suddenly, the a grinning visage loomed out of the darkness behind the bars.
"Silence, you skinbag. I have called you here to reason with you." Naruto quirked an eyebrow.
"Alright fox, I'm listening." The fox's smiled vanished.
"I suppose it would be futile to attempt to dissuade you from taking along the cripple?" Naruto snorted.
"No shit." The fox snarled.
"Fine, I was going to tell you a way to fix your friend's physical impairment, but if you continue to disrespect me like that..." The threat was left out, but Naruto's eyes had lit up as soon as the Kyuubi had mentioned a way to restore Tayuya's body.
"How can I help her Kyuubi-sama? Please tell me?" The fox smiled again.
"Much better, kit. Anyway, I would like you to split my power with her.." Naruto's eyes narrowed at this, but he didn't interrupt. "Now, in doing this not only would I die, but your physical attributes that are caused by my residence here, would disappear. This is because you would now hold about four and one half tails of power, and it would be untainted by my intent." Naruto opened his mouth, but before he could form a question, the Kyuubi interrupted. "I know what you are about to ask, kit. Why would I give this power to you and sacrifice my life in the process? It's really quite simple, but let's see if you can keep up. I have been studying this seal, and I know what happens should you die while I am here. Both our souls would be taken by the shinigami, forever. Now, by dying before you, that portion of the seal is deemed null, because we didn't die at the same time. My soul would be sent to another plane, thus saving me from an eternity of torture. Yours as well, I might add. And one more thing. I have a summon contract for you. No it is not foxes gaki, it is the phoenix contract. You should feel privileged, you are the first human to sign it. Ever. Sign the contract in blood, blah blah blah, you know the drill." A scroll poofed out of nowhere and landed in the blond's lap. Naruto signed the scroll, letting it poof back out of existence and then smirked.
"You were going to do this anyway, weren't you?" The fox grinned.
"Hells yes, I just decided to give you the contract, and tell you how to fix your mate as well." Naruto began sputtering as his face turned a shade of red that would have made Hinata swear.
"She's not... We're not.." The fox's face disappeared into the shadows once more, only to be replaced with red chakra.
"I can't hear you kit, LALALALALALALA!" Naruto watched in amazement as the mass of red chakra pouring out of the cage began turning into a brilliant white colour, as soon as it passed to the outside of the bars. "Oh, and kit. You won't be able to handle nine tails of power for much longer; in your current state you will last about ten minutes at the most. In order to fix your mate, you must channel all the chakra I am about to give to you. I will only expend half my chakra, until it is all gone." Naruto left his mindscape with the sound of the fox's laughs still ringing clearly in his ears. All of a sudden he doubled over in pain. 'Damn... Too much chakra... I have to channel it soon... Urghh.' Naruto did his best to stand up before running to Tayuya, who had taken up residence in the chair in his room. Naruto stood over her, and placed both of his hands over her heart. Her eyes shot open as he began to channel the white, untainted chakra, into her body. Her back arched in a silent scream, until Naruto became to tired to stay standing. As he collapsed on the floor beside Tayuya his vision darkened, and then went black.
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Tayuya blinked as the sun hit her square in the face, almost blinding her.
"Gah, what the hell? Why does it hurt so much?" Suddenly Naruto's actions from last night penetrated her mind. She let out a low growl. "You... Little... FUCKER!!" She jumped to her feet, and kicked Naruto repeatedly, until she realized just what she had done and was doing. 'My... Legs? How are they working? I thought they were screwed up beyond repair?' Her thoughts were interrupted by Naruto yawning and slowly standing up. "You! How did you do this?" Tayuya demanded. Naruto rubbed his eyes blearily.
"You mean the walking thing?" Tayuya nodded. "I used Kyuubi's chakra, after it was purified. Apparently, he'd rather die now, then have his soul eaten by the shinigami." Tayuya didn't question it; she knew better than to look a gift horse in the mouth. Instead she did what any normal teenage girl would do. She glomped him until he practically died.
"THANK YOU!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I CAN WALK! HAHA! I'M FREE!" After a few seconds of celebration, she realized what she was doing to the poor blond boy. She promptly blushed, and sprinted out to the living room, grabbing the bags that had been packed the day before. "W-well, we b-better get going.. Right?" Naruto walked up beside her and nodded, completely oblivious to the embarrassment on her face that would have been obvious to anyone else.
"Let's go, we're burning daylight." He headed out the door, closely followed by Tayuya who shut the door behind her.
"Hey, Naruto?" The blond turned towards Tayuya.
"Yes?" She crossed her arms.
"You do know where we are going, right?" Naruto smiled, and walked towards the civilian gates.
"Sort of." He turned too fast to catch the vein that began pulsing on Tayuya's forehead.
"Where then?" Naruto smiled and then pointed.
"North." Tayuya sweat dropped.
"Naruto... That's west." He turned and scratched the back of his head.
"Then west it is, good idea Tayuya." Tayuya shook her head, grumbling swearwords under her breath as the two of them marched silently past the sleeping Chuunin guards, and began their journey towards... Well, wherever. Naruto with a smile on his face and Tayuya with a scowl on hers.
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Yes, another chapter done. It may be a little shorter, and equally as boring, but don't worry. Next chap: Naruto realizes he can just use a phoenix to ride on, but what happens when he must pass a test? Will Akatsuki get involved? And who is that broody emo kid that is following the duo? You might just find out next time!!
Anyway, to respond to your comments:
Darksnider5: I think this chapter answered your question, but I will clarify. Naruto's intelligence has greatly increased, but the jutsu and weapon techniques given to him will not become known until next chapter at the earliest, and the chapter after that at the latest. I am eager to give Naruto some Kenjutsu, and Hiraishin no Jutsu. There will be a few custom jutsu from the Uzumaki side of this, but for now it will focus on the Namikaze.
Need Improvement: Yeah, I get that. Unfortunately, I have no beta writer, (hint hint) but I am looking for one who could help me with that.
Dfaf: I update frequently, unless reviews stop coming in. I feed off of reviews, I am a reviewatarian. Every couple of days should be the max, unless something comes up, or I forget. Forgetting can easily be fixed with an email.
BigQuise: He will be learning some jutsu, and chakra exhaustion is no longer a problem for either Naruto or Tayuya. They are half as powerful as the Kyuubi no Kitsune itself, even without training they can do some awesome damage.
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