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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 2: Naruto's Improvement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~ A Week Later ~~~~~~~~~~
Naruto got and got ready to do his speed and physical training before working on his taijutsu for the rest of the day. His throwing accuracy was perfect since every night when Jiraiya fell asleep he would get up to practice it with some chakra control exercise. His control was average since his reserve was so massive Jiraiya told him he would show some more control exercises later on after he mastered the Tree climbing and the taijutsu style.
" Naruto since you know the katas to the style, you'll get used to it while using it until you can completely master it. Its the perfect style against every other styles in the village " said Jiraiya looking at his sensei
" How is that Sensei " said Naruto confused
" Let me explain the other styles to you " said Jiraiya looking at him
" First, the Uchiha style is based on anticipation using the Sharingan. With their ability to anticipate, they can respond accordingly. Since we're working on your speed and power of faking an opponent out at high speeds, then we can maybe use the anticipation style of the Sharingan against it. At that high a speed, the Sharingan user may fall for the initial attack because their body is trained to anticipate the strike. If we remove the time to adjust, they will instinctively follow the initial attack path to block. This could leave them open to attack when the attack is redirected too quickly for them to adjust. And since your style use fast movement and has no exact pattern its perfect against them " said Jiraiya taking a pause after that long explanation
" Secondly, the Hyuuga style relies on attacking chakra points using their hands with minimal emphasis on the feet. If we can focus your hand work to quick attacks and defensive maneuver like deflection, and all those other animal like maneuvers then you can work on countering their attacks. Also, while blocking their attacks you can possibly use your elbow or feet as weapons to strike back while engaging their hand based attacks. Also, the style will improve your avoidance by teaching you to swivel your hips, jump back, or roll away, flip back, and ducking in front of your opponent. As we progress, you will instinctively be more prepared to deal with their blows with deflection." said Jiraiya looking at his student who was paying close attention to the explanation
" Third, Gai's style relies on strength with fist and feet. It also involves lots of aerial moves. However, the Fox style teaches you to avoid blows with low ground work , which will make their high flying moves useless. Since they also use high speed it will be a little harder to fight against. These areas are traditionally harder and sharper which could inflict damage on the opponent. For example, if you use quick jabs to slow down the attacker punches or you kick the inside of an enemy's leg to force them to jump back or prevent high flying kicks; then they will have to adjust. " explained Jiraiya thinking about the styles one by one
" Additionally, your style will give you great striking power with your leg which will also keep your enemy back. Your legs will always be your strongest muscle and it has the greatest reach so focusing attacks from their only increases your attacking power. Also, by not staying close to your opponent the chances of them landing a hit on you will decrease " explained Jiraiya which had Naruto jumping around yelling how awesome he was
" Do you understand that if you can at least stand toe to toe with these great taijutsu styles then you will be able to battle any person? " asked Jiraiya looking at the boy.
' I will take care of him Minato ' thought Jiraiya looking at the boy
" Naruto today we're going to do another type of exercise " said Jiraiya smirking
" What is it, some awesome fire jutsu or something " said Naruto jumping around
" No, you're going to meditate " smirked Jiraiya looking at the boy
" How is that going to help me? " asked Naruto looking at his sensei totally confused
" It'll calm you down, and increase your ability to sense other people, and your reflexes and it increases your control over your chakra systems " said Jiraiya looking at him.
" OK, then what do I do " asked Naruto looking at his sensei.
" Just sit still and clear your mind of everything " said Jiraiya showing him the sitting position. Naruto got in the position and proceeded to clear his mind of everything.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Academy ~~~~~~~~~~~
Iruka started looking around but he still couldn't see where Naruto was, the previous day he looked all around the village looking for the kid, he went to the orphanage but they told him that the people who used to be in charge got arrested for kicking a kid out of the orphanage and he knew that it had to be Naruto. Today if Naruto didn't show up to the academy he would report it to the Hokage again.
" Has anyone seen Naruto in the past week " asked Iruka looking at the kids.
" No " said Shikamaru going back to sleep
" SHIKAMARU WAKE YOUR LAZY SELF UP " yelled Iruka with his big-scary-head jutsu
" I'm sure he's alright " said Choji looking at Shikamaru eating his potatoe chips.
" Who cares everyone has been happy with him not being here pulling pranks in class, annoying me asking me out, isn't that right Sasuke-kun " said Sakura with hearts in her eyes at the last part
" I wish you wasn't here right now, you even worse than Naruto " said Sasuke without even looking at her.
Sakura started crying at the comment and everyone started laughing at the big forehead girl. Ino was the first one who started laughing and Sakura and Ino broke out fighting over the Uchiha once again, the boys just sat back watching the fight unfold. Ino and Sakura would always fight over the Uchiha using insults, the boys wanted to see some face smashing but they never fought like that.
" I'll have to report this to the Hokage " said Iruka leaving the class leaving Mizuki in charge for the day.
~~~~~~~~~~~ Hokage Tower ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Iruka walked in the office and saw Sarutobi reading some papers for missions that just came in. Sarutobi looked up from the papers and saw Iruka standing in front of him worried out his mind and he already knew what this was about.
" Hokage-sama, Naruto has not showed up to school for the past week " said Iruka worriedly
" Don't worry Iruka, I know where Naruto is " said Sarutobi smiling
" Is he alright " asked Iruka quickly
" Yes, he's in good hand, seems like some teacher at the academy has been teaching the wrong thing on purpose. So he's trying to catch up to the other kids " said Sarutobi looking at the young teacher.
" If you say he's Ok, I guess I have to go back to the academy " bowed Iruka before leaving the office
Iruka body flickered back to the academy and saw all the student just standing around like it was nothing.
~~~~~~~~~~ Naruto's Mind scape ~~~~~~~~~~~
Naruto started doing the meditation exercise and woke up finding himself in a sewer like place with water ankle deep in the sewer. He looked down the hallway and saw a bunch of little corridors leading to different places, he heard a deep voice at the at the end of the sewer. Naruto followed the voice through the sewer, and found himself in front of a big gate with a seal in the middle of the gate.
" Hello, is anyone here " asked Naruto a little scared
" Who is this " said the kyubbi looking at the little boy in front of the gates.
" Who said that, where am I " said Naruto backing up a little away from the gates.
" Its Me the Great and powerful Kyubbi no Youko " said the kyubbi in a deep and proud voice.
" K-k-kyubbi.......... " stuttered Naruto looking terrified.
" Yes Kid don't make me repeat myself " said the fox looking at the kid
" Where am I, am I dead " asked Naruto shaking
" No you're not dead kid, you're in your mind " said the fox looking at the kid laughing
" What are you doing in my mind then " asked Naruto looking at the fox still terrified.
" I'm sealed within you, so I live in your mind " said the fox seriously
Naruto quickly wake up and the real world with a terrified look on his face, Jiraiya looked at him and already knew what this was about. Jiraiya walked up to him and sat down besides his godson, Naruto was shaking looking terrified at his sensei.
" Sensei, I just had the craziest dream, I woke up in a sewer and saw the nine-tailed fox and he said that he was sealed in me so he lives in my mind " explained Naruto calming down looking at his sensei hoping that it was just a dream.
" Actually kid, that wasn't a dream " said Jiraiya scratching the back of his head
" What..... " yelled Naruto pausing to calm down
" So, I am a demon like everyone said I was " said Naruto starting to cry, before he felt a little lump on his head getting hit by Jiraiya over the head.
" You are not a demon you hear me " said Jiraiya looking at the kid with a serious face
" You have to go back in your mind scape, I'll explain everything to you later " said Jiraiya looking at him
" Just trust me " said Jiraiya when he saw Naruto doubting to go back.
Naruto got in the same meditating position and found himself in the sewer like place once again, he walked the same way to find himself in front of the big gates once again. Naruto looked inside and saw the Kyubbi's head in front of the gates, he was still scared but this time he wasn't shaking as much as before.
" OH, you're back " said Kyubbi said looking at the boy.
" You say this my mind why does it look like this " asked Naruto looking around
" Because unlike your outside appearance, you're pretty sad and angry " said Kyubbi looking at him
" I'm sorry kid, If I was never tricked into attacking your village, your life would have never been like this " said Kyubbi looking at Naruto
" What do you mean tricked " said Naruto confused
" I never had anything with this village, why would I just wake up one day and attack it. I was put under a genjutsu by a man named Uchiha Madara to attack this village for him since he couldn't do it himself with the Fourth around and Jiraiya of the Sannin, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen around, so he put me under a powerful genjutsu which put me in a rage stage to attack the village " explained the fox remembering what happened
" did you say Uchiha? " asked Naruto remembering that the Uchiha's lived in this village
" Yes kid, I'm sorry for messing up your life kid " said the fox truthfully
" Its Ok, I guess now that I know it wasn't your fault, is there anything I can do to make this place better " said Naruto crying looking around the sewer.
" You can make this place a little more nice " said kyubbi looking around
" Just concentrate and make this place like a forest or something " said Kyubbi looking around
Naruto concentrated and started thinking happy things that happened in his life like being with Gramps, and meeting Jiraiya-sensei. Ater five minutes the water that was on the ground disappeared and inside the cage turned into a big green forest with a lot of big trees, there was a lake besides the forest flowing peacefull and Naruto opened his eyes. He looked around and saw his work so he smiled looking around.
" Thank you, but let me ask you a question " said Kyubbi looking at the kid
" What is it " asked Naruto looking at his tenant
" Why do you continue to follow that pink haired genin even though all she does is humiliate you " asked the Kyubbi
" I don't know, I love her I guess "said Naruto confused at the question
" Do you think she loves you back " asked the Kyubbi
" I don't know, maybe she will one day " said Naruto thinking about all the times that he asked Sakura out and she just hit him on the head or humiliate him in front of the whole class.
Naruto started walking around his mind to see his memories, he saw all the times that people cursed at him or beat him just for walking by their store, he saw all the times that Sakura just humiliated him making him feel worthless when he was just trying to help. He kept walking around and saw his friends Kiba, Choji, and Shikamaru in class talking, he saw Iruka helping him in class and then he saw the Hokage comforting him in his office, and finally Jiraiya coming along to save his life. At the end of the hallway he saw a seal on a door he tried to get access to the door but he couldn't so he decided to tell Jiraiya about it. Naruto found himself once again in the real world and saw Jiraiya with a thing in his hand looking over the wall into the next compound. Jiraiya wal looking in the Hyuga compound at some women bathing.
" What are you doing sensei " asked Naruto looking straight at his sensei.
" No-no-nothing kid how was it " said Jiraiya looking at him putting the telescope away in his jacket.
" I started walking around until I saw a door sealed and I couldn't open it " explained Naruto looking at his sensei
' They probably sealed some of his abilities ' thought Jiraiya
" Go back to your mind scape " said Jiraiya doing some hand seals
Naruto closed his eyes and found himself in his mind scape again but this time Jiraiya was standing besides him.
" Where is that door kid " asked Jiriaya looking around
" Follow me " said Naruto guiding Jiraiya to the door.
Jiraiya found himself standing in front of a door title body, he did some quick hand seals and Naruto grew two inches in front of him and his hair grew to reach his shoulder and got even more messy than it was before. They walked in the door and Jiraiya saw another door with ' Brain ' on top of it, he unsealed the door and continued walking around seeing a door with muscle on it he unsealed it walked out the room. They went back to the real world and Jiraiya stood in front of Naruto looking serious.
" How do you feel " asked Jiraiya looking at the kid.
" Like something just it my head, and more power is flowing through my body " explained Naruto looking around.
" And my body feel light " said Naruto looking around
" Run around the compound one time " said Jiraiya looking at his carefully. Naruto started running with the gravitation seal still on him and he could run around the compound in half the time that he usually did which surprised him and Jiraiya.
' They put seal on him, limiting his abilities ' thought Jiraiya with his face full of anger
' I knew it, he got the Namikaze speed ability ' thought Jiraiya smiling
" Stop Naruto " said Jiraiya smiling at the kid
" I'm going to teach you another chakra control exercise before I teach you a jutsu " said Jiraiya smiling
" What is it " asked Naruto looking at his sensei laughing
" Lets go by the little lake that was made in the back " said Jiraiya walking toward the back of the compound, Naruto followed him walking slowly with his hands behind his head. They made it to the lake and Jiraiya started walking on the water to demonstrate the exercise to him. Naruto jumped in the water exited and fell in the cold water, he jumped out of the water shaking since the water was extremely cold after Jiraiya had put a seal on it the previous night.
" Why the hell is this water so cold " yelled Naruto glaring at his sensei
" My bad, I forgot to tell you that it was cold " grinned Jiraiya
" Now start walking on the water, just channel the right amount of charka to the bottom of your feet like the tree climbing exercise " said Jiraiya laughing
Naruto got on the water and flowed the chakra to the bottom of his feet and he started walking on the water, he kept adjusting the chakra to put at the bottom of his feet to not fall in the water when the cold waves made it around. Naruto got out the water with a big grin on his face and walked toward his sensei. When he made it to the spot he saw Jiraiya standing there waiting for him, as soon as he arrived Jiraiya did some hand seals and said ' Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Jutsu ' and summoned a human height Toad. Naruto jumped back looking at the Toad since it just appeared out of nowhere.
" Hello Jiraiya-sama, what can I do for you " asked the Toad politely
" Hey Gamaki, I need the contract " said Jiraiya to the Toad
" Taking on a new apprentice " asked the Toad before opening his mouth and a big scroll came out with his tongue
" Yes " said Jiraiya looking at the toad smiling
" Naruto this is Gamaki the contract holder for the Toads, Gamaki this is Naruto the kid with the Kyubbi sealed in him " said Jiraiya scratching the back of his head
" Hello Naruto-san " said Gamaki looking at the kid
" What's up Gamaki-san " said Naruto scratching the back of his head
" OK, Gaki now with the jutsu I said I was going to teach you. Sign your name in blood in this scroll while I explain it to you " said Jiraiya pointing at the spot next to Minato's name, Naruto bit his thumb for some blood and wrote his name on it before signing at the bottom.
" Why was there only two names on it if its a jutsu " asked Naruto confused
" Its a powerful jutsu, and I was the first one to sign it and I get to choose who I pass it too. Its the summoning contract to summon toads in battle. I taught it to my last student and now I'm going to teach it to you " explained Jiraiya looking at his student
" So you was the Fourth's sensei, since he was the only one who could summon toads before " said Naruto looking at Jiraiya
' He's smarter now, must be the seal that I removed from his brain allowing him to think better ' thought Jiraiya smiling.
" Yes, I did train the fourth Hokage, that's a story for another time, Now here are the hand seals for the jutsu " said Jiraiya showing him the hand seals to perform the jutsu. Naruto did the exact hand seals that Jiraiya just showed him and said ' Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Jutsu ' and a little orange toad with a blue jacket appeared in front of him.
" Who the hell are you kid " asked the little Toad looking at the yellow head kid.
" My name is Naruto Uzumaki, who are you " said Naruto looking at the little Toad.
" My name is Gamakichi, what do you want " said Gamakichi looking at the yellow head boy.
" I was just trying out this jutsu brat " yelled Naruto glaring at the little toad.
" Did you bring any snack " yelled Gamakichi looking at the boy
" No, I didn't know I need any " said Naruto looking at Jiraiya
" Next time bring some snacks before summoning me " said Gamakichi disappearing a puff of smokes.
Jiraiya looked surprise at the kid for being able to summon the son of the boss toad on his first try, he smiled seeing the boy coming along better than he expected he thought he was going to have to throw him off a cliff for him to get the jutsu right for a minute. Naruto looked at his sensei proudly and they went inside to get something to eat, before continuing the day's training.
Naruto was still thinking about what the fox told him in his mind, so he decided to tell his sensei about it. Jiraiya saw the look on Naruto's face and decided to start the conversation.
" What's on your mind Gaki " asked Jiraiya looking at him eating his food.
" In my conversation with Kyubbi, he told me that he was tricked into attacking the village by a man named Uchiha Madara. I thought the Uchiha's were from Konoha why would he want to destroy the village " asked Naruto totally confused
' Uchiha Madara, I knew the fox wouldn't just attack the village for no reason ' thought Jiraiya thinking over the situation
" Naruto what the fox told you is probably the truth before there is a legendary version of the Sharingan that is said to be able to control the tailed demons " said Jiraiya looking at the kid seriously
" Who is this Uchiha Madara he must be very powerful to be able to control a tailed demon " said Naruto looking at his sensei
" Uchiha Madara was one of the founding fathers of the Hidden Leaf village, he left the village because the First became Hokage and not him, I think the reason that he wants the village destroyed is because the other Uchihas did not leave with him " said Jiraiya looking at his student seriously.
" So that's the problem do you think he's still alive " asked Naruto looking at his sensei in worry
' I think so kid, not many people knows he's still alive ' said Kyubbi through the mind link they had.
" Naruto with the kind of things that will happen in the future, I want you at least to have a childhood that you can remember. You're going back to the academy tomorrow just make sure you act normal, come up with some kind of excuse to why you wasn't in school. Do you have any friends in the academy " said Jiraiya looking at the kid.
" Yeah, I got Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Shino but he's usually very quiet " said Naruto thinking about all the people who was nice to him.
" Oh, and there is Hinata she usually faint when I talk to her though " explained Naruto thinking about the girl.
' Seems like that girl has a crush on you ' though Jiraiya smiling at the boy.
" Naruto since most thing that will happen might involve this village in some way in the future. I want you to enjoy the rest of your childhood with those you hold dear. I'll be making you a new training schedule for the time you're in the academy " said Jiraiya taking out something to write with, he started writing the new training schedule for his godson. Jiraiya finished the schedule and handed it to Naruto so he could read it over.
Monday
6 a.m to 7 a.m - Physical workout
7 a.m to 8 a.m - Eat, Head to School
8 a.m to 1p.m - Academy
1 p.m to 2 p.m - Lunch
2 p.m to 5 p.m - Friends
5 p.m to 7 p.m - Meditate on Hokage Mountain
7 p.m to 10 p.m - Taijutsu Practice and Speed Training
Tuesday
6 a.m to 7 a.m - Physical workout
7 a.m to 8 a.m - Eat, Head to School
8 a.m to 1p.m - Academy
1 p.m to 2 p.m - Lunch
2 p.m to 5 p.m - Friends
5 p.m to 7 p.m - Summoning Training
7 p.m to 10 p.m - Taijutsu Practice and Speed Training
Wednesday
6 a.m to 7 a.m - Physical workout
7 a.m to 8 a.m - Eat, Head to School
8 a.m to 1p.m - Academy
1 p.m to 2 p.m - Lunch
2 p.m to 5 p.m - Friends
5 p.m to 7 p.m - Chakra Control
7 p.m to 10 p.m - Taijutsu Practice and Speed Training
Thursday
6 a.m to 7 a.m - Physical workout
7 a.m to 8 a.m - Eat, Head to School
8 a.m to 1p.m - Academy
1 p.m to 2 p.m - Lunch
2 p.m to 5 p.m - Friends
5 p.m to 7 p.m - Meditate on Hokage Mountain
7 p.m to 10 p.m - Taijutsu and Speed Training
Friday
6 a.m to 7 a.m - Physical workout
7 a.m to 8 a.m - Eat, Head to School
8 a.m to 1p.m - Academy
1 p.m to 2 p.m - Lunch
2 p.m to 5 p.m - Friends
5 p.m to 8 p.m - Summoning Training
8 p.m to 10 p.m - Meditate
Saturday
Whole Day Free To Whatever You Want To Do.
Sunday
Seals Training, Taijutsu Training, Strength Training, Chakra Control, Meditation.
Naruto finished reading the new schedule and closed the scroll and put it in his pocket so that he could look at it from time to time. Jiraiya looked at him and smiled seeing so much of Minato and Himself in the boy at the same time, A Natural Genius and at the same time a Idiot. They met only a short time ago, but Naruto and Jiraiya were really bonding with each other on a family level. Jiraiya decided that tonight was the night that he would tell Naruto about him being his godfather. He still couldn't tell the boy about his father yet since it was a law in the village, but with him being in the house he will definitely find out by himself since his father lived in the house.
" Naruto you start with the schedule tomorrow which is tuesday " said Jiraiya smiling at him
" I finally get to see Shikamaru and Choji again, and I can't forget Sakura-chan " laughed Naruto thinking about the pink haired girl in his class
' I'm not even going to tell, he should find out for himself that the girl is a evil bitch ' thought Kyubbi thinking about all the times he had to heal Naruto from Sakura's blows.
" Naruto, I have something to tell you " said Jiraiya with a serious look on his face.
" What is it Sensei " said Naruto seeing the look on his sensei's face.
" I can't tell you about your parents until you reach a certain, or find out by yourself because its a law in this village, we wouldn't want people finding out who your parents were since they had a lot of very powerful enemies that you are not ready for yet " said Jiraiya looking at him sadly.
" I understand that because Gramps would have told me by now, but they must have been very powerful to have enemies that would go after their kids " said Naruto thinking what Jiraiya told him over.
" Yeah, and I was a personal friend that's why they made me your godfather " said Jiraiya looking at him with a smile.
" You-you-you my godfather......................... where the hell have you been all this time then " asked Naruto with anger clearly in his voice.
" I wasn't done " said Jiraiya sadly
" When you were born, I tried to adopt you Sensei said yes but the council bastards wouldn't let me saying that I was the village's only spymaster that I couldn't stay in the village to raise you. When you were five I tried to adopt you again but they still wouldn't let, and sensei said that he would make sure that you were all right. I would have left the village with you, but since you have the fox sealed in you they made sure that you couldn't leave the village and if you traveled with me we both would have died since I had to fight a lot of enemies and I thought you would have had a better childhood in the village than with me, since I never stayed in the same place for more than a few weeks " explained Jiraiya with pain and regret in his eyes looking at the boy.
Naruto started crying looking at his sensei feeling guilty since he started yelling for no reason which made his godfather really sad " I'm sorry Sensei, I didn't know " said Naruto crying
" Its ok Gaki " said Jiraiya looking at him
" Get ready we are going to the Hokage's office before we go buy grocerie " said Jiraiya getting up.
Naruto went inside to take a shower so he could get ready to go to gramps' office. After taking a shower Naruto put his orange jumpsuit and came downstairs to see Jiraiya waiting for him. Jiraiya hated the jumpsuit so much that he wanted to burn them while the kid slept. He would make sure to buy him some new clothes while they were shopping.
" Naruto why do you wear this jumpsuit if you really want to be a ninja " asked Jiraiya looking at the boy's clothing style.
" Because that's all they would sell me, and the man made me pay a lot for this cool jumpsuit and he sold it to me on a discount " said Naruto looking at his sensei laughing.
" How much did you pay for this exactly " said Jiraiya raising an eyebrow
" Six hundred ryo " said Naruto laughing ( Don't Know currency )
" Do you know where this shop is " said Jiriaya with a grin
" Yeah " said Naruto confused
" Would you mind showing me later so that I can't buy some clothes " said Jiraiya with a sinister smile on his face
" Ok " said Naruto a little scared by the lood on his godfather's face
To be Continued.............................