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The Black Shadow Chapter 3: Small Package, Big Surprises.
"Sasuke ,Karin ,Sakura, finally, you're here." Tsunade said, as the three walked into the office. "So are we all ready to unveil the package from the Kuroi Kage?" Everyone nodded as Tsunade looked around. "Ok then, here go then!" Tsunade said opening the scroll and rolling it out to read whatever was on the paper. However, there wasn't anything on the paper except a large seal.
"Kakashi is you would," Tsunade said handing the rolled up scroll to Kakashi.
"Hmmmmmmm let's see here," Kakashi said rolling out the scroll on the floor infront of the desk. "So then, if I," Kakashi said placing his finger on the seal. Almost immediately a bright light was emitted. Everyone covered their eyes and a loud sound was heard in the office, but no one else outside the office heard it surprisingly. As the light faded away, everyone inside the office was beginning to look back at were the scroll is. There in the spot where the scroll stood something. It was covered in a black hood and shrouded in a black cloak. There was also a black hilt of a sword sticking out of the back side of the figure, since the front was facing Tsunade.
"Godamie Hokage, it's a pleasure to meet you in person," the thing in black spoke.
"Kuroikage, the pleasure's the same," Tsunade stated clamly, while everyone else was thinking 'WHAT? THE KUROIKAGE?????' "So Kuroi-san, what brings you here to Konoha?"
"I just wanted to make sure that my team would have the proper chance to meet the famed Konoha 12 since they wanted this reward for saving the Tsuchikage and half of the Iwa ninjas from complete destruction." Kuroi responded. Everyone behind Kuroi was silent, since they knew that this guy could take out the hokage and everyone else surrounding her if he wanted to, so they made sure to keep quiet while Tsunade worked her social magic.
"Hmm really? And where is the Tsuchikage and his ninja?" Tsunade asked.
"Walk with me, then Hokage-sama, we shall head to the training fields. There's enough space there to meet everyone." Kuroi said walking towards the window, and jumping out.
"Hmm very well then, we'll play your game then Kuroi, come on we're going on a field trip," Tsunade said following suit while everyone else in the office followed her.
Eight minutes later, Kuroi arrived at Team 7's old training grounds and a few seconds after he arrive, Tsunade and the Konoha 12 were right behind him. "Good timing I suppose," Kuroi said, taking out a scroll and unrolling it on the ground. There was a simple seal on the scroll, but the konoha ninja were very confused as to how he would get all the Iwa nin and his team to Konoha without knowing where they are. Kuroi then took out a kunai, and raised it over his head. Sasuke Sakura Karin Tsunade and Kakashi's eyes widened when they saw the Kunai. It looked just like the one Naruto left them 5 years earlier.
The Kunai hit the seal dead in the center and suddenly a big puff of smoke and a loud sound erupted from the scroll. Everyone looked on in bewilderment as they all wanted to know what happened. As the smoke cleared, they saw the equivalent of about 200 ninja standing dead in front of them. They were shocked and stunned and confused all at the same time.
"Kuroi-sensei!!!!!" was heard as a black haired girl in a blue combat kimono ran forward to Kuroi.
"Hmm? Nana what is it?"
"It's Shun he's unconscious," Nana responded.
"Shun huh? He seriously needs to get used to this technique, it's how I travel from place to place fast." Kuroi said, his tone a bit pitful for this Shun character.
"Ugh…" "Ow my legs," "Ack…. My arm," Etc. was heard throughout the training grounds. Tsunade, Sakura and Ino just stood there in shock. "Kuroi how did you do this?" Sasuke asked, stepping forward towards Kuroi.
"It was not easy, I will tell you that much Uchiha Sasuke," Kuroi responded before asking Nana," How is Onoki?"
"I believe that Sora used his kaze no hīringu jutsu-Healing Wind on the entire party before we were transported. So I guess only natural for them to find the experience, rather distasteful."
"I see where you're coming from Nana, anyway, find your teammates I'll take care of Onoki and his men." Kuroi said walking forward while Nana ran back into the crowd and pulled two people out of the crowd. Creating some hand signs under his black cloak, Kuroi revealed a hand and struck the ground with hand. He then let out a loud cry saying, "Hīringu Kage no Jutsu!"-Healing Shadows-
Suddenly a black dome of pure darkness appears around Kuroi. The dome moves towards the injuried Iwa nin and the Tsuchikage. The dome soon envelops the ninja in pure darkness.
"What are you doing to them?" Shikamaru asked, since he had never seen this kind of technique before and wanted to know if this Kuroi guy was a member of the Nara clan.
"Hmm? O this? It's a shadow dome similar to that of the inside of one's mind. I pretty much just put them in a sleeping trance while using the darkness to heal their wounds. It's an effective healing technique but the chakara that one needs has to be massive," Kuroi responded.
"Hmm… I see, so who taught you how to use this technique?" Shikamaru asked.
"I remember undergoing training on medical ninjutsu and shadow jutsus by the same person so I asked her how I could combine the two. And so we came up with this technique."
"That's pretty impressive, I must say," Tsunade interjected as Sakura and Ino nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama," Kuroi said before continuing."That reminds me, Nana, Sora, Shun!"
"Hai!" three said immediately assembling infront of their sensei.
"So you want to meet the Konoha 12 right?"
"Hai sensei! It would be an honor to meet the legendary Konoha 12!"Sora responded. He had dark green hair and wore a black t-shirt under a black trench coat and midnight blue pants.
"I see then, well then, Tsunade, if you could, Introduce the Konoha for my Students please." Kuroi said turning to the Godaime Hokage.
"Very well, if they were able to complete your mission given to them by you then I suppose it is no problem." Tsunade smiled.
"First is Team Gai," almost immediately Lee Neji and Tenten stood up and one by one introduced themselves.
"I'm Rock Lee, The wild green beast of Konoha, pleasure to meet you," Lee said giving his signature smile and thumbs up.
"Neji Hyuuga, Pleased to meet you." Neji said giving a slight bow to show his respect towards Sora, Nana and Shin.
"And I'm Tenten, the only one in Team Gai that's not a close up brawler. Pleased to meet you," Tenten said in her normal upbeat tone.
"And I'm Mighto Gai, the leader of Team Gai," Gai said with a smile.
"Team 8, Or Team Kurenai, please introduce yourselves," Tsunade continuing after Gai had spoken. The three members of the current Team Kurenai nodded and walked forward.
"I'm Shino, " Shino said, quietly
"Seriously Shino?" Kiba asked, "that's all the intro that you're giving them?"
"Yea,"
"You're boring." Kiba sighed. "Anyway, I'm Kiba Inzuka, and this is my partner, Akamaru," Kiba said while Akamaru let out a playful woof.
"Hinata Hyuuga, please to meet you three," Hinata said bowing her head a bit to show her respect.
"Hey, Kuroi-sensei, the Hyuuga clan is very noble huh?" Sora asked on the side.
"Yea, from what I hear, the Hyuugas are the noblest clan in the shinobi world today," Kuroi responded, catching the slient attention of both Neji and Hinata.
"Team 10 you guys are up," Tsunade continued on.
"Geez, what a drag," Shikamaru said scratching his head and walking forward a bit and continuing, "Shikamaru Nara, Leader of team 10, How's it going?"
"Ino Yamanaka, medic nin of team 10, Please to met you," Ino said in her normal playful tone.
"Chouji Akmichi, Shikamaru's right hand man. One piece of advice, DO NOT CALL ME FAT," Chouji said with a somewhat threatening tone.
*SMACK* "OWWWWWWW!!!!! INO DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO HIT ME THAT HARD?"
"Chouji, just give up trying to avoid people calling you that," Ino sighed while Chouji looked away defiant. Shikamaru facepalmed himself," Geez, you two are so troublesome,"
"Troublesome huh? What a catch phrase," Nana noted.
"Hey, it fits with my clan, the men are mostly lazy," Shikamaru responded back. Tsunade sighed and continued on," And finally the last team, Team 7."
"Hatake, Kakashi. Surely you kids must have heard of my name some time during your life." Kakashi asked. And all three of them nodded, while Kakashi smiled.
"Typical Kakashi-sempai, I'm Yamato, how are you guys?"
"We're good, Yamato," Shun nodded as Yamato smiled.
"Sakura Haruno, assistant to the Godaime Hokage and medical ninja of team7," Sakura said, noticing Shun and Sora looking at her weird. She also noticed that Nana was a bit jealous of the attention that she was getting so she clenched her fist tight.
"Sasuke Uchiha, I'm pretty sure you all should know how I am huh."
"Yea, you're the bastard that almost killed Naruto," Nana shouted. She looked over to Kuroi, who shook his head and she apologized. It still hit Sasuke to see that he was that blind back then.
"Now, now Sasuke-kun I thought we agreed that you would shrug it off." Karin said coming up from behind Sasuke and hugging him.
"I know but it still haunts me, what if I was the reason he left?" Sasuke asked in guilt. He had created a conspiracy that he was reason why Naruto left Konoha in the first place. Karin Sakura and everybody else obviously rejected that idea but Sasuke still clung to it.
"Well, there's supposed to be one more, but Uzimaki Naruto is no longer a ninja of Konoha," Tsunade concluding.
"You sure about that," Kuroi asked
"Kuroi-sensei, are you really going to grace us with your presence?" Sora asked.
"O my gosh, Kuroi-sensei is taking off his cloak!!" Nana replied, a bit shocked. Kuroi-who was facing away from the group now- took off his hood. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw blonde spiky hair emerge from the hood.
"NARUTO?!?!?!?!" Everyone from Konoha was asking in shock and awe. Suddenly the blonde man said, "Sora ,Nana ,Shun introduce yourselves!"
"HAI! I'm Sora, one Kuroikage-sama's apperentices," responded the Dark Green haired man.
"I'm Nana, another one of Kuroikage-taichou's apperentices," the black haired girl responded.
"I'm Shun, the last of Kuroikage shishou's apperenetices," the man with dark blue hair covered by a black cloak responded.
"And finally," Kuroi said, throwing his cloak high in the air, revealing a sword in its hilt slung over Kuroi's back. Kuroi was wearing an o so familiar orange tracksuit with black in some areas. He was also wearing a black trench with the bottom having some tattered edges. "I am the Kuroikage, but I am really the number one unpredictable ninja of Konoha, Uzimaki Naruto!"as he turned around revealing his same old orange tracksuit with the front side of his trench coat open. Suddenly a strong burst of wind gusted out in front of Naruto, making the bottom half of this trench coat flow in the wind.
"And," Naruto said pulling out a scroll. He then unrolled the scroll in midair and broke one of the many seals in the scroll. The scroll vanished in a puff of white smoke. When the smoke cleared, there appeared a Konoha forehead protector. Naruto then began putting the forehead protector around his head while saying," I can officially say that I am back!" tightening the knot that he had created to hold his forehead protector in place.
"O Naruto, here catch," Tsunade smiled while throwing a scroll at him. Tsunade and Naruto were exchanging letters over the past 5 years, so it wasn't much of a surprise for Tsunade as it was for everyone else. Naruto caught the scroll unrolled it and released the three seals on the scroll. Three Konoha forehead protectors appeared and Naruto threw one to each of his apprentices who all caught them with ease.
"So Baa-chan, how-" was Naruto could say before having the entire Konoha 12 run at him like the paparazzi and began asking him questions about stuff.
"Naruto-sama sure has a lot of friends." Sora noted while Nana and Shun nodded in agreement.
"So you three are Naruto's apperentices huh?" Kakashi asked, walking over to Naruto's team.
"Yea, Kuroi-taichou is a great teacher, when he first told me that experience is the best way to learn, I didn't believe him. But now I believe him 100%," Nana said in a happy tone.
"Hmmm really? What kind of experience did you guys get?"
"Well… Kakashi-san, Naruto-sensei kinda reenacted the battle scenes to give us the full experience that we kinda needed?" Sora said.
"He can hold his Kagebushin for more than one hit now?"Kakashi asked.
"Yea, and it takes a lot of hits to get them to go down ground and bleed out. It was a rather, grueling experience..." Shun said
"Hmmm so you guys experienced a full battle like scenario that huh? My my, Naruto certainly has changed," Kakashi sighed.
"Which reminds me, I must play Shikamaru-san in a game of shogei, I hear that he's the best Shogei player here in Konoha," Sora chuckled a bit. Luckily for him, Shikamaru heard that comment since he didn't immediately run up to Naruto.
"So you wanna play some Shogei Sora?" Shikamaru asked walking up to the green haired boy who nodded. They walked over to the nearby tree and began playing with Sora's Shogei set that he had in a scroll.
"Man those scrolls are convenient huh?" Shikamaru asked.
"Yea, Naruto-sama taught me Shun and Nana all how to use this technique. It's quite handy since sometimes, you might need to carry more things than you might think," Sora pointed out as Shikamaru nodded as Shikamaru made the first move.
"Neh, Nana-chan how long do you think Sora will last?" Shun asked.
"Probably 30 minutes if Shikamaru's as good as they claim," Nana nodded.
"How long do you think Naruto-sama will last?"
"Probably an hour, since he's getting pummeled by everyone else with questions," Nana sighed, while shun crossed his arms.
"WILL YOU GUYS STOP ASKING ME STUFF?!?!?!?!?!?!" Naruto screamed as everyone that was asking him stuff immediately shut up. Naruto walked over to the shadow dome put his hands on the dome and released the jutsu. Naruto then pulled out another hooded cloak from his backpack and immediately put it back on. As the dome disappeared, the Tsuchikage appeared behind the dome and his Ninja army all fully healed and ready to go.
"Arigato gonzaimasu, Kuroikage," Onoki said as he bowed.
"No problem Onoki-sama, just doing my job," Kuroi stated.
"So Kuroi, did you reveal your true identity to your friends yet?"
"Hai, Onoki-sama,"
Onoki smiled and made the ground where he stood go up so he patted Kuroi on the shoulder. "Good job boy. So when would be a good time to take Iwagakura back from Madara?"
"After some training Onoki-sama, your troops are going to need training if they couldn't hold Iwa until morning," Kuroi stated while Onoki nodded.
"I suppose that we were simply overpowered and taken by surprise, but I assure you Kuroi, we will be back with a vengeance," Onoki stated as Kuroi nodded.
"Well then, shall I take the candidate 4th Tsuchikage under my wing as well?" Kuroi asked.
"Yes please do, I believe that under your guidance and training, she'll grow into something beautiful." Onoki nodded as he called," Kira Hoshimiko! Front and center." Almost immediately a woman in a dirtied white jacket and blue pants appeared. She had silky smooth light green hair and red contradicting eyes. "Onoki-sama you called?"
"Kira-san, this is your new sensei, the Kuroikage," Onoki said introducing the covered Naruto. Kira immediately was showered with awe and full respect of what had just happened. A few weeks ago, she was chosen by Onoki to succeed him should he fall, for her Kekkei Genkai and exceptional ninja skills shown during her time as a Jounin and ANBU, and she was only 19.
"If you'll have me Kuroi-sama, then I'd be happy to accompany you as an apprentice," Kira said kneeling on one knee.
"Stand, Kira no need to show any respect towards me, but if you want to stick with formalities, fine by me," Kuroi stated as Kira stood up again. Kuroi turned to Onoki and asked," Were will you and your army go for training?"
"If Tsunade will have us, then I'd like to split training here and Suna," Onoki stated looking at the Hokage for her answer.
"If Kuroi, recommend it, then I guess it would be best to allow you to stay in the land of fire," Tsunade stated. Everyone's eyes then turned to Kuroi," Putting the burden on me huh Tsunade-sama, well I suppose I can't say no so I'll say yes," Kuroi said sighing.
"Prefect! We will begin training now. Later Kuroi, Tsunade." Onoki said disappearing into the ground with the entire Iwa Army following suit.
"Well Well, it looks like Naruto has become quite the man," Neji said with Sasuke Kiba and Lee nodding in agreement.
"Heh, I'm not too sure about that," Kuroi said, removing his hood, revealing Naruto's head.
"It's truly good to see you again Naruto-san," Kira said smiling at Naruto.
"It is Kira, it's been awhile now has it?"
"Yes, but I guess it's not that bad seeing as I train under you now," Kira smiled.
"Shun, Nana, Sora. Come on we've got some exploring to do. Kira you're coming with us as well," Naruto said as Shun Nana and Sora, who left in the middle of a game of Shogei against Shikamaru. Sora was losing so he didn't care.
"Well, we'll be around town if you guys wanna see us," Naruto stated before continuing." See you all later,-hold up!" Naruto said just as his students could jump off. Naruto walked up to Sakura while saying," Neh Sakura-chan, it's been a while huh? Well here's something that I got from my travels, open it when you get home okay?" Naruto had taken out a scroll and handed it to a stunned Sakura. She looked at his face and was struck by awe. His dreamy face, blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, and that ever so famous and missed foxy grin of his, Sakura was star struck by a feeling she wanted more of, love.
"Well I'll see you all around!" Naruto said as he disappeared along with his team.
End Of Chapter 3
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