King of the Monkeys: Chapter 2
The next morning Konohamaru woke up full of energy, he was ecstatic. Today was the first day of real ninja training unlike the kid stuff they made them do at the academy. Now he could really show the world that he was going to become Hokage and with that thought in mind he made himself a bowl of cereal and bolted out his house and towards the training grounds in a hurry where his team would meet to begin real training.
When he finally reached the training grounds he was greeted with sight of Moegi and Udon waiting for there sensei. Moegi noticing Konohamaru's arrival and said "Good morning Konohamaru are you ready for todays training?" she questioned.
Udon noticing Konohamaru aswell said "Hey Konohamaru good morning."
Konohamaru then responded by saying. "Good morning Udon, Moegi. I can't wait to start this training and learn new jutsu!"
"That is very good to hear Konohamaru so let us begin." Ebisu said appearing behind all three of his genin. "Now first let me say this we will first begin with chakra control and master that first before we move on. So for today we practice walking on water to the point were it becomes natural."
"Come on we already know how to walk across water." Konohamaru exclaimed.
"Yeah we already learned that at the academy." Moegi agreed.
"If you insist then show me how good you are to see if you're as good as you claim." Ebisu countered. "You three must create as much clones as you can while standing on the water's surface. If you can do this then we will move on."
"Alright let's get this done already so we can learn new jutsu."
The four of them then proceeded to the river that was near by and the three genin took their places. Then when they were set they created 4 shadow clones each while maintaining their balance on the water. "See we told we could do it." bragged Konohamaru.
"Well then fine, now I will teach you about the five different types of chakra natures there are because yesterday none of you seemed to have knowledge on what your own chakra nature is. Now there are five basic natures, fire which beats wind, wind which beats lightning, lightning which beats earth, earth which beats water, and water which beats fire. These are the five chakra nature and their corresponding strength and weaknesses. Every person is born with at least one chakra nature and those who are born with two have a kekkai genkai where they combine the two natures to form a new one. It is also possible that you can learn another nature. Most jounins such as myself have two chakra natures. Now today we will find out which chakra natures each of you have with this chakra paper." He took out the paper and held it between to fingers. He then concentrated his chakra and the paper split into two halves then caught fire and turned to ash. "You will have to concentrate your chakra to your hand that's holding your paper."
"What how did you do that?" The three genin questioned.
"The paper split into two because I have a wind nature and it burned because I also have a fire nature. If you have a water nature the paper would get wet, earth would turn to dust, and lightning would cause the paper to wrinkle. Now it's your turn Moegi." Moegi took the paper and concentrated her chakra and the paper got wet and soggy. "Looks like you have a water nature now you Udon." Udon repeated the process and his paper turned to dust. "You have an earth nature Udon now it's your turn Konohamaru." He too repeated the process and his paper first turned to dust then a small fire burst through the dust burning it. "Ah just like your grandfather Lord Hokage you have fire and earth natures."
"Yeah I'm on my way in becoming Hokage! Now what do we do since we now know our chakra types. Will you teach some really cool fire and earth jutsu?"
"Were going to be learning new jutsu's yeah I can't wait." exclaimed Moegi.
"Well you are partly correct except I can't teach you Moegi and Udon since I don't have the water and earth natures. I will however will be able to teach Konohamaru some fire jutsu's."
"Then how will me and Moegi train if you can"t help us?" Udon questioned.
"With these," Ebisu brought out two scrolls with the symbol for water and earth on them. "These scrolls contain many jutsu's of the labeled element from D-rank to A-rank jutsu's. Although I suggest starting with the D-rank jutsu's first, they will be easier to use then the higher ranked jutsu's alright. Now you two start practicing where I can still see you and tell you what you're doing right or wrong. Alright?" The two nodded and took their respective scrolls and went of to train.
"So Ebisu sensei what will you teach me first?" Konohamaru asked.
"First is the Fire Style: Phoenix Flower jutsu. Now do as I do." Ebisu did the hand signs and many small fire balls came out and hit a near by boulder creating many scorch marks were it was hit. "That was a simple C-rank fire jutsu but is capable of hitting multiple targets Konohamaru. Now you try."
Konohamaru did the hand signs and he spat out many small fire balls aswell. "That jutsu is to easy give me a stronger more difficult one."
Ebisu sighed I also guess he inherited Lord Thirds ability at learning quick he thought. "Alright then how about this one." He did the hand signs for the Fire Style: Dragon Flame jutsu another C-rank technique. A steady flame came out of Ebisu's mouth and hit the boulder. After a couple of seconds he ended the jutsu and said "This jutsu is another C-rank one where you can keep it going for as long as you have chakra or the enemy is defeated. Now try it Konohamaru."
Konohamaru grinned excitedly at Ebisu and did the same jutsu and the same result happened. Konohamaru was able to do the jutsu as Ebisu did. "Come on sensei that was still to easy for me I need something more challenging to learn."
"Fine this will be your strongest jutsu for a while. It is another C-rank jutsu but you can make it stronger and bigger by putting more chakra into so you can increase its size and power. Now let me show you the difference." Ebisu did the hand signs for the Fire Style: Great Fireball technique and a fireball about three feet wide and four feet tall hit the boulder. "This is what I mean by make it stronger." He did the same hand signs but applied more chakra. This time the fireball was six feet wide and eight feet tall. "Now show me what you can do."
Konohamaru did the hand signs for the Fire Style: Great Fireball technique using the smallest amount of chakra which resulted in a fireball three feet wide and long. Now Konohamaru used more chakra and the fireball was five feet wide and tall. "Cool I can make the biggest fireball ever. At this rate I will become Hokage in no time!" he cheered. "So whats the next jutsu your going to show me?" he questioned.
"Well that's enough fire jutsu's for today don't forget you also have an earth nature chakra aswell, so now we go over to Udon first so we can begin your earth style training, alright."
"Fine let's go." Konohamaru said while dashing towards where Udon supposed to have gone. When they finally got to the area, their were fissures and boulders everywhere but no Udon. Konohamaru decided to go look for him when all of a sudden a hand grabbed him by his ankle which caused Konohamaru to scream only until Udon's head popped out from underneath the ground. "DON'T Ever DO THAT AGAIN MAN YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A FREAKING HEART ATTACK." Konohamaru yelled. Udon chuckled at Konohamaru's reaction.
Hearing the scream Moegi and Ebisu rushed over to see Udon with half of his body in the ground holding Konohamaru's ankle. "What happened Konohamaru?" Ebisu questioned. Both Udon and Konohamaru both looked at each other and said a quick "Nothing" in unison.
"Anyway Udon I want you to help Konohamaru learn some earth style jutsu's." Udon nodded and proceeded to do hand signs for the Hiding Like a Mole jutsu and he burrowed underground. After a few moments Udon resurfaced at a different place. "Alright now it's you try Konohamaru." He did the same hand signs and he too went underground and came back up.
"How is this jutsu supposed to help me become Hokage." Konohamaru complained.
"It could help you dodge very powerful jutsu's if you couldn't dodge fast enough you could go underground to dodge. It could also be good for recon missions where we need to use stealth." stated Udon. "Anyways this jutsu should be more useful in a fight. It forms a dome made of earth around you for protection."Udon proceeded to do the hand signs for the Earth Style: Earth Dome jutsu, the rocks started to mix combine together and formed a dome over Udon's body. After a few moments he released the jutsu and the rocks disintegrated into dirt. "Now you try it." Konohamaru did it and had the same result but his was much more thicker. "Wow Konohamaru you got it on your first try this one took me five tries until I was able to do it properly and still mine is smaller than yours."
"I am just a natural at learning jutsu's I guess, anyways did you learn anymore jutsu's to that you can teach me?" Udon shook his head with a no and was about to ask for the scroll when Ebisu cut in and said "That is enough now you each must continue practicing with the jutsu's you have already learned for the rest of the training session."
They all nodded and went about their training to perfect their jutsu's. They kept training for the next 5 hours. They had finished practice at 6 in the afternoon and they were all exhausted. Ebisu came over and said "Alright after this first week we will train twice in a row then go on missions but I will hold off on missions till after this week of training, but in any case you all deserve a break so you are all free tomorrow. Goodbye." he said then left in a cloud of smoke.
"So we should hang out tomorrow since we have a break tomorrow." Moegi asked.
"Nah I can't I have to do more training tomorrow. Uncle Asuma is going to give me tips on how to use chakra blades, although he said he wouldn't be able to train me and make sure I do it right but that's why I'm training tomorrow, and speaking of Asuma I have to go meet him bye." he yelled bolting towards the weapon shop and waving behind him.
When the store came into view Asuma wasn't here waiting for him so he thought maybe he had went inside to wait. So with that he went inside the store. There was a variety of weapons he's seen before and some that were completely new to him, he was so absorbed into viewing the weapons he didn't see the man standing in front of him.
"Hey Konohamaru you gotta stop bumping into to people." scowled Asuma. "Anyways were here to buy you your very own chakra blades right?" Konohamaru nodded. "So what type of chakra nature do you have?"
"I have a fire and an earth chakra type."
"Oh okay so you're gonna have to get the chakra blades that can withstand a high amount of heat and be durable." So they went over to the owner if they had any chakra blades that were very durable and had a resistance for fire and they did. They were directed towards the back of the store.
"So how do you use chakra blades Uncle Asuma?" Konohamaru questioned.
"Uh you just concentrate your chakra into the blade. The blades are made from a special metal that absorb the users chakra which causes the chakra to extend and increase the length and the blades destructive power. You will need great chakra control to use these. You have to apply a constant amount of chakra and then to make it bigger you just add larger amount of chakra." After his brief explanation Konohamaru picked out his own chakra blades and Asuma paid for it. When they got out the store Asuma remembered the scroll he was supposed to give Konohamaru. He looked through his pockets and pulled it out and tossed it to his nephew. "You should probably go over the scroll in you free time and not now, Hiruzen said that this would help you become a strong ninja, anyways just keep doing what I told you to use chakra blades and then I might be able to teach you when I'm free so see you later." he said then walked off to Kurenai's house.
Konohamaru put the scroll away and put on his chakra blades and made his way to the park so he could get a feel on how to use the chakra blades. At first it took him awhile untill he realized it was kinda like making a Rasengan except you didn't have to shape the chakra into a ball. After this realization he was finally able to form the chakra around the blades. Konohamaru practiced hitting trees and rocks and he was impressed. It could cut through almost everything he struck but he supposed it would get stronger over time after he mastered using the chakra blades. He didn't practice long because he was still feeling exhausted from the earlier training so he went home got a quick shower, made himself a quick dinner, and went to sleep.
The next morning Konohamaru had woken up at around 10 because today was a free day so he didn't have to worry about being late for anything. He already knew what he was going to do today, he was going to train with the chakra blades the whole day. He didn't have to spend a lot of time on the other jutsu's he learned yesterday because he could already do them with little to no effort at all.
Konohamaru made himself a breakfast and got dressed to go train when he remembered the scroll Asuma gave him saying it was supposed to make him stronger. He searched through his weapon pouch and pulled out the scroll. He gave the scroll a hesitant look before opening it. At first he thought it would be a powerful jutsu that only he could do that's why his grandpa left it for him. But when he saw that it was a letter for him. He couldn't help the tears that were forming in his eyes at the memory of his deceased grandfather and how he took the time to write him a letter before he died. He dried his eyes on his sleeve and began to read.
When he was finished reading he was drenched in tears. The letter he had received caused many mixed emotions to occur in him at once happiness, sadness, anger, and even joy. He was happy because he would be getting a new summoning animal, sad because he was reminded about his grandpa's death, anger because his grandfather new he might not survive and didn't ask for help, and finally joy because his grandfather the Hokage believed that he was going to become a great ninja. After taking a breath to calm his nerves he reconfirmed his resolve to become the greatest ninja to make his grandpa proud and with that he did the instructions the scroll had given him. The letter had instructions for him to do the summoning jutsu. He practiced a couple of times before he did it and when he did he was transported to a place called Mount Saru.(Saru means monkey couldn't think of a better name like Mount Myoboku for the frogs or toads)
When Konohamaru realized he was no longer in his house he was nervous. He didn't recognize anywhere. The last thing he remembered was performing the summoning jutsu. He looked around and their were trees everywhere he looked. There barely was any space for a whole group to fit through between the branches. He didn't know where his new teacher was supposed to be.
He was snapped out of his thoughts when a brown monkey walked over to him and started talking. It said "Who are and why have you come to our homeland?" asked the monkey.
"I was told to do the summoning jutsu and was supposed to be taught by someone called Enma." After a moment he realized he might be his summoning animal. He then asked "Are you Enma my summoning animal?"
The monkey gave him an are you stupid look and answered "You really are dumb aren't you. Anyway we are on Mount Saru the Land of the Monkeys. Seeing as your supposed to meet Lord Enma I go tell him for you."
"That won't be necessary Enrow, I have been expecting him for some time now he is the grandson of Sarutobi and before he died he requested that I train his grandson and train him I shall. You are dismissed now Enrow I will take it from here." Enrow bowed his head and left.
"So you're the one the letter was talking about, the one who would train me? That's so cool I will become as strong as grandpa in no time and I will beat Naruto." Konohamaru exclaimed. "So when can we start I was planning on using this day to train anyways so what first?" he asked excitedly.
Enma looked at him for a moment then decided to say "First I will have you sign a blood contract with us so you can summon us when you want. After that I will train you after we had a spar so I can see your skills and I warn you it will not be an easy task."
"Alright let's go already." and with that they headed towards Enma's home where Konohamaru would sign his summoning contract with monkeys. When they reached Enma's wooden house he entered and motioned for him to aswell and so he followed him inside. The inside was very spacious and had bananas in one corner and surprisingly had a shelf too lined with a whole bunch of scrolls and books.
Enma went over to the shelf and picked up a scroll that read contracts on it and went over to a table in the room. He then motioned Konohamaru to come over to him. "Alright boy put some of your blood on the inside of the box drawing." he pointed to the indicated spot. Konohamaru did what he was instructed, he bit his thumb and whipped his blood in the designated area. After that the scroll started to glow then suddenly his name appeared on a list of names written in black ink. "Now you will be able to summon any one of us at any time, but don't make it a habit." he warned. "Alright then now it's time for that spar. Follow me to my backyard."
When they stepped outside they're was a vast space with bamboo that were ten feet high which went on for miles in seemingly every direction. "Uh Enma where are we supposed to spar if there is no ground to fight on." Enma just pointed to the vast bamboo field. "What, you mean we have to spar on those!" he exclaimed pointing towards the bamboo.
Enma nodded and said "This will help you master chakra control while in a fight so you can make the most out of any amount of chakra during a fight, Sarutobi did this and I thought you said you wanted to surpass him, well we start with this." He then leapt onto the bamboo fields waiting for his opponent to follow. Konohamaru then quickly followed by running up the length of a bamboo. "Do not hold back boy and the first to fall off the bamboo and hit the ground loses." he said while getting into his taijutsu stance.
Alright I can do this Konohamaru thought while taking out his chakra blades and running chakra through it. The chakra extended the blade four inches long and then he leapt into attack mode. Running on bamboo tops was very difficult Konohamaru thought while stumbling a couple of times. When he finally reached Enma who hadn't moved so far Konohamaru swung at Enma's head but was easily knocked away and was given a swift kick to the back. Konohamaru was sent flying towards the bamboo head first but has able to recover before he hit the ground and climbed back up.
This time he was going to win in numbers so he said "Shadow Clone Jutsu." Five Konohamaru's appeared and they all charged. Enma easily sidestepped all of them and used his tail to grab the last one in a choke hold. The clone disappeared and the rest charged again but this time he fought them all in taijutsu. He punched the first Konohamaru in the gut and chopped another in the neck all while dodging the remaining chakra blades. After more futile attempts Enma spun on his tail kicking away the remaining clones. All of the clones were eliminated.
"Alright that's it you asked for it Fire Style: Phoenix Flower jutsu." Twenty small-sized fireballs came out of Konohamaru's and were speeding towards Enma. Enma easily batted all of them away with ease. Konohamaru gritted his teeth and did the Fire Style: Dragon Flame jutsu. A steady fire stream came out of his mouth and hit Enma. After awhile he ended the jutsu just to see bamboo fragments where Enma used to stand. Konohamaru was at a loss for words he did a substitution. Konohamaru couldn't so much as graze him much less beat him.
"Is that all you've got I'm getting bored so let's finish this." And with that he appeared behind Konohamaru and karate chopped him in the neck sending him flying towards the ground. All of a sudden the Konohamaru he hit disappeared and their were two more Konohamaru's charging at him with the "RASENGAN" he yelled. Enma quickly caught both Konohamaru's wrist and threw him towards the ground. Enma then jumped down to make sure the boy was still alive and he was just very bruised. "We shall begin training later once my medics have you healed. After that we will first work on your physical body which includes speed and taijutsu because it is dangerously lacking in skill. Once I think your ready to move on then we will work on your ninjutsu although you seen to have an aptitude for ninjutsu, and finally we may work on collaboration technique's once and if I consider you to be my partner, now you are my pupil and that's it and it will remain that way untill you can prove to me other-wise. Understand?" Konohamaru could only nod his head. These next few months would be very hard and challenging but afterwards it would all be worth it.
Authors Note:
Please review, comment, tips, and criticism, but please be nice about it this is my first story I am new. Anyways please review.
Also can you give me ideas on Hanabi's character because she's going to make an appearance and I don't know much about her at all so please if you can help me out.