Hey guys before I jump into the chapter I want to thank you guys for the reviews and suggestions! Now I am going to respond to some reviews from the previous chapter so thanks for leaving your comments and I will try to respond to them here or over pm.
Dragon Country: First thing I want to say is thank you for seeing how I am developing Minato. Ai is a favorite of mine but no matter who ends up in a relationship with Naruto don't expect the conversion to being a dark character to be an easy one. To answer your question I don't really plan to make it a large harem story (3+) so my max really is 3 but it would have to be coupled with great reasons for me to consider it. I just don't see myself writing a Naruto story with a mass harem and get my story along with it. I love your considerations for Fuu and Tayuya but for this story there is a greater role for whoever I pick; so it's not just about sex, it's also about influence, resources, and power for Naruto to use. I really like your contribution and reasoning so dude keep it coming and force me to stay on my toes. Plus DING-DING-DING WE HAVE A WINNER. You nailed it on the head as you will see in this chapter so good on you mate.
Lucianourg: I love reading Naruto harem fics but it is different writing them. I can definitely get two or three of your suggestions in the story if other people feel the same way. I won't try to start something I can't finish so if I did do a large harem I feel like each character would get watered-down and I would try to over-compensate with sex and that would get away from the story I am writing. BUT seriously your suggestion would make a good harem for another story.
Guest #3: Now if I gave away all those answers then I would be telling :P and consider your vote counted even if you don't have a profile. Thanks for the compliment and hopefully I can keep coming out with stuff quickly.
conquer908: Minato's confused feelings are a major point of what I am trying to convey. I don't want him to be completely dark. Naruto whether he like it or not will be staying and even if he tells himself that it's the Kyuubi he just cannot ignore his child especially when Naruto is working so hard to be something noticeable rather than being a forgotten part of Minato's past mistake. I like Anko as a character for dark Naruto as well but I won't use her in my story not because she is over used but rather she would push Naruto in a different direction than I plan.
BTW the pairings poll is still up so hurry and get your suggestions in because I plan to work fast to establish the relationships early. With that said no matter what goes down with the chapter no pairing is certain. Check out the bottom AN if you want a say in the future of this story.
Thanks for reading and enjoy!
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Something You Can't Ignore
Chapter 3: Becoming Stronger
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Naruto spent a few more seconds to examine the armor until he went over to the table with the scroll and the sword. He decided to wait to open the scroll until he explored the rest of the area so he looked around and notice there were three doors on each wall surrounding the main room. He went past the table with the scroll and the sword and straight into the room behind it only to find a small bedroom for one with a large closet and a night stand with a lit candle on it.
Well that wasn't as exciting as I thought, but it's way bigger than my old room! He closed the door and looked to his left and then his right to see which door would have something cooler behind it. He then just shrugged knowing it did not really matter which door he opened if so he headed to the one on the right to find what he guessed was the training room.
The room was weird to say the least there was white tiled floor with holes in it surrounded by water on all sides in trenches forming a sort of moat. He also noticed that there were three training logs in the front of the tiled floor set in a staggering pattern. He decided to take a closer look so he took off his shirt and jumped in the trench in front of him and swam the short distance to the floor. It was not until he hit the first tile that something went wrong.
The poles began advancing on him and he began to move to get out of the way when they continued to move in a set pattern so he was able to avoid them quite easily. "HA is that all you got!" He would immediately regret his words when the floor underneath him began to rumble and water began to shoot out of the holes randomly keeping on his toes.
"Come on I didn't really mean it!" Things got serious when he slipped and the hole nearby shot out and skimmed his arm and created a small gash along his arm. He recognized how powerful the water coming out of the holes was so he quickly decided to get out of there. He bolted toward the exit when the other half of the training floor folded up making a wall pointing all the holes at him ready to jet the highly pressurized water into his back.
I can't reach the door in time I need to do something! Naruto turned to face the wall when he noticed that the jets of water were already on their way to kill him. I hope this works… Naruto roared out at the incoming jets and slammed both of his hands together interlocking his fingers which pulled the water from the nearby trenches to create a water wall preventing the jets from attacking Naruto.
"That was awesome!" He dropped his hands and watched as his water wall fall and the floor readjust itself. He decided that he had enough excitement for the day and headed out of the training room. Shaking his head to get the water out his ears he put on his torn black shirt that was lying next to the entrance to the room. I really need some more clothes.
Naruto walked across the room towards the last room only to find the mother lode figuratively speaking. "Look at all these scrolls!" Naruto was now giddy and ran to the cabinet with clear glass doors and several shelves of scrolls. He took a handful and pushed all the other notes on the desk nearby off to the side. He opened one to find Suiton: Water Dragon Bullet. Naruto was excited since it sounded really powerful but realized he had no idea how to even attempt it.
"What is elemental manipulation? Wait 44 frickin' hand signs?! I don't even know any of these why are they animals anyways?" Naruto huffed knowing he was going to have to learn all the basics before he could try to learn the more advanced techniques. Now where was he going to learn all this stuff? Suddenly he got it. "The Library!" But I can't go out like this. Let me see if there is something in the bedroom.
Naruto entered the bedroom to find the closet only to open it up and find nothing but a rack of long sleeve black shirts with white fur collars. This is seriously all he wore… (Sigh). What was I going to expect a closet full of clothes for a seven year old? Naruto closed the door and began to walk out the armory when he remembered that he did not read the scroll in the main room yet.
He approached the table and began to unravel the scroll only to find what would shock him. "This will most likely be my last message to pass on seeing as we are entering the peak of the war. I plan to take my team along with a few extra ninja I can trust in. If I can't tell anyone before I die I want Saru to become the next Hokage. Saru, if you are reading this, protect those that love the village and those who believe in you. Nurture those to whom you can entrust the next generation. Likely at the end of the next mission you will be the next Hokage. Saru…take care of the Hidden Leaf! To anyone else that has found this place, friend or foe to the Hidden Leaf, know that if you came here for power you will not find it for my power never came completely from my own skills but rather built upon the principles of a clan of water wielders greater than I. The Uzumaki clan and the Senju have always had close ties seeing how nii-san got to marry Mito Uzumaki (nii-san was always a fool considering the first time they met he had to make a wood style joke that did not go well with the elders but somehow he made her happy so I guess he came through for the clan in the end). Thanks to this marriage the clans came closer together; however, the clans were naturally too different to exchange jutsu due to the fact that the Uzumaki's bloodline was activated in only a few people at the time and only I in the clan could follow in their footsteps thanks to my unnaturally high water affinity. However, only nii-san was able to manipulate wood and few in our clan had a unique skill to share with the Uzumaki so the treaty was just a show for a peace that had been there decades before, however it was unfortunate that none of our clan learned the Uzumaki seals. So those who come here in search of power will find themselves empty-handed with nothing other than my material possessions that are useless to me now. Know that my soul lives on through the techniques I created alongside the Uzumaki and those who wield their great power will become strong in body, but to be strong in the mind one must realistic by nature, a logic-based personality that leads him to believe firmly in laws above anything else in terms of keeping peace and order, must be strong-spirited, and passionate like the water they wield. –Tobirama Senju"
Naruto just stared at the scroll in his hands as rage build in him. "What wait the Senju and the Uzumaki were close? Then why?" flashbacks of Minato charging at him with his Rasengan and the day he was beaten in the street and seeing his hero turn away from him when he needed help the most. The countless times he wished he could escape from the orphanage. That night after he made the hole and he collapsed feeling like when he would meet Minato he would save him from all his pain. Then the lies he gave in his office only to chase him in the storm and try to kill him.
"Is it because I'm a demon? Is that why they abandoned me? Is it because I was weak? Was it because I was worthless?" Naruto grabbed the sword of the thunder god and charged it ready to destroy the scroll and anything in reach. He stopped just inches away from the scroll, lightning was crackling violently ready to destroy anything in its way. "No…no…this is how I will grow strong enough to shove back…the greatest revenge is massive success and be greater them than they could ever be and take what he loves dear."
Naruto put the scroll on the table and balled his fist swearing to himself to outdo any Senju through the powers of the Uzumaki and the soul of Tobirama guiding him through his personal techniques. He was going to grow strong and become greater than anyone even the fourth Hokage held by everyone to be a hero. He walked out of the armory to go begin gathering power by first getting knowledge.
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Hours Later
Naruto returned looking like a new person. He was wearing a short sleeve royal blue karate gi with a light blue lining over an armor fishnet undershirt partially shown as the gi was loosely tied by a solid white belt along with solid black pants. However the most noticeable change about him was the seemingly permanently cool expression on his face as he entered the armory and into the library.
He pulled off the backpack from his shoulders and held it upside down to drop all the books he had stolen from the library onto the table top. "Beginner's guide to chakra control, Understanding the Elements of Chakra Nature, History of the Elemental Nations…." Naruto said out loud going through a checklist that he thought was going to be taught at the academy as he looked through the library for the academies' section for students who could not afford to purchase the books.
His face held a smirk as he was glad that he had all these new books seeing as the only thing he could really do in the orphanage was read and books were rarely 'given' to the demon. Naruto had to steal any books that were left around and hide them in the hole in the side of the room
"Well you got to start somewhere but I believe the most useful one right now is the survival guide seeing how I can't just continually slip into town for a meal run." Naruto propped himself in the chair next to the table, propped his feet on the table, and began to read late into the night until he fell a sleep with the book on his face.
The next morning Naruto yawned as he noticed that his candle ran out overnight and got up and began to stretch his usual stretches to keep his body active when he was not allowed outside. "What sucks about this place is that there is no way to tell what time it is."
He left the library with the survival book in hand along with a couple of kunai and a roll of wire stringthat he got from the same weapons store where he stole his outfit from. He took a deep breath of the fresh air of the northern forest and enjoyed the rustling of the leaves as all he had heard all his life were the yells of others and the loud noises of the village.
"Well let's hope I don't mess this up too badly." Naruto then proceeded deeper into the forest determined to collect breakfast or starve trying. Naruto looked for rabbit trails and found one after a few minutes and began to form his snare to place along the trail. After an hour there were multiple snares along the trails nearby as he sat in a tree overseeing the traps when he noticed a pack of rabbits coming to them.
Come on you dumbasses get into the traps I'm so hungry! The majority of rabbits avoided the obvious traps but two got caught by their feet. Naruto dropped down from the tree and tried to throw both kunai at the same time but completely missed. He sighed knowing that he would not suddenly become a marksmen by picking up the kunai.
He picked up both kunai and readied to kill the rabbits when he stopped inches away as he hesitated as it would be the first time he would have to kill to survive and he knew this only be the first time in a long future of death. He steeled his seven year old heart and killed the both of them and prepared the fire pit to roast them.
After breakfast Naruto picked at the flaming coals of the fire and began to wonder how he was going to fulfill his self-promise to become great when others had a head start with clan training. That's loser talk! I am going to be the best through hard work and become a legend as an Uzumaki! Naruto whipped off the dirt on his blue gi and headed to the armory to set up a schedule.
This looks pretty good I guess. Then again I have never trained to be a ninja before. Naruto was sitting in the library looking over his schedule.
8:00 am Wake up
8:15 am Hunting/Breakfast
9:15 am Shuriken and Kunai Training
10:15 am Workout
1. 25 Push-ups
2. 50 Yard Handwalk
3. Jump Rope- 500 Times
4. 50 Straight Punches to Training Log (Each Side)
5. 50 Roundhouse Kicks to Training Log (Each Side)
6. 100 Squats
7. 5 x 50 Yard Sprints
8. 2 Sets of 90 Degree Sprints
1:00pm Cool Down and Calisthenics
1:30 pm Shower and Lunch
2:00 pm Reading
- Beginnings of Chakra
- Chakra Control
- History of the Elemental Nations
- Academy Manual on Taijutsu
- Academy Manual on Ninjutsu
- Academy Manual on Genjutsu
5:00 pm Taijutsu Training with Jets off
6:00 pm Taijutsu and Evasion Training with Jets On
7:00 pm Meditation and Chakra Control Exercises
8:00 pm Bloodline Training
- Manipulation outside of dangerous situations
- Lifting Water and Shape Manipulation
- Moving streams of water around obstacles while maintaining shape.
10:00 pm Sleep
"Yeah this looks ok until I can start classes and learn about channeling chakra through hand signs and then I can start the jutsu in the library!" Naruto said out loud as he felt tired and headed to the bedroom to get sleep because it was getting late and he had a long month before the academy started. He mentally reaffirmed his promise and fell into the bed after setting the alarm on the night stand. I swear on the Uzumaki name I will make them pay for hurting me!
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One Month Later
As the alarm clock blared Naruto's sharp blue eyes opened and he quickly turned it off. He slowly walked toward the closet and put on his gi and black pants then proceed to the full body mirror as he looked at his reflection to make sure he was ready. He slowly opened a jar with red paint and streaked his face with the paint the same way Tobirama did as he passed his unknown ancestor's "coming of age" ceremony similar to the Uchiha yesterday, but rather than the clan's symbol on his back he wore the same war paint Tobirama wore as child with only thin short streaks on his chin and cheeks.
"It is time." Naruto quickly left out of the armory and closed the entrance with the heavy cement cover then quickly leapt toward to the academy with his only thoughts being to be the best. To be greater than my peers. To show how great the Uzumaki clan is. To be something that can't be ignored.
Naruto swiftly entered the village and went into the academy at his own pace maintaining his cool exterior, he stopped in front of a busy secretary who was dealing with a mountain of paperwork to process all the new students and those returning for their later years. "Excuse me ma'am where do the first year students report to?" Naruto asked calmly.
She simply said a room number without looking up to see what child asked this time. Kids these days are always getting lost. How are they going to be ninja when they can't find a classroom? Bah not my issue. Naruto walked away and headed toward the room as he was beginning to get nervous. Were they going to turn him away? Did the Hokage sign him up or not? These questions plagued his mind until a red blur sprinted by him and would have bumped into if he was the same as he was last month.
"Sorry, but I am going too late on my first day!" The red blur turned when she said that and he remembered her from the day of the storm. So she is here as well I wonder what that means. Naruto just shrugged not thinking much on it since he had no idea who she was. Well better get to class…
Iruka was running through the attendance when he notice two names were absent and both were big names. Where is Hokage-sama's daughter and…him? Iruka was going to mark them absent when the door suddenly opened to reveal a slightly out of breath Ai Senju. "I'm here sensei, tou-san just had some speech to give me about growing up so fast or some nonsense like that."
"Well I am so glad you graced us with your presence." Iruka made an over dramatic bow which caused her to blush brightly. Seeing that he had embarrassed his student enough he told her to sit down in an empty seat when Ai looked up to see her best friend. "SATSUKI-CHAN YOU'RE IN HERE TOO!" She quickly scaled the stairs and sat next to her best friend Satsuki Uchiha.
They were best friends from since they were little girls…well littler girls, since age two, because their mothers were best friends since they were together on the same genin team. They were both friends and rivals seeing as it started over a year ago when Satsuki passed the Uchiha "coming of age" ceremony by mastering the Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu and would not stop showing off her Uchiha crest on the back of her black high collared shirt.
Of course this caused Ai to complain to her parents all day and say how Satsuki was getting better than her and that she could not let an Uchiha out do her as an official Senju. Minato was caught off guard by her statement but he could tell she was joking yet serious at the same time so after a while he found her a C-rank jutsu on par with the Fireball Jutsu and like the prodigy she was she learned it just as quickly so the day after she learned it she went to show it off.
Satsuki was wondering why her friend would bring her out to the Uchiha Lake when she noticed the big smile on her best friend's face meaning she was up to something. She asked what was going on but only sighed with a small smile on her face as Ai was talking excitedly about learning a new jutsu, but not telling her what it was.
Shaking herself from her memories she smiled at her over-enthusiastic friend as she began to talk her ear off about everything from breakfast to her last training session with her mother. We are like complete opposites yet I love being around her. She is like a sister to me since nii-san is always too busy with Anbu stuff. Satsuki just began to nod occasionally during Ai's one way discussion on the wonders of ramen with stars in her eyes as the door slowly opened with a blonde in a loose blue gi that only made his blue eyes look even sharper than normal.
"Naruto Uzumaki reporting for class." He said smoothly in a relaxed posture but Iruka could see that his eyes were sharp looking for any aggressive behavior or deceit from his future sensei. Iruka looked a little peeved seeing that this was the second dramatic entrance which interrupting him from starting the lesson. "Yes, Naruto please take an empty seat so we can begin class." Iruka could care less that he was the rumored demon child seeing as long he did not interrupt his class he could teach the other children in class.
Naruto calmly walked up the row as he looked around to see a majority of the clan's heirs here seeing as they all wore their clan's symbol making it easy for him. This is excellent. I will become the best of the best here no matter what it takes. He looked to the top right row where the redhead that he had seen before was pointing to the empty chair next to her as the dark haired girl next to her refused to make eye contact with him but he did not think much on it.
"Is this seat taken?" Naruto asked and before he took it the dark haired girl spoke up. "Hn. As if a commoner such as yourself could sit next to elites like us." Naruto gave an icy look to the girl who was looking out the window while the redhead was berating her friend for being mean to the new classmate but even she held her doubts of a non-clan ninja.
"Don't listen to Satsuki-chan she is just being mean please sit next to me there really are no other seats. My name is Ai Senju and my emo girlfriend is Satsuki Uchiha." Naruto who was facing a speaking Iruka with his hands interlocked trying to avoid speaking to them began to grip his hands tighter together at the mention of the Senju. The first step to becoming better is to soundly defeat and dominate their rival. What luck that they are best friends as well.
Naruto just grunted in response like an Uchiha drawing a raised eyebrow from both girls but they ignored the blonde boy until Satsuki decided to speak up again. "What's with the red war paint are you trying to copy the Nidaime Hokage?" "Yeah what's with copying my great granduncle?" Iruka however seemed to intervene as he said they were going to begin ranking the students by a sparring tournament to begin with then a kunai accuracy test to test how far along the class was before they begin the year.
"You will see soon enough." Was all he said as he walked outside towards the sparring grounds. Meanwhile the clan heiresses could not suppress their interest in the blonde. As soon as they all were outside Iruka began calling out matches however it would be until the clan matches that they would pick up. Kiba was running through the competition with his fast pace Inuzuka style taijutsu whereas Sastuki would wait for the opponent and deliver powerful counters to their obvious openings in her Interceptor style.
The real story was Ai seeing how she was swiftly defeating her opponents without even running out of breath with her taijutsu from the Senju clan. At the end of each other's matches the Senju and Uchiha heiress shared a cocky smirk knowing their clan training was taking them to the top and it would be decided between them who would be number 1.
Iruka called both Kiba and Naruto to the sparring circle to get ready for their match. Kiba was bouncing on his toes ready to beat another one of these clan less losers. "Hurry up so I can beat you! I don't have time for losers like you." And I have to impress Ai-chan and Satsuki-chan. Yes, our Inuzuka friend could not bring himself to choose one of the beautiful clan heiresses so he swiftly decided that since he was an alpha dog he should get the best and he should not have to choose between him
Naruto could see his excitement and could hardly hold back his own but he casually entered the sparing circle and assumed a taijutsu stance where he held both of his fists under his shoulders and held a 50-50 stance creating a mental centerline dividing Naruto's stance in half
"Naruto Uzumaki vs Kiba Inazuka. Ready? Begin!" Iruka leapt away as Kiba charged at Naruto with a wide right hook as Naruto saw him coming a mile away. He calmed himself and thought on the taijutsu scroll he found in the armory's library. "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water if you put water in the cup it becomes the cup, if you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle, you put it into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."
Naruto met Kiba's right fist with a fierce elbow and traced Kiba's quick follow up left jab with his other elbow. Kiba backed off a little to shake out the pain in his hands before he lunged out at Naruto who had yet to move from his original stance.
Water can flow. Naruto followed Kiba's straight punch and fluidly shifted his stance bringing his left arm across his center line and moved Kiba's punch away from his body. Or it can crash! There! Naruto quickly delivered a six inch punch to Kiba's nose causing him to get a bloody nose.
Kiba instinctively lashed out wildly as his other hand went to his nose to stop the bleeding, but to Naruto it was already checkmate. He dipped under Kiba's wild punch and delivered a rapid series of blows to Kiba's stomach causing him to hunch over. Naruto finished the fight by crouching down and delivering a powerful back kick to his jaw sending him flying backwards and landing on his face to taste both defeat and the dirt.
"Winner Naruto Uzumaki!" Iruka yelled out to bring the other students out of their trance at Naruto's elegant display of taijutsu. That stance and poise was top notch I have never seen it before. Naruto left his stance and headed back to the tree near the circle to wait for his next match. As he walked back only one thing was on the Uchiha and Senju heiresses mind. He never moved from his original spot! This will be a good fight. The anticipation was in the air for them as they were excited to fight this mysterious blonde.
Naruto could feel all eyes on him since he just soundly defeated a clan heir even though he was a non-clan student, which should not have been possible. This is what I wanted, it feels great, the fear and the anticipation for another fight. I am getting chills just waiting for the next fight. He did not have to wait long as Iruka called out the next match.
"Naruto Uzumaki vs Satsuki Uchiha!" Satsuki grunted to Ai's encouragement and prepared to show her peers just how an elite defeats an opponent. They both faced off in the center when Satsuki decided to get into Naruto's head.
"You should give up now. There is no way you can defeat an Uchiha elite especially me a clan heiress!" Naruto looked blankly at her causing her to get her angrier at him. "You know you never answered why you have the Nidaime Hokage's marks." Everyone looked to Naruto even Iruka was interested in why Naruto was wearing the iconic war paint.
He just sighed and assumed his stance as did Satsuki in her interceptor fist. "Show me the full power of the Uchiha clan and if you force my hand I will show you the reason why I earned these stripes." Satsuki was angered by his statement because he basically said he was above the clan and that she only might force his hand. I am going to beat him to a pulp for dishonoring my clan!
"Ready? Begin!" Satsuki rushed at Naruto at a much faster speed than Kiba so he had to move from his spot or risk being taken down too early. Satsuki quickly got inside his guard and delivered a swift punch to his gut followed by an elbow to the back of the skull leaving Naruto flat on his face. "Hn. I knew you were all talk. Iruka-sensei call the match he won't be getting up anytime soon."
Just as Iruka was going to call the match in her favor he heard laughing from the previously thought knocked out boy. "Haha you really thought that it was over? Come. Now I know how soft your blows really are." As soon he finished that sentence she rocketed with rage in her coal eyes toward Naruto and Naruto sped right at her as well to begin a flurry of punches in the middle of the sparring circle. I can't keep this up much longer, I must show him the power of an Uchiha elite.
Satsuki quickly disengaged and began hand signs for her jutsu before Iruka could stop the match. Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger. Here it is! "Satsuki-chan don't!" Ai yelled out trying to stop her friend from seriously hurting her classmate. "Fire Release: Fireball Jutsu!" Satsuki released a large orb of roaring flame directly at Naruto, but when Iruka was about to jump in Naruto began to hold a hand sign. This is it come on Naruto! Tiger! "Water Release: Gunshot!"
Naruto released a similarly sized orb of water to meet Satsuki's Fireball Jutsu which created a large steam fog in the sparing circle. Satsuki was in shock not from her using a deadly jutsu but from the surprise that this no name classmate could match her jutsu. Naruto decided to capitalize on her hesitation and sprinted across the steam fog and delivered a sweeping move to get her off her feet and went down to punch but held it right in front of her face.
Satsuki was looking right into Naruto's eyes when she noticed something. Those eyes…they are full of anger. At me? No they are not for me but for who then? Naruto got off of her and proceeded to walk off leaving a stunned Satsuki being helped up by Ai. "Don't worry about it Satsuki-chan, you could not have known he could use a water jutsu! I will get him for you the next time we fight!" Satsuki shook herself out of her thoughts and nodded to her friend and bumped fists with her.
"Yeah you better beat him or you will give the Senju a bad name and we might not get ramen after school today." Ai suddenly got emotional at the thought of losing her ramen, but got serious at the end and gave her a confident smirk showing Satsuki she had no plans of losing.
"Alright last match! Ai Senju vs Naruto Uzumaki! Come meet in the center and we will begin the final match!" Naruto took a deep breath and kept a blank face but his eyes could not hold back his feelings about the upcoming match. I can't get caught up in my emotions or I will lose this match. Now I only have one more Gunshot in me left and maybe enough charka for my other jutsu if I conserve on the Gunshot. Well no use thinking about it now it's time.
There is no way I am going to lose! I have to defend Satsuki and my clan name! I don't know what tou-san would say if he knew I lost to a clan less student. Ai's thoughts were on never giving up so she could live up to her clan name. Funny enough Naruto's thoughts were similar as the tension in the air rose when they made eye contact as if to say to the other that they were going all out. Iruka picking this up decided that now would be the best time to start the match.
"Ready? Begin!"
Naruto and Ai quickly got into the thick of it as Naruto had to defend against a powerful roundhouse kick to his head with both arms. Damn that is some power behind her kick. Is this the physical prowess of the Senju? Naruto dropped down and swept Ai's exposed leg and tried to follow up a punch but Ai let Naruto sweep her and she twisted to both of her palms on the ground and gave Naruto a double kick that sent him flying to the tree nearby.
Fuck! Ugh it feels like I broke a rib or something! Before Naruto could get back up Ai began to weave hand signs to the jutsu she showed off to Satsuki at the lake that day. She closed her eyes as she mentally went through the signs to remember. This is it! Monkey → Dragon → Rat → Bird → Ox → Snake → Dog → Tiger → Monkey! "Lighting Release: Thunderbolt of Zeus!"
A large jagged thunderbolt came speeding at Naruto and before he could dodge the thunderbolt, it pierced his shoulder and erupted in a giant show of sparks that made it difficult to look at the display of power. After the technique dimmed down it revealed a beaten and extremely injured Naruto with random sparks of electricity coming out of him at different times. "OH MY GOD I AM SO SO SO SORRY!" Ai ran over to the gravely injured Naruto and tried to do what she could but she really couldn't do anything.
"I didn't mean to! I mean I wanted to beat you but not like this!" Ai had tears in her eyes thinking she just killed her classmate when Naruto underneath her tapped her head with both his pointer finger and his middle finger and then directed her attention to another the Naruto right behind her with a flat hand to her neck simulating a kunai if this were a real battle. "But if you are there then who is…"
The Naruto beneath her dissolved into water revealing it to be a water clone the whole time. "When did you?" Naruto decided to interrupt her question because he knew what was coming.
"When you closed your eyes to remember the hand signs to your jutsu I created a water clone to take my spot as I waited in the tree limb above you for when you would come over." He answered without taking his eyes off her. It's like he is only looking at me with those deep blue eyes…I mean of course he would only be looking at me. I asked the question, stupid!
Naruto walked away balling his hand into a fist letting blood flow through his fingers completely ignoring Ai's blushing face.
I'm becoming stronger…good.
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Well, that's the end of the chapter. I'd like to know your thoughts on it. I just want to be explicit here for those that are wondering if this is a dark Naruto story or not. THIS IS A DARK NARUTO STORY! I want this story to be different from the countless other stories of a Dark Naruto that gains a ton of power either from a bloodline or Kurama changing him to kill everyone in the village. I have read enough of those stories to know it gets tiring after a while so get any assumptions out of your head when you read this story. If you were hoping this story was going to be a short couple of chapters where Naruto ends up being OP and ruining the village then I am sorry but this just isn't it.
BUT my boy BarelyGhost is making a dark Naruto fic where it is a dark revenge story with a TON of action. So if you like an extremely strong Naruto with a dope bloodline and ORIGINAL back story you need to check it out. If dark stories just aren't your thing then check out my other story Adventures of an ANBU Trainee for basically a nonstop omake story or Black Rain Falls for a strong and grey Naruto.
….DAMN THAT WAS LONG…Now on to the poll.
The poll for the pairing is still up. I have an idea in mind but if enough people want something or if they don't want a pairing at all, which would totally be fine for this story, let me know in the reviews.
So here are the choices.
NarutoxAi
NarutoxHinata
NarutoxHaku
NarutoxSatsuki (female Sasuke)
Narutox(Your idea here)
Harem (with whoever you want)
Now let make this clear if you have a choice make sure you also include how the character should be portrayed for example if someone says "Hinata" my response is going to make her OC so it works in the story so don't message me saying "well I was thinking about her acting like this…" It will be too late. Next chapter will begin any pairing action so make sure to get your vote in.
Rate and Review.
Oh if you are still here I have a challenge for you. If you can guess who originally said that speech on water Naruto thinks on during the Kiba fight will have their vote be counted twice! Hint: He was a famous martial artist.