[AN: Here we go for the 3rd chapter!]
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters in the Naruto-verse, only the OCs.
Enjoy!
Naruto cracked his back as he stood up from his bed. Grunting, he put on his shoes and used his Mokuton to bend the wood from his room outwards, allowing a hole to appear. Stepping out, he leaped from the hole to the ground before sealing the hole back. Looking around, he decided to go train.
Say, kaa-chan. How am I doing on training? Naruto thought as he entered a brush of woods into an open field. Also known as Training Ground 47, The Forest of Death, Naruto continued to stroll on through.
You're doing ok for now, Naru-chan. Kaguya said, examining Naruto's soul body. I'd say at the rate you're training at, when you become 16, I'll be able to manifest fully into the real world. She said as she spoon fed Naruto's soul body with some chunky carrot soup. Naruto shook his head as he mentally saw Kaguya wipe the dribble that managed to spill over his soul self's mouth.
Why do you keep feeding my soul? It's not going to give me any benefit, kaa-chan. Naruto thought, making Kaguya pout and cross her arms.
I'm training for the day that I come out so I can feed you. She responded, blushing a bit.
Aww, kaa-chan. That's sweet. Naruto teased, smiling. Kaguya didn't respond as he continued to make his way through the forest. The animals around him started to trail behind him, communicating to each other with a variety of sounds. This started to happen when Naruto first came to the forest. The animals attacked him on instinct but were all put down in their place. Needless to say, the acknowledged Naruto as their undisputed master. He also gives very good backrubs and belly scratches. Soon, Naruto reached a clearing in the forest. A very wide area of wooden and stone training dummies stood amongst it as kunai and shuriken chipped the material. He could already hear a voice from the center as the figure bounced around the dummies. The only defining feature that he could make out was a purple pineapple shaped hairstyle and a tan trench coat.
Clearing his throat, the figure stopped and looked at Naruto, smiling.
"Oi, gaki! What took you so long? I've been preparing myself when we finally spar again!" The figure said. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Anko, the dango fanatic and former student of Orochimaru, the Hebi Sannin.
"Oh, you know. Naomi tried to talk me down and Minato and Kushina tried to ignore me. You know, the usual." Naruto said, nonchalant. Anko nodded, brushing off the wood shavings from her kunai.
"So, are you ready, gaki?" Anko said, getting into her stance. Naruto rolled his eyes, before vanishing in a stream of blue light.
"I already beat you without using my power, unless you want me to bring it to the table?" He said, confidence filling his voice. Anko just scoffed, throwing her arms forward as if waving something away.
"Do what you want, I'll have my victory this time!" She said before getting into her stance. "On three."
"One." Naruto rolled his shoulders and leg joints out with an audible pop.
"Two." Anko spun the kunai by the ring, making it look like a blurred disk.
"Three!" Anko vanished in a Body Flicker before reappearing behind Naruto, who didn't move. With one arm cocked back with a kunai and another stretched out, she struck. Naruto dodged by moving backwards, bumping into her chest as grabbed the arm with the kunai and threw her over him. She spun as she landed on the grass and melted into the dirt.
Anko burrowed her way towards Naruto who jumped as soon as he felt the earth beneath him feel lighter. High in the air, Naruto enhanced the gravity on his body and he rocketed toward his previous spot, his legs smashing the dirt where Anko previously was into large chunks. Quickly, he shot out three shuriken behind him where Anko had to Kawarimi out of harm's way.
Dropping the ranged aspect, Anko appeared before him already with her fist moving fast into his face. Naruto parried by pushing her arm out of the way as the two exchanged a flurry of strikes. Naruto chipped her sides as he twisted and curved his fists into what looked like a piece of orange rubber whipping her. Anko grit her teeth as she put her arms in front of her face to block, only to have it shattered by Naruto's small fist worming his way underneath it.
The two finally separated as Anko panted, compared to Naruto who was sweating a bit.
"Get ready, Anko-nee. I'll show you what I can do." Naruto said as he disappeared in another beam of blue light. Naruto reappeared far away from her as his hands glowed. In his hands was a double-headed staff with a blue orb at each end, decorated with a gold regal design. In front, was a glowing ball of white light with white rings. Anko can only watch in awe as he used his Shadow Clone Jutsu to summon nine other Narutos who threw three kunai each.
"Kunai Multiplication Jutsu!" The nine voices shouted as thirty kunai became three hundred. Quickly dispelling all nine, he struck his double headed staff diagonally in the air.
"Reflection!" For a brief moment, a large blue rhombus appeared vertically attached by gold brackets and white wings flourished before disappearing, as a beam of light shot out of the staff. It quickly bounced in between all three hundred kunai before striking Anko at the speed of light, all three hundred beams of light. Unable to move, Anko was struck by the most painful attack she ever felt before Naruto teleported in light again, an audible tingle sound, like wind chimes knocking against each other. Naruto reappeared before her as he grabbed the middle of the staff and slammed it down, the orbs changing from light blue to a dark red.
"Apocalypse!" He shouted. A purple vortex appeared above and beneath Anko, coming up to her knees as she was now bathed by purple darkness filling the space. Like a typhoon of Light and Dark, the light beams and dark energy exploded into a violent display of black and white. Naruto stowed the staff away as the ball of light vanished, revealing a fairly beaten down Anko.
"I held back, Anko-nee." Naruto said, smugly as he smiled at the dazed Anko. She was smoking slightly as she slowly got up, her clothes charred.
"...Holy shit, gaki!" She shouted as she wiggled her body like a wet dog trying to dry off. Magically, the charred clothes returned to their previous condition.
"What the hell was that!?" She waved her arms up and down, frantic. Naruto chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
"That was my light and dark abilities. I didn't use my full power though. I'd say about 3% of power was put into the attack." He said, making Anko freeze before collapsing.
"Th...three per...cent…" Anko said quietly, her eyes became spirals as she fainted. Apparently, Naruto's attack was super effective. Naruto sighed as he put a hand to his forehead. Naruto put two fingers to his mouth as he whistled loudly. Not a second later, a large tiger came out of the nearby brush.
"Rawr." The tiger barked at Naruto. It laid on its belly as it sat on the grass, sphinx like. Naruto sat beside it and scratched its head, especially reaching behind its ears. The tiger purred as it leaned into Naruto's palm, its ears flicking occasionally.
"Rawr, rawr rawr." It purred, lowering its head to the grass.
"Rawr rawr rawr to you too." Naruto teased. After a few minutes, Naruto stopped scratching its head, much to the tiger's chagrin.
"Take Anko to the hut nearby. Kurenai will be there, so just walk inside, okay?" The tiger nodded, before wrapping its body around Naruto.
"Rawr." It said, before nuzzling his side. Naruto smiled and hugged its head, petting it. Naruto broke off the hug and the tiger started to make its way to the hut.
D'aww, I want a cuddly tiger too! Kaguya made her presence known again, stamping her foot lightly in envy. Naruto chuckled, before the same tiger was conjured into his mindscape, to Kaguya's glee. Kaguya glomped the tiger as the two rolled around in a hugging battle. It looked like Kaguya was winning as she wrapped her legs around the tiger's body before laying down on it. She drooled in joy as she put her cheek between the tiger's ears.
Hue hue hue hue hue. Kaguya murmured on as she hugged the tiger's underbelly. The tiger can only "Rawr" at the sudden contact before pronking his way in a random direction.
"Kami damn it, kaa-chan." Naruto said, before vanishing in a shimmering light.
Naomi was outside the Namikaze Estate, being tutored by her parents, Minato and Kushina. She struck the straw training dummy with a fist to the head before doing a roundhouse kick to the body, shredding the straw just a bit. Kushina gave a holler as Minato clapped at her display.
"Way to go, Na-chan!" Kushina smiled, picking up Naomi in a tight hug. Minato chuckled as he saw Naomi squirm under Kushina's bone crushing embrace.
"Maa, maa Kushi-chan, you're crushing Naomi." Minato lightly chided her as she looked at Naomi's blue face. Quickly, she let go and dropped Naomi onto the ground. Naomi grumbled, dusting her skirt off as she got back up. Meanwhile, Minato and Kushina were talking amongst themselves.
"She's got the katas down and her striking power are good for a girl her age. I think I should teach her that." Minato whispered as Kushina nodded.
"It'll help her in her defense and offensive areas and give her an edge in battle. I should teach her some Kenjutsu too just to be safe." Kushina added as Naomi got back to attacking the straw dummy. "I got just the weapon too!"
Minato raised an eyebrow. "The Uzu Manifest Weapon System?" He implored. Kushina could only nod excitedly. "Now now, I think it might be too early for her to learn that. Given that it's too big for her." Kushina nodded again.
"Well, I learned it from Mito-baachan when I was her age. I remember when I got the jitters when I got it too." She said, idly scratching her arms.
"Jitters? This is new, Kushi-chan." Minato said. Kushina could only fold her arms.
"It's said that the true wielder of the Uzu Manifest Weapon System will awaken its true form. As you know, it's in its unawakened form, a plain looking katana with a spiral on the handle. But when it awakens, it'll merge with the body and the true heir can summon any weapon at their disposal, hence, Manifest Weapon System." Kushina concluded. Minato could only nod slowly. "That said, the person that isn't the true heir will get an injury when they touch the spiral, ranging from a light shocking feeling, like I did, to potentially death if their deeds are with ill intent. Being young, I was innocent so it gave me a light shock." She finally concluded. Minato nodded, taking a minute to absorb the information.
"...wanna see if Naomi can use it?" He said offhandedly. Kushina adopted a thinking expression before nodding.
"Sure, let me get it." She made her way into the house as Naomi finished beating down the straw target. Minato approached and placed a hand on her shoulder, congratulating her.
"Since you've been doing so well, I'll teach you my signature technique, Naomi. The Rasengan!" Minato grinned as Naomi's eyes sparkled.
"Really tou-chan!?" Minato nodded and Naomi squealed in glee at the news. The auburn hair girl could explode at any moment at the prospect of learning a high powered ninjutsu when Kushina came back out with a long object wrapped in a black cloth adorned with gold designs and a gold spiral in the middle.
"Ta-da! Here it is!" Kushina said, carefully unwrapping the sword. She left the cloth on the sheath as she held it there and slowly moved it to Naomi. "Consider this my early birthday present to you, musume." Kushina smiled as Naomi's eyes gained an impossible gleam. "Just make sure to touch this spiral symbol on the handle, Na-chan."
Slowly, Naomi took the sword by the sheath and used her other hand to grab the spiral.
What was expected turned out to be wrong as the sword glowed blue and sparks of electricity crackled around the sword, acting as a barrier. Naomi shrieked in pain so loudly, the nearby birds flew away. Minato and Kushina didn't bother taking a second to wrap their heads around the sight before them as they dashed towards Naomi, trying to wrench the sword away from her. Minato got shocked by a stray strand of electricity while Kushina faired a little better. Thanks to her Uzumaki blood, she withstood most of the pain and managed to pull it away. Naomi fell to the ground and Minato scrambled to pick her up, cradling her body in his arms.
"This can't be happening…" Kushina said, finally taking things into account. She stared at the sword in a mix of fear and curiosity. The intensity of the light show before frightened her but made her question who the heir could possibly be. Deciding to test it herself, she grabbed the handle of the sword.
An even bigger dome of lightning erupted from the hilt as it wrapped Kushina in its vortex of blue lightning. She didn't even last five seconds as she fainted, her hand unwrapping from the handle and twitching on the ground. Minato couldn't react any faster since Naomi was in her arms and he could only watch in silent horror, fearing for his wife's life as she crumpled onto the floor. Taking into precaution to what happened, he summoned two clones. One to carry Kushina and the other to wrap the katana back into its cloth and dashed into the house to administer aid.
[AN: Yes, I will be using some skills from a specific tree story. A cookie to you if you get it.]