Hello!
Sorry RasenShuriken92. To do a NarutoXAsami would be a rather large deviation from the story I have planned.
Probably should have said this back in the prologue but, you probably shouldn't read this if you know nothing about Naruto and Legend of Korra.
Disclaimer: I don't own either the characters or series from Naruto and Legend of Korra.
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Chapter Three
Air Temple Island
Closing the door to the room she was staying in, Korra groggily stumbled towards the dining hall for breakfast. Why did days have to start so early in the morning. Mornings were evil.
Stumbling past a courtyard she saw Naruto going through a fighting technique…without his shirt on. When she first saw him his back was too her, but as he progressed, he turned to face her and exposed his chiseled body. Mean looking sculpted abs and clearly defined pecs, lean and mean looking biceps, triceps and every muscle under the sun.
"The both of you can stop drooling now." Naruto called out in amusement without stopping his routine.
Quickly closing her mouth, Korra wiped the drool from her chin as his words registered, but before she could question them, a noise in a tree to her right drew her attention. From the foliage emerged Jinora, looking very sheepish and ashamed before she scurried off to the Dining Hall under Korra's amused eye.
Turning back to Naruto, Korra asked, "How could you be so energetic in the mornings?"
Stopping on a final punch Naruto lowered his arm before answering, "I have always had tons of energy, I believe it's genetic since I've been told my mother was very similar."
"Was?" Korra asked curiously.
"Yeah, she and my father died many years ago."
"I'm sorry." She apologized sullenly, not able to imagine a world without her parents.
"Don't be. They died saving a lot of people. I'm proud of them." Naruto dismissed before walking to his bag that Korra just noticed and picked up a towel. Whipping his face he turned to Korra once more, "I guess I'll see you at breakfast." then he picked up his bag and walked in the direction of his room, leaving Korra to continue on to the Dining Hall.
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Stepping out of his room once more, dresses in his usual attire, Naruto walked toward breakfast, Kurama wrapped around his neck once again. Naruto had kept his word and trained all night, just finishing running though the final Taijutsu forms as Korra discovered him. Jinora had discovered him ten minutes previous, but he hadn't ousted her out of amusement. He actually already had the forms ingrained so far into his muscle memory that he had to actively keep himself from throat punching people on occasion. Not because he disliked them, but because it was pure reflex. Any training now was just to help him think and pass the time.
Naruto walked into the Dining Hall just in time to hear Korra explain to Tenzin how she had dreamed of seeing a pro-bending match since she was a kid. Grabbing a pair of bowls he filled them with rice before walking over and joining Tenzin and Korra as Tenzin shot her dreams out of the sky. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted the White Lotus sentries stiffen at his chosen seating arrangement, which just made him grin.
"Korra, you're not here to watch that drivel, your here to finish your Avatar training. So for the time being I want you to remain on the island."
"Is that why you're keeping the White Lotus sentries around to watch my every move?" Korra questioned as she rested her head on her hand.
Tenzin almost answered but was distracted as Naruto sat next to him, placed two bowls of rice in front of him and pulled out a small flask from his pocket. Opening it up it he poured its clear contents all over the two bowls before pocketing the flask once more and placing one of the bowls in the spot next to him. The contents of the flask gave off a strong smell reminiscent of...
"Is that alcohol?" Tenzin questioned indignantly.
"No, it's sap from an ancient giant swamp tree that has been fermented in a whale-squid's stomach for five hundred years and mixed with a jar of one thousand year old Mayonnaise." Naruto stated seriously as the fox around his neck uncoiled and took the spot next to him.
"Really!?" Tenzin questioned, both him, Korra and anyone else in earshot looking rather green at the thought of what was described.
"No." Naruto admitted, causing everyone to face vault.
"It's actually a special hot sauce that I made." Naruto said before he and Kurama dug in like animals, literally in one of their cases.
"Can I try some?" Korra questioned curiously.
"I don't think you want to do that." Tenzin said as he pointed to a smoking hole on the table created when a drop of the liquid fell on it. Looking under the table, she paled as she saw another hole in the floor and probably soon to reach the center of their world.
Looking back at the duo she asked with a gag, "How can you eat that?"
"Kurama and I like the taste. Besides, food dilutes it." Naruto stated between bites with a shrug.
"Kurama?" Korra questioned.
"Oh that's right! I never introduced him!" Naruto gasped in realization, slapping his forehead at his forgetfulness. "This is Kurama. My traveling companion." Naruto said pointing to the fox with his chopped sticks. Said fox stopped eating briefly to nod to Tenzin and Korra before the two boys dug in once again.
"Anyway…in order to learn Airbending I believe you require a calm, quiet environment free from any distractions." Tenzin explained to Korra, trying to regain the conversation from earlier.
"Alright, you're the master." Korra relented and turned toward the window to look at the arena across the water.
The sudden sound of intense suction had Korra turning back around and looking at the strange fox next to Naruto.
"Showoff." Naruto muttered as he finished his own bowl.
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Walking toward a courtyard to meditate Naruto spotted his host and his charge walking down an open hall, the latter now wearing Airbender garb as well. Changing course Naruto decided to follow them. He caught up to them as they started up a flight of stairs.
"Do you mind if I watch or is it some super-secret training methods?" Naruto questioned with air quotation marks on 'super-secret'.
"We are just starting with the basics so you can watch. Who knows, you might learn something." Tenzin stated with authority.
At the top of the stairs they found themselves in another courtyard with Tenzin's three kids already there. At the center of this one was a large circle of raised stone. Sitting in the stone circle were a number of panels balanced on poles that seemed to provide freedom of spinning.
"Korra's gonna airbend! Korra's gonna airbend!" Ikki called out as she hopped up and down.
"What is that contraption?" Korra questioned with a hint of amusement as she spotted the dais and panels.
"A time honored tool that teaches the most fundamental aspect of Airbending." Tenzin explained.
"Jinora would you like to explain this exercise?" Tenzin asked Jinora.
"The goal is to weave your way through the gates and make it to the other side without touching them." she said as she moved towards them.
"Seems easy enough."
"Jinora forgot to say you have to make it through while the gates are spinning." Ikki said cheerily.
Tenzin stepped forward and shot a blast of air at the gates getting them to rapidly spin. He then held up a leaf he got from somewhere, and gently sent it toward the gates.
"The key is to be like the leaf. Flow with the movement of the gates." he said as the leaf wove through the gates and made it to the other side.
"Jinora will demonstrate." Tenzin said as he looked at said girl.
Jinora rushed forward and began weaving through the gates in circular motion, flowing around the gates.
"Airbending is all about spiral movements. When you meet resistance, you must be able to switch direction at a moment's notice." Tenzin explained.
After Jinora emerged on the other side, she sent a blast of air to get the gates spinning once more.
"Oh this is going to be good." Naruto said as he crossed his arms.
"Let's do this." Korra said before she charged ahead. It ended in disaster. Getting up off her butt she tried again only to end up the same way, again and again and again. As she tried to force her way through the kids tried to provide helpful advice.
"Don't force your way through!" Jinora called.
"Dance! Dance like the wind!" Ikki called.
"Be the leaf!" Meelo called with a wavy motion of his arms.
The final hit sent Korra spinning and Tenzin sighing.
"Oh that was fantastic!" Naruto said enthusiastically as he slow clapped.
"Try it again I think you almost got it that last time."
"Oh yah! If you think it's so easy why don't you do it!?" Korra exclaimed angrily from the ground.
"Alright, if Tenzin allows it." Naruto said as he looked at said man, who consented with a wave of his hand.
"I'll even one up ya and do it blindfolded." Naruto said as he pulled a thick strip of cloth out of his pocket and held it up to show the others how you couldn't see through it. Wrapping it around his head, Naruto extended his senses. He had long ago heightened his already insane senses to even higher heights. To protect him from overstimulation, they dulled most of the time, only really shining when he was down a sense or two, like being blindfolded.
Stepping forward Naruto began weaving through the gates casually with his hands in his pockets and his shoulders slumped.
Stopping in the middle, positioned precisely so the gates wouldn't touch him, he casually turned his head to the group and said to Jinora, "Hey Jinora they are kind of slowing, do you mind sending another blast to speed them up?"
Wordlessly and with her mouth hanging open she complied.
"Thank you!" he called over the new rush of wind and completed the journey.
On the other side he was rushed by Ikki and Meelo before he could even take the blindfold off.
"That was totally wicked!" Meelo cried out as he wrapped himself around Naruto's leg.
Closing his mouth Tenzin asked, "Have you done this before? How did you do that?"
"Impressed people with my mad skills? Yes. Made my way through one of these thingies? No. That was the first time. As for how? Air currents! I have trained my senses to be rather sensitive so I was able to read the path of the panels and move accordingly. The blindfold actually helped heighten my other senses."
"But to be able to adjust that quickly…" Tenzin pondered aloud.
"Where did you learn to move like that?" Korra demanded, awestruck by his performance.
"My teacher. He used to make me practice dodging in place and thrown knives make a rather good incentive to get good quickly." Naruto said with a wince, silently praising and cursing Jiraya's teaching methods at the same time. Tenzin looked appalled at the prospect of such a training method.
"Do you think he would teach me?" Korra asked excitedly, completely missing the hurt look on Tenzin's face.
"That would be rather difficult."
"Why?" Korra questioned.
"He died some years ago."
"Oh... I'm sorry." Korra apologized, the mood sobering up significantly.
"You say that a lot don't you Korra. It's not your fault, you didn't kill him." Naruto said dismissively. "Unless you're a time traveler." Naruto said slyly. Getting a look from Korra he continued, "Hey I can't rule out any suspects." he added defensively.
"Anyway see you later." Naruto said as he walked off, hands in his pockets, leaving the group to their training.
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Several hours later Naruto stood in the dark of the guest room he stayed, silently finishing strapping a pair of pitch black Wakizashis that he had made the previous night on his back. He was dressed in a black full body suit with black combat boots and gloves. Around his forearms were hardened black leather bracers and around his shins were hardened black leather greaves. Over his chest and back were padded hardened black leather plates. At his waist was a pouch with two bundles of high strength wire, five of the weighted cable balls, a number of throwing knives, some smoke and gas pellets and some food pills and blood replenishing pills. Picking up a black cloak from the bed he wrapped it around he shoulders and tested the draw of the Wakizashis. There was no hindrance. The cloak was a special thick one with many pockets fill with a number of sharp pointy objects, including a couple of Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Reaching behind his head Naruto pulled a tight fitting hood that was part of the suit over his hair, hiding it from view completely but leaving his face exposed. Then he pulled a mask up from the bottom of the hood over his face to cover everything but his eyes. Turning to his furry companion, who was curled up on the bed, he asked in a low voice, "Do you mind letting me have some chakra?"
"Why don't you get it from the statue?" Kurama asked back with a huff.
"It takes a little while to separate it from the statue and your right here." Naruto rebuffed.
"Tch... whatever." Kurama said as he held up his paw/fist to Naruto to bump. Doing so Naruto felt the tale tell power surge as the chakra entered his body.
The chakra strengthened his muscles, boasted all his senses, lengthened and hardened his nails under his boots and gloves, deepened his voice and whisker like marks, and turned his eyes from dazzling blue to a slit pupil blood red.
"Thanks buddy." Naruto murmured in a deep throated growl to the dismissive fox, before he picked up the last item on the bed, a white hard ceramic Anbu mask stylized as a fox. While Naruto never actually was in the Anbu Black Ops, he probably would be considered one by his old village's standards. He secured the mask in place over his face before grabbing the hood of the cloak and pulling it over his head.
Turning one last time to the fox he said, "I'll see you when I get back." and then jumped out the window of his room and onto the roof nearby.
Landing silently he took off quickly and quietly across the roofs. He had to get some distance away from the Air Temple before he used the Flying Thunder God jutsu or the flash of light might alert the guards and Tenzin, even though they wouldn't know what it was. Silently moving over the roof he came across Naga who was sitting in a courtyard looking over at Korra who was sitting on the end of an open room's roof, apparently listening to the pro-bending match playing on the White Lotus guard's radio.
Naruto wasn't worried about Naga smelling him because he had applied seals to his outfit that canceled any smells coming from him, while allowing the natural smells around him to move on, making sure that there was no telling absence of smell in one area. He knew they worked because he had tested it with a Shearshoe and the thing practically went crazy with frustration.
As he watch Tenzin walked out into the courtyard, noticed Naga, then Korra, then the guards and radio. Gaining an annoyed look on his face he walk up behind the distracted guards and pulled the plug on the radio. The guards quickly turned around in surprise and seeing Tenzin they got worried.
"Korra come down here please." He called out to her.
She swung her head down to look at Tenzin and seeing her head the guards jumped back in surprise.
Swinging down into the room and she complained, "You shut it off at the best part!"
"I thought I made myself clear. I don't want you listening to this distracting nonsense." Tenzin stated sternly
"But it's their radio...a...and technically you said I couldn't watch a match. You didn't say anything about listening to one." Korra rebuffed.
Gaining a disgruntled face Tenzin rebutted, "You!" Tenzin paused to grumble, "You know what I meant."
"Anyway shouldn't...shouldn't you be in bed right now?" Tenzin said before turning from Korra, blowing a strong breeze at her face as he left.
Naruto grinned behind his masks as he watched the scene through Biju chakra enhanced eyes. Turning away he continued his way to the beach a fair distance from anyone. Air Temple Island was a large island so it wasn't hard to find a secluded cove on the beach. Reaching into his cloak Naruto pulled out one of the special tri pronged kunai and stabbed it into the sand for the return trip. Standing back up he felt for the other kunai he had purposely dropped onto a rooftop during the chase his first day in the city, and promptly disappeared in a flash of yellow light.
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Done!
Ask if you want to know the set-up with Naruto and the Biju...or not and just wait to see if I reveal it in the story. Maybe I will and maybe I won't. If I do it won't be for a while.
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