Begin Chapter Four: Training
Naruto sat up and stretched tiredly. He found one thing that was not right. "Why am I on a bed?" Naruto looked around and saw that he was in a room. "Hey, Futago, how did we get here?" Naruto began to shake his clone.
"What. Meijin, where are we?" asked Futago sleepily.
"We seem to be in a room, do you know how we got here?" asked Naruto again.
"Maybe Suzume put us here," Futago answered.
"Possibly. Lets go find out." Naruto jumped out of bed and ran through the door. Futago followed him down the stairs.
Naruto entered the main room as a wonderful smell met his nose. "Do I smell...?"
"I think you do," Futago appeared at Naruto's side.
"RAMEN!" they both shouted happily. They ran into where they smelled the ramen. "We want ramen. Suzume, where is the ramen?"
"Here Naruto,"said Suzume as she handed Naruto a bowl.
"Hey, where's Futago's bowl?" asked Naruto annoyed.
"Futago is a clone, Naruto, he doesn't need to eat," answered Suzume.
"Yes I do. I hungry as well, I want ramen," complained Futago.
"Clones don't have organs, so they don't need to eat." A growl was heard in the room. "...Please tell me that was you Naruto."
"Sorry, but that was Futago," said Naruto with noddles hanging from his mouth.
"What!?" Suzume began to do hand seals. "Futago shouldn't have organs," she repeated as her hands began to glow. She slided her hands inches over Futago's body.
"Is something wrong Suzume?" asked Futago to the paled women.
"Are you really Futago?" she asked the clone.
"Yes I am," answered Futago.
"Naruto, your clone is not normal. He seems to have internal organs, normal thought process." She gulped, "And Kyuubi."
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Sasuke was getting closer to the villages gates. The sun was beginning to rise, lighting up the trees and sand. Two guards looked at Sasuke and the two jonin. "Halt, state your purpose."
"We have come to bring you a replacement academy student," answered the jonin reading a book lazily.
"Okay. You may enter." The sandstone gates creaked open slowly. They group entered the area and stopped in fear. The famous Ichibi sealed within Gaara was thrashing around angrily.
But that wasn't what scared them the most. It was that the collection of all of the nine tailed demons were surrounding the village, even Kyuubi.
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On the cliffs near the village Gaara, Kisame, and Itachi were rolling around laughing hysterically.
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Sasuke turned to see a house's window shattered with water spraying out. Obviously it was an omen because soon all the houses' windows shattered with water continuously spraying out. The sand around the area turned to mud, and soon the ground began to raise.
Sasuke pulled his leg out of the mud. Sadly, his sandal was lost.
Water began to spray on Ichibi who was very near the Kazekage Tower. Ichibi began to droop down and collapsed on the Kazekage Tower. The other eight demons, who were at the edge of the village made a giant leap backwards and landed in the ocean that bordered the village. With all the demons impacting into the water, a giant tsunami was created.
Gallons of water slammed into the sand spraying tons of quicksand-like substance upon the hysterical village.
Covered in mud, sand, and water, Sasuke became sightly annoyed. This was not what he expected to have happened when he got here.
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Gaara had just one last thing to do before he considered himself finished. He twisted what was left of the remaining sand.
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Sasuke watched as three giant sand figures rose in the West, South, and North. The image of Gaara in the West, the image of Kisame in the South, and the image of Itachi in the North. The sand figures bent down, grabbed some mud, and rose. They bent their arms behind them and throw the mud at the village.
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Kisame was laughing like he had never laughed before. "Good touch Gaara. I'm glad you're with us." The group of three ninja laughed, rolling on one of the walls of the village.
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Sasuke spit out some mud that was in his mouth to the ground. The entire village was covered in mud. Glass was shattered, mud filled every corner of every house. Food was spoiled. The village was in ruin. All because of three people.
"What did I do to deserve this!" Sasuke shouted to the sky.
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"How can he have the Kyuubi in him? Kyuubi can't be in two places at once. Can he?" Naruto set his bowl of ramen down on the table.
"I don't know. Kyuubi is very strong, but I doubt he can be in two places at once," answered Suzume worriedly.
"So how can we tell if Kyuubi can be in two places at once," asked Futago, still hungry.
"The best way is to ask him," answered Suzume.
"And how do we do that?" asked the Naruto twins simultaneously.
"Meditation is probably the best way," Suzume told the Naruto twins.
Naruto and Futago looked at each other. "What's meditation?"
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Kakashi walked through the waist deep mud towards the Kazekage tower. To his left was the calm Asuma, one of his few friends. To his right was Sasuke who was neck deep in mud. Sasuke was as angry as he could be.
Kakashi wasn't particularly happy. He remembered exactly what had happened.
----Flashback
He was reading his favorite book, Icha Icha paradise, ignoring the havoc around him. Suddenly a great ball of mud went flying towards him. He never even noticed as it came closer and closer. It slammed into his wrists, shocking him, and making him throw the book in the air.
He jumped for his book as a ball of mud came towards it. Time slowed as he raced for the book, trying desperately to get it before it was ripped to shreds by the flying mud. A smile spread across his face as he touched the bottom of the novel. He was about to lace his fingers around it and hold it close to him when time sped up.
Before he could wrap his protective hands around his book the cannonball of mud slammed into it, making papers fly. Kakashi looked in horror as the papers floated down to the ground. Little mud balls tore holes through out the pages.
"NO-O-O!" he cried as he ran as fast as he could towards the Kisame figure that was the cause of his book's destruction. Kakashi charged up his famous chidori as he made a giant leap at the sand figure.
Kakashi's sparkling hand slammed into Kisame's arm, tearing it apart. Kakashi landed on the muddy sand breathing heavily. Sand showered him as he walked back towards his group.
----Flash forward
Kakashi stepped through the broken glass of the Kazekage. He lead the group up to the Kazekage Office. Kakashi opened the door to the office and walked in. "Hello Kazekage-sama. We have brought Uchiha Sasuke here as a replacement for your son."
"Yes, the Uchiha. It is good to see you," the Kazekage walked over to Sasuke and shook his hand. "I am sorry for the havoc that has been occurring lately. It seems as if Itachi, Kisame, and my son have vandalized our village."
"Yes, so I've seen," commented Sasuke.
"Yes. Well, you two may leave," the Kazekage said to Kakashi and Asuma. "Oh, and I think it would be best if you don't tell anyone of what went on today."
Kakashi nodded, "I understand. Itachi pranked our village also." Kakashi walked out of the door with Asuma.
The Kazekage turned to Sasuke, "You will be staying here with me in the Tower."
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"Meditation is the art of clearing your consciousness. To meditate, you must be void of all surface thoughts. The perfected art of meditation will allow the subconscious to take control." explained Suzume to the two blonds. "Now, become void of thought."
Both blonds sat still, eyes closed, unmoving. Suzume smiled, but knew they hadn't even nearly met Kyuubi yet. Naruto began to slouch further as his head plopped onto the table, Futago did the same.
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Naruto opened his eyes as a drop of water hit his head. 'Where am I?' he wondered.
"Where am I?" Naruto heard from nowhere.
'Wow, that was freaky. Why did it say what I said?' he thought.
"Wow, that was freaky. Why did it say what I said?"
'That's my voice, I must be in my mind.' Naruto thought.
"That's my voice, I must be in my mind." A pause. "Where am I?"
'Is that Futago? Futago, if that's you say something.' Naruto called out mentally.
"Is that Futago? Futago, if that's you say something." Naruto waited for a reply. "Meijin! Is that you?"
'Yes, we need to find Kyuubi to ask him what's going on.' Naruto began to run down the watery halls as his voice rang out.
"Okay, I'm going to run forward, I should meet you there."
'Got it.' Naruto continued to run as a red glow meet his vision. He stopped when he was in front of a hallway with red glowing from it. He heard the splashing of water signifying that Futago was near by. Naruto turned to Futago who stood next to him. 'Lets go find out what is going on.'
"Yeah lets." Naruto and his clone ran into the room.
Naruto stared at the two story gate before him, held together by a tiny paper with a seal on it. "Hey is Kyuubi in there?" Naruto asked ignoring the echo.
"No, it's your long lost brother, Chocolate," was the sarcastic reply.
"Good going," Naruto barked annoyed, "We want to know, why does Futago have organs and the seal?"
"Simple, fool. At first Futago was not real, but the creation of a jutsu. You began adding your chakra to him. The added chakra was not a built-in effect of the jutsu. Chakra itself has traces of DNA. The clone had some of your DNA at first, that is the reason it has a similar appearance to you. Once you add chakra that was not part of the effect in the jutsu, it began making new organs for the clone." answered Kyuubi.
"What," asked both Narutos at the same time.
"The Kage Bunshin you first preformed made the basic image of a clone. The Kage Bunshin did not have organs at first, but you began to add chakra to the clone so it wouldn't disappear. An interesting fact about chakra is that since it flows throughout your body it picks up all of the chemical make up in your body. When you flowed chakra to the clone your chakra reacted to the DNA that was already stored as a result of the jutsu. The reaction was aiming to regenerate the organs, or heal them, because they seemed to be missing. Since you kept the clone in the real world for long enough, and since you heal almost a hundred times faster than a normal person, the regeneration process was able to remake the organs in the clone by this time. That only answers your first question." answered Kyuubi, again.
"Okay, I think I understand. So what is the next answer?" asked Naruto, slightly dazed.
"I'll make it simple. Your Yondaime knew that a normal mortal could not withstand my power, I could easily escape. He did a split seal, or a double seal. He sealed me both in you and him. The only way I could escape would be to go through both you and him. Though he died. When he died he took half of my chakra with him. I do not have enough chakra to break the seal because of that." Kyuubi grinned at Naruto.
"Wait, so, you are just half of you?" asked Naruto. Futago was to the side, seemingly taking notes.
"No, I am whole. Behind me is a gate that would lead to the Yondaime's side. That is why it is so dark, there is nothing there." answered Kyuubi. "Now, that does not fully answer your question. The reason I am also connected to your clone is the combination of two reasons. The first is the split seal. Because of the seal I can be in multiple minds, or bodies, at once. The second is connected to the one I said before. Since you added chakra that carried a mixture of your's and my DNA it had to make the seal, or I could take control of your clone. That was another added section of the seal's contract with the Death God. Understand?"
"Sort of, I need to retell the information back to Suzume." Naruto paused, "How do I get out?"
"Just think the thought brat."
Naruto focused on leaving as his world blackened.
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Naruto opened his eyes to see Suzume drinking tea and Futago limp on the table. "I found out what happened."
"Really, what?" asked Suzume.
"Well, I don't understand all of it. The reason he has organs is because I added chakra to him that began to regenerate the organs that weren't there. The reason for the seal is because he can, should I say, be shared through the mind and body, but still stays in one cage. The seal on my, or so I think, made the seal on him so that Kyuubi couldn't take control over him, since our chakra is mixed." summed up Naruto.
"That makes sense, I think. Either way we know he is real now. We will have to tell Zabuza next time we see him," said Suzume.
"By the way, where is Zabuza and Haku?"
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Zabuza took in a breath and blow on the whistle in his mouth. In front of him Haku jumped to the ground and got back up and ran. He blow the whistle again making Haku do the same. They were on water too.
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Naruto's question went unanswered as Futago sat up straight. "Meijin, Kyuubi says that he will work on a way for us to communicate with our minds. He also said that's the only thing he'll do for us as of now."
"Okay, well, we should be working on our new taijutsu style and chakra jutsu."
"Alright Meijin."
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Sasuke looked at the Kazekage's children. They looked at him back. "Hi," the girl stuck her hand out towards Sasuke, "I'm Temari."
"Hello," Sasuke took Temari's hand in his, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke gained enough courage, though he'd call in losing pride, to stick his hand out to the cat like boy. "Hello,"
The cat like boy looked at the hand queerly. His sister grow annoyed, "Damn it, Kankuro, just shake his hand!" Temari hit the boy in the head with a large, metal object.
"Alright." Kankuro rubbed the back of his head. "I'm Kankuro," he grabbed Sasuke's hand and let go in an instant.
"You should be more polite Kankuro. He will be your new teammate soon." the Kazekage said to his son.
Sasuke stared at the Kazekage, 'I'm going to be placed on the same team as them?! They're one or two years older the me. I'm going to need to work hard to match their abilities.'
"Sasuke, I will get you the best trainer I can find. I'm sure you'll like it here."
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Naruto and Futago where doing their best to make a taijutsu style of their own. So far they had little luck. They were brawlers, they made up attacks on the fly and where very unpredictable.
So now they were beginning to try making jutsu. They were having little luck. Naruto walked over to his progress seal and opened it. He smeared his blood on the lowest seal he saw. A small scroll appeared. Naruto opened the scroll and read it. "Kaiten: A Hyuuga clan jutsu that makes a shield around the user. Release chakra through the chakra points on the body and spin. It is a defensive jutsu that with bounce chakra based attacks back at the opponent." Naruto paused. "I will work on that. Futago, you find something else in the scroll to work on."
"Alright Meijin." Futago went through the scroll in search for a jutsu he could learn. He found one and released it. He read the scroll inside. "Genjutsu: Akumu Mure. (Nightmare Swarm) Makes the user enter their mind and live in what they fear most. Requires high level of chakra capacity and control."
"Kaiten!" Naruto called out from across the room as he failed to make the jutsu succeed.
"Hm...who could I use it on?" thought Futago out loud. "Oh, I know!" Futago placed his hands together. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A clone appeared in a poof of smoke. "Okay, now to try it. Genjutsu: Akumu Mure!"
The clone was unfazed. Futago focused on the manipulation of the chakra more. "Akumu Mare!" The clone held his head as if he had a headache. "Damn it! Akumu Mare!" The clone released his head.
"If you're trying a genjutsu, then I suggest being calmer." Futago looked to see Suzume leaning against the wall.
"Okay." Futago closed his eyes and concentrated on the jutsu and his target. He did the hand seals and whispered, "Akumu Mare." Futago looked at his clone.
The clones eyes widened as he collapsed to the floor screaming. "That reminds me. I need to teach you the art of the illusion. Not everyone will fall for the technique, because they know how to cancel it. Canceling a genjutsu is something I will need to teach both of you. Would you please get Naruto and tell him to meet me in your room."
"Yes, Suzume." Futago walked over to Naruto. "Hey, we need to go to your room so we can talk with Suzume."
"Okay, but watch." Naruto began to spin making a thin layer of chakra surround him. "See, I'm beginning to get it."
"Impressive. Now lets go." Futago and Naruto walked to the room they woke up in.
Futago opened the door and saw Suzume sitting on the bed. "Hello you two." Naruto and Futago sat in two chairs in the room. "I have come up with a way the two of you will become a stronger team. Naruto, I will teach you every capturing jutsu and maneuver I know. You will become the main head to head fighter. Suzume will be the long range fighter. He will do the genjutsu and ninjutsu while the enemy is busy with Naruto. Though a good combination, I will not limit you to those you will best in. But first, I need to teach you the ways of defending yourselfs from the enemies attacks."
The Naruto twins absorbed the information. "Okay, and what is that?"
"Genjutsu, you need to learn who to brake that. Taijutsu, you need to learn blocks and dodges. Ninjutsu, you need to learn the weaknesses and what to do for each element." Suzume began to take on the roll of a strict teacher.
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Kisame was still mad that someone had cut the arm off of his sand giant. Though it was pointless to do so, it was fun. "Damn it, Gaara, why did you let it fall apart?"
"Because we had to leave and it was to hard to keep up," was his answer.
"Quit pouting about such a little thing Kisame," interrupted Itachi. "We have a ways to go before we reach Naruto."
"Yeah, yeah. Always in a hurry aren't you?" grumbled Kisame as he jumped another branch.
"Yes, now hurry up," Itachi said.
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Naruto found himself dodging multiple blocks of wood that was being thrown at him. To his right was Futago, who was doing the same. He backhanded a block of wood that was about to hit his face. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a big sword come flying at them. "Duck!" he yelled to his living clone.
They both fell to the ground as the sword past over them. The sword slammed into a nearby tree as a figure appeared on the hilt of the blade. "Hello, I haven't seen ya'll in a while." Zabuza said as he looked at the glaring Narutos.
"Yes, you're right," agreed Naruto.
"Yes, well. So how's life?" asked Zabuza innocently.
"Good, good. I found out that Futago is no longer a real clone." answered Naruto.
"What do you mean?"
"He means that Futago has organs and is now a living person. So now your stuck with two Narutos." answered Suzume for Naruto. "I am teaching them who to dodge and block, want to help?"
"I'd love to. Tomorrow will have all three of the Narutos and Haku do training exercise together." Zabuza did hand seals as ten water clones appeared from the nearby river.
"That's good, but I still need to teach them how to brake genjutsu and defend against ninjutsu."
Naruto groaned as more pieces of wood was thrown at him and his clone.
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Sasuke walked through the muddy streets of Suna. He was given the day to look around and get acquainted with the village he now lived in. So far he had not seen a signal thing he was happy he see. After all, he didn't particularly like mud covered buildings.
He had found most shops closed because all the employees were to busy recleaning the shops to work. Many people littered the streets, ninja, children, men, and women were all busily trying to clean their village so trade could commence without embarrassing the villages statues.
He sighed and decided he should help to.
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Kakashi and Asuma had made it back to the villages quickly, since Sasuke wasn't tagging along. Kakashi was currently sitting at the local ninja bar. The reason for there being a ninja bar is because of the often occurrence of an everyday man or women picking a fight with a ninja. The results were never pretty.
Kakashi looked as two people sat at the table he was at. "Hey guys," greeted Kakashi.
"Hey Kakashi. So how did the trip go?" asked the chunin female with stunning red eyes.
"Not much. Though we got to see Suna get embarrassed."
"Kakashi! We're not suppose to talk about that." warned Asuma.
"Come on Asuma. Don't you trust Kurenai?" asked Kakashi as he took a sip of Saki.
"Come on, I want to know." begged Kurenai playfully.
"When we got there it seemed as if Shukaku was going on a rampage in the village. That wasn't the worst part though. The area was surrounded by the other eight tailed beasts. Even Kyuubi." said Kakashi making Kurenai gasp. "We found out they were all made out of sand when water started spraying out of the houses. Then the demons jumped into the ocean that bordered the village making a giant tsunami. Soon the area was covered in mud and quicksand. Then in the distance, three figures rose. One of Itachi, one of Kisame, and one of Gaara. The figures began throwing mud upon the village. I ended up destroying the Kisame, because he ruined my new Icha Icha paradise."
"Kakashi," began Kurenai.
"Yes?"
"You're a pervert."
"I know."
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Naruto was getting slightly annoyed. Hundreds of pieces of wood were being thrown at him, and now the ground was covered in ice. He became very happy when Suzume-sensei had told him that when he learn to break genjutsu, he would have to do all this while braking genjutsu. He couldn't wait until tomorrow.
A piece of wood hit him on the head. That was the third time he got hit. Futago had gotten hit two times. 'Wait! Three times now, were even.'
Yes, they were indeed having loads of fun.
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The Sandaime sighed as he tried to figure out what to do. He had one spare ninja in the academy. Twenty-eight students don't fit well in three man teams. The remaining had multiple choices, not all of which they could choose.
First was the idea of a private teacher, but that's only if a teacher was available and willing. The second is that they will go from teacher to teacher and learn things. Third, they get assigned to a team and get left out during the chunin exams. Forth, they drop out.
"I guess I'll take care of it when the time comes," he decided procrastinating.
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Naruto and Futago sprawled out on the floor panting. "Okay, I'll give you ten minutes to do what you like. Then, we begin the training on braking genjutsu." Suzume walked into the house.
"Futago, how do you think Kyuubi's doing with the mind reading thing?" asked Naruto.
"I think that he'll get done by tomorrow, but I don't really know." answered Futago.
"You know, I just realized something."said Naruto.
"What's that Meijin?"
"We can't call each other how we normally call each other. We need new names so we can go places without being recognized." answered Naruto.
"Okay, I want to be Akumu. What will you be?" asked the newly named Akumu.
"I don't know, Kieru (Fade) seems good," answered the newly named Kieru.
"That sounds good," commented Akumu.
"Okay guys," called out Suzume, "Your five minutes are up."
"What!?" screeched Naruto. I'm calling 'Naruto' Naruto unless in speech, then it will be Kieru most often. I'm calling Naruto's clone Akumu from now until otherwise mentioned.
"You said we had ten minutes!" continued Akumu.
"And it has been only two minutes!" finished Naruto.
"So, we will begin training to matter how long it has been," shrugged Suzume, "The seal that brakes genjutsu, is this." Suzume laced all but her index fingers together and pressed her index fingers together. "Futago, use your genjutsu."
"It's Akumu now," said Akumu as he began to do hand seals. "Akumu Mure!"
Suzume watched has her world began to swirl and blacken. She began to see again, but she rather not. She was in Konoha, about ten meters in front of her was her baby girl. "The Kyuubi's getting close! Stop him before he reaches the village!" She heard many ninjas' cry to stop the beast. Her childed began to crawl towards the Kyuubi.
She heard a loud crack as a near by tree fell down. She ran towards her child who was going to be crushed. She stopped when the tree hit the ground. A pool of blood slipped from under the tree.
She screamed. "This isn't real! It's just a genjutsu!" Her arms fumbled, trying to place her hands in the proper seal. "Kai!" The chaotic world she had witnessed began to swirl as she was greeted with two concerned faces.
She breathed heavily, "That's how you brake the genjutsu," she exhaled. Her breathing began to mellow.
"You okay Suzume-sensei?" asked the guilty Akumu.
"I'm okay," she breathing slowed to just above normal. "That technique will affect people differently. Some won't be fazed. Others my drop to the ground unconscious."
"Okay, but we didn't see you do any seals," Naruto said.
"Really? Well, I need a technique that doesn't place me in my mind. She began to tap her chin in thought. "For example." She placed her hands in the seal. "Kai!"
A tree near them began to fade. The tree disappeared revealing Zabuza. "Well I'll be damned," grumbled Zabuza in an attempt to be mad.
"That my students, is the way you brake the genjutsu," stated Suzume, taking the role of teacher. "Now, I will but you in a mission position. In this mission, you will have to learn how to cancel genjutsu, now when something is genjutsu, and distinguish real from fake. I'll give you an our to do as you wish." Suzume held her hand up, "Meet here after the hour is up."
Suzume and Zabuza disappeared from view. Naruto looked at his brotherly clone. "If we want to truly succeed the mission, we must learn every part of the island. I'll search north side, you search south." Akumu nodded as the jumped off.
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With over a hundred people helping to clean up the village, it should be clean by the end of the day. That would be true if ninety-nine percent of them hadn't left do to the blazing heat.
Sasuke peeled off some mud attached to his skin as he did his best to help his village. He grabbed a buck past to him. He began to walk to where most of the workers seemed to be. He dumped the constance of the bucket into a giant hole.
It was a dirty job, but it needed to be done. He had come to this village to become the best he could be. He wasn't about to disgrace his village by not helping. He ran back to the village and got another bucket. This process repeated itself.
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Shikamaru stared at the board very, well, bored. His teacher, Iruka, was teaching them the basics of jutsu. Like he hadn't even learn it yet. In an effort to annoy the teacher, he yawned. The yawn was interrupted by a chalky taste in his mouth. "Shikamaru-san. If you think you know how to do jutsu properly, then why don't you come up here and show the class.
'Troublesome," me thought with a mutter. He stood at the front of the class and was prepared to do his clan famous technique, Kagemane no Jutsu, when an idea hit him. He did a quick five hand seals. Nothing happened.
"Shikamaru-san, if you can't preform a jutsu then please sit down." Shikamaru followed orders. "As I was saying. Hey, what's that?"
Iruka stared at a small, black cloud above him. He began to feel wet as the cloud cracked with miniature thunder. His eyebrows lowered, completing the seen, as his cloths began to darken from the small clouds rain. "Shikamaru!" he bellowed, "Detention after class!"
A grin appeared on Shikamaru's face. 'Itachi's jutsu weren't all bad.'
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Itachi picked up a tender piece of meat with the golden chopsticks. He placed the gently glazed beef into his mouth. He chewed the meat as a sound of tasteful pleasure escaped his lips. He enjoyed the food like he's never enjoyed food before. Across from him Kisame was doing the same.
Kisame opened his mouth as the wonderful meat entered it. He chewed softly before swallowing it. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes. He felt something hit his tongue, signifying him to tilt his head forward. He was enjoying the wonderful grape.
Gaara's eyes stared at the list in front of him. When Itachi had said they were going to eat like royalty, he was expecting hamburgers. 'Damn it! What kind of place doesn't have the great combination of bread, beef, lettuce, ketchup, tomatoes, and all of those good things.' Gaara took one last look at the menu before his attention turned to Itachi. "Itachi, give me some money, I want to eat somewhere else."
"Sure kid, do whatever you want." Itachi tossed a roll of money to Gaara who promptly walked out of the newly dubbed 'six' star restaurant.
Gaara scanned the area looking for a place to eat hamburgers. He spotted one and entered. He went up to the counter. "Hello I'd like the jumbo adults, three meats hamburger, everything on it. I'd like a jumbo adults French fries with extra salt and pepper. I'd like the super jumbo adult strawberry smoothie, with chocolate sprinkles. I'd like the super tremendous adult vanilla ice cream. That will be all."
"Do you have the money for that?" asked the employee skeptically.
"Is this enough?" Gaara handed the money Itachi gave him to the cashier.
"That's exactly enough," the man said with money signs in his eyes. "For here or to go?"
"Here." Gaara walked to a seat and sat.
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Itachi bit into the best salad he has ever had. "Mmm...this so good," moaned Itachi in great pleasure. "I hope Gaara is having something good to.
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Gaara bit into the hamburger and sighed in satisfaction. Though not 'six' star, it was tasty.
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Indeed, it was a 'six' star restaurant Itachi ate at. "Hey Kisame, why do you think Gaara didn't like the food?"
"I busy."
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Gaara was a quick eater. He became this way because he always ate the food his father gave him. He hated the food he got from his father with a passion. Every day, morning, noon, and night, he was given the ugly golden brown meat with the pink interior. He got the horrible salads with the horrible seasoning made by the tasteless five star chefs. Though he liked the pepper.
Now you know one of the many reasons why he hated his father.
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Naruto jumped down in front of Suzume's house. Akumu jumped from the trees and landed in front of Naruto. "So what do we do now?" asked Akumu.
"We should probably practice canceling genjutsu," answered Naruto.
"And how do we do that?" asked Akumu, "We can't do it on each other. And I refuse to do my jutsu on you."
"Okay. Will find and ask Haku to do some," Naruto jumped in the trees to find Haku, Akumu followed.
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Zabuza, Suzume, and Haku were all planing on what to do with the genjutsu mission. They were hidden in an illusion, so they wouldn't be found. They knew they were being harsh, but it was the best way to train the two kids.
So far their plans were to take them to a different island, and put the genjutsu around them. The trip to the island was a long one, so they'd knock them out when they regroup. They'd use a bout to get there. Then early in the morning, they would begin the training.
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Itachi and Kisame were running towards their destination. The were all smiling about the food they ate. Including the most satisfied Gaara.
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Naruto and Akumu had never found Haku, until now. They all stood in the house, preparing for the mission. "So what do we do?" asked Naruto.
"Ask the questions after I'm through talking. You will start tomorrow. After this briefing, you will fall asleep. Now, first things first. You will be placed on an island three kilometers from here." Suzume paused, giving Naruto and Akumu time to gap. "The island is a large one. The object of the mission is to reunite."
"Wait! You're going to separate us!?" asked and yelled Naruto.
"Yes. Now, I will inform you of some of the things you'll see. The main thing is trying to tell the real, from the fake. Their will be ninjutsu and genjutsu attacks on you. The genjutsu on the island have many different effects. For example, a tree may feel, taste, smell, sound, and look like a tree, but it might be fake. Those are easy to brake. Others may seem real, but you know they're not. Those are hard to cancel and will annoy you. Those are medium ranked. Easy ranked ones, are noticeable and easy to brake. Hard is hard to notice and hard to brake. There is one super hard. It will be near impossible to notice. That one can not be broken with the the Kai jutsu. The jutsu must broken with the combinations of both your minds. Haku do it."
Haku began doing hand seals as the Naruto brothers were processing the information. They dropped to the floor asleep. They never got to ask questions.
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Naruto opened his eyes to see a new place. A jungle before him and an ocean behind him. He didn't know if they were real, but it was going to be a challenge either way. Naruto stood up from the sandy beach and began walking into the forest. He turned around when he heard the flapping of a birds wings.
"Why do this place scare me so much?" Naruto wandered deeper into the forest.
Naruto continued to wander as he began to feel as if he was going nowhere. "Didn't I just see that puddle?" Naruto looked around for evidence of walking in circles. He found nothing. He pumped chakra to his nails making them grow. He slashed a tree and wandered forward.
After twenty minutes of walk, Naruto stood staring at a claw slashed tree. "So I am walking in circles."
Naruto placed his hand in the seal Suzume taught them. "Kai!" The area twisted and returned to normal. He guessed that if he walked forward he wouldn't see the tree again.
Naruto walked through the forest as the sound of running water meet his ears. Naruto walking into the forest towards the water.
Naruto dipped his hands in the river and splashed it on his face. He looked up and saw the clone of himself across the river. "Akumu! I found you! Lets finish this stupid test." Naruto stepped into the water as Akumu turned his head. Akumu smiled at Naruto.
Naruto heard water rushing, but he didn't care, he wanted to get out of the creepy forest. He was unprepared for the rushing that was about to hit him. Naruto stepped on the land as the water hit him and washed him away.
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Akumu had just canceled the genjutsu that made him walk in circles. He was beginning to get hungry, he had nothing to eat. He heard the sound of water. Water usually meant fish, fish meant food. He walked towards the sound of the water. He lifted his foot, but found it stuck. He looked at his leg. A vine began to crawl up his foot.
"W-what? I didn't even feel that. Genjutsu!" He made the hand seal. "Kai!" The vine stopped. It began to crawl up his leg. "Oh god! What am I going to do?!" he panicked. "Wait, Suzume said something about concentration. Akumu closed his eyes with the seal of Kai. "Kai," he whispered. The vine stopped. A light breeze past by making ashes of the vine drift away.
Akumu came across the river and focused on the fish he saw. His hand darted into the stream to grab the fish. The fish swam past his hand. He let his hand rest in the river so the fishes might get fooled. A fish came by, a big, slow fish. He grabbed it and pulled it from the water.
He set a fire going as he placed the dead fish over it. He cooked it over the fire until in was golden brown and delicious. He took a bite out of it to find it just faded in his mouth. He took another bite out of it, only to have it fade again. "Damn it, genjutsu."
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Naruto opened his eyes. He heard the splashing of water. He felt the water flowing across his legs. He saw that he was on the beach where the river meet the ocean. He sighed and stood up. He walked back into the forest.
Naruto came across the scratched tree. He looked at his lengthened nails. He continued to walk as he saw a figure in the distance. As he got closer he saw it better. Soon he stood face to face with Akumu. Naruto paused, think something would force them apart again.
"Akumu-" Naruto was punched in the face before he could finish the sentence. Naruto dropped to the ground as he looked at his clone. Naruto was kicked in the face by his twin. He flew back a few feet before landing. He looked up. Akumu was gone.
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Akumu had given up by the third fish. He began to walk through the forest was in search of his brother, or master. He came across a slashed tree. The slash was deep, but it didn't look animalistic in any way. "Kieru made this," he guessed as he began to search for his brother.
He had found a set of tracks that were obviously Naruto's. He followed them to a river bank. "I was just here. He probably got here before me." He paused to think, "The tracks stop here. He must have gone in the river."
"Akumu?" someone questioned.
Akumu looked up to see Naruto. He smiled and began to walk towards him. "I'm glad to see you Kieru." Akumu stepped onto land in front of Naruto. Naruto smashed his fist into Akumu's face making him fly into the river. Akumu pushed himself out of the river as he looked at where Naruto had been. Naruto was gone.
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Naruto was mad, no, furious. The Akumu that had hurt him may have been a fake. He made a promise. The next time he saw the bastard, he'd make sure he disappeared. Naruto felt his leg stop. He pulled on it, but it felt as if it was grabbed by a root. He looked at his leg to see nothing. He pulled on his leg. Something had caught him. Naruto place his hands in the Kai seal. "Kai!" He felt the plant wrap around his leg. "Kai!!" he shouted loudly. The plant began to squeeze his leg tightly. He yelped in pain.
"What is genjutsu?" questioned Naruto to himself. "It is something that effects the mind. If I can stop it by focusing on something else, then it will go away." Naruto tried to focus on something else, but the pain was to intense. 'Pain! I need to focus on a different pain!' Naruto raised his clawed hand and slashed his other arm. He yelped in pain.
Naruto clutched the wound as his leg dropped. He collapsed to the ground. "Okay, that was a rash plan, but it worked." Naruto heard the sound of rustling leaves. He looked at a pair of glowing yellow eyes. He watched as a silver furred wolf came from the bushes. The wolf growled and lunged. Naruto tried to dodge but the wound on his arm prevented him from making sudden movements. The wolf clawed his already injured arm.
Naruto looked cautiously at the wolf. The wolf jumped at Naruto again. Naruto raised his clawed hand and slashed the wolf's face. The wolf yelped and jumped away. "If you are fake, then you should be easy the dispel." Naruto placed his hands in a loose construction of the Kai seal. "Kai!" The wolf didn't faultier.
Naruto was to injured to protect himself for long. The wolf lunged again as a voice behind him whispered, "Kai." Before his very eyes Naruto saw the wolf fade away. "In genjutsu, you never yell. You must concentrate on the target," said the person who helped him.
"Are you really Akumu?" Naruto turned to look at the figure that looked very much like himself.
"Are you really Kieru?" asked Akumu or whoever it was.
"Yes, I am. Prove to me that you're Akumu." Naruto stayed crouched.
"Only if you prove your Kieru." Naruto was about to lift his shirt when the image of Akumu faded away. "Where did that bastard go?"
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Akumu glared as the image of Naruto faded. "So it was a fake. Next time, I'll get rid of him. He ran off, not noticing that he left no trace.
Akumu stopped at a field. He looked around as a pack of wolves entered his field of vision. He placed his hands in the seal and whispered, "Kai." The wolves stood still, then attacked. Akumu dodged the first wolf, but felt a gash on his back. He refused to yell, because that might give the enemy clone his location.
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Suzume sat on a lawn chair drinking lemonade. Next to her was Zabuza and Haku, who were doing the same. To her, it was only noon, but she knew that with Naruto and Akumu, it was nearing dusk. She took a long sip of her drink.
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Naruto's leg had stopped hurting, allowing him to walk normally. His arm was close to being healed, but not there yet. He was wandering through forest trying to find Akumu, or destroy the evil clone. He felt a vine latch onto his leg. "Kai," he whispered, taking the 'evil' clones advise. The vine disappeared making him happy. He heard a yelp off in the distance. He took to the trees to find out what is was.
He stopped when he saw Akumu, or the evil clone, bleeding from the pack of bloodthirsty wolves. 'I don't care if he's evil, no one deserves to be hurt like that!' Naruto jumped from the tree as chakra began to glow on his body.
He landed in front of the clone as a wolf was about to strike. "Kaiten!" Naruto began to spin as a chakra barrier was placed between him and his clone from the wolves. A wolf slammed into the shield sending it flying back into the bushes. "Are you Akumu?"
"Yes. I can prove it." Akumu lifted his shirt revealing the seal of Kyuubi.
"Okay," Naruto lifted his shirt, revealing the same seal. "I have it too."
They turned as another Naruto appeared. "Hey, which of you are real?"
"We both are," both Naruto and Akumu responded. Their nails grow as they charged the evil clone. Once they were close the clone began to spin.
"Kaiten!" Naruto and Akumu were thrown back. "I'm the real Naruto. Look." The clone lifted his shirt, revealing the same seal.
"Which of you are real." Akumu was having a mental brake down.
"I am!" both Narutos responded.
"One of you isn't real! I will prove it!" Akumu sat down and closed his eyes.
"Is he going to see Kyuubi?" asked the Naruto's to each other. "I think so," they both answered.
"Well, perfect, it's just you and me now." One of the Naruto's began hand seals.
"I will beat you impostor!" The other Naruto lunged with his clawed hands.
"Bye. Akumu Mure!"
Naruto fell to the ground screaming in pain.
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Akumu looked at Kyuubi. "I want you to be able to tell me which Naruto is the real one."
"No, I will not help you, I will continue to make the connection so you can speak telepathically, but nothing else."
"Bastard!" responded Akumu.
"AAAAGGGGHHHHH!" came a bloodcurdling scream.
"Naruto!" Akumu ran out of the room and searched for Naruto. "He must have been captured by the clone and something happened.
Kyuubi grinned, "Perfect," he purred.
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The evil clone smiled at the screaming Naruto. Well, more of a smirk, but still. The limp Akumu rose from the ground and glared at the clone.
"Bastard! Akumu Mure!" The clone turned to Akumu.
"Foolish Akumu. I am a genjutsu, thus I can't be fooled like that. I am the highest ranked genjutsu in the forest. I am what you need to brake before you can escape the genjutsu jungle. But only with the combined efforts of both you and Naruto, could you defeat me. To bad for you. I found a loop hole. As long as I have chakra, which feeds from the chakra in the forest, I can keep Naruto in his nightmare world." The clone turned to Naruto and laughed. "With Naruto up for the count, I can't be broken. I will kill you, then I will have the forest to my self."
"I won't let you!" Akumu attacked the clone. The clone side stepped and kneed Akumu in the stomach.
"Fool, I have the abilities of both you and Naruto, I won't lose to you." Naruto's screaming stopped. "Look, your master is unconscious, oh while."
"Fine, I'll get Naruto out of it then!" Akumu scurried to Naruto's side and placed his hand in a seal.
"Sorry brat,but no." The evil clone kicked Akumu away. Akumu flinched, the wounds not yet healed. The clone stepped on Naruto as he began doing seals. "Akumu Mure!" Akumu yelped and fell limp. "What a bunch of weaklings." The clones nails grow into claws. "While, fun's over, time to end it."
The clone thrusted hand at Naruto's throat. Blood spilled on the ground as the Sun's rays left. The dark world was greeted by a agonizing scream. A pair of glowing red eyes locked with terrified blue ones. "You thought you could take the life of my vessel? Well it doesn't matter. I can roam free now. Sadly, if I kill you, then Naruto and Akumu wake up. So I will let you go, if you promise to keep the genjutsu on the two."
The evil clone, though it seems innocent compared to Kyuubi, nodded as he was dropped to the ground.
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Itachi was currently getting his book published. His birthday was only a few days earlier. Eleven days, to be precise. He walked out of the store, knowing it was going to be one of the best.
He meet up with Kisame and Gaara. By Kisame's calculations, they'd reach the area by morning.
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Sasori lead the newly recruited Deidara to the Akatsuki base. "Okay, to open the genjutsu door you must use the ring you'll get from Leader. See." Sasori showed Deidara his ring like a cheerleader would to her preppy friends.
"Yeah," replied Deidara.
"Good, now follow me to the Leader."
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The Leader stopped his scribbling as he sighed. Sasori walked through the genjutsu hidden door with Deidara at his side.
"See, you can't get anywhere without the ring."
"Hello Sasori. Is that the new recruit?" asked the leader with his multi voice.
"Yes Leader," answered Sasori.
"That's awesome!" yelled Deidara, "I wish I could do that, yeah!"
"Really?" asked the Leader.
"Yeah!"
"I could teach you," offered the Leader.
"I want to learn to," pouted Sasori.
"Than I teach both of you. This is what you do."
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Kyuubi was a happy fox. He got to eat so rabbits, wolves, birds. Though, he was getting bored. With two bodies to explore the little island, he had located and memorized every twig on the ground. 'Time to leave,' he decided. He reached the ocean and walked onto it. The darkness on the island was replaced with brightness.
Kyuubi's pupils became slitted. "What do I do now, sabotage Kiri? Sounds good to me." Kyuubi crouched on as four, making an animalistic appearance. His other body jumped down next to him. They began to run towards Kiri with tremendous speeds.
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Suzume noticed the genjutsu shield faultier, "Damn birds," she commented as she took a sip of her lemonade.
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The now semi-evil clone rested on the ground shaking. "Damn, he's scary, but as long as I keep the genjutsu on the two, then I won't get mauled. Well, at least he's evil, not prissy."
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Kyuubi, in both bodies, had caught sight of Kiri and were picking up speed. With a powerful jump he landed on the shore. The two bodies split up as blood began to shower the ground.
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Naruto screamed a scream that hurt his throat. The Hokage, Iruka, Haku, Zabuza, Suzme, and his idol the Yondaime, were doing thing worse then all the other villagers had done. Multiple times had he tried to brake the genjutsu, only to get stabbed, braking his concentration.
He screamed again as the feared Kyuubi rose behind the three and started laughing as Naruto cried in a pool of his own blood.
Soon he stopped crying and just curled up into the fetal position, soulless.
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Kyuubi jumped on a building and let out a loud roar. The village of Kiri was in shambles. Within the spanned of ten minutes a four tailed Kyuubi controlled Naruto, and a five tailed Kyuubi controlled Naruto had made the village rain blood. Only a fourth of the population was alive, they had all run.
Kyuubi was satisfied, he had the whole village to himself. Sure it would rebuild quick enough, the Mizukage being alive still, but he had never cared for the future. It was only ever now, not back then, or it will be, nope, just now. He chewed happily on a bloody bone. "This has to be the best day I've had for the past eight years."
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"I feel something off, do you Zabuza?" asked Haku as he set his lemonade on a rock sticking out of the ocean.
"Yes I do, do you think so Suzume?" asked Zabuza who throw the glass over his shoulder. With a splash the glass sunk into the ocean.
"Maybe, I'll search the main clones mind." Suzume flashed through some seals. She gasped. "Damn it! The clone went to far! He trapped both Naruto and Akumu in a genjutsu!"
"That's bad why?" asked Zabuza.
"He made the boys enter their minds!"
"...Yeah...so?" asked Haku.
"That means Kyuubi was free to take control!"
"What!?" yelled Zabuza, "What do we do to stop it?"
"Cancel all the genjutsu so the clone dies. With the clone dead, Naruto and Akumu can escape out of the genjutsu."
"Then lets do that now?" Zabuza began to do seals.
"The genjutsu is braking down now, but that's not the problem," Suzume explained, "We don't know how long Naruto's under the effects of the jutsu. He may have lost the will to gain control. If he has bad enough thoughts then that may happen."
"What kinds of thoughts could he have, he's only seven." asked Haku.
"Since he's the Kyuubi vessel, pretty bad," answered Suzume gravely.
"So then how else do we stop the Kyuubi's control," asked Zabuza worried, not for Naruto as much as the world.
"If we knew where he was, we might be able to do something. I don't think Kyuubi would but to much energy in the bodies, it might brake down the muscles. But, he might not care."
"We need to find him now!" yelled Zabuza. The lawn chairs, which weren't being laid on, sunk into the ocean.
"Yes, but it will be hard, Kyuubi is unpredictable and powerful, if we were there at the beginning it would be easier. We need more people if were going to find him and place him back in the seal." suggested Suzume.
"Okay, but we don't know many people who would help," Haku's voice quivered with worry and fright.
"I know, I will personally aim to find Kyuubi. Zabuza, you search for the person who got you to train Naruto. Haku, you need to search for information on where Kyuubi was last located, don't say Kyuubi, say a boy with a hell load of power and bloodthirst." Suzume pulled out a scroll and opened it. "Take these communicators. If you get any information, report it the group immediately. I'm head for the nearest village."
"Hai!" both Haku and Zabuza left ninja style.
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End chapter four: Training
Sorry for the cliff hanger, but I needed to stop somewhere. I hope you enjoyed it. Oh, and remember A/A before humor.
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