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Naruto's POV

He glared at a blond haired boy. Like Sasuke he had an arrogant smirk on his face. Obviously the boy was looking down on them. Especially he and Xiao Wu.

Unlike most of the students they were on scholarships. They couldn't afford a whole lot and the school looked after them.

The older blond asked loudly from the stairs of the second floor," Isn't that the scholarship students? Lunch is my treat."

While the others were excited about it Naruto was instantly suspicious. People like that never did anything nice without an ulterior motive.

"Today is leftovers."

Just like he thought. The boy was making fun of them. Dangling their lack of money in front of them like it was something to be ashamed of. It wasn't it was something to work to improve until.

The boy said cruely," Oh I almost didn't notice the loli by the losers. To bad she is also a loser."

Xiao Wu asked rushing forward," Wanna die?"

Right before she would have hit the boy he said," Shield spirit defense."

A circle of essence appeared creating a shield to protect him. A boy that had been asleep attacked using a staff spirit essence. An attack that would have hurt the girl had he not stepped in. Using his arm he blocked the first strike.

He felt the mark on his left shoulder glow as called to Línghún. The smokey grey fox dodged around the staff and headbutted the boy. Using the distraction he kicked the boy in the chest.

His taijutsu wasn't on par with the other kids his age for ninja villages but it was enough for this boy. The kick sent him flying to the side. It wasn't far but it was enough to keep him from ganging up on Xiao Wu.

He now stood back to back with her. They glared at their opponents anger flashing in their eyes. Their were no junk spirits or weak spirits. It was just weak and junk people.

The older blond seethed holding his cheek," You would dare hit me?! I think the school these poor losers."

Naruto and the brown haired boy yelled," Do you still want to die?!"

"Stop!"

They both stopped on a dime. A white haired man and Hayate were making their way to them.

The white haired man said," No personal fighting allowed on the campus."

Xiao Wu said angrily," Those people started it!"

The man gave her a cold look but didn't say anything. It was a look he was well familiar with. The same one he received back in the village hidden in the leaves.

The man pointed at him and saod," You follow me. Hayate i wish to speak with him alone."

That last part was added when Hayate moved to follow them. The young man glared at the older but didn't protest. So Naruto followed the headmaster.

They went to the otherside of the campus. When they reached a large room he opened the door. Naruto followed him inside closing the door behind him. The headmaster went to stand by the window. His back was turned to the blond haired boy.

Wary of the man he went to stand by the desk. Mistrust was clear in his blue eyes.

The man coughed much like Hayate as he asked," Besides your fox spirit what other spirit do you have?"

He stiffened. Mistrust turned to suspicion immediately. This person knew about his second mark. The mark that he couldn't call out its spirit. Was this man a friend or an enemy?

"How do you know?" Something on the desk caught his eye. It was a knife. Not much protection but if the man came at him he would defend himself.

The man said not turning from the window," According to my research people with essence harmonization are extremely rare. Those coming from the elemental countries are unheard of. Most are lucky that they reach level 1. Occasionally there is a rare level 2 like your friend."

He growled," Kiba is not my friend. He is a tormentor. No better than the ones I fought with earlier."

While they had been talking he snatched up the knife. Keeping it behind his back he watched the man for any sign of an attack. If there was one thing the villagers taught him it was to read body language. Especially in how to tell if they were going to attack him.

The man continued oblivious to his dark thoughts," From the quality of your spirit essence and the level of your spirit essence, there is no way that your fox spirit has that power upon awakening. It is not possible for one such as a shadow fox to support essence harmonization. So you must have two natural spirits. Which means the other one must be very strong!"

During the man's explanation his mind wandered to the dreams he had. They had been of a forest with a dark grey or black wolf in them. It was like something was calling for him. Maybe it was his second spirit essence.

He asked preparing to dodge an attack and retaliate," What are you saying?"

The man gave another harsh cough as he replied," I want you to be my apprentice."

Jiraiya's POV

Standing in the old man's office was as disconcerting as ever. He hated having to come back for reports. His talents were better used out searching for information. Then again it had been a year since he had seen his godson. It was about time for him to secretly check on the kid.

Before he could say anything the old man said," Jiraiya, you should know that Naruto left about a week ago. He is currently attending a spirit essence academy."

The Sanin felt his jaw unhinge. Minato's son had tested high enough to warrant going to one of those schools? It was surprising. Well maybe not.

It was possible that Kushina had a powerful essence. Hers was never recorded due to her not being from the village. They couldn't find any record of her going to an academy either. It was a controversy for years. No one could do anything about it.

The old man asked," Do you have anything new to report, Jiraiya? If you don't I do have paper work to do. I have to fill out forms for Hayate to stay out of the village."

"He's doing a job in the martial arts world?"

The old man shook his head as he said," No. He took a student."

Jiraiya grimaced. You could not pay him enough to take one of those brats as his student. They were too young to do any proper jutsu. On top of that they all thought that they were the best. No he wanted ones that had actually seen what the world was like. Not these spoiled brats.

He asked contempt clear in his tone," Which one was it? My money us on Uchiha."

That entire family had something wrong with them. He started when the man replied," No. In fact it was Naruto. Apparently the boy had earned a chance to learn. It's surprising. Hayate had sworn to never take a student."

Now that was interesting. Too bad he couldn't see them. The martial arts world tended to hate him. One too many of his books had made it over there. Still he wished the best for his godson. No doubt he would be safer there than in the village.

Naruto's POV

He was shocked into silence as they stared at each other. The man's face was blank. It was like staring at a wall. Yet he could tell the other was speaking the truth.

The man continued on," This school values the physical over the theoretical. I am of the latter. But, I believe that my life's research is actually useful. Do you believe me?"

He asked cautiously," People say that junk spirits can't be trained. What do you think?"

A flash of anger crossed the man's eyes but was quickly gone. It set him on edge. Anger wasn't so easily gone. No matter how well someone hid it. If he made one wrong move it would be unleashed upon him.

"I have always believed that there are no junk spirits. Just junk people."

This was said with such open honesty in the man's face that he believed him. It was the first time he had seen such an honest expression that wasn't anger.

He said with a faint smile," Nice answer."

Subtly he threw the knife he held at the desk. His thoughts trialed to his decision,: Using small details that most had missed he figured out that I had two spirit essence. Something i was unsure of myself. This man was what he needed.:

He went to his knees and said," Naruto Uzumaki greets his master."

The man said with a soft look," Kneeling is for parents and kings. There is no need for that."

He flushed to his roots as he replied," I don't have parents. I have been an orphan all my life. The orphanage threw me out last year. Since then I have had no one to care for me."

A shocked look crossed the other's face. Then it hardened in anger before quickly becoming a mask again. It made him fearful at how quickly the man went through emotions.

"You can only have one master in your life. Think carefully. Many students do not take a master until their second school. That's even if they take one at all."

The blond took a deep breath and thought through it. He was much farther behind than his other two classmates. They had teachings from their clan. All he had was a few weeks of theoretical at the academy.

Determined he said," As long as I can do my swordsman studies with Hayate I agree. Please accept me."

He gulped. For the first time in a long time he was putting himself in a vulnerable position. On top of that he had not asked anyone for anything in a long time. Most of the time he was refused. So he had learned that if he wanted something that he had to get it himself.

The man coughed before he said," I accept you as my student."

For a moment he rummaged through his desk while Naruto got off the floor. After a moment he pulled out a black belt with grey stones in it.

He brought it over to the boy and said," Here is a gift for you becoming my student. This is an essence tool belt. Take it."

He did as he was told but asked," Essence tool?"

A small knowing smile appeared on the man's face as he softly replied," Essence tools are tools that are used to with essence," a purpor eseance appeared in the hand holding the tool before he continued," as for its purpose. Storage. If essence is channeled into the stones you can store up to one cubic meter of stuff. The art of making these was lost long ago so you could call it an antique. Use it well."

Naruto bowed deeply as he said," Thank you sensei."

"Be sure to give it a name so that it will always be yours."

He thought for a long moment before he said," The wandering wolf."

For some reason it seemed to fit him and the belt. A quirk of the man's lips told him that the other was amused. Still he was cautious. He maybe the others student but that wouldn't stop him from hurting him.

He said showing his teacher his right hand," This is where my second spirit essence should be. There is a faint mark but no matter how much i try I cannot summon my other spirit."

The man's eyes widened in surprise as he said coughing hard again. It made Naruto wince and pull away from him. If the man decided to lash out he wanted to have room to move.

His teacher asked harshly," Who else has seen this? Hayate? Your Hokage?"

Fearfully he shook his head. Now he wished he hadn't thrown the knife away. It had been a foolish move. Faster than he could track his teacher was suddenly right in front of him.

He was grabbed by his shoulders as the man said," You must never show anyone this mark. It will bring much hardship and danger down upon you. I will teach you how to hide your spirit essence mark. Though we will have to go to the forest within the next day or so. Normally we would wait at least a week but that isn't possible in this case."

"Why?"

"Because if someone were to get ahold of it they could kill him. Without a human host that Spirit is vulnerable. That's why he had hidden in the deepest part of the forest. You are vulnerable without him as well."

His teacher went to the shelves that contained books on various subjects. He grabbed several before returning. He instructed Naruto on how to put them in and retrieve them from the belt. Next he was shown how to hide his essence marks.

Instead of choosing to hide only one he hid both. It would do well for people to underestimate him. This would be the first step in that process. After that his teacher dismissed him asking him to review the books and come to him with any questions.