Unraveling secrets: the first step: shaping the protagonist
Ch 4- Naruto vs Kiba
Hi guys, I am back with the 4th chapter of the story. You guys might wonder, earlier I wrote that 'fox style's basic stance is the Peek a Boo from boxing, well that is only for beginner level though, in intermediate level you can mix in textbook styles. But unlike in boxing in shinobi world you can grab, kick, head butt, and do everything that you can't do in boxing, so why am I using Peek a Boo?
Well that is only a defensive stance you know, it isn't boxing so he doesn't have to take the stance all the time, he only uses it to defend himself against punches.
And well it seems that many had problems with Naruto x Ayame one shot, but don't worry guys this is not a harem and Hinata won't be ignored in this story. Naruto is simply a perverted little boy, philanderer to be exact, and Ayame is just gonna be a sex friend.
I am gonna use this concept as a running gag, and Naruto will love Hinata more than anything in this world but their relationship will take time.
And those who thinks that Ayame is going to use Naruto as a thing, you guys are completely wrong, but it is…completely possible for…Naruto to use her like that…this is not utter nonsense guys, he will take after Jiraiya's legend of being a pervert and a spy master and because of that him being able to seduce woman is necessary…ok sorry guys this is my fault, I am a big pervert and that is why I am going to make Naruto a character whom I aspire to be, so please bear with it.
And there still remains the fact that I don't want it to be a fic where while Naruto sorts out his feelings about Hinata, she smiles and lets him use her as a doormat.
Disclaimer- I don't own Naruto, if I did no kid would be able to enjoy the show.
Saga- Prologue saga.
Arc- Friend arc.
The young stud whose name was Naruto was walking down the streets. One may have thought that his new appearance would have fooled the villagers but thanks to his whisker mars he was instantly recognized.
The only difference was he was now glaring back at the villagers with a scowl on his face.
He seriously considered a hooded jacket to hide his face.
He had a backpack on his back along with his usual attire.
Today he was gonna show his face to the academy in months. He wondered if everybody would be surprised to see his new appearance.
He soon reached the academy; he quickly went to his classroom. Apparently he was the first one to arrive. He saw that a note was attached against the wall nearby the board. It was what he needed, he quickly noted it down and went to the last bench in the middle row.
'Damn it, why has it got to be clone jutsu again?' thought Naruto.
He then heard footsteps near the door. A figure then entered the classroom. He wears a navy blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar, white shorts; he has black eyes and spiky black hair with a blue tint, hung over his face as jaw length bangs framing either side of his face.
The figure glanced and Naruto and then went over to the last bench on the window side row and sat down.
In the back of his shirt there was the Uchiha symbol.
'So he is the last Uchiha' thought Naruto.
He was already sleeping with his head down in the bench by the time everybody arrived.
When he woke up, Iruka was taking attendance.
"Shikamaru Nara"
"This is a drag" grumbled a boy sitting in the bench at his left.
"Choji Akimichi"
"Present…crunch…crunch" said a boy sitting in front of Shikamaru eating chips.
"Naruto uzumaki"
"Present"
There was absolute silence in the class.
Everyone looked at the place from where the voice, there was Naruto yawning and rubbing his eyes.
"N-Naruto" said Iruka nearly stuttering.
"Yes" said Naruto.
'That simply can't be Naruto, where is that hideous jacket, and he isn't even grinning, and what happened to his face, and how the hell did he grew this tall?' thought Iruka.
But there was no mistaking it, he was Naruto. He had his whisker marks at either side of his cheeks.
"N-nothing" said Iruka.
"Ami" Iruka continued with the attendance.
'This young stud is Naruto' thought Ino yamanaka.
Ami was licking her lips.
Naruto again went back to his sleep, but he did notice the two people who were glaring daggers at him.
One of them was obviously Sakura haruno, but the other was Kiba inuzuka.
He again had to wake up when the sparring session was conducted.
"Sakura vs Ino" said Iruka.
A great cat fight, none of the two knew anything except the three basic jutsus and their taijutsu was abysmal.
In the end, it was a double knockout.
Naruto enjoyed the moments though; he had a perverted expression on his face.
"Shino vs Choji" called Iruka.
A nice fight but maintaining his distance Shino evaded the akimichi's close range attacks and used his bugs to slowly chip away the food lover's strength. In the end Shino won.
'Cleverly played' thought Naruto.
"Hinata vs Ami" called Iruka again.
The weird girl won easily using her Byakugan.
"Gennai vs Hosei" called Iruka.
A proper taijutsu battle should be like this; they fought and exchanged powerful blows and the fight ended in Hosei winning.
"Naruto vs Shikamaru" called Iruka.
Neither Naruto nor Shikamaru stood up, they exchanged looks. Then Shikamaru stood up.
"I forfeit" said Shikamaru and went back to his dreamland.
"WHAT?" shouted Iruka as twitch marks appeared on his forehead.
Naruto soon followed Shikamaru's suit but not before hearing the last matchups.
"Kiba vs Sasuke"
Naruto woke up because of the commotion and saw Kiba on his knees and all the girls with the exception of some were showering Sasuke with cheers who ignored it.
"Winner Sasuke" said Iruka.
"Damn it" said Kiba.
"Well it transpired as we expected though" said Hosei.
"Yeah well it's not that Kiba is weak though, in fact he might be the strongest of all academy students" said Gennai.
"But Sasuke is a prodigy" said Hosei.
"There was never a chance for Kiba to begin with" said Gennai.
"But he never gives up does he?" said Hosei.
"Yeah…ten loses and no wins for Kiba, I would have given up a long time ago" said Gennai.
'Hmm' thought Naruto.
The bell rang and the class was over. Everyone was packing their bags to go back home. Naruto too followed his suit.
Just as he was about to get out of the classroom he tripped, Kiba Inazuka stuck is feet out and made Naruto trip.
"Ouch" said Naruto and slowly stood up.
Kiba smirked and was about to turn around and walk away from Naruto.
But Naruto caught his shoulder and jerked him around; both of them stared at each other.
"What the hell is your problem dude?" asked Naruto in a dark intimidating growl.
Kiba stared back at him intently.
"It would be you of course" said Kiba.
Naruto's scowl was replaced by a mischievous smile.
"Oh c'mon, are you still angry that I hung your boxers at the top of the Hokage monument that day?" asked Naruto in a laid back tone.
Kiba gritted his teeth in anger, how could he forget the shame he felt that day. He had to bring back his boxers in front of the villagers you know, his pride was crushed that day.
He was the hope of the inuzuka clan; he was trained by his adoptive older brother Kego inuzuka. His clan expected very much of him but still he was considered inferior to the Uchiha.
He too considered himself to be inferior to the prodigy. He lost ten times straight against that guy. He was very much frustrated now. So he decided to take out his anger out on someone.
He had a very deep grudge against Naruto, first would because of hat shameful incident and the second was
"Do you want to Hokage?" asked Kiba.
"Of course" answered Naruto frankly.
Kiba clenched his fist in anger, he didn't like it.
"You will never become hokage" said Kiba in an angry tone.
"Why though?" asked Naruto.
"A loser like you…playing pranks all the time…always fool around…while I train my ass off…don't ya understand what it means to be Hokage" said Kiba as Naruto was still standing with a smiling expression on his face, although anyone can see the twitch mark on his forehead.
"The Hokage is the strongest shinobi of the village…and you the dobe, dead-last of the academy, a two times failure will be the Hokage…don't make me laugh, a orphan like you will become the Hokage, dream on kid...but it will never come true cause I will be the Hokage" said Kiba pointing his thumb at himself smirking.
Naruto's expression didn't change, he was still smiling but many veins popped around his forehead and his eyebrow was twitching.
"Shut your trap dog-breath, nobody wants a dog smelling shit like you to be the Hokage. Konoha wouldn't last a day with an idiot like you being the leader of the country" said Naruto changing his smile from mischievous to mocking.
Kiba was clearly enraged; he brought his face close to him and glared at him.
"You dare…" said Kiba.
"I dare…what you would do about it you bloody piece of shit" said Naruto not even a trail of fear in his voice, still a smug expression in his face.
Kiba picked him up by his collar and brought his face close to himself.
"I am the heir of the Inazuka clan (which was a blatant lie because that position goes to his older sister Hana Inuzuka). Just because you changed your appearance, don't think yourself to be a hot shot. Oh, what am I talking about? You are nothing more than a loser. After all you couldn't even pass a genin test fucking two times for Kami's sake. To think you would dare to pick a fight with me, didn't your parents teach you restrain? Oh right, you are a no name orphan, aren't ya? I am sure your father was a drunken poor bustard who only knew to gamble and your mother was a famous whore who sucked the cocks of all the men in the village for money" said Kiba thinking that made him a hot shit (not hot shot).
Sakura looked very happy, Shikamaru groaned because this woke him up, Choji frowned and ate his chips at a faster rate. Ino looked disappointed in Kiba; Ami was looking in anticipation along with Gennai and Hosei as if they were watching the climax of a movie. Shino looked indifferent as always, Hinata was fuming inside thinking 'how dare he insult my Naruto-kun' and then blushed at the thought that she called Naruto hers. Sasuke had his 'no care' attitude but his eyebrows were narrowed.
Suddenly the area around them felt heavy and hard to breathe, Kiba was sweating as he subconsciously released Naruto, everyone present in the class looked at Naruto and his expression stunned them.
His eyes were no longer blue, they were hollow and pitch grey radiating hatred, his face was covered with dark features, a completely expressionless expression yet the KI released was overpowering Kiba and Akamaru who was already hiding in his coat.
Kiba slowly started backing away, his courage was being drained away from him, the expression of pure hate on Naruto's face sucked away Kiba's wit.
Kiba's whole body was trembling with fear, his legs were unsteady and his lips were twitching. Just as he was about to turn around and run he was met with a right straight at his face. It was powerful; he was lifted off the ground and flew over towards Sasuke's desk crashing against Sasuke's desk who still was sitting there not caring about their fight. Kiba's nose was broken without a doubt.
Everyone was watching this; they couldn't believe their eyes, Kiba was being toyed around by the dead-last. It may have been a surprise attack but still Naruto's one punch broke his nose.
Akamaru came out of Kiba's jacket and rushed at Naruto in an attempt to protect his master. Akamaru jumped just as he reached Naruto's range, but before he could bite Naruto he was caught in midair, Naruto threw the small puppy towards the blackboard against which the dog was hit and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Akamaru" shouted Kiba who had stood up, seeing Akamaru beaten he growled at Naruto. He had come back to his senses. Fear out of the system, he charged at Naruto and threw a punch at his face but Naruto took the peek a boo stance and easily blocked at.
'Peek a Boo' thought Sasuke now watching with interest.
Kiba threw a punch at his stomach but he wasn't able to break his guard.
'Damn it' thought Kiba and grabbed both of Naruto's arm and tried to pry open his guard forcefully.
He was successful, but just as he was about to knee Naruto in the gut, Naruto stepped on his attacking leg making Kiba stop. But Kiba was still holding his hands so he head butted Kiba hard on the head to make him let go of his hands which worked.
'There are many ways to force attacks even against the defensive boxing stance; he could have kicked him in below the waist regions (thigh guys not genetical part), or kicked him in his toes or knee, he could have went for a liver blow but he chose the most straightforward method to open his guard' thought Sasuke.
'Naruto must have predicted that, so just as he pried it open he stepped on his leg to stop him from using it' thought Shikamaru.
Naruto was still stepping on Kiba's attacking feet, Kiba was still reeling damage from the head butt so using it to his advantage he went for another right straight at his face, it not only connected but because Naruto was stepping on his feet while punching, it broke.
"AHHH" Kiba shouted in pain, Naruto removed his leg; Kiba crouched down and grabbed his feet grunting in pain.
But Naruto didn't stop; he caught the back of his face and then smashed his knee into his face. Kiba staggered back.
Naruto then started his merciless barrage; first a left-right hook combo at his face, Kiba's face was bloodied. His eyes were starting to swell, his lip cut and blood was coming out of his nose.
Kiba was in semi-conscious state, he was about to fall down but he was met with an uppercut making his body jerk up straight. Kiba was not allowed to fall.
Naruto again went for combination hook and then an uppercut; this continued for 2-3 rounds, Kiba was barely standing now, his eyes dazed it didn't look like he was in a state to fight.
Naruto finally decided to end it, he used an overhead punch on the top of his face and then as he was about to fall towards Naruto, Naruto punched his stomach, the body blow made Kiba puke but Naruto picked up Kiba who was leaning on him with one hand on his face, and then slammed him in the ground at his right.
Kiba was unconscious; there was no doubt about that. But Naruto crouched down and started punching the feral looking boy in his face continuously. His right hand was coated red in Kiba's blood. Many of the students were puking at the scene; many were still dazed about what happened.
The first to react was Shikamaru Nara.
"He is gonna die" shouted Shikamaru and ran towards Naruto, he was followed by Shino, Choji, Hosei and Gennai quickly. The 4 of them subdued Naruto who had lost it; he was trying to push the 4 away forcefully.
"Naruto calm down" said Choji but with a backhand he broke free of Choji's grip. He shook the rest three off by force and dashed towards the fallen Kiba while drawing a kunai in his hand.
But he was intercepted, there was Sasuke Uchiha who blocked his path, in his hand was a kunai which was locked with Naruto's kunai in the middle. Both of them were trying to overpower each other, but they were equal.
"Calm down dobe" said Sasuke still engaged with Naruto.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY" shouted the angry uzumaki.
Suddenly Iruka appeared behind Naruto and with one chop at the back of his neck he knocked Naruto out cold.
Naruto fell in Iruka's arms; Iruka saw the situation and then turned towards Sasuke.
"What happened?" asked Iruka.
With Naruto:
He slowly opened his eyes; the color of the ceiling was familiar to him.
He sat up on the bed; he remembered the place very well.
"You are up" said a female voice.
Haiku was sitting in the chair near another bed; he noticed that she was nursing none other than Kiba Inuzuka.
Looking at him made him angry, but just as he was about to shout something he noticed Kiba's state.
He was bandaged around his face, his foot was hung as it was broken, and he was bandaged around his stomach too, lying in the bed unconscious along with his dog who was too unconscious with the top of his head bandaged.
He was about to ask Hakui why was he in such a pathetic state but then he remembered…it was Naruto himself who did that to Kiba.
"The Hokage-sama wants to meet you" said Hakui without even looking at him; she was busy tending to Kiba.
Naruto got off the bed and walked towards the door, before getting out he looked at the unconscious figure of Kiba.
He then got out of the room, slowly walking towards the Hokage office; he stood at the door after reaching the place.
He felt miserable and really guilty. No matter what he said or did to him, trying to kill an ally like that was not right.
He was out of his mind, Kiba was the son of the head of Inuzuka clan and he attempted to murder him. What would happen to him now, will he be imprisoned or executed. As negative thoughts raced on his mind he knocked the door.
"Come in" the Hokage called from inside.
Naruto opened the door and peeked inside. Jiji was sitting in the bench and was filling out paperwork.
Naruto went inside slowly. The Hokage looked up and saw him. Naruto froze, gone were those soft, warm eyes. The Hokage was giving him a cold look.
"Sit down" said the Hokage in a stern voice.
Naruto walked forward and sat down in the chair miserably. With clenched fists, he was looking down in shame.
"I don't know from where to begin…" said Sandaime releasing a deep sigh.
Naruto didn't say anything.
"Earlier when you always kept grinning and prank people, I admired you" Naruto looked up in surprise as the Hokage said this.
"No matter what you went through you kept smiling, you never succumbed to hatred…you desired attention and wanted to be Hokage, I know even when you kept your mask on you trained…I saw you training and I knew that the only reason you haven't been able to pass the exam is because you haven't had anyone to teach you. Using the assassination attempt as a facade I gave you a teacher…Yes, it was also to check your mental status but I believed you were strong enough to regain yourself. When you began getting stronger…I was really happy. I knew that you stole from the library and replaced them with copies of the books made by fuinjutsu but I let you keep them as a reward for executing it so well that nobody caught it" said the third.
Astonishment was an understatement; Naruto's jaw dropped hearing the Hokage say this, so he knew…he knew that he stole and kept quiet.
"But I thought even if you no longer desired attention, even if you had shed your facade I believed that your heart was the same…it seems I was wrong though. Earlier when you told me that you will make them acknowledge you by proving your skills first, I thought you understood what it meant to be Hokage…but tell me Naruto, was trying to murder your own classmate also a ploy to get them acknowledge you" said the Hokage.
Naruto looked down in shame; he tightened his clenched fists so much that the nails were beginning to dig into his skin.
He let the old man down, old man did believe in him and he let him down.
"Tell me truthfully Naruto uzumaki, did you try an attempted murder on Kiba inuzuka?" asked Sandaime Hokage with authority in his voice.
Naruto slowly nodded, he had nothing to say in his defense.
The Hokage sighed.
"I know that Kiba insulted your parents and even your existence, he hit an emotional spot. I know you were angry with him but still trying to kill him was nonetheless wrong, you do get that you committed a crime, your career might be over before it has even begun. You could have humiliated him or lefe him when he was unconscious. He maybe deserved that, but tell me boy, do you understand what it means to kill" said Sandaime leaning forward.
Naruto was teary-eyed now, how lame it is…his dreams are going to end like that, stupid…how stupid he was.
"Do you have any idea how much trouble it was for me to convince the inuzuka clan to forgive you, and how much pain it was for me to be constantly requested to execute you? How hard it was to make Kizashi back off" said Hiruzen in a very cold voice.
Naruto still was looking down shamefully but the weight on his head lightened, so he wasn't going to be arrested.
"Sorry Hokage-sama" said Naruto in a shaken voice. He couldn't bring himself to call the Hokage old man anymore; he felt that the Hokage has distanced himself from him.
"You should be" said Sarutobi sternly.
"H-how is Kiba?" asked Naruto.
"He will be okay, but you should worry about yourself. When you were unconscious I made Inoichi yamanaka check your mind" said Hiruzen.
Naruto looked up in shock.
"Yes Naruto and he will be giving me the report on whether you should be allowed to be shinobi or not, he should be coming any moment now" said Hiruzen.
There was a knock on the door.
"May I come in Hokage-sama?" asked a voice.
"Yes please come in Inoichi" said the Hokage.
Inoichi has long ash blond hair reaching into his back, which he wore spiky on top and ending in a long ponytail, blue-green eyes and strong facial features, which included a well defined jaw line, he was wearing the standard flak jacket over a black outfit, complete with hand-guards, forehead protector and a sleeveless red haori.
He came in and glanced at Naruto before giving out a report to the Hokage. The Hokage looked at the paper and read it for a while.
Then he placed it on the desk and looked at Naruto.
"For now you are relieved of your crimes Naruto, you can still continue in the academy if you wish…but if you ever do something like this again you will not be excused so refrain from indulging yourself in violence again" said Sarutobi.
"Yes Hokage-sama" said Naruto who was still very much depressed about everything, he still felt guilty about his actions.
"You are dismissed boy" said Sandaime Hokage.
Naruto nodded and get of the seat and walked towards the door, he then glanced at the two men who were talking about something before leaving the room.
With the Hokage:
"You were pretty harsh on him" said Inoichi.
"Of course I was harsh, if I hadn't saved him this time around who knows what would have happened to him" said Hiruzen.
"But still I am amazed at him, the more I found out about him the more I came to respect him my lord" said Inoichi.
"I know he had it real hard" said Sarutobi with a deep sigh.
'Although I hate the fact that he is bigger than me at just the age of 13' thought Inoichi.
"But are you sure Inoichi, he is not being controlled by kyubi right?" asked Hiruzen.
"He is not being manipulated Hokage-sama, nor is he emotionally unstable. He just snapped when his parents were insulted, but what surprised me was his anger Hokage-sama, his hate is the real thing" said Inoichi.
"Yeah I know, the hatred he had suppressed is both dangerous and amazing, the fact that he can hide so much is amazing itself but if it burst then….as you can see this is the result" said the Hokage.
"With some emotion checking exercises, it will be just fine sir" said Inoichi.
"I see" said Hiruzen and a smile graced on his face. He felt really relieved right now.
"And sir, did you really had to use me to look into a jinchuuriki's mind for just a fight between children, for all its worth Naruto does have a lot of anger but not enough to actually kill someone. Despite what he himself believes, he would stop before doing that. What would have happened to me if the kyubi attacked my mind!" said Inoichi incredulously.
"Ah, don't worry. I believe in your skills, nothing actually happened right" said Sandaime.
"I could have forced ejacuated myself if I really was in danger, but even then I was not sure if I could handle the actual monster" said Inoichi.
"But you did, so I will be counting on you again" said Hiruzen.
"Okay...but I was suppossed to be retired" said Inoichi sighing.
With Iruka:
Iruka was walking down the street with a troubled expression on his face.
"What's up Iruka, you look so down?" asked a voice.
Iruka looked up and saw Kakashi Hatake standing on a tree, in his hand was the Icha Icha paradise: new version.
"Kakashi-san" said Iruka as he looked up.
Kakashi jumped down from the tree and put his book on the pouch.
"What's up Iruka?" asked Kakashi.
"It's about Naruto" said Iruka.
"What about him?" asked Kakashi.
"You know what happened at the academy right" said Iruka.
"Of course" nodded Kakashi.
"Well I don't know…well, how I should treat him anymore" said Iruka.
"As I thought you lack the light you once had Iruka" said Kakashi.
"Huh?" expressed Iruka surprised.
"When you asked the Hokage about the job of a teacher you had a light around you, I think it is called… the will of fire I think" said Kakashi.
"Oh you were there that time right" said Iruka.
"But now I can't feel that from you anymore" said Kakashi.
"I see" said Iruka clearly not understanding him.
"Anyway you are his teacher and Naruto is your student, that's all there is to it" said Kakashi casually.
"I know that…I know but sometimes he reminds me of my past self, and sometimes I think him of the kyubi. I try to be nice to him but I still can't shake the image of kyubi of him" said Iruka.
"Do you think kyubi would do what he did today?" asked Kakashi.
"If you mean attack a classmate with the intention to kill then yes" said Iruka.
"And why did he attack Kiba inuzuka?" asked Kakashi rhetorically.
"Well it's because he badmouthed Naruto of course" said Iruka getting a bit irritated.
"Do you think the kyubi would be riled up over something like this?" asked Kakashi.
"Huh?" expressed Iruka again.
"Do you think that the kyubi cares about his parents?" asked Kakashi.
"Well…no" said Iruka giving Kakashi a strange look.
"There you have it then" said Kakashi as he took out his book and started giggling perversely as he walked away.
'I should call Anko for the night and try this part of Icha Icha paradise' thought Kakashi as Iruka stood there, thinking about what Kakashi said to him.
With Naruto:
'I messed up a big time' thought Naruto.
He was lying in his bed at his house; he still remembered the face of the Hokage when he was disappointed in him. I hurt him, the old man was very angry on him and he was disappointed in himself. What kind of ninja was he gonna be if he couldn't even control his emotions.
'Knock' 'Knock'
Somebody was knocking on the door; he got of his bed and walked towards the door. He opened it and saw Raido Namiashi standing outside his door.
"Yo" said Raido.
With Shikamaru, Choji and Ino:
"Why should I train with you guys?" asked Ino snarled.
"Oh shut up Ino, we are the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho and thus we have to train together" said Shikamaru with his on hand on his face.
"But how do they know that, we are not even genin yet" said Ino.
"It's a custom Ino" said Choji.
"No, I want to team with Sasuke-kun. Why do I have to be with these losers?" whined Ino as anime tears dripped down her face.
'So troublesome' thought Shikamaru.
"But still I am surprised, to think Naruto was this strong" said Choji.
"Oh come on, that was a fluke" said Ino.
"No it was not" said Shikamaru.
"Huh" said Ino.
"Well it was a surprise attack but the fact still remains that each one of Naruto's blows were powerful, and the killer intent he released is the real deal" said Shikamaru.
"Then you are saying Naruto is that strong" said Ino.
Shikamaru shrugged and said
"Maybe no, Naruto's punches were very strong but it is also true that Kiba was frightened by the intent he was releasing, by the time he regained his senses his ninken was already out, and an inuzuka without a ninken is nothing more than a cannon fodder if you ask me".
"Then who is stronger?" asked Ino impatiently.
"Who knows?" said Shikamaru in a very laid-back tone.
Tick marks appeared on Ino's forehead as she jumped on Shikamaru and started pulling his hair.
"SHIKAMARU" shouted Ino in a very demonic voice.
Choji chuckled as he ate his chips.
"Of course Kiba is strong, as if that dead-last could defeat that Kiba in a fight" said Ino as he pounded her fists on Shikamaru's fallen back.
"Ouch Ino stop…ouch" said Shikamaru grunting in pain.
"Even still Naruto was real scary today" said Choji.
'But still that time when Naruto led Kiba in his trap was brilliant, I don't know whether Naruto is stronger or not but without a doubt…he has changed, that is not the Naruto we know' thought Shikamaru as he was still being pounded by Ino.
With Naruto and Raido:
They were in training ground 13; they had not talked even once when they were coming here.
They stopped as they reached the wooden training logs; Raido then looked at Naruto and released a sigh.
"You really messed up didn't you?" asked Raido scratching his hair.
"Uh huh" said Naruto nodding.
"Do you even know how much trouble you caused Hokage-sama" said Raido.
Naruto shook his head.
"Well I do understand that he struck a emotional point of yours and you wanted to beat the shit out of him but still going with the intent to kill is a bit overkill" said Raido.
"I know" said Naruto looking down.
"The Hokage is really disappointed in you Naruto" said Raido.
Naruto's body shook once.
"I can't call him jiji anymore can I?" said Naruto in a shaky voice.
"Of course you can…but you made him a bit angry Naruto, you have to earn your spot back" said Raido.
Tears streamed down Naruto's face as he went up and hugged Raido and Raido was patting his head awkwardly.
Raido came here to scold Naruto today but looking at him he couldn't bring himself to do it anymore.
"All right Naruto, it's alright now. There is no danger involved, you are freed of your charges" said Raido assuring Naruto.
Naruto slowly let go of him and rubbed his tearful eyes.
"I am so lame" said Naruto.
"You got that right" said Raido.
Naruto seemed a bit relieved after letting it all out.
"The Hokage-sama sent you this" said Raido as he took out a scroll and gave it to Naruto.
"What's this?" asked Naruto.
"It's for emotion control exercises; you will be practicing them everybody once at least and then report to the Hokage weekly, you will be checked by Inoichi yamanaka too" said Raido.
"I really messed up a big time" said Naruto releasing a deep sigh.
"You don't know how difficult it is for you to be acknowledged now" said Raido.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto frowning slightly.
"Rumors will spread about this incident and the people will treat you worse than before" said Raido.
"Damn" said Naruto.
"Alright then, since you seem ready for it, I will teach you something very important" said Raido.
Naruto's eyes popped out, he thought he had misheard Raido so he cleaned his ears with his fingers a bit but he realized that Raido was serious.
"You actually will teach me something" said Naruto shocked.
"Yeah, I'm sure you will find it useful" said Raido.
"What is it?" asked Naruto curiously.
"It's called shift of weight" said Raido.
"Shift of what?" asked Naruto not understanding what it meant.
"Shift of weight, well it's not a jutsu or something but it will you to alleviate your crucial weakness" said Raido.
"My crucial weakness" said Naruto surprised.
"Yes" said Raido.
"W-what is my crucial weakness?" asked Naruto.
"Your crucial weakness is…" said Raido.
"My crucial weakness is…" repeated Naruto.
"Your toes" said Raido.
"My toes" said Naruto.
"Yes your toes, they are very important if you are using fox style" said Raido.
'How do you know that I am using fox style?' thought Naruto.
"You have weak toes which mean you haven't given enough training on your toes" said Raido.
'My toes are weak but…' thought Naruto.
Raido leaned closer to him and gave him a dry look.
"But I didn't mean to tell you to do a kneel kick or rolling sobat" said Raido.
"I-I know that" said Naruto.
"But wait a minute…I'm sure my speed of dashing and reaching the opponent's side is pretty advanced for an academy student or even a genin...doesn't that mean that my toes are somewhat strong?" asked Naruto.
"Sure. But that is only limited to straight lines…when it comes to shifting the weight from left to right, you are no good" said Raido.
"Shifting the weight you say…" said Naruto and looked down on his toes.
"Where is the centre of gravity when doing that?" asked Raido.
"Centre of what?" asked Naruto.
Raido sweat dropped.
"The point within something at which gravity can be considered to act" said Raido.
"Oh" said Naruto nodding his head.
Naruto moved his legs right to left and left to right and a realization dawned upon him as he widened his eyes.
"Oh, it's on my toes" said Naruto looking towards Raido.
"Exactly! The speed for dashing and shifting your weight…is all coming from your toes, but as I told you before, your toes are weak. You are late in shifting your weight which means each action are delayed by one notch and that is why you can't use your speed to the fullest extent" said Raido.
"I see" said Naruto.
"Your speed is already of high genin level but your movements aren't fluid enough, as your taijutsu relies upon flexibility, parrying and hit and away strategy this is a very crucial weakness" said Raido.
"I haven't even realized it" said Naruto.
"That might be because you still haven't sparred with someone who can match your speed, and you can't hope to spar with me" said Raido.
"But how will I train shift of weight anyway?" asked Naruto.
"Don't worry" said Raido as he took out a scroll and unsealed it, a cardboard box full of tennis balls popped out of it.
"What is this?" asked Naruto.
"I'll give you an interesting training with this" said Raido.
"With tennis balls?" asked Naruto.
Raido laid the box down and sat on one knee.
"Well, I'm gonna throw them to your right and left…all you have to do is to catch it before it drops on the ground" said Raido.
"Um…yes…" said Naruto not understanding what it will do.
"All right, here we go!" said Raido as he threw a ball at Naruto's left very fast, Naruto quickly dived to catch it.
Just as he caught it Raido threw a ball to his right, Naruto let go of the ball and dived right to catch it.
Naruto quickly let the ball go and dived left anticipating a ball there but Raido threw the ball at his right again making Naruto miss.
"I won't necessarily throw them in the order of right and left" said Raido.
"Ok" said Naruto.
"All right, here we go next" said Raido.
Naruto was really having trouble catching them all; he could clearly see the ball, his body reacted fast as usual and his body was too in a great shape but he couldn't just dive right and left as quickly as Raido threw the balls towards him. He had slow down one tempo before diving in the opposite direction again and even with his 100% control over his body and reaction speed he couldn't help it.
"Hey, hey, you are not fully catching up" said Raido as he threw another ball.
After 2 minutes:
"What do you think, it's pretty hard right?" asked Raido as Naruto was on his hands and knees panting very hard.
"This is very…" said Naruto.
"Well with this you can get the gist of changing directions fluidly" said Raido.
"Yes" said Naruto nodding.
"How is your tree climbing coming up?" asked Raido.
"Not good" said Naruto.
"I have shown you how do it" said Raido.
"Yeah but when I think that this is my third year I get nervous and then I remember that without completing this I won't pass, I get anxious" said Naruto.
'And that is why you can't do it properly' thought Raido.
"There are only 3 weeks left you know" said Raido.
"Don't worry, I will complete it by then" said Naruto with a thumbs up.
"If you do then I will teach you how to break genjutsu...after you graduate though" said Raido.
"Seriously" said Naruto soundly excited.
Raido nodded.
"All right then, I will definitely do it" said Naruto pumped up.
'And if you can't then I will teach you shadow clone jutsu next year' thought Raido.
1 week later:
Naruto was training in ground 13, he was trying to climb trees using chakra but wasn't able to climb much.
Today was Saturday, he had mastered shift of weight to some extent and he admitted it was really helpful, his movements just went one notch higher but he can dodge things which he previously wasn't able to with no damage. He wanted to master this completely. But before that he would have to master his doom, his strongest enemy, chakra control!
With Iruka:
The bell rang as the students erupted with shouts.
"Alright you guys can go home now" said Iruka as he went out of the classroom.
Naruto hadn't come to the academy after that day. Everyone considered his crushing defeat over Kiba a fluke. But apparently most of them were still intimidated of the KI he released.
Of course there was a girl who was in Naruto's support, the greatest fan girl Konoha had ever produced. Her name was Hinata Hyuga. She was not an Uchiha lover though; unexpectedly she loved the dead-last Naruto uzumaki, the pariah of the village. She was apparently Kiba's crush but he never was able to win her heart. That's one reason why Kiba would hate Naruto, everyone in the academy knows about Hinata's little crush except the Romeo himself!
But Naruto had changed and Iruka knew it. The Naruto he knew wouldn't last a second against Kiba. He followed Kakashi's advice and believed in the humanity of the boy.
Without a doubt the yokai would never show his feelings for his family. Not the beast but Naruto showed how much he cared about it, and logically that's enough for Iruka to believe in the boy.
And he was gonna find out where Naruto lived today, despite the Hokage's wish to leave him alone, as his instructor Iruka would need to know why is Naruto not coming to academy anymore.
"Sensing technique" murmured Iruka and searched for the chakra signature of his favorite student.
He found Naruto and seemed shocked at first, why was he in training ground 13 and did he sense correctly? Naruto was training in chakra control.
He quickly ran towards training ground 13.
Unknown to him, one certain hyuga was following after him, he did sense her but she was 100m away from him, and why would she chase after him among all the crowd anyway, of course he forgot how much love she has for her man, and she had her family's visual prowess added to that.
He finally reached Naruto five minutes later, he decided to hide in the bush and watch him.
Naruto was now going through the forms of his taijutsu. Iruka looked in shock as Naruto went on hitting the log.
"Fluid movements and fantastic shift of weight, but where did Naruto learn them?" thought Iruka.
There was another person 120m away from them. She was Hinata hyuga.
With Hinata:
'W-won-der-f-ful" thought Hinata; normally she wouldn't stammer while thinking but after seeing her Naruto-kun after so long she couldn't help it.
She was about to faint again but somebody came in her visual jutsu's range, how could she not recognize that signature duck-butt hair of Sasuke Uchiha!
Another two feral looking women came in her view standing on a tree, she didn't recognize them but without a doubt they were Inuzuka's.
And another figure too suddenly arrived 20m away from her sitting in a branch of a tree; he had brown spiky hair and a scar like a weal around his face.
Sasuke Uchiha was sitting on the tree by supporting his weight on his knees. The two inuzuka ladies were of course Tsume and Hana inuzuka.
And the male figure with brown hair was obviously Raido Namiashi.
'W-what is going on?' thought Hinata.
Suddenly she noticed that Sasuke jumped from tree to tree and was coming at her place. Just as she thought he definitely did come where she was seconds late.
"S-Sasuke-kun" said Hinata.
"Hn" grunted Sasuke in acknowledgement and settled down next to her.
"W-why a-are you h-here?" asked Hinata.
"I followed that guy but looks like I arrived before him" said Sasuke.
Before Hinata could ask what he meant though a figure entered the range of her Byakugan.
Hinata's soft and clumsy expression quickly turned to an angry one; she knew who he…or rather they were.
'T-that h-hateful b-bastard' thought Hinata but this time she stammered not because of nervousness, but because of anger.
The figure jumped down the clearing where Naruto was training, as if Naruto knew he was there, he said
"How can I help you Kiba?" without even turning back at him.
"Don't act dumb you bastard, I have come to slaughter you" said Kiba.
"Slaughter me eh" said Naruto as he turned around. He had the same blank and hollow eyes, dark expression all over his face and radiating KI.
He didn't forgive Kiba, true he felt guilty about going to murder him but that hasn't got anything to do with this.
Naruto was confident that he wouldn't get carried away this time; he practiced all the exercises Inoichi gave him in the scroll properly and he could control his anger to great extent. But that wouldn't stop him from beating Kiba to a bloody pulp though.
But this time Kiba didn't flinch, he countered Naruto with his own KI.
"You have grown up a little" said Naruto.
"You think I am gonna let you go after what you did to me, after how humiliated me" shouted Kiba.
"You wanna fight?" roared Naruto raring for a fight.
"You bet" said Kiba growling at Naruto. Akamaru came out of Kiba's coat and barked at Naruto.
"Now wait a minute boys" said a voice which both of them recognized immediately.
"So you decided to come out Iruka-sensei" said Kiba.
"What are you doing here?" asked a skeptical Naruto.
Ignoring them both he continued on.
"I won't allow a fight to break out in my presence boys" said Iruka.
"Oh come on it is just a spar" said Kiba.
"It sure doesn't look like it" said Iruka glaring at him.
"Well it might turn out to be a bit bloody and we might just kill each other…" said Kiba scratching his hair.
"What do you mean 'kill each other' huh" shouted Iruka at Kiba.
"Then let me ask you Iruka-sensei, how are you planning to stop us? You will be able to stop us now sensei but what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow and the day after that…you can delay it, but you can't stop our fight sensei" said Naruto coolly.
"Naruto…" retorted Iruka or tried to retort.
"I agree with that asshole sir" said Kiba.
"Kiba you…" said Iruka trying to ease the tension between them but to no avail, sparks were flying between them as they glared hatefully at each other.
Iruka sighed.
"Allright then, if you are that determined then I won't say anything" said Iruka.
Both the wild boys looked hopefully at their sensei.
"But…there are rules to be followed, if one of you is unconscious then the other wins, if one is seriously injured then I will call the match off, and absolutely no killing" said Iruka.
"Ok" both of them said.
Kiba and Akamaru stood side by side taking their inuzuka stance by crouching down a little and glaring at his prey wildly.
Naruto didn't take any stance or guard; he just stood there with no guard.
"Begin" said Iruka.
Sasuke and Hinata, Tsume and Hana, Raido and the Hokage with his crystal ball were watching the match intently.
The others didn't know that the Hokage-sama was watching though.
Before even Kiba could move Naruto was already in front of him with his fist cocked back.
Kiba's eyes widened in surprise, Akamaru who was standing beside him couldn't even react.
Naruto with a battle roar smashed his right straight at Kiba's face making his upper body spring up backwards. But through sheer determination Kiba forced his feet to stay on ground, but Kiba wasn't able to stop himself from staggering back, Kiba leaned his body against a tree to force himself to stand.
Akamaru regained his senses and jumped on Naruto but with a kick to his torso he was sent straight to Kiba's belly making both of them grunt in pain.
Akamaru fell to the ground as blood was coming out of Kiba's nose.
Naruto suddenly appeared right in front of Kiba with his right fist cocked back, his demonic face intimidated Kiba as Kiba brought his hands up to cover his face. Naruto seeing this went for a body blow with his left fist, the power of his punch made Kiba's gut tighten as he gritted his teeth in pain.
Kiba's guard dropped due to pain and his jaw lowered, Naruto didn't let go of this opportunity and smashed his right this time at Kiba's face. The impact caused Kiba's face to twist and press out of shape. Naruto was still not done though; he leaned his upper body further forward and kept both knees bent, then he kept his right fist at his side and made sure that his knuckle was facing upwards, then he extended his bent knees at full force and used the momentum and his body to thrust his fist forward, it hit Kiba straight at his lowered jaw, the power of his uppercut forced Kiba's legs to rise up from the ground, he didn't fly away because of the tree behind him, the impact caused the tree to shake and blood gushed out of Kiba's mouth.
All of the present spectators were surprised expect Raido and the Hokage.
'This is…' thought Iruka.
'It was expected for a jinchuuriki but still…unbelievable' thought Tsume.
'Not bad' thought Hana.
"What power…" said Hinata.
"No, it's not just that" said Sasuke.
"Huh?" said Hinata.
"That uppercut…I don't believe this" said Sasuke.
"W-what do you mean?" asked Hinata.
"That was an ideal uppercut" said Sasuke.
"I-ideal u-uppercut?" asked Hinata.
"His form…he combined the power of his lower body and upper body, means he hit Kiba with the full force of his entire body" said Sasuke.
"I-I see, t-that's how N-Naruto-kun produced such power" said Hinata.
"But that's not all" said Sasuke.
"Eh?" said Hinata looking at him.
"When he finished, his arm, knee, and toes were in perfect alignment. It was the ideal uppercut form" said Sasuke.
"A-amazing" said Hinata looking amazed.
'It proves that he has outrageous destructive power…a half-trained lower body wouldn't be able to produce that…that dobe…what changed' thought Sasuke and looked at the match more intently.
'Of course he is in a class of his own, how much do you think he ran, he ran from the villagers, he ran to steal food, he ran to survive and from the beginning he had a great upper body strength' thought Raido.
'There is nothing to be surprised about; he trained his body more than anyone in his age group. Besides, jinchuuriki's come with tremendous physical prowess. His stamina, speed and strength are a product of his burden' thought the Hokage.
For a moment Kiba lost consciousness, but he quickly regained his senses and was about to counterattack but his body didn't move, the damage was too much.
'Damn' thought Kiba.
Naruto didn't miss this chance and went for a horizontal right hook at Kiba's right cheek. Split came out of Kiba's mouth and his face twisted leftwards but Naruto didn't finish yet, he gave a left horizontal hook.
Naruto continued this hook combo 4 times, Kiba was barely standing. Naruto kneed his gut for the finish, Kiba's legs buckled and he slowly was forced to sit down on the ground leaning against the tree.
'Now what will he do?' thought Hiruzen.
'Will he attempt to finish him off?' thought Raido ready to jump in.
'Naruto no, Kiba is already unconscious…' thought Iruka ready to move in.
But Naruto slowly retreated, and after making sure Kiba wouldn't stand up he turned around and walked away.
Iruka, Raido and the Hokage released a deep breath.
"Thank god" said Sarutobi.
"A-a-amazing" said Hinata with stars in his eyes.
'It's not over yet, that Kiba wouldn't let it end that fast' thought Sasuke.
True to his words, Kiba slowly stood up, his knees buckled but he stood up and took his stance.
"I-I can still fight" said Kiba.
"But Kiba…" said Iruka.
'So it was just a concussion' thought Naruto.
"I will fight" said Kiba.
"Nope, he is in no condition to fight" said Hana.
"I am not sure about that" said Tsume.
"Huh?" asked Hana.
"That puppy wouldn't let it end just yet, after all he hadn't shown anything yet" said Tsume.
'Even a concussion is dangerous, if he continues anymore it will be risky' thought Iruka and was going to announce Naruto as the winner but he stopped, his eyes stopped him.
Akamaru slowly stood up too, master and ninken exchanged looks.
Kiba closed his eyes and recalled the moments when he was beaten to a pulp.
'They are watching, Sasuke and Hinata, kaa-san and nee-san…they are watching. I know Akamaru; I can't afford to look so lame can I. That asshole took my love, and ridicules my dream of being the Hokage. He pranks people and makes himself look like a joke and…and then he says he will be Hokage. Damn that brat, he insults me in front of everyone and even now he is beating me senseless' thought Kiba closing his eyes.
'Ah, my head is still spinning from the blows. What shall I do about this? Yes, what shall I do about this indeed...I need to get all over him or I won't be satisfied. I will tear him to pieces' thought Kiba as he opened his eyes.
The look on his eyes intimidated Naruto for a second, his eyeball narrowed, turned into slit, the killer intent released made Iruka stop.
'I can't stop him now' thought Iruka and continued the fight.
Naruto instinctively took his peek-a-boo stance. He knew Kiba was about to do something. And true to Naruto's guess Kiba did something.
"Ninja art: beast mimicry all fours jutsu" shouted Kiba after forming the necessary hand seals quickly. Kiba's whole body was enveloped in chakra, he took the all-fours stance and his feral like appearance was boosted. His canine teeth, his finger and toenails grew to claw-like length; his eyes also became wilder with his pupils becoming slits. Akamaru dashed beside Kiba and looked ready to attack.
'His w-whole b-body is s-shrouded in c-chakra' thought Hinata looking with her Byakugan.
'There it is…that troublesome jutsu' thought Sasuke.
'Kiba more or less got this' thought Tsume.
'This is bad…Naruto's boxing stance is for charging in opponent's guard…but Beast Human Taijutsu specializes in hit and run…this is going to be difficult for Naruto' thought Iruka.
Naruto was in his peek a boo stance and was observing his opponent. Kiba was in family taijutsu form with Akamaru beside him.
Kiba then charged at Naruto who was still balled up like a turtle. Kiba's speed surprised Naruto. His speed had drastically increased.
'What's going on?' thought Naruto.
Suddenly Kiba reappeared in front of Naruto and threw a hook at his liver with his left.
'A liver blow' thought Naruto.
One of the easiest ways for attacking an opponent using peek a boo stance. As this guard didn't cover the user's liver, a liver blow would be very effective. But Naruto knew the shortcomings of his stance himself, he quickly dropped his guard and brought his elbow to block Kiba.
'W-what the…' thought Naruto.
Kiba's liver blow stopped in mid-air. He cocked his right fist back and smashed it straight at Naruto's face.
'A faint…I look like an idiot for falling for that…but' thought Naruto.
The impact was powerful; blood was dropping from Naruto's nose. Kiba smirked and was about to draw back his fist quickly but found himself unable to.
'W-what the' thought Kiba.
Naruto had caught Kiba's wrist with his left hand. He pulled Kiba in air and turned around, and then he threw Kiba to the ground.
'He was waiting for him to attack' thought Iruka.
'What confidence…Kiba's speed, strength, stamina and even his animalistic reflexes are increased drastically…yet he baited Kiba to come in…he had that much confidence in his endurance and reflexes' thought Tsume.
'Of course, I keep forgetting he is a jinchuuriki. He can keep up with Kiba's reflexes well enough to catch him' thought Hana.
'He actually kept up with his animalistic reflexes and turned his disadvantage into advantage' thought Sasuke.
'N-Naruto-kun is s-so a-amazing' thought Hinata.
Naruto crouched down, Kiba was in ground and Naruto was holding his hand. Naruto assured of his victory grinned and went to punch him with his right.
"Woof" barked a voice.
In a white blur Akamaru stopped Naruto by biting on the incoming knuckles.
"Damn inu" said Naruto and let go of Kiba's hand. He pulled out Akamaru using his left hand and threw him on the ground.
Suddenly he was met with a kick to his gut, he was forced back. Kiba who was fallen managed to kick him enough to make some distance. He took his chance and quickly stood up. He again took his stance with Akamaru beside him.
'That was real close' thought Kiba, sweat dropped from his forehead.
Kiba's face was completely bruised and swollen, his nose bleeding and his lips cut from the earlier blows he took from Naruto. Yet he was fighting. He refused to go down without showing everything he has got.
'I will have to be careful from now on' thought Kiba and slowly made distance between them.
'He missed a chance of a lifetime here' thought Sasuke.
'Now Kiba knows that his reflexes are not gonna be enough, he will start using hit and run' thought Hana.
'Go puppy' thought Tsume encouraging her son.
Naruto took his peek a boo stance.
'That will only delay your defeat dobe' thought Kiba.
Kiba charged at Naruto and just as he was about to enter his range he withdrew and started circling around Naruto. He again charged at Naruto but just before entering his range he withdrew.
Kiba's plan was to confuse Naruto and make him tighten his guard more. It seemingly was working well as Naruto's entire attention was on Kiba.
Kiba slowly but steadily was closing his distance by circling around Naruto. Naruto was solely concentrating on Kiba.
Kiba dashed at Naruto, this time intending on attacking him. Naruto was guarding tightly waiting for the incoming attack.
"Woof" barked Akamaru and jumped on the back of the head of Naruto and bit him.
Naruto apparently was completely focused on Kiba and completely forgot Akamaru.
Naruto shook his head trying to get Akamaru of him. His guard loosened but he was successful in making Akamaru jumped off him. Just as Akamaru jumped of him though, Kiba punched him straight in his face with his right fist. Naruto stumbled back, Kiba seeing this attacked Naruto again with a punch to his face.
Then he kneed him in his gut. Naruto coughed out blood. Naruto quickly motioned to grab Kiba but he sprinted backwards in order to avoid him. Kiba's plan was working, Akamaru was hidden somewhere and Kiba took his all fours stance again.
'How do you like that?' thought Kiba. This was hit and run strategy. And Naruto supposedly was in danger now. Kiba could slowly keep on piling damage like that and defeat Naruto.
Kiba began circling around Naruto from a distance. Naruto regrouped himself and took his peek a boo stance. Both of them stared at each other for a while. Then Kiba moved towards Naruto.
Naruto this time swayed back to avoid Akamaru coming to tackle him. Kiba using this split second distraction aimed a kick to his thigh but Naruto's natural reflexes made him sidestep right.
'Earlier I couldn't have avoided this but now I can…thanks Scar-face' thought Naruto as he put his entire weight on his right leg and stepped to the side almost instantaneously.
'Nice shift of weight' thought Raido.
'Splendid movement' thought Iruka.
Naruto was about to punch Kiba but Kiba quickly dashed backwards.
"Tch" Naruto clicked his tongue.
Kiba again went all fours and this time with Akamaru in his side.
Naruto too took his usual peek a boo stance. But this time Naruto dashed towards Kiba.
'He is tired of being hit is he?' thought Kiba.
Just as Naruto reached Kiba, he quickly sprinted backwards. But Naruto quickly changed direction and went to chase Kiba.
For a moment it seemed like Naruto had reached Kiba. Seeing this Kiba punched Naruto in his face using his right arm but it was firmly blocked with his peek a boo guard.
Naruto went inside Kiba's guard and tried to punch in Kiba's face using his left fist but Kiba sidestepped at his left and dodged it.
'Our puppy can shift his weight well too…don't underestimate Beast Human Taijutsu' thought Hana smirking.
"Damn brat" said Naruto and bended his knees and leaned right ways. He extended his knees at full force and went for a right uppercut but Kiba quickly jumped back.
Naruto went to intercept him again.
"Stop running around" said Naruto looking annoyed.
Suddenly Kiba surged forward making Naruto stop in his tracks.
"Wanna duke it out?" asked Naruto and tightened his guard.
But Kiba suddenly backed down and used his footwork to circle him again.
"You asshole" said Naruto and charged at Kiba, suddenly Akamaru tackled him in his face coming out of nowhere.
"You damn puppy" said Naruto and was about to kick him but he was suddenly met with a punch to his face.
Kiba had already closed up on Naruto, but Naruto quickly recover and took his defensive boxing stance.
Kiba cocked back his right fist and was about to punch Naruto in his guard.
"And now you want to duke it out" said Naruto.
He prepare his guard for the punch, anyway it would be firmly blocked with the peek a boo guard. But suddenly Naruto felt pain in his liver.
"Damn it" said Naruto as blood gushed out of his mouth.
'Heh, he fell for the same faint again' thought Kiba.
Naruto quickly went for a roundhouse kick. But Kiba had already jumped back.
Kiba smirked as he took some steps back.
"This match is done for mom…it is completely in Kiba's pace" said Hana.
"Well it looks like our puppy was one notch faster than the blondie there…wait what's this" said Tsume.
"N-nani" said Hana, her expression showing pure surprise.
'I am the one leading here right…I am the one winning here right…but then what is going on here…why is my back against the tree' thought Kiba.
Kiba's back was against the tree.
"Woof" barked Akamaru who was in front of him.
'I don't know how this happened but I can easily get out of here using my speed…y-ya with my speed I will quickly…' his thought process was cut of suddenly.
Naruto was already in front of Kiba; before Akamaru could react he was kicked out.
'With that troublesome dog out…' thought Naruto.
'How did this bastard become faster suddenly?' thought Kiba.
'That Inuzuka boy completely fell in Naruto's strategy; sink line and hook' thought Raido smiling.
'D-don't tell me…' thought Iruka.
"H-he reduced his own speed in order to fool Kiba" said Sasuke astounded.
"B-but How d-did h-he corner h-him?" asked Hinata.
Naruto quickly threw a right punch at his face but using his unbelievable reflexes Kiba ducked, however Naruto predicted this and kneed him in his face.
Kiba brought up his hands to guard but still the impact nearly broke his nose. Naruto smiled and threw a right punch downwards but before it could hit Kiba tackled him and forced him back.
Using this chance Kiba quickly escaped.
"You bastard" said Kiba rubbing his nose.
Kiba quickly took his family taijutsu stance.
'W-what?' thought Kiba.
Naruto was in his peek a boo stance but he was running from Kiba this time, it was almost like hit and run.
"Don't tell me you…" said Kiba utterly shocked to core.
"I see…Naruto himself uses hit and away so he knew how a hit and away user corners his opponent…so all the time we thought Kiba was cornering Naruto…it was the complete opposite…" said Sasuke appalled.
"The momentum never shifted towards Kiba…the pace was with Naruto all the time" said Tsume.
"But just because knowing the style doesn't mean he can counter the style that well" said Hana.
"Coverage of field, he used the field space to its advantage. He must have practiced hours over this…but how did he know what Kiba would use" said Tsume.
"That cheeky bastard" said Raido grinning.
"Shit" said Kiba and charged at Naruto. Akamaru was still too hurt to move. But this time Kiba charged and Naruto backed.
'Not so fast…I know I am slower than you but…I myself know how to deal with guys like ya…I will limit your ways and force it to an exchange' thought Kiba and true to his words he did it. Naruto was unable to avoid Kiba easily.
'Figures he is good at hit and run too, of course he can restrict me' thought Naruto.
Kiba quickly went inside Naruto's guard and punched him but Naruto soundly blocked him with his peek a boo stance.
"Damn ya" said Kiba and punched Naruto in his face using his left. But again, it was blocked. Kiba's blows were not able to penetrate through Naruto's guard.
'Then…' thought Kiba.
Kiba went for a karate sweep kick but Naruto quickly placed his foot backwards and spun it around so that he could easily and fluidly back step.
'Nice shift of weight' thought the Hokage.
Kiba quickly stepped in thought and went for a right punch at his face but Naruto tilted his head sideways.
"Well Kiba isn't losing in exchanges though" said Hana.
"Difference between Naruto and the puppy's speed isn't that big. With the all fours jutsu in effect Kiba's speed is almost equal to Naruto. But Naruto has a slight advantage in speed" said Tsume.
"He carried out a very well thought out plan using that slight advantage" said Hana.
"Yeah…the boy's definitely not technician like the Nara but his mind is plenty efficient. And besides that was not a strategy" said Tsume.
"Huh" said Hana.
'It was insight' thought the Hokage.
"He created the plan by seeing his advantage in speed and Kiba's character" said Tsume.
"You don't mean…" said Hana.
"He was reading Kiba's emotions while fighting him, and he didn't create the plan while fighting. He had already created and practiced it before" said Tsume.
'Come to think of it he stole a book on clans too didn't he?' thought Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"B-but I-I d-don't understand, did Naruto-kun master b-both styles" said Hinata.
"Hn" said Sasuke, he himself didn't know that.
Kiba gave another punch to Naruto's face but Naruto clearly blocked him. Kiba went for a kick at his face but to no avail.
"Tch" said Kiba clicking his tongue.
Then Kiba went for a liver blow but Naruto leaned his upper body back and avoided it. Naruto quickly threw a left jab at him which Kiba dodged by swaying his head back.
'Naruto is looking for chances and grasping them, but I can hit him. I know that that guy is hurting; he can't completely shove off the damage by the guard. I just need one big blow' thought Kiba as he threw a right at his boy which was solidly blocked.
'He hits hard…I can feel some of the power travelling through my body' thought Naruto.
'We have strength, reflexes, and stamina but we don't stop there…don't ya dare underestimate Beast Human Taijutsu' thought Kiba.
Suddenly Kiba scratched Naruto's guard with his claws. Blood gushed out from the place where it was cut.
'Damn' thought Naruto.
'Bet you hadn't expected that did ya' thought Kiba smirking.
He clawed Naruto's guard again with his left arm, and then followed up with a right claw at the same place.
Naruto's guard loosened and Kiba didn't let his chance go.
He thrust the claws of his open palm in the little space opened up Naruto's guard. Naruto reflexively swayed back downwards to dodge this unexpected unorthodox move.
But not fast enough, it cut Naruto's nose, cheek and flesh above his eye. Blood came out of the places he was hit making his face a mess too.
Naruto grunted in pain, he was still swaying downwards when Kiba aimed a right fist at his face.
'He got him, that angle in which Naruto is in, added to that Kiba's own power in all fours jutsu…this can decide it' thought Hana.
Suddenly Naruto bent his own toes to move his entire upper body to the side in mid-sway and dodged it.
'W-what?' thought Kiba.
'What the hell?' thought Hana.
'But that was…' thought Tsume.
"Hinata what did he do?" asked Sasuke impatiently.
"He channeled h-his o-o-own c-chakra t-to h-his toes a-a-a-and t-t-twisted i-it a-as if i-it is a rubber" said Hinata stammering heavily.
"What!" exclaimed Sasuke.
'Wonderfully executed' thought Raido.
'This is how one should use Dance of the water princess style' thought Hiruzen satisfied.
Then Naruto extended his bent knees from the swaying and his left fist cocked back.
'Wait a minute…' thought Hana.
'That peek a boo stance…' thought Tsume.
'And that hit and run strategy…' thought Iruka.
'A-and t-then l-leading in the close quarter i-in fight...' thought Hinata.
'Waiting for a chance and when finally getting one….going for the counter…without a doubt…' thought Sasuke.
'This is fox style' thought everyone.
'Very nice' thought Raido and the Hokage smiling.
Naruto's uppercut counterpunch was about to hit him.
"Shit" shouted Kiba.
His punch hit him, Naruto's own punch power was added to Kiba's power and it successfully was used to counterpunch Kiba.
"From that position he managed to counterpunch…is he really Naruto!" shouted Iruka loudly.
"Did you see that?" asked Hana.
"Ah…The trap was not over yet…from the beginning to the very end he dominated this match. It is not the taijutsu what makes the user great and Naruto proved it. He never let Kiba understand how he actually fought until the very last moment and that itself is the most scary thing in fox style… besides…" said Tsume.
'For him to know that uzumaki style…so that is why you are here Raido Namiashi' thought Tsume.
"That was a great plan though…you sure he is not a Nara?" asked Hana.
"This just proves he isn't" said Tsume.
"Huh" said Hana looking at his mother.
"Are you an idiot? Think about it. There was no guarantee he would be able to corner Kiba because he didn't know whether he would be able to follow up with Kiba's improved speed. Besides, there was no guarantee that he would be able to win the in-fight as he didn't know how well-versed Kiba was in it. I would say it was 80-20% chance of failure in his case even after all that practice" said Tsume.
"Yet he tried that, I would give him kudos for his guts" said Hana.
'I like gutsy kids, he looks like a stud too…maybe I will…' thought Hana.
"W-why…W-why did Naruto-kun t-try s-such a d-dangerous plan?" asked Hinata.
'I understand how you feel dobe…it might be dangerous but just by doing this itself becomes pressure for the other side. That plan was a very risky move, but a plan that's successful by a chance or plan that's guaranteed to succeed…it's not about picking that, but the one that's able to complete a chance plan right now is the strong one. The one who choose to do a chance plan right now is the one who can become stronger. Of course, it's better if they don't fail, and of course it's great if the other side misses, but it's valuable just to take that chance, as long as we are concerned' thought Sasuke.
And he was right, he got Naruto correctly. That is why, just for that Naruto did this but of course there was that reason too…
'With this Kiba will be completely broken down, nothing he did had worked on Naruto despite their skill level being almost the same. For revenge, Naruto completely broke Kiba's spirit. How scary…' thought Iruka.
'Now to call the mat…' Iruka stopped. Kiba was standing. He was vomiting out blood and his legs were shaky, his eyes weren't focused but he was still standing.
'What keeps you standing Kiba, hunger for strength, determination to be Hokage, beating me down. Despite having surpassed your limits why are you standing in the field? Why have you not broken?' thought Naruto as he slowly walked towards him.
'Anymore will be…' thought Iruka and was about to call the match on Naruto.
"Wait sensei…I will do it dattebayo" said Naruto out of respect for the man in front of him, for the warrior in front of him.
"Its ego" said Tsume.
"Ah" said Hana nodding.
"His superiority complex is keeping himself conscious, even when he is battered…he viewed me as a rival and no matter how much he lost to me, he challenged me again. He considers himself 'elite'…and his worthless pride will keep him going. He will not lose to the dead-last, not to the loser" said Sasuke.
'But Kiba you underestimated your opponent, if you used your strongest jutsu you might have won. If your ego and pride is your strength but it is your weakness too. I am an Uchiha, a true 'elite' unlike you. You will never defeat me. But I have never underestimated you' thought Sasuke.
Just as Naruto reached Kiba he threw a left punch at his face, Naruto easily tilted his head to his left and simultaneously aligned his right fist to match the timing of Kiba's left.
"A counterpunch delivered via a right cross while simultaneously performing a headslip by looping the right arm over a left jab that is the…" said Raido.
"Cross Counter" said the Hokage.
It clearly hit his face, Kiba staggered back before he fell to the ground face first.
Naruto raised his right arm tightening his knuckles certain of his victory.
He was slowly retreating with a smirk on his face.
'Now all I have to do is check his unconsciousness before calling the match' thought Iruka and was about to move in but stopped dead in his tracks.
'What…'
'The…'
'Hell?'
Thought everyone watching the match, Naruto slowly turned back to see his half-dead opponent staring at him with Akamaru who has recovered by his side.
He was shocked speechless.
"C-call the match" said Naruto.
"Y-yeah" said Iruka and was about to do so…
"Why?" asked Kiba.
"Huh" said Iruka.
"I am still standing" said Kiba glaring.
"B-but Kiba" said Iruka.
"I can still fight, I can still fight and I haven't shown everything yet. I have to do everything I can cause' I am the challenger" said Kiba. For some reason Kiba's tone had changed, it looked like he viewed himself as the challenger…unlike earlier when he looked down on Naruto with a sneer on his face.
He challenged Naruto, he underestimated Naruto…he knew it was his fault but that was why he wanted to fight. His spirit is commendable.
There was not even a shred of despair in his eyes.
"K-Kiba-kun is a lot quieter t-than normal today" said Hinata.
"He's thinking" said Sasuke.
"Eh?" asked Hinata.
Normally Sasuke wouldn't answer but for some reason he did today.
"He just got shut down completely in the match, he wasn't able to do much because he underestimated his opponent and since he can't waste time being sad, he's thinking about the next step" said Sasuke.
"How disgusting" said Naruto and Sasuke together coincidentally with a very nasty and annoyed look.
"I didn't think I will need this but here it goes…" said Kiba and threw a smoke bomb in the ground.
"Wait Kiba" said Iruka.
"T-that is…" said Hana.
"He knows this too…" said Tsume in shock.
"There it is…how will you handle it now dobe" said Sasuke.
"Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Beast Human Clone" a shout was heard and when the smoke cleared there were two Kiba standing in his place.
'I see…that's how it is Kego' thought Tsume.
'Kiba you only use that jutsu when you acknowledge someone as your equal. You despise the dobe and yet…you hate to lose don't you...or have you acknowledged Naruto as your peer…are you changing' thought Sasuke.
'I have n-never seen Sasuke-kun talking so much, he has already talked more than a year today. And Sasuke-kun looks so lively today, he is not even brooding like his u-usual self' thought Hinata looking soundly astonished.
Both the Kiba charged at Naruto.
"This is troublesome damn it, I can't block both of you with my peek a boo stance" said Naruto and dropped his guard.
One of the Kiba cocked his fist back and threw it aiming at Naruto's head.
"Your speed has dropped Dumbass" said Naruto and tilted his head stepped in that Kiba's guard.
He looped his left punch around Kiba's right fist and hit his face.
Kiba seeing the cross counter swayed his head back but was still hit.
Kiba was flung back with massive force. But he had not fallen.
'His swaying at the last moment made my counter dull' thought Naruto.
'Kiba's speed has reduced…after taking so many hits…his legs must have been affected' thought Hana.
Suddenly another Kiba came out from behind the wounded Kiba and charged at Naruto.
He took his peek a boo stance as Kiba flung his right at him. Seeing his punch being soundly blocked Kiba went for a liver blow.
Naruto quickly dropped his guard and swatted the liver blow away with his right hand.
Kiba then went to scratch his face but Naruto caught his hand.
Naruto was about to punch Kiba but suddenly the Kiba who he had wounded before came to punch Naruto from above.
Naruto was about to let go of Kiba's hand but he found that he wasn't able to.
"Bastard" said Naruto.
Kiba had held Naruto's hand this time not letting it go.
The other Kiba successfully punched Naruto in his face. It was followed by the other Kiba who was holding his hand punching him, Naruto staggered back.
Kiba then punched him in his chest, Naruto's jaw lowered in pain. The other Kiba then punched him in his jaw.
Blood gushed out of Naruto's mouth.
Both of the Kiba's were barely standing too, it looked like they could fall anytime and they were moving slowly due to damage but using numbers efficiently the duo were winning.
Both of them swiped Naruto in the body forcing Naruto to fly back towards a tree.
Seeing the opportunity both Kiba's dashed towards Naruto.
Just as one of them was about to punch Naruto, Naruto quickly returned it with a short uppercut (Uppercut without bending his knees).
Kiba was forced backwards, Naruto quickly ducked to avoid another Kiba's right fist.
He then stepped in and threw a right punch at Kiba's face.
But his fist was stopped, blood gushed out of his clenched fingers.
Kiba had intercepted Naruto's punch by embedding a kunai in his hand.
Kiba withdrew his kunai as Naruto staggered back and held his right fist tightly due to pain.
"AARGH" shouted Naruto in pain.
'N-Naruto-kun' thought Hinata in worry and held her mouth in her hand.
Kiba quickly seized the opportunity given and threw the kunai aiming at Naruto's cheek. Well he couldn't kill Naruto now can he?
Naruto tilted his head at the nick of time dodging it; the kunai stuck a tree nearby.
One of the Kiba jumped at Naruto from his front and the other from his left.
Naruto intending on saving his ass threw a smoke bomb in the ground nearby.
"That won't work kid, cause' I can smell ya" said Kiba and concentrated chakra to his nose.
"W-what the hell?" said Kiba aloud, pure shock fixed on his face.
After all he couldn't smell Naruto!
'W-what is this?' thought Hinata.
'The boy's presence disappeared, Oh I see...' thought Tsume.
The some cleared, Kiba looked around everywhere searching for Naruto but Naruto was nowhere to be found.
"What the…" said Iruka.
"Did he run away?" said Sasuke.
"N-no, he is still t-there" said Hinata.
Suddenly both the Kiba were slammed into the ground face first, reflexively they brought their hands in front of their nose but it hurt pretty badly.
Naruto suddenly reappeared in front of them.
This was the jutsu he learned from Raido, it hid his shadow, smell and presence. It was…
"Hiding with camouflage jutsu" said Naruto smugly.
"Rascal" said one of the Kiba and tried to get up. Soon both of them got up and were about to run forward but Naruto made a hand seal quickly.
They were surrounded by a green rectangular barrier with only one layer visible.
"Fuinjutsu: one layered barrier, I placed them around them when I slammed you in the ground" said Naruto brimming with confidence and satisfaction.
"But how come I didn't see them?" asked Kiba.
"Fuinjutsu: invisibility, using this I can make the seals invisible" said Naruto and made a hand seal. 4 piece of paper popped in the corners of the rectangular barrier, they had unique symbols and drawings carved in it.
Kiba punched the barrier hard but to no avail. He kicked, slammed, clawed, scratched; punched, tackled the barrier but it didn't have a scratch.
"Don't try too hard Kiba, you have lost. You don't have any weapons which will free you" said Naruto coolly.
'This is it then' thought Sasuke.
'Brat put up a fight but to think that the dead-last knows fuinjutsu of this level…he really is his father's son' thought Tsume.
'Not bad' thought Hana praising Naruto in her mind.
Kiba smiled.
"To think I would need to use it against you" said Kiba.
Naruto frowned.
"Inuzuka style secret taijutsu: fang over fang" shouted Kiba as he and his ninken jumped in air while spinning in a ferocious speed.
They struck the barrier hard and before Naruto could blink his barrier was completely shattered by the combo's beast like attacks.
"Shit" said Naruto.
They didn't stop and reached Naruto quick enough and with one hit pushed him hard on to a tree.
Naruto's shirt was stained in blood, especially in the stomach area. His mouth was bleeding pretty badly and his eyes were closed in pain, slowly his legs gave out as he fell on the ground in a sitting position with his back on the tree.
Hinata's hand was on her mouth.
'So he had another weapon. I'm sure that the mutt learned it to defeat me' thought Sasuke.
'He was secretly honing his skills eh!' thought Hana.
'Your plan won't succeed Kego' thought Tsume sadly.
"That Inuzuka is strong alright, but if that was all it took…" said Raido.
Cough.
Kiba turned around and saw Naruto standing up with a smile on his face.
"He wouldn't be here today" finished Raido.
Jutsu list:
1) Clone jutsu (Bunshin no jutsu) – A ninjutsu that creates an intangible copy of one's own body, without any substance. Since the clone itself doesn't have the ability to attack, and thus can only be use to confuse the enemy. It is mainly used in combination with other ninjutsu. It's a basic academy level technique, but depending upon one's ingenuity, it can only be used effectively. The clones may not dissipate when they come in contact with something.
These clones can be easily distinguished by people with dojutsu. A person with normal eyes can also distinguish the clones from the original, since the clones do not have shadows and will not disrupt the area around themselves with their movement (i.e. won't kick up dust, crush grass, etc.).
Ninjutsu, general skill, E rank, Supplementary.
Hand seals- Tiger - Boar - Ox - Dog.
2) Peek a Boo (Buke)–The peek-a-boo style is an unorthodox boxing stance. Peek-a-boo allows the boxer to maintain a low centre of gravity whilst using their elbows to block their stomach area and both fists to cover the chin (ultimately only seeing the boxer's eyes-thus the name 'peek-a-boo'). Offensively it is limited at further distances since the boxer would squarely face the opponent, giving them less rotation for punches such as a right straight. However, it is an infighting stance. It allows the boxer to cover majority of the vital spots while giving them the freedom to utilize hooks and uppercuts and maintain a good level of defence.
Taijutsu/Boxing, Defensive, unorthodox, infighting, short range.
Hand seals- N/A.
3) Fox style (kitsune no yosu) – Fox style was a taijutsu where you use the hit and away strategy to make your opponents lose patience, and constantly stay on defensive until an opportunity presents itself. Then make full use of that opportunity and finish your opponent with a counter punch. That is all for beginners though.
In intermediate level of fox style one learns to mix in the basics of different types of other taijutsu style to confuse your opponent and create an opportunity for yourself by switching between the styles. You can use a style as a feint and give the opponent a chance to counter attack but at the last moment you can change the style and finish your opponent efficiently.
In the mastery stage you learn high level special moves taken from other styles and use it as your own, and you can also mix in styles which are not in text book, fox style is a very versatile taijutsu. The true stance for fox style is peek a boo stance taken from boxing. Counter punch too is a boxing move. It is to be noted that unlike intermediate or master level, in beginner level one must preserve until an opportunity presents itself.
Taijutsu, Offensive/Defensive, unorthodox, hybrid, Short/Middle range.
Hand seals- N/A.
4) Shadow clone jutsu (Kage bunshin no jutsu) – This jutsu was created by the second Hokage. The shadow clone jutsu is not a true kinjutsu contradicting other's belief (note- checked from wiki). This jutsu creates copies of the user; however clones are corporal instead of illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed between the clones, giving each clone equal fraction of the user's over all power. The clones can perform techniques, including the shadow clone itself. They can think on their own and can even bleed but are dispelled after a hit by strong enough force. They can also disperse on their own or dispelled by the original.
They also have a mental link such that the clones which are nearby can talk telepathically, but this won't work if they are too far away. With the exception of Madara Uchiha, whose mastery over the sharingan allowed him to tell a clone from the original, shadow clones can't be distinguished by Byakugan, sharingan, rinnegan, rinne sharingan. They can also feel original's pain to some extent, and memories of the clone will be received by the original when dispelled. It does require a large amount of chakra reserves to perform this technique.
Ninjutsu, clone techniques, B-rank, supplementary.
Hand seals needed- Clone seal/ Tiger seal/ horse.
5) Sensing technique (Kanchi no jutsu) – The Sensing Technique allows sensor typeshinobi to mould chakra and change it to the sensor type. This enables them to detect and track down targets through their chakra signatures. The range of this technique varies between sensors.
Ninjutsu, A-rank, all ranges.
Hand seals needed- any preferred seal.
6) Ninja art: beast mimicry all fours jutsu/Imitation beast ninja art: all fours jutsu (Ninpo: shikyaku no jutsu) – This technique grants animal-like accelerated fighting instinct and reflexes to the user. By enveloping their entire body in chakra and moving on all fours they can obtain high speed movement and reflexes of wild animal. Based on Inazuka clan's Beast human taijutsu (Jujin taijutsu), the user will grow even more to their feral-like appearances; their canine teeth, their fingers and toenails grow to claw like length, their eyes also become wilder with their pupil becoming slits
When under the effects of this jutsu, an Inazuka will display great feats of physical strength, speed, agility and endurance. It is also based on 'hit- and- run' like fox taijutsu except it is more ferocious with their animal like instincts and claws. This is also the basis of all Inazuka techniques.
Ninjutsu/Taijutsu, D rank, supplementary.
Hand seals needed- Tiger.
7) Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Beast Human Clone/Ninja art: beast mimicry beast human clone (Giju Ninpo: Jujin bunshin) – This is a clone technique used by an Inazuka and their ninken. It gives the ninken the ability to transform into the user. When used with four legs jutsu it is nearly impossible to distinguish between them.
Ninjutsu, D rank, supplementary.
Hand seals needed- Tiger.
8) Hiding with camouflage jutsu (Meisaigakure no Jutsu) – This is a ninja escape technique that allows the user to control how light is reflected around their body with chakra inflections. The technique also erases the user's scent and shadow, and is usable on any terrain, making it ideal not only for covert maneouvers but also offensive strikes. Perceiving the user's position is possible only for ninja who are astute enough to observe minute variations within their surrounding environment, such as distortions of air currents in the immediate vicinity or distinguishing sounds, i.e. footsteps etc. The usefulness of this ability can be entirely negated by those with special vision or sensory skills, except for particularly adept users, who can completely erase even their chakra signature with it.
Ninjutsu, A-rank, Supplementary.
Hand seals needed- Tiger.
9) Fuinjutsu: one layered barrier (Fuinjutsu: Ichi tsu no sojo shoheki) – Using this square shaped barrier will appear and surround the target. The color depends on the chakra of the user, as different users will have different colored barrier.
Fuinjutsu, D rank, defensive.
Hand seals needed- Dragon.
10) Fuinjutsu: invisibility (Fuinjutsu: Fukashi) – Using this seal one can make the seal itself or the substance it is attached invisible. But the area covered depends on the seal structure and the chakra used.
Fuinjutsu, D rank, supplementary.
Hand seals needed- Hare.
11) Inazuka style secret taijutsu: fang over fang/Inazuka style secret taijutsu: fang piercing fang/Inazuka style secret taijutsu: fang passing fang/Beast human taijutsu secret art: fang over fang/Beast human taijutsu secret art: fang piercing fang/Beast human taijutsu secret art: fang passing fang (Jujin taijutsu ogi: gatsuga) – The user and their ninken partner spin at a ferocious speed and deliver powerful beast-like blows in collaboration when made contact with the target. It is strong enough to drill through stones. It is done when both four legs jutsu and beast clone jutsu are active.
Taijutsu, C rank, offensive, short-range.
Hand seals needed- N/A (not needed).
12) Cross counter – When the jab or straight is coming, the counter-puncher throws their own straight while simultaneously performing a headslip. It is more difficult to perform the counter on a straight since the headslip cannot be performed. Ideally the user should loop their right arm over a left jab.
Taijutsu/Boxing, offensive, orthodox, short range.
Hand seals needed- N/A.
13) Counter punch (Kauntapanchi) – A counter punch is, as the name implies, a counterattack against an opponent's punch. The most common and most effective way to counterpunching is to attack when your opponent attacks. This would require a high level of reaction time and reflex because the counterpunch must be timed perfectly to be able to hit, otherwise the counterpuncher would be the one to be hit. Generally, boxers stare at their opponent's shoulders because these parts of the body move first when someone attempts to throw a punch. At the first sign of shoulder's movement, the counterpuncher throws a faster punch to the opponent.
Other ways of doing counterpunch is to dodge the attack then executing a quick punch. If the blow is fast enough, the opponent would be hit before his/her defence is back up. Sometimes, a counterpunch is done after blocking a punch. This way of countering, however, could be hard to do since blocking the opposing punch means that the boxers' hand/s are occupied. Also, blocking a punch means accepting it and therefore would put an impact and damage on the boxer. This would put the boxer on state of recovery and might be the reason for the more delayed reaction and therefore failed counterpunch. Parrying on the other hand would be a better way to counter, since a parried opponent would be on a state of split-second shock which could be enough to throw a punch before they're back on their defence.
However this punch won't work on kicks.
Taijutsu/Boxing, Offensive, orthodox, short range.
Hand seals- N/A.
Will be continued in the next chapter guys, please review and sorry for the delay. Ja ne.
