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" Then I volunteer to do it." Damn, why did he have to be right? " I'm more tolerant than most people and it's always fun to meet new people." Masura looked absolutely estatic.
" That's a great idea young Naruto!" He shouted with a large grin. " Who knew you could be so smart." The blonde boy either ignored the insult or didn't care. He mearly blushed at the praise. Arashi gave a long sigh. There was no way out of changing Naruto's mind once it had been made up.
" Then it's settled then." He started with a disappointed tone. " When the heir comes to town in two weeks Naruto will be her tour guide." His son grinned happily. " That is all for the main issues. If anyone has anything to add raise your hand and state the issue." No one raised a finger. " Then that is all for this meeting. The meeting is ajourned."
With that the clan members began shuffling out of the room. As his son walked pass Arashi, still sitting in his seat, grabbed his wrist and gave his son a percing look into his eyes.
" We need to talk Naruto." The young blonde did not object as the other left the room.
Naruto lazily picked at his ramen. It was something that caused concern in the area surrounding Ichiraku's ramen stand. If Naruto was to bummed out to even eat his ramen then something was seriously wrong. They both thought of asking what his promblem was. But decided not to when he shot a glare at a civilian reaching for the salt infront of Naruto. So they called the only person who could help. Luckily, Naruto had yet to leave the ramen stand. So it was easy for Hinata to find him. She sat down next to her blonde companion, noticing that he had yet to acknowlage her. She frowned. This was a serious promblem.
" Naruto?" She started softly. He turned his eyes to her breifly before looking back down at his bowl. " What's wrong?"
The two sat in scilence. Hinata waiting for his reply and Naruto not answering. It was starting to worry her. Whatever it was greatly upset her normally lively friend. And whatever caused him to be upset would soon make her upset. Naruto gave a long sigh, his eyes showning an inner disapointment.
" Have you ever heard of the Yajuu clan?" He asked without looking up from the bowl. Hinata gave a puzzled look. What could another clan have done?
" I can't say that I do." Her voice urging him to continue.
" Their a clan from Tsuchi. A major clan with an advanced bloodline limit and lots of man power. One of the stone's equivalents to the Uzumaki, Hyuuga, or Uchiha clan." He paused. Hinata's face rearranged into a frown. " Some time ago the Yajuu clan had a great promblem. Their was a nomatic clan lurking around killing all Yajuu clan members. The Uzumaki clan agreed to help and a truce was formed. Once they had done away with the clan some arguements started and another agreement was formed."
His sudden stop caused her to look alarmed. What could have caused him so much distress? What had this other cland done? What did the Uzumaki clan agreee to?
" What was the agreement." The worry was now evident in her voice.
" My clan had saved some off the children. And the Yajuu clan wanted them dead. However we wouldn't have that. So they formed another agreement stating that the Yajuu clan could have a memeber to interbreed with, in order to make thier blood stonger. They agreed to it, but waited until after the two great shinobi wars were over."
" What's so wrong with that." Naurto gave her a look of disbeleif.
" Are you serious." She nodded. " They didn't wait for safety reasons. They wanted them to intermarry with a Konoha kekkei genkai." Realization suddenly hit her.
" So they schemed in order to gain one of our dojutsu?" He gave no answer. " That's pretty low."
" Yeah, ten years ago they asked for us to pay up. But wouldn't accept any of the nomatic clan's desendents. They stated that they wanted a specific child."
" One who was also a member of a Konoha clan with a kekkei genkai?" He shot her a sad smile from the corner of his mouth before looking back down towards his bowl.
" There is only one problem. One child in the whole village who meets those requirements." It took Hinata a few minutes to figure out what had made him so sad. By that time he had left without her knowlage.
Naruto, unaware of were he was going, walked into a wall. Not literally of course, but rather into the chest of his father's student Hatake Kakashi. The blonde fell onto the ground with a thump. Looking up with glaring eyes he saw a laughing jounin and his companion. Kakashi's partner in crime was Rin, another of his father's students. She looked down at him with worried eyes while Kakashi started to chuckle loudly.
" Are you ok Naruto?" Reaching a hand out in order to pull him to his feet. He accepted with a sigh.
" I was." He started before sending a look towards Kakashi. " Until this cyclops ran into me." This only seemed to make Kakashi laugh even harder.
" I wasn't the one who was walking around in a daze." Naruto snorted at Kakashi's rebutle.
" No. But you had your face in Jiraiya's Icha Icha paradise didn't you?" This instantly shut the jounin up. Rin frowned.
" How do you know about those anyway?" Now it was Naruto's turn to laugh, fake laugh that is.
" The author just so happens to be my jounin sensei, how do you think I know?" Her face turned red with anger. That pervertive bastard would pay. " What are you two doing walking around these parts any way?" Kakashi raised his one visable eyebrow.
" Isn't this a free country? We can walk were we want to right?"
" No." Came Naruto's reply.
" And why not?"
" First off, your in the Uzumaki clan complex." The two shrugged. " Second of all, you just don't happen to be walking around this part." That was true as well. This area was nearly deserted, with only a few people walking here or there.
" Then why are you over here, Naruto?" He snorted.
" Because unlike you two i'm a member of the Uzumaki clan. And I wanted to be alone." Rin shook her head.
" Too bad, we've been sent by our over protective sensei to go and retrive his son from sulking." Kakashi looked in immediete confusion.
" I thought you were buying me the new Icha Icha book? You promised." Rin gave him a snort of her own.
" So I lied. Big deal." This time Naruto gave a true chuckle. It brought a smile to her face. " Come on brat." With a reluctant sigh Naruto began to follow. The pair got about ten feet before they noticed the lack of footsteps. Both turned to see a pouting Kakashi.
" Come on loser." Shouted Naruto. The jounin didn't budge.
" I want the new Icha Icha paradise book!!" Rin and Naruto looked at him with a confused expression.
" Are you serious." Kakashi answered Rin with a nod. She gave a fustrated sigh. "Fine! I'll get your book! Just come on." This seemed to appease the prodigy as he started after the two. Naruto shot her a sideways glance.
" Your not getting it are you?" She snorted.
" Hell no."
The group off three arrived at the Hokage's office in orderly fashion. The secretary let them into the mission's office without giving a glance. The Yondaime Hokage was seated behind a long table with piles of scrolls infront of him. People walked over to him in order to receive their missions before walking over to his helper for the day. His 'daily helper', as Naruto put it, would give out more information about the mission being accepted. Things such as time requriements, possible enemy threats, and other general help. Today's 'daily helper' was Iruka from the academy.
Arashi Uzumaki looked up when they approached the table.
" Naruto, we have a promblem." His son sighed deeply. " It's already been a week and your still acting like an idiot. Straighten up kid." Naruto glared at his father.
" Easy for you to say." His father quirked an eyebrow.
" Hey, I wasn't the one who agreed to give the girl a tour of our fair village without thinking." Naruto looked at him in disbelief.
" Yeah. But you were the one who kept something this important from his only son." The Yondaime Hokage put his hands up in defense. It was true.
" Okay. But that dosen't matter now. We've got bigger problems."
" What now?"
" The girl was schelduled to come three days before the chunnin exam. Well she's changed her mind." Naruto groaned. Arashi ignored it and kept talking. " Instead she'll be here tommorrow. That gives you one week before the chunnin exams to show her around." It took all of Naruto's will power not to scream out in anger.
" Isn't that just great." Arashi smirked at his son's predicament.
" Hey son. No pressure, just play it cool." Naruto frowned.
" Half the time I play it ' cool ' around girls my age they come flocking like birds." Arashi flinched. Partly because he was a father and partly because it would only make it harder for Naruto.
" Well it was your idea."
" Don't remind me dad." Arashi chuckled lightly at his son's attitude.
" Ok son, i'll try not to remind you. " A sudden thought crossed his mind. " Hey Naruto." The boy looked up a his father.
" Since there dosen't seem to be anybody else looking for missions at the moment lets go do some father son bonding." The gennin raised an eyebrow. Since when do they do father son bonding.
" What did you have in mind?" His father scratched his head.
" How bout that ramen place your always hanging at?" Naruto was intrested with in a second.
" Okay! I'll lead the way." The young blonde scrambled out the door with his father close on his hells. On his way out Arashi put his hand on his student's shoulder.
" Take care of things around here Rin." She smile and nodded. As soon as he was long gone she put a hand on Kakashi's shoulder.
" Take care of things around here Kakashi." The copy-nin used his one visable eye to glare at his ex-teammate as she hurried out the door.
' All I really wanted was the new Icha Icha pardise book.' With a resigning sigh he sat in the now empty chair.
The two Uzumaki's ate their ramen while talking about their weeks. First Arashi told Naruto how things had gone while he was away on the mission to wave country. He told of the two meetings that the clan had in the gennin's absance. One dealt with minor matters such as who was going to be sent to the chunnin exam.
Naruto himself had gained no notion of his team entering the promotion exams. However, when one had Jiraiya as a jounin sensei they tended to learn how patience. There was no doubt in the blonde's mind that Jiraiya would be giving them the forms soon. Then Arashi went on to the other problem that called a clan meeting. It was absurd and Naruto almost fell out of his chair laughing.
" We have a toilet tissue theif?" The blonde gennin asked while holding his sides? His father laughed with him.
" He don't mock it." Started Arashi between breaths. " You should have seen the look on Masura's face when he couldn't wipe himself." This sent Naruto over the edge as he fell onto the ground. Either ignorant or not caring about the people watching. Naruto sat back in his chair with a large grin spread wide across his face. He prayed that someone had gotten a picture of Masura's expression.
Ichiraku and his daughter Ayame watched the pair with large smiles. It had obviously been some time since the Yondaime Hokage had eaten a meal with his son. The life as leader of a shinobi village was stressful and full of things to do. It was hard mantaining a family and keeping up with the work at once. They remembered the last time the Uzumaki clan head had sat down to eat their ramen with his son. It was about three years ago last week.
Once the two had regained control of themselves, Arashi posed a question that he wanted anwers to.
" How was your mission to wave country son?" The young gennin looked at his father with a confused expression. A ramen noddle hanging from the side of his mouth. " Chew your food first Naruto." The Yondaime said with a chuckle. The blonde slurped the lone noodle into his mouth before answering.
" Didn't that old pervert tell you already?" His father gave a sigh before shaking his head from side to side.
" Nope. Jiraiya sensei was never really one for giving mission reports. Something about cramping his hand up, and that it affected his research time." Naruto snorted upon hearing his sensei's words. That was just like the old man. The blonde haired gennin proceded to tell his father the events that happend in wave country. From the first attempt on Tazuna's life up until the battle on the bridge.
" So then I fought Haku in his secret ninjutsu." The Yondaime Hokage was always one for poweful ninjutsu and instantly became intrested.
" Secret ninjutsu?" He asked. Naruto nodded his head.
" Yeah, something to do with his kekkei genkai." Arashi looked starteld.
" The kid has a kekkei genkai?" Once again he received a nod. " What does it do?"
" Kyuubi said it's probably a decendant of an Uzumaki member. Practically complete control over water and Ice." The gennin had noticed the Uzumaki clan head had taken a small note pad out of his robes and was jotting down something.
" Anything else you can tell me? About this kekkei genkai?" Arashi was overly surprised when he found out about Haku's kekkei genkai. It was something that Jiraiya should have told him about for sure.
" I say an enviroment with a whole lot of moisture would be best if Haku wanted to use his kekkei genkai to the fullest. He was even able to draw it out of the mist created by Zabuza. His father was busy writing as he told about his battle against the two mist shinobi.
" Anything else? What about that secret ninjustu?" Naruto thought for a moment on how best to describe it.
" From what I gather he used one handed sealsand a strange priviate hand seal" Arashi once again began to scribble in his note pad. " He made a dome of ice mirrors. Extremely strong and hard to break." His father choose to interupt at this time with a guess.
" Wait, I think I know the rest. He reflected jutsu back at it's sender using the mirrors right?" Naruto gave him a confused look.
" No, rather he reflected himself. Nice guess though." It was a nice guess, and something Naruto would have to look into. Arashi gave him a confused look of his own.
" He sent himself through the mirrors?" Naruto nodded.
" Yep. Very ingenious and hard to guard against. Moved at the speed of light between them. Anyone without a dojutsu would probably been done within the first five minutes. And even withone it would be hard pressed to win. I wasn't sure if I would."
" Wow. I'll have to get him to show it to me. What else happend?"
" Well I beat him using the assasination technique I made, and killed him." Arashi looked up in surprise.
" You killed him?"
" Yes." Came Naruto's slow and serious reply.
" Then how is he around today." Naruto raised an eyebrow when he remembered.
" That's rigth!!" His yell caught the attention of both Ichiraku and Ayame as well as his father. " I forgot to tell you!"
" Tell me what Naruto?" Arashi asked with an amused smile. Naruto was positively beaming.
" Zetsumei-sama. He gave me his blessing when I said i'd use it in order to revive Haku."
" What? Are you serious?" Naruto's smile only got wider.
" Yep. He gave me enough power to revive Haku. I doubt I can do it again and have enough sense not to try it."
Arashi looked at his son with a mixture of emotions. Pride and happiness becasue of his son's accomplishments. Naruto had succeded in gaining recognition from one of the strongest elemental spirits in exsistance. All because he had the heart to give a damn about a boy that had tried to kill him.
He was also experincing anger, disappointment, and fustration. His only son had come so far since the clueless boy years ago. He was practically a clan prodi- no he was a clan prodigy. He had learned complex ninjutsu and whole taijutsu style. The boy could call fourth boss summons and defeat jounin level shinobi. If that wasn't the mark of a clan prodigy then no one deserved to be called one.
Then their was the fact that he was constantly growing. He had found out from reports that Naruto had been through three diffrent sets of weights since he had began to train under Jiraiya. That was practically a set of weights a week. There was no doubt in his mind that Naruto was faster in raw speed then most jounin, probably on par with Gai or Kakashi.
And it was clearly obvious that the boy was going to be over six foot when he was done growing. The last time Arashi had checked his son's height had been about 5'8, and Naruto was ten then. Every day his son was changing and he wasn't there to see it. It made the Uzumaki clan head sick to his stomach.
' But i'll make a change starting now.'
Arashi gave a smile, a fake smile, in order to hid his frown. " That's great son. I'm very proud of you son." He really was, but he was also sad at the same time.
" Thanks dad!" Said Naruto with a broader smile than even thought possible. " That really means a lot coming from you." Arashi's smile almost fell. It was then that he made his decesion.
" Well I know a way to celebrate." Naruto looked up surprised. " Come to our usual training grounds in about thiry minutes son. I have something important I want to teach you." With that he left Naruto with a confused look.
Thirty minutes later...
Arashi stood with a box beside him. Infront of him sat his only son, wide eyed in anticipation. The Yondaime Hokage grinned, his son was always one to learn something new.
" What are you going to teach me dad?" Naruto was genuinely curious. It had been sometime since his father had taught him something that would help further his job as a shinobi. Arashi reached into the box at his side and pulled out a water balloon.
" I've decided to teach you a powerful and deadly jutsu. It took me three years to create and even then it isn't as far along as it needs to be. The only other person who knows this jutsu is the old pervert." His eyes bore deep into Naruto's equally blue orbs. The blonde gennin had only seen his father as serious as he was now on a few occasions. All three incedents involved the possiblilty of death.
" What is the name of this jutsu father?" He was forced to swallow the large lump that had formed in his throat.
" It is known as the Rasengan. An A-class ninjutsu that most won't probably be able to even preform. It has great destructive force and is very verstitle. You are not, I repeat, you are not to use this unless absolutely necessary. Do I make myself clear son?" Naruto could only nod, he was completely wrapped around his father's words. If he was willing to trust Naruto with a jutsu of this caliber than this wasn't a time to have his mind wandering.
" I understand father. How do I learn this jutsu? What are the hand seals?" Arashi smiled while waving his hand.
" That's one of the things that makes this ninjutsu so powerful and useful. There are no hand seals son." Naruto's eyes widend.
" No hand seals? None at all?!" Arashi shook his head no. The blonde gennin had seen one seal and one handed seals. But never no seals at all. " How is that possible dad?"
" The hand seals only help to form the chakra son. The more a ninjutsu is used the less hand seals will be needed as the body remembers the flow of the chakra. I simply used my body to create this jutsu from scratch so my body needed no hand seals in order to control the chakra."
Naruto was completely blown away by the explination. It opened up so many new doors for training. It also made Naruto think about a question he had asked himself long ago. After he created the two techniques in order to become a high member of the Uzumaki clan he began to think about other ways to invent jutsu.
He saw that he had only scratched the surface of chakra manipulation and was more than curious about what else he could create. This new discovery on hand seals made him think about ninjutsu in many other diffrent ways. But for the moment he had to focus on the task at hand.
" If there are no hand seals how do we start?" Arashi grinned at his son's willing to learn attitude. It was something most needed. He tossed his son a water balloon.
" You'll learn the way I invented it." Naruto looked at the water balloon with a curious gaze.
" What is the ballon for?" Arashi answered by picking a ballon of his own out of the box. Naruto watched as his father held the balloon in his hand before it exploded into bits, some of the water hitting them both.
The blonde was beyond speechless. One second the balloon had been fine and then the next it had been blown into oblivion. If the blonde had any doubts about the Rasengan's power before they had now faded away. To the untrained eye it look like nothing special. But to one able to sense chakra to a degree they would have felt the sudden spike of power that flowed through the balloon.
" W-What?" It was all that came out of the blonde gennin's mouth. His father's grin only intensified as he reached inside the box and pulled out another water balloon before holding it in his outstretched hand.
The solid look his father gave caused Naruto to snap out of his stupor. In an instant he had activated his Soshigan and was watching as the chakra flowed inside the water balloon. The blonde took note of how the chakra swirled in diffrent directions, numerous rings of energy moving about inside the balloon. He was forced to blink as a bright flash erupted from within and this balloon exploded like it's predecesor.
" Do you see now Naruto?" Arashi asked as his son rubbed his eyes.
" Yes. The chakra moves around in multiple rings before forcefully expanding itself outward. I guess this would symbolize the power." Arashi's grin returned full force at his son's breakdown of the first step.
" Your absolutely right son. Each ring symbolizes the power inside the rasengan. The more chakra rings the more power it holds." Naruto nodded, obviously excited. Arashi smiled before moving the box over to his son and walking under a tree before sitting down.
" That's all I have to do for the first step?" Arashi nodded as he reclined against the tree.
" Yep. That's all you have to do. But it's not as simple as you think it is. I'll be taking a nap until your done." Naruto frowned as his father closed his and layed his head back against the tree bark.
The trip to Konoha had took far longer than expected. A lone wagon travled through the forest surrounding the hidden village. The occupants were completely bored, there was nothing but a sea of leaves surrounding them on all sides. Luckily for them the destination came into sight once they were over a hill.
Shuiro Yajuu was not as bad as everyone protrayed her to be. Sure there were times when she got things that other didn't but it wasn't because she pouted about it or argued until she got what she wanted. Her father just treated her like she was a spoiled brat, even though she wanted to be treated normal.
The Yajuu clan heir had dark red hair that flowed down her back like a waterfall. She wore black pants that were wrapped with bandages at the bottom. Her headband had a scarlet cloth and was tied around her waste as a belt. She wore a blood red shirt that showed her mid drift and black jacket that she kept open. Her eyes were black pools that seemed to beckon one's soul when eye contact was made.
The idea of an arranged marrige did not sit well with her. It was one of the few times that she tried beg her father. But he held firm. Life really wasn't fair. So here she was, forced to come a week early by her father. And she had the glares of her team at her back. They knew how the Yajuu clan acted and how overly exaggerated the rumors of how she acted were. But it didn't mean they had to like being forced to leave their home earlier than they should have.
The group could see their welcoming commitee.
' A gang of old people.' Shuiro thought with a snort. She noticed that one of the two men had an air of danger about him despite his kind looking face.
The carrige pulled to a stop infront of the gates. The guards immediaetly going from their tired posture to a rigid millitary like look. Shuiro mused that it was for impression only. The three elders walked forward to meet them. The elderly woman spoke.
" Welcome to Konohagkure. We are two of Konoha's village council." She gestured to the man standing on her left. " And this is our teammate from our shinobi days and former Sandaime Hokage." The elderly man gave a small smile as he smoked his pipe.
" My name is Sarutobi. Which one of you would be the clan heir?" Shuiro noticed how he had looked at her as she exited the carriage and had already guessed that she was the heir. He was obviously a powerful shinobi, even in his old age.
" That would be me." She stated stepping forward. Ignoring the sneer her rival slash teammate sent her. " My name is Shuiro Yajuu, would you be the legendary shinobi know through out the lands as the professor?"
The old Hokage was obviously shocked that she had came to such a conclusion so quickly. It was obvious that she studied her opposing shinobi well. But if young Naruto did his job they would soon be allies.
He also came to the conclusion that her teammates and jounin sensei did not know of the agreement. It would defenitly not be benificial to stone if they lost their leading clan to their rival shinobi village.
" Yes young lady. I am the professor." She smiled brightly upon learning that her guess had been correct. The other two, of little importance, introduced themselves as Koharu and Homaru. Shuiro could easily tell she wasn't at all going to like these two. They were only intrested in their well being.
Soon the group was moving threw the village. Shurio had to admit that it was beautiful and had a certain feel that Tsuchi didn't have. The people were friendly and showed respect to their former Hokage. However, she could have done without Koharu and Homaru's constant chatter. She hadn't really heard a word they had said since she entered the village.
The tour went on for some time and before the group knew it the sun was starting to retract it's light. Shuiro was very tired and her team was barely keeping up.
" Sorry to inturpt. But we have had a long journey and would like nothing better at the moment than to retire for the night." As she predicted Koharu and Homaru instantly went into suck up mode. Within minutes they were traveling towards a hotel that had been reserved for them. As they continued walking she looked about, trying to memorize land marks. Her eyes swept about the city. Taking in every detail in site.
Suddenly she stopped. Her eyes going wide with a light never seen before by her teammates. Her tours stopped what they were doing and turned around to look at her with confusion.
" Is there something wrong?" Asked a wary Koharu. Shuiro mearly pointed ahead.
" Who is that?" She asked in an amazed voice.
Arashi awoke to the sound of and aggravated yell. He smiled as he heard his son mutter curses under his breath. He had warned his son not to take this technique to lightly.
" That's enough for today champ." He said while sitting up. Naruto was tattered a brusied. A sight not normally seen on the Uzumaki heir. His breathing was rugged and he was low on chakra. Nearly all the balloons had been used.
" Alright." Naruto knew when to quit. He had succeded in only putting a hole into the balloon's side. It would take much thought on how to greatly expand the power used.
The two made their way towards home. Choosing to take the route through the city as they talked more about the training. Naruto smiled at a joke his father made. Unaware at who he had just passed by.
Sarutobi cringed when he looked to were the Yajuu heir was pointing. Arashi and Naruto were not going to like this one. He let a soft smile fall into place as he thought of Hinata's reaction. But it quickly went away upon seeing Koharu's grin.
" The young boy?" She asked sweetly, a little too sweet. Shuiro nodded dumbly. " That is the Uzumaki heir, I believe his name is Naruto." Shuiro could only stand in shock. That was the Uzumaki heir? How lucky she was.
" I believe we should keep going Shuiro." Her jounin-sensei's soft voice cut in. " And stop drolling. The boy is already gone." Indeed young Naruto was. Shuiro gave one last glance in that general direction before following the unofficial tour guides. As they walked on they were compeltely unaware of the pale eyes that watched them with a glare on Shuiro until out of range.
Hinata knew that look. And it was not one she liked.
Uh-oh.
Things are getting deep. Next time will be the metting of the heirs/slash beginning of the chunnin exams.
PLEASE VOTE!!!!
Poll one:
One swords or Two swords.
Poll two:
Name one last element for Naruto to gain the favor of.
That's it until next time.
