Chapter 4

AN: I'm used denote when someon is speaking with a line but as someone pointed it to me i'm trying to use quotes to do it in this chapter. i have to admit it looks neater that way. Also i was re-reading through chapters 2 and 3 and i corrected some grammar mistakes that i found i'm kind of a grammar nazi :P so if you find a mistake that i overlooked please PM me, it helps a lot. Now on with the chapter!


Naruto awoke with the sun in his eyes. He tried to cover himself with the blankets to get a little more sleep, but then he remembered what happened the last time. He almost jumped out of the bed in a panic state because he didn't recognized where he was and a voice called out to him

"Oh! Naruto-kun! You're awake already? I was just going to call you to the breakfast. Are you okay? You look a little scared" – The voice belonged to a young girl with long brown hair tied in a ponytail with two locks framing her face she also had two red markings on her cheeks

"Hana-chan!" –Naruto called at the girl with relief that he saw someone he knew –Am I in your house?

"Yes Naruto-kun, my mom brought you here last night along with a man"

"Ragnell-san is here too?"

"If Ragnell is the man with the armor and the big shield the yes, he's here. Both he and my mom are in the kitchen so wash your face and come quickly"

"Ok Hana-chan!" – Naruto said happily while he jumped to the bed and ran to the bathroom to wash himself. When Naruto got to the kitchen he was greeted by Tsume and Ragnell who were speaking at the table along with Kiba, son of Tsume and one of the few boys that Naruto had befriended since he mostly had female friends.

After finishing breakfast Ragnell asked Naruto to stay at the table to have a chat with him while Tsume and Kiba went to tend the dogs, just because Kiba couldn't be a shinobi it doesn't mean that his mom would let him slack.

"So Naruto-kun how are you feeling today?" –Asked Ragnell in a gentle tone

"Very good Ragnell-san that thing that you did yesterday to me made it like nothing had happened to me… Are you a kunoichi Ragnell-san?" –Asked Naruto in a curious tone causing Ragnell to laugh at his question.

"Well Naruto-kun first of all in a male so the correct term would be a Shinobi I believe but to answer your question no, I'm not any kind of ninja."

"But you did a thing with your hand like a ninja and suddenly I was good. How did you do it?"

"Well Naruto-kun I'm a warrior from the Guardian class, we have abilities that let us protect our allies and take down our enemies. The heal Tech that I used is one of the skills of the many branches of the Guardian class"

Naruto looked at Ragnell in awe and asked in a timid voice "Ragnell-san you think I could become a Guardian like you?" –Ragnell looked surprised when Naruto asked this

"Naruto-kun why would you like to be a warrior like me?" –asked Ragnell curious to the reasons that the boy could have

"Well Ragnell-san I always hear storys about my parents and how they lived to protect this village and how they gave their lives to save us from the Kyubii and I've always wanted to be like them but when I asked Obaa-chan she said that I could not be a ninja because I'm a boy but I've always wanted to be able to protect the people like Obaa-chan and Tsume-san and all the others have protected me, like you did yesterday Ragnell san!"

"That's a really noble reason that you have Naruto-kun and I'm sure your parents would be proud of you." –He said while he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, Naruto could only smile with watering eyes in the memory of the parents he never knew

"Now Naruto-kun I should be able to help you with your dream, it's just a matter of doing a few things to see if I can train you, however you need to have in mind one thing Naruto-kun" -Ragnell looked at Naruto in the eyes and got a serious tone in his voice- "The road of the Guardian is one of self-sacrifice, you can't allow yourself to be selfish and you must always think of the others around you before yourself. I know you are a little too young to fully understand this but once you start there's no going back. Are you sure this is what you want Naruto-kun?"

"Of course Ragnell-san, I will do whatever it takes Dattebayo!" –said Naruto with what he though was a serious tone and Ragnell could only smile at the boy's enthusiasm

"Ok so we only need to look for Lady Hokage and we'll get started" –Ragnell got up the table and gestured Naruto to follow him. And so Ragnell, Naruto and Tsume went in the direction of the Hokage's Tower. Once there they talked to the secretary who said she was expecting them and after announcing they had arrived told them to come in the Hokage's office

"Ragnell-san, Naruto-kun good morning. Tsume-san it is good to see you too but why are you here?" –asked the Hokage curious to the Inuzuka's Matriarch presence

"Well Hokage-sama after yesterday I want to keep a closer eye on Naruto-kun while he's on my watch" –"also even if he did saved Naruto-kun I cannot fully trust someone I met a couple of hours ago" thought Tsume to herself

"Fair enough Tsume-san. So Ragnell-san have you and Naruto-kun talked about what we are doing today?"

"We were talking this morning Lady Hokage and Naruto-kun has told me that he desires to be a warrior to help this village and its people. So if you allow it I would like to help the boy while I live in this village" –said Ragnell making the Hokage start thinking

"I had only planned for Naruto-kun to absorb the Kyubii so that he could get rid of the seal, not for him to become a warrior, this might raise some issues" –thought the Hokage –"Ragnell-san I'm not sure if I can allow that. Most of the women of the village are very protective of Naruto-kun training him to be part of our military will raise protests and things that just thinking about them gives me a bad headache" –Said the Hokage not wanting to face the wrath of all the clan heads

"But Obaa-chan!" –Yelled Naruto –"You always tell me I can't be a ninja because I'm a boy, this is my chance to help you all protect Konoha, this is my chance to be a hero like my parents…" said Naruto his voice taking a sad tone at the end. The Hokage could only give a sad smile at the boy. She and Naruto have already discussed this in multiple occasions they always went nowhere due to the fact that Naruto was a boy and thus had no chakra but this time it was different.

"You really want this, don't you Naruto-kun" –said the Hokage to him while he looked at her with hope in his eyes –"I could let you but I don't know how we are going to convince the council"

"Well Lady Hokage I might be able to help you with that" -Said Ragnell taking the attention of everyone in the room- "Do you remember the skill test that I was going to take that you told me yesterday, you could invite the councilors to see the test and I will use some of the skills that I will teach Naruto-kun and then you can take a decision"

"Are you aware Ragnell-san, should you not make it through the test you could not only lose the chance to teach Naruto-kun but also the chance to further explore this energy of his" –said the Hokage with a pointed look to let Ragnell know she was talking about the Kyubii.

"I am very aware of this Lady Hokage but I have confidence that my skills will let me surpass whatever challenge you put before me"

"I don't know half of what you both are talking about but you say are going to train Naruto-kun?" –asked Tsume in an alarmed tone- "I'm sorry Ragnell-san but you are just a man, I don't know what kind of skills you might have but you can't possibly compare to a kunoichi of Konoha"

"If you think i can't, Tsume-san, then you should wait till the test to see the result, don't you think?" –Said Ragnel with confidence in his voice

"I agree with you Ragnell-san" –said the Hokage surprising Tsume- "By the way the test will be later on today's evening are you okay with this Ragnell-san?"

"It is not like I have anything better to do Lady Hokage" –said Ragnell with a chuckle

"Very well Ragnell-san. Now let's get onto business. How are you exactly going to perform this scan you told me yesterday on Naruto-kun?"

"It is very easy Lady Hokage, I will just send a wave of my own energy through Naruto's body and then it's just a matter of mapping his energy system. I know the maps of all the energies except for the Chakra, but since you said he doesn't have that it shouldn't be a problem" –said Ragnell while Tsume and Naruto looked lost through all of this

"Now Naruto-kun" –said Ragnell while crouching in front of Naruto this may tingle a little bit but I need you to stay as calm as possible ok?" –said Ragnell while putting his hands around Naruto's head and they took a white glow.

"Hehehe, it tickles" –said Naruto trying to remain as still as possible. Ragnell's hands were still glowing for a moment and had his eyes closed while the other two kunoichis just stared in curiosity and worry at this. After a few minutes the glow faded from Ragnell's hands and he opened his eyes and smiled to the Hokage.

"It seems we are in luck Lady Hokage, Naruto has a Generator Mana Circuit" –said Ragnell while the kunoichis just stared at him lost to what he just had said. Seeing that he had confused all the people in the room Ragnell proceeded to explain.

"It means that Naruto-kun here is like me. The Mana Circuits comes in two types the "Drawer" and the "Generator" type. The Drawer type it's called like that because it "draws" the mana from some source be it a relic or the leylines that run across the earth. This kind can learn very peculiar abilities like stealing the energy from enemies but have the disadvantage of having very little amount of skill usage since they can burn the circuit really easily by drawing too much energy"

"On the other hand the Generators, like Naruto-kun and me, have a set reserve of mana that our bodies generate without the need from an external source and our reserves increases the more we use our Mana. However once our reserves exhaust we can't use anymore mana until we get a good rest and we naturally spend more Mana on Techs than the Drawers"

"So, what you are telling me" –said Tsume trying to understand what Ragnell just explained- is that you and Naruto-kun have something that is like Chakra and can use it for jutsus and stuff even though you are both males?"

"In my land they are called Techs but it's something like that Tsume-san" –said Ragnell to Tsume

"If that's the case now I'm really looking forward to this test Ragnell-san" –Tsume said still in shock to what she had just learned

"Ne, ne obaa-chan can I go too? I want to see the cool things that Ragnell-san is going to teach me!" –said Naruto excited to the Hokage

"…I don't see why not Naruto-kun" and you can help me convince the council if things go south –Thought the Hokage to herself- "Now please Tsume-san take Naruto-kun to your house and I will send a ninja for you at the time of the meeting, Ragnell-san please stay, we have some matters to discuss privately"

"Very well Hokage-sama" –said Tsume while taking Naruto with her. The boy just said good bye to the Hokage and Ragnell and followed Tsume. Once they leaved the Hokage activated a privacy seal on the office and took a serious look on her face.

"So Ragnell-san you think Naruto-kun would be able to get rid of the Kyubii?"

"Yes Lady Hokage as I said before we are really lucky, not only because he had a Mana Circuit but because he had a Generator one to boot."

"So I take that it is something good?"

"Really good Lady Hokage, as I explained before this kind of circuit runs with a reserve so once Naruto-kun absorbs the beast his own reserve will be amplified by the amount of Mana he absorbs so he will have a reserve that I can't even compare to. However it will take some time to him to fully absorb the beast, we don't want his circuit to burst now do we?"

"So approximately how much time are we talking about?"

"I'm not sure Lady Hokage, I still have to study the nature of the seal but since you said Naruto-kun doesn't know about the beast, we will need to tell him for me to study the seal"

"Yes that's what I'm worried about" –said the Hokage with a frown- "Do you need to study the seal in case you start training Naruto?"

"Honestly it would not matter, even if I could study the seal I would not rush the absorption so that Naruto could develop his own natural reserves which right now they are nothing to boast about" –said Ragnell to the Hokage who gave a sigh of relief

"That calms me a bit Ragnell-san, I don't know how Naruto-kun will take the news and I want to wait until he is a little more mature to tell him. I want him to be able to understand what really happened and why it happened. I think it would be really terrifying for a boy his age to learn that the beast that almost destroyed the whole village is sealed inside of him you know?"

"Yes I can see what you mean Hokage-sama"

"Well Ragnell-san now all that we need to do now is get you ready for your test, I will call an ANBU to take you to the place were the test will take place while I will get ready to deal with the clan heads. Now shall we?" –said the elder woman getting up from her chair motioning Ragnell to do the same.

"After you Lady Hokage" –said Ragnell while both of them leaved the office


AN: Originally the chapter was going to end here but then i saw my that word count was already over the past chapters count so i stopped here however i am already writing the next one so it shall be up either later today or tomorrow so i hop you are looking forward for it. Bye!