Alright guys, chapter 4:
DISCLAIMER! THE FOLLOWING STORY IS PURELY FICTIONAL AND VT CREATOR DOESN'T OWN NOR PROFIT IN ANY WAY WITH ITS CONTENTS. THE CHARACTERS AND UNIVERSER ARE ALL PROPRIERITY OF MASASHI KISHIMOTO.
Normal speech: ''I'm going to be Hokage!''
Demon/Summon or Fusion speech: ''Hello Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner...''
Human Thinking: 'Something's not right with that guy...'
Demon/Summon thinking: 'What the heck is that meat-sack doing…'
Human sudden appearance: ''I'm coming for you, nigga.''
Demon/Summon sudden appearance: ''I've arrived, and so has your END.''
Word being stressed out in phrase, '' I want it now!''
Bang - Alone in the line with no quote marks, or sometimes appearing in line as only thing on italics- Onomatopoeia - sound ''Hello munch my name's munch crunch Akimichi Choji!''
Life as a genin wasn't how he first expected it to be.
Ever since graduation, he along with his team had been alternating between group training in the morning, chores or D-ranks at afternoon and personal training at night.
The sun is setting and we now find our blond hero jumping through the rooftops of the village, his friend and team-mate Yakumo on his back. They had just about finished the last D-rank of the day and Naruto is taking the brown-haired girl home, to the Kurama Clan compound on the outskirts of the village.
After a long day of tiring, yet simple chores and training. Although the missions that they had been getting are supposed to be simple and easy, they could still be taxing for somebody with below civilian physical attributes.
By now she'd come to accept being carried by the blond, it still embarrassed her a lot, especially when they are on the village, but she'd came to terms with it.
She'd just got started with physical activities and it is all very new for her, during the missions she has been trying her best to catch up with them and stop being a burden to him and the team.
''Uh, we're here, Yakumo…'' Naruto said to the girl as he stopped in front of the compound's entrance, ''Yakumo?'' he then glanced backwards, to see that she had fallen asleep with her head on his shoulder.
'She's been giving her best lately… I probably shouldn't wake her up… 'He thought and then looked around, 'but how am I supposed to know which house is hers? This is as far as I ever got…'
Taking a few seconds to think about it, he recalled the general direction that he had seen her walk off to. There aren't many, if any people in the compound, there were two chunins guarding the entrance, and a couple of kids playing around, but that is about it.
'In hindsight… I probably should have asked one of those guys if they knew…' Naruto thought while looking around to try and catch a hint of her house.
''Excuse me young man,'' An elderly voice spoke from behind Naruto, prompting him to turn around and face him, an elderly man with light-brown hair, small black eyes and using a white haori, ''what are you doing?''
Naruto stared at the man for a few seconds before giving a sheepish smile, ''I'm kind of lost…'' If his hands were free, he would have scratched the back of his head, ''you see, we're teammates and I was and was bringing her home, but she sort of fell asleep and I got no clue which house she lives in.''
The old man narrowed his eyes and stared at the young man, before finally nodding and pointing to Naruto's right, ''it's the big one in the end of the street, you can't miss it.''
''Oh, alright. Thanks jii-san.'' Naruto then said and turned towards the direction that the man had pointed, had he looked back then he would have seen the man body flicker towards the roof of one of the houses nearby, to keep watching him.
True enough, he found the house at end of the street, a large three-story tall mansion, really was hard to not see it. There is a small garden on the front along with a pond, and no gate or any type of protection.
'He really wasn't kidding when he said that I couldn't miss it…' Naruto thought as he contemplated the place, 'now how am I going to get in…'
With his hands holding Yakumo's legs and keeping her on his back, he wouldn't be able to open the door even if it were unlocked, thankfully one of the windows on the third floor was open, so he steadied Yakumo, took a few steps back for impulse and leaped inside.
The window led to a bedroom, a relatively large one, at least twice as larger than his own. The floor is made of a nice and sturdy, dark wood, it has a large bed on the southern with two large wardrobes on the north and eastern walls, a mirror on the center of the northern wardrobe along with a clock, a lot of free, unoccupied space in between the furniture. A door leading towards the hallway on the north-west part, while on the south-west, besides the bed is a blank painting canvas and a co
'This must be her room…' Naruto thought, looking around the place for a few seconds before settling his eyes on the bed, 'will just leave her here then.'
Carefully removing her from his back and laying her on the bed, he noticed that she has several scratches on her wrists and feet, the only two exposed parts of her body, due to her training.
''Ugh…'' Yakumo stirred around in the bed, slowly opening her eyes, ''what happened…?''
''You fell asleep, that's what happened.'' Naruto replied, taking a step back and tucking his hands in his pockets, ''just to be sure, this is your house, right?''
''Huh?'' She groggily made herself upright, rubbed her eyes and then looked at him and her surroundings, ''Oh, it's you. What are you doing in my room, Naruto?''
''…'' He stared at her blankly, waiting for her to register what he had just said, knowing well how some people can be slow to 'wake up'.
He didn't have to wait long, first her eyes widened as it sank in, and then she blushed as she truly began to comprehend what had happened, 'I fell asleep… He brought me home and… Placed me in bed… This is so embarrassing…'
''Well at least I know this is indeed the right house.'' Naruto then said, mostly to himself, ''seriously though, why so big? This room is nearly the size of my apartment.''
Yakumo blinked a couple of times and then brought her index finger to her chin, ''my parents were the clan heads, after this place was burned, the people of my clan rebuilt it even bigger… I'm not sure why though.''
''Mhmm…'' He closed his eyes and thought for a few seconds, now he has more questions than before, and there are already a bunch of things that he wants to know about her, like her hate for Kurenai Yuhi, but just like that as well, he decided to put it on 'hold'. ''Well, I will see you tomorrow then, oh right. I had forgot! I was thinking about asking sensei for us to get harder missions, maybe a C rank or a B, I'm tired of these chores, what do you say?''
She yawned and then thought for a few seconds, On one side, she found them 'chores' to be a bit humiliating, and she couldn't see how they would help her get better in genjutsu, while on the other side it is actually tiring, the D-Ranks took a lot of her, and she was afraid of how the higher missions would be. So opted to just leave it to him the decision.
''If you want to, then okay.'' Was her answer, and he nodded.
''Alrighty then, I would ask Sai what he thinks, but had forgot and I don't really know where he lives or what he does when we aren't around… Actually, I don't know anything about him, not even his last name.'' He said and she giggled.
''I don't think he has one.'' Yakumo said, and he shook his head.
''Of course he does, he has to have a last name… Anyways, I better get going, ciao.'' He flashed her a smile and then jumped off the window. On his way down, he noticed several silhouettes spread around the rooftops of the smaller houses, all of which body flickered away by the time he reached the ground.
Naruto chalked it up to being security and simply walked away.
'Ichiraku must be closing now and Ayame onee-chan said she would check up on Nana after closing, so I can probably jam some training now, even if just a little.' He thought as he went.
Ayame had started helping out whenever she could, since the Mizuki incident, for as much as he wanted to be around his beloved sister, despite how limited their interactions are, he had to train hard and get stronger for her.
As he reached his new training ground, he recognized several familiar people, fellow genin, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Hyuga Hinata and a beautiful adult woman.
''Kiba, Hinata, and um…'' He greeted the two and paused, making the four sweat-drop, ''Shino, waddup? You guys on a mission?''
''Hell yeah we are!'' Kiba gain a large, toothy grin, ''we are on our first C-rank!''
''Damn, you lucky dog.'' Naruto sighed, ''hows the mission going?''
At that, Kiba 'deflated'.
''Our mission is to identify and capture a creature that has been thrashing the training grounds, but we've had no success thus far…'' Shino said and Naruto blinked, twice.
''But aren't training grounds supposed to be broken down and well… Used?'' Naruto asked and Hinata started poking her fingers together.
''It doesn't matter, this is the mission that the Hokage gave us. Apparently there have been some complaints, on how suddenly it has been happening.'' The adult woman said from behind the three kids, and Naruto turned his attention to her.
''Oh right, Naruto. This is our sensei, Kurenai.'' Kiba introduced her and Naruto's eyes narrowed.
'She's the woman that Yakumo hates?' Naruto thought, looking at her from top to bottom, 'she seems like a nice person, I wonder what happened between them.'
Kurenai noticed him 'checking' her out and narrowed her eyes at him, Hinata also noticed and like her sensei, completely misunderstood him and frowned.
''Well, I got to get going, have fun with the mission!'' He then said and walked passed them towards the training ground, only to halt himself mid-way as if remembering something, ''wait, you said that something was wrecking the training grounds? Which ones?''
''Over the course of two weeks, it were training grounds five to twenty.'' Shino answered, and then adjusted his shades, ''do you know something?''
''Five to twenty…'' Naruto repeated to himself, rubbing his chin, ''oh yea! I went through them these last two weeks! But I don't remember seeing any monster in them… Then again my memory is kind of fuzzy, this new technique I've been testing… No, no, I would have remembered seeing a monster. I probably should pay more attention now,''
The members of team Kurenai all shared a look among themselves until the woman shook her head in a 'no' gesture.
'There is no way that he could have done all of that by himself with no jutsu…' Kurenai thought and stepped forward, ''you say your memory is 'fuzzy', how so?''
''It's my newest technique, it's very hard to control.'' He then said and Kurenai's eyebrow twitched.
''Newest technique? What are you talking about, you have no chakra.'' She said and he narrowed his eyes.
''I see… So you're just like the others. I guess this might be why Yakumo dislikes you,'' he resumed his path towards the training ground, ''this is a waste of my time, there's no point in staying here any longer.''
Kurenai gritted her teeth silently in anger, anger that even she didn't know why. He is a boy, a genin, what he does or says shouldn't bother her, yet it still did. Thing is, he isn't 'just' a boy, he is the chakraless one, an abomination. What did he know about her? So she, along with her team, followed him to the training ground twenty-one.
Upon arriving, Naruto took his shirt off, got into a horse stance and then closed his eyes in concentration, he clenched his fists and his body started trembling, only to suddenly stop when Kurenai and the others entered. Hinata immediately blushed crimson upon seeing him, and Kurenai raised an eyebrow, wondering what he 'thinks' he is doing.
''What do you guys want?'' Naruto asked, crossing his arms.
''You say that your memory is fuzzy because of a technique, but with no chakra, I can't imagine you doing anything.'' Kurenai replied and he chuckled.
''You want to see it then? How about we all spar then? If you guys turn out to be strong enough, then I will show you.'' He said and got into a stance, a very simple one, his left foot and hand ahead, right foot behind, right hand raised to chest level.
''Alright!'' Kiba stepped forward with a grin and Akamaru barked from besides him, ''I've been wanting this since graduation.''
Before Kurenai and the others could even stop Kiba, he had launched himself towards Naruto and threw a punch at the blonds face. Unfortunately for him, Naruto's guard wasn't up just for show. The blond used his left-hand to parry the punch to the side, and throw his balance off just enough for himself to get to his side and kick him behind the knee, forcing him to kneel, then followed up with a kick to his back of his head, forcing his head to the ground.
All in the span of three seconds.
'Fast!' Kurenai thought, eyes wide open, hardly believing what she had just seen. Her expression mirrored that of Hinata, and Shino behind his shades.
''These past weeks I've been focusing the majority of my training on my speed, rather than my strength, you guys will have to try harder than this.'' Naruto said, and Akamaru growled at him, showing his teeth.
''What… Are… You guys doing? Don't just stand there, give me a hand here!'' Kiba said as he tried to raise his head from the dirt. Naruto took a step back and actually allowed him to get up, finding the ancient proverb 'don't kick a dog when it's down', to be quite fitting for the situation.
''Um… I… I'm not sure how…'' Hinata said meekly from besides Kurenai and Shino, ''he has no chakra…''
''Same for me, my kikaichu aren't obeying me, they don't want to go.'' Shino then said, adjusting his shades.
''What do you two mean by that?'' Kiba asked after getting up, then went back to their side. All the while Naruto simply crossed his arms.
''I don't fully understand either, they refuse to go towards him. It first happened in the Academy, I tried sending one of my kikaichu to try and get information on him, if there is any chakra on him or if it was some type of trick, but they rejected my commands, back then I thought that maybe I hadn't trained them enough, though now I can see that it isn't the case.'' Shino said and made one of the bugs appear on his hand, then flicked it towards Naruto.
The bug hovered around and above the blond for a few seconds before finally returning to Shino's hand.
''They are confused, they don't recognize him as a target.'' He then analyzed, bringing the bug to his own eye level.
''I'm also not sure how I can attack…'' Hinata activated her byakugan, ''he doesn't have a chakra pathway to block…''
It all suddenly 'clicked' in Kurenai's head, 'because he has no chakra, the kikaichu don't recognize him as a target and ignore orders involving him, treating him as if he isn't even there, and the gentle fist wouldn't work because there isn't a chakra pathway to seal… But wait a second, in his file it says that he always lost when he sparred against Hyuga Neji…'
Naruto snapped his fingers as if remembering something, ''oh, of course. I thought you seemed familiar, you're related to Neji, right?''
''Umm… You know Neji nii-san?'' Hinata asked, deactivating her Byakugan. Her eyes special ability hindered her more than helped, for with it activated, it is like he isn't even there.
''I know the ass-hat, we studied on the same class, you're his sister?'' He asked, crossing his arms once more. To the kids, it seemed like he had lowered his guard, but to Kurenai, now that she actually started looking for the 'signs', she could see that he is high-alert and ready.
''We are cousins…'' She said meekly, blushing from the attention of him and everybody, and trying not to look at his chest.
''I see, alright then. I really have better things to do, so let's get this over with… '' He went back into his stance, ''if you don't want to come to me, then it is my turn to attack…''
To the three other genin, he disappeared, one second he was there, the other he vanished. Their sensei Kurenai managed to roughly follow his movements, but ultimately also lost track of him.
'Not in front, not behind and not on the sides…' Kurenai scanned the area for him, ''above!'' she shouted and a shadow appeared in between the four. Reacting quickly, all four jumped back just as Naruto crashed, slamming both of his fists at the ground, sending a shockwave and bringing up a cloud of dust as well as exploding a pair of smoke pellets that he had on each of his hands.
'This is bad…' Kurenai thought as the dust, dirt and smoke covered her vision, she had underestimated him and it turned out to be one big mistake. The dust and dirt are now hindering Kiba's sense of smell, as well as everybody's sight, and Hinata's byakugan and Shino's kikaichu are both useless to locate him.
The one thing in her favor is that they hadn't separated.
''Diamond formation.'' Kurenai said and her three genin joined her in a back-to-back formation, then each took two steps forward and pulled a kunai from their pouch. ''Remember our training, leave our backs to ourselves and keep your guards up.''
Naruto, having jumped out of the area of dirt right after crashing, saw their silhouettes in formation and launched himself towards them like a missile, literally. He jumped on one of the tree and used it to propel himself forward. Right into Shino, head-butting him in the stomach and sending him flying backwards.
Leaving Hinata, Kurenai, Kiba and Akamaru left on the center.
Akamaru barked and Kiba gritted his teeth and did a hand-sign to use his clan's trademark technique, the man-beast clone, and turn his ninken partner into a copy of himself.
Now the smoke started to fade away to give them a little more visibility, the first thing that they saw is Naruto, in a stance similar to the one that he was previously using, only that his right hand is tucked behind his hip, as if preparing to give a punch.
And a punch he did, into the air.
An invisible force started pushing what remained of the smoke, which was what alarmed Kurenai, the first and only one to notice what is happening. Having time to do only one thing, before the wave hit them, she got in front of Hinata and the Kibas, crossed her arms and anchored her feet to the ground with chakra, allowing it to hit her dead on.
Thankfully for her, the wave didn't have all that much power behind it, and it only pushed her a half a foot back while bruising her arms slightly. At best if she hadn't anchored herself to the ground, it would have thrown her a few yards back but not cause all that much damage either way.
''Damn, he's good… But this time you won't catch me off guard!' Kiba yelled and then gave a quick glance at his companion, ''let's go, Akamaru!''
''Wait, Kiba!'' Kurenai tried to stop him, but he along with Akamaru were already making their way towards Naruto, whom blurred and met them half way, appearing directly in front of the transformed Akamaru, which tried to swipe at his face, only for the blond to duck beneath and counter with a punch to the gut.
Poor Akamaru was sent backwards towards Kurenai and Hinata, his transformation dispelling mid-way.
Kiba took the opportunity and time to attack Naruto and give him a punch to the face with all of his strength to achieve retribution for what had happened before and for hitting Akamaru just now.
Smack.
The sound of Kiba's right hook impacting with Naruto's cheek resounded in the field, turning his face to the right.
When the Inuzaka went to retreat his hand to possibly try giving another punch, Naruto grabbed his wrist with his left hand and immediately kneed him in the gut, lifting him from the ground, then followed up with a round-house kick, sending him back Hinata and Kurenai, completely out cold.
'His fighting style is brutal…' Kurenai thought once Kiba had been 'dispatched', 'he started off by removing our visual and trying to split us, and he goes directly for the knock-out whenever a chance arises… The fact that his punches are capable of sending moderatedly strong mid-range air attacks, with pure, raw strength, means that getting struck directly by his fists is completely out of question. Dammit, he is much stronger and dangerous than I imagined, though it isn't possible that he caused all that damage, I won't just let him simply walk away, time to bring this to an end!' she went through some hand-signs, 'Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!'
The second she casted the technique, a thin blue string appeared between her and Naruto, connecting the two, then the string started getting 'pulled' into the blond, increasing in size in an instant, changing from a simple, near invisible string to a wide, full body 'funnel' of chakra flowing from Kurenai to Naruto.
All in the span of two seconds, so fast that Hinata didn't even have time to activate her byakugan to better see the phenomenon.
Ploft.
Kurenai dropped to the ground like a puppet that had its strings cut off. Hinata tried preventing her fall, but wasn't fast enough.
''Urgh,'' Naruto shook his head, ''that felt weird.''
Hinata bent down and wrapped Kurenai's over her shoulders to lift her up, but it turned out to be very difficult to steady her, due to her body now resembling a rag-doll.
''What the heck happened…'' Naruto said to himself, as he looked around the training ground, then settled his gaze on Hinata and Kurenai.
'Byakugan!' The veins on Hinata's face bulged as she activated her Byakugan once more, 'sensei's chakra network…' she thought as she looked at Kurenai, her chakra network almost invisible, having a dangerously low amount of chakra flowing through them, even the chakra inside the gates were bled dry, appearing only as a small spark. To make the situation even stranger, Naruto remained undetectable, completely transparent and invisible to her eyes, despite the surge that had flowed into him, 'what happened?'
''Hmm…'' Naruto glanced around once more as several people body-flickered into the training ground, Hiruzen, Itachi and a dozen ANBU.
''It seems I'm too late…'' Hiruzen said as he saw Kurenai. The ANBU with him going towards the woman and the other fallen members of her team.
''Too late? You knew? What the heck is going on, jiji?'' Naruto asked the old man,
''I thought you had talked with him about it, Itachi.'' Hiruzen glanced at the black haired man, ''anyway, let's go somewhere more private. The ANBU will take them to the hospital to be taken care of.''
The last part, the Hokage said to Hinata, whom shied away from his stare.
Naruto narrowed his eyes for a few seconds and then huffed, ''fine, let's go then.''
Thus they all left, Naruto somewhat angry and confused went back to the Hokage tower with Hiruzen and Itachi, Hinata went to the Hospital to see Kurenai and her other teammates.
-Later in the Hokage tower-
''So Jiji, you mind telling me what's going on and what happened back there, how and why did that woman's chakra come inside me?'' Naruto asked angrily after they entered Hiruzen's office.
''Take a seat, Naruto.'' Hiruzen said, sitting on his own chair behind his desk.
''I don't want to, I can't stand still.'' He retorted and the Hokage sighed.
''Very well… But it is a long story…'' Hiruzen pulled out his pipe, placed some tobacco inside and ignited it, 'I had left Itachi to him this, but it seems like it will be me anyway…'
-Several months ago-
''Except you Itachi… There is something you should know about Naruto…'' Hiruzen said after dismissing all the other jonins.
''Yes, Hokage-sama?'' Itachi stepped forward and Hiruzen motioned for him to take a seat.
''Given what you specialize in, and what one of your student want to as well, it is important that you pay close attention to what I'm about to reveal to you.'' Hiruzen became serious and looked at him straight into the sharingan.
''Hmm…'' Itachi raised an eyebrow.
''Under no circumstances are you to use genjutsu or any type of medical ninjutsu on him. You must also not allow your other student cast a genjutsu that involves him.'' Hiruzen said seriously, interlacing his fingers.
''Is there a reason?'' Itachi asked and he nodded.
''As you know, his body is… Unique. There is a lot that we don't know about it, and we cannot research it due to several reasons.'' The Hokage paused for a few seconds, ''presume that he has some type of core that absorbs chakra from the exterior when in contact, no matter how thin. Its pressure yanks and absorbs with an incredible speed and force.''
''Like a Black Hole.'' Itachi finished, mostly to himself.
''His own skin is the barrier that restrains it, preventing himself from absorbing through touch. However it isn't impermeable, if you force chakra into him, it will pull it in along with everything last bit that is attached to it. As you know, genjutsu works by pushing chakra into the opponent and manipulate their senses, but by this you make a two-way street that links yourself with the enemy, which in this case might cost your life.'' Hiruzen then closed his eyes, leaving a long silence in between them.
-Back to the present-
''You could have told me this before, Yakumo had asked what would happen if a genjutsu was used on me, I wouldn't forgive myself if it happened to her… And will Kiba's sensei be alright? I didn't mean to hurt the lady.'' Naruto said after Hiruzen explained to him the parts that he needed to know, his ability and how Kurenai casting a genjutsu on him triggered it.
''I'm afraid I don't know if she will, all we can do is hope that the ANBU and medics of the hospital manage to stabilize her…'' Hiruzen stopped upon seeing how saddened Naruto had gotten, ''it isn't your fault. The incident is on me. If I had known it was you that had done all that damage to the training grounds, then I would have never given them it. When Itachi came to give me the report on your training and told me, it was already too late.''
''I've already talked with Yakumo about the dangers of using genjutsu on you, right before our first D-rank mission.'' Itachi said from the side-lines.
''Oh, at least there's that…'' Naruto said to himself, then fully comprehended what Hiruzen had last said, ''wait, you mean that it really was me? Hehe, sorry…''
''That is the next subject that I would like to talk with you about. I need you to slow down with it. Your body is an anomaly, we don't know what can happen if you push it too far. So for this, I'm restricting it to once a week, until we understand what kind of effect it has on you.'' Hiruzen said and Naruto frowned.
''Alright I guess… Now probably isn't the best time to talk about this, since we are already here…' He looked around, ''I had talked with Yakumo and we were wondering if we can get harder missions, would have talked with Sai, but I don't have a clue on where he lives… The ones we been getting don't seem like they will help us get any stronger, heck I do some of those things for free when I got time.''
Hiruzen thought for a few seconds, since the last year he had been getting letters and gifts from various elderly villagers whom Naruto had helped, it reminded him of a certain Uchiha of long ago. He gave him the most valuable of the gifts and left the rest on a storage house because Naruto's apartment wouldn't be large enough to hold all of it.
''I will think about it, tomorrow your team will be given one more D-rank, I might start giving you C-ranks depending on how you all do.'' Hiruzen said and Naruto cheered, even Itachi seemed a little relieved that the D-rank nightmare might be coming to an end. While he didn't do anything on them, he sure as hell didn't like wasting his time doing nothing.
''Yatta! Thanks Jiji!'' Naruto pumped his fist upwards, ''just you wait, whatever the mission is, we will ace it!'' He grinned and then noticed the clock on the room, which shows 9:25 PM, ''oh shit I gotta go home, cya Jiji!''
Hiruzen didn't care much about the blatant disrespect of the boy and simply dismissed him.
Getting the 'go' sign, Naruto then jumped off the window of the room and dashed towards his apartment, taking only a handful of minutes to get there by jumping from roof to roof.
Quietly getting in, he found Nana in her drawing stand, neatly making several letters and symbols that he didn't recognize on the sheet, one next to the other, now being at the bottom half of the sheet.
''So, what you doing, Nana?'' Naruto asked while pulling over a chair to sit beside her and take a better look at the symbols, 'these aren't normal letters… I think I've seen these somewhere, but I can't quite remember… She only writes what she has seen or knows…'
Taking a look around the room, he noticed a large, old red book on the table and decided to check it out. On its cover it is written, 'Novice, intermediate and advanced Fuinjutsu – By Uzumaki Kaede'
'Uzumaki? Could we be related? Koharu must have brought this book, maybe I should ask her about it, or Jiji.' Naruto thought and then opened the book.
The pages seemed to be a bit worn out, the letters a bit faded, and the language a bit archaic but he still managed to understand it somewhat, if he tried to that is. He just read the first few paragraphs and then started skipping the pages to see if he finds the page his sister is copying. None of that would be of any use to himself anyway, he would need chakra to activate any seal.
As he skipped through the pages until there were no more, he realized that what she is writing either isn't on the book, or she isn't making through memory.
Placing the book back on the table, he went back to the chair and sat beside her. She didn't seem to acknowledge his presence any more so than usual. It is moments like these that Naruto finds himself wishing that he could interact with her better, but since it isn't possible for him, he settled with just watching.
As if 'sensing' his emotions, once Naruna finished she flipped the page to show her previous work, a drawing of a scenarios that he is almost certain that it doesn't exist in the village, which to him meant that they came from a book that she read and imagined, something that actually happens quite commonly.
It is a drawing of a snow-covered castle, compared to her usual drawings it lacks a lot of details, which further reinforces his thoughts about her never seeing it.
Just as she was about to flip the page to show him another one, a loud growling made her stop, her own stomach.
''Oh, you're hungry? I guess it's getting a bit late, how about we take a bath now and right after I make us dinner?'' He asked and she blinked twice, then gave a half-nod after a few seconds. ''Alright, let me go get you another pajama…''
There we have it guys, this chapter was a bit complicated for me to write, but I'm satisfied.
As usual, any grammar mistakes, please PM me and I will correct them ASAP. I don't know what to name this chapter, still waiting for it to hit me, if any ideas on it, leave it as a review :D
I felt like there could have been a better way of revealing Naruto's core ability, or a better timing, but I really couldn't think of one. I wanted to hold it for a bit longer, but it really wouldn't make sense for Hiruzen and Itachi to hold it from him any longer than that, considering that Yakumo is a genjutsu.
Talk about bad match-up, Team Kurenai is probably the worst possible team to fight Naruto. Gentle fist is useless against somebody with no chakra network, Kikaichu(in here) can't perceive something without chakra as a target, genjutsu doesn't work, Kiba was all alone on that one.
No Naruto didn't use the technique that he has been training, will show it later.