The first of the two weeks were pure hell for one Karin.
Flashback
It was four AM. Naruto crept into the girl's room at Tazuna's house. Placing a silencing jutsu around Sakura,Ino, and TenTen and on the walls, floor and ceiling of the room, Naruto then picks up the bugle he carried into the room with him, places it on his lips, and plays Revelry... loudly.
Karin jumps up off of the futon she was happily asleep on and lands on her butt on the floor. Standing up, she rubs her rear while glaring daggers at the blond, who looked nonplused.
"This is going to be our routine for the next two weeks," said Naruto calmly. "You will be woken up at this time each and every day. You will have thirty minutes to do your ablutions and meet me at the front door. Then you will put on a weighted backpack, which will weigh 25 pounds, and we will take a five mile jog. After the jog we'll have a ten minute break. Then we'll get to the real fun stuff." Karin's eyes widen when she heard that, and nearly fainted.
Two hours later, Karin was thinking it would have been better to have gone with the faint. It was the end of the jog, and Karin had flat out collapsed.
"Oh, come on, You're bag's not that heavy. You're only carrying 25 pounds. I'm carrying 350 here," said Naruto, a little too joyfully.
"350?" wheezed Karin in shock.
"Yeah, and that's not including my regular weights." Karin's eyes went wider as she heard that. "I got 650 on each arm, 750 on each leg, and a vest which has 1000 pounds loaded in it. Which reminds me. These are for you," said Naruto, holding out a bag to Karin.
The red-haired kunoichi opened the bag, which revealed its contents to be... more weights!
"The ten pound weights are for your arms, and the twenty pounds ones are for your legs. You won't need a vest until we get back to Konoha, as the backpack will take care of that," said Naruto. "Put the weights on, and then lets get to work. First up, stretching."
Karin put the weights on, feeling the sweat on her skin. "Eww. Suigetsu is going to hate me now for being so sweaty!"
"Oh, grow up!" yelled Naruto. "You are a kunoichi, and not a very good one. You do not have the time nor the luxury of being a love-struck teenager! Save the romance stuff for when you make Jonin, now, let's get to stretching. I had a clone set up an exercise area while we were jogging," said Naruto, as he led her over to a freestanding ballet bar. "This is where we'll be doing most of our stretches. First, we're going to stretch our arms, and don't worry, the bar's re-enforced." Moving under the bar, Naruto grabbed the bar and positioned himself until his arms were perpendicular with the bar, then he started to do pull-ups.
"I call these the Nara Pull-ups, as this is about the laziest way to do them, however, it is effective in stretching your arms, as you don't have to pull up your entire weight. Now, I only want you to do five for now, as you're still getting used to the weight."
It took a few minutes, due to the added weight on her, but she made it to five.
"Good, now we stretch our legs. Put one leg up on the bar, and reach out and touch your toes. Hold for a count of ten, then repeat with the other leg.
This only took a few more minutes. After the stretching was done, Naruto got down to business.
"Okay, now, do 50 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, and 50 squats, then meet me over at the training dummies," he said.
"What are you going to do?" asked Karin.
"Oh, my usual. 500 push-ups with a 500 pound boulder on my back, 500 sit-ups, hanging upside-down from a tree with the boulder tied to me, and 500 squats with the boulder over my head all with my weights on," said Naruto nonchalantly.
He's inhuman! thought Karin.
"Get to work, because believe me, I will be done before you," said Naruto as he got started on his push-ups. Karin quickly got going, too.
Meanwhile, the other ninjas had gotten up and were going about their day. After finding out that both Naruto and Karin were not in the house, they went to look for them. Thankfully, the pair were not that far from the house. The group watched as Naruto laid out the exercises they were going to do.
"Oh, shit, he's in 'personal trainer from hell' mode," said Sasuke.
"This doesn't look too bad," said Kakashi.
"This is only the beginning," said Sakura. "Lee here screwed up on one of our group exercises, and Naruto came up with this. He starts it like he is now, but everyday, he'll up the weight, the exercises, and keep adding exercises, more and more. Lee at the time only lasted four days, as Naruto was already used to that type of training, as shown here."
Suigetsu stared wide-eyed at Naruto, who was about 3/4 of the way through with his push-ups while Karin was only at 27. "Just how strong is he?"
"He once took a rock, about the size of an apple, and tossed it at the Hokage Monument, about 100 feet to the left of the Shodai Hokage's face. He left a 70 foot radius crater from the impact," said Shikamaru. "That's why he won't fight you, Suigetsu. Because he knows how strong he is, and doesn't want to hurt a fellow Konoha shinobi, as it's really hard for him to hold back his punches, even with the suppression seals he uses."
"I bet it was because of his ranger powers," scoffed Suigetsu.
"Nope. It's just through the way he trains," said Ino. "Just like he's doing now, only for him, this is a warm-up."
"Only a warm-up?" exclaimed Asuma.
"The hospital ran a few tests, and found that Naruto's body regenerates faster than normal," said Choji. "They also found that he needs to take in almost three times the normal calories and nutrients than a normal person, which means besides eating the amount he does, he also needs to take super concentrated vitamins, and other stuff. Have you ever heard the term 'empty calories'?"
The group nodded. "That doesn't apply to him. Basically it means he can have his cake and eat it, too."
"How many exercises does he do in this training?" asked Jugo.
"Naruto's got about 150 exercises per workout group; stretching, speed conditioning, reflex conditioning, weight training, basic and advanced taijutsu training, basic and advanced kenjutsu training, and chakra training," said Rock Lee, as the group, save for Sasuke, had their eyes opening wider and wider with everything he said.
That's more than Gai does! exclaimed Kakashi in his mind. Out loud he asked. "How many does he do each day?"
"Thats more than I do"said Might Guy.
"If nothing comes up, all of them," said Ino.
"That's impossible!" exclaimed Suigetsu loudly.
"Hey, keep it down! We're trying to work here!" yelled Naruto.
"Sorry! Anyway, Naruto has been breaking what's possible and what's impossible ever since we found out about his biology," said Shikamaru.
Flashback kai
Sasuke and the other rangers proved they were right in the way Naruto was training Karin. The weights got heavier, more exercises were added, and the sets were longer. Karin started each day in tears as the routine was changed, yet, after the first week, she noticed that she was a lot stronger than when she first started, and actually managed to get a few hits on Suigetsu. Of course, this made him angry and he started wailing on her ass because of it, which really opened her eyes to Suigetsu. Karin then apologized to the others for her attitude.
The second week, Naruto leveled out her exercises, saying that she no longer had to push that hard.
Flashback
"Now that I've got your strength, stamina, and chakra up to low to mid genin level, I can now show you how to maintain and slowly increase your abilities," said Naruto.
"Aren't we going to continue like normal?" asked Karin.
"I only had two reasons for doing this," said Naruto. "One, it was to show you that you can be strong without Suigetsu, and two, to get you on the path of reason one, now that you've learned your lesson."
"But why can't I continue to train like you?"
"Because it's very dangerous. The only reason I train like I do is because it's the only way I can. I have a secret, a very powerful one that can't EVER get out to the world," said Naruto seriously. "If it ever gets out, my life, and the lives of everyone around me are forfeit."
"I understand," said Karin, "and I won't pry, either."
After setting up her new daily routine, the two rejoined the others for group training involving the tree-walking exercise, in which Suigetsu got owned by everyone else except Jugo, who had never seen the exercise, either.
That night, the four teams were eating dinner with Tazuna and his family, when Inari just had to mouth off.
Why bother. All you guys are going to do is end up killing yourselves," said the small boy.
Naruto looks solemnly at Inari. "Inari, I heard about your father. Let me ask you this. Did he do everything he could to protect you, your family, and this country?"
"Did anyone else stand up with him?" asked Naruto.
Inari was stunned, as he wasn't expecting the question.
"I think therein lies the problem. A community is like a genin team. It relies on teamwork to strengthen and protect each other as a whole. A group of people doing what is right is a lot stronger than one on his or her own. I think that you're not that angry at your father, but at yourself for being part of the problem, and not the solution," said Naruto, who excused himself from the table and went out to train himself.
Everyone else at the table just stared at the spot where Naruto was. "How long has Naruto been that philosophical?" asked Tazuna.
"Ever since Turbo Force was started," said Yamato.
Flashback kai
Naruto was remembering that night as well.
Flashback
Naruto was asleep on the ground. Even though he managed to keep his anger under control, the kid's attitude still got to him, and so he took it out on all the trees.
What's wrong, kit?
asked Kyuubi when Naruto showed up in the mindscape.
"My mind keeps going over Inari's attitude, and wondering if I could have ended up like that," replied Naruto.
Don't focus on things that could have been,
said Kyuubi. Be proud of the fact that you didn't lose yourself in that darkness. You are a strong young man who will do right, not only by yourself, but by your friends and those that care for you. Anyway, enough of the mushy stuff, how goes your tail control?
"I'm almost able to control the second tail, though with this mission, I haven't had time for anything more than minor practice."
You're right in that the mission has been eating up your control practice. But, you're close enough now that I think a battle will take care of that, should you need to use it. Any idea on how to deal with Suigetsu?
"The only thing I can come up with is pray to Kami so that he forgets about me," said Naruto.
Kyuubi laughed. Nice try, kit. Keep thinking on it... Naruto, I think you better wake up. Someone's entered the clearing. Naruto nodded and vanished from the mindscape.
Waking up, he came face to face with someone who looked like a girl, but then again, Naruto knows looks can be deceiving.
"Hello. You shouldn't be sleeping out here, you'll catch a cold," said the person.
"It's alright. I never get sick," said Naruto. "What are you doing out here?"
"I'm just picking some herbs," said the person.
"For Zabuza?" asked Naruto.
The person froze.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything. I recognized you from your voice and scent," said Naruto. "He means something to you, doesn't he? I'm thinkin' he rescued you from a bad life?"
The person nodded.
"You had it easy. I ended up rescuing myself. It's how I became a Power Ranger," said Naruto. After a moment he said, " My name is Namikazi Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?"
"Haku."
"Well, Haku, you might want to rethink your disguise. There's a certain swaying in a female's hips that no man alive can master," said Naruto. "I've seen you walking around for a while now, and believe me, you ain't got it."
"Aw, pooh," Haku pouted, which set both of them off in laughter.
"Hey, Haku. Do you ever get bored with the wanderer lifestyle and being chased by oinins?" asked Naruto.
"Konoha can always use new ninja, especially if they have a bloodline. Why don't you give this offer to Zabuza. Give up going after the old man, 'cause if I read this Gato character right, he's not going to pay you guys, and come with us to Konoha?"
"It would be nice to have a more permanent home," said Haku. "I'll do what I can."
"That's all I ask for," said Naruto with a smile.
Flashback kai
Finally, the two weeks were up. Everyone was ready to help protect Tazuna and his workers on the bridge... all except Naruto, who over-extended on his training and is now out like a light in his room.
"Let him sleep," said Kakashi to Tsunami. "I've seen him train like this before. It's no big deal. He'll be up in a few more hours." Tsunami nodded.
"Okay, teams. Let's head on out," said Asuma.
Naruto awoke a few minutes later.
"Aw, man. They left without me!" shouted the blond.
"You were pretty tired," said Inari.
"Trust me, if I trained as hard as they think I did, then I would be out for a few more hours," said Naruto as he headed out the door.
Just as he stepped outside, he came upon two samurai.
Both sides blinked once, then charged into action. Unfortunately for the samurai, Naruto had the better action and took them out of commission within a minute.
"Tsunami, Inari, two samurai are knocked out and tied up outside. I'm betting that Gato wanted at least you, Tsunami, as bait. If that's so, than the teams, as well as Zabuza and Haku, are in major trouble," said Naruto. "I want you to get inside and block your doors and windows. Do not leave the house, as I don't know if there are others in the woods or not." The two nodded. "Before I go, you want to see something cool, Inari?"
"What?" he asked.
Naruto took a few steps back, and then changed into a giant fox with nine-tails.
"I'm a shape-shifter," said Naruto in a slightly demonic voice. With that, he dashed off, moving faster than the wind.
Inari stared at the spot Naruto was. "Woah... nii-san is so cool!"
Moments earlier, at the bridge...
"My word, what happened here?" asked Tazuna in shock. The workers were all lying on the bridge with various injuries.
"A... m... mon... monster!" said one of the downed workers.
Just then, the fog rolled in thicker, and with it came an evil laugh.
Well, at least we know Zabuza's back," said Yamato. Ten mizu bunshins appeared in response.
"Zabuza, did you get Naruto's message?" asked Might Guy.
"I did, and I accept, but first I want to see how good your kids really are." Before Zabuza could move, however, Suigetsu went and attacked all the clones.
"Kid, don't you ever use your brain?" asked Zabuza.
"Huh?" asked Suigetsu, just as Haku came up from behind and knocked Suigetsu out.
"I take it strategy isn't his forte?" Zabuza asked Yamato.
"He has a few mental health issues," replied Yamato.
"So, I see you decided to leave my employ," said a new voice.
Dispelling the fog and looking at the end of the bridge, the ninja saw a large group of mercenaries, along with a short, fat man with a cane.
"I take it that's Gato?" asked Asuma.
"Unfortunately," said Haku.
"I'm glad you did, Zabuza, as I wasn't going to pay you anyway," said Gato. To the mercs, he said, "Kill them all."
Before the group behind Gato could move, the ground started trembling beneath their feet.
"What the hell? Is it an earthquake?" asked Gato in a panicked voice.
"Oh-no," said Sasuke and the other rangers. "It's Naruto. He shape-shifted into that form."
"Shape-shifted? Into what?" asked Kakashi. He never got a reply, for Naruto gave him his answer.
Naruto leapt over the ninja's heads and landed between them and the mercenaries. The ninjas could only stare in horror at the form of the Kyuubi no Kitsune that Naruto took.
Lashing out a tail, Naruto grabbed Gato and hoisted him away from the mercenaries.
"All of you are to leave, NOW! The fat one here is mine," said Naruto in his demonic voice. The mercs complied very quickly.
"Now, you are going to give Kakashi here all your bank account numbers, and you better do it fast, before I eat you," said Naruto. Gato quickly gave the numbers.
"I've decided. I'm not going to eat you," said Naruto, and Gato sighed with relief. "I don't need that much cholesterol in my diet. Instead your death will be much quicker. Hey, Zabuza! Head's off!"
"You got it!" said Zabuza, brandishing his sword. Naruto tossed Gato at Zabuza, and with one swipe, Zabuza lobbed the corrupt man's head off.
"Good, now I can get out of this form. The fur is really starting to itch," said Naruto in a more normal voice as he changed back into his human form.
"Naruto, why did you change into the Kyuubi?" asked Asuma.
"Fastest form I could think of," said Naruto, which caused everyone to sweatdrop.
Suigetsu awoke not long after Naruto's reply.
"What happened?" he asked.
"We won," said Karin, who was trying to hold in a laugh, along with everyone else. You see, right after Haku knocked Suigetsu out, he decided to have a little fun, so he took some ink he had on hand and, well, doodled all over his face. The marking's were so funny, especially with Suigetsu's current expression, that keeping from laughing was becoming quite painful.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" asked Suigetsu when the stares were starting to piss him off. At that question the group broke down into gales of laughter.
"What's so funny?" asked Suigetsu angrily, which made the ninja and Tazuna laugh even harder. It was then that the villagers, led by Inari, came into view.
"Inari, I thought I told you to stay in the house?" asked Naruto, wiping his eyes from the tears.
"Well, I figured you might need help, and as I didn't hear any screams from when you left, I figured that it was safe to head into town and get everyone," said Inari. Naruto just groaned.
One week later, the bridge to the mainland was finally complete. On that day, the two teams, plus Zabuza and Haku, were standing in front of the villagers, waving goodbye to them. Well, all except Suigetsu, but that's a given.
"Okay, Inari. It's now your job to help protect your mom. I want to see you doing a good job whenever I come for a visit," said Naruto as he knelt in front of the boy.
"You got it, Naruto nii-san," said Inari, who had taken to calling Naruto that.
"Well, we got to go now. Take care everyone," said Kakashi, and the ninja headed towards Konoha, and were quickly out of sight.
"Hey, what are we going to call this bridge?" asked one of the villagers.
"Don't even think about it," said Tsunami, staring angrily at her father. Tazuna wisely shut up.
"How about the Great Turbo Force Bridge?" asked Inari.
"Named for the rangers who brought hope and courage back to Wave," said Tazuna. "It's a good name, a name that will mark the beginning of a legend."
There was a little problem at the gate when it came to Zabuza and Haku, but the Hokage knew they were coming, thanks to Kakashi and his dogs, so they were admitted. It wasn't long before they were standing in front of the leader of the village.
After hearing the report and Zabuza and Haku's story, the Hokage looked at Naruto. "Why do you persist in giving me more paperwork to do?" he asked in a sobbing voice.
"Ever thought about using a Kage Bunshin?" asked Naruto.
Sarutobi just stared at the blond for a few seconds. "Excuse me for a moment," he said, and quickly went into a purple-painted room, and closed the door. The second it was closed, they all started to hear swearing coming from the room. Asuma covered Ino's ears, Haku and Sakura agreed to cover each others, but everyone else had notepads out, writing down everything said.
I wonder how much these would sell for?
was the general thought.
Sarutobi was done a few minutes later, and when he came out of the room, the walls were stripped clean.
"I've been meaning to repaint that room, anyways," he said. "Now, Haku, since you've never been listed as a ninja for any village, you will have to go through a skills exam to see what level you belong at. Zabuza, you'll have to go through a three-month probation period before you can become a Jonin here. You will be watched by ANBU, and if you haven't harmed anyone in the village, not including training, then you will become a Jonin of the Leaf."
"Thank you, Hokage-sama," they said.
"Now, you'll have to find someone to stay with, as we don't have any open apartments at this moment," said the Hokage.
"Sir, they can stay with me at my place," said Naruto. "I have plenty of room, and it does get a little lonely at times."
"Alright. Zabuza and Haku, you'll be living with Naruto. He'll guide you to his residence. Meeting adjourned."
When everyone is leaveing expect Naruto, Zabuza,and Haku.
"Jiji"said Naruto.
"Yes Naruto" said Sarutobi.
"Can I talk to you aloane"asked Naruto.
"Zabuza and Haku can you two wait outside my office"asked Sarutobi.
"Yes lord Hokage"said the both of them.
Both of them went outside the office.
"Ok Naruto what is that you want talk about"said Sarutobi.
"Will my mother Dimitria wanted to added two more people to the team"said Naruto.
"Ok who does she want to be in Turbo Force"asked Sarutobi.
"She wants TenTen and Neji to be added to the team"said Naruto
"Are you sure Naruto"asked Sarutobi.
"Yes I am sure"said Naruto.
"What color are they going to be"asked Sarutobi.
"Will Neji will be the black turbo ranger and TenTen will be the white turbo ranger"said Naruto.
"What about their molophers"asked Srutobi.
"Oh Alpha is making the molophers as we speack"said Naruto.
"Oh really"asked Sarutobi.
"Yes"said Naruto.
"Is that all you wanted to talk about Naruto"said Sarutobi.
"Yeah thats all I wanted to about"said Naruto.
"Will jiji I am heading home with Zabuza and Haku"said Naruto.
"Bye Naruto"said Sarutobi.
So Naruto left the office and met both of them outside the office.
"Okay, let's go get you settled," said Naruto, who led the two off to Hokage Mountain, not knowing that they were followed.
"You live here?" asked Zabuza.
"Where's the house?" asked Haku.
"You'll see," said Naruto. Holding up his morpher, Naruto activated the communication function. "Hey, Alpha. I've got two new people taking up residence for an unspecified period."
"Okay, I've got their bio-signatures and have loaded them into the alarm system," said Alpha.
"I thought you said you lived alone?" asked Haku.
"I do. You'll see when we're inside," said Naruto, who then said the password. "Turbo Force."The force field wrapped around the three of them and pulled them inside, but once again, there was a secret passenger.
Just as the three entered the main room, the alarms went off.
Did someone hitch a ride again?" asked Naruto, as Alpha 10 came into view.
"Yep, someone sure did," Alpha said. "Take a look."
On screen, Naruto saw a certain red-haired kunoichi.
"Karin? What the hell is she doing here? Alright, let her in," said Naruto.
This was going to be a very interesting discussion.