A/N: I… Hate (with a capital H) how more than half of the 1k+ reviews for Naruto are narusasu, itasaku, or narusaku. Ugh, freaking hate it. I try to browse through the c2 Naruto fics with over 1k review, and all I see is yaoi…
Poll is still open.
Oh, poll update, the results are close, and there is a tie between Tayuya and femHaku in first place, so vote now!
Oh, another great story is Master of Shadows by ShiKuVeSiAquEn, featuring Naruto using the shadow clone jutsu to its fullest extent. Great story, still ongoing, about 10,000 words. Give it a read.
Oh, and if you just can, please help me find a Japanese jutsu translator… I have no knowledge of Japanese except some words I pick up here and there while reading fanfic.
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ONTO THE DAMN STORY ALREADY.
With the skirmish against the Demon Brother over with, and their proposal still in the air, Team 7 and their customer continued onwards towards the country of Wave. When they got to the end of the water, there was an old man sitting on a boat waiting for them.
"Tazuna-san? I'm here to take you across the water." The mysterious old man said.
"Alright guys, don't make loud noises, Gatou might hear us." Tazuna stated worriedly and hurried onto the boat. The rest of Team 7 followed, and they were lead across the waters silently, with everyone still reading their respective books. The Naruto clones walked silently across the water far away from the main group, still reading their respective books.
As soon as they crossed the water, Tazuna jumped out of the boat, impatient to get home and worried for another attack. While Kakashi assured him that he was not going to get hurt while they were there to protect him, Tazuna's worries were not eased.
While they walked and walked forward towards their destination, the group was once again silent. Suddenly, Naruto said, "Clone was dispelled, there are hostiles nearby." Everyone was on alert. Naruto made another clone and had him Kawarimi with the book, not wanting to lose the book with the secrets to the arts of sealing. The book appeared and he quickly put it in his pouch, dispatching the other clone that wasn't destroyed to let all the other clones know to keep on guard and watch out for the main group.
Kakashi suddenly whispered, "a sword is coming towards us, on the count of three, duck." Everyone silently counted three while Naruto made two Kage Bunshin. As everyone was ducking the sword, the Kage Bunshin jumped in front of him and Kawarimi'ed with logs to block the sword. When the sword stopped its motion, Naruto made two more Kage Bunshin, had them take the sword and run out of the battlefield.
"OH WHAT THE FUCK." Came the cried of a desperate man off in the distance, but with this thick of mist, they couldn't see a hair of him. Or maybe it was a girl with a really deep voice.
"BRAT, GIVE ME BACK MY SWORD!" A bandage man suddenly appeared out of the mist, begging for his sword back.
"You threw it… I just ran away with my prize." Naruto said, happy that the hostile party did not have his weapon.
"I didn't expect you genins to catch it…" The swordsman said.
"Zabuza, Demon of the Hidden Mist, one of the Seven Swordsman, planned a coup against the Mizukage, committing murders of innocent…" Kakashi stated, but was interrupted.
"I didn't commit murder of innocent civilians, only tried against the Mizukage and killed his bodyguards."
"Still, you have commited a crime, and must be punished for your deeds." Zabuza said, having high spirits again, although he didn't have his sword, he still knew how to use taijutsu.
"You guys stay back, I'll take him on. Although he's a master at silent killing, he doesn't have his sword." Kakashi smiled at Naruto, "Thanks, you made our lives a lot easier. Just get your clone to go somewhere secluded to hide."
Naruto told his clones to hide somewhere safe, and started protecting Tazuna. Kakashi jumped forward to Zabuza and pulled out a kunai and left a shadow clone behind with his team. After Kakashi threw the kunai in the air, he then engaged Zabuza in hand to hand combat, throwing his left fist at Zabuza's face while punching his stomach with his right. Zabuza moved his head back and kicked up on Kakashi's right hand, laying parallel to the ground, and did a leg sweep after he finished blocking. Kakashi jumped up and caught his kunai, driving it down at Zabuza's upper torso, hoping for a hit. Zabuza deftly moved his hand behind the hilt of the kunai and caught it, turning the kunai on Kakashi and was prepared to use it. Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke in front of him, while Zabuza jumped back, he saw tons of kunai and shuriken flying at him, quickly, he jumped towards his left and crouched. Kakashi then charged forward towards him, with his Sharingan eye uncovered, and slammed a right fist into his face. Zabuza quickly recovered and repeatedly punch Kakashi, who then puffed into smoke.
Once again, Zabuza moved back, wanting to see everything without the damned smoke blocking his vision, and saw one red eye looking at him behind the smoke, approaching rapidly. Kakashi had a Raikiri charged and ready to hit, running at full speed towards Zabuza. Zabuza was surprised, he was about to kawarimi when another Kakashi appeared from underground and held his foot fast, pushing chakra into him to disrupt Zabuza's flow, making him not be able to perform a kawarimi. Zabuza was prepared to take the hit and shifted his body, when a wall of ice rose in front of him. Kakashi hit the wall of ice, which shattered, and slowed his momentum. This was all Zabuza needed, since he kicked off the hand and kicked that Kakashi in the face, which puffed into smoke. He jumped to the left, and thanks his lucky stars that Haku was watching.
"This Haku is a Hyoton isn't she…" Kakashi said, clearly surprised. He almost had Zabuza, just two more seconds and he may have been dead.
"How do you know? No one knows about Haku besides from me, Gatou, and the… The brothers leaked the information didn't they?" Zabuza said, looking disgusted. Damn weak Chuunin these days, willing to do anything to save their own hides.
"Well, we offered them sanctuary in Konoha, where they will be put on probation for a while, then become full ninja of our village. After hearing the true reason of the coup, my team feels like you're trustworthy enough, so Konoha also extends a hand to you and this Haku person to join our ranks." Kakashi said, slightly out of breath from the fight. Although that fight was a short one in ninja standards, there was too much action going on. And the Raikiri totally kills his chakra. "I'm guessing the demon brothers haven't returned to you yet."
"They haven't. I'll need some time to think about this, I'll give you my answer in two weeks on the bridge. Haku, we leave now." With that, Zabuza disappeared into the distance. Kakashi looked at the site for a while, before heading back towards his team, tired and exhausted. Lucky Zabuza didn't want to keep on fighting. Raikiri was a do or die move, if you get hit, you die. If you dodge, the user of Raikiri gets a chakra drain so bad he probably won't be able to do another jutsu. Lucky he didn't know the inner workings of Raikiri or else Kakashi would have been dead.
So, as Kakashi returned to his team, he saw the mist rolled away, and his team in perfect condition, with one large sword on the ground next to him. "Great, they'll consider joining Konoha, and we're giving them two weeks to decide. Now, Tazuna-san, I believe it would be in everyone's best interest if we can come back to your house and rest. We'll provide you with protection until you finish the bridge and you can provide us with food and shelter." Kakashi said, looking like he needed a nap. "Naruto, I want you to recall all your clones and dispel them once we reach Tazuna's house, shifting through their memory when you get there. We'll need to train you to handle your clone's memories while fighting, because that might be an untimely distraction, which could, and probably would result in your death."
They complied, and Team 7 once again went on their path to Tazuna's house without anymore distractions this time around. "We have two weeks to prepare for their answer. They could either fight us, not show up, or join Konoha. The best ninja always prepares for the worst outcome, so we'll just say that they're going to fight us. You guys have two weeks to train to prepare for the oncoming battle. We start tomorrow."
XXX That Night (Dinner) XXX
Everyone was having a quiet, but joyous dinner, Tsunami was happy that Tazuna, her father, was back in one piece, and everyone was happy that they got halfway through an A-rank mission without many injuries. Suddenly, a short kid came down, looking about 7, and started to shout. "Why are you guys here? Do you know what you've done to the people? Gatou is going to get mad at you and take it out on the people." The kid said.
Tazuna replied, "Inari…"
"Stay out of this grandfather. Why did you hire them? They're all going to die anyways." Inari said, on the verge of tears.
"We're going to beat up Gatou and restore this country." Naruto said, looking up from his bowl of rice. "Then, if we don't you can shout at us all you want once you're dead." Naruto.
"YOU WILL BE DEAD. No one can stand up to Gatou… he's a… h-he's a…" Inari replied, a tear drop coming out of his face.
"A what? A business man that's ruining a prosperous country." Sasuke chimed in.
"No, that's not the only thing he is… he's something far worst than you have EVER heard of…" Inari said, crying now.
"So what is he? Who is Gatou that we can't stand up to him, that no one in Wave can stand up to one little midget?" Naruto responded, wanting to get the kid out of his misery.
"GATOU IS HAXXOR. HE'S GOING TO PWN YOUR NQQB ASS. THEN YOU'RE GOING TO QQ ALL DAY CUZ YOU FRIENDS BE PWNED ." Inari shouted, then ran to his room and started crying once more.
Massive confusion was seen around the room.
"If I may so inquire, what is, 'nqqb', 'haxxor', 'qq', 'pwned"?" Kakashi inquired, eager to get some information on new terms, maybe this could be beneficial.
"I'm sorry." Tsunami said, clearly shameful of herself and of her own son. "Since his father died, he's been stuck on a game called World of Warcraft, to you ninjas, only civilians play it. Those are bad terms in the game that he picked up from some of the 'cool kids'." Tsunami looked embarrassed, wanting to just sink to the ground and disappear. Tsunami sighed again, "It's something the higher ups made for children."
"Crap video game too…" She whispered. No one heard her.
"Well, we should get our rest for the day and start training tomorrow." Kakashi said, laying himself on the couch, leaving the three children to pick whichever spot they wanted in the living room.
XXX The Next Day XXX
HONK! HONK! CHU-CHU!
"What the hell is that noise?" Naruto woke up groggily, seeing his teammates were waking up too. Kakashi was nowhere to be seen, and Tsunami was in the kitchen. Tazuna, who was reading a newspaper on the desk, said, "since Gatou controls Wave country, everything shipping industry is pretty much run by him since the bridge isn't complete yet. So, he invested some of his money on engine for big boats that clouds the sky and kill the trees, running on something called coal." Tazuna said informatively, making sure that they only know enough to last, and not the deep ins and outs of Wave's economy. Although they were ninjas hired to protect Wave, there could be an off chance they might abuse Wave again using the country's information against itself. These ninja nations are like a hidden dagger in the back. Sheesh. He suddenly remembered what Kaiza said to him a while back. The only difference between a friend and an enemy is that one will strike you from the front with a sword, and the other one waits until the opportune moment to strike you in the back with a dagger. Secrets of Wave Country will be kept by Wave.
"Breakfast are in the kitchen, just ask Tsunami for it, I'm sure she'll be willing to give you some." Tazuna continued, and then went back to reading his newspaper.
Tsunami, in fact, did give them some breakfast, and it was great considering the bad economy of wave. Although it only consisted of smoked fish and rice, they were prepared to eat the same thing for two weeks until they leave Wave.
So, as they finished breakfast, Kakashi announced his presence, and took the genins outside. He then made two shadow clones and gave each one to Sakura and Sasuke, telling his shadow clones to train them. Sasuke looked a bit down that the real Kakashi was training Naruto until Kakashi's clone said that the real Kakashi was about to leave soon, so Naruto will only get the basic training information before he leaves.
As with Kakashi and Naruto, he gave him a stack of books from the ninja library about seals, and brought out two books, one black and one yellow. "Well, that stack of books is from the ninja library. This black book is all the notes taken from Jiraiya, who said to give to you when you become of age." Kakashi stated.
Naruto didn't even know this Jiraiya. But he was interested in the scroll the Kakashi sealed the books in. "That's a sealing scroll isn't it… it's protected by a blood detection ward, so you must have taken out the books earlier." Naruto exclaimed, happy at the newfound knowledge.
"Yes, I'm surprised you know about blood wards. It took me about half a year to know how to detect it, and another to be able to make it." Kakashi said, clearly surprised. At the rate Naruto was progressing, he'll be master in no time. "Well, the black book was from Jiraiya, and this yellow book belonged to no one, but was passed down, before the elemental nations appeared, before the hidden villages. This book was found by Kiri, who then introduced seals to the elemental nations. Kiri lost the book to Suna, which got Suna started on puppetry. Suna lost the book to Konoha, and that was how the Nidaime ended up with it. The Nidaime passed it down to the Sandaime, who passed it down to the Yondaime, who became great with the knowledge contained in that book. He then wrote his own books, many can be found in the library, and some you cannot receive yet. This book led to the Yondaime's legacy as the Yellow Flash, it contains what we called seals, but what the past called runes. These runes are the basics of seals; the origin of sealing, one rune alone is so complicated that we had to split it up into different seals to be able to utilize its power."
"So you expect me to know runes AND seals?"
"I think you can manage."
'I'll need a lot of shadow clones for this."
"Then you better get started." With that, Kakashi left Naruto to his own devices. Naruto looked at the stack of books and made the twice the amount of shadow clones. The shadow clones went into pairs and each pair picked up one book, leaving the yellow and the black on left. Naruto picked up the black one, and started reading.
XXX Sasuke XXX
Sasuke followed Kakashi towards their destination, a rocky outcropping next to the ocean with the forest behind them. "Sasuke, what you will work on is elemental manipulation." Kakashi stated.
"But sensei, I already know how to do that." Sasuke said, showing his point by plucking a leaf, holding it between his index and middle finger, and turned it black. The leaf soon turned ashy and crumpled away.
"That is great for someone your age, great for a jounin too actually, you are progressing far faster than I thought. But there is something you do not know."
Kakashi picked up a leaf from the ground, a fresh one, holding it between his index and middle finger, and SET IT ON FIRE. "Are you saying I can do that? By the end of two weeks?" Sasuke said, excited all of the sudden.
"That's not the only benefit of it. One, you will have way better control of your chakra, and would have larger reserves. Then, I can teach you the shadow clone jutsu to progress even further, faster. If you have proficient control over your chakra, you might be able to direct it and home it towards your enemy while your jutsu is still active in the air. You… will… never… miss… a jutsu… again." Kakashi said.
Sasuke did not reply, opting to get straight to work.
"If you have any questions, tell me at the dinner table." Kakashi said, and then turn around. What Sasuke didn't know was Kakashi had used a basic, basic fire jutsu seallessly to ignite the leaf. Youth these days, so easily tricked. If he does complete what I just did without a jutsu, he has the potential to be one of the best Fire Manipulators ever. The clone chuckled, and then dispelled itself.
XXX Sakura XXX
Sakura and Kakashi entered a clearing full of grass, and beautiful flowers littered around it. "Sakura, you may know medical jutsu is to heal an injured person, but what else can it do?"
"It can be used as chakra blades to cut tendons and disable without killing other people." Sakura said, she did her research too.
"Yes, that too. Although I cannot do what I am about to teach you, you may be able to." Sakura perked her ears at Kakashi's words. Something she can do and he can't…
"What is it sensei?"
"You know how to use medical chakra to heal by focusing on your hand." Sakura nodded, not understanding where he was going with this. "Have you ever tried using medical chakra to incant the jutsu? Not regular chakra, medical chakra."
Sakura gasped… no one has ever done that before… it was impossible. They would have to convert regular chakra into medical chakra, throughout the whole body. She said to herself. Medic nins need to concentrate hard just to convert their hand's chakra into medical chakra, it was practically impossible to convert her whole body's chakra supply. "Kakashi-sensei, it's impossible."
"No, people think it's impossible, they never actually spent their time on doing it. Have you? Tell me once you've done it." Kakashi said, then walking away, leaving Sakura alone to think. Even if she could do it? What was the benefits, how could she even do it in the first place? You're the smartest in the graduating class Sakura, you can do this. She reassured herself. Kakashi did give her a book, written by Tsunade no less. I will do this. And do it she will.
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