The Rise Of A Legend

Chapter 7: Fan Versus Whirlpool

Previously: "Now that he's back, let's begin the Last Match: Uchiha Sasuke vs Uzumaki Naruto! Hajime!"

"Dobe you're going down, there's no way a clanless guy like you can beat me, an elite Uchiha!" taunted Sasuke, who was still miffed about losing to him in shurikenjutsu earlier.

"Shishi Rendan (Barrage Of Lions)!" Sasuke shouted, and kicked Naruto in the air, and repeatedly buried his fists into his stomach. Next he kicked Naruto in the spine, and twisted his ankles with a crunch, ending with a drop kick to his stomach. He panted heavily, this was the price of a powerful taijutsu technique - fatigue.

Naruto, who lay sprawled on the ground, started laughing. "What's funny, dobe?" Sasuke growled. "This," said "Naruto" before dispelling.

"Shit! Katon: Karyu Endan (Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)!" Sasuke shouted while forming the hand seals: Ram, Horse, Snake, Dragon, Rat, Ox, Tiger. Naruto was rushing towards him when he saw him doing a fire jutsu, so he replied:

"Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Style: Water Formation Wall)!" Naruto said, while reciting the hand seals as he formed them, "Tiger, Snake, Rat, Snake, Tiger (a palindrome?)."

Spitting out the chakra-infused wall, he anticipated as Sasuke's katon jutsu collided with his suiton one.

A wall of steam settled over the Shurikenjutsu Room (they are still inside remember?), and Sasuke was thinking, "How is he so strong? Damn it, I spent too much chakra on the jutsu and energy on the Shishi Rendan. Now, I can't even see him."

A call of "Futon: Reppusho" was all he needed as the mist cleared, dispersed by Naruto's wind jutsu. Correction - Narutos.

A giant clone army charged at Sasuke, and proceeded to attack him in systemically. "U-ZU-MA-KI Naruto Nisen Rendan (Uzumaki Naruto 2K Barrage)!" the army chorused, attacking him every time a syllable was shouted, ending with a two-man uppercut to his chin.

Sasuke flew upwards, landing on his back unconscious. Naruto jumped in the air and timed it such that he ended up crushing his stomach when he landed, sealing the deal.

"Uzumaki Naruto wins!" Iruka declared. Sakura and the other fangirls started shouting, "He cheated! No one can beat my precious Sasuke-kun!"

"Alright you are all dismissed!" Iruka announced, and the students scattered.

Naruto left the Academy, and headed to his favourite Ichiraku Ramen stand. "Jiji, the usual please," Naruto requested. "Already got you covered!" Teuchi said, whipping two bowls out of the kitchen and placing them on the stand.

"Oi! Uzumaki Naruto! Why did you beat up my Sasuke-kun?" Sakura suddenly appeared on his right, apparently she was stalking him. "Firstly, I didn't "beat him up". It was a fair and just spar. Secondly, he's not "your Sasuke-kun", can't you see he hates you fangirls?"

Naruto continued to slurp his noodles, ignoring her. A tick mark appeared on Sakura's forehead. Cocking her arm, she threw it towards Naruto with all her strength, but he caught her fist with his left hand, then using his right, striked her in her pressure points. "Stay away," he ordered, releasing a bit of killer intent.

Whimpering, Sakura crawled away in intense pain. "Was that really necessary, Naruto-kun?" Ayame asked, concerned about his sudden violence. "I don't like it either, but what choice do I have?" came Naruto's reply. Opening his wallet, he slapped 1000 ryo on the table, and left (typically a bowl of ramen costs 500 ryo/yen).

After body flickering to his house, he sat down and meditated on the floor, compensating for his chakra usage.

"Tou-san, Kaa-san, Kurama-chan, any new tactics or jutsu you can teach me?" "Yes, in fact, I've been planning to teach you this for a while now," Minato said, "Just imagine two water balloons. This is your mindscape, so you can change it anyway you want. For now, all you need is two water balloons."

Naruto focused on his hands, and two water balloons materialised on each. Minato took one, and instructed, "Your objective is to burst the balloon by spinning the water inside with your chakra rapidly, as such."

With one hand, Minato held out the balloon. Suddenly, chakra started swirling and gathering in the centre of it, and the balloon exploded, leaving Minato's invented jutsu visible - a glowing blue self-sustaining ball of chakra with a whitish core.

"This is the end product - the Rasengan. Once you've finished the first step, come back here for the second step," Minato explained, and Naruto returned to the real world with the balloon intact.

Naruto concentrated, and forced rotating chakra out of his hand, causing the water inside the balloon to start swirling. However, no matter how much chakra he put in, the balloon still didn't burst.

After 30 minutes of spamming his chakra, he decided to stop and pick up Yugito from the hospital as he did not wish to suffer from chakra burns.

Yugito opened her eyes, and immediately thought,"Where am I?", after all, no matter where she was, letting her guard down was not a good idea. Voices appeared everywhere, painful for the headache she was currently feeling. "... she can be discharged now," a voice broke through the cloud that was her mind. "Discharged? I'm in the hospital? Oh I remember now, I used my Tailed Beast Cloak," Yugito recalled.

"Arigato, Doctor-san! I'll take over now," the familiar voice of Naruto piercing the air. "Naruto-kun... lower please... headache," she muttered, "Voices all around me..."

Apparently, Naruto noticed her because he whispered, "Awake now, Yugito-chan? Let's go, you can sleep at home."

Picking her up bridal style, he ran up to the top floor and dashed across the rooftops. When he entered the house and set her on the bed, he suddenly got an idea. "All around, huh?" repeated Naruto, referring to her previous statement.

Picking up the balloon, he pushed chakra again, this time with both hands. Using his other hand, he rapidly made grabbing motions on all sides of the ball not already covered by his other hand's chakra.

With his chakra all around the ball, the water swirled everywhere inside and eventually exploded, dousing both him and Yugito in the water, which woke her up.

"What the hell was that?" Yugito grumbled, clearly unhappy to be woken up. "Ano, that was the first stage of my new jutsu Yugito-chan," he explained while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

Yugito smiled, she couldn't stay angry at him forever. "Alright, show it to me again."

Naruto went into his mindscape and exited with another water balloon and a rubber ball.

Picking up the balloon, he reproduced the effect which amazed Yugito. "Tou-san asked me to burst this ball, but because it is thicker and there's air inside instead of water, I need to use denser chakra to break it," said Naruto as he picked up the rubber ball.

"Wait, Tou-san? What do you mean?" Yugito asked, clearly confused. Naruto sighed and explained the whole thing to her. "... and that's how I met my parents. Now watch."

Tossing it in the air, he formed the Ram hand seal, causing his chakra to flare and coat him. Then, he caught the ball with both hands and began to push his chakra into the ball. But, it seemed like the chakra still couldn't enter the ball. "Even thinner, then," he thought, and pictured his chakra sharpening to a point. The chakra began to seep into the ball, and squeezed the air within.

Now that the whole ball was filled with chakra, he imagined it swirling like a whirlpool to a single point. Once the core was filled with potent chakra, he stopped his chakra flow into the ball.

The rubber ball started vibrating wildly, and exploded with chakra as the sphere within expanded, throwing Naruto away back 5 meters.

"Yes! I did it!" Naruto was just about to enter his mindscape, when Yugito grabbed his shoulder. "Naruto-kun, I think you have to stop for the day, or else you'll end up like me."

"Alright," he pouted, and climbed into bed, forgetting to even change into his nightwear. Yugito stifled a laugh, and removed her gear while slipping into bed.

The Next Day

Iruka announced, "Genin Team assignments begin now. Team 7: Naruto, Sasuke and..."

Author's Notes:
Evil cliffhanger! Concerning a guest review about my story progressing too fast, I wish to tell whoever that is that we just got to the team assignments, so I don't see how that's fast. Sorry for the late post, don't butcher me.

Until tomorrow,
Ja Ne