By: The White Dragon Rider
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!!! Are we clear? Good! P.S. Please don't sue me
(Ok here we go with the next chapter. In this chapter Toph begins to learn some basic ninja and chakra control techniques from the ever-perverted Jiraya and the clueless Naruto. Naruto tires to earthbend but fails horribly so they don't even bother with him but Jiraya still has a few tricks to teach Naruto)
Chapter 7: Bending and Jutsu
Spirit World
The council of Avatars were all lined up at their places yet again to discuss what had happened so far with their plan to give the Avatar some help with the Fire Nation
They all stood around the elemental symbol with each bender on the proper side of their symbol
In the center closest to symbol were the same Avatars that had been their before
The Air nomad, the Earthbender in green, the female Water bender in blue robes, and Roku
All the other spirits behind them were murmuring amongst themselves as the main four spoke of what was going on with their plan
"Well it appears that one of those "sanin" ninja has appeared in our world" said the airbender
"How did it happen?" asked the waterbender curiously
"We never considered that their summoning arts could work between worlds or that by some freak accident that another would come here without our help" said the earthbender
"What should we do? Send him back?" asked the waterbender
"No, this perverted sage (Even the Avatars are calling him that) knows much about the ninja way and about the fox seal. He could be useful not only for fighting but also for helping to control the fox should he get out of hand" said Roku
"But we still have another issue to address, the fox's host didn't find the Avatar but instead found one of his companions" said the waterbender
"The blind earthbender know as Toph" said the Air Nomad
"Yes one of the best earthbenders I have ever seen, she's as enduring as a mountain" commented the Earthbender in a approving tone
"And more stubborn than most rocks" added the waterbender
"She appears to have taken a liking to the boy" said the Air Nomad
"Well the boy is used to stubborn, scary, and ill tempered things" said the Waterbender with a smirk
"Talking about me?" asked the Fox's voice
Suddenly a red orange whirlwind of chakra appeared in the center of the room in the middle of the four seals
The whirlwind ripped around wildly and blew with bestial force as it created a fierce red and orange tornado in the middle of the room
It blew for a few more seconds before finally calming to slowly reveal the Nine Tailed Fox standing in it's usual place in the middle of the four seals with a scowl on it's jaws
"Nice entrance" said the Waterbender playfully not the one to be intimidated even by a demon
"Wind was you element" said the Air Nomad
"Grrrr! Enough! I've heard enough mocking from the classmates of Naruto!" roared the Fox in its constant bad mood
"What are you here for Fox?" asked Roku with cautioned interest
"I've come to ask just how the hell am I suppose to fight when my powers are sealed!?" roared the Fox bitterly
"What do you mean?" asked Roku
"I've attempted bending when the boy channeled my power a few times before and got nothing. It appears that the seal is not only holding back my chakra but my bending powers as well! said the fox
"How so?" asked Roku
"The seal that holds me in the boy disrupts the flow of my power so not only can I barely release power but it also blocks my bending!" yelled the fox angrily
"That's a problem" said Roku
"No duh! If I can't bend how the hell am I suppose to rip the Fire Nation to shreds!?" roared the Fox
"Calm down Fox, what do you propose we do about it?" asked Roku trying to get the Fox to calm down
"That's easy, you need to weaken the seal a little so some more of my power bleeds through it" said the Fox finally calming down a bit from the usual roar but still maintaining a angry tone as it gave it's request
"What?!" asked the Earthbender in shock
"Why should we trust you enough to weaken the seal that contains you?" asked the Waterbender
"So I may destroy the Fire Nation" said the Fox in a calm, almost mocking tone
"I don't like the sound of this" said the Earthbender
"Yes after the destruction caused by your past rampages I believe it may not be a good idea to loosen your restraints" said the Waterbender cautiously
"But if we do not he may be of no use to us in the war" said Roku
"I believe we may loosen his restraints a little but only so long as he keeps calm and works with Naruto" said the Air Nomad wisely
"What do you mean?" asked the Waterbender
"If he shows he can work with the boy well and if the boy begins to trust him we should loosen the seal that binds him enough to let his power come out" said Air Nomad
"How can you be sure this is a good idea?" asked the Earthbender suspiciously
"The boy has a strong, good, and just heart. He shall decide if the fox is worthy enough to be freed a little since it is his body and he should decide what happens to him" said the Air Nomad
"Sounds like a good idea. Perhaps the boy and fox will learn to work together better so they will become stronger" said the Waterbedner
"I may not like it but it does seem like a good idea" said Earthbender stubbornly
"So what's the plan?" asked the Fox
"Can we all agree on this?" asked Roku
The other benders agreed to the idea before turning back to the fox who looked on at them
"Ok fox, if you can become less bloodthirsty, learn to work better with your host, and if your host decides to allow it we shall loosen your ties and free more of your power" said Roku officially
'Getting along with that idiot? Ha! This is going to be easy! I've had to listen to him and be with him every waking second for the past twelve years! I think I can handle working with him' thought the Fox confidently
The Fox honestly didn't hate Naruto too much it was just the fact that he was trapped in him that made the Fox so hostile towards him
Still being with Naruto so much had made the Fox pretty much used to being around him and he almost felt sorry for the poor kid when he was treated like dirt for the better part of his life
'An outsider feeling left out and rejected…' thought the Fox for a second
A few memories flashed in his head a second before he came back to reality and shook them off
'Can't be thinking of those times now' thought the Fox
"When the boy has decided you are worthy of it the seal shall be weakened and you shall regain more of your former power. Until then you still can use what you've used up till now to help him" said Roku
"No problem! I can certainly handle a few Fire Benders with my claws and strength alone!" said the Fox confidently
"Well good luck and don't forget what we talked about today" said Roku
"I won't, just leave this mess to me" said the Fox before disappearing in another whirlwind of it's own chakra
Campsite, Early MorningAll was peaceful at Naruto, Toph, and Jiraya's campsite as the sun began to make its way slowly over the treeline so it could shine down on them
There wasn't a sound around and all was peaceful…well minus the snoring Toad Sage that was sleeping under the blanket he had stolen from Naruto
Toph had been courteous and made Naruto his own earthtent so he wouldn't be exposed to the bitter cold of the chilling night air
He had turned down the idea of sharing one with Toph since Jiraya wouldn't stop mocking him and accusing him of sleeping with Toph if he did
It wasn't much of a problem for Toph to make another since it was only some simple earthbending
Still Naruto had thanked her and yelled at Jiraya for stealing his blanket but by the time he got to that Jiraya was already asleep and deaf to his complaints
Right now Jiraya was snoring loudly as he dreamt of tons of beautiful women just begging to be with him
This was obvious as he was practically drooling in his sleep with a huge smile on his face
He was also mumbling in his sleep as he dreamt
"Hold on ladies there's enough Jiraya to go around…I the Toad Sage will satisfy you all…no need to shove…" he muttered happily
"Oh Toad Sage" said a female voice to him in his sleep
Jiraya slowly opened his eyes to see a beautiful naked girl standing over him with a suggestive look on her face
She had whisker-like marks on her face along with blue eyes and long blond hair that was in two long phony tails
Jiraya got a happy dirty smile on his face when he saw her thinking he was still dreaming
"Hello my darling, how may I be of service?" he asked still in a slight daze with a smile
"I want you to do something with me and a friend today" said the girl playfully with a few giggles
"A threesome?!" asked Jiraya excitedly
"No" said the girl with a few more giggles
"What then?" he asked happily only imagining what it was
Suddenly the girl turned into Naruto in a puff of smoke who pointed at Jiraya fiercely
"Train!" he yelled at the old dirty man
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" yelled Jiraya being snapped back to reality
"Why must you do that?" asked Jiraya sadly sulking with a dark aura around him
"That's for stealing my blanket last night! Anyway we still need to train today and we need to start early so we can see just what Toph can do" said Naruto seriously
"That's just not fair" sulked Jiraya
"Quit complaining you old pervert!" yelled Naruto to his annoying sensei
"Are you two done playing yet?" asked Toph annoyed as she walked over to the two
"(Sigh) Fine let's start" said Jiraya in defeat as he got up and walked over to a clear area with Toph and Naruto following him
When they were at a decently open area he turned to the two kids
"So what should we start on first?" he asked them
"Oh! ME! I want to! Me first! Please!! I want to try and learn bending!!!" yelled Naruto while jumping up and down excitedly while waving both his hands
"Oh I wonder who to pick" said Jiraya with annoyed sarcasm trying to ignore Naruto
"Come on! ME!!!" yelled Naruto excitedly
"Fine, Toph you're up. Let's see what this bending business is all about" said Jiraya walking down while Toph walked up to address the two ninja
"Alright now Naruto bending is different from jutsu since in jutsu you just have to do handsigns. Bending is harder since you have to move your body to use it" explained Toph
"Alright got it" said Naruto listening intently
"Now Naruto get into a stance like this" said Toph getting into a earthbending stance
Naruto did his best to mimic her stance but it was obvious it was wrong
"Not quite" said Toph walking over to Naruto
Toph walked over and examined his stance and helped to correct it by pushing various things into place so his stance would be stronger
After a few adjustments he was in a half decent stance that looked like it might work to Toph
"Ok that's a bit better" said Toph examining Naruto again and seeing he looked decent
"Alright" said Naruto seriously focused on what he was doing
Naruto might have been light-hearted and foolish when it came to many things but he was always serious about his training and paid full attention to it and tried his hardest
"What next?" asked Naruto eagerly holding his stance
"Ok now follow my moves, we'll start small with a basic technique" said Toph
Toph's years with Yu were paying off as she lectured Naruto on how to do a simple beginner technique
She had forced to do that stupid beginner lesson so many times it had permanently burned into her mind so she knew all the steps
Toph was being a lot nicer to Naruto than Aang in his training so far by not just starting off by throwing boulders at him for three reasons:
1# She had no idea if it was even possible for ninja to bend or if Naruto would be physically able to do earthbending
2# She wasn't still at full power and wasn't sure if she could throw a 2 ton boulder like a toy right now
3# Naruto wasn't as big a wimp as Aang so she didn't see a need to toughen him up by nearly killing him
Despite being nice to Naruto now she still planned give Aang hell with his training when she caught up with him
Jiraya and Naruto watched as Toph took a deep breath and quickly slid her foot across the ground from her starting stance and placing her fist in the direction she was facing
The end result was a small pillar of rock the size of an endtable rising out of the ground about a foot in front of her with a small cracking sound
"Cool! Now I'll try!" said Naruto excitedly as he did his best to repeat what Toph did
He beathed deeply and then proceeded to move his hand and his foot as best he could in the proper way although it was easy to see it was hardly perfect (I know it can't be this easy to teach someone to earthbend but I want to hurry this up and get to the good stuff)
After he had done that he looked eagerly to the ground in front of him hoping to see a pillar of rock burst out of the ground
Jiraya and Toph looked as well to see what the end result of his attempt was
There wasn't even a crack in the ground where Naruto had aimed much to his disappointment
"AWWW! Darn it! I did what Toph did and nothing happened!" yelled Naruto seeing he did absolutely nothing to the ground
"IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!? DO IT AGAIN!" yelled Toph fiercely at him like the drill sergeant from hell
"Yes sir!…Mam!…Toph sir!" said Naruto obediently in terror of Toph
Naruto set up again and began trying it over and over again
An Hour Later"Why won't this stupid thing work?" asked Naruto in a defeated tone as he looked down the untouched earth depressed and tired
He had spent the last hour trying everything he could think of to get it to work with the demon sensei Toph bearing down his neck and yelling at him every time he failed
"THAT'S PATHECTIC!!! IS THAT ALL YOU CAN HONESTLY DO!? EVEN AANG COULD MOVE A PEBBLE AT LEAST BY THE END OF HIS FIRST DAY!" roared Toph at Naruto who cowered in fear of her
'Geez she's scarier than Sakura when mad!' thought Naruto as she proceeded to yell at him loud enough to nearly make him go deaf
Jiraya watched the scene and had to hold back his laughter as he thought of his training days with Naruto and his inability to master the summoning technique
Plus it was funny enough to see Toph yelling at him so fiercely it could scare the fox
But he also noticed something was off about what was going on
Naruto was mimicking her moves decently enough to at least get some reaction in his opinion but still nothing was going on
'If it's not the moves than what's wrong?' he wondered thinking about what else could be the problem
He realized that there were two key factors to performing jutsu
One was knowing the proper handsigns and being able to pull them off correctly and the other was the amount of chakra used to perform the jutsu and how well one could control the energy used
Bending seemed to replace handsigns with entire body movements that Naruto appeared to have down decently so Jiraya concluded the problem must lie with chakra or chakra control that Naruto wasn't the best at
"Hold on Toph" said Jiraya calmly interrupting Toph's latest rampage
Toph looked away from Naruto who looked like he was about to wet himself and looked at the old perverted sage
"What is it?" she asked
"I believe it may not be totally Naruto's fault that he's sucking at this" said Jiraya
"Really?…Hey!" yelled Naruto a second later realizing that had been an insult too
"What's wrong then?" asked Toph
"Well Toph what do you know about chakra?" asked Jiraya
"Naruto only told me it's used to power jutsu and he had to learn to control it" said Toph having only briefly discussed it with Naruto during their time traveling together
"Well chakra is the spiritual energy created by the soul and body to power various thing such as jutsu" said Jiraya
"We know of that here. We call it chi and it's used to power all types of bending" said Toph realizing they were the same thing quickly
"So chakra and Chi are the same thing only with different names?" asked Naruto
"Yes and it sounds like it critical to both bending and jutsu, even if the hand signs or movements are perfect either work without power from the soul" said Jiraya wisely
"So you think that chakra could be the reason that Naruto can't bend to save his life?" asked Toph
"Yes, I think that there may be an issue with chakra that's keeping Naruto from bending" said Jiraya
"You mean like how I couldn't use the summoning jutsu without the fox's chakra?" asked Naruto to Jiraya
"It makes sense" said Jiraya
"So what's the problem? Does he not have enough chakra to earthbend?" asked Toph
"I'm not sure since I have no idea how bending uses jutsu" said Jiraya
"So you mean I might not be able to bend at all?" asked Naruto
"I'm not sure I would have to have to find out more about a bender's chakra" said Jiraya
"Maybe we should see how Toph reacts to using jutsu to find out more about benders and chakra" suggested Naruto
"Good idea, well stop Naruto's bending training for now and see what Toph is able to do" said Jiraya pointing at Toph
"So what do I do?" asked Toph wondering what she had to do in order to use jutsu
"Well the first thing to understand is that unlike bending where you move the better part of your body, in jutsu all that's required is your hands for handsigns" instructed Jiraya
"I know that already" said Toph impatiently
"The way one performs jutsu is by making the correct handsigns and releasing and controlling their chakra" said Jiraya
"Whatever! Just tell me how to put my fingers together to blow things up or make an army of me!" yelled Toph impatiently thinking of Naruto's taunts that she wouldn't be able to do jutsu
"Fine but you have to start small with a basic technique" said Jiraya
"What do I do first?" asked Toph
"Well first of you need to learn how to release your chakra before anything so your jutsu have power" said Jiraya
"How do I do that?" asked Toph
"Easy just put your hands together and form this handsign to release some chakra, after you have a feel for your chakra I'll show you how to do other handsigns to do jutsu" said Jiraya forming a handsign for a demonstration
"Ok here I go" said Toph
She wasn't able to see Jiraya's hands but she could feel the vibrations through his body and that gave her a clear image of what his hands were doing
Toph put her hands together and formed the handseal and waited for something to happen as Jiraya and Naruto looked on to see what would happen
For a second Toph felt nothing at all but the light wind on her body and the sun's heat bearing down on her in the open field
'Well this is doing nothing' though Toph annoyed and expecting more
Suddenly she felt some odd sensation in her body that she couldn't explain
It was like a gentle tingling electric sensation that started in her stomach and spread out throughout her body quickly from her head to her toes
She wasn't in any pain…yet but it felt like energy or something all over her body like she had a really bad case of static electricity built up everywhere
Toph wasn't sure what to make of it since it didn't hurt and it could be what was suppose to happen but she still felt uneasy about it as the sensation grew stronger
Jiraya and Naruto could feel Toph's chakra as it slowly came out and built up strength as she held the hand seal
'Impressive she has more chakra than I expected' thought Jiraya noting that Toph's energy must have been powerful for her to be putting out the levels she was at and still climbing in power
He then realized something was off when he felt that Toph's chakra was still growing stronger and didn't show any sign of stopping yet
'This can't be! She's still releasing chakra at this rate! How much does she have!?' though Jiraya panicked as Toph's energy continued to rise
Naruto couldn't tell they were in trouble yet but what happened next told him something was off since he had never seen it before
Toph began to give off an aura of chakra around her body
The weird part was that chakra was so intense it was visible!
Toph's chakra was a deep green and Naruto could feel it was very powerful even from the distance he was standing at
(I'm giving all benders color coded chakra since it's not like ordinary chakra Earthbenders: Green, Waterbenders: Deep Blue, Firebenders: Red and Airbenders: White)
Naruto and Jiraya stood there dumbfounded as Toph was enveloped in an aura of her own powerful green chakra with neither knowing what the heck was going on
"What's happening?" asked Naruto in a panic to his sensei
"I'm not sure but he power is still growing!" yelled Jiraya in fear pointing at Toph whose aura was starting to become unstable and was beginning to cause little pieces of earth around her to lift into the air
Naruto couldn't help but think of the time Lee had used 5 of the 8 inner gates and how he had almost done the same thing with his chakra
"Hey Toph cut it out! Release the seal!" yelled Naruto trying to get Toph to break the handsign
But it was no use, she couldn't hear them for some reason
Jiraya and Naruto stepped back slowly away from Toph as the ground around her began to crack as the chakra destroyed everything it came in contact with
"Get out of there now!" said a voice to Naruto in his head
'What the? Who is that?' thought Naruto in shock
"Who else is in your head idiot?!" yelled the voice annoyed
'Fox?!' asked Naruto
"Yes, I have no time to explain but get out of there NOW!!!" roared the fox
"I think it's about time we cleared out" said Jiraya as well in fear
"What about Toph?!" asked Naruto worried about her as he and Jiraya backed away from her aura that was growing more powerful and unstable by the second
"All we can do is pray she's ok!" screamed Jiraya as he turned tail and ran in fear of his life away from Toph
Naruto gave Toph a worried look for a second as he stood in place watching her power get out of control before also turning away reluctantly and running
"Toph you better be ok…" he said quietly as he ran
He snatched his and Toph's bags from their campsite before dashing off for safety after Jiraya
Toph's green chakra continued to pour out and become more intense
Despite her best attempts Toph couldn't control it and was quickly loosing strength as she struggled to contain the energy
She was unaware that Naruto and Jiraya had fled as she focused on trying to control the energy with little success
Toph became weaker and weaker as her chakra came put of her body and she began to fade in and out of consciousness
When Toph finally blacked out all the energy that she had been trying to control was released in a MASSIVE explosion of green chakra that blew away everything around her like an atom bomb
Naruto and Jiraya who were ninja jumping from tree to tree at top speed to get away from Toph looked back when they saw a bright green flash followed by a huge boom sound
They could see a giant wall of chakra blowing down everything in its path as it spread out over a better part of the forest
It bore down on the two ninja at high speeds threatening to annihilate them
"Whoa! What is that?!" asked Naruto in a panic watching rip it the earth to pieces and blow away trees and rocks like toys
"I don't know but I'm not sticking around to find out!!!" yelled Jiraya in fear as he tried to get the heck out of dodge
The two ninja booked it out of the forest as fast as humanly possible with the giant green chakra wall of death and destruction following them and slowly gaining on them
"Crap it's getting closer!" yelled Naruto
"Move faster or die!!!" yelled Jiraya running for his life from the chakra explosion
They raced for their lives through the trees both moving faster than they ever had in their lives
Every time Naruto looked back the wall looked a lot closer than it had before and he could begin to feel the massive amount of wind it caused as it blew away trees all over the place
The ground shook and cracked before it was torn to pieces by the energy obliterating everything in it's path on all sides of it as it spread out over the forest at high speeds
Then it finally it reached it's limit and stopped spreading and disappeared leaving only a giant crater where there had once been a good portion of forest
"Hey it finally stopped!" shouted Naruto looking behind him and seeing no wall of explosive chakra
Jiraya looked and saw that the devastation had finally stopped and both ninja stopped ninja jumping to escape
Naruto and Jiraya jumped down from the tree branches they were on to the ground below and slowly made their way to the edge of the crater
They looked into the crater from the very edge of it to see absolutely nothing left standing in the wake of the attack
"Oh no! What happened to Toph!?" asked Naruto in a panic thinking that attack could've killed her
Jiraya took out his telescope which he normally used for spotting naked girls and looked at the center of the crater for any sign of the young earthbender
There he spotted an unconscious Toph laying on the ground surrounded by destruction in the very center of the crater
Later
Naruto and Jiraya retrieved Toph from the crater and examined her to see if she was ok
Her body looked pale and she had small scratches and cuts but no apparent injuries although neither ninja was a medic and could be totally sure she was ok
Toph's breathing was slow and she appeared to be barely alive after what happened
They carried her out of the crater and set up a new camp near the hole and put Toph down to rest while they figured out exactly what happened
Jiraya was currently thinking over what could have happened and how Toph could have so much chakra and tried to figure out why her chakra was green
He had several ideas but couldn't test them until Toph woke up
Meanwhile Naruto kept a constant watch over Toph for any change in her condition
He sat on a stump near where she was laying looking her over with a worried look and hoping she was going to be alright
After all that he had been through with her over the past weeks he really cared about her and there was also something else he felt towards her but he didn't know what it was
It felt kinda like what he felt when around Sakura but a lot stronger but him being totally clueless had no idea what it was
He just figured the ramen he had for breakfast must have been past it's due date or something like that
Something similar had happened one day with spoiled milk but did not want to remember that whole ordeal
Naruto also wondered just what happened to her back there and how she could have done something like that with only one handsign
He knew Toph was strong and powerful but he never imagined she could be capable of destroying a large section of forest in one attack
'That chakra was so intense I could see it! And it was green and not blue! It was almost like that fox's red chakra' thought Naruto remembering the Nine Tailed Fox's intensely powerful red chakra
Toph's chakra felt a lot like the Fox's although it was still not as strong as the Fox's
It felt different from regular chakra that Naruto was used to feeling all his life from other ninjas
The chakra was more intense than normal and seemed to be really hard to control
Naruto knew regular chakra was a light blue and that only the really powerful red Fox chakra was a different color
He wondered if it was normal for a bender to have chakra like that or if that Toph was different
Naruto was pretty sure Toph didn't have a demon running around inside her like he did so there had to be some reason for what was going on
Suddenly he remembered that brief message from the fox before the explosion
He had warned him to get away from Toph almost like he knew what was going to happen
What was weirder still was the fact that the Fox had actually contacted him first instead of Naruto having to call the fox
The fox wasn't the friendliest of creatures and he pretty much stayed out of Naruto's life, which was how they preferred it
Naruto carried around the Fox while the Fox gave Naruto chakra from time to time and then left him alone
They weren't on the best grounds but still they had a pretty simple and beneficial relationship going
He thought it was just odd for the Fox to call out to him like that even if Naruto's life was in danger
'What the heck is that creepy old Fox up to?' thought Naruto puzzled
"I can hear what you're thinking you idiot!!!" roared the Fox's voice in Naruto's head
It surprised Naruto so much he screamed and fell off the stump he was sitting on
Naruto bumped his head on a rock on the ground and was knocked out cold
Jiraya heard Naruto scream and came over to check it out and see what was wrong
He spotted Naruto knocked out on the ground and got a smile on his face
"He He! This is going to be great!" he said with a few small laughs as he got an idea
"Mess with me in my sleep will you?…" he muttered as he picked up Naruto and moved him
Dark Hallway
Naruto groaned as he opened his eyes only to see a lot of darkness around him
He felt he was lying in water or some kind of liquid and below that was a hard, cold, steel floor
"Ow what happened?" he asked getting up to see where he was
He appeared to be in some kind of really dark hallway with walls and floors made of metal
There were no lights to be seen which explained why it was so dark around him and the walls and ceiling were covered with many pipes that lead all over the place in a kind of puzzle
The hallway had many doors on both sides and Naruto could only see darkness at both ends of it no matter how hard he looked
In all the place looked like it was some kind of dungeon or belonged in a horror movie
The feel of the place made it seem like there was some deadly monster lying in wait around every corner waiting to pounce and kill
Plus there was a deep ominous roaring sound in the air constantly that made that feeling more real
It would have made most people wet themselves but Naruto was comfortable in the place once he realized where he was
The truth was that there was a monster in these halls but it was only the Fox growling at his gate
Naruto realized he was in his own mind and that somehow the fox had brought him here
"I'm back here again" said Naruto looking around
He began to walk forward while he looked for the Fox's door that lead to the gate
"Weird but I usually have to come here when I want to talk to the fox, he's never called me here before I've always called him" said Naruto confused as he walked through the halls of his own mind
His footsteps were accompanied by splashes as he walked through the water that always flooded the place
Naruto walked until he was at the door that lead to where the fox waited
He knew it was the right one since there was a light at the end of it and he could tell the Fox's growl was loudest here
Naruto walked through the door and into a small hallway that lead to the Fox's room
At the end of the hallway he came into a room with a massive gate on the wall facing him and the door
Besides the gate there was nothing to the room besides more random, leaking, pipes that seemed to lead to nowhere
Beyond the gate all Naruto saw was darkness and nothing else giving the feeling it was like a black gate to oblivion
Naruto walked up to the gate casually and the called for the Fox
"Hey Foxy are you here!?" called Naruto to the gate loudly
After a few seconds he got no answer
Naruto gave a confused look and got even closer to the gate
"Hey Fox come on out!" called Naruto
Still he got no answer from beyond the gate
Naruto walked right up to it and called through the bars
"Hey Fox are you here or not?! I know you are since you can't leave!" yelled Naruto
He was answered by massive claws sticking through the bars to the right of him violently
Naruto screamed and then jumped back from the gate as the Fox's giant evil looking face appeared at the bars
It looked just like two eyes, a mouth, and a nose with no outline and a bunch of red in the background
"You do not need to remind me of my imprisonment" said the Fox bitterly as he looked down at Naruto
"Well you should have answered me the first time!" yelled Naruto at him
"Excuse me if I'm not used to answering guests, I don't get many here" said the Fox sarcastically
"No wonder with this dump" said Naruto looking around
"You need to call a plumber or something to fix these pipes, whenever I come here there's a foot of water on the floor" complained Naruto
"Why must you mock me?" asked the Fox with loathing
"Because you're in there and I'm out here!" said Naruto happily with a huge smile
The fox gave a bitter growl at Naruto through the bars
"Let me guess you've called me here to tell me the usual "I'd love to kill you … I'm going to eat your marrow and drink your blood …when I get out you're dead" stop me when I've got it right" said Naruto tauntingly
"For once that's not what I have to tell you" said the Fox
"Really then what's up? You've never called me here before except when I'm in danger" said Naruto
"I've come to tell you what's going on and why you and I are in this world" said the Fox
"Wait! You know what's going on? I knew you had something to with this since that old ghosty guy said your name to me when I warped here! What's going on?!" demanded Naruto
"Long ago I lived in this world, I was actually born here and not in your world" said the Fox
"Really? You mean you are actually from here?" asked Naruto surprised
"Yes I was a partner to a past Avatar" said the Fox with almost a tone of sadness to his voice
"Wait! I thought you hated…everything. How could you be the partner of one of these Avatar guys? They help everyone and you want to kill everything" asked Naruto confused
"I won't go into that!" roared the Fox
"Hey I know! I bet you weren't always this bloodthirsty and evil! I bet you used to be friendly right?" asked Naruto tauntingly
"I won't talk about that!" roared the Fox angrily
"Ha Ha! I bet you were like a puppy before you turned into a demon!" said Naruto tauntingly with a few laughs
'This coming from a kid who had his ass kicked by a cat on a simple D ranked mission' thought the Fox annoyed
"Anyway I was banished to your world after things went wrong here, you know what happens after that" said the Fox trying to keep calm
"What happened here?" asked Naruto
"My partner was killed in battle, he transferred all his powers to me in order for the Avatars to keep going, that is why I am so powerful" explained the Fox
"Wait you mean you're an Avatar?!" asked Naruto in shock
"Yes I am even more powerful than most Avatars since I am no mere human" said the Fox proudly
"Does that mean you can bend too?" asked Naruto
"That's what I'm here about, the seal that binds my power holds back my bending powers. I need to have the seal weakened in order to be able to bend or allow you to bend" said the Fox
"What do you need me for and why are you bringing up your past now?" asked Naruto suspiciously
Before this he had never heard of any of the Fox's history before besides what he knew from history books and that which was taught in the Ninja academy
Even that wasn't much since no one seemed to know a lot about the Fox and if they did they didn't talk about it around Naruto
They just didn't feel comfortable talking about the Fox in the same room as the boy who had it inside him
He had actually been asked to take the day off on the days they taught about the Fox in school
Naruto didn't know he had the Fox in him at the time and being a little kid he never asked questions when offered a free vacation day
"The other Avatar spirits will loosen the seal for me if we can learn to work together and if you agree to have it loosened" said the Fox
Naruto got a huge smile on his face
"So you mean you needme to give you permission in order to weaken the seal?" asked Naruto with a grin
"Yes" said the Fox bitterly
"Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! The giant, all-powerful, super destructive, evil demon fox needs my help in order to get back to full power!!!" said Naruto rolling on the floor in laughter
"May I remind you that you still need my help to use more powerful attacks, heal, and overall survive!?" said the Fox
" (Weak laugh) I forgot about that" said Naruto embarrassedly as he got up off the floor to face the Fox
"So what do you say?" asked the Fox seriously to Naruto
"I don't know, you aren't the most trust worthy of creatures and I'm really not sure if I trust you with more power especially since you'd be messing with my body" said Naruto thinking about it
"How do I get you to trust me?" asked the Fox
"Well how about you answer some questions I have?" asked Naruto
"What are they?" asked the Fox
"Well first off I want to know if that's what you really look like, I've seen drawings of you in history books and your face looks different than now" asked Naruto
"Fine if you think that'll help I'll show you what I really look like" said the Fox
Suddenly the giant face disappeared and was replaced by the true face of the Fox behind the bars of the gate starring down at Naruto
He looked just like how he did in the books to Naruto
A giant red and orange furred Fox with nine lashing tails behind him
All Naruto could see was the front so all the tails weren't visible but he could see a few swinging behind the Fox
"Wow it isn't pretty but at least it looks better than that giant evil face thing I'm used to seeing. Why did you decide to look like that?" asked Naruto to the Fox
"I thought it looked scarier and more intimidating" said the Fox
"Man it's like the wizard of Hidden Leaf Village or something" said Naruto under his breath
"Anything else you want?" asked the Fox
"Tell me more about your past with that Avatar guy, I want to know what happened before you came here and became evil" asked Naruto curious about the Fox's hidden past
"I'm not talking about that! Anything else!?" yelled the Fox
"I hate it when he's moody" said Naruto under his breath annoyed before turning back to the Fox
"You know about benders right? Then tell me what happened with Toph before! You knew she was going to do that! Tell me what happened!" demanded Naruto
"Well that's easy, benders have…" began the Fox but was cut off mid-sentence by a voice echoing throughout the room
"Say cheese you two!" came Jiraya's voice echoing in the room
"What was that?" asked Naruto surprised
"You're about to wake up, I don't have time left so all I can say is that you should tell me your answer to the seal issue as soon as you can" said the Fox
"Wait that doesn't answer my question about Toph! What happened to her before?" shouted Naruto at the Fox
"I don't have time to tell you now, you and your sensei will have to figure it out for yourselves although I believe your sensei has a good idea what's going on" said the Fox quickly
Just then everything became black to Naruto as he left his mind and woke up back in the real world to something unexpected
Campsite
When Naruto opened his eyes back in the real world he was surprised when the first thing he saw was a Toph's face right in front of his not even three inches away
He was so close to her that he could feel her breathe out onto his face at steady intervals and smell her breath
Naruto blushed rapidly when he realized that he was under the blanket with Toph and that someone had put their arms around each other
At the same time Naruto was just starting to freak out about what was going on Toph finally came too and opened her eyes
Naruto forgot about what was going on for a second when he saw Toph's pale green eyes open slowly and weakly
"To…top….Toph!" stuttered Naruto nervously at the very awkward situation
"What happened?" asked Toph woozily as she began to try and figure out what was going on
She gasped when the first thing she noticed was that she was holding onto someone and they were holding onto her
Toph was even more shock and embarrassed about that fact that she could feel that person was Naruto!
"Ahhh! What's going on?!" she screamed in a nervous and embarrassed panic as she held onto Naruto under the blanket and he held onto her with neither having gotten over the shock enough to realize to let go yet
Just the Jiraya appeared standing over them looking down on them with a camera he had brought with him to take pictures of the naked women at the springs for later "reference" for his "research"
"Oh you're awake! Well smile you two love birds!" said Jiraya happily as he snapped several pictures of the two in their awkward position
They both looked up at him with shocked looks as he snapped pictures of them rapidly with his camera with a smile on his face
Both Naruto and Toph screamed, blushed, and finally let go of each other before getting out from under the blanket and onto their feet as fast as possible and getting away from each other
"Aww how cute! These will make great vacation photos!" joked Jiraya as he checked over the photo's he had taken of Naruto and Toph sleeping together
"What the hell are you doing!???" yelled Naruto angrily at Jiraya
"What's the big idea!?" yelled Toph (She can't swear since she's owned by Nick)
"Aw come on! It's not like you two haven't done it before!" said Jiraya in his defense
"I TOLD YOU WE DID NOT DO THAT!!!" yelled Naruto at Jiraya angrily
"Yeah right anyway it's good to see you up and alive Toph we weren't sure you'd be ok after that last move" said Jiraya calmy to Toph to change the subject as he put away his camera
Toph finally remembered what happened just before she blacked out when she heard Jiraya say this
"Oh yeah, what happened?" asked Toph wondering what happened after she blacked out from energy loss
"Follow me" said Jiraya as he began walking over to the crater Toph's chakra explosion had made earlier
Toph followed him along with Naruto all the way to the very edge of the massive hole that used to be forest
"This is what happened" said Jiraya as he stopped next to the edge and motioned for Toph and Naruto to come closer
Toph walked over to the edge of the carter with Naruto close behind and was amazed by what she felt in vibrations
She could feel a massive hole in the ground at least a mile wide and maybe even more that probably only the Avatar could make with earthbending alone
Toph could feel where trees had been uprooted and thrown clear by the blast and crashed into the ground in the untouched areas of forest
The entire area had been leveled in one insanely powerful attack and she had been the one to do it!
"Did I do this?" asked Toph in disbelief to Naruto and Jiraya as she continued to examine the hole with her earthsense
"Yes" said Jiraya seriously
"How?" asked Toph still shocked and wondering how she did this
"You appeared to release a massive amount of chakra when you used that handsign and it came bursting out when you lost control of it" said Jiraya
"Wow! I knew jutsu was different than bending but I never thought I could do something like this just by putting my hands together!" said Toph surprised
"That's the issue you didn't use any jutsu to do this you only used chakra" said Jiraya seriously to Toph
"I did?" asked Toph wondering what he meant
"How'd she do that? There's no way she can have done all this only using chakra!" said Naruto pointing to the giant hole
"It appears that her chakra is a lot stronger that we imagined" said Jiraya
"Ok what does that mean?" asked Toph
"Well when normal ninja do that handsign they don't release enough chakra to level a forest, this means that somehow you have a lot of chakra" said Jiraya to Toph
"So you mean I have a lot more than you two?" asked Toph
"Yes and very intense chakra, I don't believe it is normal chakra" replied Jiraya
"What do you mean? How can you tell it's not normal chakra?" asked Toph
"Well first off it was visible and green" said Jiraya
"Why was it green and how come I could see it?" asked Naruto
"Only very strong or concentrated chakra is visible to the normal human eye so that means that Toph's chakra was intense compared to a normal ninja's" said Jiraya
"Why is her chakra so strong then?" asked Naruto
"I believe it has something to do with bending" said Jiraya
"How could bending give her different chakra?" asked Naruto as Toph listened on
"My theory is that people of this world must have a lot of chakra compared to the people of ours but they have no sense of how to control it" said Jiraya
"How can you tell that?" asked Naruto
"Easy, when Toph formed the handsign she showed us she had massive amounts of chakra by causing that explosion. She also showed us she has no idea how to control it when she couldn't figure out how to stop the flow of chakra" said Jiraya
"That makes sense, but if she can't control chakra how can she bend?" asked Naruto
"I'm guessing they had so much chakra they didn't bother to learn how to control it and just got used to using insane amounts of it to bend" said Jiraya
"Really?" asked Naruto
"Yes I'll show you" said Jiraya
"Toph try to do some earthbending" said Jiraya to Toph
"Why? And what do you mean "try"?" asked Toph suspiciously
"Just do it" said Jiraya
"All right" said Toph as she got into a horse stance to bend
She did the proper movements raise a rock pillar under Jiraya so she could get revenge for earlier but found that nothing happened for some reason
"What?! My bending isn't working!" yelled Toph in surprise and fear
"Ok what the heck happened you perverted sage!?" demanded Toph angrily to Jiraya
"You used most of your chakra on that last attack so you don't have any left for bending" explained Jiraya
"She's out of chakra?" asked Naruto
"No she just has only a tiny amount left compared to what she's used to, she has enough to perform some jutsu still but nowhere near enough to bend earth" said Jiraya
"When is my bending coming back?!!" demanded Toph
"Don't worry it'll take a while for your chakra to recover but it shouldn't take too too long" said Jiraya reassuringly
"How did you figure out bending takes so much chakra and benders have a lot of it?" asked Naruto
"My first clue was that you weren't able to bend even at full power and then I though about it. Moving an entire rock with just chakra isn't easy and yet she was able to move it with ease" said Jiraya
"I still don't get it" said Naruto confused
Jiraya walked over to a nearby tree and plucked a leaf off a low lieing branch and then walked over to Naruto and handed him the leaf
"Ok Naruto try and move that tiny leaf with just chakra" said Jiraya
"What?" asked Naruto confused as he looked at the leaf in his hands and wondered what his crazy sensei was up to
"Just do it" said Jiraya
"Ok" said Naruto unsure as he began to try and focus all his chakra on the leaf
Naruto put everything he had into moving that tiny leaf with just chakra but no matter how hard he focused and how much chakra he used it didn't move at all
"WHY WON'T THIS WORK!?" yelled Naruto in frustration
"Now compare that to moving a boulder or a manipulating water with just chakra" said Jiraya
Naruto realized that if he couldn't even move a single leaf with his chakra it must take a lot of chakra to move a rock or move water with just chakra
It would make sense then that benders have a lot of chakra since they can do it with ease
"Now I get it, benders move things with uncontrolled chakra but they have so much that it doesn't really matter" said Naruto
"Correct" said Jiraya
"I never knew bending was that complicated I thought it was all body movements and breathing" said Toph
"Well some things we think are simple are usually a lot more complicated than they appear, you have so much chakra you never really noticed or cared about it when you bended" said Jiraya wisely
"Ok I get Toph's chakra is intense but why was it green?" asked Naruto
"I have a theory about that as well" said Jiraya
He then began rummaging around his pockets before pulling out two small pieces of paper
"Ok now Toph hold this" said Jiraya as he handed Toph one piece of the paper
"What is it?" asked Toph confused
"Just hold on now Naruto you hold the other piece" said Jiraya giving Naruto the other piece
"What is this paper?" asked Naruto confused looking at it
"This is a special paper that reveals one's elemental affinity" explained Jiraya
"What's that?" asked Naruto
"All chakra has an element they have an affinity to such as water, fire, lightning, earth, and air. This paper shall reveal what you two's elemental affinity is" said Jiraya
"How?" asked Naruto
"Just put some chakra into it" said Jiraya
Both Toph's and Naruto's paper began glowing with chakra for a second
Naruto's was his normal light blue while Toph's was the same green color that they had seen before
Suddenly Naruto's was cut in half by the chakra while Toph's turned to dust in her hands
"Whoa what happened?" asked Naruto examining the two half pieces of paper left in his hands
"Based on what the paper did we can find out what you charka's element is" said Jiraya
He then went over and looked at Toph's little pile of dust in her hand
"Yours turned to dust that means your chakra's element is earth" said Jiraya
"Oh big surprise there" said Toph sarcastically
"What about mine!? What's mine?!" asked Naruto excitedly
"Yours was cut in half so that means your element is wind which is lucky for you since wind is one of the strongest" said Jiraya
"Ok so what does this mean and how does that explain why my chakra is green?" asked Toph impatiently
"This is still only a theory but I believe that the green color may come from a strong elemental affinity with the earth element" said Jiraya
"So her chakra is green because it's really strong earth type chakra?" asked Naruto
"Yes, I'm guessing that benders must have strong elemental affinity to their element since they can only bend that element and not others" said Jiraya
"That would explain why benders can only bend one element minus the Avatar of course" said Toph thinking about it
"I cannot be sure about this until I meet more benders in this world but I'm decently confident I'm right" said Jiraya
"Wow! You figured this all out so fast! You're pretty smart!" said Naruto impressed to Jiraya
"Of course I am! I'm a Sage!" said Jiraya proudly
"So if Naruto's chakra is a lot weaker than mine he has no chance of learning how to earthbend right?" asked Toph
"Let's just say it would be very hard for him to bend anything with the small amount of chakra he has" said Jiraya
"Aw man! I wanted to be able to throw boulders around like toys and be able to make stuff out of rock!" said Naruto disappointedly
"Too bad, I guess you can't earthbend but at least I still managed to use jutsu" said Toph mocking remembering what Naruto had said about her being unable to figure out how to use jutsu
"You didn't even use a jutsu! You just released a lot of chakra at once!" yelled Naruto angrily at her
"That still counts!" yelled Toph back
"No it doesn't!" yelled Naruto as the two glared at each other
"Now now you two calm down" said Jiraya breaking up the fight
"But pervy sage does that count as a jutsu?" asked Naruto to Jiraya
"I used a handsign!" argued Toph
"That attack appeared just to be an uncontrolled burst of chakra from Toph's body" said Jiraya
"Ha! I knew it! It isn't a jutsu if it's just made out of chakra!" argued Naruto
"That's not true Naruto" interrupted Jiraya
"It's not?" he asked confused
"No, I actually have an attack like that although a bit more controlled" said Jiraya
"Really? What is it? Is it ultra cool and destructive?!" asked Naruto eagerly
"I'll show you" said Jiraya
He then held his hand out for Naruto to see as he began the attack
Naruto wondered what he was doing when he spotted something forming in Jiraya's outstretched hand
In his hand a ball of swirling blue chakra began to form about the size of a baseball in his palm
"Whoa! What is that?" asked Naruto eagerly looking at it
"It is called the Rasengan or "spiraling sphere", it's an attack that uses no handsigns made out of just chakra" said Jiraya holding out the Rasengan
"Cool! What can it do?" asked Naruto
"It rips stuff apart with a whirlwind of chakra" said Jiraya
"Sounds like airbending almost" commented Toph
"Let me see! Let me see!" begged Naruto like a five-year old
"Will you grow up?" asked Toph annoyed to Naruto
"I just want to see the attack" said Naruto
"Don't worry I'll show you it" said Jiraya with a grin
Jiraya faced a tree with the Rasengan and dashed towards it with the Rasengan held out in front of him
He then slammed the small, blue, spinning ball of chakra into the trunk of the tree
Instantly the trunk was ripped to shreds in an explosion of bark and splinters of wood as Jiraya pushed the Rasengan deeper into the tree
When it was over the trunk was obliterated and the top half of the tree leaned to the side before it finally fell to the ground with a might crash that shook the area
Jiraya stood on the other side of the fallen tree and looked over at Naruto and Toph with a pleased smile
"Not bad huh?" he asked them as he jumped over the fallen tree over to Naruto and Toph
"THAT WAS AWSOME! You have to teach me how to do that!" yelled Naruto excitedly
"Hold on a second kid, I said I'd show you the technique not teach it to you" said Jiraya
"Please!" begged Naruto
"It is a high level technique and I'm not sure you could even learn it at your skill level" said Jiraya
"Teach it to me!" begged Naruto to Jiraya
"Why should I?" asked Jiraya stubbornly
"Sexy Jutsu!" yelled Naruto doing the handsign
Instantly Naruto was in beautiful naked girl form again with Jiraya totally freaking out
"OH YEAH!!!!" screamed Jiraya happily with his nose bleeding
"Will you please teach me the Rasengan mister Toad Sage sir?" asked girl Naruto cutely with a giggle and a smile
"Sure no problem!" said Jiraya in his perverted happy tone
"Alright!" shouted Naruto happily as he turned back to normal in a puff of smoke
"No!!!!! Why do you have to only stay like that for a little while!????" screamed Jiraya in agony seeing Naruto back to normal
"Quit complaining!" yelled Naruto at Jiraya annoyed
"Is that the only way you get him to do stuff?" asked Toph to Naruto
"Pretty much" said Naruto
"So where do we start with my training for the Rasengan?" asked Naruto to Jiraya who was still sulking
"Hey wait! What about teaching me jutsu?" asked Toph
"Don't worry we'll get around to both, the thing the two of you need to learn is chakra control and manipulation. Toph needs to learn how to control her chakra better before she tries any jutsu and precise chakra control is needed for the Rasengan as well" said Jiraya
"Alright when do we start?" asked Naruto eagerly
"Right now" said Jiraya
"Now? But I thought Toph's chakra was drained?" asked Naruto confused
"That's what makes it so perfect" said Jiraya
"What?" asked Naruto
"Toph is running on minimum chakra right now so she has less to handle so it'll be easier to teach her. Also she can't kill us all by doing a single handsign now" said Jiraya
"Good point" said Naruto
"I won't have to deal with as much with my chakra weak so I can learn how to start small" said Toph understanding the logic
"Correct, what we should probably start with is the tree climbing exercise with Toph" said Jiraya
"How is climbing a tree going to help me?" asked Toph
"You'll see" said Jiraya as he led her and Naruto over to a tree
"Now Toph I want you to climb this tree…" began Jiraya
"That doesn't sound too hard" said Toph confidently
"Let me finish, I want you to climb it without using your hands and only with your feet" said Jiraya
"May I ask how the heck I'm going to do that?" asked Toph
"With chakra" answered Jiraya
"I'll show her!" offered Naruto eagerly
Naruto walked up to the tree, focused his chakra, and then put one foot onto its trunk
He then picked up his other foot and placed it on the tree using chakra to hold his other foot firmly to the tree
Naruto the walked straight up the tree trunk without ever using his hands
"See this is how it's done" said Naruto
"I can't see you" said Toph
"Oh yeah, hold on a second" said Naruto getting an idea
He knew Toph saw through vibrations so he slammed one foot onto the tree as hard as he could to make some vibrations
Toph felt them and saw Naruto walking up and down the tree without using his hands
"How are you doing that?" asked Toph
"You have to focus your chakra into your feet and then evenly release it through your feet so you stick to the tree" explained Naruto
"What do I do first?" asked Toph
"First you make that handsign you did earlier" said Naruto
"Hey! Hold on a second! Can I at least get to a safe distance before she does that?" asked Jiraya nervously backing away from Toph as she made the handsign
Thankfully this time all that happened was that Toph got a weak aura of green chakra around her but no explosion
It was still pretty powerful to be visible but at lest it didn't nearly kill her this time plus Toph seemed to be learning how to stop the flow of power
"All right now that you've released chakra focus it into your feet. Don't expect it to be easy since the feet are the hardest place to focus chakra to" instructed Naruto
Toph focused on her feet and tried to move all her chakra there
It turned out to be really easy for an earthbender to focus chakra through their feet since their chakra traveled through their feet and into the ground in earthbending
Toph found this out the hard way when she sent too much chakra to her feet and blasted off the ground like someone had stuck an explosive tag under her
She went flying through the air at least fifty feet up as Naruto and Jiraya watched from the ground with amazed looks
"I didn't see that coming" said Jiraya watching Toph fly through the air
"I think she overdid it" said Naruto
"Yup" replied Jiraya as he and Naruto still watched
Toph screamed as she flew through the air helplessly before falling back towards the ground
"Ahh! Toph I'll get you!" shouted Naruto as he leapt off the tree he was clinging to and ran to catch Toph before she hit the ground
He dashed forward to where Toph was going to land but ran too fast and tripped and fell on his face when he got there
Naruto let out a weak "ow" as his face hit the ground and he got a mouthful of grass
He spat out the grass and dirt and looked up to see where Toph was only to see her about to land right on top of him
There was no time to react and all Naruto could do was scream as Toph crashed down right on top of him hard
"Toph are you alright?" asked Jiraya to her as he came over
"Yes, something broke my fall" said Toph as she rubbed the back of her head that was a little sore
"That would be Naruto" said Jiraya
Toph then put her hand down to feel Naruto beneath her moaning in pain
"Thanks ninja boy" said Toph semi gratefully as she got up of Naruto and walked away leaving him laying on the ground in pain
"No problem" said Naruto sounding dazed before passing out
"This isn't going to be easy" said Jiraya frustrated seeing what he had to work with
2 Weeks Later, Campsite(Sorry about skipping most of their training but I really want to get the story moved along and catch up with the series. Plus I don't know much about how to train someone in the Rasengan)
Two weeks later the tree of them were busy training in their latest campsite in the late afternoon
Toph and Naruto had made great progress in such a short amount of time
Naruto was slowly learning the proper way of forming a Rasengan and was helping Toph a lot with her training as well
Toph was getting very good at handling and controlling her chakra but still lacked enough skill to do most jutsu
She did however manage to learn how to do two jutsu, one from Naruto and one from Jiraya
It had taken a lot of work but she had figured out how to control her chakra enough to do jutsu
Toph's stubbornness had helped her a lot in learning process the same way Naruto's had helped him
Jiraya was really beginning to see Toph as more of a scarier, more violent, girl version of Naruto as time went by
Toph had worked insanely hard to master tree climbing in record time
She had worked almost all the time they weren't traveling and had always gotten up whenever she fell off
Before they knew it Toph could climb trees and walls with just chakra
She had also figured out how she could do that chakra explosion thing except on a much smaller, controlled scale
Toph now could release an explosion of pure chakra all around her that leveled anything within ten feet of her although she could go bigger but Jiraya forbade her to
She was very proud of the attack and bragged about creating a brand new attack so quickly to Naruto often
Naruto kept pointing out that she created it by accident but she didn't care and loved the fact she now had a secret, ultra destructive, original attack to use
She wondered what she should call it and Naruto suggested that she call it the Chakra Pulse
Toph liked the sound of it and they had all dubbed the attack the Chakra Pulse attack
The attack was powerful but required a good amount of chakra to use
It wasn't too big a problem for Toph since she had plenty but she knew to use it sparingly since she did not want her bending to shut down again
Toph planned to show it off to Aang as soon as they caught up to him, which would be soon
They had traveled far and had were certain that Aang must have been really close since they were following the path that Aang and the others had planned to take to Ba Sing Se
Toph had managed to sallow her pride and let Naruto carry her so he and Jiraya could ninja jump to move faster as well as bypass any obstacles on the ground
They were almost certain that they would reach Aang and the others in two-tree days tops
Toph was wondering what the others were up to and how they would react to see her still alive and even more powerful than before
She almost wished she wasn't blind just to see how they would react to her walking up to them still alive
Toph figured they thought she was dead or else they would have come looking for her
She was also eager to show them her jutsu, especially the one that Naruto had taught her
Toph was also beginning to feel some emotions she had never felt in her life towards Naruto
There was just something about him that made her feel weird whenever he was around and for some reason she seemed to think about him more than was normal she thought
Jiraya noticed how Toph was feeling when he noticed she always seemed distracted whenever Naruto was explaining things to her and she didn't seem to mind when Naruto asked her to do stuff
Whenever Jiraya asked her to do stuff Toph always reacted…"forcefully" to put it nicely
He tried dropping hints to Naruto but that idiot couldn't figure it out unless Toph screamed I love you right in his face
Toph always got a distracted look on her face whenever Naruto was busy showing her handsigns like he was now
"Ok now try doing the handsigns I just showed you" said Naruto to Toph as they trained at camp
Toph had learned most handsigns by now but had problems doing the rapid movements to combine them to form better jutsu
All she could do right now was about one or two handsigns before messing up by using the wrong handsign or doing a bad version of it
Toph managed to get two handsigns right before she messed up and did the wrong handsign
"Nope, this is the eight time you've messed up that jutsu" said Naruto disappointed
"Hey I'm still new to this!" yelled Toph angrily at Naruto
"Ok! Ok! Sorry! You don't have to be so moody!" said Naruto defensively
"Maybe you should focus more on doing the handsigns right and not on doing them quickly" suggested Jiraya
"Alright" said Toph before going to do it again
She correctly did each handsign and was about to do the final one when suddenly she stopped
"Hey what is it?" asked Naruto confused
"I heard someone" said Toph seriously
"Where?" asked Naruto seriously pulling out a kunai and getting into a fighting stance ready for any attack
Jiraya also got ready and looked around for any sign of trouble
"There" said Toph point off to her side into the woods
They all faced the woods where she pointed to in fighting stances waiting for whoever it was to come out
There was a sudden rustle in some leaves before the person walked out of the woods and into the campsite
"No way" said Naruto in shock seeing who it was
It was a familiar girl with a red outfit, short pink hair, a big forehead, and deep green eyes
"Naruto?" asked Sakura in disbelief seeing of all people Naruto in front of her
"Sakura?" asked Naruto in equal shock looking at one of his lost teammates
End Chapter(Oh man it's finally done! That took forever! I hope this chapter wasn't too confusing for anyone. What do you think of the Chakra pulse attack? I needed to keep the balance of power so it has a pro and a con to it. You'll see the other two jutsu Toph knows next chapter. What do you think of the whole colored element chakra idea? I thought it would be cool so I decided to add it. Also I would like to mention that I'm planning to let a bunch of different people write the separate stories for Tales of Ba Sing Se and then I'll combine them into one fan written ultra long chapter. I've got dibs on Kakashi and Iroh's story so if anyone is willing they can take one of the following. Naruto and Aang's story, Toph, Katara, and Sakura's story, or Sasuke and Zuko's story. I'm skipping Sokka's and Momo's unless someone wants to try them. It's still a while till we get to that point but I figured I'd just give a heads up and see who may be willing to try. Please tell me what you think of the chapter as well as ask any questions you may have about it)
Chapter 8: Naruto's Plan
Naruto and Sakura are happy to finally find each other at last. Sakura asks if Naruto's seen Sasuke and Kakashi but tells her that he hasn't. Naruto introduces Sakura to the others and Sakura is surprised to find out Naruto's been traveling with not only Toph who is suppose to be dead but also a Sanin! Sakura tells them about how she was traveling with the Avatar over the past few weeks. She then tells them about how Aang, Katara, and Sokka were captured by Azula since Aang was too worried about another friend dieing to fight back. Sakura escaped and looked for help when she found Naruto and the others. They all go to Azula's camp to free the others but it's heavily guarded. Jiraya goes to handle the Fire Nation troops in the area leaving Sakura, Toph, and Naruto to fight Azula and her two minions. Thankfully Naruto comes up with a brilliant plan that is certain to beat Azula but he needs Toph and Sakura's help to do it.
