The rest of Naruto's journy went on without a hitch. They traveled during the day, and set up camp at night. After the incidents with Danzo, Shikaku and Inoichi started gaurding the kid's carrage under orders from Hideo. About half a day after the incident, Hinata joined them in the carrage after recovering from close contact with Naruto. She sat on Naruto's left side while a rather jealouse Ino sat on his right. Naruto being Naruto, of course didn't notice the jealousy of Ino. But prety much everyone else did, including Hinata. She couldn't understand why someone as pretty as Ino would be jealous of her. Was it her Byakugan? Was it her being close to Naruto? She didn't know, all she knew is she didn't want to risk losing a new friend.
"Okay everyone, we're about ten minutes away from Uzugakure. If you didn't know, that's the hidden village of Whirlpool Country, and where we'll be living." Hideo said, stepping into the still moving carrage and sitting on one of the benches. "Hey uncle Hideo, what's it like there? Is it big? Are the people nice?" Naruto said, scooting to the edge of his seat and looking at his uncle expectintly. Hideo chuckled and curled his finger on his chin with a thoughtful expression playing on his face. "Well, yes it's big. Emagine Kanoha, only five times bigger." He said, causing all the eyes in the carrage to widen. "That's huge!" Choji said, waving his arms in the air while holding a bag of chips. Hideo chuckled and nodded, completly agreeing with the boy. "Yes it is. I'll tell you more about it while you're learning academics. Meanwhile, Naruto, I would like you to meet your teachers." Hideo said, focusing his attention towards the spiky blonde head across from him.
"Teachers? What teachers?" Naruto asked, genuine confusion playing on his face. "Well, you'll need to be trained of course. You're gonna get sronger, and of course smarter. All of you are. Naruto, I'll speak with you about your training later. Now, it seems we're here." Hideo said, looking out the window and seeing they were now crossing a large bridge. Naruto and the others crowded around the few windows there were in the carrage, trying to see what awaited them outside. They gasped at what they saw, letting their jaws hit they ground below. There, in all its glory, was Uzugakure. The city was surrounded by a cliff face seemingly made out of marble. Each rock was glistening as if it were wet, reflecting the water below on its smoothe glass-like surface. Speeking of the water, it was a crystal blue color. The beauty of it was undescribable and it looked almost alive. Large and small whirlpools surrounded the island-like city, looking like they were protecticting it from danger.
Naruto noticed movement in the water below and leaned in closer trying to see what was down there. A scaly blue serpent-like body rose and quickly sunk back into the water, disappearing into one of the larger whirlpools. "Woooaahhh..." Naruto said, leaning out of the window even more. "Naruto be careful, you could fa-" Hideo started to say, but was cut off by his nephew's feet leaving the window. "Naruto!" He yelled, running over and reaching out for the boy. He cought his foot and sighed in relief, pulling his hand up. Everyone sweat dropped despite the situation. In Hideo's hand was a sandle. Naruto's sandle. Unfortunetly, it was just the sandle. "Crap.." Hideo swore under his breath, looking out the window to see a falling Naruto.
Just as Hideo was about to perform a jutsu that would catch his nephew, he stopped mid-seal. Everyone in the carrage looked at him in confusion, wondering why he wasn't helping Naruto. They looked down and saw Naruto falling straight for one of the huge whirlpools that were surrounding the city. At about a hundred feet from the surface, something shot out of the water, effectively slowing Naruto's decent. To everyone it was a blue blur, until it suddenly came to a stop.
There, out of the middle of the whirlpool, rose a sight they never thought they would see. A huge blue serpent-like body was swaying slightly in the water. In the middle of the nody there were arms, small in comparison to the rest of the beast, but large non the less. Streaks of blood red went up the base of it's neck and stetched to surround its eyes and half the spikes on its neck. The spikes themselves looked as though they were made of pure water, almost completely transparent and seeming to move. It had an elongated face so it looked like a snout, bright and dark blue scales glistening in the sunlight. Naruto sat in the middle of said snout, looking into the ocean blue eyes that were much like his own.
"You're awesome!" Naruto yelled, standing up and looking at the rast of the beast in front of him. The beast closed his eyes and did what looked like a bow to Naruto. "Thank you for blessing me with your words my prince." It said, again straightening and opening it's eyes. Naruto gave it a suprised look and said, "You can talk?" The serpent chuckled, his low voice and moving body made the water below ripple. "Yes. My name is Umiko. I am a dragon of the sea, created by Kami himself. I am forever at your sevice, Pince of Whirlpool." Umiko said, again bowing his head respetfully while trying not to make Naruto fall off. "Why do you keep calling me prince? I have a name ya' know." Naruto said, folding his arms and plopping down cross legged on the drangon's snout. "Forgive me my prince. May I be so bold as to ask of your most respected name?" Umiko said, obviouse worry in his voice. Naruto smiled brightly at Umiko and said, "Naruto Uzumaki, hey there!"
"Oh yes, forgive me for not answering your question. I call you prince because you are the next in line to be Uzukage. Me and my kin respect the Uzumaki family greatly and will lay down our lives for you." Umiko said, looking directly into the young blonde's eyes. Naruto sat up excitedly at the mention of be Uzukage. "I'm gonna be Uzukage!? Yatta!" He yelled, pumping his fist into the air and cheering gleefully. "Damnit Uzimo! I wanted to say that!" They heard someone from on the bridge say. They looked up to see a comedic looking Hideo waving his fist down at the dragon, a visable tick mark apearing on his forehead. "My apologies Hideo-sama, but I am obligated to answer the questions Naruto-sama asks." Said an again worried Uzimo.
Hideo sighed and motioned for Umiko to rise onto the bridge. The dragons body slithered up until his face was right by their carrage. The remaining kids jumped back to the far wall, amazed and yet terrified of the creature before them. "Umiko, change into your human form." Hideo said, waving a hand at the children to signify they're frightened. Umiko nodded and placed Naruto gently down onto the bridge. He closed his eyes and his body began to shrink. There was a bright blue flash, making everyone shield their eyes from the intensity. When they looked back, they saw a tall man standing where the dragon's head used to be. He had dark blue hair that fell straight, covering half his face and the same blue eyes as Naruto. He was wearing a blood red muscle shirt and black ninja pants that were cut off right above his ankles. His feet were covered with black sandles and his nails were painted a very dark burnt orange.
The man bowed low to Naruto and Hideo, then to the rest of the kids in the carrage. "I apoligize for scaring you children." He said, slowly rising into a standing position. "So you're a dragon? That sounds troublesome.." Shikamaru said being the first to recover from the initial shock. "Cool!" Choji called out, stuffing a handful of chips into his face. Ino and Hinata could only do one thing out of their shock. They both fainted.
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Sorry if this one was kinda short, I just wanted to get it out there. Thanks for reading and supporting my stry everyone! Don't forget to review! Ja!
