Five Missions
Mission 1
Two months, of pure torture at the hands of Genma, had made the team of Konoha Genin as tough as nails. Kimourii and Nushi worked wonderfully as a team, and made great lengths to go that extra mile ever since Naruto had to save them the dignity of losing to Neji.
That was another thing he, Genma, found interesting. Naruto hadn't grown any cockier in the time that he had known him, but had taken to the scroll of Teaching with Gusto. While nowhere near the level of Kurenai-chan or Kimourii, Naruto could, more often than not catch a Genjutsu before he went into it.
And, while his team training didn't suffer, where he found the time to train to such great lengths between their D-ranked missions and other things, he had yet but grown stronger.
So strong in fact, he had learned, or maybe created, a move that he used in conjunction with the Orioke no Jutsu, called the All Direction: High Volume Orioke Shuriken Attack.
It was simply put, it was the Orioke Ninpocho, Shihou Hapou Shuriken no Maki. He could even do the move without changing, but for the occasional pervert, this move was great.
Genma, when he first saw it, fainted of blood loss, and told Kakashi never to get in Naruto's way.
The man waved him off, saying, "Yo, Genma. Um... Naruto's just a kid."
And now, they had another D-ranked, from outside of the village. It was awesome. Pretty soon, he'd look down at the three friends and hand them a scroll.
"Yo!" Genma called. The three turned to him, and as one, smiled. He took a step back, scared for a moment. "Well, anyway, today have another D-ranked mission, outside of the village. An old couple from the outskirts of the town is having a problem with a pack of stray wolves, and need the help of some nin to get rid of them.
I'll be with you three today, an outside mission with a genin team comes before all other duty, save protecting the Hokage.
So, Kimourii, I will be in command today, and you will be second. Naruto, come up with a plan of containing them, and if you cannot then we will have to kill them."
Naruto nodded. The Kyuubi within him enraged at the humans for their lack of care for creatures of the forest.
And they walked. Going far from the wall of Konoha at a steady pace, they carefully tread. Naruto saw plants of different shapes and sizes, but didn't dare disturb them for fear of destroying the tranquility of the setting.
"Kuso, it's beautiful out here." he muttered. The girls were quick to disagree, the dust and other pollen disturbances making them feel out of their element.'
"Hai, it is beautiful, and also full of danger. People that become Konoha shinobi must always be aware of the dangers and beauty found in the wild. For, even the most beautiful of spiders-web can hold a dangerous being.
Naruto nodded, the sage words washing over him.
"Sensei, how long until we reach our mission site?" Kimourii asked. The man sighed. "Three more hours, Kimourii."
The two girls nodded, slugging along, Kimourii more than Nushi muttering about how awful it was to be out here."
"So, how comes your scrolls, you three?"
Naruto grinned, and pulled his out. It had increased by five percent already in Genjutsu, and a steady ten percent in taijutsu. Ninjutsu remained the same, which caught his eye.
"Well, Naruto, you've increased already? Wow, amazing really. So, what Taijutsu have you learned?"
Naruto smirked. "Well, its' another family thing that I combined with the Shunshin, called Chakra Crust. Koukaku. It's a move that makes a layer of Chakra around my body. and can be used to attack an enemy, busting whatever it hits. It's like a chakra enhanced attack, but focused on the power packed behind the crust of the attack.
Genma nodded. "And, I'm guessing that you're "All Direction, High Volume Shuriken firing attack is based in Genjutsu?"
"It's a combination of both actually. I can't help but be amazed at how many perverts there are."
Genma blushed. "Yeah, well, wait till you're older. Now, this bloodline limit is at maximum, but it says you have another bloodline ability?"
Naruto nodded, "found out about it, and wanted to keep it secret while I learned how to do it. I can now, it's the Crust."
The man widened his eyes, "So you are an Uzumaki then I'd heard rumors that their skin was so powerful nothing other than being stepped on by Gamabunta could kill them."
Naruto shrugged. "Oh, and I think we can relocate them. Because of Kyuubi, I have a connection with the wild. He told me if I can become the alpha than I will be able to take over the colony and then leave.
The man nodded. "yeah, but will they accept you as a challenger?"
Hell no Kyuubi muttered. but they will me.
Naruto smirked. "Nope, but they will Kyuubi, and since i have the Kyuubi, I just summon him, smaller of course, and he takes the tribe, and we move it when he acknowledges me as the temporary leader."
"Alright, got it. Meanwhile, we'll be putting a fence around their land and property. You get to that, Naruto."
Naruto nodded, drew some blood by biting his finger, and said, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Chibi Kyuubi no Kitsune!"
The Kyuubi, Chibi in size according to the jutsu, was the size of a wolf, and though he was a fox, he was seen as an alpha from another country.
Sure enough, the alpha and a horde came out of the woods. He snarled at Kyuubi, and attacked. Kyuubi struck back, barely flinching as claws swept into his body, and tearing flesh. Ha!
"Okay, don't get to cocky though, Kyuubi."
Me, you're the one always going on about how you're the Hokage, they just don't realize it yet. Anyway, the Alpha Wolf recognizes my aura, and is going to try and beat me anyway, animal pride and all.
Naruto chuckled. "Alright, let's go, then. I believe we have a chance to make something good come from this."
The Kyuubi chuckled and, as the Alpha attacked, raised its left paw, and connected with the temple of the wolf's forehead.
The leader fell before his pack, and the others, all backed away. "Tell them to go somewhere, that Konoha, and the surrounding lands are often battlefields much worse than this, and that all the other animals that used to be here left long ago."
Kyuubi translated and they all, even the leader, left without discussion. Naruto nodded at their departure, and told Kyuubi to tell them that Fire Mountain was available. The Wolves muttered thanks to the Kyuubi, and he grinned. Naruto sighed, "go play, Kyuubi. Don't hunt that pack though, alright?"
Kyuubi nodded, and ran off to the forest, intent on scaring some humans with his Chibi nine tails form.
The fox met up with the other humans as they were halfway through the fence. He grinned as he looked at the hard work they had done, and was about to mess some of it up, but relented, thinking that even though the brat was troublesome, he was nice to him at least.
He trotted up to the Nushi girl and growled. The girl jumped about fifteen feet in the air and made to crown Kyuubi on the head when the nine tails caught her eye.
"Naruto?" she asked. The fox shook his head. "Kyuubi?"
He nodded. "I thought you'd be bigger?"
He grew a bit by forcing a bit of chakra through his system. She stepped back. "right, don't insult the nine tail's size. Gotcha."
He grinned and walked away, after marking that particular piece of fence "his".
"NARUTO!" she yelled as the Kyuubi disappeared, a puff of smoke all that told her of the Summons disappearance.
He arrived at the house where the old people were, and started helping set up the fence, telling Genma that the wolves were going to fire mountain. The man grinned, patting Naruto on the head.
After another three hours, the group finished and made it back to Konoha, going to report the complete mission to the Hokage.
Mission 2
As they arrived, there was a bundle of people in the village, all yelling about a guy named Orochimaru and how he created a Hidden Village.
The man looked at the Genin team that entered, and nodded. "Good, I'll take care of it. Team Genma, did you complete the mission?"
The four nodded. "Good, as you overheard no doubt, Sannin Orochimaru has created a Hidden Village, I need you to go get Jiraiya, the Frog Hermit.
Naruto shuffled, a growl heard inside his head told him that this particular mission was one that Kyuubi wanted no part of.
"Hokage-sama?" Naruto said. The man looked at Naruto. "Gamabunta?"
The man's eyes widened and, staring where the seal he knew was there, nodded. "I need you on this mission, there isn't another team that can take it, and I can't leave the village to deal with it."
Genma's eyes widened at the implications. Gamabunta was the summon of the Fourth and, if he wasn't mistaken, a part of the group that helped seal the Nine tails. Taking Naruto along on this mission was adding water to a pot of boiling oil.
"Is it necessary that we go, Hokage-sama?" he asked. The man nodded. "It's a D-ranked mission, just to the closest outpost with a ladies spa. He's there, I just saw him."
"He's a PERVERT!" yelled the two Kunoichi. Naruto gleamed at the information. Quickly striking a deal with the fox if the man got too out of line, which the fox agreed too, Naruto said, "its okay, Old Man, we'll take the mission."
He nodded and the three gasped. Naruto was GRINNING.
And off they set. It took three days to get too the outpost, and so they trained during breaks, and slept for a few hours.
Naruto, especially, concentrating on his Kage Bunshin no jutsu, and, Genma thought, probably making more combinations.
As they neared the outpost, a large yell of, "I'm too Sexy, ladies!" met their ears. Kimourii and Nushi got indignant really quick, and rushed to the spa. Once inside, they saw an old man with a large, red and gold robe, white hair, and a grin, being hung on by five woman. He was so cocky that the two Kunoichi just attacked without thinking, causing the man to knock them out of the room without so much as breaking a sweat.
"I'll be back, just got something to deal with!"
Naruto and Genma were kneeling beside the two knocked out kunoichi when the man stepped out of the spa. He looked at the hitai-ate and grinned, this could be fun.
"So, he's the idiot that summons Gamabunta, Genma-sensei?" Naruto asked. The man shot a glare at Naruto, but nodded.
"So, you both know who I am, but I don't know who you are, or why you're here?" it wasn't a question.
"We're here on the orders of Sarutobi-sensei Hokage, to escort you back to Konohagakure. I am Uzumaki Naruto, a Genin."
"Eh, did you say something, shorty?"
Genma stepped in front of Naruto and said, "you heard him, Jiraiya-Sannin."
The man grinned, "Genma, so you took on a rookie team of your own, then? How fortunate for you that they all can learn. Me, on the other hand, I have no intention of going back to Konoha. So, no."
Naruto stood. "You have too, Hokage-sensei told us to bring you back, and we won't fail in this."
The man looked confused again. "Huh, did he say something?"
"Shut up you... Ero Sennin!"
The people, who were all standing around listening, fell backwards at the nickname. The man glared. "Don't call me that!"
Naruto grinned. "Well, why don't you come now, and I won't call you that again."
"I told you, I'm not coming. I have too much research to do, and so can't come right now."
"Ero-Sennin! Come on, Hokage-sensei needs you!"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU CHIBI BRAT!"
"ERO-SENNIN!"
"CHIBI BRAT!"
The two stared off, the girls still knocked out, and Genma sitting back, smirking at the byplay. He won't win, or at least he'd hope not, but Naruto would kick some serious ass.
"ERO-SENNIN! HOKAGE-SENSEI NEEDS YOU NOW! IT'S ABOUT... HIM!"
"DON'T CALL ME THAT! I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT, I'M A WANDERING FROG HERMIT NOW, NOT JIRAIYA OF THE SANNIN ANYMORE! GO BACK TO KONOHA YOU CHIBI!"
"This isn't getting us anywhere! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Five clones all surrounded Jiraiya. The man sighed, bored. "I've dealt with worse, Chibi."
He nodded. "Deal with this..." and with five different voices, they all called, "ERO-SENNIN!"
The man glared at each of them, "TAYJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
When he turned to look at the original, there were a lot more of him than Jiraiya remembered. "Now, you will come with us, Ero-Sennin, or we will have to take you by force."
The frog master laughed and summoned a lower level summon, which took out all the Kage Bunshin.
When he went for Naruto, though, all he saw was a yellow flash.
The man froze. It couldn't be that move.
When he got hit in the face, and the crusted end of a fist met him, the man stopped in his tracks. "Shunshin no jutsu!" Naruto yelled again, "Koukaku!"
The combination again got the perverted Frog Hermit in the face, but he stood up. When the next flash came, he was ready. He grabbed the boy by the head and said, "HOW DARE YOU LEARN SACRED MOVES AND USE THEM SO CHILDISHLY! THE FOURTH CREATED THOSE MOVES, AND ANYONE THAT USES THEM SHALL ANSWER TO ME! RASENGAN!"
Naruto stopped. "WHAT!"
Genma stepped in front of the man, and grabbed his wrist. "Meet Kazama Uzumaki Naruto, the legacy of the fourth, and inheritor of the Chakra Crust jutsu."
The man stopped, the Rasengan in his hand mere inches from Naruto's stomach, where a seal was seen.
"And the holder of the Nine tails too?" Jiraiya said, looking at the boy in awe. "You said the legacy of the fourth, he is the son of the fourth?"
Genma nodded. "Yes, Naruto found out three weeks ago, along with the fact that his mother was Uzumaki Rioku."
The man dropped Naruto. "Sending the son of the fourth, that was low even for you, Sarutobi-sensei."
Naruto was dumbstruck again. "He taught you.. too?"
The man nodded. "Yes, I heard your comments but didn't think on them. Now I wonder if I was wrong, and that you really did learn from him. I assume that he taught you chakra control for the Shunshin."
Naruto nodded. The man sighed. "Alright, well, come with me then. Are you taking the Chuunin Exam coming up?"
Genma shook his head. "While it would be unprecedented, I don't think Naruto should take anything until next year, when the Uchiha heir will be taking his, from what I've already heard.
Hokage-sama thinks it would be best for the two too meet, same pasts and all, but that it would be better for Naruto to have another year of training, so the boy can have someone on his team superior to him."
"So the brat is still focused on revenge? That's all well and good, well, the first Chuunin Exam of next year, I will come to Konoha, tell Sarutobi-sensei that I promise on my word as a ninja."
Genma nodded. "Let's go Naruto."
"You WILL teach me the Rasengan, right?"
The man sighed. "Sure, I'll teach you after you've been a Genin longer. It wouldn't be right for me not to teach Arashi's child his only unique move. Do you have a unique move?"
Genma sighed, and covered his eyes. Naruto grinned. "Orioke no Jutsu!"
The blood Jiraiya lost that day would be remembered as the day he got his greatest idea for Icha Icha Paradise the attack of the uncovered Henge.
They walked back to Konoha, with a slip of paper stating that Jiraiya of the Legendary Three would return in a year and that he would then teach Naruto.
Since they got that, the mission went down as a success.
Mission 3 & 4
The next day was a training mission, where they had to go through a forest dealing with nukenin of the Genin rank. It was a two part mission, so whether or not they succeeded in one, and failed the other, they would be rewarded for one part.
All went well, their missions, until they got to the chase and catch of the nukenin from stone, it was really a Jounin, and not a Genin as told before.
Genma had even lost too him, and told Naruto to stand down that it was a mission for ANBU. The man left the forest quickly, and they were immediately surrounded by ANBU and hunter-nin, all suited and prepared to catch that Stone nukenin.
Three days later, the man was caught going into Stone Country territory, and was escorted by the ANBU to Morino Ibiki. They say the screams that were heard as the man made slashes and dashes in the mans skin were some of the horrific things to hear, ever.
After five days of practice, and training, Naruto met up with his team at the northern gates of Konoha, ready to go out on another mission. Kimourii and Nushi were prepared, and Genma was there, waiting. He walked up right on time, and the group of four set out.
Mission 5
"Today, we have to find the leader of the Northern Mountain Outpost, and negotiate a trade agreement with Konoha. This is a D-ranked mission with no foreseeable problem other than the possibility of negotiations falling through.
Let's go."
The team set out on the five day journey, stopping to train every fifteen miles.
By now, Naruto had mastered the Chakra Crust jutsu, and was implementing it into the Za Gamen, creating a very effective fighting style. It was called the Koukaku Gomen taijutsu and, for the life of him Naruto figured that no one would be able to stop it.
Well, except for Gai-sensei.
Maybe.
He had also unlocked the chamber, and found a new set of scrolls used to make various taijutsu and ninjutsu stances. The Uzumaki clan also had their own variation of a doujutsu, but wasn't a bloodline limit, but a gifted limit given to the family three centuries past.
It was called the Chakra Sight move, and it displayed an almost Sharingan like ability. It allowed the user to see how the Chakra in a person was being used, and if used to create a nin or Genjutsu, would show Naruto the appropriate hand seals.
The only counter was the Sharingan, just as in this case it could block one.
He had practiced, and now could activate the Chakra Sight with but a call of "Chioku!"
The first time he had used it, Genma was teaching a ninjutsu called, "Lightning Style: Lightning Nine Blasts" and, Naruto found it ironic, it was created as a way to blast the tails off of the nine tailed Kyuubi.
Kyuubi mentioned how much the move hurt, but was ineffective against the demon himself.
Raikuu: Ku Bakufuu was used in a situation where the water or, in other cases, ice were used to hurt people. The electricity involved would overload the ice, shattering it.
And, if used on water alone, send 90,000 jolts of electricity through the victim's body, clean and effective for wiping a memory.
The day finished with them resting about a quarter of the way into the trip.
The next day, Genma taught them a water jutsu, Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu, the Water Dragon Blast.
Using the Chioku, Naruto too found it easy to learn that move. It was really all about Chakra manipulation.
In fact, it wasn't until Genma called using that Doujutsu cheating did Naruto quit. He hated being called a cheater, for any reason.
The next two days were spent with the three Genin learning new Jutsu, and practicing increasing their Chakra.
After the last day, where they learned the Wind Blade jutsu, Kaze no Yaiba, did they arrive at the Northern Mountain Outpost. The outpost was huge, with various states of excitement too be seen.
From over at a spa, the loud voice of Jiraiya could be heard, but they ignored the dubbed Ero-Sennin. They walked along the streets, making their way to the outpost. "Kimourii, Nushi, find the closest information booth that you can, and don't linger, alright?"
The two, with a dual cry of, "Hai" sped off through the streets. Genma shook his head, both worry and embarrassment running course through his head. "Why do ladies have to be so energetic?"
"Ano, I dunno Genma-sensei." Naruto said. Later, they came upon a group traveling from the Sound Village, Otogakure, who didn't realize they were in Fire Country, or the territory of Konohagakure.
After a swift warning, because they weren't doing anything illegal, the two let them go.
As they arrived in the middle of the city, the main tavern of the town was seen in front of them. It was about the size of Town Hall back in Konoha, with the word, "Outpost" written on a sign.
Genma told the three to stand back, and walked to the guards. They saw his hitai-ate, and let him through.
About an hour later, he sighed, "the negotiations fell through. The new mayor of this village does not want any outside assistance from Konoha, or any other shinobi village.
It sounded as if they don't trust us. So, I guess we go and report this as a failure for us."
The three nodded, and with long strides, stopping long enough for Naruto to check in on "Ero-Sennin" the group left back for Konoha.
End Chapter
