7. Fight or Flight
Naruto blinked in shock as the cave rumbled slightly, he heard Daisuke curse under his breath. Naruto held both blades in his hands; his arms shaking from the effects of the blades, Daisuke shook his head slightly and held up two flame blades, he looked at Naruto.
"Again" called Daisuke, Naruto nodded and began to slide the blades home, once they clicked home, his hands dropped to his sides, and then, they moved back up to their respective blades and pulled them out. He went through the motions of putting the blades away and re-drawing them. Naruto found the exercise tedious, and boring. But he didn't want to give in, although his body was beginning to ache, inside and outside. He slid the blades home again, only to hear a loud explosion closer this time.
"What is that" asked Naruto aloud, Daisuke got up from the floor and scowled at the door.
"The defences have been sent, yet they are getting closer than I imagined" said Daisuke with a scowl
"Is someone here" asked Naruto, fear shaking in his voice. Perhaps the village had deemed him missing Nin, or they wanted to force him home. The thought of being prematurely separated from his grandfather caused a bubble of anger and fear shot through his veins.
"Yes, but I don't know if they are friend or foe" said Daisuke, Naruto slid the blades home once again and moved towards his grandfather.
"But surely, they must be friends, they got in" said Naruto innocently, Daisuke looked at him with a scowl
"I suppose you are correct, but, what if they are not, you are not skilled enough to wield those blades, you would kill yourself. You brought no weapons with you" said Daisuke, he saw the down trodden look enter Naruto's silver eyes; Daisuke sighed and patted Naruto on the head.
"I am sorry Naruto, but I will not lie, from my small battle I had with you, the only thing that saved your life was that space time ninjutsu, and showing me your flames" said Daisuke, Naruto scowled.
"Am I that bad" asked Naruto with a soft voice, Daisuke sighed.
"No doubt you have potential, but there are some choice words I would have with your teachers" said Daisuke, Naruto quickly defended Iruka, to which Daisuke smiled and commented that one teacher out of a complete school would not placate him.
"How about I space/time them away" Asked Naruto, Daisuke sighed.
"You could, but if you left, you take the flames…" Daisuke started, but Naruto finished with a pained whisper.
"And you will leave" Naruto said sadly.
"I am afraid so, don't worry Naruto, I want you to go out there, find out who they are, and if they are intruders roast them" said Daisuke, Naruto blinked slightly, the fact that his grandfather trusted him, was a great booster to Naruto, who was beginning to doubt his ability to become a ninja. Naruto nodded and with a dash he was out of the door.
"Good luck Naruto, I really need you to be confident" whispered Daisuke, Naruto dashed through the hallways, he followed the noise of high pitch squeals and the following explosions, Naruto took a deep breath, and whilst running, he jumped with his two feet extended outward, he smiled in happiness, as a man ran in front of him, his eyes were not paying attention to his surroundings; so when Naruto slammed his boots into the tall mans surprised face, Naruto cheered slightly, Naruto felt his body seemingly move on autopilot, charging a small amount of chakra to his foot, he forced the large man into the wall, a deep grunt echoed through the hallway, Naruto was forced backwards, due to the fact he used too much chakra, he spun gracefully and landed on the points of his toes, flattening his foot like an elegant dancer. Anko spun as she heard a grunt, and watched as a person flew off of Ibiki, forcing him into a wall, said wall cracked from the pressure. She spun a kunai in her hand, and with a dash she appeared in front of the crouched Ibiki, her hand moved in a blur and the kunai left her slim fingers and flew with purpose. Naruto blinked as the kunai flew straight, aimed for the centre of his head, time seemed to slow, Naruto's felt his heartbeat thump through his head, the kunai would end him, he had so much to live for now, he had a family, sure they were dead, gone, passed on into wherever you go when you die, but Naruto knew them, he was gaining the skills to protect his living precious ones, Iruka, the old man. They needed him, they had become his world; he would be strong for them; the thought of his life ending because of a kunai, thrown by someone preventing him from growing. Anger, pain, fire, air, it all moved through his body, like molten steel, he felt his body shiver, the kunai seemed to shimmer slightly, Naruto squinted, his eyes seemed to be making everything blurry, then it would suddenly snap to super sharpness. Naruto was there, he had done it, and sure it was at the end, when nothing matters any more. But he would die knowing he was able to reach the calm, the part of him that was the perfect balance of all of his abilities. The world flashed into super sharpness once more, and a part of Naruto wondered what was taking so long. But he saw the women's confused face as she stared at him, the confusion, curiosity, fear. They were all clear on her sharp face. The world seemed to shift once more, and the kunai seemed to be cutting through the air, Naruto could see the air pulse slightly around the kunai as it sliced through, he pulled on the yellow lightning.
"Space/time ninjutsu, Gramps said that is what the yellow lightning was, can I do It; can I move me fast enough" Naruto thought to himself, he pulled on the yellow lightning, the power coursed around him, coating his body, the world shimmered once more, he watched the Kunai like a hawk would watch its prey, it was slicing through the air towards him, everything seemed to start to move faster, slowly picking up the pace, Naruto panicked, the lightning moved around him, crackling in the air agitatedly, he closed his eyes, picturing the room, any room in the base. But as he heard the muted sound become louder, and the women calling out the word no, he knew he was not skilled enough to use space/time on the fly he would die here. But the impossible happened, Naruto opened his eyes and watched with a wide mouth as the kunai sailed through his head, there was no pain, nothing, it was like he wasn't even stood there, the kunai just lazily passed through him and flew down the hallway before slowly sliding to the ground, the loud scrape caused everyone to jump. Naruto felt his body shiver, and in a gasp of breath he collapsed onto his knees, his hands shaking as his palms hit the floor to stop him from falling forward onto his face. His head was pounding; there was a high pitch squeal that pierced through his skull. His eyes were aching, the lightning still crackled agitatedly around him. He looked up in fear as the man wiped some of the blood that had slid down his face, a vicious smirk on his face.
"You are good kid, a lot of potential" said Ibiki with a smirk, Naruto watched as his vision blanked briefly.
"He is going to collapse Ibiki" said Anko with a whisper, Ibiki's smirk grew wider.
"What do you expect, he activated the…." Said Ibiki, but as Naruto's eyes slid closed, all he heard was a rumble through his own head.
He awoke to a silver room, the room itself seemed to pulse and move as if it were alive; he watched as a black circle appeared in the centre of the room on the floor, and with a loud boom it pulsed, the forced rocked Naruto, he stumbled slightly but held his ground, as the centre pulsed, it seemed to send out black rings, Naruto felt something pull on his mind, and as the room began to dim, he felt thoroughly confused. Anko shook the boy awake, she smiled slightly at the boys' state, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were scrunched closed in confusion. His red hair was splayed out on the white silk of the bed. She sighed as she shook him once more, and his eyes flew open in surprise. Anko gasped slightly, his eyes had changed again. She watched as Naruto calmed his breathing and his eyes morphed back to his piercing silver. She watched as Naruto suddenly locked his body down, and he glared at her, hard.
"Who are you?" growled Naruto, Anko lifted her fringe slightly, showing her headband.
"Anko Mitarashi, Special Jonin, Interrogation Squad" said Anko with a smirk, Naruto frowned and nodded.
"How did you get here" asked Naruto, Anko was about to answer when the door opened.
"My sensei told me the instructions on how to get here, should you ever come here without proper training" said Ibiki gruffly as he walked through the door; Naruto winced as he noticed the large bandage on Ibiki's face.
"Sorry by the way" mumbled Naruto, Ibiki nodded and nodded his head towards the door.
"Food will be ready in five minutes" said Ibiki as he left the room, Anko smirked and walked towards the door.
"I found a T-shirt that should fit you better" said Anko; she pointed to the pile of clothes and Naruto's two blades.
"Thanks" said Naruto; he stood, ignoring the chill of the floor on his bare feet. He pondered briefly who undressed him, but as he looked down at his tight boxers, he gave a shrug. He quickly grabbed his pants, boots, and the new t-shirt. Throwing on his two belts, he grabbed the final article of clothing, his new t-shirt, it was black and zip up; the material was strange, it had rigidness about it, yet when his fingers touched the material; it was unusually soft considering the look of the material. The t-shirt itself had short sleeves.
"So it's like a zip up vest" Naruto thought with confusion, shrugging he pulled on the tight fitting t-shirt, and zipped it up. He smiled as he looked in the mirror. He had grown taller slightly, his face shape was different, he realised he had never actually looked at himself properly in the mirror; his jaw was now straight, compared to his round face. He had lost a lot of the fat around his face making him look slightly older than he used to. His eyes were smaller than previous; overall, Naruto could now see the resemblance to the fourth hokage. Naruto was also pleased with the hair colour change, the blood red seemed to suit him, and his silver eyes just reminded him of his grandfather, causing Naruto to grin. He looked at his hair, and frowned slightly as he realised something belatedly. His hair was beginning to spike again, except only two pieces, his hair was spiking slightly at the top, giving him miniature horns out of hair. He scowled slightly whilst tugging on one
"This is new" he thought, remembering his previous hair was simply flat. His hair now had a strange spikiness to it. He tried to flatten the two 'horns' only for them to spring back up, he smiled slightly.
"I like the colour, but at least it's going spiky again, sort of" he thought to himself, he noticed how his hair was getting shorter once more, his stomach gave an extremely loud growl, chuckling he grabbed his blades and fastened them to their respectful places. As he walked out of the room, a loud growl echoed through the room, his stomach ached painfully; he had forgotten he hadn't eaten in a few days.
"Hungry brat" asked Anko, a spoon hovering away from her mouth, Naruto blushed slightly, brushing his shorter fringe out of his hair.
"Yeah, by the way did one of you cut my hair" asked Naruto simply, Anko shook her head.
"The stuff fell out, at least its shorter now" said Anko, Naruto frowned, his hair still fell into his eyes, but it stopped after that.
"I am seriously going through some weird stuff" said Naruto with a sigh, Ibiki chuckled; Anko turned and looked at him with wide eyes.
"Indeed, now eat" instructed Ibiki with a gruff tone, Naruto nodded thankfully. He slurped the soup, a contemplative expression on his face
"So what are you guys doing here" asked Naruto simply. Ibiki reached into his pocket and pulled out two pieces of paper. He laid them on the table Naruto took a bite out of his soup drenched bread, and grabbed for the pieces of paper, one was a note from the third Hokage.
"Naruto, I am sorry for keeping these secrets from you, but just know I wanted to tell you. Train hard, I have sent two jonin, Anko and Ibiki, you can trust them, they will train you ready for your return, congratulations on becoming a genin, your headband is a sign of your potential. Prove to them all, that Naruto Uzumaki is not one to be messed with" Naruto smiled as he finished the note, he grabbed the other, setting Hiruzen's note down with care. He opened the folded piece of paper and blanched.
Schedule
0500hours – Wake up, eat.
0530hours – 500 sit ups, 500 press ups (starting on hands, and then move to balancing on fingers)
0700hours – Meet with Anko for kunai and target practice
0800hours – Meet with Ibiki for sparring
0900hours – Weight room (once used to room, Extra target practice)
1100hours – study (Everything!)
1300hours – Food, Drink
1400hours – Free Study
1600hours – 500 sit ups, 500 press ups (starting on hands, and then move to balancing on fingers)
1800hours – Chakra room
1900hours – Weight room (Once used to room, extra target practice)
2000hours – Food, Drink, feedback
2100hours – Study
2200hours – Relax, sleep
"And how long do I have to do this" asked Naruto, his voice rising. Ibiki smirked, as did Anko, Naruto set the paper down, staring at it with a wide mouth.
"You have a month, maybe less considering travel time" said Ibiki, Naruto felt a shock settle in his heart.
"Only a month" whispered Naruto, Ibiki raised an eyebrow
"Cant I have longer" asked Naruto, Ibiki shook his head.
"A month, no more, no less" said Ibiki, Naruto felt that pit in the bottom of his stomach tighten, his eyes pricking.
"Only a month, Gramps is with me for only a month" Naruto thought with sadness, Anko and Ibiki just shrugged at Naruto's mannerisms, assuming he didn't want to go back.
"If you sit here crying, then you are wasting our time together" he remembered his grandfather telling him, he nodded mentally; he would be the best that he could be, he had a lot of people he needed to make proud.
Now I suppose the thing here is the make or break of the story for the audience. The fact is Naruto in my story has the direct blood of the sage of six paths. My earlier comment a chapter ago, about my ideas for this story is coming to reality. I am gunna spoil the story slightly, but Naruto begins with the Rinnegan and ends with the sharingan, I had this planned from the start, and when Madara got it in the manga I couldn't help but do a little cheer. My idea seems to fit in well with canon. And with his Space/time jutsu, it will be explained in a later chapter, a lot later. But I will give you the bare basics. Kushina and Minato worked together to create only one jutsu, they didn't have time for more. But this jutsu took ideas from the second Hokage, Madara Uchiha and the Hiraishin; they created a new type of chakra that allowed for a person to step into a time void. Thus giving birth the yellow lightning, as I said bare minimum but it should help explain his new technique
Please don't stop reading because of his bloodline, he has a destiny, if you can guess it be my guest. I have given him a pretty simple destiny that explains all of his abilities.
I have taken what you guys have said about a line to signify scene change, and I will implement that whenever possible from now on
Thanks for reading, and until next time.
