DISCLAIMER: I do not own Negima or Naruto. Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu, and Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto.
Ackdam's story "Naruto One Man Team" has inspired portions of this story. If you haven't read it, I strongly advise you to do so.
Italics text = character thinking to themselves.
Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
Bold text = shouting
Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Nine
Bloodlines of the Beginning and the End
It had been a week since the challenge and the demonstration was to place that evening in one of the ANBU training grounds.
Most people would have thought that Naruto was training like a madman in order to be ready. That he would wear himself out completely doing so.
And yet, here he was. Naruto was standing completely still on one of the larger terraces and it didn't look like he was going to move anytime soon.
No, he wasn't meditating because nobody sane would do so in his current position: he was frozen stiff in one of Evangeline' icebergs.
Flashback
"Alright Naruto, since you're going to rely on the Magic Cancel for part of the examination we're going to increase your skill with it" Asuna explained.
"So, how exactly do we do that?" Naruto inquired.
"Well, do you remember how you learnt it?" Kyubi asked.
"Yeah, I had to cancel out some weak attacks… Oh, I see where this is going." Naruto said thoughtfully.
"Yep, at this point we know you can only cancel weak spells. In order to be able to cancel the big ones, you must adjust you body with doing so. We're going to steadily increase the power of the spells we throw at you until you reach your current limit, and then we'll try to surpass it." Eva grinned.
"Hm, it makes sense. There's just one problem, chakra is more potent then mana or ki, it's like a stable form of Kanka. In order to be able to cancel out Hiashi' Juken strikes, I'll have to be able to cancel the equivalent of B-rank spells." Naruto mussed.
"Exactly. And it so happens that I know a very good way to do so while training your body as well." Eva grinned evilly. "I have some experience in doing so."
"Meaning?" Naruto asked, not liking the look in Eva's eyes.
"She and Negi will pound you with spells until you either become fast enough or are able to cancel said spells." Asuna said with a frown.
"Oh, what's wrong Kagurazaka? Something wrong?" Eva smirked.
"Just the fact that you did the same to me; without even telling me about it, I might add." Asuna sulked.
"Well, it was a lot more fun that way. You know; the thrill of the hunt." Eva said with an evil smile.
"And another thing" Asuna began. "Why exactly are both of you training him at the same time? With me, I had to fight you with Negi on MY side, not yours? Don't you think this is a bit too much?" she asked concerned.
"Don't worry, Asuna-chan, I'll be fine. In here, I can recover from just about any injury and instantly recover my energy. What's the worst that could happen?" Naruto tried to reassure her.
Flashback end
"How many times did he get frozen today?" Eva asked.
"This is the third." Negi said as he landed.
"Hm, that's quite impressive. From what I remember of the first day of training, I lost count at thirty times." Eva smirked.
"Actually, you froze him forty times that day." Asuna deadpanned.
"Okay, I admit I overdid it." Eva sweatdropped. "I just wanted to get him ready faster."
"Ready for what, the morgue?" Kyubi asked in disbelief.
"Not to mention that "Dios Tukos" – "Gelidus Capulus" combo that you keep using. You know that if even a bit of the lightning spell gets through, the ice spell will freeze him since he can't even move. Like now!" Asuna said annoyed just as the ice cracked and Naruto cam out gasping for breath.
"I thought I was a goner." he said before adding "Again"
"Hm, not bad. You reached the same level of mastery Asuna was at when we interrupted our training." Eva smiled. "Good job Naruto-kun"
"Yeah, well done Naruto-kun" Asuna said as she approached him.
"Well, I believe we're done with the Magic Cancel training for now. And you have no trouble whatsoever with the Matter Creation so you can have a break until the evening. Go get something to eat and recover your energy, the objects you created this morning took a lot of power. From what I can see, you have your reserves at about 50%" Negi said.
"Yes, sensei" Naruto smirked and rolled his eyes, making the three girls burst into laugher.
"Get out of here before I give you detention" Negi grinned, making the girls laugh even harder.
"Alright, see ya!" Naruto said and faded from his mindscape.
As he opened his eyes, Naruto saw his two Kage Bunshin playing poker.
"Didn't I tell you to stand guard?" Naruto raised an eyebrow annoyed.
"You did, but with the amount of bloodlust you emitted before doing so there are no animals with enough guts to approach. As for humans, they rarely come here anyway." one of the clones shrugged before turning to the other clone and showing his hand. "Full House"
"Damn" the other clone managed to say before they were both dispelled by an annoyed Naruto.
As he left the Forest of Death and headed towards the village, he kept muttering about irresponsible clones "not taking their job seriously". In fact, if he wasn't used to continuously sensing the surrounding chakra signatures he would have missed the two that began following him the moment he left the Forest of Death.
As far as his vampire senses told him, the two ninja didn't have any bloodlines, so they weren't sent by the Hyuga. Also, it meant that they weren't sent by any other clan to keep him safe.
They could have been sent by the Hokage, but it wasn't Sarutobi' style to have him followed around when he knew he could defend himself.
That only left one possibility: the two elders and their master Danzo. The man was desperate enough to send his men on an assassination in front of the Hokage, why wouldn't he do the same when the old man wasn't around? In other words, he had two ROOT ANBU on his trail.
Still, since they hadn't attack yet they were just keeping an eye on him, probably to see his bloodlines in action and find ways to counter them.
"Ain't gonna happen" Naruto grinned mentally. Whenever he sensed someone approaching him he had immediately stopped training and pretended to either take a break or finish up for the day. In other words, going back to his apartment and then entering his mindscape after taking the necessary precautions.
As he was about to enter a restaurant he heard someone calling his name and smiled as he recognized the chakra signature.
"Hello Hinata-chan, how are you?" Naruto asked the approaching Hyuga.
"I'm fine, Na-Naruto-kun. We j-just got back from our first C-rank mission." Hinata smiled.
"Hello Shino-san, Oshizu-san, Kurenai-san." Naruto greeted the rest of the team as they approached. "How was your mission? Actually, what was your mission?"
"Oh, we just had to guard a merchant on his way back home, near the border with Tea Country." Oshizu said.
"Care to talk about it over lunch?" Naruto asked, tilting his head towards the restaurant.
"Sure, we wanted a little celebration anyway." Kurenai said and led the genin inside.
After the waiter took their orders they began to dwell in the details of the mission.
"We left a week ago with the merchant and headed south using the main road." Oshizu began.
"About half way there I saw a b-bandit ca-camp using my Byakugan. It was near the road and it would have seen us if we got any closer using it." Hinata said.
"So we were forced to do a little detour for half-a-day before we could use the main road again. After that, the trip way without any complications." Kurenai continued.
"After we arrived, we contacted the local militia regarding the bandits." Shino said.
"During the two days we stayed there, the bandits - who had been approaching the village as well - were arrested and after that we headed back to Konoha. We arrived about an hour ago and were just coming from the Hokage tower after turning in our mission." Oshizu finished. "We actually got a bonus for reporting those bandits" she grinned.
Looking at her, Naruto smiled at her enthusiasm. Hiroko Oshizu had always been quite the lively one. She had long purple-black hair that reached her knees; usually she kept it lose but recently she had began to keep it in a pony tail during missions. She had a generous tan that surprised most people that didn't know her, mainly because people with her appearance were normally in Wind Country or Earth Country.
Her eyes were an intriguing aspect of her appearance. While normally they were light purple, when in battle or doing something serious they became a metallic grey, slightly glowing. From what Naruto suspected, she unconsciously focused chakra into her eyes thus increasing the sharpness of her gaze. It was one of the fundamental skills in using a Doujutsu, but what she had was an affinity for the skill and not a bloodline in itself.
Despite her attractive figure, she was quite the tomboy, often getting into arguments when she was pissed off. A big plus to her personality was that she wasn't a fan girl of Sasuke'.
She wore black ANBU pants and a dark purple shirt, over which she had a very unusual armor. It was made of identical pieces of looked like large black scales. The material was an alloy used in most armors, but apparently she had made a custom order and she was very pleased of it.
Her weapon of choice was a spear-like Dragon Crescent Blade. It looked like the head of a dragon holding a crescent blade in its mouth. The blade was made from a greenish crystal that was often used in Grass Country in the making of Chakra Fangs. What most people didn't know was that the crystal conducted the ki part of chakra in the Fang. And it so happened that whenever Oshizu' eyes glowed her blade did as well if she held it. At the back of the dragon' head was a long cylindrical handle that could be separated in three equal detachable parts. Both the dragon head and the handle were made from a grey-silver metal that conducted chakra towards the blade. The weapon could be used as either a spear or a sword by changing the length of the handle. The weapon was called Seiryuto.
As far as Naruto knew, Oshizu was quite skilled with her weapon as well as taijutsu, but her genjutsu and ninjutsu were lacking, which he found surprising considering her chakra control and not-so-modest chakra levels. He guessed she simply liked weapons more.
"I'm glad to hear that everything went so well. I heard that some C-rank missions get really annoying since some employers don't give all the necessary information." Naruto shrugged.
"Yes, I'm afraid that it happens at least once-a-month." Kurenai sighed before giving the blond a curious look "So, how were things in the village while we were gone?" she asked as their food and drinks arrived.
"Oh, things are going great, actually" Naruto said with a foxy grin, making Hinata blush. "I'm sure that you're worried about Anko. Don't be, she's feeling better then she has in over thirteen years. There were no negative after-effects from her procedure and all her formerly restrained chakra is accessible. Let's just say that her chakra levels would make even the Snake Sannin think twice." Naruto grinned.
"Speaking of snakes..." Kurenai began.
"Last time I saw it was with an unusually happy Ibiki and a laughing Anko." Naruto smirked.
"Anything else we should know about?" Kurenai asked with a grin.
"A couple of things, actually. Remember what happened with the clouds before the final phase of the procedure?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, I wanted to ask you about that." Kurenai said as she looked at him curiously "How...?"
"Sorry Kurenai-san, that's a secret." Naruto cut her off.
"What kind of secret?" Oshizu asked curiously as both genin girls looked at him, even Shino looked a little intrigued.
"One that, with a little luck, will become a clan secret by the end of the day" Naruto answered with a grin that split his face.
"WHAT?" the four yelled, attracting a few glares from the other customers.
"How? When?" Kurenai asked astonished.
"The decision will be made this evening, actually" Naruto said "As for how…" he trailed off, his grin widening.
"Well?" Oshizu asked.
"I'm going to do a demonstration of my bloodlines. And a certain Hyuga Head has offered to assist me" Naruto said evilly.
"Lord Hiashi?" Kurenai asked surprised. "Why, couldn't he have asked someone else from his clan?"
"I guess he thinks he'll he able to make me fail." Naruto chuckled.
"Can he?" Hinata asked worried. She knew that he father was very strong, one of the strongest of the Clan Heads, and that he usually achieved what he wanted, no matter the cost.
"Not a chance. The more he'll try, the more he'll make a fool out of himself." Naruto chuckled.
"This I gotta see" Kurenai grinned like Christmas had come early. She had hated the man for several years; soon after Hinata' mother had died, Kurenai was assigned as Hinata' sensei since the girl was no longer deemed worthy by Hiashi of being the clan heir. Kurenai absolutely hated the way Hiashi belittled even his own daughter.
"Sure Kurenai-san, come by ANBU Training Ground 14 this afternoon at six, Anko will be there as well." Naruto said.
"May we attend as well?" Shino asked.
"Sorry Shino, the Hokage told me that only jounin and above may attend." Naruto said apologetically. "Maybe I'll give you a demonstration some other time."
"That would be acceptable" Shino nodded.
"I would like to add that I made a little deal with Hiashi. If he succeeds I'll give up my clan status. If I win however..." Naruto trailed off with an evil smirk.
"Yes?" Kurenai leaned forward.
"Anything within his power to give." Naruto finished with a glance at Hinata.
"Holy...! Does the idiot even know what he was saying?" Oshizu erupted.
"No, he was probably too busy plotting my demise." Naruto shrugged.
"Well, I honestly can't wait to see the outcome." Kurenai grinned.
"Yeah me too. Anyway, I should be going. See ya later." Naruto said as he stood up and left.
He still had a few hours left, but he needed to check on the preparations. So, he headed for the Hokage tower.
As he got close enough, he held his right hand in a half ram handsign and used the Konoha Leaf Shunshin. A few moments later he appeared in the Hokage' office in a swirl of leaves.
"Hey old man, how are the preparations coming?" the whiskered blond asked.
"Oh, hello Naruto-kun. Everything is ready. Though some of the things you asked for was a little hard to get at the area we'll be using." Sarutobi said.
"Yeah, a blocks of stone that large and dense is kinda hard to find." Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"More like impossible. I had to use one of my most powerful earth jutsu to make it." Sarutobi deadpanned.
"Yeah... I guess I should go prepare." Naruto said and disappeared with another Leaf Shunshin.
A few hours later Naruto was walking towards the place he will earn his clan status at. In the shadows behind him were no less then eight ROOT ANBU, all of them getting ready to strike.
On a roof nearby, an approaching Anko and Kurenai were about to warn the blond genin when they heard a familiar voice from behind them.
"Don't worry; it's all part of the plan."
As the two kunoichi turned around they saw none other then Naruto.
"Hey, you're missing the good part" he motioned towards the Naruto that was about to impaled by eight swords.
Just before the blades touched him he called out with a grin: "Bunshin Daibakuha". And just like that he exploded, the blast breaking the swords and impaling them in what was left of the eight bodies.
"Wow, talk about brutal." Anko said casually.
"Yeah, I had two of them tracking me the whole week. I was just waiting for the opportunity to take out more at once." Naruto shrugged.
"Danzo isn't going to be happy about this." Kurenai said with a glance at the carnage, while Naruto and Anko looked at her in shock.
"Danzo can be happy?" Naruto asked, honestly surprised.
"Good one, Kurenai-chan, for a moment I thought you were serious." Anko burst laughing, followed by Naruto and eventually Kurenai. Now that she thought about it, it did seem impossible for the old war hawk to be happy about anything.
The three soon arrived at their destination and were greeted by Sarutobi, Kakashi, Ibiki and the clan heads. Well, except Hiashi who gave his best glare.
"Ah, you're here Naruto. Well, let's get started. I can't wait to see what your bloodlines do." Sarutobi grinned.
"Hold on, you mean even you haven't seen them before, Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asked surprised.
"No, Naruto-kun has been very secretive concerning his abilities. Like a future clan head should, after all." Sarutobi replied.
"Well, let's start with the amusing part first, shall we?" Naruto said as he took off his cloak, gloves, bracers and shirt and handed them to a blushing Anko.
"Naruto-kun, what are you doing?" Kakashi asked hesitantly.
"Those clothes have numerous seals on them; I don't want to argue with any of you afterwards regarding the source of my abilities. I suggest you use your Sharingan to verify if I have any left on my skin. You should do the same, Hyuga-san." Naruto said.
As the two doujutsu users did so, they found three gravity seals on his lower back that were swiftly removed, in addition to the one on his belly that they didn't even bother mentioning.
"Well, now what?" Kakashi asked.
"Well, we can begin the demonstration. Hyuga-san, feel free to use on me any gentle fist attack you desire. Just don't poke my eyes." Naruto said.
"Are you out of your mind, Uzumaki?" Ibiki asked.
"Oh, I'm sure he has his reasons." Sarutobi said with contained amusement. "Go ahead Hiashi, try and close his tenketsu."
"Very well." Hiashi grinned evilly and dashed at the blond. "I would be stupid to turn down such a chance to slay the demon!"
"Hakke Rokujūyon Shō" the Hyuga head called out and proceeded to close 64 of Naruto' tenketsu. When he was done, he took a step back and, with a spin of his body, he thrust his left hand towards the blond releasing a wave of chakra aimed at his heart as he said "Hakke Kūshō"
With that, he turned around and began walking back towards the group with a smug look on his face.
"I don't remember telling you to stop, Hyuga-san." Naruto' voice was heard and Hiashi stopped in mid step. He turned around and saw Naruto just standing there like nothing had happened. And, as he looked at him with his Byakugan, he saw that all of his tenketsu were still open.
"I must have missed somehow. No mater, I'll do it sight this time" he thought and charged at Naruto "Hakke Hyaku Nijūhachi Shō" Hiashi called out and attacked 128 tenketsu. He then thrust his right hand at his target and released a powerful wave of chakra "Hakke Hasangeki" he called out.
This time, he waited for the dust created by the wave of chakra to dissipate. When it did, his jaw dropped. There stood Naruto Uzumaki, completely unharmed and YAWNING!
Without another word, Hiashi charged at Naruto with rage.
"Hakke Sanbyakurokujūichi Shiki" he called out, aiming for each and every one of Naruto' 361 tenketsu. When he was done, he took a few steps back. "Surely, that one got him!" the Hyuga thought. But, when he looked at Naruto carefully with his Byakugan…
"HOW? How are you keeping your tenketsu open? Are you using the demon?" Hiashi roared.
"Keep your voice down if you want to live to see tomorrow" Sarutobi said coldly as he appeared with a kunai aimed at the Hyuga' neck. "If you break that law, you know the consequences."
"If I did use it, you would be the first one to notice, with those eyes of yours. Kakashi can confirm it, since he has uncovered his Sharingan since we started. And without doubt, everyone in the vicinity would have sensed the youki." Naruto said in a bored voice as he motioned towards Kakashi' red eye with three tomoe.
"Then how did you do it?" Hiashi demanded.
"Go on, Naruto-kun. Explain." Sarutobi requested with a wide grin.
"Just one demonstration. Hyuga-san, make a Kage Bunshin and had it observe along with the group. Then use the Kaiten."
"Go on Hiashi, do it." Sarutobi said as he went back to the others and was soon followed by Hiashi' clone.
The Hyuga head gave the blond another death glare before he began to spin while expelling chakra.
"Hakkeshō Kaiten" he called out and was surrounded by a large blue dome of chakra.
Naruto simply approached the dome and placed his right palm on it. The dome immediately began to disappear, starting from where Naruto touched it. Hiashi then stopped and dispelled his clone, receiving its memories.
"I see. You have the ability to destroy chakra." Hiashi mumbled annoyed.
"Yes, it's a very rare and powerful ability. It's called Magick Tekkai. There hasn't been a user for several thousand years, maybe more…" Naruto explained.
"And how exactly do you know that?" Shikaku inquired with a raised eyebrow. "There are few history recordings dating a few hundred years, but for thousands of years…" he trailed of before his eyes widened in realization. "Unless…"
"Exactly, I know from Kyubi." Naruto confirmed. "Sorry Asuna-chan. I can't tell them yet" Naruto apologized mentally.
"No problem, I'm sure you can make it up to me." Asuna answered suggestively.
"You can communicate with the Demon?" Ibiki asked a little tense. "How?"
"I believe I can explain that." Inoichi stepped forward. "You see, Naruto has a lot of control over his mind, to the point he can enter it like he would with a building, an redecorate it as well. And I have to say that the amount of control he has over it is beyond everything I've ever seen, even from my fellow clansmen who pride themselves with the power of their mind. In his mindscape, the Kyubi must represented in some sort of imprisonment, and Naruto-kun can communicate with it without approaching too much."
"'Must be'? You mean you haven't seen it?" Shikaku asked.
"No, I had the cage hidden under a mountain since I also allowed Ino to have a look and didn't want to show her too much." Naruto said.
"Yes, Naruto-kun discretely showed me the mountain." Inoichi confirmed.
"But if he's communicating with the Demon he must be losing control!" Hiashi hurried to say, receiving blank looks from everyone.
"A Jinchūriki that can communicate with his or her tenant is the most stable one of them all. Without that, the Biiju may drive the host mad and take control." Shikaku said.
"I see…" Hiashi said.
"Anyway, I believe that you have proven your bloodline and thus deserve…" Inoichi began.
"No, I have proven ONE of my bloodlines" Naruto corrected and was followed by silence.
"A human being can't have more then one bloodline! You're a …" Hiashi began but stopped when he felt the Hokage' kunai at his throat.
"Watch your wording." Sarutobi warned.
"But there have been countless breeding experiments in mixing the Byakugan with the Sharingan and…" Hiashi began.
"And they failed because it's nearly impossible to naturally mix bloodlines, especially of the same kind, doujutsu in your case." Naruto said.
"By naturally you mean… "Shikaku began.
"More of that a little later. For now, allow me to demonstrate my second bloodline." Naruto said and everyone took their distance. "Kakashi, watch carefully because you'll be doing part of the explaining." Naruto said as he raised his right hand above his head and closed his eyes in concentration. When he suddenly opened them, there was a small flash of golden light and huge lethal looking silver spear appeared in his right hand.
"Where did that come from? Did he take it out of a containment seal?" Choza asked.
"No, he has only one seal left and if holds the Kyubi." Aburame Shibi said.
"That's correct; it didn't come from a seal. Care to explain for us, Kakashi-san?" Naruto said.
"You made it from chakra. That flash of light was that chakra taking the form of the spear." Kakashi said shocked. "It happened so fast that I almost missed it even with my Sharingan."
"But that spear is clearly solid, with almost no traces of chakra in it!" Hiashi said with his Byakugan activated.
"Yes. I converted energy, in this care chakra, into matter." Naruto explained. "I first picture it in my mindscape and then bring it outside. This bloodline is called Jishou Zousaku. Like the Magick Tekkai, it has been a very long time since the last user."
"So the objects you make are permanent?" Sarutobi asked, not knowing any details himself.
"Well, normally yes. However, I may leave a trace of chakra n it like in this one, making it vulnerable to my Magick Tekkai." Naruto said and activating his Magic Cancel and destroying the spear completely.
"Very useful ability, not to mention powerful. You could create a serious blockade when retreating and if you have to go back you can easily make it disappear. Not to mention you would never run out of weapons." Shikaku mussed.
"Or food" Naruto said, now eating an apple that had appeared in his hand.
"You can make organic materials?" Inoichi asked in shock. "How about animals?"
"It might be possible… but I have yet to reach that level of mastery. I wouldn't want to summon a corpse." Naruto said hesitantly.
"Yes, a soul would be required for a conscious being. That's how the Lifemaker created the people of Mundus Magicus, he gradually gathered souls from Mundus Vetus and then gave them bodies in his new world." Negi confirmed.
"I don't intend to steal any souls anytime soon, or ever if I can help it" Naruto told him.
"I'm glad to hear that. I only did so once, but with that soul' permission" Negi said.
"So, is there anything else you might want to show us, Naruto-kun?" Sarutobi asked.
"Yes, there is. First, I will show you what that stone block over there is for." Naruto said as he walked towards said stone block. "You made it a few days ago, I believe, so all remaining chakra should be gone by now. Hyuga-san, care to check?"
"There is no chakra in it." Hiashi confirmed.
"Good. Now it would be best if you and Kakashi stop using your doujutsu, or you might go blind." the blond warned and Kakashi immediately covered his eye while the veins around Hiashi' eyes disappeared.
At that point, Naruto raised his arms at his sides and began channeling mana in his left hand and ki in his right. When the quantities were equal, he clasped his hands, combining the two energies. Immediately, he was covered in a huge golden aura.
"That power! With energy like that I really could have gone blind." Kakashi exclaimed.
"Yes, very nice light show. What does it do anyway?" Hiashi asked annoyed.
"Hokage-sama, do you remember the details of Lady Tsunade' superhuman strength?" Naruto asked sweetly.
"Yes, she uses her perfect chakra control to channel chakra at the point of impact. But why…" he began before his eyes widened in realization and eyed the golden aura warily.
"Yes, why waste my concentration on channeling each strike when I can keep the optimal level of chakra all over my body as long as this technique is active." Naruto said before turning towards the stone block and jumping to reach its middle level so fast that it could have rivaled the Hiraishin. As he reached that high, he punched the stone with all his might. The results were mind breaking. The fifty feet tall stone cube had been literally turned to dust, blown away by the powerful punch. Naruto landed a little winded and deactivated the technique.
"It's called Kankahō. The details of this technique' activation will remained a clan secret, but the knowledge wouldn't be of much use to you at an advanced age." Naruto said.
"I-I see, a clan secret technique like my own." Inoichi observed, trying to get out of shock. "I suspect that this technique is also ancient?"
"Yes. At that time it was called 'The Ultimate Art' since it increases the user' physical capabilities a great deal. Strength, speed, resilience, you name it, it makes it better. Though, like most high level techniques it takes a lot of power." Naruto explained.
"Truly impressive. Is there anything else?" Sarutobi inquired, a little shaken as he remembered who was at the receiving end of Tsunade' punches and the effects.
"Yes, my third bloodline." Naruto confirmed.
"You have three bloodlines!" Hiashi yelled.
"Three unlocked bloodlines." Naruto corrected.
"Explain." Ibiki said.
"The Shiki Fūjin used by the Yondaime was meant to pass souls through the user' body and into the Shinigami." Naruto began. "However, the Kyubi' soul was way too big for the process to succeed so only half went to the Shinigami while the other half was sealed in me. Once again, the Hakke no Fūin Shiki that keeps the Fox sealed didn't act normaly when it was applied because the soul sealed, even if it was humongous, was not whole. So the seal drew what it could from me. Bloodlines and abilities. Since then, the Kyubi' soul has healed and it is safe to draw out what was taken from me." Naruto said while adding mentally "Good friends, that's what it kept from me."
"So, besides this third bloodline, could there be others sealed?" Shikaku inquired.
"I don't know for sure. All I can do is release what I know doesn't want to eat me up." Naruto said.
"Naruto-kun, you naughty, naughty boy!" Kyubi and Eva said in one voice.
"Does that mean you admit it?" Naruto teased and felt the waves of embarrassment through the connection.
"Very well then, how about you demonstrate your third bloodline. We'll talk about that some other time." Sarutobi suggested.
"Well, I can only tell you what this bloodline does. Unless a willing volunteer appears." Naruto said.
"Will I do?" Shikaku asked.
"Yes, but you wouldn't be willing after I tell you what it does." Naruto snickered.
"Well, don't keep us in suspense." Choza said.
"Quite simple. I drink your blood after do something to it and I gain your bloodline." Naruto said casually.
A long silence followed that statement. All of the bloodline users stared at him fearfully and in disbelief.
"A-Are you serious?" Kakashi managed to say.
"Yes, I'm sure you heard legends about vampires, right? This is something similar, but not the need to feed, but the results gained. And no, I am not a vampire; I just have some similar abilities." Naruto explained.
"Can you turn into a bat? I mean shapeshift, not Henge." Tsume asked curiously.
"Yes, I shapeshift into a lot of things, but not because of the Shinso Semi-Vampirism bloodline, but because of a technique I created a while back. Remember my Oiroke no Jutsu, ojisan?" Naruto smirked.
"But that was just a Henge, right?" Sarutobi blushed.
"Nope, a Henge is just an illusion. This isn't." Naruto grinned and made a ram handsign. He was covered by a burst of smoke and when it dissipated a gorgeous teenage blonde with all the right curves stood there, this time dressed. She then walked to Anko and said "Have a feel" in a seductive and completely female voice, giving some of the men nosebleeds.
Anko, with a blush and grin did so by touching the blondes' breasts. Her eyes then widened in shock and squeezed again before she began checking the rest of the body. She was about to try to remove the pants when her subject of harassment cleared her throat.
"I think that's enough." she said embarrassed.
"So, can you only switch gender and age?" Kurenai inquired.
"Nope, I can turn in just about everyone, even some animals. And the best part is that once I turn into something, I stay that way until I want to turn back to normal or into something else." Naruto grinned as she turned into Sarutobi and then back to normal.
"Anyway, back to the bloodline, I believe it would be very useful once you begin having missions outside the village and meet enemy ninja. Even in the village, if one of out bloodlines dies out, with a little effort we can recover it." Sarutobi said.
"Like the Sharingan." Shibi observed.
"Yes. However, I'm only allowing Naruto to gain a bloodline this from an enemy ninja, or given willingly by someone, or to maintain one of Konoha' bloodlines." Sarutobi said firmly and all the others agreed, even Hiashi. "I would want you to take the Sharingan right now, but with the way Sasuke and the civilian council are…" Sarutobi trailed off and sighed.
"What if the blood came from another Uchiha, not Sasuke?" Naruto asked with a slight grin.
"Well, all of us would accept it I believe" Sarutobi turned towards the ninja council and received confirmation before turning back to Naruto "But besides Sasuke the only person you may get blood from is Uchiha Itachi, and beating him is no small thing, if you could ever find him, that is."
"What if he gave me his blood willingly?" Naruto inquired, barely maintaining a straight face.
"I would pay to see that happen." Hiashi laughed. "Such foolishness! An Uchiha to give his blood willingly!"
"Well, I'm afraid you can't see it happen because it already did, a long time ago in fact" Naruto said as he took a small containment scroll from an inner pocket of his coat and unsealed it, revealing a small vial half filled with a frozen red substance.
An uncomfortably long silence followed that statement. Most of the council members were looking at him with suspicion while Hiashi' jaw just hit the ground. Sarutobi' eyes on the other hand were suddenly filled with understanding.
"So that's why he was injured that day." the old Kage said out loud, drawing everyone's eyes to him. "Itachi had been assigned as Naruto' bodyguard until a day after the massacre. On that last evening, he had a small cut on his left palm. He just said he sparred with you a little."
"Yeah. It was the first and for obvious reasons the only time I managed to even touch him. But I didn't give him that cut. You see, when he congratulated me on my first hit, I complained that I might never be able to draw blood from him. After I said that, he cut his hand and gave me this blood sample to remember him by and motivate me. The next day, let's just say there was more Uchiha blood spilled then anyone would want." Naruto finished with a grimace.
"I see. To remember him by. In other words he had probably already decided…" Sarutobi said, lost in memories.
"Still, I'm surprised you remember something that insignificant from so long ago. Maybe you're not completely senile, after all." Naruto grinned.
"Yeah, maybe… HEY!" Sarutobi finally realized what had been said and had a tick mark on his head. Some of the other ninja were containing their snickers as well.
"Anyway, what do you say about the sample?" Naruto inquired.
"Bah, go ahead! The hell with the civilians! Even if they don't agree, with bloodlines like yours they would have to be retarded to try to exile or harm you. I'm allowing it anyway, so their complains will have to go through me." Sarutobi declared.
"Very well, I'll go right ahead then" Naruto said and channeled fire element chakra in the hand holding the vial, thus melting the ice into blood. He then removed the tap of the vial and raised his other hand to his now open mouth. The white of his eyes turned black and his canines began to lengthen until they were one and a half inches long. He then put a hole in his thumb using one of his long canines before letting several drops of blood to fall in the vial, making the liquid turn black. His appearance then turned to normal and the wound on his thumb healed.
"Are you sure that thing is safe? It looks poisonous." Anko observed, looking at the vial with unease.
"Well, it has Uchiha blood in it. What would you expect?" Naruto dryly remarked before drinking the liquid.
He then dropped the vial and brought his hands to his eyes with a gasp of pain.
"What's wrong?" Sarutobi asked, joining Anko at the blond's side.
"Nothing's wrong. But any kind of physical transformation comes with at least a small dose of pain. Imagine how it's like at a genetic level." Naruto gasped out, making the others pale. "Don't worry; I have a large tolerance for pain. Now everyone, stand back so I can finish!" he demanded and everyone took their distance.
When they were far enough, a black aura spread from under Naruto' palms until it covered the whole body. It then quickly retreated to the eyes.
"Okay, it's done." Naruto said and removed his hands and revealed his usual blue eyes.
"Nothing happened. I see no difference" Hiashi remarked.
"That's because it's not active. I don't see your eyes bulged all the time either." Naruto shot back. "Let's see now…" he closed his eyes and when he opened them again he had the Sharingan activated, in its mature form. The white of his eyes was black however.
"I thing that part of his eyes is black because of the vampirism. Well, how is it?" Sarutobi inquired.
"You're all look like moving in slow motion." Naruto said.
"Can you achieve the Mangekyō Sharingan?" Hiashi asked.
"Don't bother trying Naruto, it requires…" Sarutobi began, as he glared at Hiashi.
"I know. But Itachi did the deed before giving me this blood. Shinsui, right?" Naruto asked and received a surprised nod. "Let's see now…" he closed his eyes and when he opened them again the colors of his iris had switched places, now three red tomoe being on a black background. Naruto then threw the empty vial to the ground and looked straight at it as he said one word: "Amaterasu".
The vial was immediately covered in pitch black flames that devoured the vial in seconds. Nothing was left.
"Okay, that was awesome." Anko said impressed.
"And the best part is that I won't get any eye damage because of my vampiric healing ability as well as the Kyubi." Naruto remarked as he deactivated the Sharingan.
"Naruto…" Sarutobi said, taking two scrolls from his Kage robes as he approached "sign here for your new clan…" he waited for Naruto to do so "and here for your new estate" he waited for him to sign, both of them with wide grins, as they saw the location written: the former home of the Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato, the Namikaze clan estate and grounds.
"I will call it the Fuhen Clan." Naruto grinned.
Magick Tekkai = Magic Cancel
Jishou Zousaku = Matter Creation
Fuhen = Immortal/Eternal/Universal
Next time: The bet and the Fuhen Clan
