Yo people, Your favorite crusher of people is back, with news, a new poll, and chapter nine First news, Chapter One had been redone slightly, so check it out if you have time .Next the new poll is actually two in one. First, what should Gaara learn beside his sand. 1. Taijustu
2.A weapon
3.An element (specify)
4.Nothing
Next Who else do you think should join Naruto and Gaara. 1. Sasuke(He will not have a stick up his ass)
2.Kisame(Just to mix it up)
3. Lee
4.Kimimaro
Also I have decided there will be no pairing, this isn't a romance story, get over it.
And now chapter nine.
(Safe House. Fire Country)
"Arhhhhh" Naruto groaned as he sat up. "What the hell happened to me" He asked himself "Oh yeah, I fought two Kage level opponents, used my best technique, and suffered chakra exhaustion, and had my ass dragged to a safe house."
"Shut up" came a cold voice from across the house. "I was sleeping" Gaara called. "Damn I really have to stop monologuing " He thought to himself. He rolled off the futon the he stocked the house with, and threw his cloak around himself. He slept with his mask and Hat on, and he kept everything on that was under his cloak. "A ninja must always be ready" He had reasoned to himself.
Under his cloak he wore black cargo pants, black combat boots, with a T-shirt then Anbu vest that had a trauma plate in the front in and in back so he couldn't be killed by a stray shot to the back. He had used genjustu skills to make it seem that the back and side of his he were covered in shadows, that way everything not covered by his hunter mask could be seen. It was an effective way to conceal his presence and if he took off his Hat he could pass for a regular Anbu operative.
One might call Naruto paranoid, given the extreme measures Naruto had taken to keep his face concealed, and that person would be right . Naruto had an almost textbook case of paranoia, with good reason. Be chased down almost everyday of your life since you where four, you too would be paranoid. His measures extended in other ways as well. Naruto kept a log of his original techniques, but that log was written in a code no one but him could decipher, as it was written in a language only spoken by him.
The safe house he was currently at was purchased through a dummy company, which, if investigated would lead to a person that didn't exist. If you tried to find the one who sold the house, you would be looking six feet under. Everyone who knew of the house's location had been disposed of, their records burned, and the company that made detailed maps of the area's office had been broken into, and their maps altered.
The house itself was then booby-trapped, stocked full of non-perishable food, and then sealed to bend the light around it. It wasn't invisible, but it's outline was barely visible, and impossible to see from a distance.
Back inside previously mentioned house, Naruto had made breakfast for himself, and when Gaara asked about it his response was"You have hands don't you"
Naruto knew he needed to make his next move soon, but with a completely untrained Gaara sitting around, he could risk exposing himself. So he had decided to reeducate Gaara starting from the ground up.
After Gaara finished his breakfast, which was a complete disaster several shadow clones were sent to clean up, Naruto escorted Gaara to the house's training area, which included weapons bay, technique library, and open area sparing section.
Naruto was uncertain how to begin Gaara's reeducation as he did not interact with people on a personal level much anymore. He decided it was best if he was as straight-forward as possible to expedite the process. This proved to be the wrong choice as Gaara did not like being told he was not ready for the operations Naruto had in mind. He did also not take well to being told he couldn't threaten to kill someone just they didn't meet his standards. Before if something displeased him he destroyed it, be it a person, animal, or object. Now he was being told he would have to keep valuable contacts in Naruto's information network alive.
Naruto also decided that since he and Gaara would be working together for some time, they should start to learn to trust each other in a combat situation. Naruto tried to think up some kind of training method to do this, but as stated before, Naruto was not very skilled in social interactions. For that matter neither was Gaara, as he too had spent hi life isolated from so called "normal society".
Both eventually agreed just to ask questions about each other that they thought might give them a better idea of their capabilities.
Naruto's first question was "So what is the extent of your control over your sand"
Gaara's response was "I can mold it into any shape I see fit, cause it to float or delve underground. It can be hardened, but this takes a considerable amount of chakra. I have several techniques you have not seen with it such as my Sand Armor, Sand Cannon, and Shield of Shukaku." Naruto nodded, then gestured for Gaara to go, and Gaara asked "What exactly are your eyes, I have not come across a doujustu(eye technique) such as that before."
"That's because it's not a bloodline, It is self-created chakra regulating device" Naruto answered. "A what" Gaara asked. Naruto sighed, he had forgotten that not all people had a seal master's education" I created these eyes from my own chakra, and so they mold my chakra into a specific form, which the seals I used to form the eyes designated. The seals I chose mold fire, but only to a degree, I don't need seals to mold chakra for low level techniques, but for extensive fire manipulation I need to form seals for it to work. They also can simply blast fire indiscriminately, but its not very hot or directed. My eyes also contain the entire language of seals, and can convince my brain that it appears as regular spoken language, which saves a lot of translation time." Naruto explained.
Then he continued " They also mold chakra into the form of the sense confusing signals of genjustu, allowing me to throw out illusions without words or seals."
Gaara sat motionless through the whole explanation, processing exactly what just his companion's eyes were capable of. He shuddered slightly to think of the full scope of Naruto's abilities.
"My turn" Naruto said " Okay, why do you wear that gourd, your sand could easily be contained somewhere else"
Gaara's answer was "It is a symbol of my connection to the desert, I also didn't have much of a choice in the matter, Shukaku molded the sand into that shape when I was six" Gaara then asked "I have never seen you fight with your hands, do you do so at all or do you simply use nin and genjustu"
Naruto replied "I have my own style, that I developed specifically for me, but I know only two base styles(I hate how in other stories, they've got Naruto mastering three or four styles in a year. Unless you've actually trained in that style for several years your nowhere close to mastery, Naruto been practicing for six years so he's got two style down but not mastered) they are Wushu and Wing Chun, I used Shadow Clones heavily in combination with these because they present more opportunities than fighting alone"
Naruto then took his turn "Exactly how fast are you, because you've show almost no speed what so ever when I've seen you fight, is your gourd simply that heavy or do you not feel the need to move"
Gaara responded " I've simply never had to do anything but walk, never had to dodge or block because my sand protects me in battle, though now I suppose that I should begin to make progress toward more speed, as your seal seems to have cut off my Sand Shield."
Naruto nodded and tried to think of another question to ask, but came up blank. Gaara apparently did to as he simply sat and stared off into space. Naruto spoke "We should probably get a good idea of each other combat effectiveness" he motioned toward the training grounds.
They both stood facing each other, then Naruto leap high, and threw several knives from his sleeves. He followed up with a small fireball, and unsealed a metal plate about a foot and half in diameter. Using chakra to stabilize it in the air he pushed off, flying several yards over Gaara's head as he deflected the knives with his sand(He can still do it manually), then Sand Shushined out of the way.
Naruto pulled his disk to him with a wire, caught then replaced himself with a Shadow Clone, and stood on the roof and threw out a area altering Genjustu.
These work by using chakra to bend the light around a specific region resulting in confusion when objects behaved as the brain told the body how to react to false signals that the eyes received.
In this case he chose to alter the space in a ten yard around the area his Clone was about to enter. He made it so that Gaara's eyes would believe the area would look like it did before the Clone entered. As it sped through the area it, Gaara oblivious to the approaching danger simply waited. He was startled as the Clone exited the illusioned area, several feet away from Gaara.
The Clone bent its knees slightly as if to deliver a kick, and the real Naruto wrapped his wires around Gaara's ankles and under his arms, lightly enough as not to let him feel that he was being set up"
(Note: Naruto's wires are normally blunt, the edge is created by wind chakra, which he has a natural element but doesn't use much)
The Clone swung for a kick, but jumped over Gaara instead, and before Gaara could do anything else, the real Naruto hoisted him by his ankles upside down, while his Clone latched onto one of the wires, and held a kunai to Gaara's neck. "You lost" Naruto stated simply. Gaara thought for a way out but was unused to being at a disadvantage. He nodded in acceptance. Naruto let him down. "It's clear that you need a lot of training, so you won't be joining me on the next mission."
Gaara asked what the mission was, Naruto responded" Konoha is in need of a new Hokage, and there are only a few candidates to fill the position, one is Jiraya, another Tsunade, and the last would be Hyuuga Hiashi. Since there has never been a clan head as Hokage, and Jiraya is too.. eccentric, The Slug Princess is the most likely person. I will hunt her down, and either convince her to join us or not join them, or kill her to prevent the Leaf from gaining more powerful shinobi."
Gaara understood this line of reasoning, but was disappointed the he would have a chance the fight a Sannin. Naruto noticed the look on Gaara's face, and summarizing that Gaara was disappointed he said "Don't worry, you will have a chance to fight Jiraya when the time comes to take down the village"
Hearing this Gaara brightened, and followed Naruto back into the house and toward the library. Naruto walked inside and started picking scrolls off the shelves seemingly at random. He spoke as he walked " As you have no basic, and rely almost completely on your sand, you will study, basic ninjustu, muscle building activities, and standard taijustu" He tossed several scrolls to Gaara, he caught them and asked "Why must I study these things if I, as you said, have my sand to rely on"
Naruto snorted, "Because, do you think I am the only seal master on the planet, their will be others that can neutralize your control over sand, so you must learn to use other arts as well" Gaara understood, and signified this with the universal Okay sign. He then asked " What are the specifics of what I will be training in".
Naruto, glad he had made his point, spoke "Standard taijustu will get you used to extending your arms and legs for punches and kicks, it will also build flexibility, so then we can find a style suited to you, basic ninjustu will get you used to moving chakra outside your sand, and build your chakra reserve. The muscle building is self-explanatory, right now you are weaker than almost any genin, so we fix this so you can use your body as a weapon"
Naruto pulled out another scroll and added it to the mounting pile in Gaara's arms "You will also learn to use standard ninja weapons, so you can have more tactical capabilities in battle" He exited the library and headed back toward the training area. "I will leave for the city Tsunade was last seen in in four hours, any questions"
Gaara shook his head, and Naruto walked away, leaving Gaara to his training. He headed toward his armory, where he proceeded to refresh his supply of tags and poison. He finished his restock and pulled out a scroll. He had another reason for going after Tsunade. He needed her medical knowledge to finish his research on his healing factor. He couldn't use it as a viable weapon in battle until he could keep his cells from aging like crazy.
Four hours later Naruto adjusted his cloak, ran his hand through his hair, replaced his Hat, and left his safe house, with a two day's supply of food, and his newly restocked arms supplies.
(Same Time Konoha Council Chambers)
If one were to look into the Council Chambers on any given day, they would most likely find an orderly group of stuffed shirt elders. On this day however, an uproar of the kind not seen in that room since the Uchiha Massacre occurred.
The subject of said uproar was none other than Konoha's former demon container Uzumaki Naruto. Most of them wanted the "Demon Child" dead for setting foot on Fire Country soil. Though a fourth of them wanted to leave him alone for helping the Hokage against Orochimaru.
"The demon has to die" shouted one eloquent council member. More shouts rang out in agreement. This continued until the elders of the council quieted to crowd of people. They spoke " We understand your hatred, we know the demon needs to die, but this is a governing noble council and will not be run with such barbaric manners, Now we will vote. All who want to leave Uzumaki alone" Several hands went up, but nowhere near close to half.
"And all in favor of sending Hunter squads" Almost every other hand went up. The elders nodded in agreement. They motioned to an Anbu in the corner. The faceless ninja walked over, the male alder spoke "Dispatch hunter squads A, B, and C" The ninja nodded. "We will upgrade Uzumaki's status to SS-rank" the female elder spoke. Everyone on the council agreed, and another Anbu was dispatched. "Now on to our next item, The village is officially Hokage-less, and as Jiraya has refused, we are left with Tsunade, which we have assigned Jiraya, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Sasuke. To retrieve her. We hope that An Uchiha will be able to persuade her to return. Any questions." They shook their heads no. "Dismissed"
(Same Time, Whirlpool Country)
"Mother" came the shouted of one teenage boy. "You must see the news" cam e the voice of another boy, who looked exactly the same as the first. "What is children" was the voice of Uzumaki Kushina. "Our Brother has been to Konoha" One began "For the Chunin Exams" the next pick up for him. "As you know the invasion occurred at this time, and He fought with the Third Hokage against Orochimaru" They stated in unison.
"And now the Leaf has no Hokage, so they have elected to find Tsunade and make her the Fifth, and our brother will surely be after her as well to prevent Konoha from gaining a powerful."
Kushina began to smirk, if she knew where her monster of a son was, She could get there in time to kill him before he got away. She spoke "Gather your sisters we move in two hours, to finally destroy that damnable demon"
(Same time, Unknown Cave)
Nine Figures stood on the fingers of a massive statue with nine eyes, all the figures were wrapped in black cloaks with red clouds that had a stiff collar that rose to conceal the bottom half of their faces. One figure was speaking to the other eight.
"The nine-tails vessel is becoming to strong, he poses a threat to our organization, so I am assigning Itachi, and Kisame to hunt him down immediately" The Leader said, his ripple patterned eyes flashing slightly in anger. " He must be brought back and kept in stasis until we can seal him, then we can be done with him"
One of the other members, just a projection spoke "We have received word that Konoha plans to find Tsunade of the Sannin and elect her the Fifth Hokage, there is a good chance he will be there"
The member with red eyes nodded and motion to a larger figure "We move Immediately" were his only words.
(Same Time, Orochimaru's Hideout)
A pain-filled yell ripped through the base that served as Orochimaru's current hideout. Kabuto rushed into the room where his master rested in time to see him rip apart another grunt. He sighed sometimes working for Orochimaru was incredibly difficult.
"Kabuto" Orochimaru called weakly. The Sannin was in pathetic shape, a good percent of his flesh was charred beyond repair, the fire was actually hot enough that, according to Kabuto, his vitals had been cooked to the point were a normal person would have been dead, and he would have been if he hadn't shed his skin.
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama" Kabuto replied. "Is there no cure for this pain" Kabuto shook his head in a negative "I've given you the strongest pain medicine I can produce." Orochimaru made a hissing noise "Then we must seek alternate means of treatment, my old teammate should be able to provide a cure, call my Black Wielder squad, we leave at once"
(Two days Later)
Naruto sped through the forest toward the village he had received information about. Tsunade was said to be gambling there, and he knew others had the same info he did.
He watch the village itself for ninja activity, and he was right to do so, because as he reach the gates, a massive snake reared its head, and brought it crashing down onto the castle at the center of the town, "Crap" Naruto said, as he had hope Orochimaru wouldn't be here.
He pulled out a three pronged kunai, and threw it straight up. He teleported up fifty feet, then used a shadow clone to launch himself higher. He then used another clone to launch toward the snake itself. He made eight seals and mumbled to himself "Fire Style: Burning Meteor" The air around him began to heat up until it caught fire.
Orochimaru looked over from his position in a wheelchair, he was the burning object the was Naruto and rolled himself off his snake before Naruto made contact dispelling the summon. Naruto landed several yards from Orochimaru and Kabuto, who had just appeared behind his master, Orochimaru groaned out" Foolish boy you should not have come here" Kabuto snapped, and instantly a group of warriors Naruto recognized appeared. "Its Them" he thought. The ninja from the day his master was murdered were back still clad in their black cloaks. (Bet you thought I forgot about them didn't you)
"Them" Naruto spoke "You will pay for this Orochimaru, and your lackies will join you in Hell" The last word of the sentence came from behind one of the black clad servants. They were lined up in a straight line next to the lord, and Naruto had appeared behind the middle two of the eight. He struck both of them in the back, and both their chests exploded in a shower of gore.
He pivoted on one foot to face the three furthest from Orochimaru, and fired of two medium(Think compact car) fireballs, and then two arcs of lightning to the left and right. One of the assassins jumped up and so escaped the blast, but the others weren't so lucky. One dodged left and got fried, the other didn't move at all and was cooked well done.
Naruto swung around to look for the last four, but discovered Orochimaru, and his croonies had disappeared. The only people left were him, and a shocked looking Tsunade and Shizune. Then they snapped out of their daze and looked a Naruto. "Who the hell are you" were the first words out a the Slug Princesses mouth.
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto said. "You mean THE Uzumaki Naruto S-rank criminal" Shizune asked. Naruto got a little frustrated at this, how many other Uzumakis were there" No, other Uzumaki Naruto happy farmer of goats" Naruto shot back sarcastically.
Tsunade then noticed a letter on the ground in front of her she picked it up and read:
Tsunade-hime
If your reading this then out little reunion was cut short, If you haven't guessed yet I am in horrid medical condition and am in need of your special skills. All that I asked is that you restore my body to proper working order.
In exchange for your services, I will use the forbidden technique I have developed to restore your brother and husband to life. This technique requires sacrifices so you should have two prepared.
I will await your answer one week from the day I contact you.
Your Teammate
Orochimaru
The letter was signed with a blood fingerprint and in the shape of two snakes intertwined.
Tsunade nearly collapsed in shock, to see Nawaki and Dan again, it was almost a dream come true. Naruto walked over and snatched the letter out of her hand with no resistance. He read through and his expression behind his mask grew grim. ;I would advise you not to accept Tsunade" were Naruto's parting lines. He disappeared in a poof of smoke leaving Tsunade to her thoughts.
And there you have it.
Sorry for the long update time, had some school stuff to work through.
I'm looking for a beta reader any volunteers.
Mcpersoncrusher out.
