Hey everyone! Mrpeeples here to say that I'm sorry for the long wait for the update. Anyways, yeah, so, here's the next chapter. By the way, Kyuubi is already in his "human" form.
Previously on K.A.
"What are we doing tonight," Naruto asks.
"Tonight you're gonna die" Kyuubi says.
Ch. 9 "A hell of a night"
Naruto gulped, and then thought, 'oh hell, I don't stand a chance against him, oh well, if I die, I'm gonna go down swinging'. He then said, "I thought that if I died you died."
Kyuubi laughs and says., "it is true, however, I'm not going to KILL you per say, im just gonna take over your body." Then Kyuubi gets into a brute fist stance.
The instant kyuubi got into his stance Naruto inwardly smirked to himself. Then he got down in his own stance. Naruto then waited, and soon Kyuubi rushed him screaming, "im gonna kill you brat!"
Kyuubi went to strike Naruto across the face, however Naruto did a back flip while at the same time sending a solid kick to kyuubi's chin. This made Kyuubi only stall a second, as he was quickly following Naruto, who was doing back hand springs to get away. Soon, Naruto reached the "wall" in the training area and began to run up it backwards and as he did he made his most usual hand sign. Kyuubi stood there and looked at him awkwardly when he all of a sudden felt himself be hit in the spine 10 times by some brute fist strikes. Courtesy of the Shadow clone Naruto made that manifested itself behind kyuubi.
Kyuubi spins around and dispatches the clone with one brute fist shot to the chest. He spun back around to face Naruto. The entire motion took around half a second. Naruto thinks, "damn that was fast".
Kyuubi looks to Naruto, "hmm….that was a little impressive, having your clone spawn BEHIND me."
"Well, you know, gotta use what I can" the blonde replied while getting back down into his stance.
Kyuubi shot forward with tremendous speed and delivered a brute fist strike to Naruto's neck. This caused Naruto to fall down and start coughing up blood. Kyuubi merely laughs and says, "kid, I thought you would have improved more than this."
At that instant, the Naruto on the ground pooofed out of existence. 'Shadow clone?' Kyuubi Thought. Just then he turned around to meet a very powerful brute strike from Naruto directly into his temple. Kyuubi fell from the wall and slammed into the ground below before he quickly jumped back up. "how the fuck did you do that kid?" he screamed.
"not telling you fur-ball" said Naruto. Dropping into his Brute fist stance.
Kyuubi thought, 'time to stop going easy'. Kyuubi then shot forward and began a series of punches and kicks that, although blocked at first by Naruto, began to hit their marks with little resistance. After it was all said and done, Naruto was left a mess on the ground. Kyuubi laughed then said, "you should give up and let me have your body, don't worry, I promise not to hurt your friends... Not really, I'm gonna kill them the slowest of all. Oh, and the Hyuuga girl, I'm gonna have a little 'fun' with her".
Naruto, who was nearly incapacitated, suddenly felt rage beyond anything he could comprehend. He lost all thought for an instant, jumping up and screaming, "like hell you will". however, it was just then that something very peculiar happened. Naruto's face visibly relaxed and became very stoic. It appeared as if the kid had lost all emotion.
Kyuubit then thought, 'there we go, now things will be interesting.'
Naruto then rushed Kyuubi. When Naruto was within 5 ft. of Kyuubi, Kyuubi jumped in the air and attempted a whirlwind kick that failed because Naruto slid underneath him and then came up from behind and hit a quick but powerful strike to the back of Kyuubi's neck. Naruto followed this up with a strike to the lower spine of Kyuubi. However, with these two strikes, Naruto actually blended his Brute fist with that of the Gentle fist, and not only used the Brute fist to do major structural damage, but also sent chakra out to interfere with Kyuubi's chakra around his spinal cord. This caused Kyuubi's human form to revert back to his small fox form, and then to a puddle of red chakra on the ground. Behind Naruto, in the cage, the real Kyuubi opened his eyes and said, "you insufficient little whelp, how dare you…."
Naruto cut him off, "fuck you kyuubi, you deserved what you got….."
Kyuubi cut him off with a loud laughter.
"What's so funny," asks the blonde.
"Well, it is the fact that I accomplished what I needed." said the fox.
"And what might that be" asked the blond.
"Well, the past couple of months I noticed that you haven't been seeing my subtle hints to implement the Hyuuga's tactic of sending chakra into the area of the strike. Well, I needed you to see it on your own, so I decided giving you some motivation would have helped you do it. Tell me, do you remember how you did it?" said the Kyuubi.
"Wait, you're telling me that was a test, that wasn't all of your power" asked the blond.
"oh goodness no, that was maybe one-ten-thousandth of my strength, maybe even less. Well, it is because the strength of my little clone is directly proportional to the amount of chakra I can give it, and I can only so much chakra to you through the seal before the seal shuts me out. So, yeah, that is how strong the clone was. Anyways, answer my question, do you remember how you did it, or how you came to think of it" said Kyuub.
"Well yeah, as I was fighting you, I was thinking that you were gonna probably kill me, and I knew just the brute fist wouldn't be enough. Then I remembered that your clone seems to be made completely of chakra that is reshaped into the form I was fighting. Then I remembered Hinata telling me that the Gentle Fist works by sending Chakra into an opponents chakra system to disrupt it. So I then thought that I could do that to you, but only on a more massive scale by sending a load of chakra into your system. It was really a gamble." said Naruto.
"pretty good observation and thought process. However, how did you know to strike the back of my neck and my lower back" asked kyuubi.
"I figured that because the body's nervous system uses the spinal cord as a causeway for sending signals, it would be a very sensitive area. The first times I hit you in the back ,it was just me testing the amount of chakra required to actually make a difference. It doesn't surprise me it takes a lot. In fact, im exhausted. Sakura told me a lot about the nervous system. I swear, when that girl quit being such a fan-girl, she became quite a nerd. Anyways, yeah, that is just about it." said the blond.
"okay, but I have to tell you something disappointing" said Kyuubi.
"what is it Kyuubi" asked the blonde.
"Well, you have become strong, really strong for a genin." said Kyuubi.
"And….that's bad how" said the blond.
"well think about it, if you are currently 10 times stronger than any other genin, you may attract unwanted attention to yourself. Do you follow me." said Kyuubi.
"not really" said Naruto.
"if you have a really strong opponent, one which you feel threatened by, then won't you try to snuff your opponent out before they get any stronger" said Kyuubi.
"ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I get it now….so it's almost like I've gotten too strong." said the blond.
"no, not too strong overall, but too strong for your age. I have devised a solution to this problem however" said Kyuubi.
"what is it" asked Naruto.
"A seal" said Kyuubi.
"a seal….." said Naruto then got a confused face, "how will that help us?"
"well, we can seal away a certain amount of your power so that you aren't so much stronger than your genin friends" saidd Kyuubi.
"that can't work, if I go back down to their level, then I'll be in danger from stronger opponents, like jounin who might want me dead". said Naruto.
"you misunderstand, I don't mean to permanently seal away your abilities, just to place a seal so that you have to forcibly remove the seal to gain access to the powers. In other words, it is like a locked door, which on the other side has a portion of your powers. Only, THIS door needs to bee made of three foot thick titanium and be locked by three different locks that alternate codes" said Kyuubi.
The blonde gave a confused look at the description of the metaphorical door. Kyuuubi sighed, "the seal must be really strong so that it is hard for you to get through"
"but why" said Naruto
"the point is to keep you from using some of your abilities subconsciously. By making it to where you must put forth a lot of effort to get your abilities, not only will you hide your abilities, but you will also not tap into them all the time without thinking about it." said Kyuubi.
"oh okay I get it….wait, you speak as if you've taught me all that you can so far" said Naruto.
"Well…almost…we're not that far off…..we just have to train you until you can easily infuse chakra into your brute hits….also, you will need to do the seal" said Kyuubi.
"what" exclaimed the bond.
"Im not that good with seals." said Kyuubi, "however, you are from a clan that is naturally masters at seals, and lets just say your father was a master of seals." said Kyuubi.
"are you kidding me, wow…..wait….." said the blonde, kyuubi thought 'oh shit I slipped,' the blond continued, "you know who my family was"
"no, I heard rumors that he was a master at seals, and Uzumaki's were known far and wide for their seals" said Kyuubi.
Naruto thought then asked, "I have my mothers name? Wait, YOU heard rumors, but.."
"yeah…listen kid…it is not my place to tell you your lineage, you will learn it in time" interrupted kyuubi.
"oh okay…what ever…it's not like I care, you can't miss something you never had..anyways, do you know of any good scrolls for seals" asked the blonde.
"just look into your memory of all the things I taught you, I put some very basic sealing in there…see what you can learn of the basics, then go to the library and get some scrolls and such on upper level seals" said Kyuubi.
"that will be a problem, the library doesn't let me in" said Naruto.
"Well, go to the hokage and tell the old man of this bullshit" said Kyuubi.
"oh okay" said Naruto.
Three months later.
Naruto looked at himself in the mirror. He looked at the seal on his stomach and then to the one above it. The new seal was a circle, with three tridents protruding from the center to the circle with equal distance between each. Above each point the trident touched the circle were a different symbol. Five for the elements, two with the symbols for heaven and earth, and two with the symbols for light and dark. Naruto thought back to the day he placed the seal on
Flashback
Naruto had made a shadow clone before he went to sleep, he had brought up the plans from his memory in front of kyuubi. Kyuubi looked at the seal and smiled, then said, "very nice kid. I can make out a complex storage seal in the center, and nine different locks"
"yeah, it was a pain in the ass to make, but worth it….I think I'll make myself 50% of my current strength" said Naruto.
"Well, then you'll be about as strong as that Uchiha, and five times stronger than the average Genin" said the Kyuubi.
"Yeah, I figured as much….well, here we go" said Naruto as the clone began to draw the seal onto the original's body.
When he was done, kyuubi asked him, "hey kid, how did you half your power without sealing away half your chakra, and sealing away only 10% of it?"
"Well, I took out some of the acute details of the brute fist, and some of my strength and speed, along with the 10% decrease it is about a decrease to about 52% of my strength. Then took a little more strength and now it is at about 50 %, give or take a half a percent" the blond said.
"oh okay ,that's good. Now we can breathe easy, as we won't attract any unwanted attention, and if you find an opponent that is too strong, you can simply unlock the seal" said Kyuubi.
"SIMPLY! You think it would be simple to unlock this seal, it would take me over an hour to do so, so I would only be able to do it with prior notice of an enemy, or after we retreat, or using shadow clones to fight while I unseal it." Naruto exclaimed.
"oh, well, I guess that is good. Now you really can't dip into your abilities when you don't really need to." said Kyuubi.
"you can say that again". said Naruto..
Flashback end
Naruto sighed. He put on his clothes. Today he was wearing a pair of black pants, a blue shirt that had the same symbol on his shoulders as his old jumpsuit had on its back, and in the same color too. He left to meet his team at the Hokage tower where they would be assigned another mission. Lord knows he hoped it wasn't another D-ranked mission, 'I won't be able to stand having to catch that fucking cat again' he thought. He then thought, 'well, we really have become a team. Especially since we've been having weekly training sessions every Saturday that last half a day, and then we just hang out the other half. Sakura has really become a strong kunoichi, and Sasuke has opened up a little and become a little nicer, Kakashi-sensei does train Sasuke a little more than me and Sakura, but I can understand. Anyways, time to get to the tower'.
5 minutes later.
Naruto waited for his team at the front of the Hokage tower. His team arrived and he said "Hey kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan, Sasuke" he gave Sasuke and Sakura each a fist bump. They walked up to the hokage's office, knocked, and when they were told to enter they did so.
Sitting in the office was the hokage and iruka and a couple others.
2 minutes later
"I think it's ridiculous. Old man, we deserve a higher ranked mission, we have the highest success rank than any other team, and yet we have no C-rank missions like some other teams" said Naruto.
"that is very true, but there aren't any C-rank missions available that fit your teams skill set" said the Hokage.
"Oh don't give me that crap, I know there is at least one. I also know the real reason you won't give us any missions" and he made his eyes look down as if to say, 'the seal on my stomach old man, I know what's in there'.
The hokage nodded, "but I still believe that your team is not yet ready, besides, we have a host of D-rank missions that need to be taken care of….like catching that cat again"
Kakashi raised his hand to take the floor, "if I may hokage-sama, I agree with Naruto. I can vouch for my teams skills, and I know they are ready for a C-ranked mission."
The hokage thought on it for a good 3 minutes then gave up, "oh alright, you win this time Naruto."
"wippeeee" said Naruto, jumping up and down.
The Hokage then pulled out a scroll and handed it to kakashi before speaking, "your mission is to escort a bridge builder back to his home in the Land of Waves."
