AN: as many of you have already noticed English is not my native tong. Added to the fact that I am severely dyslexic. So my spelling and grammatical is not very good. I started writing fan fic to work in it in a fun way. I write first and foremost jut for me. However I want to thank all those who have given me positive feedback. And I hope that the change I have made on your advice will make it more readable.
Chapter nine; After mathTwo days later when Naruto was pretty much fine Jiraiya came for him and took him to the hospital. They hadn't really spoken about the invasion as Jiraiya had been busy with the clean-up and well Naruto had been resting doctors' orders. As they entered hospital they made their way to a room with anbu guards. Naruto didn't know what to think. He was pretty sure they were not there to prevent him from bolting form any kind of exam. Besides kukri had proposed that besides chakra exhaustion on a level he had never experienced before he was fine. And his chakra was almost back to its normal levels.
To his great shock it was Hiruzen laying in the bed as he entered. "Don't be too worried" Naruto kun the old man said as they entered. "What happened" Naruto asked? "Orochimaru happened" Tsuande said as she entered the room. "As a parting gift, as we were about to beat his ass in the ground, he poisoned sensei with some kind of ne poison" she continued. "Can you heal him" Naruto asked? "Yes and no" Tsuande said.
"I can remove the poison form where I have it contained. to do this I need some special herbs. As soon as I know here to get them I will get them. Right now I slowed it down to a crawl it will do nearly no damage at the moment. With those herbs I can make a counter active to neutralise it all together. However I cannot heal the damages that is already done. It has burned his chakra path ways quite bad as you can see for yourself. he will be lucky as he has enough chakra to do a simple C rank jutsu" she explained. As Naruto activated his eye he asked "what now"? "I will retire again Naruto kun. However before I do that there are a few things I want to do. One of them is" this as he held out his hand Jiraiya placed a chunnin jacked in it.
"I have read the reports of all the people that where involved in your mission to stop Gaara. And you went beyond what I asked of you. You not only saved Sasuke his live. And while some people will complain about your method of doing so they will not question your result as he is very much alive. And complain about his training again. As well as not making chunnin Kakashi has already informed him about that" the aged hokage informed naruto. "Yeah and I had to threaten nine different council members to leave the old man here alone as they wanted to know why he wasn't promoting the utchia" Tsuande said. It will be even busier when they find out he did promote the gaki" Jiraiya said Tsunade only grumbled at this.
"Also Ibliki questioned the three sand siblings about what happened. And I want to command your insight in leaving them alive. When you made you way to Gaara. As well I want to tell you how proud I am of you of how you beat not only the one tails but also of how you befriended him in the end. As well as how you handled the shinobi that came after you afterwards. Its shows to me you are more than ready to be a chunnin. It shows to me you are ready for a great number of things. That is why I also have this for you "and Hiruzen handed Naruto a medium size storage scroll." In this you will find a special gift form me and a onetime summoning scroll for a very special monkey. He know of this and while he doesn't agree with me on this he will do as I have asked of him" the hokage told naruto.
"What is it" Naruto asked? "This scroll contains the king's guard. A very special arm guard made for Emma the monkey king as a gift by one of his monkeys. The thing is that Emma nor I had enough chakra to bind with it and activated it. Until now no one has. Then again no one tried Abu the monkey black smith will explain all its functions when you summon him to help you activated it. That will take time and a lot of chakra so I want you to wait a bit and inform kukri when you are about to do this as well as Jiraiya. However I think that this guard is made for you. And as a thank you for what you did I want you to have it. Even if you can't use it it's your prize" the hokage said. Naruto didn't know what to say for a moment and profusely thank Hiruzen. "Now Naruto if will you please leave us we need to speak about my succession" the old man said. "Of course" Naruto said but call me if you need anything. "We will" Jiraiya said as Naruto left.
As he returned back at the Hyuuga compound he was informed by the gate guard that Himori and Hiashi wanted to see him in Hiashi his office. So with his new vest on he made his way in to the main clan building and knocked on the door that housed Hiashi his office. He didn't need to wait before he was asked to entree. As he did he noticed the small look of pride on Himori his face and the well happy look one Hiashi his face. So without preamble he asked "you called for me"? "Yes" Hiashi said. "We knew of your promotion and wanted to give you something as a gift" he continued. "You really don't have to after all you did for me already" Naruto said. I know but we want to, besides I don't think what you did for the Hyuuga even if you and Neji threw that fight in the arena will stay unnoticed. Btw Neji is to be promoted as well as he was in a great shape when he reached the hospital and defended the main entrance form quite a large number of attacks with what the reports say a great advanced display of juken tactics I will have to see just how advanced he has gotten maybe I need to involve myself in his training but that is for later" Hiashi said. "Not only did you beat the one tails as word is getting out there you did. You also captured the fourth kazakage his children all three of them alive. And defended your fellow nin when they were outnumbered out classed and beyond tired as wear you by the way" Himori said. "Dove told us about how you stood up against those nine nin how you would not give in until he arrived. Sprit and honour like that need to be reward" Hiashi said "if only to inspire others to do the same".
But with your sensei who he is as well as your own curios mind. There aren't any really scrolls we can give you, as we have given you more than enough access to the libraries for you to know what is in there. Besides that you are mixing the raging wave and the juken style in to something new. And with all the bounties you have collected you have already ordered more than enough special gear of your own so we couldn't think of anything. As any blade we could give you would be nothing compared to your mothers. So we decided to give you the only thing you never had a house" hiasi said. "A house" Naruto said shocked. "Well an apartment really in the shinobi district, we rented it it's yours as long as you want it" haisi said. "It's not much" Himori said "but it will be great as a first apartment besides you are always welcome here". "Yes and I do expect you to have dinner with me when you are in the village" Hiashi said.
That had become a ritual when Naruto was in the village ever since he had become a gennin. After most of the dinner I the beginning Hiashi had shared stories of his mother. But later it was just a way to stay connected as Naruto didn't had much to do with Hiashi. "I had some branch member pack up your things "Himori said. "I packed up your library myself" he finished when he saw the look on Naruto his face knowing he didn't t like people went thru his things. He smiled and the relief of his ward. "Now walk with me "Himori said "I will show you your new apartment".
It was late the following morning when Naruto arrived at training ground 68. He was met there by Jiraiya Kiore Himori and Tsunade with Hiruzen who had decided he wanted to be there while Naruto used his gifted for the first time. "Well this is quite a turn out" Naruto said. "Yeah well I wanted to be there when you activated my gift. Call me curious" Hiruzen said. "And well I won't let him be outside the hospital without me there" Tsuande said. "I was curious" Himori said. "We all are" Jiraiya said "armour and weapons made by the legendary monkey smiths are famous without ever being known very few of their weapons or armour are still out there. We wonder what it will look like".
Naruto took a breath and took out the two scrolls. First he unsealed a box and looked at the gleaming black arm guard that was in it. And while it looked soiled as Naruto picked it up it was nearly weight less. As he put it back in the box he bit his thumb to smear blood on the seal of the other scroll. As he did there was a large cloud of smoke. As the smoke cleared it was a black and grey monkey that was standing there. A looked around and said "it has been a long time since you summoned me Hiruzen".
"While I made the scroll it wasn't me who summoned you Abu but my young friend Naruto I told you about him" Hiruzen spoke. "You did the young toad summoner with great potential" Abu replied. "Yes he is one of the finest shinobi I have to pleasure of having under my commanded. And well I owe him a great deal this is a way for me to make up for it" Hiruzen said. With that the large monkey turned to Naruto and said "it has been a long time I have seen an Uzomaki. And one that impressed Hiruzen on a level like you did you have to be something special". "No Abu san" Naruto said" I am just me". The monkey laughed and said" I think I like you kid now did this old man tell you what he was giving you"? "Not in any detail just that it was an armour part, a special arm guard that would fit me very well and that it would take a huge amount of chakra to well activated it" Naruto told the monkey. "All very true" Abu said "but even if I made the guard I don't know its special powers as the wearer forces them in to the guard. And as no one activated it as of yet we don't know even what kind of things it will look for". "Ok" Naruto said and asked "so what do I do now"? "Put it on you pronominal arm and channel chakra in to it until its one with you "the monkey siad. When Naruto gave him a question look he said "you will know when it happens".
So as Naruto put the guard on his left arm he took a meditative state. As he was about to start Jiraiya "called out wait one moment Naruto". "What is it" he asked? "There is one more I think you want here to watch" as he said this he did a few hand seals and bit his thumb. As the smoke cleared Fukaku was sitting there and asked "Jiraiya boy why did you summon me"? "To observe something pa he replied, as the elder toad looked around to see what was going on. He said "heavens I haven't seen a monkey sage in age how are you doing Abu". "Great Fukaku I am about to see my greatest creation being used by one of yours" Abu said. That was when the elder toad saw Naruto and said "I see well get on it with Naruto boy my dinner is getting cold". Naruto smiled at the elder toad and start to channel chakra in the guard.
At first nothing happened but as he poured in more and more chakra. The guard slowly started to change first it shrunk so it was a perfect fit on his underarm. It was than the monkey heads stared to light up or change colour to a more gold gleam. They light up one by one. As about 7 where light up Naruto asked "with a slightly laboured voice how much more chakra is it going to take". "Not that much young one the guard is full when the ten head light up however it will get harder to push your chakra in as the guard is testing your worth now"abu said. At this Naruto started to push in more chakra so much so that even a small bit of the kyuubi chakra started to leak out.
At this a platoon of anbu arrived but they were waved off by the Hokage. As Naruto reached the ten head mark. The whole guard started to glow a bright golden light. So much so that none of them not even Naruto could look at the guard. As the light died down the guard had changed the most obvious thing that had changed was the colour. It was no longer a metal grey but it was a nearly light sucking black colour. "Look ad that" Abu said as he noticed the colour. "What does the colour mean" Hiruzen asked? "It means that young Naruto has a guard that is of the highest grade of adimatium. It shows how strong his spirit is how much he liked to defend others. After all I made this guard as tool to defend others. While like all armour its defence is only as strong as the person using it. It will grow with you Naruto it will change with you to become something else. Something more. Now show me what kind of weapons it has. Let me see the guard " the monkey sage said. At this Naruto put his hand out for the old monkey. "I see interesting and quite suitable for one as yourself'" he said.
"First push some chakra in the main stud of the monkey's collar" abu instructed. As Naruto moved his hand to the edge of the guard where the monkeys head was out of which his hand was now coming out. As soon as his chakra touched the main stud a Bo grew out of it in Naruto his hand. Naruto watched as the Bo that was the same metal as the guard only with a golden line spiralling form tip to tip where golden caps adorned the Bo. Naruto was amazed how light it was as well as how well it was balanced while he had bought a grade A bo form a Sarutobi it looks like a child's toy next to this one. "You won't find a better Bo out there" Hiruzen said. Like he had read Naruto his mind. "The monkeys are master Bo makers and Abu is the best of them all so any weapon that came from his hands will not have a rival out there" he continued.
As he looked back at the guard Naruto noticed a hole in the guard where he had gotten the Bo out of. On instinct he put one end of the Bo in the hole and is sunk back in the guard like it never had left it in the first place. "Now that you figured out how to put your weapons back where they belong. Even if they break somehow put all piece back it your chakra will put them back together. Now pull out the two smaller studs" Abu said. As Naruto pushed some in chakra in the studs two black rod shot out. In reflex Naruto grabbed them out of the air each in a hand. As he spun the rods around he said" a set of kendo sticks". "Yes or half Bo's if you like. A perfect set of back up weapons for a kenjutsu user like yourself" Abu said with a bit of pride in his voice. "The golden spirals on them allow chakra to travel thru them I am sure you can work out how that works for yourself" Abu said. "Now there is one more thing very fitting for an Uzomaki in the guard" he said as he motioned to the guard.
As Naruto put the sticks back in there place he looked at the guard and he noticed the etchings on the guard while most of them where decorative. Or seals of some sort to make the guard work like it did. One tough had a bit of power of its own. As Naruto pushed a bit of chakra in it a chain came out when Naruto thought it was long enough to fight with he stopped the chakra flow and it came lose form the guard a gauge showing where the chain had been. There where golden weight at the end of the chain. "Very handy indeed" Naruto said as he spun the chains around in the air. At the last round of spinning he let it swing and curl around the guard so it fell back in the gauge it had left and he watched with satisfaction. When it settled he channelled a bit of his chakra in to the teeth of the monkey mound. As he did this the tooth grew and like some kind of black snakes spiralled at the top of his hand only to branch of again and snake up on his fingers. Naruto flexed his hand in fascination. It was a strange feeling it was like having a glove on but not having one ad the same time. With some extra chakra the scales covered his whole hand. Like a mesh armour glove.
"Interesting" Abu said "you can extend he guard to cover your hand as well. Maybe in time you can grow a whole armour out of it but that will take a lot of skill. There is one more very unique feature on this guard you need to know about. While it was original only for the sealing I and the two other monkey sage used some blood to make that guard. The power of your chakra and possibly your blood had a strange effect on the guard I did not for see. You see if you put some of your blood on one of the three monkey face. The one that is blowing out some kind of liquid that is me. I am Abu the master of fire and earth ruler of magma. Son of the great goku the four tails monkey king "Abu continued. "I see" Naruto said "can you send a message to him than"? "Well I could" Abu said a bit shocked of being interrupted "but why would I"?
"Because there is someone after him and his container and he stands a better change to survive there encounter if he prepares" Naruto said. "Tell me more about them when I am done explaining this. The smaller one with an open mound that look like he is screaming is Aru the howler the greatest wind master of the Monkey Mountains. The last one that looks like he is asleep is Aku the raging monkey master of lighting walker of the storm waves. Together we are the elemental sage of the monkeys and with your blood and that guard you can summon us now when you need a hand in a fight or some advice. The monkey mountain is quite boring you know ever since the village where created we have not left them. It all became too organised to wander out and enter this world or even the other summoning world the "money siad. "You are always welcome in my home Abu you know that right "Hiruzen remarked. "I do "sage said "but there is no adventure in joining you for tea I think this young adventurer will give me and my brothers some adventure don't you agree Jiraiya". "I think so" the shocked man said. "Now Naruto I have to inform my brother sage of this new develop meant but when you are ready to learn some more on the bo call me and I will teach you thing not even that old man knows. You can tell me about that treat to my father then as well" the monkey sage said.
Naruto could only smile as the cloud of smoke disappeared. "Well" Hiruzen said "that was quite a shock I had no idea that could happen. Do the toads have any problem with this" he asked Fukaku the toad sage. "No I don't think we will mind one bit first I always like those monkey sages they are rebels. And they love ma her cooking. And it also shows more credence that this is the student the prophecies where talking about" the old sage said. With that the small toad vanished. And Hiruzen asked "what is he talking about"? "Not something that has any influence on today or the coming future. Prophecies like the one he is spoken can only be confirmed after someone is death. It's how other see this person his life" Jiraiya said.
While the other where kukri did a quick scan to see how Naruto was after so much chakra. While some of it came back when the transformation of the guard was completed. And it somehow flowed thru the guard as well. Naruto was still near chakra exhaustion again. And in kukri her eyes he hadn't full health back up form his last time. "Now Naruto" she said "as a medical nin I will pull your form active duty and forbid you to enter any training grounds for at least a week". "But I have a mission in two days" Naruto said. "Naruto" Jiraiya said "rest up a bit read up on Bo jutsu experiment a little with your new guard. It's only a small recon to see where Orochimaru has run to nothing will happen I will be back soon. And if something else comes up in the mean time I trusting in you to take care of it. Maybe you can join Tsuande. When she knows where she needs to go to pick up this herb she needs. The slugs are out looking for it so it won't be long now". Naruto only nodded he was feeling a bit dejected. "Besides you deserve some rest Naruto after all you stopped a byuui form reaching the village" Himori said. "The only other two persons who have done that ever where the first and fourth Hokage" Hiruzen said.
"It wasn't a really byuui you know" Naruto said. "But still beating a jirichkun like you did without using your own demonic chakra was a huge things Naruto" Tsuande said. "You did what no shinobi could do in the sand village you beat Gaara there unbeatable weapon. I don't you don't see him that way" Hiruzen continued "but you did beat him however you call him". "I guess so" Naruto said. "Besides there is a celebration party soon for all the new chunnin" Himori said I still remember the party when I became a chunnin it was great fun". "Yes those are great parties" Jiraiya said "you could ask Samboa to get you some toad sake he did for the fourth besides it will put you in Tsuande good grace and that is always a good thing she is going to run the hospital very soon. And with the way you go thru your mission you might end up there sooner than you like". Naruto only grumbled and said "well I am going to eat some ramen" and with that he vanished in tornado. As he was gone Jiraiya said "he does have a bad ass shushin". Hiruzen only chuckled.
It was a two week later and Jiraiya had not returned yet when an anbu came knocking ad Naruto his door. When he opened all the anbu said "was you are summoned to the Hokage his office". As he said it he vanished in a shushin. So Naruto quickly gathered his gear and used a shushin himself to get to the Hokage tower. He had found out soon after he had learned the shushin jutsu that the Hokage his office was sealed against any one entering by that jutsu. So he landed on the ledge outside the window of the Hokage his office. More out of habit than anything else. He looked thru the window and saw. That team seven was there as well as an old man as where Shizune, Tsunade, Koharu and the old man behind his desk.
As he was about to entered he heard Koharu say "while I am still not sure it was a good thing to promote him. You know this Hiruzen. You also know that we as the council feel that Sasuke should also be promoted he has shown the skill he needs to have to be a chunnin". "He might have them but I haven't seen them but more importantly he hasn't shown that he is mentally ready to be a chunnin after he turned up late for his own promotion match" Hiruzen said. "Well that was Kakashi his vault" Sasuke complained. "No it was your own vault you could have come alone or warned your sensei besides it was your responsibility to turn up on time not Kakashi. That is what it means to be a chunnin. And let's not forget you are on probation for using the curse seal" the old man said. "Hiruzen be reasonable he had to fight an opponent he could not beat he needed it to survive you saw what that kid did to lee" Koharu said. "I did and if it had happen in the high of the match in the stadium I might have been able to overlook it but in the woods after he ran after him. No he knew what he was getting in to and sought it out I can't have people like that lead any of my shinobi" he replied.
"But I am utchia" Sasuke said "and I need power. Why do you give Naruto all that power and me nothing". "I didn't give Naruto any power he trained harden than nearly all of my shinobi. for all the power he has he has earned on his own. Not his name and especially because people just like him. This discussion is over and if you want to go on any mission for the coming three years you will behave "Hiruzen said to Sasuke. "Also Naruto you could enter now" he called.
"You called jiji" Naruto said as he jumped thru the window. "Yes I did and I am sorry you had to hear that complaining if you had entered right away you could have spared at least me form it all" the old man said. "Yeah well I thought you were in a meeting with your elder council. Didn't want to disrupt it" Naruto replied. "Yeah I bet "Tsuande said form her seat next to Hiruzen. "Any way" Naruto said "why I am here"? "Well the slugs have finally found the herb needed to heal up sensei" Tsunade said" but he is doing worse and I don't want to leave him or he might lose all ability to use chakra when I return. So you will accompany Shizune and get me the herb she is your commander for this mission". "Of course" Naruto said "when do we leave and where are we going to"? "You leave as soon as team 7 here has tacked down there main principle" Hiruzen said. "I have bartered you a ride with Sandayu here who has hired team 7 to look after his own client a famous actress while they shoot a movie in the land of snow. Where in the high mountains the herb you are commissioned to get can be found. You will travel with them until they reach there mountain setting after which you and Shizune will go in the mountains and get the herb. When you have enough use a summons to send it back as I have no idea how long it would take to charter a boat" Hiruzen said.
"Of course jiji you can count on me" Naruto said. "I will go and pack for a winter land I meet every one in the harbour in an hour that should be more than enough to track down an actrice wont it "Naruto asked? "I am sure my team can get it done in time" Kakashi said as he showed his team out the door. As they left Naruto turned to Shizune and Tsuande and asked "anything particular I need on this mission"? "No only standard cold weather gear" Shizune said. "Maybe some extra empty storage scrolls if you have them" Tsuande said. Yours should be of a higher level than anything we could buy and well I would like as much of the herb as you can manage" she finished. "Of course" Naruto said as he jumped out of the window like he had come in. to the amusement of Hiruzen and the irritation of Koharu. As it reminded her far too much of Jiraiya and Minato.