Chapter 10- Drunken Spinner
Hardly anyone spoke to each other the next morning, none of them really knew what to say.
Naruto, Cooper and Tsunami were talking in the kitchen about different ways to cook the meat he had caught.
The older woman was going out of her way to learn as much about the boys as possible. She didn't ask about his past, not wanting to bring it up encase it scared him off.
"So Naruto, how do you two know so much about hunting?"
"It's what we do at Konoha for food."
Tsunami stopped washing the dishes to look at Naruto and Cooper when Cooper said this.
"What do you mean?"
All the others in the room looked at them from the corner of their eyes waiting for an explanation.
"We live in a forest. Nice place, no one goes there because of the fence so we hunt for one it feeds us and for two it improves us."
Shortly after that Kurenai and Kakashi took there temporary teams and they were left alone in the house.
After what had happened the day before Kurenai decided that it would be best for them not to leave, which everyone but Naruto and Cooper agreed with.
At some point, through unspoken agreement, Naruto and Cooper was put with Tsunami while Sasuke would guard Inari. Sasuke didn't have a problem with this because Inari never left his room therefore Sasuke did not even need to move from his chair.
For the entire morning Tsunami would ask Naruto and Cooper questions. Sometimes she would get answers, other time nothing. One thing she did notice was that when they explained something they got very serious.
There was the occasional mad moment, like when they started juggling knives between each other, badly, but she soon got used to it.
If there was one thing Tsunami learned it was that Naruto and Cooper was smarter then he looked, the way they could explained things in such detail. It was amazing.
But there was no denying they were in fact insane.
Sometime she would hear them talk to himself under his breath, or one would just start laughing at nothing.
At one point she could have sworn that she saw Cooper cut himself on the arm with a knife out of the corner of her eye. But when she turned to look at him fully there was no sign of there ever being one. She will never know but she was experiencing Coopers madness as many people may not know if you are incontact with someone who has a high amount of madness as Cooper and Naruto you will start to develop your own. Luckley for her because she was also around many people that were sane it was only little insedenses her or their.
It was the afternoon when Tsunami finally asked him about the day before. She wasn't planning on bringing it up, but something had been bothering her.
"Naruto, can I ask you something about yesterday?"
Seeing him nod she continued.
"What was that thing you became? I've never heard of a ninja doing something like that, it looked like something out of a nightmare."
Turning to face her completely he grinned.
"That's exactly what it was."
Seeing that she didn't understand Naruto just laughed and went on.
"Remember when I said I had a bloodline, something that only I can do? Well that was it. I can become anything. The only limitations are my chakra and my imagination, that and a high healing factor. The thing you saw yesterday, that 'ragdoll', was from one of my nightmares. Cooper himself also has a bloodline his is called the Akuma no Yami no me or the devils darkness eyes this allows him to copy any bloodline he sees even my own."
Tsunami was shocked. To be able to do something like that was incredible.
"Why use a nightmare, why not an animal or something like that."
"I use my nightmares as inspiration. I let my enemy's feel true fear before I kill them."
Tsunami really didn't know what to say to that.
"Can I see?"
Nodding his head Naruto lifted up his hand. Slowly, the bandages melted into his flesh and were replaced by thick, wiry black fur. His fingers stretched and his hand grew to about the size of his head. Thick, claws grew at the ends of his fingers curved at the tips into hooks. When it stopped Naruto's hand was completely changed into an animalistic claw.
Tsunami just stared at it for a long moment; she didn't actually see him change the day before and was fascinated.
Reaching out her hand she stopped just centimetres from touching it.
"May I?"
Again he just nodded his head, never taking his eyes off her face.
Closing the distance between their hands she was slightly surprised by how soft it was. It felt just like a dog's coat. The claws were razor sharp, perfect for tearing flesh from bone.
The whole time she was looking at her hand Naruto was watching how she would react.
"Does it hurt?"
He grinned insanely at her question.
"It is the second most painful thing I have ever felt."
With that he pulled his hand back and started to walk away to do a perimeter check, his hand changing back to normal as he went.
Before he left Tsunami asked one more question.
"What was the first?"
Cooper just laughed and they went outside falloing Naruto.
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They were all at the table for dinner. Naruto made it and had used the meet from several different animals to make something he called 'game stew'. When hearing it was Naruto's recipe the others were a little scared.
At first Tazuna refused to eat it until Tsunami threatened to force it down his throat.
He could still remember the burning in his throat from the hangover cure.
No one but Naruto, Cooper and Tsunami were eating; they all just stared at the bowl of lumpy liquid in front of them.
Seeing that they weren't eating Cooper put his spoon down and looked at all of them.
"Eat or I'll dye all your hair different colours while you sleep."
They grabbed their spoons and swallowed a mouth full before they could think it through.
All their eyes widened at the taste. It was good. The meat was tender and melted in the mouth, the seasoning was perfect and the broth was delicious.
Seeing their reactions Naruto laughed and keep eating.
None of them spoke as they ate; even Inari seemed to be enjoying the meal.
When they were all finished they all stared at Naruto before Kurenai asked where he learned to cook like that.
"Trial and error, first time I tried cooking I couldn't shit for a week."
Nodding there heads weakly they all went to the sitting room while Tsunami washed the dishes, except Inari, who went to his room.
A few minutes later Naruto pulled out a small orange book from his back pocket and started flipping through the pages at a fast pace Cooper looking over his shoulder.
When he didn't stop Sakura asked what they were doing.
Without taking their eyes away from the book they said in a flat tone.
"Reading"
The pinket was confused when he said this.
"But you're just flipping through the pages."
He didn't respond to this and kept flipping.
It was then that Kakashi noticed the title of the book and his eyes widened.
"Naruto... where did you get that book?"
"Your bag"
Oh, this was so not good.
Turning to Kurenai, Kakashi shrank back in fear; she was staring at him with fury in her eyes and a dark aura surrounding her.
But before she could kill him for corrupting her student Naruto and Cooper got up from his chair and went over to Kakashi, book in hand.
For a moment Kakashi thought they would be like any healthy man and get down on their knees and cry tears of joy.
What he didn't expect was for Cooper to take the book from Naruto and then slam it down on his head so hard he saw stars.
"If we catch you reading this again we will strip you naked, hog tie you, write pervert on your chest and throw you into a kunoichi only bathhouse. Understand."
To emphasize Cooper's point Naruto kicked the one eyed jonnin between the legs, causing all the other males in the room to wince.
Kakashi's eyes went wide and he let out a high pitched scream as he curled into a ball.
Nodding his head in satisfaction Naruto and Cooper went to the door and left. When they were gone Sasuke walked over to his sensei to make sure he was ok.
Turning to Kurenai Shino asked.
"What exactly is in that book?"
Shaking her head and looking down at Kakashi, Kurenai wondered if it would be overkill to kick him herself.
"Something that if any woman sees you reading they will kick your ass. Though I am glad the two seems immune to the rotten thing."
Nodding there heads Kiba, Shino and Sasuke backed away from Kurenai.
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The next day found Kakashi, Sasuke, Cooper and Naruto at the edge of the forest that surrounded Tazuna's house.
Today they would be training, the girls would be with Tazuna and Kiba and Shino would guard the house.
Turning to face the two boys Kakashi told them what they would be doing.
"Ok, since Naruto and Cooper agreed to teach Sasuke their fighting style I thought we could work on that."
Nodding his head Cooper gave Kakashi a piece of paper.
"What's this?"
"A list of things I need to start teaching him."
Shrugging his shoulders Kakashi skimmed over the list.
"Erm... Cooper, why do you need a rope, a rotten fish and a bucket?"
The two boys just grinned and made his way towards a tree.
Ten minutes later
Sasuke was starting to regret asking for the boys help.
He was currently hanging upside down with his arms and legs tied so he couldn't untie himself and a rotten fish tied to his head. He could feel the blood rushing to his head and was starting to fell ill from the smell of the fish.
Walking up to the Uchiha, Cooper looked over all the knots and placed the bucket under his head. Kakashi was off to one side watching with a critical eye.
"Ok, everything seems to be good, now we can start."
Grabbing Sasuke's arm Naruto started to walk around slowly spinning him until the rope wouldn't turn anymore.
Having enough of the blonde making a fool out of him Sasuke yelled.
"How the hell is this supposed to teach me to fight you fucking asshole!"
"Calm down duck ass, you want our help or not?" Cooper asked him.
"I'm not sure anymore."
When he said this Cooper smacked him in the back of the head.
"Shut up, now the reason we are doing this is because you need to get so dizzy you puke."
This made Sasuke's eyes widen in sudden fear. He looked at the rope and then at the bucket underneath him.
"What the hell!"
"Our style is all about spinning to build up momentum and use that to increase your attack power and defence capabilities. The drawback to this is that it makes you dizzy when you stop. So, we are going to start with building up your tolerance to motion sickness."
"Then why do I have a rotten fish on my head?"
"I made a bet with Shino that I could get you to smell like a rotten fish, but that's not important now, and remember to aim for the bucket."
Before Sasuke could yell at Cooper again Naruto let go of his arm and he started to spin.
As soon as he let go Naruto and Cooper darted away and stood behind a tree. Kakashi, seeing what he was doing asked why.
Naruto just grinned at him and pointed to the screaming Sasuke. As he turned Kakashi was hit in the face with Sasuke's puke.
"Ah... that's why."
When he turned back to the insane boys they were rolling on the ground laughing.
"hahaha, he got you, hahahaha."
When Naruto and Cooper had calmed down and Kakashi had cleaned himself off with a low level water Jutsu the two turned back to Sasuke. He was very pale and his eyes were unfocused, but as soon as he was back to normal Naruto did it again before he could speak.
This continued for the next 3 hours straight until Sasuke stopped puking and was able to yell at Naruto while he was still spinning.
The bucket was full and the surrounding area now had several puddles of sick. Kakashi had learned his lesson the first time and was able to avoid being splattered again.
Finally satisfied that Sasuke was used to spinning at high speeds Naruto went and cut him down with a kunai he had gotten from Kakashi. What he forgot to do however was move the bucket.
As soon as he cut the rope Sasuke fell face first into the bucket, which caused Naruto and Cooper to fall on the ground and laugh yet again.
When Sasuke got up and couldn't get the bucket of his head the two nutjobs started having trouble breathing.
After a few minutes Kakashi took pity on his student and pulled the bucket off.
The young Uchiha just stared daggers at the boys rolling around on the ground at his expense.
It took a full ten minutes for Naruto and Cooper to calm down and they still couldn't help the odd giggle here and there.
"Right, now that you got use to spinning I think I should explain more about my style. Like I said earlier it requires you to spin to build up momentum but makes you dizzy when you stop, which is why I spun you around for the last 3 hours. It is because of this we named it the 'Drunken Spinner Style'. Ok, now there are three ways to counteract this style, one is to spin faster then your opponent to build up more momentum and their for more speed as power is mass times speed, the the second way is to spin at the same or faster speed but in the opposite direction from your opponent, the last was is to trick them into getting their weapon stuck into something they can't cut through right away this will stop their momentum therefore cutting their speed."
When they both nodded Cooper went on. They had all sat down during the explanation, Kakashi because he knew it would be long and Sasuke because he was still a little shaky on his feet.
"Now the longer you are able to spin the longer you can fight using this style, but if you use it continually for too long it will take awhile for you to get over the dizziness there for you need one of two things. One is teammates to protect you as you recover or two you kill everyone that is an enemy before you stop. There are three forms to my style, the first is all about attack, the second is all about defence and the third is about subduing the enemy."
Again they nodded.
"Now the way Naruto used it on the demon brothers was the third form. It is a more advanced form that requires great kinjutsu skill to insure you only break the first layer of skin. we will not be teaching you this form."
At this Sasuke shot to his feet in anger and yelled.
"What, why not!"
"It wouldn't suit your style." Naruto told him.
This calmed Sasuke down instantly, this Naruto and Cooper he could stand to be around, calculating and serious. If they said this he would have a valid reason. Nodding his head for them to continue Sasuke sat back down on the ground to listen as Naruto took up for Cooper.
"The way you fight is all about power, you use your strength and Jutsu to overpower your opponents as quickly as possible."
"Is that a bad thing?"
"No, actually it is perfect for a ninja; kill quickly and efficiently, in and out. But we made the third variation as a way to prolong the fight, causing the most amount of pain but not killing them. In essence it is a capture technique."
Sasuke thought about what Naruto said for a moment before nodding his head.
"I see what you mean, but then what are you going to teach me, the first?"
"Actually we are going to teach you a bit of the first and the second; you never know when you will need it just in case."
This time it was Kakashi to nod his head in agreement.
"He's right, knowing both will only help you in the long run. You can still focus on one but even if you only know the basics of the other it might mean the difference between life and death later on."
"By the way, we will only teach you the basics and mechanics of the style."
This time Sasuke kept his calm.
"Why"
"Because if I show you the basics, you can build it up and make it your own. The Drunken Spinner is a lose style. It's all about quick, flowing movements and if we show you all the way's we use it, one it would take you ten years and a mental breakdown to understand it and, it might not be as effective. This way it will be perfect for you. we said I'd teach you a style, well I changed my mind, and we are going to help you make your own."
Both Kakashi and Sasuke were a little shocked at his words. They were not only willing to let Sasuke use his style, but was going to take the time to rework it just so it would work better for him. Then Cooper said something that made their thought process come to a complete stop and their eyes to go wide.
"You know... now that I think about it this could be the perfect style for you, I mean when you activate your sharingan you can process movement better right? So in theory you could skip the side effects completely, or at least they would be less of a problem."
Both their minds when back into overdrive, he was right; when Sasuke's sharingan activated this could be the perfect style. It was a powerful style and the only thing that would be a problem was the after effects. But something was still bugging Sasuke.
"Why are you doing this? You created a powerful fighting style and now you're doing all this for me. We don't even know each other; actually, I don't even like you two. So why are you doing this."
Naruto thought about that for a moment and when he came up with a good reply he answered.
"Because you asked me to."
"That's it, because I asked you to?"
"...Pretty much, but you're right. We don't know each other that well and we can tell you don't like me, not many people do for some reason... But I can tell you are full of pride and so for you to ask me for help must have been hard for you. And as for why I'm putting in so much effort to help you, well, if you have a strong fighting style then it looks good on me for helping you create it."
This made sense to the Uchiha. By teaching him this style Naruto and Cooper could say he helped make it.
"Plus this is a good lesson for you. When you have your sharingan you will be tempted like so many Uchiha before you to rely on it to much and look were it gat them dead by someone who did not rely on it. This way it shows you the benefits of hard work."
Sasuke didn't know if he should be grateful for the help or angry that Cooper insulted his family. Fortunately he didn't have to decide.
"He's right, Sasuke."
Turning to his sensei Sasuke just stared at him waiting for an explanation.
"Take it from someone whose fell into that trap already. I became complacent with my skills and relied on the sharingan too much. It made me arrogant. Because of this I made a mistake that I can never take back..."
Sasuke didn't see Kakashi looking at Naruto and Cooper out of the corner of his eye when he said this, but Naruto and Cooper did.
The three of them said nothing for a few minutes, lost in their own thoughts, Kakashi of the past, Sasuke on his family Cooper on how this would all play out in the long run and Naruto wondering if he could pat his head and rub his belly at the same time.
When the moment past Naruto and Cooper stood up and looked down at the two.
"Anyway, like I was saying, we will teach you the basics of the style and let you do the rest your self. But I think you should do something else for the rest of the day. You still look ill. So I'll leave you with Kakashi and go do our own training. Later."
They were gone before Kakashi could say anything.
Letting out a deep breath Kakashi turned back to Sasuke. He was sill a bit pale, his hair had sick in it and for some reason he was still wearing the rotten fish.
"Ok, for the rest of the day we will be doing the tree walking exercise. "
XXX
They didn't see Naruto and Cooper until it was time to go back to the house. When the boys came back into the clearing it was to a tired Sasuke and Kakashi quickly hiding his book behind his back.
When they got to the house they were the last to arrive, as they came into the sitting room all eyes turned to them, or more specifically, Sasuke.
Without saying a word Shino walked over to Cooper and gave him some money.
Confused by the exchange Sasuke suddenly remembered what Cooper had said earlier about a bet with Shino.
Trying to be inconspicuous, Sasuke made his way over to a window and through the rotten fish into the lake outside, then turned back and glared at Cooper.