Previously on the Phoenix and Raven Doujutsu:
During this time Naruto felt like he was floating again. This time he was cold, very cold. He looked around to see he was on a mountain. He felt the snow swirl around him. He heard a voice speak to him. It echoed throughout this place. He found the voice who was speaking to him and his eyes were wide. It was an ice blue, serpentine ice dragon with large wings. Naruto was on edge as this dragon smirked at him. Naruto was of course fearful. He asked as fear covered his voice, "Who are you?"
The dragon came close to Naruto's figure and said, "I am…..Hyōrinmaru"
Chapter 10: The Long Way Home
The snow was coming down as sheets as Naruto was near the top of the mountain. Naruto looked at the ice serpent with surprise as he remembered that name. "Hyōrinmaru is the name of the guy who met my team earlier." The serpent nodded its big head.
"Very good Naruto. Yes you are correct; I was the one who met your team." Naruto could only blink. He really didn't know what to say to him but maybe the obvious questions.
"How are you a dragon and how are you here?"
Hyōrinmaru sighed as he rolled his eyes. He said, "Naruto, your questions will be answered but not now. Come with me we have much to discuss." With a twister of snow twirling around him, the ice cold colored serpent transformed into his human form. The teal haired man gave Naruto a follow gesture as they walked or actually glided to the top of the mountain.
Naruto and Hyōrinmaru finally reached the top of the mountain. The travel to the mountain was silent but yet had amazing scenery. Naruto saw may different snow statues of people. Some were bulky, while some were skinny. Yet every single one had a snow flake on his and her chest. Naruto kept thinking about the snowflakes as Hyōrinmaru stopped.
Naruto finally looked up and saw a cave. The cave was huge but it was closed. It has a seal on it like a dragon chasing its tail. In addition there was one huge dragon statue in front of it. It was ice blue with its eyes being dark yellow. It was as if it was looking into a person's soul. Hyōrinmaru smirked at Naruto's look of hesitation.
Hyōrinmaru walked over to the dragon and put his hand on its head. The yellow eyes of the dragon glowed as it let out a thunderous roar. Naruto lost his balance as the rippling roar coursed through his body and the mountain itself. The roar caused sheets among sheets of snow to fall. Within a few moments the seemingly ice statute started to disappear within the flurry of snow that surrounded the mountain. Naruto opened his eyes to see the closed cave open up in to stalagmites and stalactites as if it were a pair of dragon teeth. Hyōrinmaru said in his deep human voice, "Come young one. This is where your questions will be answers."
With a nod and not much of a choice, Naruto got up and followed Hyōrinmaru into the cave.
The cave was spacious to say the least, however it was pitch dark. Hyōrinmaru struck a match and put the burning match into the fireplace in the other side of the boy. With a simple spark, a powerful blue fire illuminated the whole cave. Naruto's breath hitched as the blue fire crackled. He took in the scenery as he was told to sit. Hyōrinmaru sat down opposite of Naruto in his regal blue chair. He watched Naruto look at the weapons rack to the left of him, the various amount of books in the selves to the left of him. Hyōrinmaru said, "Now young one this has been or most likely a chaotic chain of events especially for you. It is highly understandable that you would have many questions. Unfortunately we don't have a much time to answer all your questions. In essence, I will answer one question right now. Choose your question wisely."
Naruto blinked at this. 'He can't be serious! I've been thrown in to a question filled mine and you expect me to ask a single question. He must think I'm stupid. Asking one question is-'
"Highly fair and useful for the agenda in which you will need in the future", Hyōrinmaru said finishing Naruto's thought. Naruto's eyes went wide at Hyōrinmaru finishing his sentence. He tried to say something but nothing came out.
Hyōrinmaru said in an even voice, "Young one your thoughts are all over the walls. This is the result of too many people trying to decieve me. I would advise you not to even try. Now you can ask one question and be mindful of what you say or for that matter think."
Naruto looked for any deception in the man's speech. He calmed himself as much as one possibly can. He took a deep breath and asked, "Who are you really? I mean are you some type of shapeshifter or something?"
Hyōrinmaru smirked slightly as he spoke, "Well Naruto-san, I am Hyōrinmaru. That is who I ever been and who I always will be." Naruto's eye twitched as gained very little information. He sighed at this as he laughed.
He said, "Hyōrinmaru-san, I must admit that little bit of info is interesting." Hyōrinmaru quirked his eyebrow at this.
"Oh, why is this info such an interest to you?" Hyōrinmaru asked Naruto genuinely curious. Naruto smirked as he started to speak.
"Well its because you are keeping such a pokerface that a ninja would be jealous! I want you to be my teacher." Hyōrinmaru started to laugh this. He wiped a tear from his eye. He sighed as he turned serious.
He said, "Naruto it's time to get serious. What do you know about the Kyuubi no Kitsune?"
Asuma was on one of the cliffs near the hospital. He lit up his cigarette as he took a deep breath. He mumbled to himself, "Naruto makes things complicated. Pops better have something on the way just in case." He took a deep inhale of cigarette as he flicked the bud.
He pulled out his broken trench knife that Naruto borrowed. He sighed a lone tear went down his cheek. The blade was in a ragged, zigzag form. The knuckles on the pinky and ring were gone. The backlash of the power of the wind marred and dismantled the rest of the trench knife. He lightly tossed it up and caught it. He looked up and saw a red and white bird flying above.
His eyes became wide as the bird flew down to him. The bird landed on Asuma's arm as if it was a perch. He said, "Wonder what Pops got for me?" The bird dropped a scroll into Asuma's hand. Asuma sighed as he opened the scroll.
He started to read the scroll. His eyes were wide as pulled out a small piece of paper from the scroll. He sighed as he said, "Don't make me use this Naruto.
Hyōrinmaru looked at Naruto with his interest piqued. "So Naruto-san the Kyuubi as you know it is very limited," He said more to himself than Naruto. Hyōrinmaru nodded sagely as he continued to speak, "Naruto-san, I saw your hesitation before you answered me. This must be extremely awkward or even to say odd for you to understand."
Naruto nodded his head as this person continued, "Naruto-san, let me explain who I am. I am Hyōrinmaru, the great ice dragon!" Naruto eyes went wide. He has seen the elegance of the phoenix. He has also seen the grace of the raven, however this is different.
He said, "Wow Hyōrinmaru-sama! I can't believe I'm talking to one of the most legendary creatures to ever exist!" Hyōrinmaru just chuckled.
Hyōrinmaru said, "Well Naruto I'm not the only legendary creature you have seen. From the doujutsu I've seen you used, you must be the Champion of the Phoenix Sun." Naruto's eyes went wide at this. "It is rare to see Fenikkusu-dono have a champion. The power is extraordinary but the intelligence is not always there. If you know what I mean. The last champion I remember was some guy named Nash but that was years ago. I'm surprise Karasu-dono hasn't chose the Champion of Raven Moon. This is very peculiar."
As Hyōrinmaru stroked his chin Naruto spoke up. "Hyōrinmaru-sama, I must confess to something." Hyōrinmaru eyebrow went up as the boy has a confession. Naruto continued, "Hyōrinmaru-sama, I am also the Champion of Raven Moon. I have both doujutsus."
Hyōrinmaru's eyes went wide at this. This was a revelation to Hyōrinmaru and he couldn't be more happier. The shock was evident on his face. He said in barely a whisper, "You are the champion of Phoenix Sun and the Raven Moon? A chance of you becoming the Champion of either of the two is one in a trillion. But for you to have both doujutsus is impossible at best. This knowledge makes the information I'm going to tell you even more vital in importance."
Naruto nodded as he listened closely.
"Mom, they can't be serious!" Sakura said yelling at her mother as she wrote. Sakura's mom gave her a faux serene smile. 'Sorry Blossum but you have to be revaluated. To be honest, hon, I don't know if you are cut out to be a kunoichi.
After the meeting many of the Shinobi Councilors watched the video recordings extensively. Some were appauled at their children's abilities especially Inoichi, Chouza, and Tsume. They came to an unanimous decision. They decided to change things. The reformation was starting with the real Genin Testing. Unfortunately the Rookies are Genin as a result of passing the supposed test. However with this re-evaluation, they can be "suspended" from active duty and keep them back into the academy for they could hone their skills and learn what it means to be a shinobi.
Ms. Haruno actually loved this idea as she thought the Academy was lowering their standards. She said in her sweet serene voice to Sakura, "Honey, why would they re-evaluate your ability to be a genin? I thought you guys passed?" Oh how Ms. Haruno hated being like this sweet.
Sakura huffed, "I don't get it! Sasuke-kun and I defeated Kakashi-sensei." She did not notice the scowl that had grown onto her mother's face.
"You beat Kakashi Hatake, the famous Copycat Ninja! But honey, from what I heard you have three people on a team when you are a Genin. I heard about that last Uchiha, Sasuke. He is the current Rookie of the Year from what I heard. You are the Kunoichi of the Year. So tell me who is the third man on the "Dream Team"? "
Sakura puffed her cheeks as she said, "You mean Naruto? He's the Dobe of the Year. It would be a much better team without him." The Haruno matriarch winced every so slightly. 'Why would she lie about this? I saw the tape and she did nothing at all. Why doesn't she want Naruto on her team? Is it because of the Kyuubi being inside him? Hmm lets see what I could get out of this.'
"Honey, why don't you want Naruto-san on your team?" Sakura scrunched up her face in disgust as she finally put her head over the letter.
She said, "Mom have you seen him? He is weird. I mean he mostly wears an orange jumpsuit. A jumpsuit for Kami's sake! He is always pulling pranks on everyone. Supposedly he did something to Ms. Yamanaka that she literally curses him out and kicks him out of the shop saying to never come back demon."
Ms. Haruno can't believe that Ms. Yamanaka would actually do that to Naruto. She made a mental note to talk to Ms. Yamanaka. Sakura continued, "He always wants to get my attention by acting like he is better than Sasuke-kun. I don't know why he doesn't just leave me alone so I can be with Sasuke-kun!"
Ms. Haruno's eye twitched at this. 'So Ms. Yamanaka started to put a wedge between the younger generation and the boy. Sakura dislikes the boy because of hormones. In addition he played the idiot to an absolute T. So my assessment of this situation is not good at all. No wonder he is so reserved. He is even hated by his own generation.'
"Well Sakura-chan, when is your re-evaluation going to be?"
Sakura replied, "In a week or so."
"What techniques or whatever you shinobi call it do you know?" Sakura looked at her with confusion etched on her face.
She said, "I know the three academy jutsus."
Hyōrinmaru looked at Naruto with deep intensity. He said, "As I said I am the Great Ice Dragon. However I am more than just an ice dragon. Due to a few unfortunate series of events I have become imprisoned into a sword."
Naruto could only blink as he tried to understand. "So basically you are a dragon an ice one at that. In addition a Great Dragon who are considered the top of tops. Yet somehow you became imprisoned in to a sword. Is that the gist of it?"
Hyōrinmaru shook his head. "No, Naruto that is not the gist of it. I want you to look at me. The thought that hasn't set in is that I can change forms. Think about it." It took a moment for it to settle in Naruto's mind causing him to have his eyes open in realization.
"Yes Naruto, I'm able to transform into a human. This is where my problem comes into effect. The only way I was able to do that is by using a special essence."
Naruto replied, "It is chakra, naturally, right Hyōrinmaru?"
Hyōrinmaru sighed as he looked at the burning fireplace. "No, Naruto-san it is not chakra. It is something even more potent and possibly even more valuable than chakra!" Naruto's eyes went wide at this. 'What could be more valuable than chakra?'
Hyōrinmaru continued, "It is called Reiatsu."
"Where can you get Reiatsu if it is of such great value?" Naruto asked genuinely curious about Reiatsu.
Hyōrinmaru chuckled softly as he said, "Naruto if you see Reiatsu well you have a second before you meet a shinigami."
"What do you mean a shinigami? Shouldn't it be the shinigami?" Naruto asked. Hyōrinmaru eyes went slightly wide as he had a fraudulent slip.
He said, "Sorry about that. The Shinigami will be at your door. Anywho that is not the point. You see Reiatsu even though you cannot see it, you have it. For me to sustain my power as the ice dragon, I need to bond with a person who has a large mount of it."
Naruto nodded in acknowledgement. He said, "So basically you are a symbiote." Hyōrinmaru nodded in agreement as Naruto continued, "So for you to survive you need a person with an abundance of Reiatsu. Yet there is something peculiar about being a symbiote."
Hyōrinmaru was surprised at the boy's strategic planning. He knew that Naruto was very smart as he is the champion of Karasu. "It seems that you understand about symbiote relationships especially with the thing in your stomach. So I guess you want to know the advantages of having me as a symbiote."
Naruto nodded as he paid very close attention to Hyōrinmaru as the man kept talking, "However before I talk about something of problem that happen with you when you used the Kyuubi's Chakra."
Shikamaru was on the hill watching the clouds go by. When Asuma came back, he along with Ino and Chouji will have to take the test again. That however was not on Shika's mind currently. It was the blond haired boy that drastically changed almost overnight. 'This isn't the same Naruto that was at the academy. Man, he is more troublesome than before. Before he would have blown up about not being invited. For that matter if he had solo'd the battle against one of the premier Jonin's in the history of Konoha, he would most assuredly would have boasted about it till the point of our ears bleeding about beating the Jonin and beating Sasuke to the punch.
Troublesome. How is he this powerful? He didn't show much strength yet he was able to break my shadow with relative ease. It was of amazing strength. Troublesome is the only word that could describe him. He's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He is scarier now than he has ever been."
"Hey Shika"
Shikamaru turned his head to see his best friend standing over him. Shikamaru just murmured troublesome as he saw Chouji sit down next to him. Chouji sighed as he started to speak, "You know Shika, I'm thinking about giving up on the chips."
Shikamaru's eyes went wide at this. "What do you mean Chouj? What made you decide to do that? Is something wrong with your health?"
Chouji nodded signaling no. He said, "No, nothing like that Shika. This decision came after what happened with Naruto. I saw Naruto basically shoot you into the wall. I-I just stood there and stared. I couldn't move. For the very first time, I felt my weight officially stopped me from moving. It was hard for me to watch my best friend get beat up and I couldn't do anything about it. I mean we got beat by Naruto of all people. It was-"
"Chouji, I understand. However there is a bigger problem. Naruto has become...different. To be quite honest, I think we broke the camel's back."
"How so?"
"Well Chouj, we as a group is a big puzzle. We are almost complete but we're missing a piece. Naruto is a shapeshifting piece that can become the final piece. However because of our actions like that night, and actually forgetting him-"
"That was Ino and Sakura's fault! They were the ones who set up that stupid party!" Chouji exclaimed.
"Your right Chouj, Sakura was supposed to invite him. However we didn't remember him. We didn't even realize he was not even there. That is what scares me the most to be honest."
Chouji sighed as the guilt was there. He said, "What scares you?"
Shikamaru muttered, "It's how someone like Naruto, who is loud, could basically go through our grasp. It's more of a wake up call. How are we supposed to be ninjas if we can't even notice someone like Naruto was not there. In addition, his posture showed more of a calculative person."
Shikamaru laughed as he continued, "He might just be the mixture of all the guys in our class." Chouji was more of a listener than a speaker. This conversation has thrown him into a loop.
He said, "What do you mean? Is he like a hybrid?"
"Not exactly. Lets look at the guys on the rookies. I'll start with his teammate Sasuke Uchiha. Sasuke has potential oozing out of his ass. He is a prodigy supposedly. Now look at Naruto. If we go by what Sakura and Sasuke said he beat a powerful and premier Jonin by himself. I don't know about you but that sounds like talent and hardwork. Next we have you. You are the heavy hitter of the team. You are most likely able to take many hits and keep going. Remember in the younger days of the academy we saw Naruto basically get bullied and beat up but kept fighting. He is like me as he calculates every move he makes.
Then we have Kiba. Kiba is brash with a power and speed that could one day rival that of a cheetah. In addition, Kiba has the leadership skills. Naruto has speed and I have hunch that he has leadership skills also.
Shino is conservative ans logical. It is scary how little we actually know about him. I mean all we know is he is the clan heir for Aburame Clan. Naruto is much worse. Naruto hid his abilities from us. In addition, we don't know who his parents are or his background. You know Chouj, something isn't right. "
"What's that?", Chouji asked as he contemplated what Shikamaru was saying. 'Shika is trying to analyze Naruto as he makes these speculations.'
"Why is it that parents keep telling us to keep a way from him?"
Chouji looked at his best friend's face. 'Uh Oh! Shika has the face. Whenever he finds something that can't be explained, he goes through great lengths to figure it out!'
"Chouji, today is a great day to go to the library." Shikamaru said with a glint of intriguement on his face. Chouji sighed at this. 'Yep here he goes. I really wish I had my chips right now.'
Hyōrinmaru's eyes became stern as he spoke to the boy "The Kyuubi's chakra has compromised your arm. You see when you used the its chakra, you overloaded the ice block. The ice block on your hand was your chakra that it was siphoning off. When you broke it like that, it forced ice into to disrupt your chakra flow to your hand."
Naruto subconsciously moved his hand. "How do you know if my chakra has been disrupted in my hand? Isn't it a little strange for you to bring that up when we originally talking about pros and cons? For that matter how did you know about the Kyuubi?"
Hyōrinmaru tapped his fingers on his chair. He grew a smirk as he snapped his fingers. When he did this, a waterfall with five flowing streams appeared behind Naruto, effectively scaring the boy. As the water roared, Hyōrinmaru said, "Naruto-san, look at this waterfall." Naruto turned around as Hyōrinmaru continued, "Imagine this waterfall is your chakra flow. You see the five flowing streams represent your legs, arms, and body."
Naruto watched the waterfall split as another waterfall appeared but was red. Soon the red started to mix in with the other streams making it part purple and blue. What surprised Naruto was the purple water was coming down harder than the blue water. In addition the red water was stronger than the purple.
"Naruto that is how I know you have the extremely powerful nine tails. I am able to see your chakra flow just like the infamous Byakugan. However when I see chakra, I see waterfalls. Yours is very peculiar. Your chakra is already more dense than most humans yet it is very wild. It has become dense by nature but not yet fully tamed."
Naruto's face had the look of curiousness. "What do you mean not fully tamed? I have been doing chakra training since I was little."
"Naruto, that is where the Kyuubi comes in. Your two teachers are extremely smart. The Kyuubi's chakra and essence is so powerful that it would more then likely take over your body and mind. However with the chakra control designed by them has converted the filtering chakra into your own."
"That is not the problem, is it? Something is wrong with the the last waterfall. It has more ledges and rocks in it."
Hyōrinmaru said, "Well it's good to see that you are not stupid. Was it intentional? Sure it was after all almost every conversation and things here are intentional. However this situation is different. As a symbiote that you call me as, I have a way to help you with your problem. The ledges there are the clumped up ice chakra that you broke when you went Kyuubi mode. It expelled into your system. Your right hand has been, lack of a better word, compromised. The ice has made it so there is breakage in the smoothness that is your chakra flow. It is very dangerous to your body as it can cause blockage of your chakra. The result will cause you to not be able to have chakra flow to your hand. The deadliest part of it is when the chakra builds up into those chakra points and is not expelled, well lets say you in for some fire works and pain. Lots of pain."
Naruto gulped at this. This is a very bad state of affairs. 'The Kyuubi's power is unimaginable but yet so reckless. How can they expect me to control that kind of power?' "Ok what abilities do you have?" Naruto asked.
"Well I guess I'll begin with the mastery of ice. You see with the power of ice you can regulate the ice in your chakra and actually use the iced lumps of chakra that's in your system."
"How does that work?" Naruto asked.
"That chakra that is in your hand has become elementally aligned to ice. The only way to release it is using ice techniques to smoothly the ice from your system." Hyōrinmaru said in his teaching tone.
Naruto nodded sagely as he thought about it. Hyōrinmaru continued, "In addition you will be able to learn some kenjutsu. With the aid of a sentinel blade and my training, your enemies will have an extremely hard time defeating you. The final thing is you will able to summon me. This is not an easy task to do as it takes a lot of concentration, power, and of course chakra. I will tell you more if you accept my proposal."
Naruto was edging to just say yes but he knew better. He said, "What are the drawbacks? I mean there is no such thing as a free lunch. Trust me I know."
Hyōrinmaru said, "Well the biggest drawback is the weakness to fire. Fire is a very powerful opponent to ice. However you will be able to beat it with the mastery of wind and/or water. The second drawback is that you will often feel a tug even more so a pull on your chakra and essence. You will also have to learn how to control your chakra to an insane amount as the usage of Hyoton is at best demanding."
Naruto mulled over what Hyōrinmaru said. He replied, "I can see where the Hyoton can be demanding. When involving with an evolved element such as Hyoton, you are basically asking to master not one but two elements. In addition, you are trying to combine them. That within it self is hard. I've read up on the evolved elements but I still have questions on it. I'm hoping you can answer them."
Hyōrinmaru was surprised at this only little bit. He remembered he is not only brute force. He is also trained to analyze and assess the situation. However for the boy to actually know a lot about using elements and seals, it actually surprised him and gave him a big grin. He said, "Ok Naruto ask one question. Then afterwards I want your decision."
Naruto simply smirked at Hyōrinmaru's forwardness. He asked, "What is the final component that can make an two or more elements combine?"
Hyōrinmaru smirked as he said, "Naruto-san, you need a medium. Think of it as the plus sign in an addition equation. Some chakra has the ability to do it by the alignment. Some elemental evolutions need percentage. For example the combination of fire and earth elements has two elemental evolutions. The first is lava or Yoton. To effectively use Yoton, one must his or her chakra about seventy percent aligned to fire and thirty percent aligned to earth.
However to use the evolution element metal or Kaneton. For this to happen you need your chakra to be aligned to earth seventy percent and fire about thirty percent."
Naruto was fascinated about this. He had so many questions. He said, "Hyōrinmaru-sama, thank you for the information. I have thought about the offer."
Hyōrinmaru replied with an "Oh?"
Naruto with his most determined look he could muster, "It would be an honor and a privilege to have you as my symbiote. I gladly accept your very generous offer! I hope we can grow powerful together as a duo. There will not be a partnership of master and slave but one of equals."
Hyōrinmaru chuckled as he said, "It would be a great honor to be by your side. When you wake up you wake up, you will feel pain however it will subside. You will see a sword lying next to your bed. I want you to nick your finger and slide blood from the tip of the blade all the way to the hilt. Pour your chakra on the blade and say these specific words.
Kurenai was not in the best of moods. Nope Asuma 'accidentally' blew smoke in her direction. Naruto was unconscious and laying there with a cast on his arm. The doctor said that Naruto might not be able to use his right arm. This weighed heavily on Kurenai's mind. 'This world of ours is so scary. I mean Naruto-kun is so young yet he is going to start his career with an injury to his right hand. It's hard to realize how lucky the ninjas who make it to fifty really are. For that matter its hard to realize some ninjas make it to twenty-five. I don't know how parents can take it. I wonder if I could be a parent under these conditions. For that matter do I want to be.''
"Ugh, what hit me?"
Her eyes snapped open as she sees the boy had woken up. He looked deep into her blood colored eyes. She blushed from the intensity of his eyes as he conjured up a question for her. He grew a big smile as he said, "So...did you do anything to me while I was unconscious?"
Kurenai turned as red as her eyes as she popped him in the back of the head. "Ow! What was that for?" Naruto exclaimed as he rubbed the lump on his head.
She put her arms under her bosom and huffed at him. "That was for being a pervert! Why would I touch you?" Naruto mentally frowned at this as it reminded of his developmental stage.
He put on his fake smile and said, "You're the pervert! Come on Nai-chan, you know you want to molest me when I'm sleep. I bet you wanted to touch my whiskers." She turned red as she hit him again.
"naruto laughed at her plight. "To think I was worried about you", she covered her mouth as he wasn't supposed to know that. Naruto's eyes went wide as his grin became bigger and wider.
"So you you were worried about me. Don't worry Nai-chan, your knight in shining armor will prevail any tasks."
"Ugh" was all she could say as she walked out the room. She turned back and said to him, "Don't call me Nai-chan!" She slammed the door as Naruto laughed. He looked around the surrounding proximity and saw no one around. Right be side him he saw the magnificent blade. He lifted it with his free hand and felt the heaviness of it. He had smirk on his face as he swung it vertically.
He said to know one in particular "This blade is going to be a nice addition to my wind style. Although I am going to ask Asuma-san where he gets his trench knives from." He nicked his left hand to draw blood. He smeared it on the blade from the point all the way to the hilt. The blade turned red as it pulsed. Naruto felt the pulse from the blade go through his body.
He took a deep a breath and poured his chakra onto the blade. The chakra started started to swirl around the blade. He heard Hyōrinmaru's voice in his ear, "Summon me Naruto Uzumaki. Remember the words as it is the only way to summon me."
Naruto closed his eyes as he said, "Sit Upon The Frozen Heavens, Hyōrinmaru!"
*Boom*
Naruto's eyes went wide as a huge burst on an unfamiliar energy flowed through his body. Every chakra point in his body flared up as each cell in his body turned blue. His hair changed from its normal sun-kissed blond. There is an ice blue zigzag stripe that went along the side of his left bang.
That Naruto's ocean blue eyes turned into a bluish-white. It was almost as if it was ice. The pain coursed through his body as he trembled. The cast on his right arm became a block of ice. He stretched his hand out from the intensity and shattered the cast. As his body went through this extraordinary circumstance, an blue aura started to surround Naruto.
The pain finally subsided as Kurenai walked through the door.
"What the hell happen?"
Asuma felt the whole hospital shake as he was looking at the people. He got up real quick as one thought went through his mind, 'Please don't let it be Naruto and the Kyuubi.'
Naruto was looking at the female Jonin instructor in front of him. 'I gotta make an excuse. One she could believe. Ok, think, think. I got it!'
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as he said, "Oh hey Kurenai-san! Sorry about the big boom. You see my right arm was itching pretty bad to the point of gnawing it off."
Kurenai said, "Uh huh, that totally explains the whole big boom. Yep gnawing the cast surely makes everything so clear." She gave him that sarcastic but serious look. It felt like she was about to pierce his soul."
Naruto gulped as he said slowly, "Well you see I was going to rip it with my teeth but I couldn't reach it. So I put a low ranked explosive tag on it."
"Wait! You mean to tell me that instead of waiting for a little bit till we left, you want to use an explosive tag?"
Naruto calmly looked at her. He said in a calm teaching voice, "No Kurenai. I used a low ranked explosive tag. There is a difference."
Kurenai was a deep shade of red as the anger rose inside her. She said, "So because it was a low ranked tag, you decided to blow up your cast. Naruto that has to be without a doubt the stupidest thing I ever heard. For that matter why do you have a blue stripe in your hair and how are you able to move your arm."
Naruto blinked at this. He rubbed his hair as he felt a part of his hair was almost...frozen. He said, "What's wrong with my arm, Kurenai-san? It's working just fine."
Kurenai's anger dissolved at this. She gained a noticeable frown on her face as she thought, 'How can I tell him that his arm is almost useless. He can't even conjure up enough chakra to even do D-ranked jutsus. Well I guess I have to tell him what is going on.'
"Naruto-kun, I have some bad news. You see Naruto-kun, whatever Ichiyana-teme used on you has disabled you from using your right hand to conjure up chakra. It has prevented you from using it in battle for uses such as genjutsus or ninjutsus. I am so sorry Naruto-kun."
Naruto cocked his head to the side as he feigned confusion. He lifted his right as he smirked in his head. 'Let's see what I can do with this useless hand.' He gathered wind chakra with his supposed messed up hand and flicked it. When he flicked it, the wind chakra dismantled the curtain near the door.
Kurenai's eyes went wide at this. She saw the destruction of the curtain as the strips of said curtain lazily fell to the ground. She said with slight fear, "Naruto-san, is this the work of it?"
Naruto eyes went wide at this. 'Ok this could work in my favor. Just got to play this right.' "Well its not exactly the Nine but more of a rapid regeneration. It might come from my family but I can have my cells mended and things of the nature to be able to fix problems. In addition it takes a much shorter time to do so."
Kurenai was shocked especially when he pulled out a kunai and stabbed his palm with it. As he twisted it in his palm, it started to make Kurenai a bit queasy. He pulled it out and wipe the blood out. In front of her very eyes his palm started to heal as if nothing happened. He said, "See what I mean? Please get Asuma-san as we're about to go."
She was in too much shock to say anything and walked out. When she left once again, he smirked at his own ingenuity. He saw the sword was at the side of him pulsing. He sighed as he got dressed. He put the sword on his back as it camouflaged into his clothing. He said to himself, "Time to go get my other prize." He did one handsign and disappeared in the swirl of wind.
Ichiyana was in bad shape. He was on life support as he started to wither away in a coma like state. A flowing wind came into his room. The wind stopped to show Naruto. Naruto had heard where his room was from the nurses. He smirked as he peered over the basically dead Ichiyana.
Naruto grabbed a seat and started to talk to him. "Hey Ichiyana how's it going. Fox got your tongue? I know what your dreams and nightmares were. This battle has displayed both. I saw your dream to be remembered for being powerful. Yet I also saw your greatest fear. Your greatest fear is having your life into the hands of another person.
It must be depressing to be in such a were a powerful man but a horrible person. It must be hard for a person who was at his apex to lose to a low, fresh out the water Genin. I wanted to thank you for the most amazing fight one could have. However there are some things I must take from you."
Naruto sighed as he picked up the yeti contract. He eyed it closely as the scroll was rather old. He said, "I must admit, you forced my hand into hating yetis. I feel like burning this scroll but I decided to keep it for someone more than likely an ally of mine can have it."
Naruto saw the other thing he wanted in all of its glory. The amazing body armor hung ever so gently on the wall. He grabbed it and felt the fifty pound armor. He said, "Ichiyana-san, this armor is awfully heavy. I'm going to keep this and reconfigure it. I will make a very powerful armor and this will be the basis of it. To be honest I should just kill you but I can't bring myself to do so.
Don't get me wrong, I can kill you. However you being in this state, I guess this fate is much worse than death. I want you Nami Ichiyana to remember my name. I am Naruto Uzumaki, a Genin of Konohagakure no sato. I will see you later captain." With that Naruto in a swirl of wind.
Unknown to Naruto, Ichiyana heard every word. He could not move his body. His spirit had finally given up as one tear went down his cheek. And with that one tear falling on the bed the great captain Nami Ichiyana was no more.
"Where the hell did the Gaki go?" Asuma asked as Naruto's hospital room was in a tornado state. Kurenai had finally caught up to Asuma as he had something in his hand. She saw it was an extremely complex seal. She narrowed her eyes at Asuma's demeanor.
"Asuma-san what are you doing with that seal?" she asked as her suspicions got the best of her. He looked at her with the ever telling answer. He put the seal back into his flak jacket. He was going to say something but was cut off before he was able to speak.
"He was going to knock me out and possibly something else depending if good ol' 9 came out. Am I right Sarutobi-san?" Naruto said as he hung onto the ceiling. Asuma's face said it all. Kurenai gave him a dirty look. Naruto jumped down as he summoned three shadow clones that went inside the room.
"Naruto, it is just a precau-" Asuma tried to speak. Naruto was not having any of it. He put his hand up and walked passed him. He went into his hospital room and slammed it. Asuma put his hands up as Kurenai was slightly disappointed in him. "Kurenai come on! What would you do in this situation?"
Kurenai said softly, "Have faith in the boy."
Naruto smirked at his luck. 'all you have to do is pry off of certain circumstances and I'm good.' "Ok clones seal up everything and put in the scrolls quick. We have an estimated six minutes time before the nurses come in."
With that the Naruto clones got to work.
Naruto's estimation was correct as the head nurse came back in. Naruto had the room cleaned up after the explosive event. Naruto found out the explosion was not able to hit the other wards as the building was separate. The head nurse was cute and all but Naruto was too focused on his plans from this armor of his. She checked him and other things.
She said, "Ah, Uzumaki, you seem ready to go. I will check you out of the hospital. Good luck in the future. If we do meet again, well I hope it is on different terms." She winked as she ran a finger across his whiskered cheek making him turn red.
He said in a husky tone, "You can count on it, Unohana-sama!" she blushed as she walked away. Naruto's grin never left his face as he sent a clone along with the two Jonins to speak with the leader of Aisu, Toshiro. "I'll meet them at the gates." Naruto said aloud as he was formally discharged.
A few hours had passed as Naruto waited for his team at the gate. He felt two chakra signatures near him. He closed his eyes as he started to speak, "Kurenai-san and Sarutobi-san, are you guys ready to go." When he opened his eyes and saw them nod he continued, "Let's get going. I want to get back to Konoha within 3 days." With this they have set off back to the ever peaceful Konoha…or maybe not.
A/N: I know long time but I made it longer so hope you enjoy it. Naruto's back in Konoha next chapter. All I'm going to say is Naruto versus Team 7. A guess ANBU will appear. So I can't wait to bring that to you. If you have any questions hit me up. Make sure to review with constructive criticisms especially if you see a problem in something. I encourage you to write a review. Now I need a beta and I'm taking offers.