"BLADE!."
A rush of energy surrounded the black clad leg as it and its owner descended from above, coming down hard against the Earth wall that had been hastily raised in defence.
The wall shattered, and the technique continued, crashing into the wide-eyed caster, sending him crashing down into the earth, a spray of blood leaving his mouth as the swirling chakra lanced into him, before he had been sent in to the far wall, with a bang,
"Medic!" an aged voice came from the side, as a pair of medic-nins rushed forward to heal the fallen one.
Uzumaki Taro glared at the fallen Uzuki branch member, grumbling a bit before stalking off to the side to grab a bottle of water. "This is getting me nowhere," he grumbled, "None here are strong enough to give me the challenge I need."
"That may be true, Taro-kun," the aged voice continued, as an elderly man walked forward, a short white beard trailing from his chin while his equally white hair was held in a traditional samurai que. "Still, you must practice to hone your skills. Your opponent may not be much, in skills so try not to nearly kill them, a good showing is needed if we are to maintain the daimyo's favour for now."
Taro grunted. "That fool is hardly worth my concern, even if he's the Fire Lord," the black haired boy replied, "His money may be good, but it's hardly worth it if I can't test my skills."
The Elder scowled at Taro "Keep that tongue of yours in check, boy," the elder answered, rebuking the arrogant boy, "Such language can be construed as treason, besides you are on thin ice with him after that fiasco with Kusa diplomatic leader Unchou Guan Yu younger Son and his Fiancé …"
Taro rubbed his throat being remained of that "You know I won't speak like that before him, and on my Clan's name I really didn't know that girl was his sons Fiancé Kosuke-sama, honest" the boy replied, "Still, can we please get me someone with REAL skill? I want an actual challenge!"
Kosuke, whacked Taro in the for his non-care, for the clan's standing, the younger boy glared at elder.
"Unfortunately, the only one's who could challenge you are not here, for Reika I sent her on a message run to Konoha, as part of her punishment for losing to the outcast. " Kosuke replied, "Kushina -san has left on a brief courier mission for the Fire Lord, and Kanna-san is nowhere to be found."
"Lastly Kenosuke didn't return, he went missing only saying under standing or something you know how he gets, now he has to regain his honour, and sword "
Taro frowned. "I know the way he got dropped even I wouldn't show my face around here for a month or 2 but, Reika is just like the rest disposable but Kanna-san been doing that a lot lately and what about her mother the seal-" he muttered.
"Quite," Kosuke replied, "But that is not your concern. Your only objective…"
"Is to badly injure the outcast, so that we can extract, it" the boy interrupted, "Don't worry, Kosuke-sama…I already have his number even if I don't get to punch it"
"See that you do, we still need to assault Roth Compound for there Shiki Fuin Scroll and the Hyuuga Compound for the needed scarifies along with those Roth taken, after we take what we need destroy what's left of both clans " Kosuke replied, "Now, continue with the 15 Blow Katas. Twenty repetitions."
" Sigh Yes, Kosuke-sama."
Both never saw a plant like man melt in to the high corner of the room, /It seems that the Uzumaki are gunning for the 9 tails, not just planning something ageist there old rivles/ (Lets get out of here).
With that the Zetsu left.
Konoha
Kanna walked toward the ramen stand with more than a little trepidation she had been putting this off for days but after her mother left with her team in tow Kanna work up the will to see, "Eight years", she thought, "It hasn't changed in all that time…but I have".
She lifted the flap covering the entrance, gazing at the simple, yet well kept facility. She recognized several of the pictures that adorned the walls, and noted a few new additions.
There was one scene with four people that caused her breath to catch in her throat.
Naruto was sitting there, his hands upon his hitai-ate as if adjusting it. On his left side was a good-looking young man sporting a chuunin vest, a distinctive scar crossing his face over his nose. He seemed to be laughing at something, "Umino Iruka do you hate me too"
On Naruto's right side was a woman with the purple hair common among women of the Uzuki clan, besides the Roth clan .
The purple hair woman sporting the armor that the ANBU were famous for. Uzuki Yuugao, the blue haired girl thought, "You at least…had the courage to stand up."
A sickly look man who had his arm on Yuugao hip, "Gekkou Hayate… there a good couple".
Next was the Roth the Dark colors Black and Blues denote with there Pale to near Grey skin colors and purple to midnight blue eyes, Uzuki clan, besides the Roth hair color is purple but ranged to darker tones for the women and darker Blue tones for males it was not hard to miss them, in a group,
Aellra and her twins Raven and Maira, the tall Heero in full ANBU Armour, with his smaller sibling Kagegetsu even a group Picture of the Genin teams, judging by the date it was a week ago .
She look at the faces of Hinata Raven and Maira, it wasn't hard to see that they had feeling for Naruto"unlike the rest of us you see a clan as family and mortal enemies as dear friends, I pray you will give him much happiness".
She saw the bell and went to ring it but hover for a second before steeling her self.
"Welcome to Ichiraku's!" a pleasant female voice sounded, shaking the young girl from her thoughts. She turned to see a girl in a white apron with a hankerchief tied in her hair, leaving just enough to show people her chocolate locks. "What can I…" the girl trailed off when she finally saw who was standing there.
"Ichiraku Ayame-san," Kanna muttered, "It's…been a while, hasn't it?"
Ayame frowned, her voice going cold as she replied to Kanna's statement. "Over eight years now, Uzumaki-san. I'm surprised you remember me…"
"I have a near photographic memory," she replied, "I…didn't ever want to forget you…or this place."
"Yet you saw fit to forget him," the young woman replied, causing Kanna to wince. "
"He's been our best customer for years now, you know? I think he'd have a fit if he knew we've been adding vitamin supplements to the broth just for him on request from both Hokaga-sama and Aerlla-sama…but then, he can't exactly get a fair deal for fruits and vegetables at the stores here, some Roth had to get a lot for him, once they had to tie him to a post and force feed him Fruit salad unit they added cold noodles, he eat here so much he see us as replacement for family he should had have in the years after he was abandoned ."
Kanna sighed. "That was not my decision, I was 9" she explained, "I don't know what the elders or my mother…"
"Don't mention that Bitch woman's name in this place!" a gruff male voice sounded, as the pair turned to see Ichiraku Teuchi walk out from the kitchen area, "I don't ever want to even hear her name."
"Ichiraku-san…" Kanna whispered.
"I'm afraid we'll be closing soon, kunoichi-san," the old man went on, ignoring her hurt look, "If you have an order to place, please do so now. I'll have the bowls whipped up in a few moments for take-out."
"I…didn't come to order…" said Kanna.
"Then please leave," the old man replied, turning around and walking back into his kitchen. Kanna gaped for a few moments at the sudden dismissal.
Kanna look even more sadder then before.
"Consider it a small taste of what Naruto-kun goes through everyday and has since you and your clan left," Ayame spoke up, "I heard about his match with the 'clan heir'…you do know that prick is going to get his ass handed to him right?"
"It couldn't happen to a better person," Kanna replied, shocking the apron-clad girl, "I have no love for Taro…he's crazy, and he needs to go down."
Ayame blinked at the vehemence in Kanna's voice. "I never expected to hear you say that," she muttered.
"Like you said, it's been eight years," Kanna replied, "I've had time to grow up…"
"Then why didn't you come for him?" Ayame growled. "He may have had Yuugao-san, and Iruka-san, Aellra-sama and Hokage-sama and many more…but as close as they are, you are HIS BLOOD SISTER!"
If she'd been capable of it, Kanna was sure the usually mild-mannered ramen girl would be generating an aura of killer intent.
"I stayed because I needed to find out the truth" Kanna replied "There's something happening in the clan I'm being kept in the dark and I don't know if it's good or bad. All I know is despite the fact that they left him behind, the elders want something from Naruto…"
Ayame scowled. "You people just can't stop hurting him can you!" she growled and pointed out to the flap, "Leave please."
"Ayame-san…" said Kanna.
"It's Ichiraku-san to you, Uzumaki-san," she replied, "As far as my father and I are concerned…there are only two Uzumaki and one Uzuki who are welcome in this establishment. We neither want nor desire your business."
Kanna frowned, but nodded. "I apologize for intruding then," she replied, turning to leave. "Before I go, can I ask one question?"
Ayame scowled again, but replied, "You may."
"Has he had some happiness?" asked Kanna.
The question struck the brown haired waitress by surprise, but she found herself nodding. "Not as much as he deserves…but he has had some, hopefully more" she replied.
"Good." With that, the orange haired chuunin walked out of the stand. She looked over in the distance, staring at the Hokage monument, and the four faces engraved on its cliff, before walking with no destination in mind .
Ayame, exited the stand,
"I don't know why I should tell you but Roth and Hyuuga declared open season on any Uzumaki or Uzuki in site because of what happen so watch your back and the shadows" shouted Ayame.
Kanna, looked back before walking a little faster.
"Otou-sama" she thought, "would you be angry with me too?"
A woman drop down and appeared behind Kanna, with out a sound and neared the Uzumaki before the orange topped, girl turned her head,
"My lucky day….. the only one who can match mother in a fight" thought Kanna
"Hello… Kanna-chan, your getting better, it was only 15 mins before you sense me"
"Hello …..Aerlla-sama " the older woman was dressed in an dark blue jump suit and black female molded armor with shoulder plate shield her face covered by scarf wrap around her neck and mouth, leavening her upper part of her face and hair, bare her arms and lower legs wrapped in dark blue bandages, and wore black sandals Aerlla was dress for war.
"Have you come to kill me, but you may want to hear me out" Kanna started but black chains wrapped around her body.
"Your clans plot, yes we know, one of my children over heard Taro bolstering about my clan ,Hyuuga and Naruto, and this plan but we lack more finer details, till now that is if you give up with out a fight and tell us every thing you will only spend a year in Fire lake's, more better cells with the more behave inmates…? " said Aellra and saw the look of confusion in the blue eyes "You… don't know..do you"
"No not any of that…but I seen things out of placed, I need to tell the Hokage".
"…Very well but if this is a trick" stated Aellra leaving it up to Kanna imagination Aerlla may not hate Kanna she doesn't trust her by along shot.
In a hut out side the village
Kin groaned as she came too, her back aching as she tried to sit up.
This proved to be a problem as she was lying on her stomach.
…it proved to be a very DISTURBING problem as she realized she was topless and sans her bandages.
Her eyes darted around before landing on the blond haired boy who sat a few feet from her. His head was bowed and his breathing indicated he was asleep and that Garra kid was staring at her 'oh crap its that crazy crushing sand using kid is he going to kill me why didn't kill me when I was knocked out maybe he wants to rape me that why my shirt is off.' thought Kin her mind going a mile a minute thinking on whats going to happen to her.
"She awake" Garra trying not to crush a helpless girl she wasn't a threat to him.
"Thanks Garra, well girl The Gaki pushed himself pretty hard in that fight with you, you got some real skills in the Ninja arts" came the deep voice of toad sennin of the sannin Jiraiya, as he entered the room, causing her to flush with embarrassment. He noticed her distraught gaze and chuckled.
"Relax…I may be a super-pervert, but I'm no pedophile. I took your shirt and bandages off to apply some healing solvent, and a seal to alter your chakra's flow Garra only arrived 2 hours ago after Crow that tall ANBU, told him that Naruto wasn't able to meet him, but told were he stay's so he sat down and waited, and no he stated "I'm have no need to see a half naked girl's chest, Quo on quo".
Kin looked a little miffed at Garra statement then it hit her. "You…sealed me?" she gasped. She was well aware of what seals could do, having watched the pain Tayuya had gone through when Orochimaru applied the jigoku no juin to her.
"Relax, its not a torture seal or anything like that," he replied, running a hand through his white hair, "What it'll do is slightly alter your chakra's flow pattern so my old teammate can't lock in on you and kill you using some justu.
Kin signed in relief because she wouldn't die by her head exploding from a whisperer "what is the seals name".
"Its called the Sakasa kawa fuin. It'll send your flow down a different path, inverting the natural way your chakra rotates, You'll need to practice your control to regain a few things, but this gets you out from Orochimaru's control…and frees you to answer a few questions."
Kin sighed. "My clothes?" she asked.
"Right here," he replied, tossing a bundle to her, "I had them washed. You got them a bit bloody after the loudmouth knuckle-head here hit you with that technique."
Moving her back to hid her chest from the others Kin wrapped her chest with quick precision, before donning her grey tank-top.
"What was that, anyway?" she asked, "I've heard about those 'chakra kicks' the Uzumaki are famous for, but I've never heard of one like that…"
"Neither have I, and I'm a member of the Uzuki branch house, I know all and how the kicks work I even have my own Toad Sage fighting style seen and heard about other styles " Jiraiya replied, "It's all new and all his. He hasn't even named it yet…or if he has, he's probably saving it for that punk Taro."
"I'll tell you Taro wouldn't see that coming" remarked Kin.
A loud yawn garnered their attention, signifying the orange-clad boys return to the land of the living. "Ugghh," he groaned, "I really need some ramen."
"Eat later, work now, Garra needs a little help…ah that's for later " Jiraiya replied, and eyed Garra and Kin as he hoisting a large scroll from behind his back, opening it as he went". "You've got a contract to sign, and training to get to."
"Huh?" the blond grunted, looking at the paper. He spotted what he thought was Jiraiya's name on the parchment "the old perv's handwriting is as bad as mine, he thought as well as a set of marks that looked like … Naruto shot his head at Jiraiya who nodded.
"Your handwriting very very poor Jiraiya" stated Garra, seeing the Sage's name "a two year old dose better" remarked Kin, seeing the handwriting.
"Disgraceful …Gakis now days, uggghhhhhh aaaaaany way this is the great all powerful Toad Contract," Jiraiya explained, "It's a part of the jutsu I'm going to teach you…Summon no jutsu."
"Yea but really Toads?"
"The Toad contract is one of the three compacts that Konoha is famous for, gaki!" the white haired sage muttered after righting himself, "Only one of the Sannin, or Sage ninja like me, can give it to another to sign. The toads are very damn useful too!"
"How?" the blond replied.
"Spying, defence, aiding in jutsu, transportation, the list is virtually endless," he replied, "Their also good on the battle field…in fact, of the three great contracts, Toads are the best suited for battle. Sure, the snakes have speed, and the slugs have incredible defensive powers, but the toads are the most well rounded; offence and defence, they're the best."
Naruto nodded. "But…"
"Yeah?" replied Jiraiya
"What about you know if you touch a Toad you get warts?" stated Naruto.
Kin groaned Garra raised an eyebrow while Jiraiya sweat dropped then shakes in anger. "YOU WON'T GET ANY WARTS YOU LITTIE IDIOT!" the older ninja shouted. "Just sign the bloody thing so we can get with the training!, and be in aw at the show the power of the Fire TOADS, of Myouboku mountain"
The blond jinchuuriki nodded very sacred, and hastily unfolding the large scroll. He finally found an empty slot, next to a name that was barely legible. He wasn't sure, but the name looked something like 'Ara-bi', or something to that effect.
"Um, how do I sign this thing anyway?" he asked, looking up at the tall pervert.
"Bite your thumb, and use your blood to write your name," Kin spoke up, surprising the two.
"I have a friend back in Oto named Tayuya…she has a summoning contract. I saw her sign it when we both lived in Tsuchi no Kuni, there the Doki ogres summons"
Jiraiya nodded. "I face them in the last war it's hard no to forget them, those ugly ass thugs the pain it was to fight them on mass and Gamabuta still want other shot at the Doki big cheese Doganki, for the scar he got, any way.. I thought you were from Iwa, added the way you were fighting," he muttered, "use shiroi-shushou style Iwa taijutsu."
Kin nodded. "It's the only type of taijutsu I had any real talent in," she replied, "I'm a markswoman and a genjutsu user mostly." She frowned as she remembered her friend. "Tayuya has me beat on taijutsu and genjutsu completely …I hope she's alright and Karin too."
"If Orochimaru has a use for her, then she'll be alright for a little while at least," Jiraiya replied, "He loves to sacrifice his pawns, but only when he's ready to checkmate the king."
Naruto wasn't sure he understood what the old pervert was talking about, but what she and Garra said about summons so he followed Kin's advice.
Garra eye ticked seeing blood and had to repress the urge to kill the blond when he used a kuunai to made his thumb bleed.
A few strokes of his thumb, an elaborate swirl on the and, and bloody fingerprints soon decorated the empty slot on the rice-paper scroll, it glows red before turning brown then lastly to black. Jiraiya nodded, rolling up the parchment and tying it up.
"All right, now we get into the deep stuff," he spoke, turning once again to the dark haired Kin, "As you know, you can't ever go back to Oto now…my old 'friend' will kill you on sight."
At her nod, he continued, "As it stands, right now you're a prisoner of Konoha, but I can pull a few strings with the old man and get you protection. If you prove yourself to be trustworthy, he might even allow you to be a kunoichi again for Leaf of course."
Kin frowned. "And if I don't?" she asked.
"Day of Interrogation, add a little torture, and weeks of imprisonment in the ANBU base and eventual death in the iron or copper mines of the Fire Lord, or 40 years in Fire Lake prison the standard" he replied, shocking Naruto. Kin merely nodded Garra looked.
"I thought so," she muttered.
"It's life I think, I kill to see if I existent" said Garra, "But I feel? Hollow even after".
Kin Jiraiya and Naruto looked a little creep ed out by Garra's statement.
"Oi! I don't like that idea one bit!" Naruto growled, "I may not know this girl, but I know good people when I see them, Garra my, be bloodthirsty but is good and this girl is good too!"
Kin felt a small rush to her cheeks at that. 'Wha…' her mind railed.
"Kin could had killed me but didn't Garra can easily kill every one here but hasn't yet.
Garra was in deep thought his sister never had to feel afraid when around him made him feel...less hollow .
"Besides, she's a good fighter, and I'd love another chance to spar!" Naruto continued, "How do we get the old man to allow her to stay?"
"You let me worry about that, kid," Jiraiya answered, "For now, we need to get to your training. If this is going to work, you need to focus on both your new Eigi style etch move…and on getting your 'prisoner's' power under control."
Kin frowned. "Now hold on…" she growled.
"I wasn't talking about you, girl," Jiraiya interrupted, "I'm going to nominally 'break' a law here, and tell you…"
"Oi, let me tell her."
The pair turned to Naruto, who was wearing a hard expression. Kin looked at his eyes, surprised to see the maelstrom of emotion carried in their blue depths.
'His eyes are beautiful…but they look so sad', she wondered.
"You sure kid?" Jiraiya asked.
"If I tell her, you don't break any laws," the blond responded, "Besides, its my burden. I should get to choose who knows about it."
Jiraiya frowned, but nodded, taking a step back.
Naruto turned to Kin. "You were from Iwa, so I don't know if you've heard about Konoha's greatest tragedy," he began.
"The Kyuubi's rampage," she spoke up, surprising the two. "Every nation of the Elemental Countries knows about that. Hell, Iwa considers it a day of mourning - the Tsuchikage was pissed that the monster didn't get to finish the job."
Naruto frowned. "Sounds like a real jerk," he muttered.
"He's a pig too," Kin replied.
"….." Garra.
"Anyway, you probably heard then that Yondaime Arashi the 4th Hokage killed that bastard Kitsune at the cost of his own life, right?" Naruto went on. At her nod, he continued, "It's a lie."
"A lie?" she asked.
"Yondaime-sama couldn't kill the bastard fox, so he did the only thing he could do in that situation…he sealed it in side someone."
Kin frowned, the gasped as it came to her. "You… Are , huh" she whispered "Damn I thought those marks on your cheeks was some new blood line".
"No there marks that shows I'm the holder of the bastard Kitsune" stated Naruto.
"I'm the Holder of Shukaku No Ichibi the Sand-beast and my mother's soul" stated Garra, getting looks from Kin and Naruto, the Sage sighed but went on.
"Naruto and Garra is what is known as 'jinchuuriki', holders of beings of power like Oni Devils, Youma, Demons, Dragons you name it some one found a way to seal it and these 2 hold the 'bijuu' tailed beasts of the ancient world, the fox happen to be 1 of the 9 tailed lords of all Bijuu, Garra got another one"
"Tailed lords?, there like A Kage like the 5 great village Kages" asked Kin,
"What your telling us that there are more 'bijuu' like the fox" asked Naruto
"Yep the big shots of every tailed beast's every being under Kami's court have pick the strongest and wises of them to represent, or lead them in" said Jiraiya,"I been around the many lands of the nations even across the great sea and saw things you wouldn't believed many legends are base on some truth and I seen some of those legends up close and some aren't friendly type" .
"Kami's court ?" asked Garra.
"There the gods who keep order and chaos balance to prevent the realms of Maki and Hades from bleeding in our world" stated Jiraiya then blinked "we're getting off track here".
"The Dragons have the Dragon kings The Oni the Lords of Onimusha, Devils got The Masters of Hades, Youma have the Rulers of the 4 directions lastly the Demons are rule by the Count of Kings and Queens of Maki," said the Sage.
"I never thought that Kyuubi was like a Kage or there were other beings like the fox teme" said Naruto looking at Jiraiya,
Nodded Jiraiya spoke up "The son of the current Kazekage, Gaara here there 2 in Kumogakure, named Nii Yugito. She's a chuunin at the moment, and the personal student of the current Raikage. She holds the Nibi and his brother 'Killer Bee' he holds Hachibi, and is a Jounin/Rapper,
"What's a Rapper" asked Naruto.
"Some thing like a man who singes using word that sound the same, is a Kaminari no Kuni thing" said Jiraiya with a shrug.
"There's an old hermit ninja Sage named Roushi who's the oldest of all the jinchuuriki, and keeper of the Yonbi I actually studied under him for a short time during my travels the others I heard that have a Tailed lords for cretin, one is a girl in Tamki , that may hold Shichibi
"In Iwa a male giant holds Gobi and one in Mist another girl she holds Sanbi other Lords fates I really don't know, other unseal Bijuu like staying in out of the way places away from Humans and mind you there are other jinchuuriki who hold the aforementioned Dragons Onietc. "
Naruto frowned. "Have they all had lives like me?" he asked.
"If you mean being shunned for something that's not your doing?" Jiraiya asked, "Yeah, there are some are treated like hero's, few jinchuuriki are shunned , but most have it really tough" Jiraiya said.
"Sarutobi-sensei may not have made the 'best' decision letting the villagers know what you are, but his law did let you make friends, the adult Roth knows along with others don't judged you just for being a jinchuuriki, You've had a chance to live as a human…most jinchuuriki regarded less of what they have sealed in side them are treated like Garra as weapons at best, and less than eta at worst even killed."
Naruto frowned. "I…I want to meet them, someday," he muttered, "The ones like me…"
Jiraiya frowned. "You may get your chance sooner than you think, kid," he thought. Shaking his head, he made a motion to get the blonde's attention again.
"Okay, punk, if you want to get stronger, now's the time to start," he grinned. "You've got your contract…now you need to summon. There are five seals to the -Summon no Jutsu - buta, inu, tori, saru, and hitsuji.
"First, spread some blood on the hand that you used to sign the contract."
Naruto proceeded to do so. "Good, now, perform the seals, and mold the chakra into the jutsu."
"Once you finish the hitsuji seal, slam your contract hand on the ground or any surface."
Naruto blinked. "That's it?" he asked.
"Well, normally, yes," Jiraiya said, "But in your case…no."
Naruto and Kin stared at him for a few moments, before toppling over in a dual face-fault Garra just stared.
"Old Baka" muttered Kin, but Naruto shouted his statement.
"WHADDA MEAN 'NO'!" the orange clad ninja shouted.
"Damn this guy's got some pipes", Kin thought, "He'd have made a great Oto-nin".
Garra looked perturbed he did not like loud noises.
"It takes years to Summon one of the Summon bosses, at most you get a minion a weak one, then you learn how to control and mold your chakra, to Summon bigger and stronger ones, there are other ways around this is have another Summoner of the same contract that been doing it for years, call fore a Boss if found worthy by a Boss you'll get a mark that can summon a Minion of a set rank, any Summon Minion below you can call, its mostly luck some Bosses might leave with out doing anything some…..heh may just stomp on you or eat you at worse"
"What" shouted Naruto thinking if he pisses off the Toad boss, off and it doing something to him like what give him warts?.
"When Tayuya stole and sighed the Doki Mountain ogre's clan contract after borrowed it, she even Summon not a Minion, but the Boss for the jutsu test by shear luck every one thought that Giant would flatten the school but Tayuya, stomped up to him and throw's a rock at Doganki head that got his attention then she cussed at Doganki for a whole 60 seconds I thought he would smash her in to jelly,"
"I heard something about a girl earning the right to summon Doganki, so what happen, it gets a bit ify on the details" asked Jiraiya.
"He said that Tayuya reminds him of his Wife, acting like a real ogre woman, and she got the right too summon him and the rest of his clan, but shortly after that me Tayuya and Karin ran from Iwa."
Jiraiya, was remembering when his old team mate, after he made a remark of Ogre woman after she showed off her new super punch, he getting hit by said super punch after she used every bad word she knows, directed at him. "Damn your friend sounds like she got a pair of iron balls to do that to Doganki", he said and thinks back the times Toad boss and other fire toads brawled with the Doki Ogres with there Ogre Boss in the lead as Konoha Kusa and Suna ninja battled between Iwa, and Ami ninja, there was always mass flatting of lands when those 2 Bosses spotted each other.
"Ero-senin so I just hope for the best in getting a lucky break" said Naruto a little pissed.
"No for this part your tenet comes in for the chakra needs" said the Sage.
"Huh?" stated Naruto,
"You need to use chakra other than your own, kid," the gama-sennin replied, "The whole purpose of this exercise is for you to learn how to control the Kyubi's chakra, and to a lesser part on how to better perform your jutus."
Naruto gaped. "Wha…how the heck do I do that!"
"You're probably still quite tired from your fight with…sorry, what's your name again, girl?" Jiraiya asked, turning to the dark haired kunoichi.
"…Tsuchi Kin, Jiraiya-sama," she replied.
"…with Tsuchi-san here, right gaki?" he continued.
Naruto frowned. "A bit, but what…"
"You been asleep for 6 hours" said Garra, he wounder what sleep was like.
"That means you've used up most of your own chakra," Jiraiya replied, "This will force your body to seek out the next most ready supply of energy, so you don't kill yourself…and you have one the most intense source of chakra known to man inside your gut."
Naruto gaped, then stared at his stomach. "So, my body will drag it out?" he asked.
"Exactly,for this part" Jiraiya replied, "Your chakra control is lousy kid, even with you improvement…but my father had a rule for situations like that. He always told me, 'Son, never force anything you find hard…get a BIGGER HAMMER.'"
"…" was Naruto's response.
"…" Garra.
"Baka" thought Kin.
"You've got more chakra than any genin I have ever known, and I've known THOUSANDS," Jiraiya continued,
"People with kekkei genkai, and people with secret family jutsus…heck I even knew a guy in Takigakure who drank a full dose of their Hero water that stuff is like Wateried Chakra. Proportionally, even with that boost, he STILL had only about two thirds the chakra you do now, "
The sannin bent down, kneeling next to the boy. "Even with your own natural reserves, though, you can still be beaten…your Piss poor control means you spend too much chakra on any one technique".
"Ichibi and Kyuubi are practically chakra batteries, just only the rate of Chakra restored differs, from them Ichibi can fight the for weeks because of its better control and Kyuubi Powerhouses though weeks worth in a fight any only become a bit tired, ssssssooooooooo that means for you that…."
"…he should start forking up his rent!" Naruto concluded. "OKAY! LET'S DO THIS!."
Kin Garra and Jiraiya jumped back as Naruto focused his energy, calling on what chakra he had left.
"BUTA, INU, TORI, SARU, HITSUJI!" Naruto shouted, his chakra surging as he slammed his hand to the ground. -Ninja Art-Summon no Jutsu!"
A web of seals flowed out from beneath his bloody palm, and smoke billowed around him.
"Did he…" Kin wondered.
"That was a lot of chakra alright", Jiraiya thought, "But it didn't…"
A strong breeze blew the smoke away…leaving Naruto and the other 3 looking down staring at the Summon,
A small pink toad sitting there with a blue jacket draped over its back, and a blue bow resting atop its head.
"Hiya," the toad spoke up, a light soprano signifying it as a girl, "I'm Gamaairashii! Wanna play?"
The three ninja groaned. This…was going to take a while.
"Well she has all her limbs that's good start" said Jiraiya with a strained grin "this is going to take alot of work".
Garra raised the left eyebrow and sat down crossed armed and legged knowing this was going to take awhile.
"Was it something I said" ask Gamaairashii, blinking, tiling her head to the right.
Hyuuga Compound
Hinata winced as the cold water flowed over her aching hands.
Her knuckles were covered with scabbed over wounds. All around her, broken stones and bit of rubble covered the training area.
"It…hurts…more than…I ever could…have imagined!" she thought, as the young branch house maid patted down her hands with a clean cloth, wiping away the dried blood and caked on dirt.
"Well you been as the rocks for hours you should see my mother had me do, I had to Summon a large amount of shadows to lift up blocks of stone and hold them up for as long as I can, so far I manage 3 minuets" said a tired Raven, visiting her friend after having the afternoon off to rest a little.
"Hinata-sama," the young girl spoke, "Perhaps…you should take a rest now. Your hands…"
"She right at this rate you won't have and skin left on you knuckles or wrap them in bandages," said Raven and sips her tea.
"I…cannot," the blue haired girl replied, "I…promised myself, Shiori-sama and Momma…I would never give up!" She stood, walking over to the pile of rocks that the white haired elder had left her.
"Hinata-sama!" the maid protested, "You need rest!".
"You as bad as Naruto, but in a good way" said Raven walking over near Hinata to watch, "I can use my shadows to crush or cut the stone, but turning the stone in to sand in one punch, maybe it can't be master" spoke Raven but the fire in Hinata eyes said there's no such thing as can't "heh I guess Naruto rub off of everyone he meets, I will get stronger and beat Chouun Shiryuu"
"I…will master this!" Hinata spoke, ignoring the young maids protests and picking up another of the stones. She began focusing her mind on the explanation that the elder had given before leaving.
"The real secret to the 2 fold isn't that you are using all of the force in one blow," the wizened old woman explained, "No matter what you do, it's truly impossible to destroy something in one blow, the sand is still only the mass of the rock."
"Then, how can I do it?" the nervous heiress asked.
"Think on it, Hinata-chan," she replied with a sign, "I've seen your grades from the academy…you were only one point behind that Haruno girl, only Raven matches you in grades"
"You have the book smarts, so now you need to apply them to real life." She turned. "I'm going to go get some tea. Think on what you've seen and what you know, and you'll figure it out."
"I can't do it like this!" Hinata thought as she broke the stone with another close-fisted strike, I can only break it…"why? I've increased the power in my blows several times now!"
Shiori watched from the shadows of the house as the girl stalked over to the rock pile yet again. Beside her, Hiashi stood gazing at his eldest in concern.
"Are you sure teaching her the Futai no Kiwami is the right choice?" he asked, "She has yet to grasp the concept you are trying to instil. At this rate, she'll cripple her hands…"
"You need to relearn to have faith in the girl, Hiashi-kun," the old woman chuckled, "She'll figure it out. She already knows the answer…she just doesn't know that she knows."
Hiashi merely raised his eyebrow in response.
Hinata looked at the rock thinking.
"No matter what you do, it's truly impossible to destroy something in one blow, the sand is still only the mass of the rock."
"No matter what you do, it's truly impossible to destroy something in one blow, the sand is still only the mass of the rock."
"No matter what you do, it's truly impossible to destroy something in one blow, the sand is still only the mass of the rock."
"No matter what you do, it's truly impossible to destroy something in one blow, the sand is still only the mass of the rock."
"She's still thinking about what I did, not what I said, I gave only one clue" Shiori explained, "The pain will cause her to think…and then she'll see the answer." She looked out over the yard, Hinata just had flash of realization, and smiled. "Maybe sooner than we both thought…"
Hiashi turned and stared…as Hinata started laughing.
"Oh, I am so DUMB!" she shouted, causing her father and the attending maid to face fault.
" why are you soo dumb" ask Raven with a raised eyebrow,
"She said one blow won't do it! How could I have missed that! the blue haired girl thought as she sat down and stared at the new stone in her hand. If one blow won't do it, then I need to use TWO!
"Figured it out, huh?" Shiori spoke up, walking out of the shadows with Hiashi in tow.
Every one turned to see them,
"It makes sense," Hinata replied, "The name itself should have told me…two blows."
"your saying 2 blows using one fist with out moving to hit again but that's impossible, maybe using speed and 1000s of punches" stated Raven thinking on what's going though Hinata brain, maybe that last kick from Taro teme had knocked something loose.
" No that's not the way its only 2 blow it just Hard to do ,Heh, about time too, Hinata-chan" said Shiori.
"How's your great aunt Akane Raven-chan or has that old ghoul finally kick the bucket " asked Shiori.
Raven gave a small bow "she still alive but her right hip has been aching up again, but in good heath as a 78 year old can be".
"Hahahaha that big pansy, she always complained a lot" smirked Shiori.
The elder replied, sitting down, letting out a groan as she did, "Damn, but I'm not as spry as I used to be to 'ahem'…Anyway, that's the true power of the Futai no Kiwami, Hinata-chan. The first blow shatters the resistance, while the second blow uses the full power to destroy the object."
Hinata nodded. "But, how do I do that, Shiori-sama?" she asked.
Shiori picked up the stone from Hinata's lap. "The blows must come in such rapid succession that it seems like just one attack," she explained, showing the girl her fist. Instead of her knuckles all lining up, the second knuckles of her index and middle fingers were slightly extended. "By striking the object with your fist in this manner, you can use the initial strike with your knuckles to break the resistance. Then, the second blow follows immediately afterwards with the rest of your fist, using 100 of your power to pulverize the object."
"Wow" said Raven she been told but seeing it a whole other level, "I was thinking of muscle power only…."
"It all about using my chakra and muscle power like gentle fist, but breaking up the mass with muscle power first then use chakra and muscle in the second blow " finished Hinata.
Shiori ginned, and saw that Raven didn't under stand really "Arella was never good on the up take she used to much logic and over thinking every thing in her Genin day's before Gama-chan and her team mates got her out of that habit, you have that same problem most likely your sister was the more impulsive one, here are some words from a old Mummy that's be around, a kunai a few times," specking as she turn a stone into powder, "go with the flow less thinking and more actions, that's how she became on even terms of the like of the Yellow Flash, and the 4th Hokage.
Raven dumbly nodded.
She demonstrated once again, turning the stone into powder. "You already have the power you need from your own natural strength Hinata-chan" she went on, "What you need now is speed. The blows must flow together so completely that it seems as if you are only striking once." Hinata nodded, moving to grab another rock. "But that can wait till tomorrow."
Hinata stopped, glancing over at the elder. "What?" she asked.
"Kimoki-chan and Raven-chan here is right," Shiori explained, "You need to rest. After all, if you cripple your hands, you'll be unable to learn the technique."
"Shiori-sama is right, Hinata," Hiashi spoke, "Go and relax. I believe that the kitchens just finished making some keihi higashi, and ice tea. You 2 go have some before Hanabi gets to them."
Hinata smiled, and with Raven walked off.
Shiori smiled. "…those were Rei favourite treat as well, weren't they?" she asked.
Hiashi nodded. "She couldn't get enough of them while she was carrying Hinata, and again when she carried Hanabi, my bother tried to have one during that but Rei was one top of him in a second and thrown him though a wall " he replied.
"I saw first hand, she look like a woman possessed, saying "my beloved keihi higashi", and I thought the 9 tails was scary" said Shiori.
"She'll do it, won't she, Like Rei"Hiashi askefd.
Shiori nodded. "If I'm right about her, then she'll do more than that," she replied. "I think…she'll be the one to complete it."
The pair turned to watch the sunset.
Almost two weeks.
After seeing them alive.
Two weeks had passed since the training began, with new goals in hand and Sasuke was groaning in pain.
His arm was numb, his legs felt like they were being steeped in hot lead, his back was screaming at him, and his breath was coming in short, hard gasps.
He was having the time of his life!
Sasuke glared at the stone you see pockmarks of impacts.
Kakashi stood off to the side as the Uchiha boy collected himself, standing up shakily. "Maa, maa," the silver haired Jonin muttered, "I said you could rest for a bit, Sasuke. I can tell that you're at your limit."
Sasuke shot a hard look at his sensei. "If…I'm…ever going…to protect them" the boy growled, "I…have…to go…beyond the limit!"
Kakashi frowned underneath his mask. "You know if you go any further you could risk you life, right?" he asked.
"I'm…a shinobi, and I was near death remembered" was the only response.
Kakashi nodded. "Fine," he said, pulling out a soldier pill and tossing it to the weakened youth, "That's the only one I'll give you for the rest of the month. When I say we stop, I don't want any arguments, after we done here're we'll go see them, I think those flowers are in need changing."
Sasuke nodded, swallowing the pill. He felt the sudden rush of energy flood his aching muscles, driving the pain away.
"Now, once again," Kakashi instructed, "Focus the chakra…you have to 'see' it forming a point. Lightning chakra is a piercing energy, while fire is a consumer. Your natural affinity is fire, so you're forcing your body to go a different route. That's why its fighting you."
Sasuke nodded, forming the seals as Kakashi spoke.
"CHIDORI!" the boy growled, thrusting his left hand towards the ground, his right hand stabilizing the right as he mold chakra in to Raiton. He felt the chakra element gathering in his palm and finger tips, and he forced the image of a spear into his mind.
"Keep it going, Sasuke," Kakashi spoke, as the ball of energy flashed about "Keep the point in your head!"
Sasuke roared, shooting forward, and thrusting his hand into the cliff face. A burst of energy flowed out, and dust billowed outward. When it finally settled, a new crater was embedded into the rock face, this one almost double the size of the previous ones.
"Excellent!" Kakashi called out, walking up to the panting boy, "You kept it going perfectly. A few more sessions like that, and your Chidori will be complete."
Sasuke grinned, even as he panted. "Then…lets…"
"Hold on that," the silver haired jounin spoke up, turning to the side. "Come on out, I sensed that intent of yours a while ago."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed as the red-headed visage of Sabaku no Gaara walked out from behind one of the boulders.
"You going to be my appoint" Gaara whispered, causing the Uchiha heir to stiffen, the KI was thick in the air,
"Why do you want him? That killing intent of yours is pretty strong…you wouldn't be planning on killing him would you?"
"NO,… it's a force of habit….. something I'm now trying to change, …..but the full moon is my bad time for any one …near me….. I came out here to spend the night … but I heard and saw a light as well as heard you" Garra's face made a evil grin "hehehe …I'm looking forward to our fight Naruto says your …..Strong ," Gaara whispered, addressing the Uchiha once again, and gives out a mad chuckled.
"Only crazies come out on a full moon" thought Kakashi.
"…I'll…heheh…see you hehehe…in the arena…Uchiha Sasuke,…hehehehe…. Leave NOW before I kill you in blood-thirst" the redheaded boy chuckled sand pored from that gourd, as he Suna –shunshin away, as his mad chuckled, was louder in some place neared by.
"Naruto knows this nut ball and lived unbelievable" Kakashi thought as he rub the back of his neck with his right hand, trying to restore some blood and warmth to his body.
He turned his gaze to Sasuke "Guess wrap for the day... huh?".
The dark haired boy's sharingan was activated, and Kakashi was shocked to see something he didn't expect…
…the boy had 3 tomoe in each eye.
"Well, this may actually help matters," the silver haired jounin thought. "Sasuke," he spoke up, snapping the boy out of it, "From now until the finals, your training is going to be about speed. You've got the Chidori…now you need the speed to use it."
"How are we going to do it?" Sasuke asked.
Kakashi's visible eye curled, signifying that he was grinning. "I'm so glad you asked…" the jounin replied in a sing-song tone, but right now let's far away from the mad crushing sand using red head ka.
Sasuke found that he liked Kakashi's tone even less than Gaara's laugh…
Konoha medical- COMA WARD
Sasuke drag his sore body though the hallway after a Anbu cast a genjutsu over this section to make it appear just a other hallway 3 ninjas standing guard aloud him to enter.
Sasuke open a door and closed it with a click, before removing the vases of dead flowers, before place fest cut flowers in them and filled both with water, after place both at there own spots, he sat in over stuff chair and looked at…
…..His Mother Uchiha Mikoto and his cousin slash little sister Uchiha Tsukumo both in a dreamless sleep, for 6 years.
"You 2 are my new reasons to get stronger, please come back"thought Sasuke.
In one of konoha training areas
"Fantasy realm of the Thorn Death Rose Jutsu" the pink haired girl whispered as her hands flowed through the seals.
Anko smirked as the world around her seemed to darken, and rose bushes seemed to spring up out of no where. She 'felt' vines from the plants wrap around her limbs, and even winced as the 'thorns' pierced her skin, the world became brighter as rose petals, whirled around her.
Sakura, appeared in a storm of rose petals before her, now wearing her new Battle dress holding what looked like a giant rose with a sharpened stem. The girl began to sway to some unheard music, before spinning towards the bound woman and stabbing the pointed flower into her captive …
…who dissolved into a puddle of mud.
"Sigh here we go" muttered Sakura "again" as she tossed the Kunai to the ground and waited for ...
"Not bad, girl," came a breathy voice behind the panting Sakura. The girl stiffened as she felt the tip of a kunai press into her neck, even as the person holding in used their other hand to fondle her rear.
"Anko-sensei…please don't do that," the girl replied, her breath hitching slightly as the crazy kunoichi pinched her left cheek.
"And I thought Misty-sensei was a perv Anko takes it to a whole new level."
"Why? Would you rather I grope your front?" the demented woman asked, causing the girl to blush, adout that memory, "I got no problems with that." She began to slide her hand forward…
"Sempai!"
Anko cursed. "Damn it Yuugao-chan!" she growled, "You never let me have my fun!"
The ANBU operative walked forward. "You're supposed to 'train' Sakura-san," the purple haired woman replied, "Molesting her is not training and Heero Sempai warn you about doing it ."
"Depends on the situation, and coming from a clan that, use Ptolemy from time to time he's sure its a tight ass about sex seeing as he is one of the few males born" Anko replied grinning, "Those special courses at the academy don't really teach girls the right stuff…I keep telling Hokage-sama we need a better seduction class, heck Misty beg the old man for that job, but he put limits on her course."
Sakura blushed at the idea. "Maybe if I had to take a course like that, Sasuke-kun would help me 'study'…"
"Get your mind out of the gutter, pinkie baka!" Anko suddenly snapped, smacking the girl on her ass, "We've still got work to do. That genjutsu still needs work but still get an A- !"
Sakura absently rubbed her abused rear "Why is it she always has to spank me to get my attention?" she bemoaned to herself.
"Chaa maybe Sasuke-kun would spank us Chaa."
"Great my inner is becoming a perv now."
Yuugao smirked Anko should take up teaching as a side job. Then she stiffened, and turned to the side. "Come on out, Reika," she spoke, surprising the pink haired girl.
Another girl with purple hair walked out from behind the trees, ignoring the glare leveled at her by Sakura. She had replaced her outfit from the prelims, and now sported a purple outfit similar to Ino's, but sans bandages and with black lycra shorts to keep her modesty and seeing the bags under her eyes was new to.
"It's been long time, little sister," Yuugao spoke again, "How are you?"
" Its been only 2 weeks and better then after the –match-" her voice cracked, remembering Naruto words and Ravens, and the pain on her back,
"I've come with a message from the clan, si- Yuugao," the girl replied, ignoring the disappointed look her sister gave her, "just get though this and run far away from here"
"Kosuke-sama and the council demand your presence immediately at the clan compound; I need to know what time you will arrive."
Yuugao frowned at the mention of the leader of the council. "I am on assignment at the moment," she replied,
"Until Hokage-sama relieves me of said assignment, I cannot leave my post. Besides, I'm an 'outcast' like Naruto-kun, remember? The old fart can demand all he wants, I'm not his puppet."
Reika just jumped a little at Narutos name. "I'm no puppet either, big sister," she replied, her pried thought torn, is still intact, "I'm one of the most trusted new genin in the clan…"
"Who got her ass kicked by the clan's outcast," Sakura interrupted, "Or should I say got her ass shown off? That tattoo was interesting…I know Kiba-san was happy to see it."
"Hay good one" remarked Anko and highs 5s Sakura.
Reika red cheeks sweated more not so much her near stripping and flashing, but the Terror of that red eyed, blonde, she be unable to sleep, and the beating by masked members of the clan as punishment for losing to the Outcast.
"He still…weak…k. he may have got with… me with a ….lucky hit but his so. weak its was just lu." sputtered Reika,
"No your wrong it wasn't luck" Yuugao replied.
Reika eyes went wide, as she heard a 'thuk', and feeling of nothing started to over whelm her.
"You will never match Naruto-kun in strength. You may have more jutsu than he does, and you may know more about the Uzumaki ryu than he does… Reika neechan are you all right," asked Yuugao a be shock seeing the blood coming from Reika mouth,
"Nee-san" managed Reika as more blood drooled from her lips before her eyes rolled up, and she fell.
Time slowed as Reika fell forward, landing with a thump , were one sees a Kuni lodged in her back, next 6 ANBU wearing no, markings of the Black ops or the ROOT appeared from the tree line,
"Temes" snapped Yuugao, and Draws her sword in one hand and the other had 3 Kunai between her fingers, as she ran towards the unmarked ANBU.
Reika let out a moan of pain, seeing that Reika was still alive, the unmarked ANBU, went to finish off Reika, but Yuugao beat them to her, "I won't let you lay a finger on my little sister" she snarled, standing over her, wounded sister.
"Damn pinkie run find help" yell Anko drawing her own Kunai before running to help Yuugao with her sister killers. As Sakura ran for help, but leaped to the side, as 6 Kunai impaled the ground.
"Damn, there more" stated Sakura, as 6 more unmarked ANBU, look down at her from the tree tops.
An- sorry for the late posting I wasn't sure if I would do a rewrite or edit and I'm working on 2 other stories.