Hey guys! This is pain17ification loading the next chapter "Bond of the Uzumaki". Koda is told of Mei's proposal and must make a decision and the training for the Chunin Exams is shown.

Please note: pain17ification doesn't own Naruto! (Why, damn it? I've been a good boy like Tobi…)

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"Speech"

'Thought/Mental speech'

"Biju speech"

'Biju thought/mental speech'

"Benitsuki's speech"

'Benitsuki's thoughts/mental speech'

"Jutsu"

(Author Note)

Scene or Time change/Chapter name

Chpt 10: Decision and New Skills

Morning came far too early for the Uzumaki boys. Both of them, though in separate homes (Naruto in his apartment and Koda in his hotel room), cursed the sun for making them wake up. Naruto woke up and dressed in a simple black shirt and his orange pants and headed for the hot springs to meet with Jiraiya for more training. Koda dressed normally and went to find Mei so that she may give some insight on how he should train. He saw her at a coffee shop and sat down next to her.

"Good morning, Mei-sensei, "he said.

She smiled and returned the greeting. She finished her drink and looked at Koda seriously. "Koda, we need to head for Hokage-sama's office. We need to talk to you about something."

He nodded and headed there with her.

With Naruto

Naruto arrived at the bath house to the sight of a giggling Jiraiya. He sighed and tapped the pervert on the shoulder.

"Yo, Ero-sennin, we need to start my training, remember?"

"Just a second, "he responded and wrote a couple more things in his little, black notebook and then he motioned for the blonde to follow him.

Clearing with River

As soon as the duo reached the clearing, Jiraiya pulled off the scroll on his back and laid it across for Naruto. When the scroll opened up, Naruto saw a few names written in the scroll, even the pervert and his fathers' names.

"This, gaki, is the Toad Summoning Contract. As you can see, your father signed it as well. It was his late wish to have you sign it. So, here you are. All you have to do is sign it with your blood and put your handprint in blood as well."

Naruto nodded and did just that. He was then told to put as much chakra as he could after doing the correct handsigns. The boy was interrupted by the fox in mid-summoning, though. 'You might want to put some of my chakra into the jutsu as well, Kit. It will ensure that you summon the boss of this contract of yours.'

Naruto mentally nodded and went through the handsigns again while drawing on the fox's chakra. He then slammed his bloody hand on the ground with a cry of "Summoning Jutsu!"

A huge plume of smoke, the size of a large apartment complex, formed and out of it came a huge toad wearing a large blue coat, a large dagger, and smoking a pipe.

'I knew he had a lot of chakra, but I didn't think he had enough to summon Gamabunta (Bunta for short) of all people! Damn…'

Said toad was startled that he was summoned in Konoha after so many years. "What the hell am I doing in Konoha, huh?" he raged. He then saw Jiraiya and asked, "And why are you down there after summoning me? Did ya fall off or something?"

Jiraiya had a sweat-drop and replied, "I didn't summon you; your new summoner is on your head."

Taking that as his cue to speak, Naruto called out to the Toad Chief, "Hey there, boss! I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze! My dad was your previous summoner, so I signed the Toad Contract and summoned you here."

Bunta was shocked that the Yondaime's kid pulled off such a feat. "Well, kid, don't think that I'll accept you so easily. I'll give you a test, and if you pass, then I'll accept you as our new summoner. Deal?"

"Deal! So what's the test?"

"A simple question: What is your main goal?"

In the Hokage's Office

Mei brought Koda to the office just like Sarutobi asked her to. They both sat down in front of his desk and he smiled warmly to them.

"Thank you for coming Koda. Your friend, Mei here, gave me a proposal yesterday and I believe it may interest you greatly."

Koda nodded and asked, "So, what's the offer?"

Mei spoke up saying, "Well, I couldn't help but notice that you are quite close to that Anko girl." Koda blushed but smiled at the memory of their date the previous night. "I know that you two had a date yesterday night as well, and I couldn't help but feel bad about the fact that, after the exams, your relationship with her and Naruto would be pretty difficult to keep due to the distance between Mizu and Konoha. So, I decided to ask Sarutobi-sama for help."

"The help I'm offering you, Koda, is a chance to join our shinobi ranks after the exams so that you may continue your relationship with Anko and the last of your family. The choice is yours completely, so you may decide to join or not."

Koda was shocked at their offer; a chance to stay with Anko and his cousin as a Konoha nin. He couldn't believe it. "Why are you going so far to help me? Why am I so special that I am offered this choice?"

Sarutobi smiled at his modesty and said, "I can see that you are a very honorable person, Koda. I can also see that Anko and Naruto's lives have never seemed happier before you came along; especially Anko. I'm not doing this just for you. I'm also doing this for the two of them and as atonement for my little assistance in the life of the son of my late successor. I have failed Naruto too many times, Koda, and I refuse to fail him again. If there's even a small chance for him to be happier, I will take it. Now, Koda, the choice falls upon you; will you join Konoha after the exams or will you return to Mizu?"

After going over what the kind Kage said, Koda thought about the offer some more. He definitely saw the benefits: the chance to stay with Anko and Naruto, the chance to join a well respected village, and the chance to help out his remaining and possibly future family. The downside was that he would have to leave the girls (Lethe and Elena) and his old life in Mizu. Then, an idea struck him.

"Hokage-sama, would it be alright that, should I say yes, I am allowed to return to Mizu if they ever need my aid, or even just to visit every now and then?"

The two adults smiled at this since they knew that he would ask and the old man said, "Of course, Koda. I'll even do you one better; I'll allow you to wear both the headbands of Konoha and Mizu to show your connection to both. In the future, you'll act as a diplomat for both villages so that our two countries may forge an alliance. How's that, Koda?"

Koda smiled and said, "Well then, Hokage-sama, you obviously know my answer. I say yes to your deal."

"Excellent, "the old man said while pulling out some forms. "These are transfer and diplomat forms. They will show not only your transfer, but your status as a diplomat." Koda took the forms and signed them. "Welcome to Konoha, Koda-san." He held out his hand to Koda.

Said Uzumaki took the hand, shook it firmly, and said, "Thank you very much, Hokage-sama."

Back with Naruto, Jiraiya, and Bunta

"My answer to your question, boss, is that my main goal is to gain respect as a person and a Jinchuriki. My other goal is to help others like me find happiness and peace."

Bunta smiled at the blonde's answer. He was definitely Minato's kid. "Congratulations kid, you have passed my test." Naruto cheered after hearing that and the Chief Toad turned to the Toad Sage. "Make sure you help this kid out, Jiraiya. He's definitely gonna go far."

Jiraiya nodded and watched Naruto do a victory dance. "I know he will, Bunta; he sure will."

Bunta then told Naruto to get off him so that he could leave and the blonde complied. After the Chief left, Jiraiya turned to Naruto and said, "Alright, you're a summoner now. The next step of your training will be to see what that sword of your can do. If she's really a weapon for hanyous, then she must have some type of power, right?"

Naruto took out Benitsuki and asked mentally, 'Do you have any special abilities, Benitsuki?'

Said spirit smiled in Naruto's mind and said, 'Of course I do. Channel your chakra into me and you'll see, Naruto.'

Naruto did that and the blade of the sword glowed white and Naruto heard Benitsuki tell him to swing the sword at a tree and to release the energy. The blonde did just that and, to the surprise of him and the pervert, a wave of white energy flew at the tree and cleanly cut it in two.

'As you can see, Naruto, if you channel chakra into me, the energy stored up sharpens your sword and can either give it an incredible boost in power or allow you to fire off concentrated waves of chakra. This technique is called Moon's Cry. You already know of the technique Furious Red Night, which lets you attack at unimaginable speed. Now, I want you to focus Kyubi's chakra into the blade.'

Naruto complied and he was then surrounded in a blood red orb of energy alongside Jiraiya. The two appeared to be in a castle throne room on a very stormy night. Jiraiya then saw what looked like an army of humanoid foxes behind Naruto. The fox demons were snarling at Jiraiya and Naruto heard Benitsuki say, 'This technique is called Army of the Demon Lord. It is actually an illusionary technique that even a dojutsu cannot pierce through. What it does is makes your target believe they are facing an army of demons of the same breed as my wielder. These illusionary demons are loyal to you and are commanded by your thoughts. They may not be able to cause actual harm, but the target will feel as if they can, giving you the chance to take down your foe. And since the orb uses Kyubi's chakra, only shinobi who are High-Jonin and above can see that it is an illusion and dispel it. Isn't that great?'

Naruto nodded and ended the technique. He then asked, 'Is the orb able to move with me or is it only able to remain stationary?'

'In time, and with practice, it can. But for now, no it cannot. You will have to perfect these techniques on your own, my wielder.'

Naruto mentally nodded and thanked her. He then gave Jiraiya the explanations on the techniques that his sword gave him. Jiraiya was impressed and told Naruto to focus on his sword techniques for the remainder of the month and the blonde got to work.

With Koda and Anko

After telling Anko of the deal he accepted from the old man, she tackled him in a hug and kissed him passionately. He returned it and asked her to help him with his training for the month. She eagerly accepted and they headed for the FoD. Once there, she asked him what he wanted help on. He told her that he wanted to work on some Suiton jutsu he wanted to try out. She told him that she was a Doton user and he said that the techniques were ones he created himself using his Kekei Genkai. He had come up with 4 Suiton techniques. (For future reference, all techniques involving the Water-Bending Kekei Genkai are Uzumaki Suiton jutsu.)

The first was Uzumaki Suiton: Spiraling Defense. It was like the Water Encampment Wall, except that the water making the wall rage around him like a whirlpool. If used right, it could theoretically return certain attacks back at their casters.

The second was Uzumaki Suiton: Raging Water Geyser. This technique was initiated by an uppercut punch. After the punch connected, water would follow the target and rage around them and cut at them with its sharp, internal edges. It took a considerable amount of control on Koda's part to perform this technique correctly though.

The third was Uzumaki Suiton: Uzu Bullet. This jutsu copied the Liquid Bullet technique but each shot was sharper and acted like a water drill. When the shots hit the tree that Koda had targeted, each one drilled right through and exploded in a small burst of water on the tree behind it. Koda and Anko were impressed with that one.

The last one was to be Koda's trump card. It was called Uzumaki Suiton: Lance of Susano'o. Koda named this jutsu that because it required him to mix lightening chakra with his water jutsu. What it did was create an electrically charged water drill on the tip of Koda's spear. The drill would add incredible cutting power and shock the target with the Raiton chakra.

Anko was impressed with her boyfriend's (c'mon, we all know they're an item now) creativity with his bloodline. She helped him bring his techniques to a level where they could be used in battle during the month by having him dodge her many kunai and retaliate with his creations. They went on occasional dates during the month as well.

On the night prior to the exams, both Uzumaki and their respective trainers believed that they were ready for the exams the next day. The Uzumaki knew one thing about the exams tomorrow: they were going to really show the spectators just what their clan was made of.

(End)

So, Koda decided to be a diplomat for Mizu and Konoha and made some new jutsu while Naruto became the next Toad Summoner and learned some techniques from Benitsuki. The finals are next week, people, so stay tuned! Please R&R!

Poll Result Reminder: Tayuya is being added in due to having more than quadruple the votes against her addition. That was a real knockout, huh? 29 to 7 is pretty impressive…

New Story Notice: Next week, I'm gonna start another Naruto story. I'm gonna call this one "Son of the Rain". You'll find out why next week. It'll be a NaruFuu story, so to the fans of that pairing: I hope you enjoy the first chapter!

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