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Chapter 10: Uzushiogakure and the 3.5 year long Training


(Uzu no Kuni, Uzushiogakure)

A small fiery blotch could be made out from the high darkened night skies as it descended from the rainy skies, leaving behind it a long trail of sparks and fine particles of fire which were just as quickly smouldered by the falling rain. The starry-like figure grew bigger and bigger until the figures of Jinyancha and Naruto could be made out as Naruto rode on the formers' back while he was in his Phoenix transformation. Higure's fire engulfed figure left behind a long trail of fire behind, his wings carelessly scattering fire around with every long flap of his wings.

Naruto felt that strange of nostalgia creep up within him again as Jinyancha slowly descended toward the ground with great speeds, the cold wind from their trajectory blowing past their forms and ruffling his hair back as Jinyancha swooped to the ground.

With a beating of his enormous wings, Jinyancha slowly halted the speedy motion he was going at as he eased himself to the ground with calm beats of his feathery forelimbs. His movements scattered wind around the area as they slowly landed on the ground. Naruto jumped off of the summon's back in a high leap, landing near the large towering metallic gate with the Uzumaki clan spiral symbol. The left half of the gate laid on the ground while the sole standing half was leaning piteously, a hair's breadth from keeling over and all around the same could be said about the rest of the place as Naruto marvelled at the destruction that lay before him. Because of how dark it was Naruto couldn't quite glimpse the level of destruction that lay before him properly but he knew that it was terrifying from what little he could see with his Rinnegan.

Jinyancha shifted back to his true form before he looked at Naruto "I suppose I should be on my way now Naruto" he said to the young blond.

Naruto nodded his agreement, knowing that the summon had to be slightly worn from the travelling "Hai, thank you and I'll summon you again when I need you" Naruto said as he stared up at the bulky humanoid creature.

"Alright…." The humanlike summon said before he disappeared in a large puff of smoke.

Naruto glanced around him, using more Chakra than necessary as he searched for something. He 'aha'd' mentally when he saw a stray stick of wood lying on the ground. He knelt down and picked it up and tore the right sleeve of his black shirt all the way down. He wrapped the torn piece of clothing around the long slender piece of wood before he held his hands in a tiger handseal with the piece of wood entrapped within the handseal held hands. He grunted slightly at how much of an effort he had to put in this seeing as he had never practiced or trained in this skill before.

He felt his Chakra overheating within his coils before he let it loose from his mouth without much thought "Katon no Jutsu" what Naruto had not been expecting was to let loose an uncontrollable torrent of fire that nearly scorched the stick he held in his handseal holding hands and even his hands which he moved out of the way, only fortunately managing to ignite the required portion of the stick.

"Shit…that was not cool" Naruto mumbled softly as he waved the now burning lighter in his hand before he sauntered forward, being careful to avoid the stream that ran through the village. "Home sweet home Naruto, home sweet home" he said to himself wistfully as he moved further into the village, navigating through the destruction and many fallen houses and roofs as he did so in search of the tower Higure had told him to find.


Morning came far too quick for Naruto than he had imagined and strangely enough he had enjoyed a relatively dreamless night. Naruto stretched himself with a yawn, working off the tight knots in his body like an expert as he coiled himself like a snake.

Rubbing at his eyes, he left the room he was in, and climbed up the flight of stairs within the darkened hallways of the house he was in. after a few minutes of walking up the stairs silently he finally emerged from the house. With the unrestricted and bright shade of the morning sunlight, Naruto finally was able to see clearly the state of Uzushiogakure. Large and countless high-rising buildings were collapsed over and the village was separated by a seemingly wide river. Many of the buildings had sunken into the deep body of water and there were the remnants of several destroyed and rusty bridges which Naruto assumed the people must have used to cross over to the other side. Many of the building were modern in appearance and were unlike the relatively normal Japanese structured two storey houses which were common in all of Hi no Kuni.

The village was encompassed and surrounded by many steep hills and mountains which the wide stream disappeared into. Naruto was able to pick up the spiral symbols on many of the desecrated houses, particularly the tower he had emerged from himself. He took in its appearance carefully, still quite surprised at how well kept it looked despite its leaning structure. Like most of the houses, it had the spiral symbol of the clan but unlike many, it was the tallest structure amongst the ruins and it held on top of it with a wide red sign the symbol of the village. It had a slightly pentagon structured design, and it more resembled a castle than a tower and it had small outcrops of buildings connecting to it. There was a long staircase which led into the underground, within the tower which Naruto had used. Inside of it, there were countless rooms and hidden underground vaults, one of which Naruto had stumbled upon the previous night. He had gone underground through the staircase, and that's where he had slept. The room wasn't a bedroom but it did have a bed, and was filled with thousands of scrolls.

'I guess this place must have been beautiful before this' he thought with a far-off look in his eyes 'I wonder what it would've been like to live here'

Naruto turned around before he headed back into the tall mansion he had come from within. It was now time to begin his training, and he was going to do it, Uzumaki style. That meant he was going to be reckless and crude as he liked. He wasn't going to hold back on this…but first he needed clothes. He held his hands in the cross handseal and two Kage Bunshins popped to life beside him.

Naruto pointed to clone one "Go to the nearest village and gather some clothes and food."

He turned to the second Bunshin, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes before he spoke "You are going to get empty or blank scrolls and weapons, but don't get much unless there might be some still remaining somewhere around here"

"Hai!" the two doppelgangers nodded before they took off.

'I guess I should get started' Naruto thought as he disappeared into the hidden vault to prepare for his training.


(Two weeks later)

Naruto was down on the ground, sweating heavily and grunting as he pushed himself up from the ground and groaning at the heavy weight on his back. Naruto was doing push ups or press ups with two Kage Bunshin sitting on his back, one of them counting the number he had accumulated thus far.

"567, 568, 569, 570…." Naruto's clone counted while he grunted at the effort that came with every push up and every exerting effort he had to put in to push himself down.

This had been the story thus far after he had arrived in Uzu; he had been doing physical training and practising Taijutsu, Kenjutsu and elemental natures for two weeks now. So far today he had been going at it for three hours now, having just finished doing a round of sit-ups which were preceded by an intense bout of squats. To make it worse he was still wearing some of the weights Higure had given him, which he had increased to 250 lbs but he wasn't complaining yet.

He had segmented his training regimen into three separate parts. Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, completing his elemental training and physical training for the first 11 months, Ninjutsu for the next 15 months and more since you can never stop learning in that aspect due to the versatility of the skill and then finally Fuinjutsu and Rinnegan training for 13 months. The remaining 6 months would be used to refine on and hone his skills before he finally left.

He surmised that it would get lonely being the only person around the desolate place but it was a necessary sacrifice in order to get stronger and also he supposed he could make small talk with Jinyancha and his kin, a though which brought a groan out of him as he did another push up.


Somewhere in the summoning realm Jinyancha and the rest of his kin who were gathered in a circle playing cards sneezed, hard "Oh boy…" the Jinn clan's boss voiced his thoughts dryly as he rubbed at his nose in thought.

"Shomeone (someone) musht (must) be thinkin' of ush (us)." An elderly Jinni with long greyed hair, defined cheekbones, a few lost teeth, closed eyes and a heavily wrinkled face said with a sly smile on his face. "Hehe, it must be a beautiful babe, I recon I recon" he said as he nodded his head childishly with a rosy blush on his face.

"Urgh, shut your pervetted trap you senile old fool. No one would ever think about a pervert like you." another one which bore a somewhat feminine posture and appearance with purple hair and a lithe frame said while staring at the aged Jinn with a glare.

Unfortunately it seemed the elderly Jinn hadn't heard her as he continued chanting a mantra, his nose carelessly dripping with blood while a perverted blush covered his cheeks, "Hehehehe, I can jusht (just) imagine the schene (scene)…perfect jigglesh (jiggles), skinny frame glishening (glistening) wit' oil. Bare as the day she was born. Ohohohoho Baby keep the lovin' thoughts(h) comin' " the poor old Jinn was obviously lost in an erotic fantasy about the 'beautiful girl' thinking about them, his hand making gropping imaginary motions.

If only he knew just who was thinking about them…

"Jinyancha, please talk to your father. I'm afraid he has grown too senile"

"Get Mosuurei to do it, he's the one who's high on that moral stuff," the boss summon dismissed with a lazy wave as he stared at his cards, "Besides, I rather prefer this senile wittiness." he turned to the female Jinn with a cheeky smile on his face.


Naruto continued his training, doing his push ups with ruthless gusto while occupying himself in his thoughts to keep himself from counting along with his Kage Bunshin. He wondered what he was going to do once he completed his training here. Would he leave and just aimlessly wander around? He had no purpose right now, and he was merely training in order to be strong enough to protect himself. He decided not to dwell too much on that depressing thought, figuring he would think about something in time.

His awareness let him know to the fact that his clone was still counting as he continued his exercise "996, 997, 998…" Naruto pushed himself down before with great effort he pushed his body upward again "1000". Naruto felt the weight on his back disappear as his Kage Bunshin got off of his back and gave him a cheeky thumbs-up. The blond slumped to the hard ground, panting harshly and sweating rivulets with his body glistening with sweat. The beads of sweat which dropped from his face formed a small wet patch on the ground below him. So far he had done a 1000 push ups, sit ups, and more and it had taken a lot out of him.

One of the Bunshin said with a grin on its face "Wow that really took a lot out of you, boss"

Naruto groaned at the statement, suppressing the urge to glare at the doppelganger "What did you expect genius? You were riding on my back the whole time"

The clone just shrugged, "Yeah well, you're the one who wants to do things by himself, so don't complain big boss" it said nonchalantly, stressing the words 'big boss' with a mocking tone.

Naruto's eyes narrowed as he glared at the Kage Bunshin before a surprised expression came upon its face as it was abruptly dispelled in a puff of smoke, surprising its fellow Bunshin which looked at the real Naruto with a comically terrified look.

Naruto stared at the other Kage Bunshin with a well-practised insane glare, "Got anything more to say, smart mouth?" the remaining clone just shook its head furiously. "I thought so…" Naruto said simply before getting up and walking past it.

Once he had done so the Bunshin sighed in relief, wiping imaginary sweat off its forehead "Man, that guy can be scary...note to self, never make wisecrack jokes about Oyabun" the Kage Bunshin muttered to itself.


(Five months later)

Naruto clashed swords with a clone, the meeting of the two weapons of steel creating a melodious clang sound and sending small sparks into the air. Naruto channelled wind Chakra into his sword, lengthening its reach and cutting power before he dove at his Kage Bunshin. Ripples of air flew in the air as Naruto and his Kage Bunshin attacked each other in relentless and reckless fashion. The melodious sounds of colliding steel rung through the clearing as the two went at it, infusing hand to hand combat into the fight as it progressed.

It was something Naruto had been working, being able to switch between Taijutsu and Kenjutsu rapidly when the situation called for it and also being able to use handseals in battle without the need to stow away his weapons. That issue as he found out, he could remedy with Shuradou's technique which could possibly enable him to become a master dual or even a multi-sword wielding swordsman if he wished it because of the many limbs he could manifest using it. The ability offered great versatility and also it was beneficial in hand to hand combat because of the way it could be used to harden his skin, and the incredible raw strength it gave him.

Although he had no particular hand to hand fighting style, as formerly told by Higure, he had decided to take on the teachings of the man in order to create an unpredictable style and this was what he had come up with thus far and he was genuinely proud of it.

Naruto ducked underneath a slash which would have decapitated him, before responding with a leg-sweep at his opponent's legs which they jumped over. Naruto smirked at this before he stabbed his sword forward but before it could plunge his opponent a hand emerged from their chest and stopped it with a firm grip. Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of the mechanised limb before he growled threateningly "You…CHEATER"

Naruto relentlessly began attacking the Kage Bunshin which gulped nervously as it began avoiding the dangerous slashes from the original. Naruto managed to corner the Bunshin, its back against the bark of a tree while it stared up at him nervously. Naruto sent another horizontal slash toward his opponent who ducked underneath it. Naruto cut the tree cleanly in half in the process while the clone bounded away with a shrill scream "Come back here you cheating coward"

"No, I DON'T WANNA DIIEEEEEE!" the doppelganger screamed as it disappeared into the distance, a cloud of dust trailing behind it.

Naruto blinked before he shook his head at the stupidity of the Bunshin, "Stupid clones. I swear they're getting smarter for their own good these days" the blonde's outfit now consisted of tan Shinobi pants, a red vest which he left untucked. His hands and legs were wrapped in white arm wrappings and he had a sword scabbard on his back held behind by a brown belt which crossed over his chest. He had grown slightly taller and his hair was now longer.

Naruto mentally dispelled the delinquent Kage Bunshin before he received the memories, telling him it had been hiding under a pile of dirt. Naruto shook his head with a sigh at his clone's shenanigans before he brought his hand into a cross seal yet again and a clone appeared before him "Don't hold back and no funny stuff okay"

The Bunshin just grinned madly as it shuffled behind its back, removing a sword of its own "Hai" without warning it flew at Naruto, cackling like a madman as it brought its sword down on him.

Naruto groaned, resisting the urge to palm his forehead for fear of being cut down in half, "I guess we have sadistic ones as well. Just great, absolutely great" Naruto groaned as he blocked the deadly attacks from the sadist clone which was smiling at him in a rather disturbing manner. He had seen the smart mouths, the coward and now there was a sadist, Kage Bunshin simply couldn't get better it seemed.

(A few hours later)

After defeating the Kage Bunshin and having something to eat Naruto had now moved near a lake. On his body hung several and countless leafs which he had stuck to him using his Chakra. He picked one off before he sat down on the ground in a Seiza position, holding the small green leaf in both hands in front of him and closing his eyes. He focused his Chakra and relaxed himself, taking a deep breath as he focused on channelling his Chakra into the leaf and turning the leaf alit with his Chakra.

He focused on his Chakra first, imagining it as a hot and blazing inferno and not long Naruto could feel his Chakra heating up, he then sent it toward the small green leaf he held in his hand. A moment afterward, a slight fizzing sound could be made out as smoke came from the leaf and Naruto's face beamed somewhat at the improvement. He discarded the leaf and picked off another one from himself and continued, producing the same results. After a couple of tries which ended in the same fashion, frustration slowly crept up Naruto's spine.

Naruto threw away another partly burned leaf away before he groaned as he fell on the ground on his back "This is impossible…how am I supposed to do this?" Naruto pricked off another leaf off of himself, looking at it with a contemplative look in his eyes. "What would Ojii-san do?"

A thought struck Naruto as he suddenly remembered something he had read from the scrolls Higure had given him back in Namishu when they began his training. Naruto jumped into a meditative pose before holding the leaf before him and concentrating on his Chakra 'What is the first thing that you know about fire?' The idea was not to imagine your Chakra as a blazing inferno; that was extreme and wouldn't work as he had now figured out. Naruto began kneading his Chakra, picturing it as a warm, small camp fire that just engulfed you with its warmth. Soon he felt his Chakra start to heat up calmly and he began guiding it to his hands sedately. He next imagined the leaf in his hand as a stray leaf that had fallen on that small campfire, burning up at the edges and toward the centre, not beginning at the centre.

Naruto's eyes were closed in concentration as he felt his hands being engulfed in warm feeling before it got slightly warmer, followed by a rapidly fizzing sound before Naruto felt the leaf in his hands disintegrate into fine dust. A proud smile came upon his face as he opened his eyes to see the grey ash that remained from where the leaf had been.

"I...did it."


(Eleven Months later)

Naruto was sat down on the surface of the stream passing through Uzushiogakure. There was a calm aura about him on his now slightly matured face. His hair which seemed to have not seen a haircut now reached his shoulders. Long yellow bangs fell over his rippled eyes and his whisker marks were visible as the day he was born. Having undergone a growth spurt, he was now wearing a black short sleeved shirt with the Uzumaki spiral symbol on both sleeves; black ANBU pants and black ninja sandals. His sword scabbard was on his back, slung over his shoulders using its brown belt.

He had begun his Ninjutsu training almost six months ago and having already completed his elemental nature training exercises during the physical aspect of his training. He had been learning Ninjutsu from the many scrolls he found lying around a hidden library in one of the many hidden underground vaults within the central tower in Uzushiogakure. Another thing he had discovered down there were gold coins and they were what the blond used to buy food and other resources while his training progressed. He had learned quickly that those without Uzumaki blood couldn't enter and if they tried, they would be in for a nasty surprise.

Weaving through handseals at impressive speeds, Naruto stopped on the snake seal "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" the water around Naruto rumbled before it surged up violently, casting a long shadow over Naruto as it rose several metres high and forming a sort of large waterfall over him. With sudden movements, the waterfall lurched forward, flying over Naruto as it did so and splashing some drops of water on him as it pounded back into the river with a loud impact, causing the stream to swell and small waves of water to crash to the shore from the sudden force inflicted on it.

Naruto didn't even open his eyes as he merely just ran through more handseals "Kirigakure no Jutsu!" a white veil of thick mist rose all around Naruto, blanketing the area in a thick covering of white and obscuring the whole area around Naruto from the amount of Chakra he was channelling into the Jutsu.

Naruto's form was swallowed by the thickness, hiding him from view but soon his calm voice came from within the mist "Futon: Atsugai!" the thick mist was blown away with a suddenness as a violent tornado blew around Naruto, forcing the mist from the Kirigakure no Jutsu out of the area and revealing Naruto still sitting in the same position as he had been earlier, his hands now in a different handseal, the ram handseal. Naruto's hands unclasped as he weaved through more handseals, "Futon: Daitoppa!" Naruto's chest bulged out as he drew in a thin line of breath before he let loose a blast of violent wind, he ran through more handseals as the wind "Katon: Goukakyu no Jutsu" Naruto released a high pressured continuous stream of fire, which doubled in size when it fused with the wind squall from earlier, causing a roaring sound to become audible as the now wilder inferno roared into the distance.

Naruto brought his hand into a cross handseal and two Kage Bunshin popped into view; they nodded to him before they each went through varying handseals. This was one of the main focal points of his Ninjutsu training. It was a skill that he knew could prove beneficial for him due to the limit of Kage Bunshin he could reach. One of the blond completed its handseals first holding its hand on the snake handseal and its hands flashing and crackling with lightning while its fellow continued stringing a long chain of handseals before it stopped on the bird seal. Water swelled from behind one of the clones, forming a large dragon of water before the other Kage Bunshin began channelling Raiton Chakra into it, turning it into a blue giant mass of water gleaming with bright flashes and long trails of lightning. Its eyes were yellow and the rest of its body had lines of dangerous lightning running long it.

"Konbijutsu: Shaberu Hakkyou!" the two clones said simultaneously at the sight of the now complete lightning-water dragon, as it roared with the pounding noise of water and the vibrating noisy hum of lightning.

Unfortunately, the technique suddenly shook with instability, the dragon began squirming and flaring with spears of lightning before it collapsed back into the water with a wet splash that caused a slight wave of water to wash out to shore. The shadow clones puffed out of existence as they were subjected to the aftereffects of the failed technique, suffering from the numbing shocks of lightning.

Naruto sighed loudly as he finally stood up, water cascading down his body and his face in small drips "I guess I haven't been doing badly huh" he was a little disappointed he hadn't completed the technique which was why he had two clones attempt it for safety reasons. It was his own creation and he wanted to create a combination of Suiryuudan no Jutsu and pure Raiton chakra to turn it into a more destructive technique. It was slightly better now because when he had begun when it flopped back into the water it ended with him being electrified in the process and he never wanted to relive that process ever again.

He had learned a couple of elemental Ninjutsu ever since he had begun his Ninjutsu training almost three months ago, although he hadn't learned quite enough in his opinion. Throughout his first six months of his Ninjutsu training

He was lacking although in the Doton Jutsu department partly due to the fact that there were no scrolls containing techniques of that nature.

He had also learned some other high level Ninjutsu, had expanded his skills and techniques, and started working on creating a few ones himself for Raiton seeing as the scrolls which contained the techniques had been confiscated from the scroll vault. He assumed that his grandfather was the one who had done so considering it was one of his two elemental affinities. Regardless his Ninjutsu didn't only include elemental Ninjutsu but also a few non-elemental Ninjutsu and barrier Ninjutsu as well. With his expansion of his techniques had come the incorporation of Konbijutsu into his style.

Not very long and he would be done, he was almost itching to go back into the outside world despite the slight fear he felt about that thought.

He brought his hand into a cross handseal, and two more Kage Bunshin exploded into view beside him.

"Alright, this will be an all-out Ninjutsu duel, so please, come at me with everything you've got." the blond said as he assumed a stern pose, leaving no room for argument as his clones nodded seriously.


(Seven months later)

Naruto had progressed far in his Doujutsu training, he had discovered a few more techniques and secrets about the Rinnegan than he had ever hoped to when he began his training. Now he was here training and refining some of them. Although there were still several abilities which eluded him to his ire, and some which still confused him, he hoped to have mastered his ocular techniques before he completed his training and departed.

"Shinra Tensei!" Naruto blew away a large tree into tiny splinters as it was flung toward him with great force by a clone which had manifested the mechanical limbs. The Kage Bunshin now had six arms taking into count the two which were protruding from its chest which were still held in front of it from the throw it had just completed.

"Banshou Ten'in!" Naruto's clone ripped yet another tree off the ground with his technique as it pulled it toward itself before launching it toward Naruto who waited for it before shattering it with a hard fist. This technique was another one that offered him a small measure of varying functions as he could use it to pull objects off the ground and fling them at his opponents, or even use its attractive force to pull his adversaries toward him and bombard them with brutal blows. The blond also used this technique to pull parts of the earth up, either to form small hills or mountains.

The clone seemed to pause mid-air, his hair whipping in the soft wind as multiple Chakra blades emerged from his chest in a manner similar to acupuncture needle piercings around the chest area before with a loud cry he let them all lose, flying toward the real Naruto who stared calmly at them.

Naruto dodged and swivelled out of the way of the hailstorm of Chakra blades, watching as they dug all the way into the earth with a loud thudding sound. A veil of dust rose from the impact, covering the area and hiding the two from each other's view. Naruto felt a disturbance in the air, before instinctually he moved his head out of the way of a mechanised fist which grazed the side of his face. He jumped away as he felt his clone press on its attack with another punch which aruto ducked underneath before twisting backwards in an acrobatic display to put some space between them.

As soon as his feet touched the ground Naruto felt them leave it just as quick, as his clone had its hands raised and a victorious smirk on its face as it mouthed "I win…Shinra Tensei!" Naruto was flung back so fast, his momentum and trajectory was a mere blur of speed. Naruto felt his lungs flaring up with heat from the weight exerted on him as he flew back, behind him standing a large hill which he was sure he was going to plunge right through if he didn't think of something rapidly. He tried to channel expel wind Chakra through his Tenketsu to slow his movement down but froze when he found himself incapable of doing so. His eyes and that of his Bunshin widened in horror, not quite relishing the impact the former was going to be subject to.

Naruto grit his teeth as time slowed down in his peripheral vision, every second feeling like an eternity while he flew to his possible death. Naruto's clone's eyes went wide in shock as its Chakra was forcefully dispelled with it dispersing in smoke consequently in the process. The real Naruto felt his insides churn and his Chakra spike dramatically while he closed his eyes as he felt something boil over within him, his form suddenly racked with an uncontrollable desire for something to happen, and it did. Naruto's form glowed brightly, being swallowed by a pure white light before with a loud yell, enormous golden chains tipped with sharp diamond steel ends burst from the blonde's form, wildly and carelessly plunging into the tall hill behind him like a hot knife through butter, coiling around large trees and even digging into the earth as they halted his momentum.

Naruto managed to open his eyes partly to the sight of gold before with a short groan he passed out. He hung there suspended like some sort of insect on the strange web of golden chains which were in size, very incredible as they towered over almost everything within the village, even the tallest towers.


(Mindscape)

One of Kyuubi's great bloodshot eyes shot open suddenly as it looked at the space within the mindscape as it slowly transformed. The tall metallic gate was slowly lined with strange golden apparitions before they morphed into great golden chains, which coiled themselves around the gate. Several of the industrial pipes which ran along the length of the floor and ceiling faded away, giving away to the large chains to occupy the length of the entire space as they slowly connected themselves to the tall structure of the metallic cage.

The Bijuu scowled in irritation at the sight, but slightly glad that Naruto had unconsciously prevented the bane of his existence in his former Jinchhuriki from advancing further into the cage "Foolish Ningen." it seemed it just couldn't get a break….

It paved the memories the sight of the chains evoked within it aside as it focused on what it had been previously mulling over during the boy's training. Truth be told it had been had been watching the events of the boy's training with great interest which was really just doing so with one eye open.

Although Kyuubi always made itself believe it didn't care about mere mortals or humans, it had a genuine interest in Naruto and often wondered if he was the one mentioned in the prophecy. The Bijuu acted cold and apathetic toward the blond simply because it knew of no other way to depict itself. Its bitter hatred, anger, and malevolent intent were all a culmination of the millennia it spent trying to escape capture and human manipulation prior to being constantly hunted down and finally its being used by Madara and subsequent sealing had caused the Bijuu to have a low, dehumanizing and negative opinion about human beings and harbour a great deal of hatred for them. Although Kyuubi knew earning Naruto's trust again after what had happened in Namishu would be difficult, the Bijuu still held hope, despite often trying to convince itself it shouldn't or that it doesn't care.

There was just something compelling about Naruto, something that told Kyuubi that it should watch over him and try to get along. Naruto had an endearing quality about him that just drew others to him and Kyuubi found itself struggling to fight it off despite the burning bitterness it harboured. So was it because Naruto had asked to be its friend, or that he planned to free it from the shackles of mankind one day? Something which Kyuubi felt it had screwed up by trying to take control of Naruto and make him rip off the seal back during the battle with Danzo.

The fact that Naruto was also able to manifest Kushina's chains at such a young age spoke volumes of his rapid progress.

For now it marvelled at how far Naruto had come, his mastery over the Rinnegan in such a short space of time and without anyone to teach him was something which greatly impressed the Bijuu, and the Kyuubi was certainly not a being easily impressed by anything most would do, even its own kin.

However although Naruto's proficiency at using the Rinnegan had improved greatly he was still lacking in a few aspects. Like many humans he put too much focus on the physical aspect of his training and barely paid the spiritual little, if any thought at all and Kyuubi knew that to be able to win against Him Naruto would need to master that aspect as well so not to fall to Genjutsu and other Jutsu which used spiritual Chakra as their basic fuel.

There was also the case of Naruto's sixth Chakra type, one which he was unaware of but which he basically abused daily without any thought in the form of his Chakra transmitters.

In'youton and Youton Chakra…


(A few days later)

Naruto activated his Asura path, his arm taking on a more mechanised quality as he shot it off toward one of the many hills around him. It was wiped out of existence by the explosive device as it made contact, Naruto's hand slowly mended itself back to its' original form as he marvelled at his handy work. This was one of the things he truly liked about the Asura path, versatility. Satisfied with his handy work, he decided to move on to a subject that had been nagging him lately, which was not the ability to manifest golden chains but something else.

He composed himself before black chains erupted out of him, whipping about the air uncontrollably and threateningly

Naruto let another Chakra transmitter whizz into existence in his palm. He looked at it intently, noting how it seemed to hum softly and react to him as if they were connected. It was warm surprisingly and the blond could see Chakra flowing through it, the feeling he got from the Chakra was similar to his own. He remembered back during the battle with ROOT he had stabbed some of them into many of the ANBU and they had frozen, he felt himself manifest in them and commanding them when he used this blade. His chakra was disseminated when he used them somehow.

So did that mean these transmitters could allow him to transfer his Chakra into others and control them with them? Was there another use to these black Chakra rods that he wasn't yet aware of? And how was he even able to make them, because he could feel normal chakra wasn't involved in the making of these transmitters. Just the way the Rod seemed to hum almost as if it contained a life force of its own was enough to tell him they were made of a different type of Chakra he wasn't aware of, Chakra that was alive basically or had life-giving mechanisms.

A thought struck Naruto's mind, if he could do this, maybe he could make ones which were longer or bigger but the thing was he didn't know how. They just came out when he needed them or when he summoned one.

"It is Yin-Yang Chakra you impotent fool."

"Hmmm? Kyuubi?" Naruto blinked at the voice.

Naruto could practically feel the annoyed huff the Bijuu let out "Wipe that stupid look off your face. Those 'things' that you call transmitters are a creation of the usage of Onmyouton, In'youton (Yin-Yang release) Chakra."

"Yin-Yang Chakra huh, you mean those two opposite Chakra types where one can create an object and the other can give it life?" he asked with a raised eyebrow as he searched his mind for the knowledge he had of the skill.

"Yes, that is precisely it. You have that Chakra in you but you have been far too foolish to even realise it" Naruto just dismissed the insult, focusing on hearing what the Bijuu had to say "It is In'youton and Youton Chakra that formed the base of the Rikudou Sennin's greatest Jutsu, 'Banbutsu Souzo'. With it he could create life from almost nothing and it was through the employment of In'youton and Youton Chakra that the Bijuu were created and given physical forms." the Bijuu said within the mindscape while Naruto nodded his head on the outside.

"So Yin release is about theimagination and spiritual energy and Yang is about vitality, life and it is based off physical energy?" Naruto asked as a contemplative look entered his eyes.

"Yes, however you lack the ability to use this technique up to its fullest potential because you have put too much emphasis on Youton (Yang release) and not Inton (Yin Release), and for Inton to take effect, you must have a clear picture of what it is you wish to form, essentially an imagination and a good grasp of spiritual energy."

"I see, so if I train enough I might be able to use this Jutsu?" Naruto hummed with a thoughtful and eagerly excited look on his face.

"Never! You never will be able to emulate him. No other Ningen can, he was a God amongst you pitiful short-lived humans." Naruto's eyebrow rose at that "What you have there is only a childish slimmer of what he was capable of."

"Someone is a fangirl is see" Naruto's retort drew an angry growl out of the Bijuu as it bared its teeth at him. Naruto's eyes hardened slightly as he sent a mental glare at Kyuubi "Regardless of that, I don't care what you say. I will grow stronger, stronger that even this God of yours…"

"….even if it means I'll have to create a second moon to prove it." with that last retort Naruto cut off the connection between him and the Bijuu, leaving Kyuubi alone to mull over his thoughts. Naruto had yet again surprised it.

Slowly, an ear splitting grin came upon its face as it sunk back into the darkness of the cage housing it. 'We shall see Ningen…'


(Seven months later)

Naruto had a thoughtful expression on his face while he sat on the ground in the Seiza position, a flock of scrolls surrounding him while he held a brush in his finger, skilfully twirling it around.

He had begun working on Fuinjutsu a couple of months ago and now he was adept enough at it. He was far from a master but with time he would be. He was now capable of creating weighting seals on his own, suppression seals with ease and was now working on creating his own seal, one which would allow him to nullify the effects of his one weak point, Genjutsu.

It was something which he had struggled with. He had tried to learn Genjutsu since he had very excellent Chakra control but no matter what he did, he just couldn't get it right. He figured that it could be because of the fact that he lacked imagination and usually used more Yang Chakra for his techniques than Yin which focused most of the time on techniques without a material form, illusionary techniques. He had went and read up on Yin and Yang Chakra and had practiced hard, but deciding that it was for the purpose of his Rinnegan techniques and relegating Genjutsu to only learning how to dispel it and recognise it.

He had come up with a seal that would enable him to do such, but of course the formula was not correct and he had failed countless times to get it correct. This seal would allow him to not only see through Genjutsu but also see through high level Genjutsu, like those of the Sharingan or ones skilled masters could manage, such as the Nidaime Mizukage or Konoha's very own Genjutsu mistress Yuuhi Kurenai.

With masterful stroking of his brush, Naruto swiftly drew several Kanji on the scroll that lay before him, going all the way down to the edges of the paper as he poured all his focus into his work. A look of intent and focus in his rippled gaze, after scribbling down the last Kanji with perfect elegancy, he gently laid his brush and bottle of Ink on the ground. He planted his hands on the scroll, channelling Chakra into it before he watched as the seals glowed with a fiery red colour before they crawled up his skin and into his body, covering his body in markings before they all disappeared from the layer of paper and onto his skin.

Naruto felt as the seals all disappeared into his body before he sighed with relief. The last time he had attempted to do this, he had nearly burned his insides after having made a mistake with one of the Kanji and writing it in the wrong manner. He had discovered that the writing was just as significant to the whole Jutsu as was Chakra and he had worked hard on Calligraphy and perfected his handwriting to make it flawless because with Fuinjutsu, just getting one Kanji wrong could result in you missing a limb, or your whole body being turned upside down.

He had now finally managed to create his first Fuinjutsu and the only way to know if he had succeeded was to confront a Genjutsu master…if he even knew where to find one.


(9 months later)

'Although I may always and forever carry the stigma of Jinchuuriki, I have liberated myself and I'm not Konoha's Jinchuuriki but my own person. I have defied the powers which hoped to chain my existence to an unwanted fate and although it is quite scary, it a surreal experience, one which I wish to get more of.

Those who I love have left me, the wounds of their death and the pain still clings to my heart and soul. I may never be able to move on but with time, perhaps it might be possible. Right now my first priority is figuring out what I wish to do in life. I am no longer bound to the village, bound to the village that shackled me and had already decided my fate for me. I am free but freedom comes with a cost and my family was one of them. Hotaru and Higure were my beloved and I had lived solely for them but with them gone I have nothing, not even a dog.

All I have are the memories, still fresh as the morning smell of daisies. Nearly four years have passed since then, and I'm ready to take on the world.'


A lone presence stood amongst a clearing filled with countless collapsed buildings, his now slightly longer blond hair was even spikier than ever before and it hung over his eyes in large yellow bangs which obstructed the view of his rippled purple eyes. It was blowing in the calm breeze, ruffling past his face and covering one of his eyes while a serene expression was settled on his face as he inhaled the cool breeze.

He was clad in Dark black ANBU pants, a long sleeved black shirt with the sleeves baggy at the opening and held in place and close to his skin by white arm wrappings. His shirt was somewhat parted, exposing his chest and over it he had a long black overcoat which went all the way to his knees, with a large red spiral symbol on his back. He had on black ninja boots that exposed his toes only and covered the rest of his feet, and covering the lower half of his face was a long red scarf that formed a medium heighted collar on his neck.

Naruto surveyed the ruins that lay around him as he mused on his thoughts. His training here was complete and he now needed to venture out there, back into the jaws of the outside world. Filled with predators and all kinds of monsters who benefited from the suffering of others. People like Danzo…

However this time he was ready.

"Kuchiyose no Ju-"

BOOM!

Naruto sighed as the wind from the resultant impact of summoning Jinyancha ruffled his hair back. 'Again huh?' An irritated sigh escaped his lips while his eyebrow twitched as he braced himself for the onslaught that was to come from the cloud of smoke.

"What is it now Kid?" Naruto was slightly surprised by the dull greeting but bounced back as an annoyed expression appeared on his face.

"Will you ever stop doing that?" Naruto grumbled with a glare.

"Doing what exactly?" Jinyancha asked all too innocently as he feigned a confused expression on his face. Naruto didn't believe for one second that the summon didn't know what he was talking about and knew he only did it on purpose.

He resisted the urge to palm himself on the head before he merely gave another sigh as he responded "You know what I mean; I'm starting to get the feeling that you like interrupting me on purpose"

Jinyancha's eyebrow rose delicately in an exaggerated innocent manner "Eh, think what you want kid. Honestly I think it is better that way, come on it's a classy entrance"

Naruto shook his head lazily with a bored look on his face "Well it's not really creative, it's grown old. Get a bit more creative old geezer" he waved his hand lazily at the black-haired summon, hoping to rile him up.

Jinyancha's visage twisted into a look of abject horror "What? Are you saying that my work of art has grown out of custom?"

Naruto just huffed out a tired sigh as he gazed at Jinyancha "What am I going to do with you? I wish I could get a cooler personal summon. Maybe Mosuurei for once, he seems like he's much better to deal with"

"But where would the fun be in that? You see kid, you and I are going to be doing some crazy things in the future and so you should get used to dealing with me." The giant turned into a cute little snowy-white kitten and perched himself on the blonde's shoulder "You know what I think? I think you enjoy this just as much as I do" Naruto could practically feel the smirk rolling off the transformed summon's cute face.

Naruto merely gave the transformed Jinn a dry look before he grunted "Enough of that now. I called you here for a reason"

The feline Jinyancha smirked, if one could call it one from the barring of his intrinsically sharp fangs was any indication "Now we're talking. So what will it be?" he asked as his tail wrapped around Naruto's neck.

"Nami no Kuni"

"Ah, you mean that small country just a few minutes travel from here?"

"Precisely, a few clones of mine have travelled there for stock during this past year I have been here and to put it bluntly the country is messed up." Naruto said.

An air of seriousness appeared in Jinyancha's face as he looked at Naruto inquisitively "How so you say?" he asked.

Naruto eyebrows furrowed deeply as he gave a forehead-creasing frown "There is a tyrant by the name of Gatou who has seized control of Nami for his disgusting corporate and enterprise business and he has drained it of everything. The people there have lost hope and it is now merely a broken shell of its former self. However there is still a small lingering hope in a bridge one of the citizens has sanctioned to have built but the problem is…" he said trailing off at the end.

"This Gatou fellow feels threatened by the existence of the bridge." Jinyancha put two and two together as he surmised what Naruto was going to say. He was surprised by how the boy had grown, not just in terms of fighting but also with his knowledge and in mind. He could feel the calm aura exuding off of him, with his slumbering sea of Chakra just calmly flowing through him like a calm endless stream

"Yeah, what I want to know is whether or not I could…" he asked, trailing off at the end as a slight look of apprehensiveness and doubt appeared in his eyes.

Jinyancha seemed to understand exactly what it was Naruto was going to ask as he nodded his head "I understand however the decision lies in your hands. You finally have the freedom to think for yourself as you desired by breaking your ties with Konoha all those years ago, so what you wish to do should be all entirely up to you" he said from atop the blonde's shoulder, with the wind blowing in soft breezes around them.

Naruto didn't seem satisfied with the answer though if the creasing of his brows and the narrowing of his eyes was any indication "Yeah but what do you think. I mean it is wrong what has happened to them and I don't want to just sit here and do nothing if I can do something"

Jinyancha gave a sigh as patted Naruto's shoulder with his tail "Then you already know your answer Naruto, as it is said, with great power comes great responsibilities and ensuring that others are helped is one of them. However it is important not to abuse the power you have. Also some people do not like to be helped and you will learn that very soon. Me? I think you should go ahead with it…"

Naruto smiled appreciatively at that "Thanks Jinyancha, why can't you always be like this huh?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. It was indeed something that surprised him about Jinyancha where he would just randomly switch between wisdom and mischief and Naruto wondered if he could consistently keep acting one part without the need for another, but he supposed he wouldn't be who he was without his perks which he finally understood after Higure warned him of them.

Jinyancha shrugged with a grin on his face "Hohoho. That would be too dull. I don't look my age and I certainly won't act it either, well unless the situation calls for it" the bulky summon added as an afterthought before it jumped off of Naruto's back before morphing back into his normal appearance and stretching his back "Alright so what will it be this time?"

A thoughtful expression appeared on Naruto's face as he mulled over on their method travelling "What do you say this time we go by…water?" Naruto said after a moment of contemplation.

Jinyancha nodded his head "Sounds good to me kid, so what would it be?" the black-haired Jinn asked.

Naruto scratched his neck before he spoke "Something original and rare maybe?" Jinyancha's eyebrow rose at that and Naruto grinned viciously "A sea dragon?"

'And he just had to say 'dragon' didn't he? Stupid kid' Jinyancha's eyebrow twitched while he hid the irritated mark on his forehead with a frown "Well unless you are comfortable with scaring the skin out of the people at shore then let's do it"

"Geez you just had to put me down didn't you. Is it because I said dragon? What's your deal with them anyway?" Naruto said as he grinned.

"There's no deal kid," Jinyancha said with eyes closed as he folded his hands across his chest in an irritated posture "I just don't like them"

Naruto smiled teasingly "I didn't know you were the jealous type." He paused as he put a finger to his lip "Is it because people like dragons more than Jinn?"

"Urk" Jinyancha just let out an annoyed sound, it seemed that Naruto was now able to turn the tables on him effortlessly these days.


(Konohagakure, Hokage Tower roof)

Sarutobi stood on the roof of the tall Hokage tower. His hands were folded behind his back while his aged gaze was focused on the faces of the four previous Hokage. The calm wind blew his white Hokage garb complete with the headpiece while his face was the epitome of calmness and showed no signs of worry. His pipe was discarded somewhere and he just soaked up the warmth of the sun with a content-filled expression on his face. He had finished his paperwork early, a very rare event which had surprised his secretary greatly. Sarutobi swore that the woman somehow took pleasure out of seeing him squirming under mountains upon mountains of paperwork stacks and had taken great joy out of seeing the shocked look on her face as he walked out of the office, his desk empty and free of its eternal burden.

"I see you've come" he spoke calmly as a new presence appeared behind him.

"Yeah, I heard that you didn't find him" the white-haired man spoke as he sighed, leaning on of the poles of the tower as he did so.

"Sadly but correct I'm afraid, however…" Sarutobi said as he turned around to face Jiraiya "That is not the reason I have called you back" he said with an air of seriousness about him, alerting Jiraiya that what he was about to say was very important.

Jiraiya's eyes narrowed at the grim expression on Sarutobi's face "Well…what is it?" he asked as he stared forward at the man, his face holding a blank look.

"As you know that ever since the news of Danzo's defection and subsequent treason were revealed, the village has been in an uproar of sorts" Sarutobi began.

Jiraiya nodded with look of repressed impatience "I know that clearly enough, get to the point Sarutobi-sensei"

"Patience Jiraiya" the man chided with a thin smile on his face "Because of Naruto's fleeing and all the other shenanigans that have been happening, there are certain factions within the village who wish for me to step down as Hokage" the man said with his face drawn in a serious look.

"What…?" Jiraiya recoiled with surprise on his face.

"The Shinobi council feels that a new leader should be elected to take over the helm and they have given me the task of finding them and mentoring that person." The man said as he shifted his gaze from that of his former student to stare over the village he loved "Honestly I agree with them, Konoha does need a new Hokage" he said as he rubbed smiled at seeing some children laughing and playing on the streets. The sight was heart-warming at best but at worst it reminded him of Naruto, something that brought a look of wistfulness in his aged eyes.

"I see, but what are you getting at now?" Jiraiya said with narrowed eyes as if something was ringing alarm bells in his head.

Sarutobi recast his gaze back on Jiraiya "What I am getting at is that you Jiraiya are my chosen successor" he said with absolute seriousness in his voice.

The white-haired man burst out laughing hard, his booming laughter being carried by the wind that blew calmly all round Konoha. Jiraiya wiped a few tears from his eyes after he had calmed down "I'm glad to see that I can amuse you with something so serious" Sarutobi said dryly with a blank look on his face.

Jiraiya finally stopped his shaking as his laughter ceased "Seriously Sensei, both you and I know that I'm not fit to be a Hokage…what about Sakumo's kid, Minato's student, Kakashi?" he asked as he tried to swerve himself out of the daunting responsibility. It was not so much because of the responsibilities but just because, that office held way too many bad memories and scars of his failures.

Sarutobi frowned as his eyes closed "That is what you say when you run away from responsibilities Jiraiya…." He said as he let out a calm breath of air "And Kakashi is just as bad as you, besides he has a Genin squad and he is usually tied to them" he finished at the end as he rubbed at his beard.

"I'm not running away from anything" Jiraiya growled out, finding some offence from the statement.

"Are you certain?" Jiraiya's eyes fell "When will you ever stop walloping about your failures and try to accept the positives that you have"

The man gave a snort as a self-deprecating look appeared in his eyes "What positives? I've failed in every aspect, the negatives in my life, the failures dwarf the good things I've done" the white-haired man said with a voice full of self-scorn "You think I care about the title of Sannin? I'd much rather have been a normal ninja than be who I am right now" he finished as he stared into the open blue sky.

Sarutobi grunted with a disappointed sigh "I see, I'm disappointed in you Jiraiya. So would Minato and Kushina. When will you ever learn that you are a good person, that what separates you from most are the strange qualities that you possess. I thought I taught you that failures only make you stronger, isn't your ninja way to never give up?"

The man seemed to somehow consider that as his eyes dazed over "Alright, I'll consider it" Sarutobi gave the man a nod and a smile "But that will be until after I have searched for her" he said, emphasising the her as he did so.

Sarutobi manifested a questioning look on his face "Are you sure that is wise?" he asked the white-haired Sannin.

"Yeah, I can't run a village and search for Naruto at the same time can I" he asked rhetorically.

Sarutobi just nodded his head in concurrence "I suppose you are correct. I will have to announce this to the rest of the council" the Sandaime said.

Jiraiya put a finger on his lip in thought "The Chuunin exams are just a few months away right?" the older man nodded and Jiraiya assumed a contemplative pose "Hmm, I guess you are going to give me that long to find both her and Naruto. It won't be easy since I've lost track of both of them and they haven't been on the radar for almost four years now"

"I hope so…because I can certainly feel my years now" he said as he craned and stretched his spine slightly.

Jiraiya smirked at the grey-haired man "Yeah just wait, I'll bring her here. Even if I have to drag her here kicking and screaming" he said with a mischievous smirk on his face.

Sarutobi gave a hearty chuckle at that "Make sure you do. That would be quite the spectacle" the two laughed softly at that.

"Yeah, if she doesn't kill me first" Jiraiya added as an afterthought while his face still held the remnants of the smirk from earlier.


(Nami no Kuni)

Nami no kuni was a relatively isolated yet beautiful country surrounded by the sea with lots of mangroves sprouting out of the water close to the shores. There was a great stream that passed between the village reminiscent of in Uzushiogakure and nature was blooming all around. The country was made up of simple wooden structure houses, with many being two storeys high.

On an incredibly long and wide bridge near the shore, an elderly man with greyed hair, a beard and wearing a sleeveless brown V-neck shirt, pants and glasses directed the buildings proceedings as a few construction workers carried working equipment and some were drilling bolts into the bridge and doing whatever task they had been assigned to. Tazuna sighed wearily as he looked at progress of the bridge they had been building, it had been coming slowly and steadily building but his workers were slowly declining day by day as Gatou threatened or even killed some of them to spread fear and halt the building of the bridge.

Many had already given up and give a couple more weeks soon he would be out of workers and the bridge would be abandoned. It was hard, and he wished there was something he could do. The village had been saving what little money they had for a B-rank mission but despite that, it still wasn't enough to cover it. Even with the help of the country's Daimyo and nobles. The country had been far too drained and asking for more would've certainly spread more starvation in the village.

His only choice at this moment was deception, something that Ninja specialised in and he was no Ninja and he was going to attempt to deceive Shinobi. He would request a B-rank protection mission under the guise of C-rank escort mission. If all went well, they could even be lucky and not run into the assassins or Ninja Gatou would surely send after him.

So in a day he was to leave for Konoha to request that mission.

He sighed as he looked up into the air. It was yet another dull day in Nami, nothing extraordinary or out of the ordinary but simple fog cover, and the bright sunlight. His thoughts were soon discarded as the water of the sea below the bridge rumbled a little. He and his co-workers began to fear for the worst, assuming Gatou had sent his men to finish them all off. However their fears were rested when whatever it was that had caught their attention let out a loud screech, but that only served to worry them even more. Wind whipped around them with a sudden violence as something burst from the water, flying over them, its scaly sea blue colour sparkling with water while its long tail trailed back behind it as it landed on the bridge.

All of the men on the bridge dropped their weapons and Tazuna felt his jaw drop as before them stood a blue sea monster. It had a dragon-like appearance with its tail consisting of aquatic creature-like qualities as it resembled a tail common amongst many marine inhabitants, but with rough and large scaly features at the end. Its form was lined with large blue scales, and there were gills underneath it chin, it had sky blue scaly wings which were dripping with water. Atop it was a boy, with long spiky blond hair which reached his shoulders and hung loosely over his back. He had a red cloth on his face which obscured some of his features from coming into view with only his rippled purple eyes being the only thing that was visible.

Tazuna and his platoon of workers found themselves incapable of forming a coherent speech as the creature just stood before them before it coiled its feathers slightly, making some of them stumble backwards. "ROAARRRR!" with suddenness it let out a bellowing and earth cringing roar which splashed harsh winds against the bride construction workers.

No one spoke for a second just staring at the strange wet duo. All of them tensed when the boy gave them a lazy wave before him and his companion took to the sky with beating flaps of its wings.

Tazuna took off his straw hat, using it as a small fan as he blew some cold air into his face to ensure he wasn't dreaming "Well, I've seen some strange things in my life…" the man said with the others looking at him "But that takes my bottle of sake…" they all nodded absently with their hanging jaws struggling to be brought back into shape.


"Haha, you should've seen the look on their faces kid" the transformed Jinyancha barked out in laughter while he flapped his scaly wings once every three seconds in the air "It was absolutely priceless. You have a prankster side to you kid that much I've glimpsed, but you've got nothing on me"

"It would've been better if we hadn't drawn attention to ourselves you know"

Jinyancha dismissed with a nonchalant voice "Ah don't worry. People are stupid, they'll just think we're some kind of myth or something"

"That's comforting…." Naruto said dryly as Jinyancha made another long flap of his wings. "And you just had to add the typical roar didn't you?" Naruto asked with an irriated groan.

"Well of course. I swear one of them pissed in his pants" Naruto this time couldn't stop himself from palming his forehead loudly "Come one face it kid, you enjoyed that" Jinyancha exclaimed as he gazed at the annoyed blond out of the corner of his red eyes.

Naruto's eyebrow twitched as he gathered that the Jinn boss was annoying him on purpose because of what he had said before the left Uzushiogakure "Someday I will learn how to fly, and I will never ride on you again" Naruto said with a glare.

Jinyancha's eyes got moist at that "You're cold kid, you're absolutely cold" Jinyancha said with a feigned look of dejection "Well, happy landings then…" Jinyancha said suddenly as he puffed out of existence while still in mid-air making Naruto's eyes widen before he groaned.

Naruto channelled Chakra to his feet as he descended toward the ground at breakneck speed. He activated his Asura path, hardening his legs as he neared the ground with the wind whipping at his form. People around the streets of Nami got a surprise as they saw something falling rapidly from the sky. It was small, almost bird-like in size from how far it was but it got proportionally bigger with each second as it neared the ground. Finally once it was within 30 feet from reaching the ground, the people could see it was a human being and many closed their eyes fearing for the worst and not wanting to hear nor see the harsh impact

Naruto crashed into the ground feet first with a loud impact, digging into the earth with his feet and sending loud rumblings through the streets and debris flying into the air. A large cloud of dust rose from where he had crashed into, and many people stared peeked their heads into the large hole he had created. A huge crater remained from where the blond had impacted. He groaned as he felt the sting in his legs, he wobbled as he jumped out of the crater he had created with staggering steps.

He looked around to see many people staring at him in disbelief and merely dusted himself off before he walked away, leaving the people standing there with their eyes wide and unblinking and their jaws hanging absurdly. None of them even had the forethought to ask whether he was alright.

'That was rough…next time I'll make sure to pull that asshole by his beard'


Konbijutsu: Shaberu Hakkyou - Combination technique: Cackling madness

Kirirgakure no Jutsu: Hidden mist technique

Sution: Daibakufu no Jutsu - Water release: Great waterfall technique

Futon: Atsugai - Wind release: Pressure damage

Futon: Daitoppa - Wind release: Great breakthrough

Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu - Fire release: Great fireball technique


Another one….things are finally beginning to move forward now.

Naruto; Age 9 (beginning of training)

Naruto; current age: 12 and a half (after training)

Note: I will alter the timeline somewhat to accommodate some of the changes I will be adding to the canon-line arcs, so watch out for those.

Not much to say, I kinda am bloated (had a lot of fries and coke). The next update will not be until after a while, not 'months a while' but just a few weeks a while. I have Practicals and those baby-sitting chores like that.

And please review, it takes only a minute and a couple of words where you say what you like or dislike about the story and then, voila you're done…