Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I do own the idea behind this story and any O.C.s created. Tenten's last name of Hasuwada belongs to Obsidian Dreamer, as Tenten does not have an official last name, and I suck at coming up with names, especially Japanese names.

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Ero-Sennin56: I disagree. I think the sealing prowess of the Uzumaki clan comes much more from nurture than nature. Take Sasuke for example. He is lightning aligned, but can do fire just fine. Why? Because his entire family did fire, so for six years he trained only in fire. Sealing is like for the Uzumaki. Everyone did sealing, so you naturally learned it, and because so many did sealing, you were far more likely to get masters. It has nothing to do with genetics.

Also, Lee just deserves to be able to do seals.

Key:
"Talking"
'Thinking/mental communication'
Jutsu
Biju/Boss Summon/Very many speaking loudly at the same time speech

Chapter 10: Revelations

A middle aged man with long, spikey hair jumped through the window on the Hokage's tower. Unlike other Kohona ninja, he had the kanji for oil on his headband. "You called for me sensei?"

The third nodded at a seat. "Jiraiya-kun, it is time for you to meet your godson. He and his team are in need of training for the coming exams." The man hissed as he inhaled.

"I see. Right. Don't worry, the gallant Toad Sage has never failed, and won't do so now. You can count on me." By the end of this statement, the man had stood up and struck a ridiculous pose.

"Good. They will be at training ground Nine at six. Be there." Jiraiya understood the underlying message. 'No research for a while I guess.'

Team Nine had assembled at training ground Nine. Their sensei was even more excited than usual. "For the next month, we have a youthful man coming to teach us. Also, Naruto-kun, he will want to examine you. I think you know why." Naruto was at first confused by this statement, but then his eyes widened in understanding. He nodded.

"Say sensei, when is the man supposed to arrive? Is he late?" Gai moved to answer, but a booming laugh interrupted them.

"A sage is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to!" There was a poof of smoke, and a man appeared on a horse sized toad. "And I am the greatest Sage to ever live. Men are in awe of me, and women always want more of me. The one, the only, Jiraiya, the Gallant Toad Sage!" He had done some kind of…dance…yes dance was the right word, and had finished by striking a pose.

Naruto and Lee had stars in their eyes. "You are the man who wrote the youthful book I am reading?" Jiraiya blinked, and looked at Lee.

"You make seals? Show me." He hopped off the toad, who disappeared. Lee whipped out a brush, ink, and sealing paper. Within eight seconds, he had a working exploding tag. Jiraiya grabbed it, and looked it over.

"Very nice speed, lines are crisp and straight, yes, very good. Congratulations, you are on your way to being a seals master." Lee smiled.

"Thank you Jiraiya-sama for acknowledging my hard work. Unfortunately, I will not be able to reach that level, as I am unable to mold chakra." Jiraiya blinked.

"So you turned to seals. Try looking up the Uzumaki clan, they were seal masters." Naruto perked up at the mention of his clan. "Well, good work. Speaking of seals, blondie, I need to see you alone. Now." Naruto blinked, and then looked down. He suddenly looked nervous.

"Hey…Jiraiya-sama…do you think I could tell them?" By now Lee and Tenten were curious. They had never heard of Naruto being so important, or secretive. Gai had come close to Naruto.

"I believe the youthful bonds on this team are strong, but it is your choice Naruto-kun." Naruto blinked, and smiled. He turned towards Tenten and Lee.

"I…have something to tell you and…it won't be easy to get out." Now they were really curious. Naruto never had trouble saying anything. "Where to start…what do you know about the Kyuubi?"

"It attacked twelve years ago, and the Fourth defeated it and killed it." Lee nodded in agreement with Tenten's statement.

"Close…he did defeat it. But the Kyuubi is a Buji. It does not stay dead. The only way to contain it is to seal it, and the only thing that can hold it is a newborn baby. When was the attack?"

"October 10th."

"And my birthday?"

"October 10th…oh my Kami Naruto!" He was tackled by a suddenly crying Tenten. She hugged him tightly. "You are the container of the Kyuubi, aren't you." It wasn't a question. He mutely nodded, and hugged Tenten back. Being hugged like this…it felt nice.

Lee slowly walked over, and joined the hug. "You are most youthful for holding back the beast. I salute you." The team hugged and cried together, as the older men watched proudly.

Eventually they broke apart. "Thanks, I needed that." They both nodded at him.

"Right, now I need to check the seal. Shirt up, and channel some chakra." Naruto had to unzip his orange spandex suit, which made him topless. He missed Tenten looking at his chest. He channeled the chakra, and the seal appeared.

Jiraiya looked at the seal with a keen eye. "Well I have good news. The seal is completely intact, and you have never used any of the Kyuubi's chakra. Unfortunately, that is also bad, as I want to train you in its chakra. There is only one way to do that now. You have to enter your mindscape, and make a deal with the creature. Anything else would be too dangerous."

"Why would it be dangerous?"

"Think of it this way. The seal is a damn, holding back the chakra. Right now, it is letting none of the chakra through. However, should you call on a little in battle, the pressure behind the damn will ensure you get a lot, causing you to lose control. Entering your mindscape will cause the seal to automatically send a tiny bit into you continuously, allowing you not to be overwhelmed by it. If you had used the chakra before, this might have been avoided." Naruto nodded dumbly, comprehending the idea, but not everything. And what was a damn anyways?

"Before that can happen though, I need you to sign something." He pulled off the giant scroll on his back, and opened it up. "This is the Toad Summoning Scroll. Sign this, and get the Toad Boss to acknowledge you, and you will be able to summon toads to fight with you." Naruto smiled.

"Like the Fourth!" Lee and Tenten looked surprised. Naruto was getting a legendary contract? Although, he did kind of deserve it.

"Exactly. Sign you name in blood, and I will teach you the rest." Naruto bit his thumb, and signed his name. It shimmered briefly, and then settled. "Right, here are the hand signs. You need a blood offering, then you make the hand signs, and then slam your palm on a surface. If you need to do it in midair, slam yourself."

Naruto nodded. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" There was a puff of smoke…and a tadpole emerged. "Damn it!"

"Don't worry, I expected this to happen. Now follow me, I have a way around this." The group followed him towards for a while. "What I am going to do is simple. I am going to throw you off a cliff-and don't you protest. You won't actually die, I have seals down there to prevent it, and I tested it myself.

Anyways, your body will think it is going to die, and force you into your mindscape. You will confront the Kyuubi, and make a deal with it. Its chakra for some benefits, and no, freedom is absolutely off the table in any shape or form. Once you make the agreements, simply place your hands on the seal, and repeat the agreement while channeling the chakra. That will uphold your end of the bargain, and if he doesn't come through, simply remove his benefits the same way.

Once you get some chakra from him doing a summoning technique. You should be able to summon the Boss Toad. Do you understand?" Naruto nodded at they reached the cliff. "Good, now the spot is-whoa!" Jiraiya slipped, and pushed Naruto off the edge.

"SHITTTTT!" "NARUTO!" Jiraiya grabbed Lee and Tenten.

"Don't worry, I did that on purpose. Now he is truly convinced he will die, but he will be perfectly safe." The team glared at him. "What?"

Kurama felt it as he awoke. His jailor had entered his mindscape. Good, that means the situation they were in must be desperate if he had entered without first drawing on his chakra. That left the Kyuubi in a favorable bargaining position. He was ready to meet-

"Aha! There you are you most unyouthful beast! You are the unyouthful Kyuubi who has attacked our village in a most unyouthful way. Fortunately, I, Uzumaki Naruto, the Awesome Orange Beast of Kohona, have such great flames of youth that my Will of Fire burns brighter than you do. I will not let you corrupt me, and if you do, I will run around the continent five times and if I can't do that I will swim around the world once. Yatta! Youth!"

Faced with the boy in an orange spandex, who had a thumbs up and a leg struck out in a ridiculous pose, Kurama, the Kyuubi no Yoko, had absolutely no chance for victory.

Naruto took one look at the dumbfounded expression on the kitsune's face, and laughed. Hard. "Ha-ha-ha-ha! Just wait until I tell everyone that I pranked you! You should see the look on your face!" The Kyuubi looked furious.

"You little monkey! Respect me damn it, or I will end you and everything you care about in a most horrible way possible!" Naruto continued to laugh.

"Like you weren't already going to do that. Besides, respect is earned Fuzbutt." Said fuzbutt snarled. Naruto looked around the room.

It was set up like a gym, with weights and machines and the like. In the center was a giant sparing ring where the cage of the Kyuubi was held. Water was leaking from the roof, forming the puddle at his feet.

"Anyways, jokes and threats aside, I am here to make a deal with you." The red eyes bored into him.

"A deal? I will make you a deal. Release me, and I won't harm you or your loved ones." Naruto laughed again.

"Nice try Fuzbutt. Now, really try it. What do you want, and freedom of any form is off the table." The Kyuubi suddenly grinned, and Naruto realized why this creature was so feared.

"You don't really have time to negotiate with me, do you? You are dying or something like that, right?" Naruto grinned back.

"Normally yes. However, I realized in here that Jiraiya "accidentally" tripped and pushed me over on purpose. I have absolutely nothing to lose. So…a deal?"

The Kyuubi blinked at the boy, who was so similar in some ways to his old containers, but so different in other ways. "Fine. I want to be able to see what you see, feel what you feel, taste what you taste. And I want a way to communicate with you mentally. I will offer enough chakra for the initial state, and one tail form. Anything else, you will have to earn."

Naruto thought about the deal, and nodded. "Fine. But we get mute buttons for each other." He walked up to the seal. "I agree to let you experience my senses, and to communicate with me." He channeled the chakra, and felt a tingling on his stomach. "By the way, I need some now to summon a toad. Otherwise, I will just be tossed off again."

"Fine." Some red chakra leaked through the seal, and engulfed Naruto.

He was suddenly awake, and falling. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" His decent was halted as he came to rest on a giant toad.

"Jiraiya! Why did you summon me! There is no battle going on here!" Team Nine was in awe of the giant toad.

"Hey, up here! I summoned you, you fool!" Jiraiya slapped his head. The toad boss looked up.

"Ha! Like a little kid could summon me, Gamabunta, the Chief Toad!" Naruto was beyond annoyed.

"I did you overgrown wart. I, Uzumaki Naruto, summoned you right now! I can take any challenge you throw at me to prove it." The Toad adopted a thoughtful nodded.

"Any challenge? Fine, stay on my head for the rest of day to prove your worth!" With that, the Toad began to bounce around, as Naruto desperately grabbed onto the toad's shirt. Jiraiya turned back to the group.

"Well, he has it well in hand. Now, let me see what I can teach you lot.

Hiruzen looked up as Danzo entered the room. "What can I do for you today?"

Danzo sat down. "A favor old friend. I heard today that your student was back. I was wondering if you would replace your usual guards with your students for the Chunnin Exams?" Hiruzen blinked.

"I could. Why?" He puffed on his pipe.

"A show of force. As you know, Suna has lost much of its business to us. They may be considering drastic measures. Having the two loyal Sannin with you when the Kazekage visits would be a great deterrent to a war we do not want. We are still in the process of rebuilding from the attack and the last war."

Hiruzen thought about it. "I see no problem with your request. I will do so." Danzo nodded, and stepped of the room.

'Orochimaru, you may be brilliant, but you are predictable. You will attack your sensei directly, no matter the odds. A reunion of the team should end you. Now I have to prepare Root for a war.'

"Alright kid, you have managed to prove your worth…kid? Jiraiya, I can't get the kid to respond." Jiraiya leaped up, and grabbed Naruto, who was still clinging to the shirt.

"It seems he has passed out, but was still holding on. That's impressive."

"Tell him when he wakes up that I accept him as a henchman." The toad disappeared.

The next day saw Team Nine on the training ground. Lee was avidly reading his new book. "These seals are amazing. Your clan, before it was destroyed, were most youthful." Naruto could only nod at Lee.

Earlier he had learned the basic version of what had happened to his clan. He was still kind of numb to the knowledge. Then Jiraiya appeared. "Right, it is time to learn chakra control. This will boast your speed and improve you ninjutsu. Here is what we are going to do. Tree walking." He then proceeded to walk up the tree next to him, leaving the genin flabbergasted.

"The key is to apply chakra to your feet. The chakra will naturally mold and stick to any surface, as long as you have the right amount. Use a kunai to mark your progress."

The three nodded. "I will have this down by the end of the day! Here I go!" He charged at the tree, only to fall straight on his butt. A deep laughter filled his head. 'Yah, laugh it up Fuzbutt. They aren't doing any better.' And his team wasn't.

"Right, take two." He ran forward, and poured much more energy into the tree, which exploded and sent him flying. The laughter echoed in his head again. 'Shut up you!'

The next week was spent learning to tree walk, at least for Naruto. Lee got it on the fourth day, and Tenten on the fifth. They had moved onto water walking. So now Naruto was soaking himself, to the pleasure of his prisoner.

'You are so mean.'

'Little monkey, if this was all you had to watch, you would find it funny to. Now go out there and fail again.' Naruto did run out onto the lake…to fall face first into it.

It took another week to learn water walking. Six days were on the lake, and the seventh was on the stream, which was harder with the water flowing. Then it was time for the final exercise.

"Are you telling me we have to walk up a waterfall?" Jiraiya nodded.

"It is great, it combines the hardest parts of both water walking and tree walking." Naruto looked over to see his teammates were already attempting it. Lee managed to get half-way up before falling down.

"Fine." Then next ten day were spent learning to walk up the waterfall. He could finally do it, but he only had three days left before the final round.

Each team member got something to work on. Tenten learned her affinity was lighting, and got two jutsus. One was a simple lighting: Raiton: denki parusu (Lighting release, Electro pulse). It charged her weapons with lighting chakra, and allowed her to numb her enemies with his weapons. The other was a really chakra sucker, Doton: yomi numa. This created a swamp under her enemies, trapping them for her to barrage. Unfortunately, it was such a chakra drainer that she could only use it twice a day, and not right after each other. Her swamp also wasn't nearly as big or as deep as Jiraiya's but it was still good for her level.

Lee continued to pour over the seals in the Uzumaki sealing book, learning several simple barrier seals. He absolutely loved the book, and received a few tips from Jiraiya.

Naruto was trained on using the Kyuubi's chakra. He could use both initial and one tail form, but wasn't good at manipulating the energy. Still, according to Jiraiya, he was making good progress.

"One thing about your competition. The redhead form Suna is like you. So…be careful around him." Naruto was very happy about the advice. It also made him…nervous.

There was one final surprise that he discovered that month. He came upon Tsunade training Sakura. "Eh, Hime, did you take on another apprentice?"

Tsunade scowled. "Yes brat, I did. This girl has near perfect instinctive chakra control, which makes her an ideal medic. I am teaching her the basic medicine." Naruto shrugged. More medics was always a good thing. He quickly left before the Hime could accuse him of cheating.

Team Nine stood in front of the giant arena. Gai and Jiraiya stood with them. "You guys are so totally ready for this. Go get them." The team nodded.

"We got this. Let's go." They headed to the competitor's box.