Turmanarmo: Hooray I got another chapter out despite the fact that I only have access to a tablet. I would have dropped it earlier but I was too tired to do much editing after I finished writing it last night.
Akamaru: *woof*
Turmanarmo: Yeah I agree Akamaru, I think this story has gone pretty well. Hey did you figure out who the reveal is for this time?
Akamaru: *woof*
Turmanarmo: Good guess Akamaru, you are absolutely right, I wonder if any of my readers figured it out. Anywho, thanks for all your reviews, favorites, and follows. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Kiba: *huff huff* Finally made it *gasp* did I miss anything, okay I will do the disclaimer. The author doesn't own the manga and anime about my rival Naruto so please go support the official release. Also, since Lee and his team got a side manga anime release, you should also go tell the author that he should make a story about me and my teammates too.
As Naruto walked back into the village proper he wondered where he might find the three Gaki. However, as luck would have it he heard a shout of "Oyabun!" from behind him and there stood Team Ebisu, though it would appear they had run off without said sensei since he was running towards them at the moment.
When he arrived Ebisu chided, "Konohamaru, you shouldn't just run off like that when we are on our way to a mission."
Naruto lightly punched Konohamaru on the head as he said, "Yeah Konohamaru, you shouldn't shirk your duties dattebayo, even if they are stupid D rank 'missions.' However, while you three run off to complete your chores, I'm sorry, I mean your mission, I need to ask your sensei something, so run along gaki."
After hearing the indignant shout of his 'rival,' and seeing the other two drag him away, Naruto continued, "So Ebisu-sensei, I was asked by Tsunade-Baachan to tell all of my friends about my 'burden', but since your team is not on a break this week I figured I would ask you for permission to steal them after your mission and any training you might have planned to talk with them about it."
Ebisu looked thoughtful before saying, "I have no objections to you talking with my students as long as it isn't to teach Konohamaru more of you disgraceful techniques. Regardless, I expect to be done with training around midafternoon so I will send them by your house around that time so you can talk with them Naruto-san."
Naruto nodded before he headed off towards home and doubled his pace when his stomach growled loudly, reminding him that he had yet to eat and it was nearly noon. He wasn't exactly sure what time midafternoon was, but he would find something to do around his house after he ate and wait for their arrival.
After eating a hearty lunch Naruto decided to do some of his cleaning that had begun to pile up. As he created a couple of Kage Bunshin they went about their various tasks to clean up the apartment. Once they had finished, it was about one in the afternoon so he decided to just lounge around until they arrived.
About an hour later he was awakened from his nap when there was a loud knocking on the door and as he expected, he found the students of team Ebisu standing at his door. He invited them in and they all sat on the couches in Naruto's, now clean, main room before Konohamaru started, "Ebisu-sensei said you had something to tell us Naruto-nii, when he said that, he also told us that what you had to say was important and that we should listen closely to whatever it is. Honestly, he kind of freaked us out with the way he said it, he almost sounded like you were dying or something. You are okay, right nii-san?"
Naruto snorted as he said, "Yes guys, I am perfectly fine, what I have to talk about has been a part of my life since I was born. Though I suppose the situation has become a bit darker since then, but you don't need to worry about that."
Moegi spoke up, "We are glad that you are okay Naruto-nii, but you can't blame us for worrying about you when you show up randomly and ask to speak to our sensei, only for us to find out you need to talk to us privately about something important."
Naruto scratched the back of his head before answering, "Well thanks for worrying about me guys, but before I start I kind of want to know what you guys have been up to recently. How has training with Ebisu-sensei been going?"
Udon replied, "It has been going pretty well, sensei has been showing us the different formations we will use and explaining their purposes, though today he also showed us how to do the first Chakra control exercise, leaf sticking. Moegi was able to do it on her third try and by the end of the day Konohamaru and I were able to keep the leaf on us without too much trouble."
Konohamaru pouted as he said, "Yeah, but Moegi was able to keep like a dozen leafs stuck to her by the end of the day while she was doing her exercises. We could barely get one while staying concentrated on it."
Naruto chuckled, "Oh I remember Chakra control exercises, though Kakashi had us start with tree walking. I remember Sakura-chan got it right away while the teme and I took a couple of days to finally be able to do it. Ebisu-sensei was actually the one who taught me water walking, though at the time I couldn't do it since my Chakra was all messed up. Chakra control is honestly still one of my weakest areas 'tebayo, besides of course Genjutsu."
Konohamaru looked skeptical before he said, "I still don't see why we need to do Chakra control exercises though. Sure tree and water walking are useful, but you just said you have poor control and you are still an awesome ninja so why is it so important."
Naruto looked contemplative for a moment before he responded, "Well, I wouldn't say it is unimportant, I know I am bad at it, but that doesn't mean I don't try and work on it a bit. My lack of control is a large part of the reason I can't do Genjutsu and I have trouble dispelling them. Plus I have had to work quite a lot to get it up to what it is now dattebayo, though I suppose I am a bit of a special case. Regardless of that though, you have been punched by Tsunade-Baachan, right Konohamaru?"
As he was about to object Moegi answered, "Yeah, he tried to call her Baachan like you always do, but she reacted rather violently to him attempting to do so."
Naruto laughed as he said, "Yeah she doesn't like being called old by anyone, she doesn't particularly like it when I call her Baachan either, but I think I am the only one she would let get away with it. Anyways my point is, what you felt is her natural strength, now using her perfect chakra control she can enhance her strength to such a point that she can crush mountains with her fist. But that is just one example of what it can do for you, good chakra control can also allow you to use medical Jutsu like Baachan and Sakura-chan which is a super useful ability. I honestly wish I could do some of that since it would be another way I could help protect my friends."
Udon looked intrigued as he said, "But why can't you? I know your control is poor, but can't you ever get it up to that point to learn those Jutsu?"
Naruto stopped for a second as he said, "Well that is an interesting idea. I don't know if my chakra control can ever get to the point Sakura-chan and Baachan have it, but it would be nice to get it to the point where I could at least do some low level ones and maybe do some field first aid, thanks Udon, that's a good idea. I will definitely ask Baachan or someone about that 'tebayo."
Konohamaru spoke up at this point, "Hey Naruto-nii, earlier you said that the reason you have horrible control was because you were a special case, what did you mean by that?"
Naruto looked confused for a second before he said, "Oh that, that is related to what we need to talk about, but I will get to that later. For now though I will just give you an example, I want all of you to completely unsuppress your chakra so I can show you something."
They all looked at each other for a second before shrugging and forming the ram sign to charge up their chakra to its maximum. Naruto nodded before saying, "Okay, as I expected Konohamaru has the most Chakra of the group because of his Sarutobi lineage. Udon is a close second though which is awesome, once you guys get your chakra under control and assuming you keep building your capacity you two can be pretty good with Ninjutsu since you won't wear yourselves out after only a few Jutsu."
Naruto added, "Moegi is a bit different, your chakra is definitely lower than the other two, though yours is at least a bit higher than Sakura-chan's was at this age so that is good. Based on what they said earlier about how well you did at the chakra control exercise earlier and assuming you continue to grow your capacity as well you could definitely be a great third member for your team, you could go the medic route and heal them as they get injured like Baachan and Sakura-chan. You could also be a Genjutsu specialist like Kurenai-sensei and make openings for them to use or cover your escape if you need to get out."
Naruto looked thoughtful before shouting, "Oh and you could also be like Tenten and Lee and specialize in low chakra combat, either close or long range and with or without a weapon. Of course there are probably other options I can't think of, but the point is don't let a low chakra pool keep you down. Now let me show you something."
Naruto began to charge his chakra for a few seconds before he stopped and the three in front of him looked impressed as Konohamaru said, "Wow Oyabun, you have nearly twice as much chakra as me, you are so cool."
Naruto chuckled as he said, "Thanks I guess guys, but having too much chakra can be as much of a blessing as it is a curse. Udon, you have about as much chakra as I had when I first had my Chakra unlocked in the academy. What you sense now is about what I had when I joined team seven." After a few more seconds of charging up Naruto said, "This is my chakra now."
Moegi was the first one to break out of her shock and responded, "n-Naruto-nii that is insane, you have way more chakra than all of us combined. How is that even possible?"
Naruto laughed and scratched the back of his head before saying, "I was born with a large capacity, based on what I have been told, if it weren't for some special circumstances that artificially boosted my reserves I would have likely still had way more chakra than most, just not quite in this level. Anyways, let's move on to what we need to talks about, do any of you know what a Bijuu is."
Both Udon and Moegi nodded and Udon said, "It is a creature made of chakra that is made entirely of chakra, though the only one I have ever actually heard of was the Kyuubi that attacked our village before we were born."
At this Konohamaru shouted, "Of course we know what a Bijuu is, Naruto-nii, but what does that have to do with anything."
Naruto snorted as he said, "If you will wait I will explain why it is important dattebayo. Okay so you know what a Bijuu is, so since they are made entirely out of Chakra, how did the Yondaime defeat the Kyuubi?"
The kids looked confused for a second and looked around hoping one of the others would know the answer but no one did so Moegi said, "We're not sure, but he obviously did somehow, otherwise the village would be destroyed."
Konohamaru huffed as he said, "Honestly, why is it important, the Yondaime was strong enough to defeat it, why does it matter how."
Udon answered, "Well Konohamaru, as you should remember, Chakra cannot be created or destroyed. Since the Kyuubi is made entirely of chakra Naruto-nii is asking how he defeated it and by extension, if he did kill Kyuubi, what happened to its Chakra, right?"
Naruto nodded before answering, "Correct Udon, with a Bijuu, death is not the end, whenever one is destroyed it simply disperses and eventually the chakra reforms and they can once again roam our world. Thankfully for us the Yondaime was a master of Fuinjutsu so he was able to seal the Kyuubi away so that we wouldn't have to worry about it escaping again."
Konohamaru snorted as he said, "Wow, that sounds so much more lame than thinking he actually defeated it, what did he do, seal it into some sealing scroll, and if it is so simple then why did he die fighting it, honestly that just makes him sound lame."
After she whacked Konohamaru on the head Moegi replied, "Honestly Konohamaru, do you ever pay attention, Fuinjutsu is so much more complicated than just sealing scrolls. Plus to seal something like the Kyuubi would be difficult I would assume, and even if you could seal it into a scroll, I imagine getting him into position so you could run Chakra through him and into the scroll to seal him would be complicated as well."
Naruto laughed as he responded, "She is right you know, to seal something like a Bijuu you require a special seal and a special container, though not all seals work quite like a sealing scroll. A great example of this is that diamond on Tsunade-Baachan, it is a seal that she can store a massive amount of chakra in and when she releases it she becomes insanely strong and nearly immortal for a short time. Another example I know of is this seal I can't remember the name of that Orochimaru-teme used on me one time that sealed off a bunch of my chakra 'tebayo. I am sure, just like the other Jutsu types, Fuinjutsu can offer a wide range of possibilities for use."
Naruto sighed before saying, "Regardless, as I mentioned, the Yondaime knew when he went out to fight the Kyuubi that the only sure way to defeat it would be to seal it. There are very few people in this world who can go toe to toe with an unrestrained bijuu by themselves and live to tell the tale to be honest. Supposedly the Kyuubi is the strongest of the nine Bijuu so there is that to consider as well."
Konohamaru sighed before saying, "Well when you explain it like that it makes it sound better, so what did the Yondaime do with Kyuubi then?"
Udon continued, "Yeah, you said that it takes a special seal and container to hold a Bijuu. By the way you worded that it makes it seem like they have done this with others. Also, how many of these Bijuu are there, I have only ever heard of the Kyuubi."
Naruto nodded as he said, "Yeah it is something that has been done before, and apparently the Shodai was the first one to seal a Bijuu. At first he sealed it with his Mokuton ability since it had the ability to suppress chakra, especially that of a Bijuu. However that was not a permanent solution since he wouldn't be able to hold them forever. I wasn't told too many details about how they figured it out, but they found out that if you wanted to keep the Bijuu sealed for an extended time, you needed to seal them inside of a human."
As all of them gasped Moegi said, "Seal it inside someone, but why does it have to be inside someone?"
Naruto grimaced as he said, "Well it had to be inside someone because the Chakra is highly corrosive and it can destroy its container. However with a human the corrosion is reduced as the leaking Chakra mixes with the hosts Chakra thus protecting them from most of the damage, and the rest of it is repaired by the body's natural healing. The person they are sealed I is called a Jinchuuriki and there are two main types. There is the type that we in Konoha use where the beast is sealed in the host for storage purposes largely, though the seal is designed to hold the beast back but still be used if the host needs to such as when their life is endangered."
Naruto sighed as he said, "The other type is when the beast is sealed inside of them to be used as a weapon. With these the seal is designed to allow the host to actively draw on the power with as few limitations as possible to maximize the amount of damage they can do in battle dattebayo."
Konohamaru looked confused as he asked, "But why don't we do that as well, if the Jinchuuriki already has the beast in them, why not teach them how to use the power so they can be crazy powerful?"
Naruto looked over as he said, "Well Konohamaru that sounds good in theory but there is one issue. When the Chakra of the Bijuu is drawn its consciousness is drawn with it and the Bijuu have an insane amount of potency to their will so it takes a lot of effort to maintain control of your body while also battling and trying to control how much chakra you are taking in from the seal. Now imagine this, if you lose concentration for long enough to let the Bijuu affect you then they influence your emotions so much that you lose all sense of yourself and become an enraged animalistic violent beast. Imagine if for some reason you lost control like that and accidentally ended up hurting Udon or Moegi, how would that make you feel Konohamaru."
Konohamaru looked upset as he said, "I would never hurt my friends, I have a strong enough will that I could keep it in check and still use its power."
Naruto sighed, "It is nice to think that Konohamaru, but you can't imagine how hard it is to keep that level of control while using that power. Imagine you are fighting someone super strong and they have one of your friend's captive and are threatening and taunting you that they will hurt your friend so you fight them. Now this person is so strong that you have to draw on these powers to fight them and actually have a chance of winning. Do you think you could go for a drawn out battle and not get distracted by combat or so enraged by him taunting you about your friend that you could avoid letting it take control to get your vengeance?"
Konohamaru huffed as he said, "Why don't you think I could do it Naruto-nii I know it would be hard but I would never hurt my friends. I am sure that I would be able to do it."
Naruto looked sad as he asked, "Okay let's put it this way then, Konohamaru do you think I could do it, could I maintain control if I was fighting Orochimaru and he was taunting me about Sasuke-teme?"
Konohamaru scoffed as he said, "Of course Nii-chan, you are super strong. I know that you would be able to overpower the Kyuubi's influence and avoid hurting your friends. But why did you ask that Naruto, you know I respect you and as much as I wish I were as good as you I know you are stronger than me for the most part so that question was pointless."
Naruto smiled as he said, "Thanks Konohamaru, however you can't imagine how wrong you are. The reason I asked it that way is because it actually happened. I am the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi and during our last mission we fought Orochimaru and sometime during the fight I ended up hurting Sakura-chan."
Silence fell over the clearing before all three kids simultaneously said, "What!"
Naruto glanced at them before saying, "You all heard right, I am the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki for Konoha. You have no idea how powerful a Bijuu is or how much control he can exert over me when I use his chakra. Because of this I have decided to stop using the chakra altogether just to avoid that sort of thing happening again."
Udon was the one to say, "So this is what you came here to tell us, that you are the Jinchuuriki. That certainly wasn't something I had considered. I have a question though, why isn't this something that was taught to us in the academy. Is it some sort of big village secret or something, and if so why are you telling us?"
Naruto snorted as he said, "Honestly if you had guessed that I would be a bit concerned. As to why you don't know, it is because it is considered a village secret but not for the reason you think. They don't tell you so that you won't be afraid of me. It is largely to give me the chance to befriend people without them coming in thinking I am some sort of monster, weapon, or freak for containing the Kyuubi."
Moegi spoke up, "I suppose that makes sense, but then why ever tell anyone? Or rather, why tell us?"
Naruto smiled at this one and said, "The whys are twofold. First it is because Tsunade-Baachan asked me to tell my friends about it since the group Akatsuki is hunting Jinchuuriki for their Bijuu. The second reason is because I finished my friends from my age group and I realized that even if she obviously didn't mean for me to tell you guys since she didn't give you the week off like those my age, I still wanted to tell you because you are my friends and I wanted you to know."
All of a sudden they heard Konohamaru mutter, "So that was why." Which prompted a "What?" from the rest of the group.
Konohamaru looked up and said, "Oh sorry, I was thinking and I realized that when we first became rivals you told me that you wanted to become the Hokage just like me to gain the respect of the villagers but I never could quite figure out why they didn't respect you. Now I know why, they know for some reason don't they? Why did Hiruzen-jiichan let them know but not let us know?"
Naruto sighed as he said, "Yeah, the whole village found out about my status shortly after my birth and due to the fact that they reacted negatively towards me Jiji decided that it would be best to prevent those who hated me from giving their children a reason to hate me by telling them I was a demon. He knew they would never properly explain that I was simply the jailor for the Kyuubi as opposed to its reincarnation."
Udon spoke up next and said, "So you had the Kyuubi sealed in you on your birthday, wow that is horrible, when did you first find out about it?"
Naruto laughed as he said, "Yeah, it is a pretty crappy birthday present but oh well. As to when I learned about it, since I didn't know about it at first either, Jiji's law applied to people telling me as well. He was intending to tell me on the night of my graduation but due to some particularly nasty events he ended up being beaten to that by Mizuki-teme who told me about it just before I graduated, though he told me I was the demon and was only telling me as a way of distracting me while he tried to kill me dattebayo."
Moegi looked up and asked, "But why weren't you told about it until then, surely you deserved to know your own secret."
Naruto snorted as he said, "You know I asked the same thing at the time and what Jiji told me made a lot of sense. Imagine if you were told as a young child that you were containing a giant demon fox that destroyed a lot of the village and was the reason that everyone seemingly hated you? Regardless of any explanation that might be a hard one to deal with."
They all remained silent for a bit before collectively saying, "Oh."
Naruto continued, "Yeah that was my response at the time to 'tebayo. Regardless of all that though, do you have any more questions for me because if not I will probably let you guys go so you can get home for the evening."
When they all shook their heads they parted ways and went home to think about what they had heard. Naruto sighed as he sat down on his couch and thought about all of the things that had happened over the last couple of days. He had managed to tell 12 people about his darkest secret and not one of them had abandoned him over this. As he had said to Shikamaru on that first day, he had never been so glad to be wrong in his life. As far as he knew there was no one else to tell, he had told all of his same age and year up friends, he had told team Ebisu, all of the adults knew about it, and he couldn't think of anyone else that he knew that lived in the village that needed to know.
That was it then, he had finally told them all, now he just needed to see if any of them had any follow up questions since some of them had gotten different details and since they had not been given time to let it all sink in until now. He knew that he had been in and out of Jiji's office for the first few days after he had first found out so he imagined it might be the same here. So it was settled, tomorrow he would go around and let them know that he was done with reveals and that he would be able to talk with them if they had more questions. And with that thought he headed down to his kitchen to eat before he went to bed thinking of all of his friends and how they made his life so much better.
Yes I finished this finally, I typed this whole thing using a tablet keyboard during some free time on our trip, thankfully there was plenty of driving time which gave me some time to type this up. I have checked it three times through for errors and so I hopefully managed to catch most of the ones created by typing on a touch screen and by the fact that when using said touch keyboard word uses autocorrect.
At 4371 words this one managed to be another decent length chapter and unless I am mistaken I am done with reveals. I am going to do some wrap up stuff in the next 1 to 3 chapters depending on ideas and stuff, also if this chapter turns out to have a bunch of issues I might reupload it after I get home this weekend. Anywho, please review and if you have any ideas about things to do during the wrap up, please share. I already plan to have some of them come back, probably in groups, and ask some follow up questions, but everything else is in flux in my head. No guarantee I will add your suggestion, but if it matches with my idea for this story I might. Anywho, back to my trip and maybe a bit of writing.
