Uzumaki Clan's Rebirth
Chapter 14
Arch Rivals Collide, Four Tails to the Rescue!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
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"Tailed Beast Speak"
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BLOODLINE WARNING: Naruto uses Lava and Boil Release in this story. He has three elements in total because of his bloodlimit, Fire, Water, and Earth.
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Grass Country, Forest Clearing
"Naruto.." The two rivals could see no one but each other, one was curious while the other was silently fuming.
"Sasuke." The blond simply noted, not bothering to honor the traitor with conversation.
Not being able to take it any more, Sakura got to her feet and ran towards Naruto.
"Naruto-kun!" Her tears were stinging reminders of just what Sasuke had put her through here.
'Naruto-kun? This is different.' Sasuke thought to himself, curious as to what happened while he was away.
Naruto caught Sakura and hugged her, bringing the medic close to him in an effort comfort and protect her.
"It's alright Sakura, I'm going to get you out of here." Without another word, Naruto created two shadow clones and had both escort Yamato and Sakura away from the battlefield.
"But..wait Naruto! I thought that you were-" The pink haired girl was cut off when Yamato knocked her out with a small hit to the back of her neck, silencing her pleas.
"Good luck Naruto, I believe this is your fight more than anyone else." The wood user said before he disappeared with the two shadow clones and an unconscious Sakura.
Sai began to melt into an inky substance, leaving Sasuke to have a free sword to fight with. Naruto could only guess that Sai was able to get away and now it would be his fight alone with the three.
"Haha! This is quite an interesting turn of events..Kabuto? Would you be a dear and go stop the leaf shinobi from getting away, we can't let anyone find out of our activities here." Kabuto nodded and before Naruto could move to stop him, disappeared from sight.
"Damn.." Naruto muttered, he would have to make this fight quick so he could go help the leaf shinobi.
"And now I think I will let you two fight it out. I will be back at our hideout Sasuke, return when you have defeated the..annoyance." Sasuke just snorted before wiping his blade clean of the remaining ink that still contaminated the sword. Orochimaru then disappeared into the forest, something Naruto was silently thankful for.
"Before this one-sided battle starts, why don't you tell me why you wear a Kiri uniform? Did you start worshiping that weakling Zabuza after I left, because that sword looks like a complete rip off." Sasuke taunted Naruto who was keeping his anger in check..barely.
"No, actually I left Konoha for Kiri." Sasuke's eyes widened a bit at that, that had been his first guess actually.
"What a hypocrite, you tell me that you would never betray Konoha like I did and now look at you, an enemy of our old comrades. I suppose you intend to bring me back, at least for Sakura's sake?" Naruto began to smirk at that, his hands shifting the blade around in his palms.
"No, I've known for a long time that you were beyond saving. I intend to rid the world of the blight that is..the Uchiha!" Naruto shunshined forward, closing their distance in less than a second.
Sasuke brought up his katana to block the aggressive slice, sparks flew as the two swords impacted. Naruto's mouth began to build up as if he was breathing in air and Sasuke knew that he was about to try something. His Sharingan whirling as he tracked Naruto's chakra, the bluenette avoided the would be head shot from the blond's lava bullet.
'Lava? What is this from?'
"Where the hell did you learn something like that, dobe?" Sasuke ground out, lightly panting from his quick sidestep of the attack.
Naruto dug his greatsword out of the ground where it had landed from Sasuke's sudden dislodge from their fight. He prepared himself in another aggressive sword stance and glared at his old teammate.
"Uzumaki bloodline, something you will never have or learn with those infernal eyes." Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the boy's insult of his clan's kekkei genkai, even insinuating that his own blood trait was better than his own!
"What are you trying to say, huh Naruto? Are you telling me that you bloodline is better than mine?" Naruto smirked, slamming his sword into the ground before going through a series of hand signs.
"That's exactly what I'm telling you Uchiha! A spoiled brat like you could never fully realize the real potential of your bloodline and use it for a good cause, but not everyone's perfect I suppose.."
'What series of hand signs is this? I've never seen some of these hand seals in combination before, can my sharingan really not copy this?!'
"Lets see that wonderful sharingan of yours track this, Lava Release: Crimson Precipitation!" Naruto slammed both his hands onto the ground and Sasuke could feel a large tremor that threatened to break his bones if he stood on the ground any longer.
From the ground shot geysers of hot magma, the spurts of molasses fire shot into the air and formed dangerous raindrops of flames that fell on the battlefield. Naruto stood amongst the worst of the 'red rain', the thick precipitation harmlessly touching his person and dripping down to the ground only to melt the dirt at the blond's feet.
Sasuke dropped from the tree he had jumped to as it burst into flames, moving through the cover of the treeline and doing his best to dodge the dangerous attack. Even with his great speed and sharingan abilities, Sasuke could not deflect all of the droplets and soon his entire outfit was littered with holes and burn marks.
Naruto broke into a run to finish the troubled Uchiha and threw a three-pronged kunai at Sasuke, who was easily able to dodge the large object compared to Naruto's jutsu. However, before he knew what was happening, his arms had been pulled behind his back and his sword arm was forced to release his katana. Now unable to move, Sasuke was pelted with the lava which began to agonizingly melt the young avenger.
Sensing no other way out of his predicament, Sasuke willed the curse mark to appear and allowed the new skin and appendages to form over his body; it gave him some relief and a shield from the rain. Naruto had not seen this before and immediately released Sasuke but not before using the gathered chakra in his foot to take hold of Sasuke's katana and flinging it away from their fight. The sword was impaled into a tree leaving Sasuke even further down hill in the admittedly one sided battle.
"Damn you! It's time to really begin this fight Naruto!" Sasuke went through a few quick hand signs before grasping his wrist, a familiar sound of chirping birds was heard from the collection of white chakra. Naruto remembered the technique and gathered up his own for a rasengan, charging towards the other teen who was apparently still building up his attack.
'Still fueled by emotions Sasuke? I had hoped you would learn to not rely on the curse mark but I suppose it was inevitable.'
Sasuke charged towards the blond but did not reach out his hand to meet Naruto's attack, instead moving under Naruto's outstretched hand and making a dash for his katana. Naruto stumbled forward and turned his head to find Sasuke about to reach his sword, the rain no longer affecting his mobility.
"Looks like I'll have to try something else." Naruto said to himself as he went through a sequence of hand signs, his lungs taking in a deep breathe.
"Fire Release: Combustion Ash Cloud!" A smog of ash came out of Naruto's opened mouth and flooded the area in front of him, hiding Sasuke in the fog.
Naruto clicked his teeth just as Sasuke grabbed his sword, freeing it from the tree as if it was a knife cutting through butter. The explosion enveloped the cloud in front of Naruto who stood undaunted by the large heat release.
Just as he had thought Sasuke was dead, a small log came flying out of the smoke revealing to Naruto that he had not defeated the other teen yet.
'Damn, Substitution!'
Feeling an incoming presence, Naruto twisted his sword arm and parried a lightning-quick strike from Sasuke who appeared behind him; his katana had been aimed right at Naruto's kidney. Both were shaking from the sheer brunt of power they were deflecting from one another and both were glaring at the other with thoughts on what it would take to kill the other.
Sasuke's eyes widened when his sword at first failed to break through Naruto's own, he knew that even large swords were mere appetizers to lightning enhanced weapons. He was tired and damaged from the fight but it could not stop his fear when his sharingan saw multiple glyphs and seals light up on Naruto's sword as his own chakra faded away.
'Containment seals? Where the hell did he learn these techniques?!'
Jumping away from his enemy, Sasuke prepared one last attack for Naruto as did he. Sasuke made the largest chidori he could muster and Naruto created two, remembering his last encounter with Sasuke at the Valley of the End.
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke!"
Building up an unnoticeable chakra cloak from Kyuubi's power, Naruto was confident in his attack and launched himself towards his rival. Sasuke also charged with chidori, confident that even with the previous actions of the fight that he could still beat Naruto.
Naruto slammed his first rasengan into Sasuke's chidori before launching the second quickly at Sasuke's stomach, successfully hitting the boy. Naruto's first rasengan was blasted straight through by Sasuke's chidori and the attack grazed the blond's left shoulder. The shock wave of the blasts and attacks sent both combatants lurching backwards through the forest, landing very far from each other.
Naruto impacted a tree, hard. His body almost went completely through it before he slowly slumped into unconsciousness from the sheer force of the move. Sasuke went through a tree and landed on the banks of a river, slowly sliding further into the murky water to where he would assuredly drown in his sleeping state.
A red haired elderly man came across the smoking body of Naruto and picked the boy up over his shoulder. He turned around to look in the direction of where the battle took place and where Sasuke had been shot towards, he then glanced up to see the seemingly endless red rain taper off.
'Yonbi, are you sure this is the one?'
"Yes Roshi, this boy is the one that used the Lava Release. He also contains my brother, the Kyuubi, looks like he might need a little help. Hahaha!" A loud, boisterous voice boomed in the older man's head, sounding mighty yet wizened.
The Iwa nin shrugged and began to walk off towards the nearby cave that had sheltered him the past few days, wondering if his life was about to get a little too exciting.
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Kirigakure, Uzumaki-Terumi Estate
Mei awoke from her slumber that she had been in since she had arrived yesterday, feeling relieved but somewhat..queasy. Rubbing her stomach in an effort to calm it down, she felt the sudden urge to puke and ran for the bathroom where she released her non-existent breakfast. Wiping her mouth with a towel and placing it in the washer, Mei wracked her brain as to why for the past few days she had been feeling so sick in the morning.
'Well, I did visit another country. Maybe there was a disease there that I contracted, dirty Fire civilians probably.'
Mei scoffed at the thought, Naruto would have gotten sick as well or at least she hoped.
She had little trouble once she had arrived back from Konoha after a week, the people had not noticed and the council was strangely quiet about her unexpected leave. She had justified it as looking out for a fellow Kiri shinobi but even so, she had expected the council to put up some fuss.
'Oh well, maybe they are finally realizing that I can be a leader and just giving me free reign to do my duty.'
Finishing with her wardrobe for today, Mei walked down the steps to the front door and passed by the guards at the gate. She decided that she would go to the doctor to make sure that there was nothing wrong and that she could continue her job without fail.
Arriving at the tall, spiral-shaped building with a medical cross imprinted at the top of it's white length, Mei walked in and found the place to be quiet. The receptionist immediately realized her rank and had her go to a room already prepared and alerted the Mizukage that a doctor was on her way.
Sitting in the room was boring but gave Mei more time to ponder just what it could be that ailed her so much. The doctor, a red haired woman with grey eyes, soon walked through the door and greeted the Mizukage with an informal bow.
"Hello Mizukage-sama, what brings you to the clinic today?" Mei smiled and told the woman of her nauseous feelings and also how she commonly had felt more fatigued than usual.
"I'm not sure what it could be, although I do have a guess.." She didn't even want to say what she thought, the idea was too absurd. The doctor smiled and went through a few hand signs, her hands began to glow a faint green and they glided over Mei's skin with practiced precision.
Mei absently noted that the hands lingered a few more seconds than usual over her stomach, something that brought her closer to the 'impossible' alternative. The doctor was barely able to keep back a smirk as she pulled away, her face was unreadable which only unnerved Mei even more.
"Well doctor? Did you find what was wrong?"
"From what I can tell, you are physically healthy. Everything checks out as normal and in theory there is nothing that should make you feel this way except.." The doctor paused for a teasing dramatic effect.
"Except..?" Mei repeated, getting tired of the game.
"Mizukage-sama, I am happy to tell you that you are pregnant. Congratulations!" Mei's eyes widened and her mouth gaped open, she was pregnant?!
"Pregnant...do you..mean that?" She asked quietly, the doctor stopped smiling as if she said something wrong.
"Um yes, I can sense another being's chakra signature growing within you. There was..a small anomaly with the chakra but nothing serious, you do have a child ma'am. Is..that alright?" Mei moved her shaking hands to her belly, slowly rubbing the place where her and Naruto's child was growing.
Mei looked up at the nervous doctor and smiled brightly, her eyes closed from the sheer intensity of happiness she was feeling.
"Yes, I think that's just wonderful!"
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Grass Country, Cave
Naruto awoke with a start, rising up out of the makeshift bed he had been laid on and already searching for his weapons. He sprung out of the bed covers and took in his surroundings, he immediately noticed that he was in a dark room with a small fire in the middle of it. There was a figure near the fire that appeared to be staring at him with curiosity and amusement in the gaze.
"Who are you!?" Naruto demanded, the last thing he remembered was slamming into a tree after his fight with Sasuke.
The unknown person slowly stood up and began to chuckle, holding up his hands in a mock defense of the crazed blond.
"Now now youngster-" The old man started, his gravely voice filled the room with a booming affect. "There is no need to overreact. I found you hurt in the forest and decided to help you out."
"Why would you do that? Better yet, how could you have survived my jutsu? Only an Uzumaki could-" The man's eyes widened a bit at the sound of 'Uzumaki' but otherwise his smile led Naruto to believe nothing had happened.
"Jinchuuriki have to stick together, right?" Naruto's eyes widened, this man was a jinchuuriki?
"What's your name? What biju do you contain?" Naruto's mind was working a mile a minute, trying to process the new information.
Roshi decided that it was time for introductions and slowly approached the blond before holding out his hand for a shake. The fire suddenly intensified it's ministrations and the entire cave was now illuminated so Naruto could see his face.
"My name is Roshi and I contain the Four Tailed Monkey. And you are?" Naruto blushed out of embarrassment, he had been so caught up in surprise he had forgotten his manners.
"..I'm sorry-" Naruto shook the older man's hand "My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I contain the Nine Tails, but I suppose you already knew that didn't you?" Roshi nodded, pointing to his stomach.
"Old Yonbi here told me where you were and we followed that Lava rain you created, nice move by the way. Don't know what happened to the other kid, but your shoulder was a bit beaten up after the last attack so I brought you here. You have been out for the past few hours, its pretty late in the afternoon now."
"Dammit Roshi, stop calling me old. I may be stuck inside your old hide but that doesn't mean that you can just loop us together like that. Besides, I haven't encountered an Uzumaki for some time, the branch of monkeys that originate from me would rejoice to know there still are some left in the world."
'Yeah, Yeah..you're still much older than me anyways. I have the feeling there is more to this meeting you set up between us, what exactly are you getting at?'
"I want to speak with this boy, to discuss with him an ancient contract that has lain untouched for over thirty years."
'Ah, you mean the summoning contract? Thought you'd never break the damn thing out, about time is all I have to say.'
"Naruto, my tailed beast would like to speak with you. Come over by the fire and sit down, I'll see if I can bring you into my mindscape." Naruto moved over to the fire and sat down, curious as to how Roshi was going to get him inside of his mind.
Roshi sat down across from him and went into deep concentration, his eyes closed and his hands clasped together. After a few moments, Roshi moved his hand and placed a finger over Naruto's forehead and established the link between the two.
"Now..relax your mind Naruto and follow the pull." He said quietly, instructing Naruto on the way to continue. Naruto closed his eyes and took a few deep breathes to calm himself and slowly began to feel a slight 'tug' on his mind and allowed it to take him to it's destination.
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Roshi's Mindscape
Naruto appeared in a similar setting to his own mindscape, a sewer room with four large red pipes heading through the wall over the door in front of him. Waiting a moment to see if Roshi would join him, Naruto shrugged and walked up to the door and opened it but was amazed at what was behind it.
A large rain forest panned out in front of him, banana trees, ferns and other vegetation littered the landscape as far as the eye could see. Naruto looked up to see an actual sky and sun instead of the dark and dull sewer setting his own mind had. There were no other inhabitants or animal life as far as he could tell but there was a clear cut dirt path that he decided to follow to find the Yonbi.
Walking through the misty and humid greenery, Naruto could hear faint screeches and howls that almost sounded like calls of a monkey. He figured it was just some effect that Yonbi or Roshi added in to add to the atmosphere, he had really done a great job.
'Man, if Kyuubi saw this he would practically have a temper tantrum. I wonder what his homeland looks like..maybe he is a native of Fire?'
Nearing the end of the path, Naruto came across a large dirt clearing in what he guessed to be the middle of the forest and saw a red giant before him. The Yonbi sat with an enlarged banana that he was chomping on, his attention on it instead of the newly arrived Naruto. A representative image of Roshi was off to the side, waving slightly at Naruto to let him know that he was in the right spot.
"Ah Naruto, you have arrived. Did you enjoy the scenery, Yonbi described it very vividly and said it would be his cage or he would refuse to help me. So easy to please this one is." The Yonbi threw what was left of the banana skin away and inclined his head to look at Naruto, something that could be considered a grin reached the large monkey's lips.
"He should recognize it, this is what much of his home island's landscape looks like after all. Well..all the parts that don't have human cities over them anyways, even then the Uzumaki respected and coexisted with the flora and fauna and-" The Yonbi continued to prattle on and on, losing track of the original thought.
Roshi just hiked a thumb over his shoulder towards the big beast and mocked him.
"You'll have to forgive the big guy, he is getting to that age.." The Yonbi awoke from his rant and snorted, having heard his containers jibe.
"You reached that age long ago Roshi so don't speak so high and mighty! I mean really, monkeys and humans have totally different age spans, biju and humans have different age spans! Who are you-" Roshi kicked the large primate's leg which was able to get his attention, the older man glared at the beast.
"Hey, you are losing track of the entire point of the mind meld. Get on with talking to him about the summoning contract already!" The Yonbi scratched his head, slightly embarrassed.
"Uh right, I was getting to it dammit! Naruto!" The gorilla yelled at the blond who had somewhat lost most of his attention to the conversation. "I would like to know how much you know of your ancestors and of your land. You appear to be a proud Uzumaki bloodline user at least, am I correct?"
"Um..yes Yonbi-sa-" Naruto was interrupted when Yonbi burst out laughing, he held his gut in an attempt to stop laughing so hard.
"There is no need to call me that, you have earned the right to simply call me Yonbi." Roshi smirked, not wanting to miss the chance to poke fun.
"Or just 'big red' or maybe even 'monkey', they're great nicknames." Yonbi glared at his container.
"Although Roshi still should refer to me as Yonbi-sama."
Naruto wanted to laugh at the two's interaction, Kyuubi was not as lighthearted as his brother.
"Go on Naruto, just ignore Roshi."
"Well, I know little of my ancestors or the history of my clan unfortunately for I was not born on the home island or lived a life with my Uzumaki parent. I also have never have visited the home island however my fiancee and I plan on getting married there so I suppose I will get to see it soon." Yonbi appeared to ponder this, stroking the tuft of hair that covered his chin. Roshi stayed quiet as he leaned up against a tree.
"Hm. You know little of your history and grew up without a mother? Only a true Uzumaki could continue from such adverse beginnings, good job lad! Now then, tell me what an infant's intentions like yours are?" Naruto was confused.
"Um, Yonbi? What do you mean, intentions?" Yonbi growled a bit in frustration, beating a fist against his chest lightly to get his point across.
"What you plan to do as an Uzumaki I mean, I haven't heard of any Uzumaki clan for quite some time or else I would have had my container march me there immediately!" Roshi sighed.
"He would try to make me go there, probably wouldn't happen though." The Yonbi scoffed and mumbled something about 'lazy old humans'.
"Well, actually my fiancee who also happens to be an Uzumaki has agreed to the idea of trying to bring back the Uzumaki. I haven't really made a concrete plan yet on how to do so but I hope one day to unite the clan and move back to Uzu island. I'm curious though, what is your link to the Uzumaki, Yonbi?" Yonbi chuckled at this.
"I'm glad you asked boy, I was just getting around to it. Now as I'm sure you know, there are many species of monkeys and primates in the world. Some are normal fauna that are unable to interact with humans or their own chakra while others actively fight alongside humans as summons or sentient beings. The subspecies of monkey that inhabit your island of Uzu are indirect descendants of myself, making them sentient and with the ability to manipulate chakra. Before I was sealed away, the Uzumaki had made a pact with me that was a mutual agreement between our two species; We would fight alongside your clan and in turn your people would not destroy our land or kill any of us. Do you know what this pact is called?" Naruto's eyes widened, could he mean?
"A..summoning contract?" He all but whispered, to much in doubt to really believe it.
Yonbi smiled, the boy was catching on.
"Yes, a summoning contract. I have it right here, it has not been signed in over thirty years, now that is a long time and it has been very disconcerting for me. I always liked your clan, strong and respectful if not a bit old fashioned." Roshi chuckled.
"Look who's talking."
"Shut it Roshi!"
"Wait, you mean that there really is a sub species of yourself?" Yonbi nodded, seemingly unfazed at how rare it could be.
"Have you not heard of a monkey summon?" Naruto nodded his head.
"The Third Hokage had signed a contract with the monkey king Enma-" Naruto was interrupted by a bellowing howl by the Yonbi followed by Roshi shaking his head.
"Just had to say it didn't you Naruto?" Naruto just looked at him confusedly and shrugged.
"So that youngster is still ruling the other primates? Ha! I am the true and rightful king of all monkeys as I'm sure you can figure out quite easily, however, I chose to continue as a roaming biju instead of rule over the primates. Enma was selected as the primary king but my offspring never bowed to him, they could be considered excommunicated I suppose. No need to worry, my children are much stronger than anything Enma could offer you that much is for sure!"
"Sir, if I may ask since I'm not sure on your specific powers, what are your offspring's special abilities they gained from you?" Yonbi smirked as did Roshi.
"Naruto, aren't you curious as to how I survived your lava rain?" Naruto scratched his head, he didn't really think about that part.
"I guess so..how?"
"Isn't it obvious boy? My subspecies of monkey descendants as can myself use Lava Release! Who else taught your great, great, great, great ancestors?" Naruto's eyes widened, the monkeys were the ones who first introduced lava release to the Uzumaki?
"That's..amazing." Was all he could say, Yonbi smirked.
"Yes it is, thank you very much. Sometimes I think Roshi takes his jinchuuriki abilities for granted." It was Roshi's turn to snort at the comment.
"Getting back on topic, the summoning contract.." Roshi got the big ape back on topic.
"Oh right, Naruto, would you like to continue the tradition all Uzumaki youth go through to sign the summoning contract?" Naruto thought for a moment and then shrugged, why not?
"Yes, I would like to earn my right to summon your kind Yonbi!" He then bowed his head in respect to the towering beast who was looking at the blond human in amusement and wonder.
"Now that's the spirit! I like this boy, I'm glad I told you to meet him Roshi!"
"Yeah yeah, the challenge?" Roshi urged, seemingly used to the old monkey's off topic trends.
"Yes well, Naruto, you must travel deep into the forest and climb up the highest tree you can and find the ikamuzu fruit. It is a native fruit to Uzu country and a delicacy for both our species. The fruit itself is a reddish-orange color and shaped vaguely like an apple, you will know when you find it. Now, the challenge should not be very difficult for you considering you are a trained shinobi and a wizened teenager. The test was mainly given to children when they were of age twelve and still academy students, it was much more of a challenge. Good luck Naruto, we will be right here waiting for you."
Naruto played over the description of the fruit and nodded to himself in recognition. He waved off to the two and pushed through the treeline foliage in search for the rare fruit.
"How long do you think it will take him to find it?" Roshi and Yonbi watched as he left.
"Less than five minutes, that boy is a natural Uzumaki. This stuff is child's play because of the blood running through his veins." Roshi looked up into the gargantuan eyes of the primate and garnered a cocky smirk.
"I say over an hour, you ate so many of the damn things before he arrived it will take him forever to find it."
"Hmph. We shall see, Roshi..and they were good. Very good."
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1 Hour Later
Naruto collapsed onto the muddy ground in sheer exhaustion, the trek through the mind forest wasn't as productive as he had thought. The search for the ikamuzu fruit was a difficult one indeed because all Naruto saw was brown or green..and then more green. He had tried climbing up the trees but soon realized that it was impossible to use chakra and was forced to climb up the smooth trees with his bare hands which ultimately failed.
Sighing, Naruto looked up into the sky which was perpetually sunny and tried to think of a way to find the damn fruit. Feeling a bit of glare from the imaginary sun, Naruto shaded his eyes with his hand and looked to see a branch above him with a single fruit and it was red! Grinning with anticipation, Naruto sat up and jumped for the branch..only to realize that it was way too far out of his reach.
Frustrated, Naruto began to run up the tree and found a hand hold, slowly making his way up to the branch.
'Wow, being a civilian must suck. Climbing trees without chakra..how primitive.'
Finally reaching the branch, Naruto began to reach for the tantalizing prize. Halfway there, the branch began to wobble from the increased weight being placed on it and forcing Naruto to tighten his grip. Three quarters of the way on the branch was too much and it caused the entire thing to come crashing down to the ground, Naruto included.
Hitting the ground with a large thud, the last thing Naruto remembered was a red comet coming straight for his face and a lot of pain.
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1 Hour Later
"So, does that count?" Naruto asked, nursing his broken nose and holding the bruised fruit with his hand. Roshi and Yonbi looked at one another and nodded, agreeing that it did in fact count.
"Nice job Naruto, I knew you could do it."
"Yes, now I believe it's time for you to sign the contract. Have you signed one before?" Naruto nodded, he had signed the toad contract although he didn't know if it was still valid.
"Which one if I may ask?"
"The Toad contract."
"The toads? An interesting choice.." Yonbi seemed a bit amused by the strange choice but Naruto explained.
"My first mentor made me sign it when he trained me, about the only real technique he taught me." Yonbi nodded a bit.
"Alright, just sign in blood right..here. Yes, perfect! That is some nice handwriting." He uttered.
"Well that does it for the mind meld, anything else you would like to say, Oh great monkey king?" Yonbi growled again, not amused by the joke.
"Hmph. Good luck Naruto, I hope to see you again soon! It was pleasure meeting the Uzumaki heir and I hope you bring both our people's glory back to greatness once again!"
"I will Yonbi, I promise!"
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Grass Country, Cave
Naruto awoke with a start, the fire had gone out and he could no longer see his surroundings. Getting up, Naruto started to make his way towards a dim light that shone through the cave and saw it to be the cave's mouth where Roshi stood. Naruto noted that the man's eyes were suspiciously shifting back and fourth, as if he were watching for something or someone. Noticing Naruto walk up, Roshi greeted the boy with an uneasy wave and a halfhearted smile.
"Well Naruto, I think you are all better. From what I remember, you said that you have a fiancee and I don't think she will like you waiting around forever now do you?" Naruto nodded, agreeing with that decision. The last time he had run off from Mei she had beaten him to a pulp in the hospital.
"Yeah I suppose you're right, I'll go get my gear and then I can leave." Naruto ran back into the cave and using a simple fire jutsu was able to illuminate the area and find his vest and pouches and his greatsword.
"Alright, I'm ready to head on back to Kiri. Oh, before I forget.." Naruto dug into his kunai pouch and handed a three-pronged kunai to Roshi who took it confusedly.
"The Yondaime Hokage's kunai? You must be his son, you look very much like him." Naruto nodded and smiled, scratching the back of his head.
"In case you are in trouble or Akatsuki comes your way, just throw the kunai into the ground or a tree and I'll come back." Roshi stiffened at the sound of Akatsuki but otherwise just nodded and smiled.
"Alright Naruto you better get going, I hope we get to meet again someday." Naruto was a bit curious as to why the old man was trying to get rid of him but played it off as him wanting to leave as well.
"See ya Roshi!" Naruto said with a wave before he disappeared in a yellow flash leaving Roshi to deal with the 'new arrivals'.
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Konoha
"Hokage-sama, Team Kakashi has arrived at the gates. It looks like they came back empty handed." Shizune reported to an irate Tsunade.
"Damn, this complicates things." She quietly brooded until Yamato's group arrived in front of her for debriefing.
"Report." She ordered tersely.
"Ma'am, we have some news for you!"
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Grass Country
"Ah, look here Itachi! The Four Tails is here and the Nine Tails just left, two beasts in the bag for us today." Kisame yelled out, the two had arrived in the clearing in front of the cave just after Naruto had left in a yellow flash. Roshi glared at the two and took a few steps forward, holding both hands in front of him in a defensive measure.
"You'll have to go through me before you get to Naruto." Itachi looked at Kisame and then back to Roshi.
"Now Kisame, we should take our time. I don't believe we will be able to catch up to Naruto so quickly, the jutsu he used is a very advanced one indeed." Kisame scoffed and took off Samehada from his back, preparing for battle.
"I call dibs on this one Itachi, just stand back and watch." Itachi just took a few steps back to allow the two fighters their dueling arena.
Roshi looked at the kunai in his hands, having an internal struggle with himself.
'If I throw it, Naruto and I could try to defeat both of them together. If I don't, Naruto will live to fight another day and I will be taken and killed for my biju. I'm not sure if Naruto can handle these two, even with my and our biju's help, it might be best to just not call for help.'
"We must keep that boy alive, he has a destiny to fulfill, I could sense it!"
'You are pretty loyal to the Uzumaki aren't you Yonbi?'
"It's not just that, I think Naruto has a future, a future worth seeing."
'One you are willing to sacrifice yourself for?'
"Damn right I am willing! If we can break a few limbs on our way to hell."
'Then we are in agreement.'
Taking one last look at the wonderful craftsmanship of the blade, Roshi threw it up into the air in front of his face and shot a single lava bullet at it, effectively destroying his 'distress beacon'.
'By destroying it, I can stop Akatsuki from using it against Naruto.'
"Huh, I wonder why he did that.." Kisame mumbled, not understanding the weapon or the jutsu behind it.
"Well are you ready then?" Roshi called out, pulling out his custom made curved kunai that he used.
Kisame smirked and started running towards the bearded man, intent on taking the delicious Four Tail's chakra.
Roshi smiled, even he knew he could not win this battle against the two opponents. He was buying time, time that gave Naruto a chance to escape.
'Good luck Naruto, I know that you have a great future coming. I only wish I could live to see it.'
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Kirigakure, Uzumaki-Terumi Estate
Naruto arrived at the gate and had suddenly had an ominous feeling in his chest, as if something horrible just happened. Patting himself lightly, Naruto tried to get past the sinking feeling and opened the doors to his estate, the time being late evening in Kiri and his Mei should be home.
Looking in on the living room first, he saw Mei just sitting there and staring at her stomach. Confused as to why she was paying so much attention to it, Naruto knocked on the wall and got her attention towards him, she began to smile but she looked very hesitant.
"Hello Mei-hime, I'm home." He said simply, waiting to get chewed out by his fiancee.
"Hello Naruto-kun, welcome back." She replied, patting the couch next to her. Naruto gulped and went to sit down next to her, moving his arm over her shoulders and bringing her close for a kiss.
"Naruto, I have some news.." Naruto was intrigued, he looked into her eyes and saw them trembling.
"What's the news, did something happen while I was away?" She nodded, taking his hand and moved it over her stomach.
Confused by the action, Naruto tried tickling her and got a giggle before she slapped his hand playfully to stop.
"Naruto..I'm pregnant." His eyes widened, pregnant?!
"P..P..P..PREGNANT!?"
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Done! I liked this chapter on how it was both really enlightening and funny and also very sad. I love Roshi and Yonbi even though they made only minor appearances in the story, the influence they have over Naruto will be everlasting and he will constantly refer to his time with Roshi in the future.
If you are trying to imagine the personality I took for Yonbi I thought of a tough viking-like king or something with the deep booming voice and stuff. I also had Roshi get captured because I didn't want Naruto to be able to save everyone you know, there has to be a little tragedy/sad part in the story too. Once he finds out, this will wake Naruto up to the real world where he will be reminded that he can't save all the jinchuuriki.
And yes, Mei is finally pregnant! You guys have been egging it on forever so I thought I would reveal that for you and leave off the discussion for next chapter between Naruto and Mei.
Last thing, Naruto has the Lava Monkey (My nickname) summoning contract! I can't remember the exact name of the reader but he was trying to guess what it would be and here it is! I really liked how I linked the Four Tails and the Uzu monkeys together along with describing what the Island actually looks like a bit more.
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