Krika: Hey guys! Welcome back to Dimension Hopper! I've been able to update this story rather quickly as of late, and it feels pretty good. Now, back into the story! I do not own Naruto! Enjoy!
In my mindscape, Matatabi appeared in it once again, however found that the vast space was turned into a scene of rolling plains. "Wow. Definitely a more welcoming setting," the cat spirit said to herself.
"What are you doing in here again?" She turned around and saw me standing there with my hands in my pockets.
"Don't worry, I'm not here for information gathering. I just want to talk to you about something," She told me, sitting down.
I looked at her before sitting down myself, "Okay then, what do you need to talk to me about?"
"Well, your training has been going pretty smoothly. But considering how your Chakra reserves are going, you might need some help in expanding it quickly. But that part won't be so easy," She explained to me.
I rose an eyebrow, "And that plan is...?"
Matatabi pointed her right paw at me, "I want to ask if you'd allow me to be sealed within you"
My eyes widened in surprise, "Wait...you want me to be...your new Jinchuriki?"
The Nekomata nodded, "Yes. For multiple reasons in fact. One of which is that you remind me of my previous host. Yugito Nii. She was a strong kunoichi from the Hidden Cloud Village. But she died due to me being extracted from her by an organization known as the Akatsuki"
"Oh...I'm sorry to hear that..."
"It was...pretty hard. The damn sealing jutsu they used to keep me in check while they did the extraction prevented me from stopping them. And to make it worse is that they did the same exact thing to several other Jinchuriki," Matatabi said, looking down sadly.
"I did hear it happened to the current Kazekage, who was the Jinchuriki of Shukaku," I said to her, getting a nod from her.
"Correct. Though thanks to Lady Chiho, he was able to live. Of course after Shukaku, me, and the other Tailed Beasts were freed after the whole Kaguya ordeal, he didn't desire having Shukaku resealed inside of him. Though Shukaku was okay with that, actually," Matatabi said with a slight chuckle.
I smiled a bit, "So...I guess right now you're wanting to hear my answer to your earlier question?"
Matatabi nodded, "Of course. Though I would understand if you were to say no"
I crossed my arms and closed my eyes as I gave it some thought, "...Okay then. But I do have a condition. You won't be sealed in me until I've gotten a hang of using my Chakra, that way I can handle the harder stuff when you're sealed inside of me"
The cat nodded, "It's a deal. I'll tell Naruto and the others. But you better get ready for your training this morning. You'll be learning a Jonin level technique after all"
I nodded and she disappeared in a whirl of flames The old man was right about me becoming her new Jinchuriki
I opened my eyes and sat up before stretching and got out of bed and got my stuff ready for this morning before finding a ninja tool bag on the night stand along with a kunai holder and a note in which I picked up and read it, "Just so you have something to help with close combat in the near future - Kakashi" I blinked and sweatdropped He seriously snuck into my room and put these here? Weird... I placed the kunai holder on my right leg and the bag, after finding several shuriken and kunai, on the small of my back, making sure that they both fit well.
There was a knock at the door and I opened it to find that it was Naruto greeting me this time, "Hey Krika! Ready to continue your training?"
I nodded, "Yep"
We headed towards the training grounds and met up with Turei, and Yon was there with her, "Hey you two"
Me and Yon looked at each other before glaring at each other, sparks shooting between our glares.
Turei sighed before slugging me and Yon over the head, making us yelp in pain and hold our heads as comical bumps grew on them, "Don't start anything you two"
Yon grumbled and looked at me, "So you're being trained by Naruto himself, eh? Not every day something like that happens"
"What did Turei say, Yon? You might not trust Krika, but we do, and he has a lot of potential," Matatabi said.
"Thanks for backing me up Matatabi," I said to her, in which she nodded with a small smile.
"Alright then! Let's get to training! Time for you to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto said with a grin.
"Huh? But that's a Jonin level technique, Naruto. And you guys said that doesn't have that much Chakra to begin with," Yon said, standing up.
"That's why we think he'll make at least one or two at most with his current Chakra reserves," Chomei said.
"Well that'd be at least better than nothing I guess," I said, rubbing the back of my head.
"Now, this is different from any normal clone jutsu, as Shadow Clones are physical copies of yourself. And from what I learned from Kakashi-sensei during my Chakra Nature training, they are great at training since whatever they learn you'll learn as well," Naruto explained.
"But as Yon said, it's a Jonin level jutsu, meaning it will require quite a bit of Chakra to perform," Saiken said.
"Then I'll try my best to learn it then," I said.
And with that, my training in using the Shadow Clone Jutsu began. It took a lot of time to start getting the hang of, since it required a large amount of Chakra in order to maintain multiple Shadow Clones at once. The ones I managed to make weren't really all that impressive, or were entirely useless. It was after at least six hours at most that I finally managed to create two successful Shadow Clones.
"Nice job! Took a lot longer because of your Chakra levels, but you managed to make two Shadow Clones! The more we work with your Chakra, the better you'll get!" Naruto said.
The Shadow Clones disappeared in puffs of smoke before I fell onto my rear, panting heavily, "Yeah...it'd make sense for that. Man, that was tiring"
"Now all we need to do now is to check your Chakra Nature," Turei said.
"Oh yeah, that's right," Naruto got out some Chakra Paper and gave me a piece, "Just channel your Chakra into that and you'll find out what your Nature is"
I nodded and looked at the piece of paper before I channeled my Chakra into it. After I did, the paper split into two.
"Guess you're a Wind Nature like Naruto," Kurama said.
I nodded until one of the halves lit into flames, shocking the others, and that burning half then was doused by water that appeared on the paper.
"Fire and Water Natures too?" Yon said, a bit surprised.
Then the other half crinkled before crumbling away, shocking everyone.
"All...five Natures? How's that possible?" Turei said, still shocked.
"Only the old man and the even older lady have had this sort of thing going for them," Shukaku said, he and the other Tailed Beasts pretty shocked to see something like this.
"Okay, something is definitely not right! You have all five Natures, but your Chakra is so small it's pathetic! I knew there was something off about you!" Yon shouted.
"Woah, hey! I never really knew this sort of thing before this! I swear!" I shouted, waving my hands frantically.
"Well isn't this interesting?" We quickly looked and saw Yami himself standing on top of a tree, and he had his own ninja gear, along with a fuma shuriken on his back.
"Okay, who in the hell are you?!" Yon said, getting two kunai ready in both his hands.
"Yami..." I growled and got up, a dangerous look from Yon shooting towards me.
"Friend of yours?" Yon asked me in a very, VERY dangerous tone.
"Hahahah! Not even close! That little pain in the ass is definitely no friend of mine!" Yami said, getting an insane grin on his face and looking at the Tailed Beasts, "Well, well. Guess I don't have to look far for the beings that the world fought over long ago"
Everyone else got into defensive stances and Naruto entered his Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, "So you're a threat to the village then if you say something like that"
"Oh don't worry. I'm not attacking this village or anything. Not yet anyway. But I am going to tell you something you might want to know. Two months from now, the newly reformed Hidden Sound will make its move, with yours truly leading them," Yami said.
"The Hidden Sound? But after Orochimaru gave up trying to destroy the Hidden Leaf, they were thought to have disbanded," Turei said.
"That may be true, but thanks to a special guy I managed to find, they've been reformed and are hellbent on taking control of the five great nations. Plus with some people who have managed to learn some...interesting jutsu. But I assure you all will be meeting me again when we strike," Having said that, Yami disappeared in a blur.
"This is not good...okay then, screw having to wait until I'm really ready for it," I clenched my fists and looked towards Naruto, who exited his Chakra Mode, "I want you to seal Matatabi in me"
This shocked everyone, "H-hey wait, what happened with waiting until you improved your Chakra?" Matatabi said, taking a step forward.
"Trust me when I say that if that guy makes a promise, he for damn sure makes sure it's fulfilled. Meaning we have two months to train me for when the Hidden Sound attacks," I told them.
"But we're not even sure WHERE they're going to be attacking. They could be planning to attack anywhere as far as we're concerned," Turei said.
"Then inform the Hokage about this. Have him send word to the other villages about what's going on," I said to them.
"I'll do that. Naruto needs to be here to deal with the sealing," Yon said before disappearing.
I looked at Naruto and Matatabi, "Okay, what do I have to do?"
"Woah. You're serious about this, aren't you? What sort of threat is this Yami guy anyway?" Naruto asked me, surprised that I'm still wanting to go ahead with the sealing.
"You don't want to know. Just know he's capable of wiping out an entire village if he goes all out," I told them, getting shocked looks from all of them.
"You're kidding right? That has to be some joke," Turei said, her voice shaking a little.
"I wish I was...but...we need to be strong enough to deal with this," I said, clenching my fists.
"...Okay, let's get this done. But the sealing may be painful," Naruto said, rolling up the sleeve of his right arm.
Matatabi looked at me, "You sure about this?"
I nodded, "Of course. You and I have good chemistry, I can tell. We can get strong together and we'll beat that guy along with this new Hidden Sound"
Matatabi looked at me for a bit and smiled, "Okay! Let's do it!"
"Okay. Lift up your shirt and I'll begin the sealing process," Naruto said.
I nodded and lifted up my shirt as Naruto's palm began to glow before he slammed it into my stomach, knocking the wind out of me and sending me back a couple feet. Soon the eight trigrams seal appeared on my stomach before Matatabi's form began to leak her dark blue Chakra before she felt faint and fell to her side as she disappeared and the Chakra flowed into the seal. But then I began to feel a burning pain all across my body that spread from my stomach to everywhere else, causing me to grit my teeth as I tried to endure the pain, Turei winced a bit at the process. After the entire process was done I fell onto my rear and I was panting heavily, Matatabi's Chakra flowing around me before disappearing completely.
"So...did it work...?" I said, panting heavily before I heard a familiar voice in my head.
You better believe it. Now you're my Jinchuriki Matatabi said.
I sighed before falling onto my back, getting helped up by Turei, "So are you alright?"
"Considering what I've been through...this is nothing," I said, smiling.
"Well then. That went a lot smoother than I thought. So, let's continue with your training," Naruto said.
"Wait!" We looked and saw a dust cloud heading our way, and then someone running right in front of it, being the source of it. It was none other than Rock Lee before he stopped right in front of us, "What is this about you training a new face in the village, Naruto?"
"Oh, hey bushy-brows! Yeah, sorry for not telling you. But you came at the right time! Krika here could use some Taijutsu training," Naruto said.
Lee looked at me, "A pleasure to meet you. My name is Rock Lee"
"Krika. Nice to meet you as well," I stood up with the help of Turei and Matatabi appeared in a whirl of flames.
"He's going to need as much training as he can get. Maybe from other shinobi from the other villages if need be," Matatabi told the Taijutsu specialist.
"Why does he need to train? It sounds like it's going to be rushed," Lee asked.
"Because there's some maniac that's going to lead a new Hidden Sound and attack somewhere two months from now," Turei informed him.
Lee rose a fist and a fire was seen in his eyes, "Then I will train him in all that I know! He will become a splendid ninja like me!"
I looked at him and smirked, "Okay then. I'm counting on you to train me as best as you can," I got up and made a hand sign, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Two Shadow Clones appeared beside me.
"I see! So you'll be using the Shadow Clones to speed up your training! An excellent idea!" Lee said.
"Nice. I knew I chose the right shinobi to be my Jinchuriki," Matatabi said with a smile.
"Now...let's get started!" I said, engaging in Taijutsu combat with Rock Lee to begin my training.
Krika: What does Yami have planned with a new Hidden Sound? Two chapters from this, the battle of me against Yami in the world of shinobi will begin! Tune in next time on my adventures!