A/N Hello! Hello! AND WELCOME BACK TO "Man With Sage Eyes" yeah, yeah I know it's been a long time since I've updated. However life and such and it's hard to update, I'm not going to promise to update every day or even every week, I can't HOWEVER I will update when I can, I'm sorry if it takes a long time. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO
"I am a paradox wrapped in a mystery hidden by a secret, a secret so well kept even those hiding the secret have forgotten"- From one of my stories, that I will post on FictionPress maybe
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Love. A funny word, to use the word love, is to use the words loss. Whenever you love something you run the risk of loss. And the loss of a loved one hurt more than anything else. And she had lost many people, so Tsunade sat there staring at the ring eyed chuunin in front of her with a bored look, he was as fresh faced as one could be. He still had hope in those purple eyes of his, she snorted lightly
'he doesn't know about loss, no he doesn't know about loss at all' she thought idly swirling the liquid around in her glass digesting what she had been told.
"So your telling me the old man finally kicked the bucket huh, well I guess ill add him to the list" Tsunade said with a hint of remorse, however it was buried under the venom that it carried.
"that's cold Hime you've been gone a long time, but I know that's not all sensei was to you" Jiraiya said calmly getting a shrug from the busty woman
"maybe so, but that doesn't mean anything" with her piece said she leaned back and finished off her bottle of sake, licking her lips after she was done, her eyes flicked to Naruto for a moment curiosity in her gaze
"so tell me Jiraiya who's the brat?" she asked lightly getting a grin from Jiraiya however Naruto merely looked at her with narrowed eyes
"why him? His name is-"
"Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto cut him off getting a raised eyebrow from the woman
"what wrong with you kid?" Tsunade asked lightly however she didn't care all tha-
"you" Naruto said curtly which stopped her cold
"what did you say" she hissed at him
"I said that you're what's wrong with me" he pushed his fingers into the table getting table to splint lightly as his fingernails fought to become claws however Naruto was forcing the Kyuubi's Chakra down so that it didn't control him.
"Oh and how am I your problem brat?"
"the fact that you could talk about the hokage Your Hokage it honestly pisses me off, so much that I can barely control myself from jumping over this table"
"oh is that a threat? Because trust me brat you have a long way to go before you're ready to threaten me"
"hey, hey why don't we all just calm down here. No need for a fight" Jiraiya cut in trying to salvage the situation.
"No Jiraiya/ero-sennin this brat/hag needs to be taught a lesson" Naruto and Tsunade said at the same time, both of them standing up at the same time, without another words both Tsunade and Naruto began to walk out of the bar Shizune who had gone large forgotten stood up and began to speak
"Tsuna-" However she was cut off by Jiraiya
"don't waste your breath Naruto and Tsunade are both too stubborn to let this go so we best just run damage control." He said which got a sigh from Tsunade's apprentice,
"you had to bring someone who would but heads with Tsunade-sama didn't you" she said which got a nervous chuckle from Jiraiya
"well he is my apprentice so I had an obligation" he said getting a surprised look from Shizune
"I hadn't realized that you had taken on another apprentice" she said getting a nod from the man who stood up before leaving some money on the table
"yeah it's unofficial right now, however soon I'm planning on taking him on a training trip" with that said Jiraiya began to walk towards the exit, he rubbed his right eye on the way out all the while muttering about blonde's and their tempers.
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Tsunade and Naruto had walked until they stood across from each other, Naruto glaring the entire time, and Tsunade returning his glare with her own
"are you sure you want to do this brat, I'm not very good at holding back" she said however Naruto merely got into his stance
"good I'd hate to see you lose cause you wanted to hold back" He said with his smirk turning a little feral in Nature and his hair spiking out wildly, Tsunade noticed the changes however didn't see a reason to comment on it. Both fighters stood apart from each other Naruto began flexing his hands which started to grow into claws.
Suddenly Naruto shot off his speed surprising Tsunade as she jumped back from his initial swipe, which had been going for her throat however Naruto kept up his assault not giving Tsunade any time to respond, however Tsunade wasn't a Sannin for nothing, she suddenly stepped forward causing his arm to hit her shoulder negating the claws entirely, before he could even try to hit her with his other hand, she gave him a light uppercut, and by light he meant she sent he spinning away from her. However Naruto recovered in the air before crossing his fingers in front of him
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu" he said causing two clones to appear on either side of him, with that they all ran around Tsunade attempting to confuse her, however while Tsunade had lost which one was the original she was able to keep up with their speed, due to her expecting it, she ducked under a kick that attempted to knock her head off her shoulders, she grabbed the leg squeezing hard, dispelling the clone. After that she grabbed the next one by the face, and the other by the throat before slamming them both to the ground causing a small explosion to cover her.
She patted her hands off as the dust settled looking at the boy firmly planted in the ground she smirked, however that smirk turned to a look of shock when two hands snapped closed on her ankles the nails digging into her skin painfully, ten clones popped out of either side of her, grabbing onto her arms, and legs. Then in front of her from the dirt directly underneath her emerged Naruto a Rasengan in his hand, while it was mostly stabilized it was fluctuating showing that it wasn't finished quite yet. Tsunade's eyes widened as she saw the technique and she pumped chakra into her legs ripping one of them free sending the clones holding them into the air, lifting her leg straight into the air she
"TSUTENKYAKU!" Naruto saw the leg falling towards him and changed the Rasengan's target with that he let out his own yell
"RASENGAN" With that they both clashed, this caused a huge shock wave which dispelled all of Naruto's clones, suddenly a sphere of pure chakra formed around them catering the ground around of them, Naruto let loose a loud yell and suddenly red chakra poured out of him, this was all it took to destabilize the Rasengan to much and a loud explosion rang out which sent Naruto flying however he flipped himself onto his feet dragging for a few feet before slamming into a wall and falling to the floor, Tsunade however flipped the momentum off and jumped high landing atop of the building behind her.
Up to her knees, her pants were ruined showing off the smooth skin of her leg. However that's not what was important. When the brat grabbed her ankles, he made her bleed, with a panicked breath she reached down and healed the wound. Soon nothing was left but the blood, however since it was hers she was able to stand it enough to wipe it off with a rag she had in her pocket, once it was gone she threw the rag away and dropped of the building, landing without a sound, she gave an impressed grunt at the scene of her and Naruto's battle. Brief as it was, the boy put up a good fight, she would give him that.
However she dodged a kunai which nearly hit her in the heart. Looking to Naruto she saw him being helped up by a clone while another 5 had Kunai out ready to defend their creator until he was ready to fight again. However Tsunade held up her hands and spoke
"it's over brat, we'll call this one a draw." She said however Naruto spit some blood onto the floor before wiping his mouth and standing up
"I don't want a draw I'm going to fight until I win" which got a shake of the head from Tsunade,
"Brat you should be happy that I'm even allowing it to be called a draw, I can level this entire town with one good punch, you don't have a chance, if I go all out you'll lose, period." She said calmly getting a glare from Naruto who forced his body into a ready stance however Tsunade ended that with her next words
"How about this, let's make a bet, If I win you give me all your cash, If you win than I'll give you this." She said pointing to her necklace which got a raised eye from Naruto
"why would I want that" he asked tilting his head curiously
"this is a rare gem, only one other of it's kind, and if you wanted to you could sell it and have enough to buy two mountains with gold mines on them and still have some left over" she said which got a wide eyed look from the blonde, "holy crap... Ok than what's the bet?" He asked her crossing his hands in front of him
"that Jutsu the Rasengan I can tell you're close to getting it, well if by the end of tomorrow you can get it then you win. If not than it's my win" She said with a smirk across her face getting a look from Naruto
"alright then, but one thing if you also have to come back to Konoha." He said seriously getting a snort from Tsunade
"and what do you have that can make me want to do that?" She said seriously causing Naruto to bite his lip in serious thought, what did he have, to be honest nothing that this woman would probably want however they had to bring her back, so he had to think about something.
"how about this, if you lose... You have to give up on being a shinobi... Forever" she said firmly getting a wide eyed look from Naruto who had stopped cold upon hearing the condition "what? Are you scared of that? Don't want to continue?" She asked with a taunting grin which caused him to shake his head furiously
"of course not I'm the guy who's going to be the next Hokage! I won't back down from something like this!" He declared with a large grin on his face causing Tsunade's eyes to widen a bit as she saw the shadow of her brother with the same smile on his face, however she shook her head before smirking at him
"we'll see about that brat" she said with turning around and walking off without another word. When she vanished from sight Naruto lost his smile before speaking to his clones, "Follow her, make sure she doesn't try to skip town." He said getting a nod from all of his clones who vanished from the spot.
Jiraiya walked up behind him clasping his hand on Naruto's shoulder who looked over his shoulder "where did that one black haired lady go?" He asked
"oh Shizune? She ran after Tsunade. However brat" Jiraiya slammed his fist onto Naruto's head causing him to fall to the floor, "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING FIGHTING TSUNADE!" He shouted at the blonde who was just too much trouble at times.
"the way she talked about Jiji... it pissed me off. She wasn't even there but she spoke about him like he was nothing." Naruto's fingers dug into his palm tightly "it honestly pissed me off" he said getting a nod from Jiraiya
"I understand that Naruto, I was angry to, however as shinobi we cannot allow emotions to dictate our actions, we must think them through the moment we let emotions control us, is the moment that we die" Jiraiya said seriously causing Naruto to nod his head
"how do you do it ero-sennin? How can you remain calm even when people basically spit in your face?" Naruto asked getting a sigh from Jiraiya who simply put his hand on the chunnin's head
"that's something you have to learn for yourself Naruto, but keep trying I'm sure you'll find the answer..." Suddenly clapping his hands together Jiraiya spoke still seriously "it's time to train Naruto we have one day for you to master the Rasengan and I didn't come all this way to go back empty handed" he said walking off towards the forest to the west of the village, Naruto let a huge grin overcome his face before he shouted out
"YOSH" and ran after his perverted master
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Sasuke sat on the pier enjoying the feeling of the sun on his skin, he was allowing himself a moment to rest from his training, the results of which were clearly visible on his person, with numerous bruises forming on his skin. However that didn't bother him, what bother him was the fact that apparently Itachi was driven back. While he was happy that Itachi hadn't managed to get Naruto, the rest of him was upset at his own lack of power. Itachi was so much stronger at his age, the gap between them seemed to be endless, however the fact that Itachi hadn't managed to get Naruto meant that there was still a chance. So here he sat enjoying the sunshine on his skin, and listening to the sounds of the water as it slowly moved around, sometimes interrupted by a fish jumping out of it. Truly peaceful.
However as much as he enjoyed it he had to get back to it. Standing up with a stretch he cracked his back, and eck grunting in satisfaction from the pops the were released. Turning around, he started to walk towards his house, he was beginning to get hungry, and there was no sense in burning any more daylight by lazing around. Walking into his home he unwrapped the bandages around his eyes before activating his Sharingan, he winced lightly as his vision was suddenly returned to him it always stung a little bit, sometimes it gave him a headache. Walking into his kitchen he opened up his fridge which was mostly empty, he would have to go grocery shopping soon, however his stomach decided to remind him that it wanted food now not later, so shutting the fridge he decided to get take out. Hearing a knock at the door he deactivated his Sharingan and went to answer it. Opening the door he smelt the familiar scent of his teammate, strange that he could identify people by smells now
"Sakura" Sasuke said slightly confused by his teammate being here, after all she should still be recovering however he was even more shocked at the hands that wrapped around him briefly however he didn't know how to react so he just stood there awkwardly until Sakura took a step back
"Hey there Sasuke-kun, I was just in the neighborhood and I was wondering if you'd like to eat with me" she said getting a raised eyebrow from sasuke who ignored the way his stomach rumbled at the mention of food.
"Why would you be 'in the neighborhood' you're supposed to be at the hospital" however Sakura just waved him off before remembering that he wouldn't be able to see
"The hospital said I was clear to go. I still have to check in there once a week to monitor my progress but other than that I'm fine" She said happily getting a small smile from Sasuke
"ok then let's go" he said closing his door before walking off with Sakura following after him. Both of them walked in silence before Sasuke spoke up
"So where do you plan on going?" Sasuke asked causing Sakura to put a hand on her chin
"how about Iraciku's?" She asked getting a smile from Sasuke
"thank god the dobe isn't here otherwise he would have gone crazy" Sasuke said getting a giggle from Sakura
"Yeah he's probably eat about six or seven bowls all the while declaring about how he's going to be Hokage" getting a nod from Sasuke
"Maybe he'd even challenge me to a eating contest which I'd accept and we'd both throw up at the end of it" he said getting a wide smile from Sakura
"Yeah, and I'd be force to smack both of you idiots to keep you in line" she said getting a smile from Sasuke
"And Kakashi would sit there amused at us, all the while eating his food without any of us noticing" and Sakura couldn't help but laugh at that. However after a while they fell into a comfortable silence with Sakura silently amazed at how much she managed to talk to Sasuke. After a while of just walking Sasuke spoke up again
"you know I believe in him" he said getting a raised eyebrow from Sakura however he continued on "I believe that Naruto has it in him to become Hokage" he said getting a wide eyed look from Sakura however after a while she simply looked up and smiled
"I know what you mean at first I thought he was just an idiot who couldn't due anything, however after spending time with him, I can honestly say that I've never been more wrong, he has an aura that just makes you want to put your faith in him, to believe that he can get you through whatever troubles your facing. So yeah Sasuke I can say that I believe in him too" Sasuke was silent for a moment before he looked to Sakura with a smile that stopped her cold and sent blood rushing to her face and he spoke
"Yeah let's put our faith in Naruto" Sasuke said causing Sakura to want to squeal form that smile however one thought stopped that entire process
'was that smile for... Naruto?" She thought to herself watching as her teammate walked away from her, before shaking her head and running after him.
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Naruto Panted as he laid on the floor, the sun was setting, and he could say that he was exhausted, he created hundreds of clones, and they all set to work immediately, along with him. Anytime a clone would pop two more would take it's place, looking up at the moon high in the sky, he started to close his eyes, surely a little nap wouldn't be to much to ask, just for five seconds then he would get back to work.
drip
Naruto's eyes snapped at that sound and sure enough he was back in his mindscape. He sighed out loud the sound echoing off of the walls. He stood up from his prone position and started to walk forward, obviously the fox wanted to talk to him and there was no point in putting that off. This time it was a short walk, he was in front of the bars in a matter of seconds after he started walking standing in front of the giant gates he crossed his arms and waited for the fox to start the conversation.
"How nice of you to visit me warden, honestly it was getting lonely" the fox said it's massive mouth curling into a grin, revealing rows of teeth that were bigger than Naruto himself.
"what do you want fox?" Naruto asked narrowing his ringed eyes which got a scoff from Kyuubi
"You act high and mighty due to the fact that there are bars between us, if they weren't here I would stomp you for speaking to me like that" It said growling
"but there are bars between us, and I have to get back to training so what is it?" He asked his face calm but his voice carrying an edge
"And what makes you think I'm going to talk to you after the way you spoke to me? I could've been going to tell you something that could change your young life" the kyuubi spoke getting an uninterested look from Naruto
"you probably still could tell me something that would drastically change my life, but you won't because even in the short amount of time I've talked to you, you have been an asshole" Naruto says which surprisingly got a chuckle from the Biju
"that is true human, I probably wouldn't have told you anything and watched you squirm to figure it out" the kyuubi stopped taking a moment to cross it's paws under it's head and rest on them. "So far you amuse me human, so tell me what do you want out of this. What do you want out of having the most powerful Biju in your gut?" it asked him eyes focused directly at him while Naruto stared right back, no trace of fear anywhere in his blue eyes.
Naruto bit his bottom lip thinking about it, after a while he spoke to the kyuubi "listen, you don't like me" which got a snort, however he continued on " and I sure as hell don't like you, but isn't there anyway we can work together, because let's face facts we're stuck together, and I honestly think it'd be better if we just worked together" Naruto said and the kyuubi was silent however after a while he spoke
"...Alright ningen" Kyuubi started getting Naruto's eyes to open. "However I have one condition" Kyuubi said getting a suspicious look from Naruto however he nodded his head "rip off part of the seal" He said in complete seriousness getting a wide eyed look from Naruto however he gulped in deep however he asked
"What exactly will that do" he asked causing the Kyuubi to narrow his eyes for a second before he stopped and explained
"well if you want to know. It will weaken the seal, giving me a bit more freedom, and allow you to access more of my chakra" it said causing Naruto to breed in deep before nodding once again.
'if It would free the kyuubi, obviously a fail safe would kick in, and if it works out like he says, then I will just be able to get on better terms with kyuubi' he thought as he took another step forward suddenly the water swirled around him lifting him up to the seal, slowly he reached out, taking a bit of the seal into his had, putting his other hand on the seal to stabilize it, Naruto almost ripped it before his hand was suddenly grabbed and he was pulled away from the cell.
Landing on his rear Naruto letting out a Yelp of pain as he hit the floor looking up he couldn't see the other presence that was in his mind, however he could make out a hand in front of him, reaching out he grabbed it, the hand lifted him up with ease, and he stumbled a bit, however a hand was put on his shoulder to steady him
"woah Naruto be careful I don't want you to fall again" he said causing Naruto to look at the man finally able to see his face,
"Yondaime Hokage" Naruto muttered before suddenly realized what he said "WAIT why does the Yondaime Hokage know my name. Why are you in my head, and WHY DID YOU SEAL KYUUBI IN ME" Naruto fired non stop before the hokage placed his hand on Naruto's head
"in order, I know your name because I named you, I'm in your head as a failsafe in case you tried to remove the seal. And finally I sealed the kyuubi in you because I believed you could handle it's chakra. After all a father is supposed to have faith in his son."
Naruto looked at the Yondaime with wide eyes, his jaw dropped a bit, and tears filled the lower rim of his eyes. "The Yondaime Hokage is my father" he said getting a smile and nod from the man. However the man's smile quickly turned into a grimace as his son punched him in the stomach as hard as he could, he could have dodged the punch however Naruto needed this he knew it.
"How could you seal the Kyuubi into your own son!" Naruto started continuing to punch his father " Do you have any idea what I went through! Do you even have a clue!" Naruto continued his punches gradually slowing down "All of the angry stares, the loneliness. The thought that no one cared for me, that I was all alone, for thirteen years that's all I felt thirteen years" Naruto shouted however he was shocked when Minato caught him in a hug, and held his son close
"I'm sorry" he said calmly getting his son to freeze "you don't know how much it pains me to know what I did to you" Naruto felt his father's hands shake lightly "I never wanted this Naruto, I never wanted to force loneliness on to you. I;m sorry son just know that no matter what I am proud of you. Proud of the man you've become, and proud of everything you do."
Hearing all this Naruto could feel the tears as they fell, and honestly for once in his life he didn't try and stop them, he simply wrapped his hand around his father, and cried, cried for his childhood, and cried because he knew for a fact that his father loved him.
A/N AND THAT'S A WRAP. I am so glad I finally updated for you guys it's been a while but you know life will be life. SO I am trying to update but it's hard. Soo Root for me guys :D well I'll see you all in the next chapter TTFN ta ta for now