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Chapter 21: Disciple verses Apprentice
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Author notes/ Questions.
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Seeing as how I took so long to post the last chapter, I worked all day and I'm releasing the next chapter only few days after posting the one before it.
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Silentwhistle
2010-06-08 . chapter 16
It was pretty clever of you to think up that slights hot explanation and moving backwards in time even though its completely wrong from a canon standpoint. Its called
space/time, not 'space & time' for a reason-: that's because it refers to the space-time continuum where space and time are viewed as a single 4 dimensional continuum. Three
dimensions of space and one dimension of time intertwined.
Hiraishin was inspired by summoning and its a reverse-summoning technique (i.e summoning yourself). The way it works is by folding space to eliminate distance- this is how
instantaneous movement is achieved. Instead of traversing from point A to point B, the space between the two points is folded until point B is point A meaning you can reach
your destination (point B) without actually moving or having to cover any 'real' distance, hence, instantaneously.
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Very interesting. I didn't know that's how it worked and couldn't find anything on it at the time as the cannon hadn't progress far enough in the series to explain that.
I only came up with an idea of how it might work and used that.
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WhiteEyedHyuga
2010-06-25 . chapter 19
the story is great and I understand how it is to be a new fanfic writer, so am I, there are a few things you should recheck or check over, neitherless it's a great story, some
errors I have seen in the story as a whole is Lee in the story had only 5 gates, if he surpased Guy he would have 7, you had Guy at 4 gates, but Guy has been shown having up
to 6 Gates, also Lee does have chakra, all life has chakra, it's the amount that differs like Chi in Dragon Ball, Lee is only incapable of using Ninjutsus and Genjutsus. judging
where your at in the story i won't correct some of the facts about events after Danzo ran from the Summit, Madera has shown twice before the summit that he has an actual
body, the statement of being a shell of his former self is more of a statement i beleive that was directed toward either his Sharingan or his chakra being disable in someway, I
do like how you use info from the Manga/anime or Game to help back up the story, sorry if this review covers to much but it's been awhile since i was last on, there are other
things i noticed that where wrong, but it's ok, if you want i Know a good web site that updates weekly for new Naruto manga as it's released in Japan, if you want I can send
you the Website, I rate your story an 8 out of 10, so good work and keep it up, i'm looking forward to how Hanabi does in the Chunnin Exam. :)
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Crap don't tell me the gates got messed up in one of my edits. I'll check that and fix it. Lee has gone up to seven gates in my story but it hasn't explained how and why.
Gai is still at six. That was meant to show that Lee was starting to surpass Gai in some ways. Also please understand that some of the things with the summit and Danzo hadn't come out
when I posted the chapter. I can't predict everything that the cannon does beforehand :).
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animefan109
2010-04-26 . chapter 19
That was really good... but what was the part about her sage marks being permanent... sage mode can only last for so long, even Naruto can hold it for more than a few minutes
without the help of the elder toads. Your grammar was better this time... not very many mistakes but unlike others I won't take the time to list out everyone when it doesn't
matter as long as I can figure out what it is supposed to mean. Good job!
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Yup I flubbed that one in a way. I meant for her marks to be more like Tsunade's mark on her forehead or Jiraiya's that gets bigger when sage mode is activated.
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Last Chapter.
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"That still doesn't answer why you needed my chakra when you have so much of your own still left." Gaara said.
Naruto gave in a strained smile. "Let's just say that if she gets used to having that jutsu performed on her too much, that the side effects would be…
Less complicated if it's your chakra rather than mine."
Gaara peered at him and said. "Side…effects?"
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"Just trust me. I'll tell you about it later." He said innocently.
The medical ninja looked her over. "Her condition has stabilized. What jutsu did you use on her great Sage?" He asked curiously in disbelief.
Naruto smiled innocently. "Oh that, I use the ra…" Naruto stopped in mid sentence as his face went slack when he saw the angry scowl that Tsunade was giving him.
The bulging vein in her forehead clearly showed she was about to jump out of her seat and wring his neck at any moment.
Naruto took a step back from her and stuttered. "I-I think we should get off the field now Gaara."
He said quickly and he ran back into the fighters prep room away from the Hokage's angry scowl.
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Tsunade mumbled angrily to herself. "I can't believe he used that forbidden jutsu again!
And right in front of everyone! And with Gaara's chakra!"
She fumed in her seat at the door he had left through.
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Chapter Twenty-One: Disciple verses Apprentice. Fight!
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The fighter's arena looked like a full scale war had taken place on it. The ground had large holes in it and debris from shattered trees littered the outer wall.
A recess was called to prepare the ground for the semi-final matches. The crowd was still talking about seeing the great Sage fight Gaara's apprentice.
Sakura said. "It was scary seeing Naruto summon that much wind. To think that's the same jutsu he uses to clean up messes at his house."
His friends nodded in agreement.
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Gai said. "I bet Gaara is very proud of Matsuri right now, even though he isn't showing it. She bared that wind jutsu for so long. "
Lee excitedly replied. "I bet he is Gai sensei! But the next match should prove to be most interesting!" He threw his fist into the air.
"Naruto's students are going to be fighting each other to get to the final match!
Konohamaru has been trained by him for eight years, but Hanabi has the Hyuuga Clans Gentle Fist and she's a Sage now!
I simply do not know which side to root for!" Lee said while grabbing is head and tossing it back and forth in indecision.
"Calm down Lee before you hurt yourself!" Sakura scolded him. He hung his head apologetically and sat down.
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Lord Hyuuga, Hinata and Neji where seating together waiting for the next fight in anticipation.
Hinata eyed her father for a moment and respectfully said. "Father, are you worried about Hanabi? You look awfully tense."
Hiashi released his tight grip on the arm rest of his seat and turn to look at her.
"Yes, I am a little worried. I have no idea what kind of jutsus Naruto taught her.
Her speed and reflexes have greatly increased, but is her Gentle Fist art still intact?
These are my worries." He said in a reserved manner.
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"Uncle you shouldn't worry so much. Konohamaru is fighting her next. Naruto will kill him if he hurts his girlfriend." Neji said with a rare smile on his face.
"Father, it should be an easier fight then the one she had with Takia. Konohamaru isn't known for deception.
He is a straight up fighter, which is the kind of ninja we are best suited to fight." She tried to comfort him.
Hiashi let out a deep breath while never losing his composure.
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"True." Neji said. "Hanabi always beats Konohamaru in their sparring matches."
Hiashi nodded his head in agreement. "They are both his students though. They both subscribe to his Nindo.
If neither of them back down, then this fight will likely leave them both seriously hurt."
"You're worrying over nothing. They train together and they are friends. They aren't going to try to kill each other out there uncle."
Neji said in a light hearted manner which was clearly out of his usual character.
Hiashi looked down and shook his head. "I just have an ominous feeling something bad is going to happen…"
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Naruto came out of the fighters prep room looking over his shoulder at Tsunade.
She wasn't scowling at him, but he could tell that he was still going to get it her from later.
He wore a reserved, strained look as he took his place next to Kakashi at the railing.
"Are you worried?" He asked him. Naruto was looking over his shoulder at the Hokage and said.
"Yup. I think she's going to kill me after this is over…"
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Kakashi looked at him, then over at the Hokage before returning his gaze to him.
"Not about that. About your students fighting each other?" He asked.
Naruto looked back over at him and then looked up in thought.
"No, not really. They get along pretty well during training." He said casually without worry.
Kakashi gave him an awkward look and said.
"Naruto, this isn't training. They are really going to fight each other. This isn't some sparring match.
Hanabi is the heir to the Hyuuga Clan and Konohamaru has his pride as the grandson of the Third Hokage.
They both have their reputation to up hold, Konohamaru most of all after his last match. How was their mental state back stage?" He asked.
Naruto looked bored as he slumped on the railing waiting for the match to start. "Konohamaru looked very determined and Hanabi looked….Hmm I'm not sure.
I guess it's that face that most high up Nobles wear…" He said.
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"Self pride." Kakashi said knowingly.
"Yeah, I guess so, but she's humble and striving toward a purpose too." He scratched his head in frustration. "Kami, girls are always hard for me to read."
Kakashi eyed him carefully for a long moment and asked. "Who do you think is the stronger fighter?"
He lazily said. "If Hanabi was combat proficient in entering Sage Mode, then Konohamaru wouldn't stand a chance I'm sorry to say.
Konohamaru out classes her in chakra, stamina and Ninjutsu. She is better at Taijutsu, Chakra control and she is also smarter than him, but he has more experience in combat.
Ergh! It's making my head hurt to think so much about it." He said as he grabbed his head.
"I guess I'm happy that she can't use Sage mode because this way they are fairly evenly matched." He said as he picked his head up.
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Kakashi suddenly noticed a small monkey in a diaper sitting on the railing next to Naruto.
He put on a smile and said. "Hello elder Raichi, what brings you here?"
Naruto looked around until he found the monkey. "Elder! You're not even out of diapers!
How can you be one of the Monkey Elders?" He looked at him clearly disbelieving Kakashi's words.
Raichi spoke, but not in the cute and child like voice that he used before, he spoke in an old harsh voice.
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"That's right! I'm an elder you Wart Sage!" He said angrily.
"But-but-but…Why the diaper then?" He stuttered while pointing a quivering finger at it.
Raichi gave him a flat sarcastic look before putting on a fake smile and said. "You see sonny, when you get really, really old you start having some heath problems."
Naruto gave him a curious look and leaned over toward him. "Health problems?"
"Yeesss." He said with a wave of his hand like he was talking to a two year old about a fairy tale.
"When you get really old you might lose control over your bowls. Hints the reason why I'm wearing one." He said as his look when back being flat and sarcastic.
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Naruto covered his mouth and tried not to laugh, but it was obvious that he was.
"You wear one when you're first brought into this world and you'll probably wear one just before you leave it too." He said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I'm fine little Kakashi. How have you been? I haven't seen you for almost two decades. It's nice to see you've loosened up.
You were always too serious before." He said casually.
"Yes, I loosened up long ago. Are you here to see your new Clan member fight?" He asked.
"Yes, I want to see if that knucklehead has any sense at all. He is so thick headed and his arrogant pride has been quite hard to break."
Raichi said as he looked over at Naruto with a scornful look.
"I guess he gets that from his master…"
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Naruto gave him a strained smile and said. "If you think he's bad now, you should have seen him before he started training with me. He has calmed down a lot since then."
The small monkey slumped his shoulders and hung his head. "Even Hiruzen wasn't this hard to break."
Kakashi looked over at him and said. "So you've had your work cut out for you then?"
Raichi tossed him a sarcastic look and said. "You have no idea. He keeps complaining all the time.
'I'm gonna be Hokage some day! You should respect me!' or he'll say 'I'm gonna be the greatest ninja in history! You just watch!'
Oh and there is my favorite, 'Why the hell do I have to do that? I'm here to train not to be your servant!'
I swear the boy doesn't have an ounce of humility in him. It's like being married again…All he does is nag and complain." He said clearly lost on what to do with him.
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Naruto gave him a slight chuckle and said. "That's because you don't know how to handle him. It's simple really.
If he's not eating, sleeping, training or on a mission, then he's complaining."
The monkey looked over at him and said. "I will not train him until he respects me. It's that simple.
Kami! I've made a fool out of him so many times that I figured he would get it through his head that he is no match for me."
Kakashi let out a sigh and said. "Like master, like student. Naruto was the same way."
Raichi gave him a curios look and asked. "You trained Naruto?"
Kakashi nodded his head. "Yes, I was he Jonin instructor. Naruto was also a slow learner and fell for the same obvious traps again and again.
I really struggled to teach him until Jiraiya showed me how to handle someone with his type of personality."
The elder was clearly interested and said. "And…."
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"He told me that Naruto is the kind of person that needs to strive for a goal.
If he doesn't have a goal or if he feels that you as a teacher aren't helping him with his goal that he will get annoyed.
So the answer is to give him a goal." He replied.
Raichi gave him a disbelieving look and said. "Isn't being a Monkey Sage a goal enough already?"
"Yes, but he doesn't know what a Monkey Sage can do. He's never seen one in action. He HAS how ever seen Naruto and what a Toad Sage can do.
Right now he probably feels that the Monkey Clan isn't that great and is lamenting the fact that he couldn't join the Toad clan.
All you have to do is impress and you'll get more respect and dedication then you can handle." Kakashi said knowingly.
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Raichi eyed him carefully and asked. "How I would I impress him in such a way?"
Kakashi and Naruto liked like mirror images on themselves. The both stuck out their hands. Naruto summoned a Rasengan and Kakashi preformed the Chidori.
They both said at the same time. "Show him a jutsu!"
The monkey looked at them in surprise as they let their jutsus fade away.
"If you do that then you can get him to do just about anything and you can just tell him its training to learn the jutsu." Kakashi said with a fake smile and his pointer finger up.
Naruto look went blank at first then it turned to one of offence at his sensei.
"Hey! I knew some of your training was off over the years! Having me clean your house as part of training! I knew something was fishy!" He yelled at him.
Kakashi and Raichi laughed at him.
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"Well now that you're a sensei too, I can reveal how to punish your students without them knowing it." He said with a smile.
"How is that supposed to be punishment then if they don't know it?" He asked clearly a little put out as he crossed her arms and looked away from him.
"Because you get some work out of them. At least it made me feel better when you got too unruly." He said while smiling.
The monkey laughed again. "I SEE! I think I'm going to enjoy teaching this kind of student when we get back to the temple!" He said in a much brighter mood.
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After a few more minutes proctor Kotetsu came onto the field. The crowd suddenly cheered thinking the fight was about to start.
Kotetsu held up his hands to call for silence. Once the crowd finally calmed down he said loudly.
"To prevent a mishap, like during the last fight, where the audience was caught in a jutsu. The Anbu has decided to put a barrier before the match starts.
Seeing as how both of the next fighters call the one that caused…" He looked right at Naruto with a disapproving look.", that mishap master…
The Anbu protection squad felt it was necessary for everyone's safety. We apologize for the delay." He bowed and returned into the fighter's room.
Ten Anbu came out and formed a barrier while Naruto put his head in his hands and said to himself.
"Kami I hope this cyclone thing doesn't get around like the leveling a mountain thing did."
Kakashi smiled and said. "Only a few people saw you level the mountain. All of the five nations leader's saw the cyclone…"
Naruto hung his head in dismay.
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Soon Hanabi in her Toad clan uniform came out with Konohamaru behind her. The crowd cheered loudly for them as they took their places.
Kakashi told Naruto quietly. "Konohamaru seems serious…Deadly serious."
Naruto had never seen that look on Konohamaru, but just with his facial expression Kakashi could tell he agreed.
Kotetsu quietly asked them. "Are you two ready?"
Hanabi nodded, but Konohamaru held up his hand and said. "Please hold on a moment. I need to say something to Hanabi."
Hanabi tilted her head at him in curiosity. There were only two people in the village she could name as her friends, Naruto and Konohamaru.
Of the two, she had always found it easier to talk too Konohamaru. The nervous look of sadness in his eyes sent her mind to worry.
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"Are-are you ok Konohamaru?" She asked nervously.
He closed the gap between them and wrapped his arms around her in a fierce hug.
Hanabi was so stunned by his actions that she couldn't move as Konohamaru said quietly into her ear.
"I'm sorry in advance. Please don't think badly of the third…"
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"Think badly of the third…What is he talking about?" She thought in utter confusion.
The crowd murmured in confusion as Naruto's cold eyes locked onto Konohamaru. Anger, outrage and jealousy shined brightly in his eyes.
Konohamaru broke his hug and held her away from him by the shoulders.
He looked at the beautiful and stunned Hyuuga heiress for a long moment before letting go of her shoulders.
He took three steps backwards and returned to his original place.
Kotetsu blushed at them and asked. "Are you two ready now?"
Hanabi nervously blushes as well and said nothing.
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Konohamaru looked at her with his serious eyes that held sadness behind them that she could see right though.
"Hanabi…. I have a favor to ask before we start." He said as she stared at him blankly still trying to recover from his actions.
"I want you to enter Sage Mode before we fight…" He asked her honestly and so purely even in his sadness.
Hanabi was stunned to her core. It took her many long moments to speak and when she did she said.
"Kono-Konohamaru… I wasn't lying when I said I wasn't a Sage yet…"
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"Yet you have entered Sage mode before. I know….
Naruto told me that the first time you enter Sage mode is when you receive those dark marks around your eyes marking you as a Sage." He said solemnly.
"Please." He said earnestly as he bowed to her.
"It-it's not that simple…I've only entered Sage Mode once of my own accord. It took six hours of meditation in the most peaceful of places.
I don't think I can do it here. Naruto makes it look easy. It's really not!" She said in a panic.
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Konohamaru locked his intense eyes on her. "Will you try…?" He said so purely and honestly.
His words echoed and reverberated in her mind. She closed her eyes a tilted her head down for a long moment.
She took a long deep breath and picked her head up to look at him.
"I will try…"
Kotetsu looked at her in surprise as the crowd murmured.
Hanabi took off her Toad Clan outer coat and sat down crossed legged and began mediating.
"That girl can enter Sage mode?" An older man said in disbelief.
"She was trained by the Great Sage after all." A younger man next to him said.
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Naruto yelled out to him. "Are you sure you want this? Even I had trouble handling her when she was in Sage mode."
Konohamaru turned look at Naruto and yelled back at him. "This is how it must be."
Naruto mumbled to himself. "It's your funeral."
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Hanabi tried again and again to become one with everything around her, but it was much harder with so many people in the arena.
"I have to concentrate…Become one with my surroundings." She told herself to no avail. There was just too much around her.
"No! I have to try harder." She told herself as she clinched her teeth and remembered the sad look on Konohamaru's face.
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Forty minutes had passed and many in the crowd were starting to think she couldn't do it.
"That can't girl can't do it. I don't care if she is Naruto's student and the heiress to the Hyuuga clan.
This is all a stage act. I'm going to get something to eat." Someone said.
"Yeah me too. I'm bored." Another said.
Konohamaru's eyes never left her face as a lone cloud passed over head and threw a shadow over her for a moment.
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"Think harder…What did it feel like?" She asked herself. She remembered Naruto's smiling face.
She saw the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She remembered Naruto soaked in Toad oil sitting on the back of a stone frog under a water fall.
He was surrounded in dazzling golden Sage chakra. She remembered the feeling of the oil on her skin and what his skin felt like when she touched him.
She remembered the feeling she had when she touched his hand and rested her face next to his. She felt her one single greatest desire yet again.
"I want to sit on that Toad with you. To be by your side forever…That is what becoming a Sage is to me…"
As the shadow of the cloud left and light again returned to her face, the thin black circles around her eyes grew.
Konohamaru's look never changes as the crowd awed at her transforming.
The dark mark encompassed her eyes and grew into long black points that went down her cheeks and up her forehead until they met at the top of her head as the points crossed.
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Hanabi opened her milky white eyes and smiled a smile of joy before letting loose of a contagious laugh.
Konohamaru gave her a very curious look at how happy she was and asked. "What does it feel like?"
Hanabi couldn't stop smiling and said loudly. "I feel…Well its indescribable! I feel invincible and really happy! I can feel and see everything for miles!"
"Is-is that really what Sage mode feels like?" Choji asked everyone around him.
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"Only at first." Naruto told him from over his shoulder at the railing that wasn't far away.
Konohamaru nodded his head at her and grabbed the bottom of his shirt. He pulled it off and stunned the crowd.
Kakashi's eyes went wide as he stared at the giant seal on Konohamaru's chest.
The seal was so big it warped around his sides and nearly touched in the back.
The seal looked like a gothic black sun with a cage in the center with three flying birds in it.
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Tsunade hung her head as mummers rose in the crowded arena.
"What is that?" Hanabi asked intently as she stared at the seal in blank shock. "Are you a jin-"
"No." He cut her off. "This is the curse of my clan." He said sadly.
"Curse of your clan? The Sarutobi clan has a curse?" She asked him in shock.
"My real name isn't Konohamaru Sarutobi… It's Ze.." He said before Tsunade stood up and yelled at him.
"Konohamaru! Don't reveal that! It's a Village secret!" Her voice was full of anger and worry.
He turned and looked at her calmly. "No, it's a Clan secret…My Clan and I am its keeper as the last living pure blooded member."
The Hokage hung her head and said softly. "Everything will change for you if you reveal that…"
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"So the 'Honorable Grandson of The Third Hokage' will be shunned. That doesn't matter anymore.
Today the curse of my Clan will end with me, one way or the other." He said calmly with resolve.
"One way or the other? What are you talking about?" Hanabi asked in confusion.
He turned back to her and said. "As I was saying. My real name isn't Konohamaru Sarutobi…It Konohamaru Zendaki."
Hanabi looked at him in confusion. "My Clan was also known by a more common name…The Zaben Death Clan."
Kakashi's fist clinched as killing intent poured out of him while looking at Konohamaru. It took him a long moment to calm himself down.
The crowd murmured in confusion.
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"Zaben Clan? I've never heard of them." Hanabi said as she tilted her head at him.
"No, you wouldn't have. All the records were burned by the First and Second Hokage's.
Only a few of the oldest people here would remember them…The Anbu knows of my Clan." He said with an eerie calm.
The barrier around the arena suddenly dropped as the Anbu stepped onto the railing and pulled out their weapons while looking at him.
The arena was tensely silent for a long moment…Until the sound of a thousand chirping birds broke the silence.
Kakashi charged him with his Chidori in hand and a cold expressionless look on his face.
Naruto's eyes went wide as he saw the killing intent in his sensei's eyes.
Kakashi was inches away from slamming his Chidori through Konohamaru's chest when Naruto used his Yellow flash jutsu and appeared in between them.
He caught Kakashi by the forearm as the lightning crackled in his hand. Naruto looked at his sensei's cold emotionless eyes in shock and anger.
"KAKASHI! What are you doing?"
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Konohamaru looked at him and calmly said. "He's doing exactly what he was trained to do in the Anbu black ops. The Zaben Clan is…"
Kakashi spoke up and finished his sentence for him. "Marked. They are one of the few Clans we are taught to 'kill on sight'."
"What the HELL?" Naruto yelled. "You're trying to kill Konohamaru?"
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"ANBU STAND DOWN!" Tsunade yelled in a commanding voice. "I hereby repeal the decree of the First Hokage calling for the elimination of the Zendaki clan!"
The Anbu on the railing backed off. Kakashi how ever was still staring at him with his cold eyes.
"Naruto, Kakashi get out of the fighting arena! Anbu replace that shield NOW!" She commanded them while pointing.
Konohamaru looked at Kakashi and said. "Don't you want to know the real reason why the first and second Hokage's made a ten year old boy the Third Hokage?"
Kakashi released his jutsu. "I'll be watching you carefully from now on."
Kakashi said in a warning manner as he returned with Naruto to the railing outside of the fighting area.
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"What's going on?" Hanabi asked him in utter confusion as the Anbu put up the shield again.
He took a long deep breath and turned to face her solemnly.
"It all started hundreds of years ago. None of this can be confirmed, but I will tell you the story of my Clan's history.
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Once long ago it was said that Kami came down from the heavens and blessed a man with a white chakra.
This white chakra gave this man a vast understanding and incredible healing powers.
This man became a very holy person and traveled the lands healing and helping people.
When he had a son he found out that his newborn child had this same white chakra.
The son grew up and followed the same path as his father, helping people and healing the sick and injured.
This is the start of my Clan. All the members born into the Zendaki clan have both normal chakra and white chakra.
They lived mainly in a temple on the northern border of the Land of Fire for hundreds of years.
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That was until a hundred and twenty years ago. During a vast war the members of my Clan found a way to use their white chakra to hurt people and used it in the war.
They gained the ability to reopen any wounds a person had ever gotten. They also found they could make a person sick with every kind of sickness they had ever had.
They became a frightening Clan on the battle field of war because they could devastate entire armies with their power.
This is when my Clan became known as the Zaben Death Clan. After the war was over they returned to their temple.
It wasn't until the first child was born into the Clan after they had used their power for war that they learned of their curse.
The first child that was born wasn't born with pure white chakra. His chakra had the faintest color of pink it and his healing gifts weren't as strong.
The white chakra was starting to get tainted from the clan member's deeds.
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In the time just before the founding of our village my Clan used their powers again for war.
We helped Madara Uchiha with his war with the Senju Clan.
My Clan's powers had greatly diminished and we could no longer use our white chakra as they had before because it was so tainted with blood that it became red.
It became a blight on its members and anyone near them. If the chakra wasn't sealed away the member's would get very sick and spread a deadly disease.
This curse was Kami's punishment for abusing his gift.
Madara was using my Clan members to devastate towns by removing their seal holding back their now red chakra.
They would go berserk with power and level most of the town in a matter of minutes, but they would also almost always die and spread their pestilence.
Luckily there weren't very many members of my Clan left so we are more of a foot note in the entire war.
When Hashirama found out how Madara was using the last few remain members of my Clan. He and his brother went to our temple and killed the last few members except for one…
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They didn't kill my grandfather because he didn't have the seal on him and he had no red chakra.
He was only four years old and he was free of the taint. Tobirama Senju took him in near the end of the war and trained him.
Hashirama became The First Hokage and brought peace to the lands. Afterward he handed the title over to his brother to lead.
Hiruzen learn at a frightening rate, mastering all kinds of jutsu with ease. It was on his tenth birth day that they decided that the village no longer needed war generals as its leader.
They told Hiruzen everything they knew about his Clan and their taint. He begged them for redemption for the shame of his Clan on top of, what is today, the Hokage monument.
They saw that he would be a great leader and told him.
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'For the crimes of your Clan we sentence you to a life time of serving this village. Tomorrow we will call YOU Hokage.'
He became the Third Hokage and had two sons, my father and my late uncle Asuma. They were also born with the tainted chakra and had this seal placed on them."
He said as he rested his hand on the seal on his chest.
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"At the age of fifteen Hiruzen removed Asuma's seal and they fought until the red chakra had been used up.
He taught them that if they used up their chakra fast enough then they would become free of the curse and wouldn't spread the disease.
My father watched them from afar as they fought.
He thought Asuma almost killed his father and decided he would rather live with the seal then risk killing the Hokage.
The information on how my mother and father died is sealed, so I don't have that part of the story.
I was taken in as a baby and raised by my grandfather and the village, all the while carrying the taint of my Clan that had been sealed away.
Now you know why Kakashi tried to kill me." He said.
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Hanabi stared at him in shock before saying. "That's a horrible story!"
"My Clan isn't all bad. Grandfather was a great Hokage and the teachings of my Clan are still in uses today." He told her.
"What teachings?" She questioned him.
"I told you that my Clan was once filled with blessed holy people that were exceptional healers.
The Third Hokage passed on the knowledge of our healing arts too one of his students." He said.
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"But who?" She asked in confusion.
Konohamaru pointed up at the Hokage. "To the Fifth Hokage, to Lady Tsunade. Why do you think that she is the most renowned healer in the five nations?
It's because she learned the Zendaki's Clans teachings and she has even passed them on to Sakura and Ino.
Even Naruto found out one of our Clans healing techniques on his own."
Tsunade stared at him blankly. "That's right. The Raw Chakra Transfer is one of my Clan's techniques." Konohamaru said.
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Everyone eyed the Hokage as Konohamaru dropped his arm.
"It's true. The Third did teach me their healing arts, but that doesn't mean everything about their Clan was tainted." She told the audience.
Konohamaru looked over at Kakashi. "Do you still want to kill me former head of the Anbu black ops?
I think my Clan has paid enough for their crimes. We gave the village a great Hokage and our healing arts."
Kakashi eyed him without emotion. "You're still too dangerous to be kept in the village. That disease kills people in two days and if that seal breaks you'll go berserk."
Konohamaru gritted his teeth as anger showed on his face. "HOW AM I ANY DIFFERENT THEN NARUTO?" He yelled at him.
Everyone that knew about Naruto's being a Jinchuuriki was stunned, Kakashi was among them.
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"Me and my master are very much alike…" He said softly as he bowed his head while touching the seal.
"Both of have seals on us that set us apart from everyone and I learned one thing from watching him…" He picked his head up and looked right at Kakashi.
"I learned how to break sacred seals." He said very seriously.
Kakashi's eyes went blank with horror. "Naruto, stop him! We will all be in danger if he breaks that seal!" He said soullessly.
Naruto eyed him for a moment and then turned to Konohamaru and told Kakashi.
"No, part of being a Master is trusting in your students. You taught me that. I trust them. If things get out of hand I'll stop it." He told him resolutely.
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Hiashi spoke up suddenly. "I do not want my daughter fighting him if he could give her some deadly disease Tsunade."
Naruto's eyes turned his cold eyes on him and said. "You have no say in the matter. Right now she isn't your daughter… She's MY Disciple."
Hiashi was shocked by his words.
Naruto turned back to Konohamaru and yelled.
"I hope there is a hell of a lot of chakra in that seal because my money is still on Hanabi beating you into the ground!"
Konohamaru and Hanabi both smiled honestly at him.
"That's ok. I'm like my master, even if get beaten into the ground, I'll just get back up and keep fighting." He told him.
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Naruto nodded his head at him and Konohamaru went through a long series of hand signs.
"UNSEAL!" He said and placed his hand on his chest. The dark black symbol glowed faintly and disappeared into smoke.
Red chakra stated pouring out of his body as the lust of battle filled his eyes. Within moments the brilliant red charka encased his whole body.
He got into his fighting pose and Hanabi did the same when she saw he wasn't going berserk and he was still himself.
Kotetsu was in the door way well clear of them when he yelled.
"First Match of the Semi-Finals: Hanabi Hyuuga verse Konohamaru Sab… err Zendaki! Fight!"
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They charged each other with a straight line punch.
Their fists hit each other and created a very distinct loud shock wave sound that reverberated in the arena.
"Like thunder." Kakashi said in wonder as Naruto smiled.
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They smiled at each other and disappeared with blinding speed. The sound of thunder came again and again as they clashed at high speed.
Hanabi's movements were graceful and beautiful as she caught Konohamaru's punch that was flying at her and used his forward momentum to land a hard elbow into his stomach.
He went flying over her shoulder wildly and hit the wall in a cloud of dust. Instantly another cloud appeared as he shot out of the cloud to attack her again.
He threw four kunais at her and came charging at her right behind them.
"Rotation!" She yelled deflecting the kunais and sent him flying into another wall only for him to instantly be on her again in another attack.
After a long time of clashing in combat with her he seemed to disappear.
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Konohamaru reappeared and had stopped suddenly with the red chakra burning around his body. Hanabi eyed him in a defensive pose and he put up of the seal of the tiger.
"No more messing around! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He yelled and summoned twenty- five clones that surrounded her.
They all charged her and some even got a few good shots in until she yelled. "Rotation!" She popped most of the clones and panted hard.
Konohamaru waited a moment for her to catch her breath.
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"He is giving her a breather. The Chakra isn't making him mindless like the others of his Clan." Kakashi said in surprise.
Naruto smiled at him and said. "With the Shadow Clone Jutsu he can burn up a hell of a lot of chakra very quickly."
"Let's try that again! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He summoned fifty clones this time and again she beat them with her rotation move.
Again and again he did this.
"What's he doing? Isn't he getting it, that summoning clones isn't going to break her rotation move?" Choji asked curiously while munching on potato chips.
"Very smart…He's trying to burn off that red chakra." Kakashi said to himself.
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Hanabi popped another batch of fifty clones and stopped to catch her breath.
"Good, it looks like that's the last of the tainted chakra. Now I can fight you for real!" He said from across the arena as the dust settled from their intense combat.
"Me …As well." She replied while breathing heavily as her Sage marks receded.
"How can they keep going? They have been fighting for nearly eight minutes burning up chakra like crazy." Kiba said in disbelief.
"That's Naruto's training I tell you." Sakura said in exasperation.
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"Now to summon some clones I can actually use. Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He said and five clones appeared.
"Byakugan!" She yelled as the veins in her temples bulged.
Konohamaru sent in only one at her. She charged the clone and gracefully moved out of the way of its punch.
She landed a Gentle fist strike on its chest and it popped.
She kept charging the next three Konohamaru's and took them down with a series of strikes without any of them landing a blow on her.
She looked around at the empty field.
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"Damn I don't have any Sage chakra left to sense him. Where did he and that last clone go?" She thought.
Her face went blank as she suddenly remembered how Naruto beat Neji all those years ago.
Konohamaru exploded out of the ground under her holding a blue ball of whirling energy. "Rasengan!" He yelled.
She tried to move away, but it was too late, he hit her fully in the back with his jutsu.
She screamed in pain as it instantly cut a spiral pattern on her back and she fell to the ground panting.
Konohamaru bent over panting and said. "Kami I'm tired!"
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Hanabi's back was bleeding as she struggled to get onto all fours and right herself. It took her many moments to push herself up right.
Once she was on her feet again Lee said. "She just got hit with the Rasengan…How can she still stand?"
"That's the Will of Fire in her my boy." Gai sensei said and gave him the two thumbs up with his sparkling smile.
Hanabi eyed him in hatred. "I'm gonna get you for that one…" She said through clinched teeth.
Konohamaru pick himself up from his doubled over panting to see her charging right at him and high speed.
"Aww crap! You're still up!" He said in exasperation as she got to him.
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"Shadow of the Dancing Leaf!" She yelled and kicked Konohamaru right in the jaw and sent him flying into the air.
Rock Lee had one hand on Gai sensei's head shaking it back and forth violently as he was jumping up and down and pointing at her excitedly.
She moved so fast that she disappeared. She reappeared, flying up with him at exactly the same speed as she started casting jutsus in rapid succession.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Three clones appeared in a fighting pose.
"Four Hanabi's Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms!" There was a great flash of movement as the four Hanabi beat the hell out of him for the entire time he was airborne.
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Konohamaru hit the ground with a heavy thud and didn't move while Hanabi landed on her feet and yelped in pain.
She was favoring her right foot and she was covered with sweat and dirt. She had clearly hurt herself doing the shadow of the dancing leaf move.
"Gai sensei! Gai sensei!" Lee yelled while still violently shaking his head back and forth. "Did you see? Did you see? She used the move I taught her!"
Gai snatched his head away from the over excited ninja and yelled loudly into his ear.
"NO I DIDN'T BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS SHAKING MY HEAD ALL AROUND!"
Lee went rigid as he quivered back and forth for a second before falling over.
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The crowd was stunned at what she had just done, even Naruto, and it was silent for a moment as Hanabi panted in the ring.
Finally Kiba broke the silence by saying.
"Holy shit that was an INSANE move she just did!... I'm glad she Naruto's girlfriend because I don't think anyone else in the village could handle her!"
His shock was clearly written on his face as most of the crowd burst into laughter and laughed for a long time.
Hiashi shielded his face from embarrassment after seeing his daughter use Lee's move.
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Konohamaru started to stir and the laughter instantly stopped. "Ergh."
He curled into a ball from pain. "Kami…I hurt …All over!" He said as he trembled and his breath came in sharp rasps.
Hanabi was right next to him and gave him a sour look as he struggled onto all fours and fought to get back up.
Once he managed to finally get back to his feet Hanabi gave him a bitter scowl as he panted.
"KAMI KONOHAMARU JUST STAY DOWN!" She said as she reared back and punched him with all the strength she had left right in the face.
The loud crack from the contact of the punch echoed in the arena as many people winched from the sound as Konohamaru flew back a few feet.
He hit the ground bounced a few times, he was out cold. She winched from the pain in her arm.
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Kotetsu came out of hiding and walked over to Konohamaru. He stared at him for a moment then looked over at Hanabi in surprise.
"The Winner is Hanabi Hyuuga!" The crowd exploded in applause.
She was quickly was handed a vial to drink from an Anbu.
"Drink this. It is the cure for the sickness that red chakra can cause." She wasn't even thinking when she downed the bottle.
A look of utter disgust appeared on her face and she started gagging.
"I think I would have preferred the sickness. That is the worst tasting thing I've ever had!"
They brought out a stretcher and took Konohamaru away as Naruto went down to Hanabi.
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"How do you feel?" He said her carefully.
"Like hell and I had to drink this awful potion!" She complained at him.
He sighed. "No, I meant where are you hurt?" He said with kindness in his voice.
"My right forearm and hand hurts. I've got a couple of broken ribs on my left side and I think I've shattered some bones in my left foot."
She begrudgingly admitted while looking away from him.
"I think it's pointless to tell you that you shouldn't have tried Lee's move. Your body isn't conditioned for it." He told her kindly.
"Well I know that now!" She scolded him harshly.
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Kotetsu held up his hand to call for silence.
"Valiak has pulled out of the semi-final match making Naruto the winner!
We will be taking a short break so the medics can look over Hanabi before the final fight." He yelled loudly.
"Gee…I wonder why the poor guy pulled out of the fight?" Choji said sarcastically.
"There is no need to take a break before the final fight. We are ready now." He said loudly.
Hanabi gave him a questioning look and he whispered softly in her ear. "Trust me…"
She looked at him nervously for a moment before nodding at the proctor in agreement.
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Hanabi limped over to the center of the ring with Naruto in front of Kotetsu.
"Hey this isn't right! She hasn't even had time to rest and she's hurt!" One spectator said.
"Yeah you're right. She's in no conduction to fight! Postpone the match!" Another agreed.
Hanabi looked awful. She was hardly holding herself up right. The back of her uniform was gone and she was still bleeding from the Rasengan she took.
One of her eyes was swelling up and turning black. She was covered in sweat and was exhausted.
She put her hands up in a poor excuse for a fighting pose as Kotetsu whispered to Naruto. "You sure she's up for this?"
He leaned over and said to him. "Just start the match."
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He gave him a disbelieving look as he held his hand up high in preparation to start the match.
Sakura angrily said. "I can't believe Naruto is still making her fight. I'm gonna clobber him after this match is over!"
"Final fight: Naruto Uzumaki verse Hanabi Hyuuga! Fight!" He said as he threw his hand down.
Naruto looked directly at Tsunade and then to Hiashi. Both of them had disapproving looks on their faces.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He said as one clone appeared.
He then raised his hand over his head and said. "I… forfeit…"
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Hanabi collapsed as Naruto rushed over to her and caught her before she hit the ground.
He gently laid her on the ground and started healing her with a massive amount of chakra.
"Master….Why did you… forfeit?" She asked while winching in pain.
"I will quote my sensei. Shinobi that abandon a mission are trash. Shinobi that abandon their teammates for a mission are worse than trash.
In short I forfeited so I could heal you as soon as possible.
You couldn't get treatment until it was over or you would have forfeited your match with me." He said with concern in his voice.
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"He…forfeits?" Kotetsu said it like he couldn't believe his ears.
"Ladies and gentlemen Naruto Uzumaki has forfeited making Hanabi Hyuuga the winner of the final match!" He yelled loudly.
Disbelief came across the crowd and the noise from everyone talking grew louder.
Sakura stood up and cupped her heads around her mouth. She yelled loudly over the crowd.
"WAY TO GO HANABI! You took down Great Sage Naruto!"
Cheering started and grew louder and louder until it was defying. Even the Kages stood up and applauded her.
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After notes: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'll be going back over this chapter and the last two soon to make corrections.