Yo! Took me a while to update. Naruto has plans to leave Konoha. How would he overcome the side effects of Moryo's power? Will he able to harness Shion's powers? Continue to read and soon find out.
Chapter 25: A New Way of Fighting
Without anyone else knowing, Naruto left the village and proceeded to travel alone, thinking about Toneri's suggestion to him. Night came he decided to sleep, only to be awakened again by his nightmares.
"Damn!", he said and proceeded to light 3 cigarettes and put them in his mouth.
"Spending the night not sleeping at all, I'm really an insomniac", he said while blowing the smoke off from his cigarettes. As he finished smoking, he decided to visit the Land of the Dead for a while. Using Yomotsu Hirasaka, he arrived to the destination, and searched for more information regarding the mysterious land.
Reading ancient scrolls and documents, he found out that the people who once lived in this land were exceptional masters of hand to hand combat. They were also exceptional when it comes to weapons and they use a style of fighting that is not common. When fighting using a weapon, they typically use their left hand instead of their right, and when utilizing this style, they attack foes in dance like movements in order to deceive them. In other words, when they fight, they dance gracefully and elegantly. While the style itself may seem slow, the one doing the style deflects the opponent's blades while lazily drifting back to score hit them. The style is called The Sword Dance.
Another style he read on was a style that utilizes both legs in fighting. The reason behind was that punches are more utilized when attacking, using kicks only as another substitute when both of the hands were mobilized. Mastering the art would be a great advantage against opponents who utilize punch based attacks.
Reading this made Naruto grinned.
"If I can't sleep, I'll just train myself", he grinned.
Conjuring a kunai, he tried to execute The Sword Dance himself and found out he has a difficulty with it, as he never danced before, and his dominant arm is his right.
"It would be fairly difficult to master these things. How do I do this?"
Sighing, he entered his favorite dimension, the Ice Dimension and proceeded to train there. Hours passed he still has difficulty getting the art.
He jumped but not gracefully. Frowning at his lack of progress, he decided to train the style he deemed The Kick Style. He conjured up shadow clones and began to spar using kicks without using his hands.
"I didn't expect that without using punches is quite tricky", he grinned.
As the clone attacked him with a lightning attack, he jumped and he spun kicking the clone on its head. He continued to kick each clone without using chakra. As he was surrounded by his clones, he did a handstand and spun on the ground, sending the clones flying by his kicks. Truth to be told, he has difficulty spinning on the ground using his hands but has seem to get the hang of it as he fought the clones while spinning. When the clones vanished, he thought of a way to strengthen his kicking attacks.
Flying near a mountain, he proceeded to kick the cliff and a large boulder fell off. As he descended on the ground, he accidentally slipped on the snow, making him fall off the ground.
"So annoying", he muttered.
He returned to the real world and continued to train with his kicks. He also thought that it's an advantage that he couldn't sleep at night, thus training continuously without rest. Days passed, his leg strength definitely increased. He has decided that when he fights, he'd just do a handstand and fight just by using his feet. Finally stopping at his training, he thought how he could utilize the Sword Dance.
Using his kunai, he tried and tried by slashing into the air yet he could not get the gist of doing it.
"My moves are not graceful". Frustration had him now and when he jumped into the air, trying to be graceful, his feet slipped off the ground and he fell down once again.
"How many times do I need to fall down? I, Otsutsuki Byakuya, the wielder of chakra, would be defeated by a mere style I cannot master? I shall not allow that!", he shouted out of frustration.
Suddenly, he remembered on how he slipped through the snow and a grin crossed his face. Maybe if he trained in a slippery ground, that would make his moves graceful enough.
"Ice Release: Ice Floor", he said and the ground suddenly turned into a thick sheet of slippery ice. Naruto tried to walk and he fell down because it's extremely slippery.
He tried to run but fell down again. Smiling, he stood up and immediately found a way on how to move through the slippery ground. Readying himself, he used the slippery of the ground to move. Skating across the ground (like a figure skater), he jumped and when his feet descended to the ground, he was about to fall down but using the ground's slippery, he slid himself on one feet and spun raising his other leg. He did several back flips, forward slips and side flips while sliding across the ground. Getting the hang of it, Naruto picked up the kunai he conjured several days ago. Holding it with his left hand, he incorporated the kunai with his moves, and now when he fights, he's dancing.
"Success. I finally got it!", Naruto shouted joyfully.
He undid the jutsu on the ground and proceeded to practice without the use of the slippery ice. He extended his left hand; put his right foot forward, and his upper torso, slightly sideward. As he readied himself to attack, he slid across the ground as if the weapon is pulling him. He stopped and he was pleased that he has learned kenjutsu and some taijutsu style that utilizes kicks. Though sliding on the ground that is not slippery is harder, he found a way of doing it by levitating a few inches on the ground and by 'sliding' across the air.
"Now, the problem are my nightmares. How could I deal with them?"
Instead of flying, he walked, leaving the Land of the Dead. He thought of how he could control Moryo's power and discover the potentials of Shion's power. Meanwhile, he was also pleased that in Konoha, no one knew he left the village.
He walked for a week, never stopping. Thanks to the Shinju, he never needs to eat or drink but he does so only for pleasure. Smoking cigarettes has become his hobby, not to mention drinking. As he walked, he sensed a dark and malevolent chakra above. Thinking that this one would be a solution to his problem, he flew going to the source.
What is this mysterious power that Naruto felt? Tune in for more chapters. Sorry for any typos or mistakes. See you in the next chapter. Bye!