This is probably one of the longest chapters I've ever written, so if the length is a problem then I'm sorry. Most of it is dialogue.
Me: Hm. I wonder where WarRock ran off to? *Thinks for a second*
Me: Wait I know. I'll just call around to see if anyone's seen him. *Dials the phone*
*Phone rings*
GammaTron: Hello?
Me: Hey GammaTron, it's Neo. I'm calling around to see if anyone's seen WarRock. He's basically a blue mutt-like thing made out of green flames and blue armor.
GammaTron: WarRock? Oh he's with Kyuubi right now learning clone jutsu.
Lyra's Voice: I've found you WarRock! Take that!
*Loud smack*
Sakura's Voice: I'm NOT WarRock! I look nothing like him!
Lyra's Voice: Only WarRock would be dumb enough to disguise himself as a girl with a chest flat as an ironing board!
Inner Sakura's Voice: WHAT DO YOU MEAN IRONING BOARD!
*Another smack sound*
Me: What on this planet is going on over there?
GammaTron: Those two crazy girls you've been putting up with are having a huge fight right now. You don't wanna miss this.
Me: I'll be right over. *Hangs up phone*
Author's Note:
To fill in the blanks for what happened before this skit, check the reviews for chapter 35 on the reviews page to find the skit that took place (chronologically) before this. Trust me, you can't miss it.
It was a sunny day in ACDC town. The sky was clear and the birds were singing.
The weekend had just started, and Naruto was lazily taking a nap under a tree in the park.
Today he was wearing a plain brown T-shirt, green sandals, and red shorts.
A short distance away, four figures hid behind a car parked by the street. They were all using binoculars to watch the blonde haired ninja.
"There he is," Lan said.
"So what do we do?" Dex asked.
"We wake him up-" Maylu said.
"And then we ask him," Yai added.
Naruto stood up behind them.
"What'chu you guys doin'?" Naruto asked.
The four continued to look at the "Naruto" under the tree.
"We're going to ask Naruto something," Lan said. "But I don't know what he'll think."
Everyone suddenly stiffened, then turned their heads around warily.
"I don't know," Naruto said. "Why don't you ask him."
Lan's jaw dropped.
"But wait a minute," Yai said. "If you're over here. Then who's..." She trailed off and pointed to the "Naruto" sleeping under the tree.
Just as a young couple was walking by, the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke, nearly giving the young couple a heart attack.
"That was a decoy," Naruto said bluntly. "Standard ninja technique."
Naruto was silent for a moment, waiting to see if anyone else to say something. "So what did you wanna ask me?"
"Um..." Lan stepped forward.
"Hold that thought," Naruto said. "CAR!"
He quickly grabbed everyone, except Dex, and jumped out of the way of the car. Dex moved out of the way. He had just gotten out of the hospital from the iguana thing a few days ago, and he didn't want to go back to the hospital again.
Naruto put the three down by a park bench, taking a seat himself. "Now. You were saying."
Lan was a bit nervous, and it showed. His headband was soaking up sweat. "Well... We want you to train us."
"Huh?" Naruto said as he cocked his head.
"Yeah. We think you being a ninja is awesome," Maylu said. "And we just wanted to see if you could train us to do some cool ninja stuff too."
Naruto rubbed his chin a bit. "Hm. It'll be a while before you can learn the big ninja stuff..."
The four of them sighed.
"But-"
The four perked up.
"I may be able to teach you some of the basics," Naruto said. "At least until you get in better shape that is."
"What's wrong with how we are now?" Yai asked.
"Can you jump twenty feet into the air?" Naruto asked bluntly.
The others didn't know what to say to that.
"I rest my case." Naruto walked off. "We'll start at Yai's house in an hour."
The others got excited that they were going to learn how to be ninjas, FROM a ninja.
"However-"
They all turned to Naruto again as he stopped mid-stride.
"Don't eat lunch-" He turned to them with a morbid look in his eyes. "Or you'll puke."
Everyone cringed, not knowing what to think.
Naruto finally walked off into the distance.
It was an hour later. Lan, Maylu, Dex, and Yai showed up just as they were asked. They were also accompanied by Shuuko, the girl who works at Higsby's chip shop and AquaMan's NetOp.
For some reason, Yai felt like hanging out at Maylu's house, rather then go back to her own home and awkwardly face Naruto for an hour.
Anyway. The five of them walked through Yai's front gate.
"Where exactly did Naruto say to meet him?" Dex asked.
"I don't know," Lan said. "Maybe finding him is a part of our training?"
Maylu looked down at the ground. "Hey guys. Look what I found."
Everyone looked down at the ground and saw an orange arrow made of wood on the ground.
"What do you think it means?" Dex asked.
"Who are we meeting again?" Shuuko asked.
"Oh that's right," Maylu said. "You haven't met Naruto yet have you."
Maylu explained about Naruto in a few minutes, giving Shuuko time to take it in.
"Wow," Shuuko said excitedly. "And you're saying he'll teach us how to be ninja?"
"Maybe. But first we have to find him," Lan said.
Everyone walked down the garden, around the back of the house, through the tennis court, up the back stairs, to the roof, back downstairs, into the kitchen, out the bathroom window, back through the front door, through the foyer, to the dining room, out the back door, and close to Yai's treehouse.
Lan and the others panted heavily.
"Dang. How much longer do we have to follow these arrows?" Lan asked.
"Maybe this is what Naruto meant," MegaMan said from inside Lan's PET.
"What do you mean?" Dex whined.
"Think about it," Roll said from inside Maylu's PET. "If you can't even follow a few arrows, then what chance do you have of becoming ninja."
Yai panted heavily. "I guess you're right Roll. What's the point of training if we're in lousy shape."
"Hey look guys. The end's just in sight," Shuuko said pointing to just below Yai's tree house.
Everyone followed the last few arrows to just beneath the tree house.
"So what do we do now?" Lan asked as he looked around.
Shuuko looked around. "Hey guys. I found a note."
Everyone turned to the side of a tree. A rough note was attached to it with a shuuriken.
"Let's read it," Maylu said.
If you've made it this far, then you are all faring well. To get your next answer, please pull the bell.
Everyone looked down and saw a shiny silver bell lying on the ground.
"Is this the bell he means?" Lan asked as he tugged on the bell, causing it to ring faintly.
Suddenly a large black net came up from under Lan, Maylu, Dex, and Yai. The tree leaves broke away above them.
Shuuko was lucky enough to not be right inside the net.
As the leaves fell away, a shadowed figure held a thick rope.
Everyone strained their eyes to see who the figure was.
"Naruto?" the four of them said as they were all tangled up in the net.
Naruto was now wearing a set of grey sweats that said "COACH" on the front. Covering his eyes he was wearing his green metal goggles he wore before he got his ninja headband.
"Lesson number one students," Naruto said in a loud voice. "Don't believe everything you read."
"That's very nice and all," Lan said trailing off.
"But could you please let us down from here?" Maylu asked.
Naruto shrugged, then let go of the rope.
"Aaah!" Everyone yelped as the net they were in fell to the ground.
"Lesson number two," Naruto said. "Think before you speak. Someone may take you guys literally."
Everyone, except Shuuko, moaned as they climbed out from under Dex's massive girth.
"Hey Naruto. What's the big idea?" Lan asked.
"I'm training you. This is what you all signed up for," Naruto said.
Everyone's stomach growled.
"Ugh. My stomach's growling like a Cybeast," Lan complained. "Naruto, why weren't we supposed to eat lunch."
"If you guys were planning to train," Naruto said, "then why didn't you eat. You'll need the energy for later. I mean come on, I gave you all an hour."
"But you said not to eat lunch!" everyone except Shuuko yelled.
"Lesson number three," Naruto said. "Don't believe everything you hear either."
Everyone except Shuuko moaned.
"Oh. It looks like you have a new friend here," Naruto said as he walked over to Shuuko.
"My name's Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki. What's yours?" Naruto asked, holding out his hand.
"Oh me? My name's Shuuko, I'm AquaMan's NetOp," she said. "I also work part-time at Higsby's Chip Shop."
"Higsby?" Naruto said. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the Dice Turret EX battle chip.
"So he's the guy who gave me this," Naruto said looking at it. "Well it's nice to meet you Shuuko."
Shuuko shook Naruto's hand. "It's nice to meet you too."
"Can we start the training already?" Lan whined. "I want to get it over with so that I can eat soon."
Naruto straightened his goggles. "Very well then."
He pulled out some parcels. "I'll need you guys to put these on."
"Okay," Lan said.
The others were about to walk into Yai's house when Maylu suddenly stopped.
"Hey wait a minute. How come Shuuko didn't get one?" Maylu asked.
"I didn't know she was coming, so I didn't get a parcel ready for her," Naruto said. "She'll have to just watch this portion of the training."
Everyone was now dressed and in the center of town.
"Hey Naruto! What's the big deal?!" Lan complained.
"Whatever do you mean?" Naruto said innocently.
"I mean THIS," Lan said gesturing to his outfit. He was now dressed like a Viking. With the fur vest, fur boots, fur gauntlets, fur tunic, fur handled mallet, and a horned helmet which isn't technically historically accurate but pulled the whole ensemble together. "I look like an idiot!"
"For once I agree with him," Dex said, gesturing to his outfit. He was wearing a crash helmet with a porkchop tied to the top, a vest made of baby-back ribs, salami tied around his ankles, and a double marinated steak strapped to the back of his shirt.
"I kind of have to agree with them on this one," Maylu said gesturing to her outfit. She was in a school swimsuit, an inflated duck around her waist, flippers, waterwings, and a snorkel.
"I can't believe I'm wearing this!" Yai shrieked. She was wearing bandages that covered her whole body, a fake nose, gloves, sunglasses, a wig, and a hat and trench coat..
"It's all a part of your ninja training," Naruto said.
"AND HOW WOULD THIS BE PART OF NINJA TRAINING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" everyone except Shuuko demanded.
"Listen guys," Naruto started. "If I can blend in to a new world wearing a "shoot-me-orange" jumpsuit, then you guys should be able to blend into your ownhome town and not draw too much attention to yourselves."
"He's got a good point," Shuuko said. "Being a ninja is all about not being seen. And if you can hide in town wearing that, then you'll be practically invisible in your regular outfits."
"I guess so," Lan said.
"But you're so lucky Shuuko," Maylu said. "At least you aren't wearing flippers, a Viking helmet, or have a double marinated steak strapped to the back of your shirt."
"Yeah. And at least you aren't dressed as the invisible man!" Yai added.
Shuuko's eyes lit up. "Really. You think I'm lucky. I guess my luck's turning around after all."
Naruto started walking into town. "C'mon students. We're burning daylight."
Everyone had been walking around town for a half hour now.
Naruto and Shuuko walked at the lead, Lan and Dex behind, and Yai and Maylu behind them.
Everyone in town was shooting them strange glances, wondering why these kids were wearing such strange outfits.
Meanwhile, Chaud was sitting in his office looking out his window onto the city.
Hm. I wonder what Lan's up to right now, he thought to himself. Oh wait there he is. Chaud strained his eyes. Wait... What the hell is he wearing?
"Good grief," Lan said pulling on his collar. "It's like it's two hundred degrees out here."
"Then why are you wearing ten pounds of fur?" Dex asked jokingly.
"That coming from the guy covered in meat?" Lan said.
Yai and Maylu all laughed.
Naruto and his students were all walking by the hardware store when an important news bulletin was aired. Naruto perked up his left ear, channeling chakra into it to boost his earshot range.
"This just in. A dozen dingos have escaped from the Den Tech Animal Farm. All are asked to remain conscious. They could be anywhere and attack anyone."
Everyone continued on, unaware of the dingos running around town.
Shuuko walked a little closer to Naruto, which pushed one of Maylu's buttons.
"Naruto. Fid you hear that news report?" Shuuko whispered into his ear.
"Yeah. I did," Naruto whispered back. "Don't let the others know. This'll be good for their training."
Twenty minutes later.
"We've been walking for an hour. Can we take a break?" Dex whined as he and everyone else fell over on the bench.
Naruto had his Chakra Ears perked up. He had picked up traces of barking, panting, and footsteps. "Yeah, sure thing."
Naruto glances into Shuuko's eyes. She knew what that meant.
"Excuse me for a moment," Shuuko said. "I need to run by Higsby's and take care of something."
Shuuko walked off as Naruto hopped onto the nearby cobblestone fence.
"What's the deal Naruto?" Maylu said.
"Nothing," Naruto said innocently.
Suddenly, a dozen dingos rounded the corner and stared at the five of them.
"New lesson girls," Naruto quickly said. "Get onto this fence before the dingos maul you."
The two girls quickly climbed the fence and grabbed onto Naruto from both sides.
Lan and Dex didn't catch what Naruto said, they were being a bit distracted by the dingos.
"Lan," Dex whimpered, "why are they staring at me like that?"
"Because, I'm the green salad," Lan said taking a step away from Dex. "And you're the all-you-can-eat-buffet."
The dingos licked their chops as they inched toward Dex.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Dex screamed as he was chased down the street by the starving dingos.
Lan was hanging off the side of a lamp post, and Yai and Maylu were holding onto Naruto for dear life.
At that moment Shuuko came back from around the corner. "Did I miss anything?"
"Nothing much," Lan said, still hanging from the side of the lamp post.
"Well. That was a bust," Naruto said. "We've been walking around for over an hour and you all failed to blend into the background."
"Well maybe that's because nobody dresses like a viking, an over-prepared swimmer, or the Invisible Man!" Yai commented.
"Not to mention doesn't carry twenty pounds of meat," Maylu added.
"And that is where my next lesson comes from," Naruto said. "Don't dress up like that if you want to blend in."
"Then why'd you have us put this on?" Lan said.
"Because if you didn't,"Naruto said, "then I never would've gotten Dex to wear twenty pounds of meat."
Naruto looked around. "Would you two please let go of me. This is a little awkward."
The two terrified, and oddly dressed, girls let him go.
"C'mon guys. Lets get something to eat," Naruto said.
"Ugh. Finally," Lan said as he climbed down from the lamp post.
Everyone, minus Dex, was now at the park. They sat down under the tree waiting for their meal. Since the second part of training was over, they were no longer wearing their outfits that made them stick out like a sore thumb.
"Here. Eat up," Naruto said as he tossed his four students dark brown pills the size of a quarter.
Lan examined the pill questionably. "Um. Naruto. What's this?"
"Food Pills," Naruto told him. "When you're on a mission, it's the best thing for you."
Lan groaned as he looked at the small pill with disdain. Suddenly, a familiar sound caught his ear.
"Masa!" Lan said in a happy tone.
"Masa?" Naruto asked.
"He's a friend of ours who sells fish," Maylu explained.
"Well hey there Lan, Maylu, Yai, Shuuko," Masa said as he pulled in his fish cart. "I see you have a new friend here. What's his name."
"The name's Naruto," he said shaking Masa's hand.
"Man am I ever glad to see you," Lan said. "Please tell me you have some of those fish crackers in that apron of yours."
"As a matter of fact, I do," Masa said. He pulled a packet of fish crackers from his apron pocket.
Lan was drooling at the prospect of food that wasn't in pill form.
"Hold it!" Naruto said as he used his Body Flicker technique to swipe the fish crackers from Masa's hand. "They're in training, and they're supposed to be eating Food Pills as part of it."
Author's Note:
The Body Flicker technique is the one used by ninjas when they disappear in a blur of vertical lines. (If you need an example, go to the episode of Naruto where they wanna see Kakashi's face. Kakashi does it as Naruto follows him.)
"Food Pills huh," Masa said. "Mind if I try one?"
"Sure," Naruto said as he passed Masa another food pill.
Masa chewed it. "Hmmm."
"Do you see what I mean Masa?" Lan complained. "You're not really gonna let us eat that are you?"
Masa finished his Food Pill. "Well Lan. It may not be food, but it does meet all of your nutritional requirements."
"Wha-" Lan said as he looked down at his food pill.
"Well guys, I'd best get going," Masa said as he took hold of his fish wagon. "Hey hold on a minute. Where's Dex?"
At that moment, Dex ran through the park, and he was still being chased by starving dingos.
"Uh. I don't know what kind of training you're training them in," Masa said to Naruto, "but why is Dex wearing meat?"
"Don't ask," Naruto said. "Want another food pill for the road?"
"You don't have to worry about me," Masa said pointing to his fish wagon. "As long as I have my calcium, I'll be just fine."
Masa pulled his fish wagon out of the park and back to the fish market.
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! WON'T SOMEONE HELP ME?!" Dex screamed as he was still being chased by Dingos.
"Let's go guys, there's nothing to see here," Naruto said as he tossed his food pill into his mouth and swallowed it.
Lan and his remaining students were now back at Yai's house.
"Yai. For the next part of training, I'll need a few things," Naruto said to Yai.
"Sure," Yai said. "What do you need?"
"A balance beam and some cushions," Naruto said.
"Okay," Yai said. "They're in the shed, I'll have my butlers bring it out."
Yai noticed that Naruto had disappeared.
"Don't worry. I'm already on it," Naruto said as he carried the front end of the balance beam past Lan, Maylu, Yai, and Shuuko.
"Who's carrying the other end?" Lan asked Maylu.
"I am," Naruto said as he carried the other end of the balance beam past them.
Everyone's jaws dropped.
"I have GOT to learn how to do that," Lan said.
It was ten minutes later. The balance beam and cushions were set out on the tennis court that Yai conveniently had in her back yard.
"Alright guys. Your training is coming to a close," Naruto said. "Once you finish this, then I will begin to teach you jutsu."
"Alright!" Lan said.
"But!" Naruto interrupted. "You have to promise me that you'll only use jutsu when no other means will work. And keep it quiet that I've taught you."
"Why's that?" Maylu asked.
Naruto sighed heavily, remembering those who have fallen. "Because. I have witnessed man's capacity for war. And if entire armies in this world learned jutsu, then the land would burn, and the rivers fill with blood."
"You're bluffing!" Lan said. "Right?"
Naruto glanced at Lan. "No. I'm not," he said in a sullen tone.
"Anyway!" Naruto said, his mood changing instantly, "time to get on with your training."
"So what do we do?" Yai asked.
"Just stay on the balance board for as long as you can," Naruto said.
"Oh. That sounds easy," Yai and Maylu both said.
Naruto smirked.
"Oh. It won't be easy," Naruto said. "All troops! Move out!"
Suddenly, a dozen copies of Naruto wheeled in tennis ball launchers.
"Ready!"
The clones loaded the tennis balls.
"Aim!"
"Wait a minute-" Lan said.
"FIRE!" Naruto ordered.
The clones turned on their tennis ball launchers and shot the balls at Lan, Maylu, Yai, and Shuuko.
"Oh geez!" Lan yelped as he narrowly dodged the first volley of tennis balls.
"What's the big idea?!" Yai demanded as she barely avoided getting socked in the face by a tennis ball.
"It's part of your training," Naruto said. "It's training you to evade attacks while making good use of your limited foot space."
Lan got socked by seven tennis balls and almost lost his balance. "How are the tennis balls supposed to help?"
Naruto pulled out a shiny kunai from his tool pouch. "Would you rather I use these?"
"Nope. We're good," Maylu said. "Lan! Don't be an idiot!"
Lan, Maylu, Yai, and Shuuko's PETs were sitting on a separate chair from Naruto watching the bloodbath take place.
"Hey Naruto," MegaMan said. "Have you seen Dex?"
"Yes. Ever since the dingos took chase, we haven't seen hair nor hide of him," Glyde added.
"Knowing the dingos," Naruto said, "as long as Dex is wearing twenty pounds of meat, he'll probably still be hunted down like a wild animal."
"You don't think he's still wearing the meat do you?" Roll asked.
Suddenly, Dex ran through the volley of tennis balls. The dingos were still hunting him down, because he was still wearing twenty pounds of meat.
"That would be a maybe," Naruto said as he watched Dex climb over the fence as he continued to run from the dingos. "Oh. And it looks like he dropped a pant's size."
"I don't think I've ever seen him run this much," AquaMan added.
It was twenty minutes after the tennis ball volley began, and the four remaining students were showing signs of fatique. Well except for Shuuko. She was pretty good at dodging the tennis balls.
The volley of tennis balls stopped. Giving the four kids a moment's reprieve.
Lan fell onto be balance board exhausted beyond belief. "Thank god. I'm exhausted."
"Well. You've all done pretty good," Naruto said.
"Does that mean we're done?" Lan asked.
"I said you were good. I just didn't say you were done," Naruto said. "Troops! Prepare the second volley!"
"Huh?" Lan, Maylu, and Yai all asked.
At the snap of his fingers, a dozen more Naruto clones wheeled in a dozen more tennis ball launchers.
"Ready!"
The clones reloaded their launchers.
"Aim!"
"Oh come on!" Lan complained.
"Fire!" Naruto ordered.
The clones turned on the tennis ball launchers, sending dozens of tennis balls flying at them at tremendous speeds.
"Yai! Why the hell do you have two dozen tennis ball launchers?!" Lan demanded.
"It seemed like a good idea at the time!" Yai said as she dodged another volley of tennis balls. "They were having a two-for-one sale at the sports store!"
"Oh that figures!" Maylu said as she narrowly dodged another tennis ball.
It was a half hour into the tennis ball volley.
"Alright men. Cease fire," Naruto ordered.
The clones stopped firing the tennis balls. They then saluted before disappearing.
Naruto walked over to his tired students. "So? How do you fell?"
Lan, Maylu, and Yai laid on the cushions exhausted.
"Tired," Lan moaned.
"Exhausted," Maylu added.
"I've never been so tired in my whole life," Yai finished.
"Ah. It seems that Shuuko has done pretty well," Naruto said, noticing that Shuuko evaded most of the hits.
"Alright guys. That's enough of a warm up," Naruto said.
"Warm up?" the three tired students whined.
"Now I will teach you some hand signs, and then the most basic of all jutsu," Naruto said. "The clone jutsu."
"Finally," Lan moaned.
"Alright guys, pay attention," Naruto said as his four students got up. "These hand signs are very important. So pay close attention."
Tiger. Boar. Ox. Dog.
Lan and the others slowly formed the hand signs. Naruto corrected them on the formation of the hand signs when mistakes where made. In an hour's time they had learned to form hand signs in the correct manner.
"Okay guys. It's almost sunset," Naruto said turning to the sky. "You have all learned the hand signs. Now you must form chakra to perform the jutsu."
"But Naruto. People don't use chakra," Yai said. "How are we supposed to make it."
"No here's the thing," Naruto said. "You have the necessary materials to make Chakra inside of you already. You just need to learn how to make it."
Naruto took out a piece of paper and drew a diagram on it.
The diagram had a yin-yang type signal on it. The yellow part had the word "PHYSICAL" written inside it. The green part had the word "SPIRITUAL" written inside it.
Above it was the picture of a person forming a tiger seal.
Author's note:
The Tiger Seal is when you hold your thumb, index finger, and middle finger up like a gun, and cross the remaining two fingers. Your elbows must follow the horizon perfectly.
Out of the person's mouth was a ball of fire. Written inside it was the word "JUTSU".
"I'll explain this the best I can," Naruto said.
"Chakra is a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy. Physical energy is drawn from the cells in the body, which you gain through physical training. For example, following the arrows, the walking around town, the balance beam and tennis balls. Spiritual energy is obtained upon meditation and experience. For example, the shock of being captured in a net trap, the lessons I have taught you today, and learning to choose your words carefully."
Everyone nodded, showing they understood.
"Now, in order to make chakra, you have to mix those two energies together. The amount of chakra you can make is dependent on how much training you have done. The more training you do, the more chakra you'll be able to draw upon, and the more advanced jutsu you can make."
Everyone nodded again.
"Now the most important part is knowing how to manipulate your chakra. The hand signs I showed you are designed to direct your chakra into the correct shape. If you don't form the hand sign correctly or in the wrong rhythm, you'll just waste your chakra. If you use too much chakra, you'll just burn through your supply faster. If you use too little chakra, the jutsu won't work and you'll have wasted your chakra anyway."
"Okay. I think I get it," Maylu said. "We mix body and mind energies together. Then we use the hand signs to control the flow of energy."
"Right," Naruto said.
"Then we expel the chakra in the form of a jutsu?" Lan finished.
"Yes!" Naruto said. "Now. I want you all to form the hand signs and make a few clones. Since this is your first time using chakra, use as much of it as you can to make as many clones as possible. Based on that, I will determine how high your chakra levels are."
"Got it," everyone said.
Tiger. Boar. Ox. Dog.
Around Lan, Maylu, Yai, and Shuuko's ankles, blue energy began to flow around.
It was slightly visible, but after a moment it died back down.
"I don't get it," Lan said. "I mixed the energy like you said, but nothing's happening."
"That's because you forgot to raise your elbows," Naruto said bluntly.
"Oh." Lan said awkwardly. "So I do."
Everyone straightened their elbows and tried again.
This time the energy flowed out from beneath their feet and streamed out around them.
There was a puff of smoke from all of them.
The smoke cleared, revealing that Lan, Maylu, Yai, and Shuuko had created three clones each.
Lan's were pretty solid looking, but the edges were wispy. Making them totally ineffective.
Maylu's were too rigid, looking like they were pixilated. They were also ineffective.
Yai's looked like they were pulled through a taffy stretcher. They too were ineffective.
Two of Shuuko's clones had the same problem that Lan and Maylu's clones had. Her third was an exact copy.
Lan, Maylu, and Yai all turned to Shuuko's clone.
"Wow Shuuko. You really picked up on this pretty quickly," Naruto commented. "Alright. Now for the final lesson on the clone jutsu before you guys are dismissed."
Naruto walked over to Shuuko's perfect clone.
"What you need to learn is that these clones are only illusions," Naruto said emphasizing the last word. "They don't do anything, since they are not made of any physical material, only chakra. These clones will hold out for a few minutes on their own, but when they are disturbed-"
Naruto passed his hand through it, causing it to disappear like a wisp of wind, "they disappear."
"So why didn't our's work?" Yai asked.
"It's just the luck of the draw," Naruto said. "Practice. But only in secret, and where you can't be seen, and you'll get better at this."
"Thank you for training us Naruto," Maylu said.
"But remember guys," Naruto said. "I can't train you on anything more then that until you can create at least three effective clones at once. And do not use it until I give you the seal of approval."
Everyone nodded, bowed, then left for their respective homes.
"Hey Naruto. Aren't you coming?" Lan asked as he was about to leave the front gates. "It's almost time for dinner. Mom's making curry."
"Uh. I'll get with you later," Naruto said. "There's something I need to take care of."
Lan merely nodded as he walked home.
Naruto looked around. Then when he was satisfied that no one was around, he used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared.
Dex was still being chased around town by the dingos. And he had probably been running around for several hours.
"That's it," Dex said as he collapsed. "I can't go on."
As the dingos were about to reach Dex, Naruto appeared out of nowhere, cut the meat loose, then threw Dex over his shoulder and jumped ten feet into a nearby tree.
"Thanks Naruto," Dex sighed as he sat in the tree.
"No problem Dex," Naruto said. "By the way, have you lost weight?"
"Yeah," Dex said proudly, "I guess that's what happens when you get chased by starving dingos for several hours."
"C'mon big guy," Naruto said as he threw Dex over his shoulder. "I'll carry you home."
"Couldn't you carry me in a more dignified manner?" Dex asked.
"Hah- You'll take what you get and like it," Naruto said.
"Yes sir," Dex said as Naruto leaped from rooftop to rooftop and took Dex home.
Me: Okay I'm here. What did I miss?
GammaTron: Nothing much. Popcorn?
WarRock: I'll take some of that. *throws popcorn into his mouth*
Me: Oh WarRock, I heard Kyuubi was teaching you a jutsu. Which one did you learn?
WarRock: The Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Me: Nice. *high fives WarRock*
*Fight cloud inches towards them*
Sakura: Wait a minute!
*Fight stops*
Me: OH SWEET NIBLETS!
WarRock: What're you waiting for kid!? RUN!!!
*Me and WarRock run off into the distance*
Lyra: HEY GET BACK HERE YOU MAGGOTS!
*Lyra and Sakura chase after them*
Shinobi: *walks in with a big barrel of popcorn* So, guys, what did I miss?
GammaTron & Kyuubi: ... Nothing...
Shinobi: Are you sure? *sweatdrops*
WarRock: HELP! *hides behind Shinobi*
Shinobi: Who the heck are you?
GammaTron & Kyuubi: *runs away*
Shinobi: What's with them? *Looks at WarRock, who has made two Kage Bushins* Oh, you're the student Sensei was teaching the Kage Bushin Jutsu to run from a-
Lyra: RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! *tackles Shinobi and the original WarRock*
Shinobi: HELP! WE'RE BEING MAULED BY A BLUE TRUMPET!!!
Lyra: I'M A HARP!!!! *pulls on Shinobi's eyelids and bites on WarRock's 'tail'*
WarRock Clone 1: Wanna watch?
WarRock Clone 2: Okay. *lounge and takes the popcorn barrel* Kettle corn?
WarRock Clone 1: Oh yeah. *takes some*
WarRock: TRAITORS!!!
Author's Note:
All use of names has been cleared with owners. (i.e. GammaTron, Shinobi, Kyuubi) So don't complain about it. It's already been taken care of.