Naruto: Variation

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Chapter 36: the coming meeting

Konoha looked amazing on this spring day, and for most of its citizen, it was seen as a glorious day to have fun. Yet for at least one of its members today was not nearly as great as it could be. This person was of course out hero, Naruto Sarutoi. Naruto could not get the reminder of just how weak he was out of his own head. He need to very much get stronger so that he could deal with these new foes which were seemingly popping up everywhere. He wondered how long he would last against a real swordsmen, and if that weakness would cost him a friend in the future. He knew he would have to train, but he also had to find away to train without wasting time, now was not a time when he had a lot of time to leave and work on his different skills. No, he would have to find a way to work hard quickly and gain more strength and power. His mind then remember the training he did right before the final part of the Exam. He just had to find Yamato, but what would he work on, well he would figure something out. First though he had to go and find Yamato and get his help.

With that thought, Naruto was up and out the door of the Sarutobi residency. He knew just where Yamato lived, and rushed in that direction, when he got there though he found out that he was out of luck that he was not at his place. After noticing this, Naruto moved quickly to other places where he thought his sensei would be at.

In the Hokage's office one would be able to find the other person who was not having the best of days. He had gotten the report from the Mist and the actions which had taken place in that village. It would seem that this new threat whatever it was, was far larger then what anything of them had thought. This new threat was one which was not only a threat to single villages like Konoha, but every village in the whole world. This threat seemed to be some unification of all missing-nin from every village supported by Orochimaru and his sound shin obi. Things were getting really serious, and the report from the Mist just seemed to prove it. Asuma at he least could breath easy at the knowledge that the swordsmen were forced out of the area by his shinobi. Asuma sat down at his desk to look at another document which had been left for him. It was a very fancy document was from of course the Raikage, as it very much fit his style. Reading the letter he almost did a double take. The message was mostly just a statement, telling Asuma that he was going to have a meeting of the Kages, and that they need to have it at Konoha. It also mentioned when the meeting would be taking place. Then it asked him if it was ok, as if he was asking for permission after forcing Asuma to set it up.

Asuma sat at his desk for a second thinking about the message, and a smile actually formed. Maybe this would be a really great idea, if all the hokage could meet, then maybe they could create a unified front against the others. Something which would be extremely important for the future of all the villages and might bring them closer together. Asuma grabbed a map of Konoha, and began to think up plans for this grand meeting. As he looked at the map he heard the door open and looked up to see who had entered.

"Pops, have you seen Yamito sensei, I need to talk to him, and I have not found him anywhere in town. It is really important," Naruto announced in his normal over the top way.

"Well, he is on mission, I am sure he will be back either later today or in the morning based on the reports I have gotten from him and his team."

"Alright, then thanks, pops," Naruto said before walking out of the office a bit depressed not wanting to wait for the chance to train, knowing that he need to make the most of his time, before his next assignment.

Naruto decided that he would get some ramen before going to the check point to wait and see if Yamato would get back that day. When he sat down he looked up and ordered a bowl of pork ramen, and sat down and began to eat the dish.

"Ah, there you are Naruto," A voice said from behind him,

Naruto turned his head to see who the voice belonged to, and noticed that it was none other then Kakashi sensei who was standing there.

"Asuma told me that you were down right now," Kakashi said sitting down next to Naruto, "Well, having also been at the mist village I can guess why. Anyway, I wanted to ask you, if you would like to learn a couple of new jutsu, ones which I am sure will help you a good deal in the up coming battles."

"Of course, but I don't think I have time, to learn anything new, unless I can find Yamato, and use the multiple clone trick."

"Don't worry about that, I have already communicated with Yamato on that, and he agrees with the plan as well. I think he said he was going to meet us at the training area 34 when he got back from his mission. We can get started on the basics before he gets back, and then get into the heavy duty stuff when he does get back."

"Great, this will be awesome, I will meet you off in area 34."

Kakashi just blinked as Naruto's attitude changed. He was a odd one, that was for sure, Kakashi wondered for a second what it would have been like if he was on his team instead of Yamato's team. Then again, things did work themselves out really well. Still, Asuma had told him about the large meeting that was going to take place, and also had requested that he give this training to Naruto. Seemed that Asuma was worried about something, and this told him that something very serious was going on.

Back in his office, Asuma was at work, he knew that each of the villages would bring their best shinobi, because the gathering of all of the kages would be a prefect target for this no name group which was attacking seemingly all of them. He knew that he would have to have his top shinobi like Kakashi, Yamato Gai, and his own son ready to defend the town if they needed to. This would be a interesting chapter in his time as the villages hokage that was for sure.

A/N- I know this chapter is short and is really a setup chapter for the next arch of the story. I know I am not the best of writters, but I hope that you found some enjoyment from this chapter, if anyone as any ideas for the next arch just say so in your review, they will be very helpful. Also I am going to have a number of shinobi from all of the villages in this next arch of the story. I will try to use the ones from the story when possible, and I might use most if not all of the Jinchuriki in it, but for some villages I will have to figure something s out. Thanks for reading and I hope you liked the story so far.