Chapter 37: Fighting the Hokage!

Atsuko's POV

"Tou-san, where is it?," I asked.

He slightly turns his head to the side to see behind him.

"Not far, Suko. You actually know this place very well," he said.

"I do?," I asked.

"Yes," he nodded.

We walked across the park and to Mayumi and I's training ground.

"You know about this place, Tou-san," I ask him.

"Yes, I do," he said.

"But...how?," I asked confused.

"This is our clan's forest."

"It is?"

"Yes, since 20 years ago."

"I didn't know."

"Are you wondering why the villagers haven't found it yet?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I told you that it was just a genjutsu, but that's not the case. There are deadly traps around the perimeter."

"That's a little harsh. Why didn't we make it like the Nara clan, where if you enter their forrest, they can watch you forever?"

"Because there are things in here people do not need to see."

"Oh. Wait how is Mayumi safe here?!"

"Her clan is close to our clan."

"Oh. That's good."

"I'll explain the rest later or when I think you're ready."

We jump down from the top of the waterfall and landed on the rocky ground.

"We can stop here," Tou-san said.

I nodded and stopped dead in my tracks. Tou-san turned around and looked at me.

"You look different," he smiled.

"Huh?," I raised my eyebrow. "Clothes don't count!"

I had on a short sleeve orange jacket with a hood attached to it. A short sleeve blue shirt with our clan's symbol on the back, that was seen by my unzipped jacket, and orange khaki shorts with side pockets.

"No, it seems like you hit a bad growth spurt," he said.

I grew a lot taller than when I first left with Jun. Well, according to him.

"Yeah,I guess I did," I laughed.

"Well, lets hope your strength is different like your apperance," Tou-san smirked.

"Of course. I wasn't just out of the village just to be out of the village," I said.

"Enough talk, lets do it. Hinata is gonna kill me if you're are home late," He mumbled the last part.

"Alright, whenever you're ready," I said getting in defense.

Tou-san did, too.

"We're not doing the bell training. Just a good fight, kay?," Tou-san told me.

"Fine with me. It makes no difference," I replied.

We stayed there in defense waiting for the right time. I, heard the ground crack at the bottom of my feet. I jumped high up in the air. I reached in my back pouch, got a couple of shurikens, and threw them at Tou-san. He reached for a kunai and deflected the shurikens.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!," I made one clone.

She quickly made the Rasengan and threw me towards Tou-san.

When I was an inch from him, he grabbed my arm. I swung my body around and try to kick him in the face with both feet. He quickly let my arm go and grabbed both of my ankles.

"Tch."

"Is that all you got, Atsuko?"

I swung up, trying to grab his wrists. He figured it out and threw me in the deep river. I quickly swam to the surface. I coughed up the extra water in my system. When I dabbed at my eyes, I didn't see Tou-san.

"Ah, where is he?!"

I quickly got out of the water and searched for him.

"Byakugan!"

I looked around for him, to see him hiding up in a tree to my right.

"Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

I made 200 clones. We quickly got in one line. Tou-san jumped in front of us.

"GO!," we all yelled.

One by one they charged at him. When there was two clones left, they jumped at the same time. I make a huge ball of lightning and throw it at his feet.

"Raiton: Denkou Bakudan(Lightning Style: Lightning Bomb)!"

I make a hand sign and it exploded. That caused a lot of smoke and the ground to shake. I jumped in the air, did a backflip, and stuck my chakra at the bottom of my feet to a tree. The smoke cleared and there stood Tou-san. He disappeared with a poof.

"Wha- Kage Bunshin?!"

Where is he?!

I see him from behind with my Byakugan. I turn my head, but it was too late.

"Rasengan!," he hit me just below my right shoulder.

"AAHHH!," I scream in pain.

I fell down from the tree and landed into the river. I hissed when the water hit my wound. A trail of blood was running through the water. I swam near the waterfall. I dove deeper so I wouldn't get hit with the force of the water. I went under the waterfall and surfaced myself to the wet rocky ground. I jumped up and sat on the part of the rock wall that looked like a bench.

This is cowardly, but I have to do this. Jun, why does this take so long?

I sat criss-cross. I made the chakra focus sign and closed my eyes.

Naruto's POV

Whew! I was too close to getting fried by that new jutsu of hers! I have to be more careful, I underestimated her. She's much different.

I may have tooken it too far with hitting her with the Rasengan, though. She still hasn't surfaced yet. I didn't see her swim to the waterfall, either.

I jumped down from the tree and head to the waterfall.

Atsuko's POV

I have to make this quick and this wound isn't helping. I tried to concentrate less on the pain and more on my chakra. I tried to focus Kyuubi's chakra and my Raiton chakra to the center of my body. Jun said it will take about ten minutes. He said when I do it more, the time will cut down. At first, it took me 30 minutes, but now it's 10 minutes.

TEN MINUTES LATER...

Lightning started surrounding my body. My eyes showed their pupils and turned red, like Kyuubi's eyes. I felt something weird at the lower part of my back. I'm guessing that's the tail. My hands and feet grew small claws. My whisker marks stayed the same, though. My body even shrank a little!

"Now, its complete," I stood up. "Kyuubi Denkou Mōdo."

I jumped of the rock bench and began walking on the water out of the cave. The water to the waterfall didn't even touch me thanks to the lightning. I saw Tou-san eyeing me curiously.

"Kyuubi Denkou Mōdo is complete," I said.

"Finally, a challenge," he smiled.

"Hm, I don't think so. I'm going to beat you today, Tou-san," I pointed my index finger at him.

"We'll see about that."

"Looks like I'm going to have to end this in 30 minutes."

"If that's how long your jutsu last, you're not going to make it."

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