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Rise of the Kaizoukage
XXXVII: Making their Moves
Meanwhile at Mount Myōboku Fukasaku led Minato to a fountain filled with some kind of oil. The fountain was surrounded by numerous statues of toads, all of varying sizes
"Alright Minato-boy, this is where your training begins" the toad said.
"Alright Fukasaku –sama what do I have to do first?" the blond Hokage asked
"First I should explain what the difference between Senjutsu and regular Jutsu are…"
"That's OK, Jiraiya-sensei explained it to me once." Minato said
"Oh he did, did he?" the frog…excuse me toad, said skeptically "then do tell what the difference is."
"Regular ninjutsu uses the body's natural chakra, which is the fusion of physical and spiritual energy. Senjutsu uses a new stronger chakra through the fusion of our chakra with that of Nature."
"That's right" The old toad said "With Senjutsu your Jutsus and physical attacks with increase drastically in power. Like this…" Fukasaku hopped over to a toad statue and lifted it up with one hand.
"Wow…" Minato said "I know you did something there…did you form a seal or something?"
"Well since you can't sense natural energy yet you obviously cannot feel it…"
"How do I do it?" Minato asked
"You have to die…" Fukasaku said with a dead serious expression.
"What?" Minato said back confused.
"Did I just hear you wrong Fukasaku-sama?" Minato asked
"Well to be more specific you need to become one with Nature." The old toad said "In order to take in Natural Energy you have be able to feel the energy and to draw it into your body. Once you are able to become one with it you'll be able control where it enters and leaves your body. The best way to become one with Nature is to simply; Not Move!"
"I find that not moving is the hardest thing for anyone." Minato said
"That is ture. It is the hardest thing for an animal to do." Fukasaku hopped up onto the edge of the "To get you started we'll use this, The Secret Frog Oil." He turned back to Minato "Come Minato-boy, give me your hand."
Minato complied. The old toad dipped a webbed finger into the fountain and rubbed a tiny amount of oil into Minato's skin. Immediately the yellow flash felt a new energy surging into his body.
"Wow…" he said bewildered
"This Frog Oil has the power to draw Natural Energy to you. By rubbing it into your skin it will allow Natural energy to flow freely into your body. With this you will be able to grasp the feel for Natural Energy…However it is risky." He said
That's when Minato noticed the vision in his right eye became different, his entire right arm suddenly felt slimy and his right hand became webbed and sported several warts.
"What…?" Minato wondered in shock
"If you don't know how to control, you will turn into a frog." The old toad clapped his hands together, summoning a black staff WHAM he slammed it against Minato's head
"What did you do…huh?" Minato questioned as he turned to his reflection "I…I'm back to normal…"
"My staff has the ability to knock the Natural energy out of you so you don't need to worry so long as I am here." The small sage said "The key to this stage is Balance."
"Balance huh?" Minato said complimenting something
"Too little Natural energy and you cannot create Sage Chakra. Too much and you will turn into a frog forever." He said seriously "All the Statues you see around us are all that remains of those who failed this part."
"So many…" Minato said in awe
"Out of everyone who has attempted to learn Senjutsu only Jiraiya-boy has been able to do it, even if it isn't perfect."
"Anything Sensei can do…" Minato slammed a fist in to his palm "I can do as well."
Meanwhile in a city like area with a constant downpour eight people were gathered together in a dark chamber.
"How goes the Jinchuriki hunt?" one man asked. Despite being completely shadowed out, one could clearly see his rippled light purple eyes.
"Fairly well…" A larger man said replied "We found the Five Tails."
"And where is it?"
"It's located in Iwagakure." A man of average height replied "Of all the Fucking places…"
Kakuzu and Hidan shall retrieve it."
"Fine by me." The Large man said
"About Fucking time! I was getting so fucking board!" the shorter man yelled
"Very well…" the leader replied "Any other reports on the Tailed Beasts?"
"I've located the Six Tails. It's in Kirigakure." Another tall man replied. His sillouette gave him the appearance like he had three large horns on his head. Even with the little light in the room only the right half of his face was visible; even then there was not much to look at since it was a completely black mask with no eye hole. One could also make out the shape of a katana on his back. "Shall I go and retrieve it?"
"Konan and I shall get it." The rippled eyed man said "Now, has anyone found out anything about the Nine Tails?"
"Until last month the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tails was the Hokage's daughter. But One month ago it broke free and vanished, according to eye witnesses." The strangest looking man said, having what appeared to be a large pair of jaws shooting above his head.
"In other words we have no idea where it is…" a female voice said, despite being shadowed one could clearly see her green eyes.
"On the contraire…" The black masked man said "If its previous hosts are still alive, which I assume they are since they are Uzumaki after all, I will most definitely be able to find the beast."
"How?"
"All Masamune needs to do is taste their blood." He said gripping his sword "When he does the beast's residual Chakra will lead me right to it…"
"So all you need is their blood…Zetsu is the former Jinchuriki alive?"
"Yes both of the Fox's former Jinchuriki are alive. In fact they currently are no longer in the Leaf Village."
"I was following them." Zetsu spoke, as if he was two different people "But I lost them when they arrived at some weird clearing."
"I'll go after them." The Black masked man said "I know exactly where they are going."
"You do…" the leader replied skeptically "You do realize this is Uzumaki Kushina you'd be dealing with."
"I am more than capable of squashing a bug like her." He replied "Besides I get to visit some old friends. And if they're good, I'll let them play with my newest pet…"
"GYEEEEEEEEEEEE" a piercing screech echoed through the tower and across the village.
"I cannot believe that such a creature exissssts in thisss world…" A man with golden eyes said "Might I dissssect and sssstudy it?"
"I wouldn't recommend it. Damn thing is very strong. Nearly tore my arms and head off just to get it's chains on." The black masked man said. "And about me going alone…" WOOOOSH suddenly two figures appeared behind him. Each one wrapped in a black cloak, yet all their faces were shadowed. "These two will be more than enough."
"Shimaru, have you heard anything from your former organization?" the woman named Konan asked
"What about them?"
"Zetsu told us that there was a strange man in Konoha not too long ago."
"So?"
"According to Zetsu he was looking for someone who was a member of a certain organization, but now a part of Akatsuki."
"I doubt they sent anyone after me. They're just a bunch of food obsessed dumbasses. I joined them because I thought they were powerful, but then I learned they only were after food and chefs, believing they could conquer the world with those things." Shimaru said nonchalantly "Besides if any of them do come for me my Shinokishi are more than enough to protect me, after all they all were imprisoned alongside me in the deepest level of Hell until two years ago."
"We'll leave the Nine Tails to you Shimaru."
"Thank you leader" Shimaru said before he and his two associates disappeared in a swirl of black feathers.
Outside the chamber the three black robed figures were walking towards a large dark room. Through the darkness a pair of eyes pierced through, staring into the three robed figures souls. The eyes were expressing hate, rage and frustration that terrified the shortest of the three.
RMMMMMMM the building shook violently for a brief moment.
"Damn think killed three hundred mercenaries and two of the newer Shinokishi without breaking a sweet. "What kind of chains are you using Shimaru-sama?"
"Just a couple of souvenirs I picked up from our stay in Hell. They're the only thing that Bastard can't break."
"KRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" RRRRMMMMMMM the entire room seemed to shake as the thing released a loud blood curling screech.
"I'm just surprised it hasn't torn down the entire building yet…" The other man said
"Shimaru-sama…" a female asked "How do you plan to get that thing to obey you?" she sounded worried.
"When I'm done with it, it will obey without question" Shimaru said, a single green eye pierced trough the left eyehole of the mask, becoming red for an instant then returning to normal.
While the ninja world was going about its business two men arrived in the Land of Wind.
"So this…this is the 'Land of Wind?'" the taller of the two men said "It's not much…" he reached up and took a cigar out of his mouth, exhaling a decent size smoke cloud. "But it makes me feel right at home…"
"So boss what do you plan on doing here anyway?"
"Not much…we're just going to look around…size this place up…maybe pick up a recruit or two…conquer, lay waste to it, or maybe just leave it alone…depends on my mood."
"Understood boss." The other man replied
"Budup-budup-budup…budup-budup-budup" A transponder snail rang "… budup-budup-budup…CLICK" the shorter of the two men answered it. After hearing what was said he turned to his boss.
"Hey Boss…I think we found a new recruit…and he's quite the interesting fellow."
"Oh, really…" the boss said "Well then, let's go."
Hidden in the land of wind was a hidden Ninja village called; Sunagakure. We now turn our attention to this small village.
A small little redhead boy watched a group of children play with a ball. This small child wore standard desert attire, sandals, black pants, and a small cloak that was wrapped around his upper body. The boy has sea-green eyes with black rings surrounding them and was holding a teddy bear
"Dang it!" one child complained as their ball got stuck in a crack, high on the wall of a building.
"Guess the game's over." Another said.
"Wait what's that!" a girl pointed out as sand surrounded the ball.
Very gently the ball was taken out and brought back to the ground, resting itself in the out stretched hands of the small redhead boy.
"AAAHHHH!" the children screamed as they attempted to run away from him
"Wait…" the redhead pleaded as he outstretched an arm. WOOOSH sand rushed past him and grabbed the leg of one of the children.
"Get it off me! Get it off me! Get it off me!" the child repeated, visibly being over taken by panic and fear.
Suddenly a man pulled the child from the sand, which resulted in the Sand attacking the man, drawing blood from his wrist and temple.
"Lord Gaara please, calm yourself!" the man pleaded
Later the boy Gaara was staring at a picture. In the picture was a woman with shoulder length sandy blond hair framing her face. She wore a simple long sleeved dark brown dress and a yellow scarf wrapped loosely around her neck.
Holding a knife in his right hand Gaara attempted to cut open his left wrist. It was useless; sand intercepted the blade, protecting him from the potential pain.
"It's pointless…" Gaara said "The sand always gets in the way…"
"Lord Gaara…" the man from earlier asked. He had sandy blond hair, a fair face and violet eyes, making fairly easy to mistaken as a female. He wore a dark blue Kimono style shirt, dark gray pants, a white sash and black sandals. "I know the sand always protects you, but could you please not slice yourself open in front of me? It's kind of something I look down upon as a medical ninja…"
"Yashamaru…Do injuries…hurt?" Gaara simply asked
"Well it depends on the circumstance…" Yashamaru said pointing to a few bandages on his head. "these were little scratches so they didn't hurt that much."
"What's pain?" the small boy asked.
"That's a little more difficult to explain…" the older man said rubbing th back of his neck. "But if one thing is true…it isn't very plesent."
"Then do you hate me?"
"…" Yashamaru was quiet
"In here hurts…" Gaara said placing his right hand over his chest as if clutching his heart. "It doesn't bleed…but it still hurts…"
The older man took the knife from Gaara and sliced open his own finger "See this Gaara…" the boy nodded "physical injuries like this are only temporary. They may appear painful, but that eventually fades away." He then placed his own hand on his chest. "The more serious wound is an emotional scar, and there is only one way to fix it."
"How?"
"Love…" Yashamaru said
"How do I get it?"
"You've already received it…"
"When?"
"Your mother gave everything she had to you before she died, especially her love. The people around you may see your sand manipulation as being from Shukaku but I see it as you mother's will."
Gaara smiled at the thought that he was loved by his mother, even more so that it was her will that protected him, not the sand demon.
"Can I have some ointments?" Gaara asked his uncle
"Of course. You can give them to that boy you hurt after dinner." Yashamaru said as he went to the kitchen. He returned with a bowl of soup.
"Here you go Lord Gaara." He said handing the bowl to the boy "Eat up."
The soup was good for the most part, except for when he got to the pieces of pineapple, those tasted like shit. Because Yashamaru was watching him eat, Gaara was obliged to swallow the fruit pieces, no matter how bad they tasted. The moment his uncle turned around Gaara attempted to spit the fruit he had in his mouth out.
"That was delicious Yashamaru!" Gaara said while his Uncle smiled back at him.
Later than night Gaara was sitting up on the edge of a building, hugging his knees. When he offered the ointments to the boy he had hurt he was told to go away. Then he bumped into a drunk, who he ended up killing. Finally he passed by his father, who looked at him with disappointment.
The young boy was sad, everywhere he went he appeared to be a monster.
"Why…why am I such a monster…?" Gaara cried "what…what am I exactly…" The small boy was unaware of a mysterious figure approaching him from behind.
Over back in the Uzushiogakure Hidden Temple If there was a Hell the three kunoichi would love to go there for some R&R, the first stage of the training was excruciatingly difficult.
Shen stood over the three exhausted women. All three of them were soaked to the bone with sweat, water and blood.
"Looks like you are all ready to open the first Chakra." Shen said grinning.
"Wait none of us have even opened the first one yet?" Mikoto asked
"Yep." Shen said "The First Gate: the Survival Chakra."
"Survival Chakra?" Kushina asked
"Yes every living thing awakens this chakra at least once in their lives. Ever head of the phrase 'Flight-or-Fight?'"
"What's that?" Natsumi asked
"It's a physiological reaction to a stimulus that threatens your survival. When one enters this state all their senses become hyperaroused. In order to fully open the Chakra you must return to a meditating position…don't worry those four areas were just to throw you into a constant state of hyperarousal…don't you three notice anything different?" Shen explained
"Now that you mention it…" Kushina began "I can see so much clearer now…and do I smell something cooking?"
"Yes that would be tonight's dinner." Shen replied "Anything else?"
"I can feel every little pebble in the ground." Mikoto said "Heck I think the temperature just fell a tiny bit…"
"Natsumi help them out."
"Wait a minute…" Natsumi said noticing something "I got it. Shen's barely speaking over a whisper yet we can hear him clearly."
"Exactly!" Shen said happily "now that your all in a hyperaroused state it's time to open the first gate. The gates can only be opened when certain conditions are met." Shen added "to open the first state you must be in 'Survival Mode.' Once you open the first gate you will be able to enter a state of hyperarousal whenever you want."
"So what do we have to do?" Mikoto asked
"Get ready to face your fears." Shen said
Here ends the chapter
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