"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Jutsu/Kurama Talking"

Chapter 52


Naruto still stood across from Gai grinning like earlier. The people observing the fight expected him to draw his sword to attempt or successfully cut Gai in half.

While that was going on Naruto had a clone shunshin over to Hiruzen's location. Next to Hiruzen was Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kushina all watching the fight from the same spot. Poor Shizune must have been left with all the paper work, Naruto thought.

Naruto took a knee in front of Hiruzen and said "Monkey-sama"

Tsunade snickered at the name while Jiraiya was full out laughing pointing at Hiruzen who had a serious face "Yes, Naruto?"

"Permission to kill?"

"Denied"

The clones eyes widened as he stared at Hiruzen in confusion "I have.. a chance to remove this.. great beast from Konoha, why do want to let it live?" he questioned taking a long time between every word.

"Maito Gai is one of Konoha's strongest and most trusted jounin, you might find yourself on the losing end on this one, shitty brat" Hiruzen explained.

Naruto scratched the back of his head "I doubt that.. however I will do as you say, since you're the Hokage" Naruto stood up and saluted when Hiruzen spoke "Tsunade is the Hokage now you know"

Naruto stared at Tsunade for a second before grinning "Nope.." he then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Nope!?" Tsunade yelled comically "What does he mean by that?"

Jiraiya was trying not to laugh as he spoke "Sounds like the brat doesn't recognize you as the Hokage yet"

"It would make sense since he just got back, you know?" Kushina spoke with a weak smile scratching the back of her head the same way Naruto did earlier. She was trying to calm down her big breasted rival.

Tsunade gritted her teeth as she clenched her right hand into a fist "Maybe I should show him why I am the hokage" she spoke as Hiruzen shook his head slowly "There is no need for that Tsunade"

"Why?" She questioned "Do you know something that we don't?"

Hiruzen nodded "Naruto doesn't see you as the Hokage, he sees you as something that is to him a position far higher than that of a Hokage"

Kushina face palmed while Jiraiya sniggered. Tsunade just raised an eyebrow in confusion "Get to the point, Sarutobi-sensei"

Hiruzen backed off a little as he began explaining, if what he was about to say would upset Tsunade he would rather not be on the receiving end on one of her punches "You have been called a princess your whole life by most of Konoha's population"

"Yes, and I have many times stated that I hate to be called that" Tsunade said in an annoyed tone, just because she was the granddaughter of Hashirama and grand niece of Tobirama did not mean she deserved special treatment.

Hiruzen nodded "Yes, Naruto however.. he sees you as the princess of the Senju clan, an important person that he must protect at all costs" Hiruzen decided to leave some parts out, like how Tsunade was his final goal, his prize as a Senju.

Tsunade sighed in annoyance "I see.."

"You know Tsunade-hime" Jiraiya said having moved closer to her to put his arm around her neck "I'm pretty sure the only reason he values you so higly is because of your glorious titties" he said with no shame and a wide grin. He then sneakily disappeared from the spot before Tsunade could punch him with a bone crushing strike.

"Get back here you fucking pervert!" Tsunade yelled at Jiraiya who was about one hundred meters away from them now, making funny faces as Tsunade. Kushina was glaring at him as well, ready to help Tsunade in beating the self proclaimed super pervert.

"Catch me if you can!" he teased childishly.


Back with Naruto and Gai

Naruto had received the information from his clone which caused his eyebrows to twitch 'Why can't I kill this thing?' he questioned as he stared at Gai. In his thoughts he would be doing the world a great favor in ridding them of this ugly green beast.

'So this thing is supposed to be strong?' Naruto thought 'Then let's see if he can handle my new jutsu'

"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu" Naruto created thirteen solid clones of himself that stood in a line next to him.

"Kage Bunshin, huh?" Gai spoke "Seems like I might get a good work out from this spar"

All of the Naruto clones and himself started chuckling darkly "You will get more than a work out, I assure you"

All clones did the same hand signs as Naruto while speaking "Fire Style: Hydra" large amounts of fire burst out of the mouth of the blonde and his clones. The fire shoot up the air before landing in fourteen different locations surrounding Gai. The fourteen large masses of fire took the shape of a three headed serpent, a hydra.

"These fire creatures will launch fireballs at you until I run out of chakra or you turn out their fire, they won't disappear before that" Naruto said with a laugh "And if you're able to dodge the fireballs, guess what I will be doing?"

"I guess you will come in for the finishing blow?" Gai asked sweating a little, he did not expect this kind of spar with a fourteen year old, even if he was a jounin.

"Hai hai" Naruto clapped his hands for Gai cheerfully "That is if you are able to dodge them at all"

Naruto then held up his index finger and middle finger which was used a hand sign to control the fiery serpents that had his chakra in them. They simultaneously launched small fireballs which was about half the size of a Katon: Gokakyu No Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique).

Gai had expected this so he bit his thumb to draw out some blood before summoning two turtles that were large enough for him to stand on "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" (Summoning Technique)

Gai was crouching down on the two turtles with his hands on the back on their shell. He was using his own chakra to help boost the jutsu that the turtles were about to use.

"Suiton: Mizurappa" (Water Style: Raging Waves) Water gushed out from the two turtles mouths taking the shape of two huge waterfalls that washed down the fiery serpents. This is one of the most basic water jutsu you can learn but it's size and power varies on the amount of chakra the user uses. These waterfalls were huge meaning that both Gai and the turtles had to use a very large amount of chakra.

As the smoke cleared Gai had sent the turtles back to their home now facing Naruto who was grinning back at him, the same way as before. Naruto's clones used the transformation technique earlier while Gai was covering the whole training ground in smoke. The clones had transformed into kunai's that Naruto had picked up, ready to use later.

"Spectacular" Naruto clapped his hands cheerfully again.

"Thanks my youthful friend" Gai gave him a thumbs up "But trust me, that was not my first time dealing with a dangerous fire technique"

"Yeah, no doubts about that, that technique is more suited against an army than a single person anyway" Naruto said before grabbing a tri pronged kunai, obviously not one of the transformed clones "I would like to see if you can match my speed" Gai's eyes along with the adults watching the fight was almost shocked to see that kunai.

The only exception was Kushina since she was the one who had started his training with them in the first place. She was not surprised at all if Naruto had learned the technique over the past year, she had learned it as well after all.

Naruto threw the kunai at Gai who easily dodged it but the point was not to hit Gai with it as he held his fingers up for a hand sign again "Ninpo: Kunai Kage Bunshin No Jutsu" (Kunai Shadow Clone Technique) Twenty clones of the kunai shoot out to different spots around Gai, surrounding him in a similar way as the hydra's had done earlier.

"Hiraishin no Jutsu" (Flying Thunder God Technique) Naruto spoke slowly before disappearing in a flash of yellow. He appeared on a kunai that was right next to Gai. In Naruto's hand was one of the clones that had transformed into a regular kunai earlier, he aimed it towards Gai's upper torso, Gai blocked it with a kunai of his own.

Gai was a little surprised he did not expect a close combat kunai fight after what Naruto had shown him earlier. Naruto then suddenly dropped his Kunai to the ground and grabbed Gai with both of his arms preventing him from moving.


With the spectators

"Wow! I can't believe Naruto-sensei knows the Hiraishin!" Sakura shouted cheerfully 'Naruto-sensei is so cool, Shannaro!' inner Sakura added.

"You should all watch this fight carefully, you have a lot you can learn from Naruto, remember he is your age" Kakashi spoke 'And you're all utter disappointments' he thought.

"As you said Kakashi, he is their age. HOW is this possible?" Asuma questioned staring at Naruto with disbelief written all over his face 'Is this why you speak so highly of him' he stared of at the distance to his right 'Tou-san?'

"N-Naruto-k-kun is r-reall-y-y s-s-trong" Hinata stuttered as she fidgeted with her fingers, Midori nodded in agreement with her fellow shy kunoichi.

"I would like to have an answer to Asuma's question" Sasuke said suddenely "He is our age, yet it seems he has been given personal training, what is this favoritism? Is it because he is the son of the Yondaime?" Sasuke was jealous, he as an Uchiha and the last loyal male Uchiha should have been given more special treatment than he already had, in his opinion.

"Shut up Sasuke" Ino growled at him "You're just jealous because your not the strongest one in our age group anymore"

"Special treatment?" Kakashi repeated "Yes, Naruto was given very special treatment from Konoha"

"Hn.." Sasuke responded he had been right.

"Let me tell you all about it" Kakashi begun when Asuma interrupted him "Kakashi.." he said in a stern tone, Asuma thought it was up to Naruto to tell what happened to him if he wanted to reveal it at all.

"No they need to hear this, especially Sasuke" Kakashi spoke before telling them about Naruto's childhood in Konoha, how he was hated by almost every villager with them ignoring him as if he did not exist. If they said anything to him it was curse words or promises of a beating. Kakashi left out the reason why he was hated, which was of course the Kyubi.

He then told them about Naruto not having any parents growing up and no one to train him. Last he told them about Naruto getting kidnapped at the age of ten by two Konoha chuunins. The next time anyone from Konoha saw him was when he met with Team 7 on the wave mission.

After hearing the story the genins respect for Naruto grew even more, even Sasuke was shocked and apologized for his earlier remark. Tayuya was close to tears after hearing it, she could relate to Naruto in so many ways. Surprisingly Kurenai walked up to her and hugged her in a way to comfort Tayuya.

Shikamaru who had seen how both Tayuya and Kurenai reacted mumbled "Troublesome" which had Shikaku nodding in agreement. Shikaku knew that Shikamaru had figured out why Naruto and somewhat Tayuya was hated.


Back with Naruto and Gai

Gai sweat dropped "Are you gonna hug me all day?" he was not that kind of youthful. It did look like Naruto was hugging him, but it served a purpose as the kunai poofed into a clone as it released the transformation. In the clones hand was a fully formed rasengan which the clone aimed towards Gai's most precious body part.

'Yeeees..' Naruto hissed in his thoughts 'If I can't kill him at least I can prevent him from repopulating the world with anymore mini beasts' such as that guy Lee.

"Rasengan!" The clone yelled as she attempted to slam the spiraling sphere into Gai's balls. Gai however recognized the danger he was in when a massive amount of chakra started covering him and his skin color changed to almost red.

"Open the fourth gate of pain" Gai shouted as he rocketed away from Naruto and his clones saving his precious kintama.

"YOU!" He yelled faced Naruto with a menacing glare "You fight dirty!" he pointed at Naruto who did not want to be shown off by an ugly green beast.

'Let's go Kurama!' Naruto yelled to the fox who grinned

'Of course, you deserve my chakra today, you have been such a good boy!'

'Shut up you damn pervert!'

Naruto began glowing a bright yellow almost like a mini sun. His chakra flared around the area and everyone could feel how powerful he was in this form. He had entered the Kyubi chakra form.

"I think it's about time we end this" Naruto spoke his voice was deeper.

"Yes let's finish this in one youthful move!" Gai screamed.


Thanks for reading.