"Talking"
"Thoughts"
"SCREAMING/ YELLING/ SHOUTING"
"Jutsu"
"Tailed Beast talking"
"Tailed Beast Thinking"
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Date & Time
|Location|
[Flashback]
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Chapter 20: Recovery
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A/N: Chapters 1 – 19 has been revised and all errors corrected with some additions.
Correction in Ch 19: Translation error – Lightning Charge is actually 'Raidenka' not 'Raigeki' as the latter means 'Lightning Discharge' so please take note of this correction.
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Invasion Aftermath
Injured
974
Deaths
Konoha – 2304 (Civilian – 1078, Shinobi – 1226)
Suna – 8046
Oto – 4949
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A Day Later
September 31
|Konohagakure|
A mass funeral was held for those who died in the Invasion, people gathered as prayers were said and tears shed for their loved ones who were lost in the struggle. Sunagakure was also gloomy after it discovered that their Kazekage was murdered a few months to the commencement of the Chunin Exams by Orochimaru who later on masqueraded as Rasa and deceived their shinobi and council into invading by filling their heads with the promises of fertile land for growing crops and easier access to water resources which were lacking in the Land of Wind but abundant in the Land of Fire and Land of Rivers.
Seeking to correct their wrongs (and the fact that Konoha had killed off nearly 25% of their total shinobi force while losing only about 9% of their own in the process), the Hidden Sand Village sent a letter of apology to the Leaf explaining the whole situation before asking for forgiveness which Hiruzen instantly gave them even though some persons were requesting for retaliation (Cough… Cough… Danzo… Cough… Cough).
Orochimaru, the mastermind behind the whole invasion escaped with his bodyguards in toll after summoning the Snake Boss Manda to deal with his enemies, it took a while for the two Kages and five ANBU agents to land a heavy blow on Manda whose last few seconds from being reverse-summoned realized that the Snake bastard had used him as a distraction.
Restoration efforts were already in motion a few hours after the funeral with all Shinobi be it Genin, Chunin, Special Chunin, e.t.c all helping.
The Fourth Yosokage, Atoniji as he departed from the village promised to send over resources and aid materials to help in the recovery process as its citizens were determined to have their home back to its prime within a month or so.
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Mid-day
October 1
|Hokage Office|
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat on a blue armchair, a banner with Konoha's emblem behind him. On the table in front of him, besides his crystal ball, were a handful of scrolls. The two elders, Homura and Koharu were by his sides, looking serious and with their usual little scowl on their faces. Before the three were Teams 7, 8, 9 and 10, together with their Jonin-senseis.
"This is a very important moment. You are some of our youngest and newest Genin, yet you showed a potential that is rarely seen in the shinobi world. You all made it to the third part of the Chunin exam and eight of you to very finals. Your performance during the exam and afterward during the invasion was remarkable." Hiruzen said with a strong and yet gentle voice.
"You have showed that are Konoha's bright future." The Third continued, "Shikamaru Nara, Hinata Hyuga, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, Step forward."
The rest of the Genin struggled to maintain their neutral expression as It was quite obvious what was about to happen. "During your exams, each one of you showed the traits of a true Chunin. You were able to complete a mission without losing your teammates, showed great combat abilities and tactical skills. For this reasons, I am proud and happy to nominate you Chunin of Konohakagure no Sato."
Hiruzen chuckled seeing that a certain someone was about to explode from excitement while a certain Nara sighed in defeat, "As I was saying, you are now proud Chunin of Konoha. These scrolls before you contain a customary flat jacket of a Chunin and your new identification card. There is also a report of your scores in the Exam." The four reached out and grabbed their own scroll before returning to their previous positions.
"For the rest of you, your performance was outstanding even if you didn't make it but something tells me you will become Chunin yourself in a very short time." He rose on his feet. "Atsushi Kishida, step forward."
Confused the Kishida stepped up, "Unfortunately Atoniji-dono couldn't stick around to give this to you," He reached into his drawer and brought a scroll, the triangular insignia of Arashigakure imprinted by the side, "My Congrats on achieving the rank of Chunin!"
"WHAT!"
"But my match-"
"Was against a Chunin level opponent." Hiruzen revealed earning shocked expressions from almost everyone, "Before he left, Atoniji revealed to me that the team he sent to the exams were already Chunins in all but name."
'It was a showcase of strength!' The Jonins realized.
"Another reason why you were promoted was because his daughter, Himari Kishida spoke only good things of you." Hiruzen concluded.
Having been rendered speechless, Atsushi just collected the scroll and rejoined his teammates.
"Now other matters require my attention. Enjoy this time of respite, soon you will be called to your duty, since we all have some very busy days ahead." As they filed out the Genins and newly made Chunins sweat dropped as Asuma, Kurenai and Gai handled Kakashi a seemingly large amount of ryo, the Cyclops was grinning like a madman until Areku before him.
"You know half of that is mine." He said, placing his hand in front of the Jonin. With anime tears trailing down his cheeks Kakashi surrendered half of the money to the Kishida Jonin.
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|Otogakure, Underground Complex|
Kabuto suppressed a shiver as he watched his master decapitate another Oto nin with Grass Cutter, the Invasion had been a massive failure despite the fact that the invading force were about 20,000 men (Suna – 13,000, Oto – 7,000) and the failure of certain squads in capturing his future body and other interesting targets combined with his inability to kill Hiruzen set Orochimaru so over the edge that he was now massacring his own forces left, right and centre just to blow off stream.
The spectacles wearing teen wondered how he will spring the results of the BA project (Bloodline Acquisition) on the Sannin without him ending up impaled by the legendary sword.
A few minutes later after slaughtering his 186th Oto nin and 58th Curse Mark failure, Orochimaru finally calmed down and glanced around. He spotted piles of dead Oto nins that he had slaughtered and then Kabuto who was now approaching him cautiously with a report document in hand, curiosity spiked the Snake Sannin waved the teen over to him.
"Is that what I think it is?" The Snake master asked staring at the boy.
Due to the intense stare Kabuto stammered slightly, "H-Hai O-orochimaru-sama, the scientists handling the project have submitted their weekly report."
"So what does it say?"
"The implantation process is partially successful as the implanted cells have fully adapted to their subjects' bodies but…" Kabuto paused.
Orochimaru frowned not liking where the report was going, "But what?"
"The probability of them awakening the bloodline limit is 4.7% and if it isn't awakened within the next month the subject dies…" Kabuto trailed off as his master's grip on Grass cutter tightened.
"Tell them to repeat the process on a new batch with some slight modifications and if the probability doesn't shoot up to 75%, I. Will. Have. Their. Heads." He hissed out.
The silver-haired gulped frighteningly but nodded, "W-what about the current batch?"
"Lock them up in the holding cells until their show signs of their bloodline being awaken."
"H-hai, Orochimaru-sama!"
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14:38
|Hokage Office|
Jiraiya stared at the old man seated in front of him, "You want me to become what?"
Hiruzen sighed, "You heard me the first time Jiraiya-kun, I want you to become the next Hokage."
The Sannin stared a bit longer before bursting out in laughter, "Good one Sensei, I nearly fell for it."
"I'm not joking." That immediately shut the super pervert up. "Currently you are the only Sannin still loyal to the Leaf-"
"But what about Tsunade?" Jiraiya interrupted, "She's a much better candidate for the position than I am."
The Third Hokage resisted the urge to face-palm, "How is she a much better candidate?"
Jiraiya raised up one finger, "One she's the-"
"Being the granddaughter and grandniece of the past Hokages doesn't really make her a better candidate." The Sarutobi deadpanned, cutting him short. "That and her refusal to return to the Leaf makes you the only one qualified for the position."
"What if I'm able to bring her back, then she could-"
"Jiraiya-kun, let's be reasonable here, even if she does return she still won't take the position."
The Toad Sage frowned slightly, "You don't know that."
"Okay how about this, you bring her back to village to heal our sick and injured then after a month or so I bring you two here then we will decide who becomes the Fifth Hokage."
"Fine by me." The Sannin agreed.
"Good, because your search starts tomorrow."
"You won't mind if I borrow Naruto for this?" Jiraiya asked out of the blue, surprising the Sarutobi.
"Well, I did say I will introduce you to him so here is his address and please use the door when entering his apartment." The Man advised after handing over the address on a slip of paper.
The Toad Summoner raised a brow, "Why?"
"First impression."
"Ooh!" The Sannin exclaimed before leaving… through the window of course.
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Evening
|Konoha Streets|
After a tiring day of rebuilding and celebrating their promotion to Chunin, Naruto was on his way back to his apartment with the intention of collapsing on his bed and sleeping for 16 hours straight.
As he walked home he noticed something different about the people, somehow the news that he defeated Gaara had circulated round the village earning him looks of recognition from his fellow shinobi while looks of perplexity from the civilians who didn't know what to make of his current heroic deeds.
"At least it's better than hateful glares and scornful looks."
Naruto nodded in agreement, 'Maybe there's still a stance.' He thought with a smile.
Unfortunately he then picked up a familiar emotion from the masses, 'Even after saving their asses from a rampaging Biju some still hate me.' Naruto sighed sadly after sensing a bit of hate directed toward him.
"Give some time and they too will turn around." Kurama reassured, before smirking as the blonde's determination kicked in.
'Yeah!'
Arriving at his apartment, Naruto reached for the door then stopped abruptly as he sensed an unknown Chakra signature inside. The Uzumaki quickly formed a Chakra Bomb in his right hand then opened the door with his left.
"Chakr-" The word suddenly died in his throat as he took in the intruder's appearance: White spiky hair, red haori, green kimono with matching pants, a large scroll attached to his back and the forehead protector with the Kanji for 'Oil' written on it.
The Chakra Bomb faded as Naruto realized that the Intruder was no other than his God-Father; Jiraiya of the Sannin.
The man in question wasn't faring any better as he was shocked speechless at the resemblance between Naruto and Minato when he was about the boy's age, how the villagers weren't able to connect the dots was most likely due to their hatred of the Kyubi.
'Minato and Kushina would probably chew me out for leaving him here.' He sadly thought.
After another minute of staring between the two, Naruto broke the silence asking in a calm tone, "Why are you hear godfather?"
"Kid-"
"I have a name you know, one you came up with." Naruto interrupted, eyes narrowing with barely restrained anger.
Jiraiya nodded, he did come up with his name. "Naruto, I'm deeply sorry for all-"
"I forgive you."
The Toad Sage blinked, "Come again?"
"I said you're forgiven."
"But I haven't even finished apologizing yet."
The Uzumaki sighed then closed his apartment's door, "Jiji already told me the reasons why you weren't around." He turned back around, facing the Sannin once more. "So why are you here?"
"I just want to talk, get to know my godson some more." Jiraiya sat down on the couch and patted it, seeing nothing wrong Naruto walked over and sat down beside the Sage. "… So," The Toad Sage began, "I heard you got promoted to Chunin… good job."
"Thanks."
"Got any friends?" Jiraiya asked, attempting to start up a conversation with his godson.
Naruto gave him a look but answered anyway, "Atsushi-niisan, Hinata-chan and Sasuke-teme are the main ones, they are also my teammates."
Jiraiya nodded, "Hmm… a four man cell, its been a while." He then gained a perverted grin, "Hiashi's daughter huh, nice catch!"
The blonde failed to fight down the blush which invaded his face, "We aren't like that."
"At least not yet." Jiraiya added, smirking internally at the Uzumaki's blush which grew.
"Can we change the topic." Naruto spoke up.
"Well I did want to offer you an apprenticeship."
"Trying to make up for lost time?"
"True but I also need your help with something." Jiraiya admitted.
Naruto now was curious, 'What could one of the Legendary Sannin need my help for?'
Noticing the questioning gaze the senior explained, "You and I are going on a search and retrieval mission."
"Ok but what are we looking for?"
Jiraiya shook his head, "We are looking for a person not an object." He passed the teenager a photo of a seemingly 20 something year old blonde lady who happened to be very attractive and well endowed in the chest department.
Naruto stared back at his godfather, "Wife or Girlfriend?" He asked.
"If only she said yes," Jiraiya muttered with a sigh, "Neither, She's Tsunade Senju, daughter of the First Hokage and last living member of the Senju Clan." Naruto's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"B-but isn't she supposed to be in her early fifties?" He nearly screamed out.
Jiraiya was amused at his reaction, "She changes her appearance with a secret jutsu in order to evade debt collectors."
"Debt collectors?"
"She's a chronic gambler but has rotten luck, the only time she wins a bet is when something bad is about to happen."
"… That makes sense, but why are we looking for her?"
"She's the greatest medical nin in the entire continent and we currently have a lot of injured." Naruto's mouth formed an 'O' shape as he connected the dots, "So pack up kid cause we leave at 8 AM sharp tomorrow morning."
"You aren't going to pull a Kakashi on me, right?" Naruto asked with a smile.
"Haha, like I can do that kid." The Sannin laughed, before bidding his godson goodnight then hopping out of the window.
'He seems like a nice guy.' Kurama commented.
'Yeah, he was seemed really sorry for not being there for me.'
'… You know that you might miss your birthday which is 9 days away thanks to this mission.' The Biju pointed out.
Naruto nodded, "Even if I have a better standing with the populace now, I'm sure someone will since try something."
"Well if you going on a mission without your teammates should you at least inform them so that they won't start panicking when you seemingly 'disappear'."
"Good idea." The Uzumaki formed his signature hand seals and created a bunch of Shadow Clones, "Find Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei, Atsushi-niisan, Areku-san, Sasuke-teme, Hinata-chan, Ayame-neechan, Karin-nee, Teuchi-jiji, e.t.c then delivered the message before dispelling, got it?"
"Hai Boss!" With a salute the clones scattered in search of their respective targets.
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|Kishida Residence|
Areku was currently seated behind his desk writing the steps for his newly established jutsu – the Raidenka, sure the name wasn't that great but he had heard worst. Now the problem with writing down a jutsu is the probability that the scroll containing the jutsu could fall into enemy hands and then be used against its creator but there were various way of preventing that from happening.
The first method is the application of a blood seal on the scroll allowing only certain individuals access to its contents. Though some might argue that this method isn't exactly secure since blood seals can be broken by those who are quite knowledgeable with fuinjutsu, this is true but only when the person is a Seal master with a rank of at least Level 7. Most Shinobi could barely achieve Level 3 with the art (the Kishida Jonin himself included), so as it stood now only Jiraiya of the Sannin who is currently ranked level 8.5 could successfully breakdown any blood seal that came his way.
The second method is encrypting the words into strange symbols which seem to be gibberish to others but actually meaningful to the right individuals. Sometimes certain dojutsu like the Sharingan or Byakugan are required for translation.
The third method is not that widely known and is what Areku is currently utilizing, it is the use of a special Ink which has been previously exposed to the chakra of the writer, the aim of this is that only close relatives of the writer and the writer himself can see the contents of the scroll.
The Kishida was interrupted by a knock on the front and since Atsushi was still in the shower Areku got up and answered.
"Ah, Naruto it's good to see you."
"Hey there Areku-san," 'Naruto' greeted, "Is Sushi around? I came to gave him a message from Boss."
"So you're a Shadow clone?" He received a nod in reply, "Well Ari-kun is still in the shower so I will pass it on to him for you, if the message isn't that personal."
"Sounds good, tell him that Boss will leaving the Village for a least a week or so."
"On a mission?"
The Clone nodded, "Turns out that Jiraiya of the Sannin is taking Boss out on a mission in search for one of his teammates."
'Hmm… must be Tsunade.' Areku thought, "The message will be delivered now run along."
The Clone vanished in a puff before the Kishida Jonin shut the door.
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October 2
7:54 AM
Jiraiya's heart was filled with warmth at the seemingly large number of individuals which came out to wish them good luck (Well Naruto actually) on their mission, after the now blushing Uzumaki was done with the farewells plus the 'stay safe' kiss on the cheek from his equally blushing Hyuga teammate which earned some snickers from the crowd, the two males set off in search of a certain blonde buxom.
Once they were a certain distance from the village, Jiraiya spoke up breaking the comfortable silence which they have fallen into, "Now, as my apprentice I will have to teach you certain stuff like Taijutsu Katas, Summoning and some Jutsus."
"What kind of jutsus, Jiraiya-sensei?" Naruto asked, his eyes lighting up at the prospect of learning new Jutsu.
Jiraiya smirked at the reaction then formed a swirling ball of Chakra in hand, "This."
Naruto resisted the urge to jump up with joy so instead he settled for a gasp, "The Rasengan! (Spiralling Sphere)."
Jiraiya nodded, "Yes, the Rasengan is one of the two jutsus which made the Fourth so feared and hatred among Iwa Shinobi. It's basically a spinning sphere of chakra contained within the palm of your hand… an A-rank jutsu since it causes immense damage on its target. I believe Minato got the idea when he saw a Bijudama (Tailed Beast Ball) in action. That's one of the most devastating techniques a Tailed Beast can use."
"He's got that right!" Kurama readily agreed.
"Judging from what I heard from Sarutobi-sensei and what my Shadow Clone saw during the Chunin Exams Finals against that Suna boy, you shouldn't have too much trouble forming a fully powered Rasengan and possibly in the near future complete it."
"Wait! The Rasengan is incomplete?" It seemed complete to Naruto.
Jiraiya nodded, "Yeah, Minato tried to combine the Rasengan with his chakra element but couldn't. Kakashi also tried combine the Rasengan with his lightning element, but ended up creating the Chidori."
"I didn't know that." The blonde confessed.
"Kakashi's attempt shows that even if a jutsu failed in one regard can be a success in another." Jiraiya waved the boy over to a rock, and sat him down. "Now a demonstration of what the Rasengan can really do!"
The Toad Sage put his palm up and almost instantly formed a Rasengan, chakra swirling around a central point in a spherical shape. A continual noise, as if of a small but powerful wind, filled the air.
Naruto stared at it in awe. "All that chakra, but with no hand seals." Jiraiya nodded, before he hopped off and smashed the Orb into a tree. The Rasengan drilled into the tree before it expanded then exploded blasting the tree backwards in a spiral-like pattern.
Naruto eyes never left the tree as it destroyed the others behind it. "Wow." That was all he could say.
"Wow, indeed kid." Jiraiya agreed, dusting his haori. "If that was an enemy Shinobi his insides would have been turned to mush."
"So when I start?"
"That will have to wait," Jiraiya said. "We will have to wait until later before we start the training seriously as we've a lot of ground to cover…"
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|Konoha Outskirts|
The two figures walking along a river but found their path blocked by two Leaf Jonins.
"It's been a long time... Asuma… Kurenai." The shorter one said.
Asuma pulled out his trench Knives, "The fact that you know our names means that you're likely a missing nin of this village."
The one who had responded, took of his straw hat revealing his Sharingan. A look of panic rushed over Asuma and Kurenai.
"Itachi...Itachi Uchiha?"
"Friends of yours, Itachi?" Itachi partner asked before taking off his hat, "I'm Kisame Hoshigaki Monster of the Hidden Mist." He introduced, showing off his shark-like teeth.
"Also one of the legendary swordsmen, we know about you too Kisame. You're wanted for traitorous acts, and killing a Country's Daimyo." Kurenai replied.
"You people are S-rank criminals in the bingo book."Asuma pointed out the focused on the Uchiha, "You got guts coming back to the village after THAT incident, Itachi."
"Asuma, Kurenai, please do not interfere with my affairs, you will only get killed." Itachi calmly said.
"Sorry but we're already interfering." Asuma placed his blades forward while Kurenai drew a Kunai.
"Can I kill them, Itachi?" Kisame asked with a devilish look, his hand reaching for Shark Skin.
Seeing that they weren't going to back down Itachi sighed, "Fine, just don't attract any attention from the village, your work can be quite… excessive."
With a grin on his face Kisame charged at Kurenai, chopping down with his sword. However, Asuma stepped in and blocked with his knives. Kurenai flipped through a few signs and disappeared into a vapor. At that time, the bandages on Kisame's sword began to unfurl, revealing a scaly looking sword. Kisame pulled back and the scales dug into Asuma's shoulder, leaving him with a minor wound.
"Shark Skin doesn't slice it shaves!" Kisame revealed as he made another slash at Asuma, further increasing the wound on his shoulder.
"Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!"
Itachi and Kisame suddenly themselves pinned against a tree as Kurenai drove a dagger towards Itachi. Unfortunately she quickly found out that she was now the one bound to the tree.
'Itachi reversed my Genjutsu?!'
"Genjutsu of this level has no effect on me." Itachi said as he approached her with a kunai, Kurenai bit her bottom lip drawing blood thus dispelling the Genjutsu and mildly surprising the rogue Uchiha, "As expected Kurenai, this is for you." He drove the Kunai downwards.
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"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu!" Kisame called out as he launched a large jet of water in the shape of shark at Asuma. It collided with a jutsu that was the same as the one he had cast. "That jutsu is the same as mine!"
"It's about time you showed up." Asuma said as Kakashi stepped between him and Kisame. At the same time, a shadow clone stopped Itachi from harming Kurenai. Kakashi gave Asuma an eye smile then raised his headband.
"That eye! So there is another man with the same crazy eye as you Itachi." Kisame said to his partner.
"Kakashi Hatake." Itachi said, turning to the real Kakashi.
Kakashi looked at Itachi, "What are doing here, Itachi?"
"We've come looking for something." Itachi said then threw a few shuriken at Kakashi. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
"Earth Wall: Mud Wall!" Kakashi shouted blocking Itachi's shuriken, Itachi appeared behind the Jonin and stabbed him in the back with a kunai.
Kakashi turned into water, revealing himself to be a water clone. "Impressive."
The Cyclops appeared in between Asuma and Kurenai, "Keep your guard up. This man became leader of the ANBU at age 13." Kakashi warned. The two nodded and reentered their battle stances.
"3 against 2, I like those odds." Kisame grinned.
"Kisame, we have to finish this quickly." Itachi closed his eyes then began to open them slowly. "They shall all fall to the power of my Mangekyo Sharingan." Itachi's eyes morphed into the three slightly edge curved pin wheel.
Seeing those eyes Kakashi shouted to his counterparts. "Both of you, close your eyes now!" Kurenai and Asuma did so, noticing the panic in Kakashi's voice. Kakashi also closed his normal eye, leaving his Sharingan locked on Itachi. "Listen both of you; under no circumstance shall you open your eyes. If you look into his eyes, it's all over. Just listen to what I tell you. Only a person with another Sharingan could probably fight this fight…"
"True, but only another master of the Sharingan could challenge me. Some resistance could be made to this Mangekyo Sharingan." Itachi said. "However, this Sharingan has a special eye jutsu. My illusion jutsu, Tsukuyomi cannot be beaten. Only a Sharingan user with the same blood as me can defeat me."
"Sasuke!" Kakashi realized just before Itachi locked eyes with him and uttered one word.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Kakashi's world went dark.
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|Road to Shukuba Town|
Naruto felt bored of just staring at trees, dirt and rocks all day, Kurama was taking a nap so he couldn't talk to him and the road was lonely except for the two of them.
"Okay we take a break so I can fully introduce you to the first step of the Rasengan." The Sannin said then diverted them into a clearing filled with tree stumps. Naruto sat down on one of the stumps and faced the Sannin who was busy unsealing two water balloons from a storage scroll.
He tossed one to Naruto and began the explanation, "The first step is learning how to burst a water balloon by spinning the water inside in multiple directions at once using only your chakra, which emphasizes rotation." Jiraiya gathered some chakra and applied it to the balloon.
Pop!
The balloon popped, spraying water all around.
"Now you try." Naruto nodded and gathered some chakra, "Once you can pop the water balloons like nothing we-"
POP!
Jiraiya was interrupted by the popping of the balloon in Naruto's hand, water spraying out in a more explosive manner then his own.
"Next." Naruto said as Jiraiya stared at him slightly slack jawed at what had just happened.
"D-Do it again, I need to make sure it wasn't a fluke!" The Sannin said as he unsealed another water balloon for Naruto.
Pop!
Only for him to pop it again, but in a more controlled manner this time.
"W-well done Naruto," Jiraiya got out trying to hide his shock, "The second step is for you to burst a rubber ball, and since rubber is thicker, and air is completely different from water, it forces you to use denser chakra to break it. This step emphasizes power." He unsealed a rubber ball and tossed it to his godson.
Naruto attempted the first step but with more power, Jiraiya in fascination as the ball started to distort then after a few seconds popped violently.
BAM!
Jiraiya couldn't believe what he was witnessing, "How are you doing this?" He almost yelled.
"Mmm… I have an awesome Sensei."
"Well I'm awesome." Jiraiya struck a position and Naruto mentally wished that he hadn't said that. "Now for the final step." He unsealed a balloon filled with air and placed it on his right palm, using his left hand he popped it with a senbon revealing a perfect Rasengan in hand.
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|Tanzaku Town|
Two women walked across the street heading towards their hotel room, where they would need to figure out how a way to pay for their debts (Actually one's debts). The first woman is fair-skinned, has hazel nut eyes and blonde hair tied in a pony-tail which reached her lower back. Her curves and noticeably large breasts made her desirable among the male folk either young or old. She wore green-grass haori with the kanji for 'Gamble' on the back, an ash kimono-style blouse that was held closed by a broad, blue obi belt that matched her pants. The second woman is also fair-skinned, has onyx eyes and jet-black hair which reached her shoulders with bangs framing her face. She isn't as curvy or busty as her mistress (a fact which she is secretly displeased by), She wore a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi belt. In her arms was a small, pinkish pig with a white pearl necklace. Both women wore open-toed sandals with low-heels.
Once inside their hotel room, the blonde woman flopped on the bed in frustration, "I hate losing..."
"Lady Tsunade," Her assistant began, "Maybe you should quit gambling… it isn't exactly helping our situation."
"I guess you're right Shizune." Tsunade sighed, "But what will I do?"
"Well you could return to Konoha," She replied, causing a frown to appear on the Senju's face, "The last time you were there was 15 years ago."
"Shizune," Tsunade sat up, "We've discussed this I'm not going back to that village ever again."
The raven-haired sighed with clear sadness, "I understand, Lady Tsunade," She turned her attention to their pet pig and lifted her up, "Come on Tonton, it's dinner time." Tsunade watched as the two left the room, leaving her all alone.
"I'm sorry, Shizune." She whispered before lying back on the bed and falling into a dreamless sleep.
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Omake
|Training Ground 7|
Team 7's Sparring Session, Sasuke vs. Naruto
Both boys backed away from each other, sweaty, bruised and tired but determined to win. Watching them were Kakashi, Areku, Hinata and Atsushi.
"Who do you think is going to win?"
"I don't know, they are both equally matched."
Ignoring the whispers, Naruto took a step forward and raised his fist up to the sky gaining everyone's attention. "You've done it now, Sasuke!" He shouted to his opponent, "Prepare to face the wrath of my Ultimate Jutsu!"
Sasuke grinned as he activated his Sharingan, 'Yes I will just copy his jutsu, dodge his then use it again him.' With that in mind, he copied the hand seals that were being made by the Uzumaki.
Naruto grinned mentally before he and Sasuke both cried out, "Sexy Jutsu!"
Hinata's eyes widen in shock.
Atsushi blinked, 'What did they say?'
The Jonins remained silent.
A cloud of smoke obstructed the two boys before a feminine voice cried out, "What the hell?"
The cloud lifted revealing two naked and very attractive females, one blond and the other raven-haired.
"DAMMIT NARUTO! HOW DO I END THIS PERVERTED TECHNIQUE?" 'Satsuki' yelled out while trying to conceal her fairly sized breasts.
"It isn't that easy, Satsuki-chan." 'Naruko' giggled out.
The reactions of the four watching were instant and varied.
Kakashi giggled perversely.
Areku wiped a bit of blood from his nostrils.
Hinata blushed atomic red.
Atsushi passed out from a nosebleed at the sight of Satsuki.
That was the day that they found out that their favorite Kishidans had a thing for raven-haired females.
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A/N: Well I'm finally done with his chapter.
I apologize for the delay but I did say that updates would be slow and that still stands unfortunately. Anyway I wish you a Happy New Year (Even if it is late), and a successful 2021.
Chapter 21: Meetings.
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