Brought Back Something from Wave...
By Andrew J. Talon
Disclaimer: I do not and probably never will own Naruto or any other copyrighted works mentioned in this story. I am not writing this for profit.
You know who inspired this. But I thought I'd give it my own spin.
Yes it is the fic "Win Some, Lose Some" by Obsidian Dreamer. But I thought this would be a fun take on the concept.
After all, why adopt Naruto... When it can be... An Adopting Naruto?
This next part is set in the Boruto era, where Kasumi Uzumaki is Naruto's eldest child.
The training ground was isolated, which was good. But Kasumi was pretty sure that everyone in Konoha could probably hear and feel what they were doing.
She was shifting through Hiraishin at high speed, as her father, in full Nine Tails Chakra mode, was relentlessly attacking. She flashed around, barely avoiding her father's powerful taijutsu strikes. She threw Toad Fu strikes back as she kept evading, but every hit she landed didn't seem to even phase him! Even with her Sage Chakra running through her, she couldn't even scratch him!
Why is he being so serious?! This is supposed to be sparring! She thought frantically, flashing through handseals to produce several Shadow Clones. They used Hiraishin as well, giving her just enough breathing room to try another tactic.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
A gigantic toad appeared in a massive cloud of smoke. Kasumi landed atop Gamakichi, who had grown even bigger than his father.
"Yo! Kasumi, what you want?" The great toad bellowed.
"Starch Syrup Gun, NOW!" Kasumi shouted, as her father smashed through her Shadow Clones. Gamakichi didn't ask further, just unleashing his Senjutsu without a second thought.
"MIZUAME TEPPO!" The giant toad bellowed, unleashing a massive blast of sticky syrup-like goo. Naruto powered up his aura to power through, as Gamakichi leaped away into the air.
It slowed down her father for nothing more than a split second, but that was all Kasumi needed.
"Katon: Endan!"
Gamakichi unleashed a stream of Toad Oil, which ignited into a massive fire blast that consumed the entire forest area around Naruto. A massive gold fox emerged from the fiery conflagration, roaring and focusing its chakra into a ball in front of his mouth. Kasumi's eyes widened.
No way... He's not gonna-?!
"BIJUDAMA!" Kurama and Naruto roared, unleashing the massive energy blast! Kasumi, in a panic, slammed her hands onto the top of Gamakichi and reached out to the nearest Hiraishin.
They vanished, just as the heat of the beam was about to consume them. They reappeared some distance away, watching the energy blast shoot up high into the sky. Kasumi grit her teeth as Gamakichi gasped.
"Woah... He's playing for keeps, yeah?" Gamakichi asked.
"I've gotta go all out...!"
Kasumi reached out to her hidden Shadow Clones, ones she had left behind in the forest. They had been hidden, gathering up Nature Chakra. She had them all go poof, and she was surging with power! So much power she was nearly left light headed!
FOCUS...!
"We need to overwhelm him, Gamakichi!" Kasumi shouted, as the Tailed Beast Ball died down, "Barrage Maneuver 4!"
"You got it!" Gamakichi shouted. He formed hand seals, channeling his own nature chakra. "TAJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
A hundred gigantic toads appeared, surrounding the golden Kurama. All of them flashed through hand seals.
"KATON! ENDAN!" They roared, pelting Naruto and Kurama with a veritable firestorm that reduced the landscape to a barren, flaming desert! Kurama roared back, and swung his tails through all the shadow clones. Gamakichi puffed away, returning to Mount Myoboku. Naruto allowed himself a grin within the giant Kurama construct... Just as it began raining Hiraishin Kunai all around him.
"Huh-?!"
And hundreds of copies of his daughter appeared around him, all wielding Rasengan.
"RASENGAN BARRAGE!" They screamed, flashing around with Hiraishin as they struck Naruto and Kurama hundreds of times a second. They finished by combining their Rasengan around him, fusing the chakra energies... And releasing it in a massive blast!
KABOOOOOMMMMM!
Smoke and debris filled the air. Kasumi fell to the ground, slamming down hard. She laid there, exhausted, like a puppet with cut strings. She breathed hard, her Sage chakra and regular chakra spent.
But then, so was she.
She managed to get just enough energy to tilt her head up. The smoke was clearing... And the form of her father, still cloaked in golden chakra, strode forth. He allowed the energy to recede, leaving him utterly untouched... Save for a bit of blood dripping from his lips. He grinned at her, one of his teeth missing.
"Heh... Been a while since anyone drew blood on me," Naruto admitted.
Kasumi groaned and flopped back, tired and irritated.
A few soldier pills and some water later, and Naruto and his eldest daughter were back at Ichiraku Ramen in the village. A fair number of civilians were gossiping about the massive explosions and blasts everyone had seen. The news was already talking about it on a nearby TV.
"... The Hokage's office stated that the explosions were the result of a training exercise that got a little out of hand," the newslady said, "but there is no danger to Leaf Village of any kind..."
Naruto was already on his tenth bowl of ramen. He looked over in concern at his daughter, who, despite her hunger, was barely on her second bowl.
"Hey," Naruto said, "you okay?"
Kasumi scowled up at her father in disbelief.
"Are you kidding?" She demanded, "what the hell was all that about?"
"Language," Naruto corrected. Kasumi scowled more deeply.
"Dad, I'm not a kid anymore! I think I deserve an explanation for what happened today!"
Naruto held back a sigh. He looked intently at Kasumi.
"I just... Well, I wanted to see how far you had come," Naruto said. Kasumi huffed, and looked down into her ramen bowl.
"... Not far enough," she muttered. Naruto reached over and lifted her head by her chin.
"Farther than I could have dreamed," Naruto said encouragingly. Kasumi sighed.
"I knocked out one of your teeth," she said, "after going all out. That's not much-"
"That's huge," Naruto stated firmly. "You know how many people can actually hurt me when I'm fighting with Kurama? It's not a long list!"
"Yeah, but," Kasumi scoffed, "it's... Barely anything." She looked back down at her bowl. "I want to be stronger than you... And even after training like crazy, I'm still..."
"Hey," Naruto said, "you think I got this strong over night? You know I didn't!"
"No, but you mastered the Shadow Clone Jutsu in a night," Kasumi protested, "you mastered the Rasengan in, what, three weeks? Sage Mode in a month. Kurama's power in even less time-!"
"Yeah, and if I hadn't, we'd all be dead," Naruto emphasized. "You don't have that kind of ticking clock, Kasumi. I had to master it because I literally had no choice. It was figure it out, or everyone dies." He shook his head. "And I got that strong so that you wouldn't die! Or worse."
"Even so," Kasumi sighed, "I just... I don't want to be lesser, you know? You fought for me, protected me... I was helpless in all those fights! I couldn't help you! I don't want to be weak or helpless ever again!"
"You aren't," Naruto stated, resting a hand on her shoulder, "you've been able to live a happy life, and become strong. Sure, I got those techniques down but I had a lot of help. Inside," and he patted his stomach, "and out. You've been mastering and refining your techniques without anything fancier than your guts, your brains and your will. Learning how to get them down, how to use them creatively. You've even made a strong connection with the Toads!" Naruto grinned.
"You shouldn't compare yourself to me, Kasumi. We're different. Just because you can't match your old man yet doesn't mean you won't some day. And when that happens, I'll be even more proud of you."
Kasumi blinked back tears, and smiled at her father.
"I... Thank you Dad," she said earnestly. "And... Well... I couldn't have gotten anywhere without you."
Naruto chuckled, and squeezed his eldest daughter's hand.
"I think the same thing," he said.
Hooboy, wasn't that serious? Well, here's some funny omakes to fill things in.
Kasumi is doing a demonstration at Konoha Ninja Academy for the students in the gym.
Kasumi: "Hiraishin was my grandpa's signature teleportation jutsu!" She throws kunai all over the gym, and teleports around in flashes of light "It's great for getting around, but also for combat! Watch!"
She forms a Shadow clone, who rushes to attack her. She dodges her double's strikes, and blocks her own kunai blows, before she throws several Hiraishin kunai up above her clone. She vanishes, and then what appear to be several versions of Kasumi appear around her shadow clone and kick her up into the air.
Kasumi: "U! ZU! MA! KI!"
She teleports via a kunai she had previously thrown up into the ceiling, forming a Rasengan and slamming it into her clone.
Kasumi: "RASENGAN BARRAGE!"
She rams her clone into the ground hard enough to form a crater, as her Rasengan expands and blows the clone away!
The students and faculty cheer and clap, and Kasumi bows.
Kasumi: beams "I'm afraid I'm not as good as my grandpa was, yet. He was a genius when it came to sealing and chakra control! But he proves you don't need a fancy bloodline or lineage to be an incredible ninja! You just need to be willing to work hard! And if you have a bloodline limit, hard work will take you a lot further than just relying on it alone!"
Sarada: "Wow! Your sister is so cool, Boruto!"
Boruto: "Hmph. Mom and Dad keep gushing over how she mastered all that stuff in a few months, when I got it in a few weeks!"
Mitsuki: "Was that before or after you used the Ninja Science Tool?"
Boruto: "URK!" scowls "Stop complimenting my sister damnit! She's not that cool! She's not even my real sister, just adopted!"
Iwabee: "Adopted or not, she's incredibly hot!"
Boruto: growls "What?!"
Kasumi comes up to the students, beaming and talking with them. Iwabee walks up with a self assured grin.
Iwabee: "It's an honor to meet you, Uzumaki-sensei!"
Kasumi: "Oh! Thank you, Yuino-san!"
Iwabee: "I really admire your hard work ethic! You gained your skills like a real ninja, a warrior!"
Kasumi: "Oh, well, I wanted to be strong just like my parents!"
Iwabee: "That's so interesting... Could you give me some pointers on my own training? Say, over lunch at Ichiraku's?"
Kasumi: "Ichiraku's? Well, that would be nice but-"
Boruto grabs Iwabee and sticks a Hiraishin kunai onto him. He activates it with chakra, and sends Iwabee to the one in the ceiling. Iwabee falls and lands on his head.
Iwabee: "GAH!"
Kasumi: "Wow! Great work remotely activating the seal, Boruto!" Beams
Boruto: "Yeah, whatever..." under his breath "Stay away from my sister, you creep!"
Kasumi sighs as she sits at the dinner table at home. Hinata sits next to her with a smile. Himawari had already gone to bed.
Hinata: "I know that look."
Kasumi: "Eh?"
Hinata: "Lovelorn. It's a look I'm very familiar with."
Kasumi: "Oh... Well... I mean it's not like I'm... That into him or anything!" sigh "And really, he just sees me as a kid..."
Hinata: "Who is it?"
Kasumi: "Um... Well... Konohamaru-nii-san."
Hinata: "Oho? Konohamaru, huh?"
Kasumi: "It's no big deal! He just took me out to celebrate me turning 21! I got a drink with the other jounin! It was... Nice... Ya know?" Blush "And he even gave me a kiss."
Something falls onto the floor behind them. Both turn to look at Naruto and Boruto, having dropped groceries. Naruto's eyes are glowing golden red, as Boruto's eyes glow white in pure rage.
Naruto: "Konohamaru kissed you, huh?! Seems I need to pay him a beating..."
Boruto: "Sensei's gone too far...!"
Kasumi: "IT WAS ON THE CHEEK! IT WAS ON THE CHEEK!"
A bit later, At the jounin bar...
Hanabi: "So Konohamaru-kun... Would you like to go training together? For uh... Ways to help Boruto-kun get stronger?"
Konohamaru: "Oh, well, I would love to but-"
Moegi: slides in next to him "Hey! Konohamaru-kun is coming with me to... Train! On mixing Nature Types!"
Konohamaru: "H-Hey, we didn't decide that-!"
Hanabi: "Like you'd know enough about those things to be worth Konohamaru-kun's time!"
Moegi: snorts "I know more than you, flat chest!"
Hanabi: "Whore!"
Udon: sighs. Why was he never the center of attention?
Konohamaru feels a very strong, very heavy hand grip his shoulder. He looks up with a start at a well and truly pissed off Naruto. The other jounin all gape at him and go silent.
Konohamaru: "Ah?! N-Naruto-nii-sama-?!"
Naruto: "Konohamaru... It seems I've been going far too easy on you all these years. After all, your dream is to become Hokage after me, IS IT NOT?"
Konohamaru: "Ah-Y-yes, Naruto-nii-sama-!"
Naruto: terrifying grin "Then I'm gonna make your dream come true, my dear little henchman! I'm gonna put you through the most hellish training I can devise, until you can deflect Bijudamas with your GODDAMNED LIPS. After all, you've clearly been slacking off if you have time to KISS. MY. DAUGHTER."
Konohamaru: "AH?! N-No, I swear, it's not what you think-!"
Naruto: "SO WHAT?! MY LITTLE GIRL'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?!"
Konohamaru: "N-No! I mean yes! I mean-!"
Naruto: "THEN I'D BETTER MAKE SURE YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH, IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER."
Naruto teleports away with the hapless Konohamaru. Everyone is silent and in disbelief, as Kasumi rushes in.
Kasumi: "... He didn't kill him, right?"
Udon: "No. He did not."
Kasumi: sigh of relief "Oh good! I thought Dad was really mad!"
Hanabi: "... So..." glare "He kissed you huh?"
Moegi: glare "When and where?!"
Kasumi: sweatdrop "Oh boy..."