A/N At the moment, the Chapter 6 part 1 is done, and I edited a bit of Part two, but I'm gonna combine both of them and somehow it'll be even bigger than before, and...
Yeesh, it might hit 30k words, and I don't know how I feel about that yet.
But, once again, thank you all and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
P.S. Yesh rl ran away from me again. I admit I haven't really been working on this that much, since I was getting back into Guild Wars 2 and a bunch of other games with friends of mine, but mostly just out of sheer forgetfulness. I'll try to get the next few chapters out faster, but I mostly put it down to not really knowing what to do in this arc all that much, and not really being a fan of time skipping around and the like. I think I can put in a few D rank missions to spice things up a bit, but I'll be limiting it to a few specific trainings, with the rest being discovered by the cast piecing the lessons together into something that works for them. I have a few ideas for that, but I gotta get to them, thus the slower pace atm. Sorry about the wait!
"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs as Sasuke and Sakura popped up behind him as they rushed at the grey-haired figure.
Kakashi simply ran off, purposely slowing down enough for them to follow. Naruto growled, "HEY! YOU SAID IF WE FOUND YOU, WE WOULD PASS THIS STUPID TEST! GET BACK HERE!" Naruto yelled as he rushed on after him without a glance on back.
Sasuke let out a long standing groan as Sakura turned to him, both walking at a more reasonable pace towards them, seemingly in no hurry to get there. "What's wrong Sasuke?" Sakura asked, noting that Sasuke looked more moody than usual. Sasuke merely stared at her. "I take it you're also tired?" She asked as he nodded. "Hmm...what do you think is up with this test? Naruto and Choji got us screaming that if we fail it, we'll be sent back to the Academy..." Sakura questioned her thoughts aloud as Sasuke sighed.
"I don't know." Sasuke said simply as they walked towards Naruto, "It seems...off somehow." He continued, drawing Sakura's attention back towards him. "Think about it. We're chasing down a Jonin, who knows how to Shunshin...and he's casually walking away, even waiting for us with what's probably a clone to lead us somewhere. Naruto already fell for it, but this clone is just standing there waiting for us, following our walking movements exactly as if to make sure we have a route to follow. It just seems like a trap in the making, and...I don't know why." Sasuke finished his explanation with a sigh of annoyance, frustrated that he couldn't connect the pieces like Shikamaru probably would have been able to. He had started saying something towards them when Naruto brought the two teams together, but Sasuke wasn't able to tell what. Sakura's hmm snapped him out of his thoughts as he looked towards her.
"Well...it is a test after all, which means that it has to be something that all three of us have to do, since otherwise he wouldn't send the clone. The task was to find Kakashi-sensei before the end of the day, so why would he freely broadcast himself here, leading us to that field for some reason? Wouldn't that just defeat the purpose of the test?" Sakura asked as the Kakashi clone walked up to them, but made sure to stay far enough back as to not be reached by the two.
"Well, since you two are curious, that's only part of the test. The other part is what I'm testing right now, and if you can discover and use that part, then you will pass, if not, I'll just shunshin out of the village until the day is over, and since you can't leave the village..." Kakashi's shadow clone gave an eye smile as the implications sat in. Sasuke and Sakura nodded towards each other as they ran at Kakashi, always just slightly too slow to catch his clone.
"HEY!" Naruto once again yelled as he ran through the grassy training field. Kakashi shrugged as he turned around before seeming to sink into the ground. "W-What!?" Naruto said as he looked around in frustration.
Kurama blinked sleepily as he looked around, noting that they were in a training field of some sort, a pond was somewhat hidden around the multiple trees that surrounded them. He yawned shortly after, "Do I even want to ask?" Kurama yawned on out as Naruto scoffed aloud, irritated at the situation.
"Kakashi-sensei ran away again! If I don't find him by the end of the day, I won't be a Genin!" Naruto said with a tinge of fear in his voice that Kurama picked up on. He was nervous, his whole life he wanted to be a Ninja, and this was the only way to be able to learn more about his family, Honoke-tousan, his Clan even, but to have all that lost based on a runaway sensei!? Kurama smirked at the determination rushing through Naruto as he looked around.
"He's still here. It seems like he's waiting on something, and he's also over there by your friends." Kurama pointed out as Naruto turned around to see Sakura and Sasuke running towards him.
"Hey! Did you have any luck?" Naruto asked as Sakura looked at him with rage in her eyes, causing him to take a nervous step back.
"NARUTO! WHY DID YOU LEAVE US LIKE THAT!?" She screamed, rushing up to punch him as Naruto dodged with a quick duck.
"S-Sakura-chan!" Naruto stuttered out in fear, struggling to not get hit.
"WHAT!?" She screamed as Naruto pointed behind her, causing her to turn around as Sasuke's glare caused them both to gulp.
"Why are you two acting like this? We're all at risk of not becoming Genin, and I'm not failing because of you two." Sasuke explained with a huff.
"What do you mean by that!?" Naruto yelled on back, but Kurama coughed pointedly afterwards. "What is it Kurama?" Naruto asked before Sasuke was about to answer again. The three stared as Kurama rolled his eyes from within Naruto.
"Well, think about it this way. He's waiting on you three to get something. Look at him." Kurama said, casually motioning to a still watching Kakashi, who waved back as he read his Ichi Ichi book. "How about instead of panicking like chickens who lost their heads, you think like actual Ninja?" Kurama suggested with a casual shrug at the harsh looks sent his way.
"We are!" Sakura hastily replied as Kurama scoffed.
"Are you? You nearly assaulted your teammate just now, is that really what a ninja would do to their teammate?" Kurama said, noting Kakashi's gaze with a smirk. Kakashi rolled his eye at Kurama's hint but instead shifted his gaze towards Sakura.
"T-This isn't about that!" Sakura stuttered out, hiding an embarrassed blush upon her face as Sasuke's eyes lit up.
"Teammate? Team...I think I know what Shikamaru was trying to tell me now. It was teamwork, wasn't it?" Sasuke looked towards the crimson-blue eyes of Naruto, who merely grinned foxily towards Kakashi.
"He got it in one, huh? Now what are you going to do Cyclops?" Kurama's grin only grew as Kakashi jumped on down from his tree branch with a huff.
"To think I thought I could read..." Kakashi sighed as he shut his book. "You're right Sasuke, the purpose of this test was to test your teamwork...but you're not done just yet. Just knowing what is being tested means nothing in the end, you have to prove you can do it." Kakashi gave an eye smile. "So let me change your test a bit." Kakashi said as he pulled out two bells. "Your test is to take these bells from me by Sundown, and given where the sun is, that should give you about...three hours or so?"
"WHAT!?" Naruto and Sakura screeched in union as Sasuke and Kurama groaned out in pain. "How are we supposed to do that!? You're a Jonin!" Naruto continued on, pointing to him in horror at the thought. Kakashi merely gave another eye smile.
"So? You killed a Chunin. A Jonin holding back shouldn't be all that bad against you in that case, huh Naruto?" Kakashi's words cut deep as Kurama growled out in warning. Kakashi merely looked towards Sasuke and Sakura. "If the four of you can't get the bells from me, then you will never be Genin as long as I'm alive. Happy hunting!" He said as he jumped away into the treeline. Sakura and Sasuke both looked towards him before going back to Naruto, noting the tiny shiver that rushed along him.
"Naruto..." Sakura said aloud, worry all along her tone as she growled out in anger at what Kakashi said.
"Naruto, snap out of it." Sasuke said coldly towards his friend as both Sakura and Naruto glared at him. "He's trying to rile you up, don't fall for it. So what if you killed Mizuki, every Ninja kills at some point. It's part of the job and as Iruka said, we can't let that hold us back." Sasuke explained as Naruto looked downwards, knowing that his friend was right. "Look, I'm not expecting you to get over it, killing is killing no matter how we justify it. What I'm asking you to do is to push that feeling down and focus. Kakashi is out there, and the only way we're getting those bells is by teaming up. Do you trust me?" Sasuke asked, staring at the two's downward faces.
A long silence fell along the trio as Naruto's red-tinted sapphire eyes came into view once again. "I trust you...we trust you Sasuke." Naruto said calmly, eyes shining as he looked towards the two, who smiled back.
"Yeah, let's do this thing!" Sakura spoke up next as Sasuke nodded.
"Good, now here's the plan..."
Wonder what's taking them so long? Did they give up? Hmm...maybe I should have taken it a tiny bit easier on Naruto... Kakashi sighed as he brought out his Ichi Ichi book back out. Nah, if he gave up just from that, it would kill him in the field. It may be harsh, but it's for his own good. Kakashi decided as he looked to his right. "Yo." He said as Choza's head popped out of the leaves.
"Should have figured you would have done that." Choza rolled his eyes as he sat on his tree branch. "Was...a harsh method, but it was needed on him, he needs to learn to deal with that at some point, better now than in front of an opposing shinobi." Choza sighed aloud, not hiding his fatherly hurt at the method Kakashi took.
"What else could I do there? Kurama's a wild card, and they already found out the meaning of the test because of him. But even with that, I don't know if they truly can work as a team. Four people in one team is already a hard time, but three in one team with the fourth being a Tailed Beast? Even with the other villages, only some of the Tailed Beasts actually talked through their host, fewer still were able to combine like they do!" Kakashi said, the stress from the previous weeks laying down on him.
Choza sighed as he took it all in. "I know Kakashi, and trust me, I feel the same way, but ask yourself...Is that the real reason you're scared? Or is it that you still blame yourself for what happened to Naruto when it came to Honoke and Mizuki?" Choza asked, noting the very minute flinch that came from Kakashi.
The two sat in silence on the tree branches before leaves showered Choza back into the shadows to watch over the test. Kakashi's hand trembled as he put his book away, knowing he wasn't going to be able to read.
Sasuke walked alone out of the treeline, staring Kakashi down with a smirk upon his face with a kunai in his hand.
He threw the kunai towards his sensei as Kakashi merely batted it away as it exploded towards his left. Two more flew passed and exploded before Kakashi jumped off his branch when Sakura came from behind with a punch ready for him. Both started making their hand signs as kunai flew by their hands to stop them in their tracks before reaching the ground.
The one that landed by Sasuke exploded as he gritted his teeth, covering his eyes from the sand that rushed up from the explosion, only to see neither Sakura nor Kakashi. Kakashi appeared behind him as Naruto rushed up behind him with three kunai in his hand aimed at his head. Kakashi smirked as Sakura approached from the side with her own kunai in her hand. Sasuke gulped as he got his own kunai out, knowing it would be child's play for Kakashi to kill them all where they stood.
The thought rushed through all four of them, even Kurama couldn't deny that Naruto was nowhere near the skill needed to fight Kakashi, but they had to. They needed to win, if just for the sake of getting through today. Their eyes burrowed with the determination as Kakashi began to talk.
"Within the Academy, you learned three different categories of Jutsu that make up the Academy Three, as well as a few other types like the one we just did. So let's do this right, shall we?" Kakashi said as he ducked, and rotated Sasuke behind with his right hand, throwing him into Sakura, before kicking Naruto aside the face with a single motion. "Taijutsu." He said simply as he gave a punch to Naruto's gut before grabbing him with the punch and throwing him towards an approaching Sakura.
Kakashi smirk stayed on as he loosened up, it was a simple maneuver to get out of a three-way lock, but these kids had potential, they radiated in it. Not many soon-to-be Genin...no that's not quite right. Not a single Genin, and only ever some Chunnin ninjas were able to get him into a three-way lock, even if he forced himself to slow down enough for the Genin trainees to catch up to him. He couldn't hold back some pride of the fact that they would be his to train.
The three Genin groaned as they got off of the dog-pile they were in and looked towards him, anger on their faces. Naruto looked towards Sasuke, who nodded as Sakura moved in front of them in a defensive stance. "I hope you two know what you're doing!" She yelled towards them as she brought out two ball-like objects from her ninja kit bag before throwing them at Kakashi. They exploded violently towards him, creating a smokescreen like effect that Sakura hoped would buy them enough time.
The pair started going through hand signs as Kakashi smirked from the other side of the wall of smoke. "The second type, Genjutsu." He said as the smoke seemed to twist and blur, only to lead Sakura to make the mistake of staring at his glowing crimson eye through the smoke.
Time seemed to blur around Sakura as she blinked, looking in confusion as she saw no one there, before seeing Kakashi in the distance, almost making the mistake of running towards him as her brain screamed at her. Genjutsu! She thought as the layers of the world seemed to peel back, revealing darkness in its wake. Putting her hands to make the tiger hand seal, she screamed, "KAI!" Looking around, she noticed that no one was nearby. Gritting her teeth in frustration, she ran to find what happened to her teammates.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke both got to the end of their hand-signs when Kakashi rushed at them. "Wind style, Air bullet Jutsu!" "Fire style, Fireball Jutsu!" The two yelled in union as the Fireball jutsu burst to life with the help of the Air bullet jutsu, seeming to rotate rapidly towards Kakashi.
"And the last of the Academy Three Jutsu, Ninjutsu." He said as he rapidly went through his own jutsu hand seals, so fast that it was nearly impossible to keep up with, "Water Style, Raging Rapids Jutsu!" A torrent of water rushed from Kakashi's mouth towards them, but not before the powered-up Fireball Jutsu left a mark on Kakashi as it sputtered out slightly behind him, loosening the bell string just enough that they fell off.
Kakashi looked in surprise as Sakura cheered from behind him, bells in hand.
"We did it!" She cheered as she looked to Kakashi. Kakashi's surprise warmed into an eye smile.
"Congratulations, you three passed my test, you are now Genin." Kakashi said as Naruto and Sasuke walked on over, soaked to the brim, but happy at the news.
"Nice job Sakura!" Naruto yelled with a grin. "I knew the plan was going to work!" Naruto said as Sasuke scoffed with a look on his face.
"What plan!? You just wanted us to blast him with our most powerful Jutsu and hope it would stop him!" Sasuke called him out as Naruto spluttered out gibberish, unable to make an accurate response to him.
The team laughed as Naruto desperately tried to regain his pride to no avail.
The four, five if you included a bemused Kurama, were in a cheery mood as they went to celebrate with some Ichiraku Ramen at Naruto's request.
"So Sensei, what are you going to teach us this time?" Naruto asked, excited for what tomorrow would bring as the sun went down, and night rose up. The town was painted from the lamps that decorated the village and the bright moon in the sky, with stars circling round.
"Hmm, well I know you and Sasuke got Tree Walking somewhat down, we may build on that a bit more tomorrow to see where you're at with it. But I've yet to train Sakura over here, so I'll mainly be using tomorrow to get to know where she's at. I'm not really experienced when it comes to Medical Ninjas, but I think I can give some tips on it and help you here and there. On top of that, I was going to take you to the Academy Library tomorrow with the other teams to get your Genin Licenses and the next level of your Taijutsu styles, seeing as you three have mastered your Academy leveled ones." Kakashi said after a few moments of thinking. "Honestly tomorrow is going to be just getting a baseline of where you three stand when it comes to your skills." Kakashi explained as the three nodded and continued eating. The three nodded with smiles on their faces, Sasuke's being faint while Naruto proudly wore his grin with Sakura's being a small smile not much bigger than Sasuke's. Kakashi couldn't help but smile as well, proud of the progress they were giving.
Is this why you always spoke highly of us Minato-sensei? Because you felt that sense of pride within you? Kakashi thought to himself, watching the three eat blissfully and try to see him eating, though he hid it purposely from them in an art of teasing. Cause I think I understand that now. Naruto's really growing up, and is picking up what you started in reference to the Nine Tails, or Kurama as he's known by Naruto. I wish you two could see him now... Kakashi's smile faded a bit as Mizuki flashed in his mind.
"Well we better be heading off now." Kakashi heard himself say to Ayame as he got up.
"Huh? But I'm not done yet!" Naruto whined as Sakura quickly shut him up.
"Well, we're going to be going on over pretty early, so meet me at Training field 7 by noon." Kakashi said calmly, hiding his inner turmoil as well as he could. Naruto sighed as the group wished his good night before heading on their way, Sasuke following Naruto to the Nara household. Ayame tried to stop him, but Kakashi quickly Shunshin'd away to the solitude of his apartment. The night moon illuminated the sorry state of his little apartment as Kakashi sighed as he took off his gear before starting a shower.
Silence washed over the apartment as Kakashi took his shower, changed clothes, and sat on his bed. The sole window of the room cleanly showed the moonlight into the room as Kakashi picked up an old picture in a frame.
"I miss you Sensei...I don't know if I'll ever live up to your teaching..." Kakashi said aloud softly as he opened up the drawer and put the picture in. "But at the same time...I know I have to move on, your son needs me, the whole team does. Thank you Minato-sensei." Kakashi let out a small smile as he laid his head down on his bed before falling asleep.
"Where is he!?" Naruto said impatiently as Kurama snored within him. Sakura would have chuckled if she wasn't also angry.
It was going on two o' clock and Kakashi still wasn't anywhere to be seen. Naruto and Sasuke had walked on over at about Eleven, while Sakura waited till eleven thirty. They all been waiting for over two hours in Training Field Seven, which had turned out to be the place that Kakashi had lured them to the day before, and were all sick of it.
Sasuke sighed as he looked towards Naruto. "Now what? He usually isn't this late." Sasuke said as Naruto shrugged.
"How about we practice? You can show me that Tree-walking thing that Kakashi was talking about earlier." Sakura suggested as the two looked at each other before nodding.
"Sure, not much else to do anyways." Sasuke shrugged as Naruto grinned.
"Okay Sakura-chan, let's do this!" He said as the three walked over to a trio of trees as Sasuke tossed her a Kunai, which she nearly dropped from surprise before finally securing it within her hands.
"What's this for?" She asked as Sasuke and Naruto smirked at each other before the two took out their respective kunai and started running on the trees.
Neither reached the top, but Sasuke went about one foot stride farther than Naruto, much to his annoyance.
"Cmon Dobe, you have to be better than that." Sasuke taunted with a smirked grin on his face.
"Grr...Just you wait Teme!" Naruto yelled back as he once again began running up the tree, managing to pass him by a foot stride this time. He grinned as he rubbed his nose when he touched the ground. "Take that Teme, I'm better!" He taunted right on back as Sasuke huffed.
"In your dreams Dobe!" He said as the two kept going back and forth. Sakura just stood there mesmerized at the sight of the two beating each other up the giant trees over and over, and taunting all the while. Yet, at the end, realized one key thing.
"They still haven't taught me how to do this." She said aloud, slightly frustrated at her lack of knowledge. She sighed as she looked towards the tree. "Hmm...so the goal is to climb up the trees only using your feet, so I guess I have to match the chakra of the tree with my feet..." She said, watching Sasuke's form carefully, noting him slowing his ascent up in order for her to better see. Blue auras radiated from their feet as Sakura started focusing Chakra at her feet before slowly putting her feet on the tree.
She took her other foot off the ground and...immediately slipped off with a thud. "Ow." She groaned lightly as she tried it again, using a bit more Chakra this time as she once again slipped off. Even more Chakra, and by her twelfth time, she had gotten it down.
"Nice job Sakura-chan!" Naruto congratulated from his tree branch as Sasuke merely smirked.
"You got it faster than the Dobe, good job." Sasuke said simply.
"HEY!" Naruto shouted, "I remember that you took even longer!" Naruto countered on back as Sasuke simply looked away with a hmph.
Sakura couldn't help giggling at the sight of the feud between them. She could hardly remember the last time the three acted like this, but it had been happening a lot more since they grouped up. If Sakura had to guess, it was because of their joy that they couldn't help themselves.
"Sakura!" Sakura heard Sasuke yell before realizing she was in his arms with a blush. "Watch yourself next time, you fell off the tree." Sasuke explained before helping her to her feet, then proceeded to go back to racing Naruto. Sakura sighed as she realized.
"Thanks Sasuke-kun." She told him, getting a minute nod in reply.
Kakashi smirked as he watched his students from afar within the treeline. He knew that the three were somewhat close, but he wasn't expecting them to be this close. Sakura was known for punching Naruto, but seemed to be thankful for his upbeat attitude and congratulations. On top of that, Naruto and Sasuke didn't seem much in the way of close on first appearances, but their rivalry seemed more on mutual respect for one another than it was of anger or jealously. On top of that, while Sakura wasn't under the influence of the Genjutsu, it was more than clear enough that she was starting to gain feelings for the young Uchiha.
Kakashi looked calmly to his left as Asuma hopped silently onto an adjacent branch. Scoffing at his inhuman sense, Asuma stared at Team 7 for but a moment before looking towards Kakashi once more.
"Aren't you going to tell them that you arrived more than an hour ago?" A bemused Asuma asked as Kakashi shrugged.
"Who knows? So, your team all ready?" Kakashi asked as Asuma nodded.
"Yeah, and I contacted Anko, and her team is all set as well. We're kinda just waiting on you." Asuma explained as Kakashi nodded.
"Making sure, okay I'll meet you guys there." Kakashi explained before jumping down to the ground, before casually walking towards the team.
Asuma snorted as he watched, and heard, Kakashi get berated by his students for being so late.
"WHERE WERE YOU!?" Naruto and Sakura shrieked in union as soon as Kakashi showed up.
"Sorry about being so late, I was helping an old lady cross the street and walk on home. She lived pretty far so it took a while." Kakashi lied out of his teeth effortless as the three glared at him.
"YOU'RE LYING!" Naruto shouted with a defiant point of his finger.
"Am I?" Kakashi asked as Sasuke rolled his eyes. Naruto looked somewhat confused but Sakura merely scoffed in disbelief.
"Of course you are!" Sakura said firmly, but Sasuke merely waved his hand.
"It doesn't really matter if he is or not." Sasuke told them, "What matters is that he's here." Sasuke continued on as Naruto looked like he suddenly remembered something.
"Oh yeah! We gotta meet up with Shikamaru and the others!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly as Sakura blinked, her mind trying to catch up.
"Yeah, we were heading to the Academy Library to pick up our Genin Jutsu and Jutsu styles." Sasuke explained with a look of annoyance, "Did you both forget that?" Sasuke asked out of exasperation as he watched his teammates both freeze up. A groan sounded out from him before he simply dropped it and started walking towards the exit of the Training Field.
"And where are you going?" Kakashi stared from the corner of his eye as Sasuke scoffed.
"To the Academy Library, we're all heading there anyways." Sasuke explained as Kakashi shrugged.
"We might, or...we might be training." Kakashi said as he Shunshin'd in front of him.
Sasuke just looked unimpressed, "It's already been an hour since you told us to meet you here by, that means that the other teams are currently waiting on us to arrive, and I rather not keep them busy since someone forgot to wake up in time." Sasuke explained as Naruto seemed to sweat profusely. "And no, I'm not referring to the Dobe this time." Naruto nearly sighed in relief before noticing the nickname.
"HEY WHAT WAS THAT TEME!?" Naruto yelled back as Sasuke sighed with a smirk on his face.
"I don't know Dobe, you tell me." Sasuke snarked back as Sakura giggled at the two's fighting. Kakashi smiled a bit as the four walked on over to the Academy Library.
"Man I can't believe that guy! Sasuke seriously gets on my nerves sometimes Sakura, what do you even see in him!?" Naruto ranted as the two hung back. Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Well, for one, he's mature and levelheaded, and knows what's important." Sakura listed.
"What!? I'm mature and levelheaded!" Naruto vainly tried to protest as Sakura gave him a disbelieving stare. "Okay, fair point, but still!" Naruto relented with a sigh. "I just don't get it when he keeps calling me a Dobe like that." Naruto sighed as Sakura made a hmm noise.
"Maybe it's his kinda...title for you? You two fight a lot, but you never really say it out of hatred. I mean, you call him Teme and he calls you Dobe." Sakura tried her best to explain.
"I guess..." Naruto shrugged, not entirely understanding it either. Sasuke rolled his eyes from in front of the two.
Entering the building, Team 7 saw the other two teams before them.
"Geez what took you guys so long?" Shikamaru groaned on out, annoyed by how long they had been forced to wait. Team 10 were sitting on the waiting room couch watching Shikamaru easily beating Asuma. Asuma barely even reacted as he struggled to not lose, before immediately losing.
Naruto and Sakura's glares could have burned the building as they looked towards Kakashi, though he looked like he didn't even notice them. "WELL IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE CAME EARLIER-" Naruto started loudly before Sasuke put his arm around Naruto's shoulder threateningly.
Naruto didn't say anything more for his safety as the room fell silent.
"Wow, when did Sasuke get that power?" Ino whispered towards Choji.
"After Sasuke found out about Naruto's secret." Choji whispered back casually.
"Wait, Naruto's secret?" Ino whispered back curious.
"Yeah, Naruto is deeply in-" Choji tried to say as he slowly turned to see Naruto having a death glare aimed right at him. "AHHHAHAHAHAHA" Choji suddenly burst out into panicked laughter, "WHAT A GREAT JOKE INO!" He continued on as Naruto hmph'd before looking away.
"Pffffff." Ino snorted in laughter.
"Watch it, or I'll tell him one of your secrets!" Choji said as she stared at him blankly.
"Like?" Ino asked as Choji grinned, before whispering in her ear.
Her face went white in embarrassment as she scooted away from fear, while Choji kept a satisfied grin on his face. YES! Shikamaru's lessons are really paying off, I can't believe that actually worked! Then again I was guessing...wow, can't believe she actually does that to her pillows...gross. He thought to himself, shivering at the newfound information.
Shikamaru on the other hand merely rolled his eyes at the knowledge he had overheard. "Troublesome..." He muttered aloud.
"So he's finally here, knew I was right to have us go for lunch." Anko sighed aloud, having been eating with the rest of her team across the room from Asuma's team.
"Hey it's Naruto! Finally made it huh? Took you long enough you slowpoke!" Kiba grinned as Naruto merely groaned.
"Next time, we're just going to ditch Kakashi-sensei and let him be the last one here." Naruto stated so blandly that everyone laughed in someway, be it with a smirk, full on laughter, or a smile, all except Kakashi himself that was.
"Oh?" Kakashi asked as he hovered overhead.
Naruto was less than impressed as he merely looked back. "Kakashi-sensei, maybe if you were on time we wouldn't have to do this." Naruto stated again just as blandly as before.
"You tell him Naruto!" Sakura cheered him on as Sasuke merely groaned.
"I mean if you want me to tell them you're not Genin, I'll be on my way..." Kakashi sighed on out as he proceeded to start walking away.
"W-Wait!" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed out of fear of being kicked out.
"Troublesome, now can we go get our jutsus?" Shikamaru asked with a groan, drowning out the conversation, more like one-sided begging, unfolding.
"Yeah, yeah." Asuma said, getting up as he sighed over the 15th loss since they started playing. "Okay, listen up everyone!" Asuma started, catching the attention of the three sets of Genin. "Since Kakashi delayed us again, we only have about one hour before lunch time. Meaning, that I want everyone to grab their Genin training style, and their two Jutsus they want to start training. Now remember, don't just go based on your Nature, branch out and find jutsus to compliment that Chakra Nature of yours, so I want everyone to find one Jutsu of their Nature, and one of the Nature that beats it. Understood? Now go!" Asuma explained as the three teams of Genin ran off to find their Jutsus.
Asuma sighed in relief, "Good god Kakashi, could you stand to be any more late?" He asked when the three teams ran off. Kakashi merely shrugged.
"We're here now, that's all that matters Asuma-san." Kakashi stated simply.
Anko scoffed, "Yeah only about three hours late yet again. Good thing I wasn't an idiot like this one and only came in about ten minutes ago." Anko waved off, eating a dango treat at the same time.
"Well excuse me if I thought he would be on time...that and Shikamaru basically forced me." Asuma admitted sheepily.
The two had a lot they wanted to reply for that, but Shikamaru came up with a light smirk on his face.
"Done." He stated simply, put the three Jutsu scrolls in a storage seal before plopping back on the couch and falling asleep. "Wake me when they're done." He stated before falling asleep.
"See what I mean?" Asuma whispered. Anko merely rolled her eyes.
"Classic Asuma..." Anko muttered out.
"Dobe, catch." Sasuke said as he threw Naruto a scroll with a smirk. "Now we're even." He said as Naruto noticed it was the Shadow Step Style that he was learning.
"Yeah, yeah, Teme, keep dreaming!" Naruto grinned on back, appreciative all the same, "Here!" He said, tossing over a scroll of his own. "That old man told us to get a Jutsu of the Nature that beats us, so Hinata wanted me to give you this Water Style technique. She figured that you and Sakura could learn from it, and see what happens. That and even without really knowing Medical Ninjutsu, a user can use it as a base painkiller in a fight!" Naruto explained, watching as Sakura and Hinata were chatting about something, handing Jutsus to each other and helping out.
"Hmph, then here." Sasuke tossed another scroll on over, "You can't use the Fireball Jutsu, but this could help with throwing an enemy off guard." Sasuke explained.
"Thanks!" Naruto said with another wide grin as he grabbed his Wind Jutsu scroll.
"S-Sakura-chan!" Hinata stuttered out as Sakura walked up to her.
"Oh, Hinata! You doing okay with finding everything?" Sakura asked as Hinata nodded, "Are you training to be a Medic as well?" Sakura asked as Hinata looked at her.
"A M-Medic?" Hinata asked, poking her pointer fingers together. "W-Well I.." Hinata stuttered out, unsure of what to say.
"Basically Medical Shinobi are the people that heal everyone, but aren't really part of the overall fighting, only doing enough to keep themselves safe. I figure, since Naruto is going to be an idiot getting hurt all the time, and Sasuke is probably just as stubborn as him, they need someone to back them up and keep them safe. I...I'm not as strong as them, when I saw Naruto..." Sakura's words broke off, but the meaning rang clear to Hinata.
The scene still flashed in her eyes, seeing the pure hatred and sorrow radiating from Naruto's face as Mizuki laughed. Shivers went down both of their spines at the mere thought of it.
"I...I don't want him to be hurt like that again. All of that happened because of his landlord dying, all of it. If someone was able to save him, we never would have seen Naruto get like that." Sakura admitted to Hinata before continuing on, "On top of that, Sasuke's been acting a lot more...distant lately after the death of his clan. It hasn't been that long so maybe he's still dealing with the guilt of his clan..." Sakura rambled, her eyes threatening to tear up from the stress.
Hinata for once, walked up to her and slapped her with a serious expression on her face, "Get it together Sakura-chan!" She cried out, "I know you're worried for N-Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun but they're strong. And you being there helps make them that strong. You keep Naruto-kun in check and help Sasuke-kun through his tough times. I-I appreciate that about you S-Sakura-chan, you're brave and strong and even when people are against you, you always say exactly what you mean. So, stay strong Sakura-chan, I know that you'll be an amazing Medic Ninja." Hinata explained with a smile on her face.
Sakura nodded as she started wiping the tears away, noticing Naruto watching them as she looked towards Hinata. "Hey so...are you training to be a Medic?" Sakura asked again as Hinata hesitated a bit before nodding.
"I-I-I also don't want to see Naruto-kun hurt. I don't think I'll be completely a medic, b-but if knowing a few Medical Jutsus can help me protect my friends, I'll do it." She said before shyly handing a Jutsu scroll on over. "H-Here Sakura-chan. Y-You tend to have a lot of physical strength, so this should be able to enhance it for a good clean burst of air. M-Maybe you can use this to divert or block an attack?" Hinata explained as Sakura handed Hinata a copy of the same jutsu that Naruto tossed to Sasuke.
"Then take this Hinata, I may have given Naruto this to give to Sasuke and said it was from you, but this is a good technique in battle. It's the most basic form of Medical Ninjutsu and even without deep understanding of the body, it can be used as a basic painkiller in a battle, that or it can be used to repair small wounds like bruising. But the better you get with Medical Ninjutsu, the more effective the skill is. I don't know how far you're willing to go with Medical Ninjutsu, but this will help you on whatever you decide to do. We still need to find some Lightning Jutsu though." Sakura grinned as Hinata shyly smiled.
"Y-Yeah. I-I might have an idea of what to get you, b-but I wasn't sure of your nature." Hinata explained as Sakura shrugged.
"I'm a Water Nature with a small affinity to Earth. So, you actually gave me one of the jutsus I needed. I figure that I'm not really in need of more Water Jutsus at the moment, and I think Kakashi-sensei can help me with finding some." Sakura explained, "What about you?"
"O-Oh uh...I'm just a pure Water Nature." Hinata blushed a bit out of embarrassment as she explained. Sakura smiled it off.
"Cool! Naruto's a pure Wind and Sasuke's a pure Fire, so you're not alone." Sakura explained, "So what do you have in mind?" Sakura asked as Hinata smiled a bit.
"W-Well..."
"Guess Ino is still avoiding me, huh Shino?" Choji said to Shino as they explored the Clan jutsu rows of the Library. Shino simply nodded from the other row where he was checking out some techniques of Fire that would work well with his bugs, but hadn't yet found one, while Choji was looking for both a Fire and Water Jutsu for his. "Would this work for yah?" Choji asked, as Shino shook his head. "Hmm...maybe you can add a firefly to your collection? Be able to use it as a light in a dark area. It's based on a light Fire Jutsu..." Choji looked around the shelves but couldn't find a single sign of the type of jutsu from his row of allowed Jutsus.
Within the Library off to the right side held the Clan Library Jutsus, where important jutsu techniques are kept for those growing, nothing that would destroy a clan of course, but ones that were made famous by those clans. However because of this, the shelves were a lot smaller and limited based on the clan. Shino's clan, the Aburame, had their techniques right next to the Akimichi because it was based in name order for this reason.
"Hmm..." Shino sounded as he looked over his scrolls before heading a scroll towards Choji. "Do you think this could work?" Shino asked as Choji looked it over before nodding.
"Yeah, this could work! You could use your bugs to light up rooms while exploring to avoid traps and the like! Or-or, you could use them as a distraction to lure enemies into a trap! Heck, you can even use it to blind people!" Choji grinned as he explained while Shino simply nodded and stored the Jutsu.
"What are you looking for?" Shino asked.
"Oh, uh...I'm a Fire Nature, but I can't really find any Water Jutsu here." Choji explained as Shino walked over to his row. "W-wait! Aren't you-" Choji tried to stop Shino as he just continued on, looking at scrolls until he handed one over to him.
"It's a Water Jutsu." Shino stated simply, "Why did I walk over there? Because you missed it about seven times while walking back and forth because it was hidden behind two other scrolls." Shino explained as Choji blinked.
"Huh, you're right, thanks Shino. Sorry about doubting you like that." Choji apologized as Shino nodded, grabbed his two scrolls and put them in his coat pocket, which contained his storage seal. Choji continued looking a bit before grinning and grabbing another scroll before following alongside Shino.
"Hmm, your move." Kakashi said as he moved his piece.
"Checkmate." Asuma grinned as his knight put Kakashi's into checkmate.
Kakashi simply shrugged, "Oh, guess they're back." Kakashi said before waking a sleeping (and snoring, much to the Librarian's displeasure) Anko up, before sending a nod towards said librarian.
"Huh? Oh the brats are back." Anko said as everyone met up. "So, what Jutsus did you grab, let's start with my team first."
Kiba snorted, "While they were off playing with each other, I grabbed the Genin version of my Taijutsu style, grabbed the scroll for Fang over Fang, as well as grabbed a Wind jutsu to counter my Earth Chakra Nature."
"W-Well, I didn't need to grab the scroll for the Genin style, my father has been tea-teaching me lately and told me not to grab it. So I-I j-just grabbed a healing Menjutsu called Water Style: Healing Waves, as well as getting Futon: Wind Shuriken. I-I figured that if we could augment our regular weapons, such as Shuriken, t-then maybe we could duplicate them l-like Shadow clones..." Hinata blushed a bit as she explained, expecting Anko to be mad that she didn't get the Genin style scroll, but instead Anko nodded.
"Good thinking Hinata! Hey, can you help me learn something like that? I think that with my Shadow Clones, that maybe I can use something like that to add with my style!" Naruto asked with a huge grin on his face. Hinata blushed harder, nearly turning red, as she nodded.
"That was some good thinking, we were going to wait on Multi-tool Jutsu techniques until next time, but it's good for you to show initiative. Jutsu that allow you to turn your Chakra into natured-style weapons are highly valued, but very hard to learn as a result. If they're done sloppily they won't do anything, but if you try to hard to make them perfect, you won't be able to make nearly enough to make it worth the Chakra used. We'll come together as teams in order to teach you that since all of you will be needing to learn it." Asuma explained with a smile.
"Whatever happened to us being the Jonin-senseis of our own teams? I didn't think this was School Field trip day..." Anko sarcastically remarked with a roll of her eyes. "But good job Pale-eyes, you managed to jump the ship, but don't make that get to your head, you may have that but it'll be a while before it's useful, so go grab another Futon scroll real quick and we'll get going." Anko said, turning to leave before Naruto's eye twitched.
"HEY!" He yelled, catching the ire of Anko. "Aren't you forgetting someone!?" He continued on none the wiser before Anko blinked.
"OH! I need to go get more Dangos, you're right." Anko grinned sarcastically, "Yeah, yeah, you're right kid. Shino, what did you get?" She relented.
"..." The silence coming from Shino was deafening as he walked in front and pulled three scrolls out, just letting her look for herself. Annoyed, she picked up the scrolls.
"Stubborn little brats..." She muttered as she looked, "Hmm...so the Genin version of your Taijutsu style, built around using your bugs to attack the enemies...Maybe we can have you learn from Pale-eyes to add a bit more variety to your styles..." She threw the scroll back at him and took a look at the other two. "So, judging from these, you're an Fire Nature and got Katon: Firefly Lighter and Earth Style: Mud Wall...So you're going for a more Recon moveset, that could be great, but you also need ways to protect yourself in the while. I recommend grabbing an offensive Earth Style to learn just so you're not deadweight on the field, but for now this is good." Anko explained before nodding and throwing the scrolls back at him.
"Okay, now you three." Kakashi begun before Anko could say anything more. She merely scoffed.
"Naruto and I grabbed our Genin versions of our style. It seems that both of them are pairs of the other, so we'll be working together since it seems we both have the same Chunnin battle style, just with the addition of our Genin forms. On top of that, I grabbed Katon: Flame Trap and Water Style: Healing Waves. I got the recommendation from Naruto, who got it from Hinata." Sasuke explained with a nod. Naruto grinned a bit as he put his hand around his friend.
"Haha! Yeah, and I got Katon: Flame Riser Shuriken from him as well as a combination skill in Shadow Clone Futon: Multi-Air Bullet Barrage! I figured since I mastered the Air Bullet Jutsu by now, that I can try combining it with my Shadow Clone jutsu, and turns out that there was a scroll about it, and how to use it even more effectively then I was thinking!" Naruto explained, clearly excited to try it out. Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"How were you even going about it?" Sasuke asked as Naruto let go with a skittish grin.
"Well, I was using my shadow clones, then making the signs for the Air Bullet jutsu, then just firing from there. The problem with that was how slow it was, since I had to do a lot of hand-signs and it takes a while to get through it. But this scrolls shows that I can simply combine the signs, taking away a Dog sign to link the two together with a Pig sign, and then it will have me appear wherever I want via the Shadow Sneak Style and just let out a huge barrage of Air bullets at the enemy!" Naruto explained with a huge grin. "However, it seems to take a lot of Chakra, and Kurama warned me that I would need a practice partner to train it, since I won't be able to control where all my clones will go when the technique starts. It's great for surprise attacks, as the Shadow Sneak Style is meant to be about, but if they can tell where I'm going, then I'll be in a terrible position." Naruto continued on, not-so-subtly looking at Sasuke, who smirked.
"Sounds interesting, and seeing as we're going to be practicing for our styles, we might as well work together about it. The Fire Dragon style is about demanding attention from the enemy, and not giving them a single moment to look away or think, so I think that allows me to keep their attention and lead them into a position where you can fire, before ducking into the shadows and switching our styles up with one another. Maybe that's why our styles combine in the Chunnin level?" Sasuke asked as Kakashi couldn't help but smile under his mask.
"Hmm, tell you two what. If you can master that level of style on both sides, as well as that way of attacking an opponent, I'll ask them if I can grab that style for you two since you already understand the reason behind them." Kakashi explained.
"Hell yeah! Let's do this Sasuke!" Naruto grinned and grabbed Sasuke to start practicing.
"H-Hey!" Sasuke panicked out as he was dragged away to begin training.
Sakura growled a bit before Kakashi looked at her. "And what about you?" He asked as she sighed.
"I...I'm still struggling with finding a Taijutsu style for myself, as I wasn't really able to find one as a Academy student unlike those two, but I picked up a few books about Mendjutsu, as well as getting Water Style: Healing Waves, Lightning Style: Augment Mind, and Water Style: Water Wall." Sakura admitted. Before Kakashi could answer, Anko stepped in.
"Hmm, why not use a Mendjutsu Taijutsu style? I have a few friends that could help you find a style like that, and while Kakashi doesn't really interact with them, we're all the Village has this year so we were instructed to help out where we can." Anko explained with her question as Sakura looked up with Naruto's level of giddiness.
Kakashi would never admit that he was terrified at that look in her eye.
Anko would if drunk enough.
"Really!? Let's go right now!" She grinned as the two motioned her to wait. Pouting, she just went to read some of her Mendjutsu (A.N. I'm tired of Medical Ninjutsu, so I'm simply just calling it Medjutsu or Mendjutsu, leave a review on which one you prefer!) while Kakashi rolled his eyes.
"Asuma, you going to ask them about their Jutsu choices?" Anko asked as Asuma thought about it before shaking his head.
"Nah, they know what they're going to go for, and Shikamaru is already on his way to becoming a squad leader. I'm mostly here to make sure he doesn't fall- HEY WAKE UP!" Asuma explained before waking a sleeping Shikamaru from the couch, "As I was saying, I'm just here to make sure he doesn't fall asleep, while giving tips here and there for when they get stuck. I'm a teacher to them, not their baby scooter." Asuma explained as Kakashi and Anko deadpanned.
"How much do you want to bet it was because Shikamaru beat Asuma?" Anko whispered.
"I'll bet 20,000 on it, you?" Kakashi answered.
"10, I don't get my paycheck 'till next week..." Anko answered as Asuma pouted.
They both smirked when Shikamaru nodded their way. "He thought he could beat me in Shogi after a training match, he lost all three sets without getting a single piece and losing all of his." Shikamaru casually remarked as they walked away.
"Why do you do this?" Asuma anime cried.
"Why not?"
"L-Let go of me!" Sasuke struggled as Naruto finally reached the training field and proceeded to let him go. "What's the big idea?" Sasuke asked, more than annoyed as Naruto sighed in relief.
"Honestly I just wanted to get out of there and doing something. Now that we got these scrolls, we can do something with them, and even work together for it. But before that..." Naruto grinned as he got out the scroll containing Air Bullet Barrage. After spreading it out, he slowly went through the hand-signs, not really calling upon the jutsu.
Kurama stirred awake. "Jeez kit, what's with this jutsu? It feels...incomplete honestly." Kurama asked as he looked through the scroll.
Naruto spoke aloud out of confusion, "What do you mean by that?" He asked as Sasuke looked even more confused. Kurama groaned.
"You STILL haven't told him!?" Kurama asked in pure disbelief as Naruto chuckled nervously.
"I still don't even know if I'm allowed to tell him? Isn't it against the village rules?" Sasuke looked downright annoyed with this comment as he interrupted Kurama.
"Just tell me already. I'm sure the Hokage won't mind since we're on the same team. Having secrets will just bog us down and probably get us killed." Sasuke explained as Naruto looked a bit less determined.
"W-Well...I would have to tell all of you..." Naruto laughed nervously as Sasuke punched him in the face. "HEY WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" Naruto yelled in pain.
"You deserved it Dobe." Sasuke said coldly as he sighed. "But try telling me now, then we'll go and tell them later." Sasuke continued, a tad less cold unlike the statement right before.
Naruto lamented a bit, but after a good scolding from Kurama, sighed aloud, "Okay...but it's a Grade S secret, unlike before, this one is beyond serious so I'm going to whisper it into your ear, and unless I, or the Jiji tell you too, you cannot tell a living soul about it." Naruto said with strict seriousness that was usually beyond him, but for Sasuke's credit, he simply nodded as Naruto's normally Sapphire eyes with a faint crimson glow turned near purple in color. Naruto got close to Sasuke's ear and began to whisper. "Kurama isn't a separate personality, but instead the name of the Nine Tailed Fox beast. I'm the holder of him and he's been helping me all these years, but because of his reputation in the village, we can't talk about him so we pass him off as a separate personality." Naruto explained.
"Explains the eye color." Sasuke said simply as he backed away. "So...does he...help you with the Jutsu?" Sasuke asked somewhat awkwardly as Naruto shrugged.
"Kinda? He helps my body remember the jutsu with these weird seals of them, as well as helping me out when I was little at the Academy. Such as stopping me from getting mad at H-." Naruto's voice cracked a bit as he hid behind a grinning mask that Sasuke knew too well at this point. Sasuke sighed.
"Makes sense. Well, can...Can I meet him?" Sasuke asked with a slight hint of curiosity in his tone that Naruto's mask fell slightly at.
"You already have." Kurama spoke aloud with a foxy grin upon Naruto's face. "I popped up here and there to yell at the Old Fart, among other things, but this Jutsu doesn't look right...it looks like only a part of the full jutsu, and it's probably just lowered in order to reduce the power and ease new people into using it. But because of the huge drain of Chakra, it just lowers the usability of said Jutsu as a result..." Kurama said as he stared at the scroll. "Hey kit, I need your help with this one, I want to use you as a sort of judger here since I'll be doing the Jutsu instead of the kit." Kurama told Sasuke who shrugged.
"Judger? So you want me to judge the effectiveness them?" Sasuke asked as Kurama nodded.
"Basically I'm going to try completing this jutsu one sign at a time, using what the kit and I know about it in order to complete it for real. Since it looks to be a pretty A or S rank Jutsu that I motioned him to pick up, but I don't think it was supposed to be in the Genin section." Kurama explained as Sasuke looked a bit confused.
"How so?"
Kurama sighed. "The scroll color was different." Kurama scratched his face a tad nervously as he took out the original Academy style of his, and put it down. Sasuke hovered overhead. "Look, the Academy jutsu scrolls are in a faded brown color, then the Genin style is a light brownish green color, but this scroll is a blueish red color." Kurama pointed out, showing how there were indeed a difference in color. "I think that this is most likely a Chunnin or Jonin Jutsu, but it was hidden off near the end of the Genin section. It looked like it hadn't been touched in a long while given that there was a gathering of cobwebs on it. In fact, if it wasn't for that fact that it was one of the few Jutsus in the Wind area, I wouldn't have asked Naruto to look at it. As soon as I pointed it out, he just went after it." Kurama shrugged, not really caring about hiding his existence at this point with Sasuke.
Most would say that Sasuke and Naruto were like rivals in a way, bickering at each other but still being good teammates, but Sasuke felt a tad differently when it came to Kurama. He was calm, but it was obvious that he could easily become dangerous with what he knew. "Hmm...do you think we should tell the others?" Sasuke asked, though it was clear what he thought of the matter.
Kurama simply grinned his foxy grin. "Why bother? They left it in the Genin section, and if it wasn't for the fact that I know that the Jutsu doesn't look complete, then most would overlook it." Kurama shrugged.
"How do you even know it's incomplete? It looks complete to me." Sasuke asked, noting how the scroll clearly explained it all, but Kurama shook his head.
"Because this Jutsu doesn't tell its whole story. Think of it this way, there's three main parts to this jutsu. There's disappearing, making multiple clones of yourself, and then having them all do the Air bullet jutsu. The problem is, this jutsu only really uses two of those three parts, the making multiple clones and then having them all do the Air bullet jutsu." Kurama explained as Sasuke nodded along.
"I think I have an idea for the sign then, wouldn't a Rat sign work here?" Sasuke asked as Kurama hmmed at it.
"Let's test it out." Kurama said as he slowly did the hand-signs, making sure they all worked as they did, and as soon as he went to the Rat sign, it felt off. "Hmm...I think there's supposed to be something before it, it doesn't circulate the Chakra correctly." Kurama explained as Naruto edged in.
"Hey! Stop stealing my body for that long Kurama, I wanna try it!" Naruto said as Kurama rolled his eyes.
"We're one you numskull, technically you ARE doing it as well, but sorry about that, got carried away." Kurama apologized as Naruto grinned.
"Never expected you two to be friends, but whatever. Hmm...let's try this!" Naruto grinned as he quickly went through the hand-signs, while adding a Kai symbol in front of the Rat. Kurama blinked as he noticed how the Chakra flow corrected itself with the simple change. "Got it!" Naruto grinned as he activated the technique. "Futon: Multi-Shadow Air Barrage Jutsu!" He yelled as he seemed to vanish into the trees around. Sasuke got on alert as multiple Air bullets rushed towards him, which he only narrowly avoided.
"Give me a warning next time!" Sasuke yelled at Naruto who shared a foxy grin with Kurama.
"We did." The two spoke in union before laughing. "So, how was it?" Naruto asked.
"Took too long. It took about ten seconds before you popped out and attacked me, if someone with Chakra hunting properties snuck up on you, you wouldn't have that much time. Even worse, you were obviously in the trees around us, so someone could have put traps there to bait you out, also ending the jutsu. You need something to speed the jutsu up." Sasuke informed as Naruto sighed.
"Knew it..." Naruto groaned in annoyance, "I was thinking the same thing, but the Chakra wasn't building fast enough for it, it felt like it wasn't able to, or that the flow was just not going fast enough.
"Well, you corrected the flow from the looks of it, maybe...maybe it's just not the complete flow of it?" Sasuke shrugged.
Kakashi and Sakura watched from the edge of the Training field outside of the two's range of sight.
"Seems to me they just wanted to start on their Jutsu, what about you Sakura?" Kakashi asked as Sakura groaned.
"I don't know, personally I want to ask about that Medjutsu Taijutsu style, but right now I'm just wanting to learn a bit more about the hand signs." Sakura said as Kakashi smiled.
"Well since we're a team, let's go ask Naruto and Sasuke, it seems they got their hands on a really high ranked Jutsu somehow from the looks of it." Kakashi said cheerfully, but his thoughts told a different story. How did they even learn of that jutsu? I can't reveal my Sharigan to them just yet, not with Sasuke there with how fresh a wound it is, but even without it I can tell that's a Jonin level technique from the color of the scroll, how did they get their hands on it? On top of that, how did the Librarian not call it out? They don't look to be doing it right though, maybe the scroll there is incomplete? His thoughts a whirlwind of ideas, he walked on over alongside Sakura.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto grinned as he called him on over. "Look what I can do!" He grinned as Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"We're still working through it since Kurama said that the Jutsu was incomplete. Oh and Sakura, the dobe has something to tell you." Sasuke spoke with venom on the insult towards Naruto, who flinched a bit before explaining to Sakura and Kakashi about Kurama's existence.
Sakura would normally react with extreme anger, and Naruto even flinched premptively at the thought, but Sakura was a cold fury this time. If Kurama wasn't there, he would almost think himself safe for a second, but Kurama warned him to run and run fast as Sakura took a deep breath.
"Naruto. You knew of this for how long?" She said with an icy cold tone.
"S-Since I was Seven?" He meekly answered.
"And we're how old now?" Sakura continued with her line of questions in the same tone.
"T-Twelve going on thirteen?" He continued while trying to back up out of genuine fear.
"I suggest you run now."Kurama gulped mentally as her eyes glinted on up.
With the fury that even got Kurama scared for his safety, Sakura rose with her fist on up, "NARUTO!" She screamed to the heavens before rushing after him.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Naruto yelled for dear life before running away out of terror for his safety.
Kakashi and Sasuke just watched before shrugging and sighing respectfully. "Now what Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke asked as Kakashi looked instead towards the scroll.
"How did you come across this?" Kakashi asked instead.
"I didn't, Naruto and Kurama found it in the Wind Jutsu section of the Genin area. Kurama said that it looked to be untouched for a while and that Naruto was curious enough to grab it. On top of that, he mentioned it was probably a higher ranked technique due to the hue of the scroll, but that it was incomplete in a way. He was trying to bruteforce the hand-signs alongside Naruto just now, but it still needs work.
"Hmm, and how good were they with the version they got?" Kakashi asked as Sasuke smirked.
"Kurama added a Rat sign here and Naruto added a Kai sign right before it, managing to get the jutsu to work properly, but the speed is slow as it takes about ten or so seconds before the barrage attacks, and though it's powerful, it's easy to counter and isn't as strong as I would expect Jonin techniques to be." Sasuke explained with a wave of his hand. Kakashi smirked.
"Well I'll give you a few hints for it then. This is only 15 of the 34 hand-signs needed for this jutsu, but you only really need 17 to really perform the jutsu itself, with each hand-sign adding more speed, power, and efficiency to the barrage. While this technique can be reduced to the lower number, it's recommended that you learn the Jutsu itself and how the signs goes through before you try having this little signs in it. To be honest, this would be a Chunnin level scroll at best in this state, but the color seems to be of a Jonin scroll oddly enough. Get Naruto and Sakura over here and we're going to go over all of the signs, as well as give you all a rundown of it. It's time for your first lesson as Genin ninja." Kakashi explained as Sasuke nodded.
"Hai Sensei." Sasuke said before heading off to grab Sakura and Naruto.
"Now what was this doing in the Genin section...it can't be a coincidence that a technique this perfect for Naruto shows up..." Kakashi mumbled aloud to no one but himself.
A/N WE DID IT! Chapter 9 is done, and the next chapter has a pure set up this time! As Kakashi said, it seems that Naruto got his hands on a really damn good technique, but it's only about half of the signs needed, and while Naruto can use the technique in a way, it's nowhere good enough to really wreck havoc in this state, and takes up a good bit of Chakra as a result. Ironically enough, they managed to find the first 17 hand-signs, but that'll more be explained in the next chapter.
Also, Team 7 now all know the existence of Kurama, no longer just Naruto and Kakashi! Remember that before now, the most the other Fox Squad members knew was that Naruto talked to another personality of himself, but now Kurama is fully revealed to them and we will be hearing more from our favorite foxy little friend!
Finally, Thank you all for the reviews and everything! It helps a lot and means even more, and I'm just glad that you guys seem to love this so much, cause it's a lot of fun writing it. Hopefully the next chapter won't be as long XD
Well, with all that said, I'll catch you all on the next one!
oh and P.S. Chapter 6 is STILL in editing, the 1st half is all done, but the second half is taking its time. It's going to be long, as just the first half alone seemed to hit 10k in its length after editing. I just kept wanting to add things here and there, as well as flesh somethings I didn't originally. Honestly I might break it into 3 parts just to make it more manageable, so I'm sorry for the delay on that. Sadly I can't post any of the parts until it's all done, just because I don't want to upload an incomplete chapter and that it really wouldn't make sense without the whole thing, so bare with me on that everyone!
Cya!
-Char