Welp here we are, the Gin Chapter, Christ...alright let's just gather around and do this, just need to power through this, and then the Mizore one, I hope this doesn't start becoming a slugfest, I am going to say this again, I am skipping Tamao's Chapter because I have something planned for that, anyway, I don't like this Chapter because of how far I went off the actual source material but Naruto being here has a lot of crazy variables, honestly I think this Chapter is going to fall flat on its face but oh well
like I said RV and Naruto don't mix well but once this Chapter is done, I can start building on everything now that the framework is done, it feels a bit rushed though and the pacing might be off, if anything I'll patch it up later but stick around to the end because yeah, framework is done so there is a bit to go through
Normal Speech: "do you ever wonder if it's all even worth it?"
Flashbacks: "this is nice…isn't it?"
Biju/Fox/Summoning/Inner Moka/Mikogami: "You're pretty good"
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Disclaimer: No I don't own anything, go ahead and take it
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Beep* *Beep* *Beep*
Naruto reluctantly got up as his alarm went off, it was barely four in the morning and the blond groaned in frustration, he always hated waking up so early but regardless, Yūgao was probably already waiting for him at the Dorm's rooftop and the last thing he needed was cold water being thrown at him again
The Shinobi locked his dorm door and slipped his key in his pocket, he wouldn't forget it this time as a few weeks ago Naruto recalled actually locking himself out of his own dorm and Yūgao had scolded him for being so careless but luckily for Naruto, Yūgao actually had the second key.
Naruto let out an exhausted laugh at the memory and slowly but surely the blond made his way to the rooftop...even if he was dragging his feet, once he had got there, Yūgao, without a word, tossed Naruto a wooden practice sword as he grimaced
"This again?" Naruto asked as Yūgao raised an eyebrow
"Is that a problem?" She asked
"I just thought I could start learning Wind Ninjutsu now, I got all of the exercises down and Pervy-sage said you would have something for me when I finished," Naruto said with an excited smile
"Did you finish reading the book?" Yūgao asked, Naruto nodded, he powered through it despite how bored he was and made sure to read everything he needed to learn his first Wind Ninjutsu
"Fine...but not here, we'll need to find a clearing in the woods for that" Yūgao said, the Anbu let out a sigh as she scanned the woods that surrounded the dorms
"O-Oh! I already know of a place, my friends and I found it a few days back" Naruto said as Yūgao glanced at him
Naruto quickly hopped down from the building while Yūgao blinked for a few seconds before following after him
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Yūgao followed Naruto into a clearing with a small pond, that was well hidden from anyone nearby, Naruto was finally going to learn a new Jutsu, he had been meaning to for some time but Yūgao only allowed him to do Wind Chakra exercise and Basic Kenjutsu practices until Naruto actually finished the book Jiraiya gave him and mastered all of the Chakra exercises along with it
"So! What am I gonna learn?" Naruto asked in an excited tone, Yūgao dug into her training bag and tossed Naruto a scroll
"It's a C-rank Ninjutsu, designed for short-range combat, it's known as the Gale Palm by most Shinobis, from what I understand, the User will clasp their hands together and focus their Wind Chakra in between which will compress the wind, from there you can just shoot it from your Palm, the Jutsu is primarily useful for knocking over opponents or speeding up your Kunais into an extremely lethal speed …. Honestly to me, it seems like it's more of a utility-type Ninjutsu than one made for battle" Yūgao explained as she somewhat got lost in her own thoughts before she snapped her finger
"Oh, right, I almost forgot, Kakashi-senpai told me something interesting about Shadow clones, do you mind making one?" Yūgao asked, Naruto looked a bit confused but did so regardless
Poof*
A perfect clone of Naruto stood next to his creator, Yūgao looked over to his clone and inspected it before she turned over to her blond student
"Alright, Uzumaki, I want you to close your eyes and walk ten feet, and don't peek" Yūgao ordered, Naruto was still confused but did so regardless
Yūgao turned back to Naruto's clone, motioned for it to play Rock, paper, scissors with her, after a few seconds of trying, the clone understood what she wanted. the two played and Yūgao won, she didn't even give the clone a chance to react before she sucker-punched him in his face
Poof*
"You can come back, Uzumaki" Yūgao called out as Naruto opened his eyes and walked back to Yūgao's location
"Now then what did I and your clone do?" Yūgao asked, Naruto's eyes suddenly widened as everything clicked in his head
"I lost in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors but how do I remember that?" Naruto questioned as Yūgao looked at the Shinobi and gave him a knowing smirk, she couldn't deny that this teaching thing was rewarding at times
"The Shadow Clone Jutsu isn't just a Jutsu you can use to overwhelm your opponent with sheer numbers when a Shadow Clone dispels all of the Clone's memories and experiences, travel back to the Original, so we'll be using your clones for training as well this way you can improve leaps and bounds in such a short amount of time," Yūgao said
the blond Shinobi had finally put two and two together, recalling that he knew Moka was in danger with Saizou once his Clone had dispelled, he almost wanted to smack himself, it was always in his face and he never noticed it even back in Konoha
Naruto smiled, using a new training method like this Naruto was positive he'd be strong enough to take on Akatsuki with ease, just as Naruto was going to start his training, Yūgao stopped him
"Be advised however using too many clones for training and dispelling all of them at once would put an extremely heavy strain on your mental state and in even more extreme cases could put you in a coma" Yūgao started as she scratched her chin and looked at the Uzumaki who cringed at the thought
"So, start off small, I think around twenty clones would do just fine as long as you dispel them slowly and not all at once" Yūgao finished, Naruto gave her a nod and smiled
"Let's begin then!"
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Moka looked annoyed as she looked at her blond friend who was taking a nap in the middle of Homeroom class, she turned over to Tsukune who simply shrugged his shoulders
"Aren't you kind of used to this behavior from Naruto?" Tsukune asked in a voice just above a whisper, Moka looked over to him and gave him a stern look
"Well...yes but that still doesn't make it right, if Naruto keeps this up, he's going to end up flunking," Moka said while Tsukune sweatdropped, given where Naruto said he was from, it wasn't really likely Naruto was going to end up needing most of this stuff for his future, right? besides this was just Homeroom as well
But now that Tsukune had time to think about it, Naruto never gave them a reason as to how he ended up here? and Was he going to leave soon or would he be staying with them until graduation? These were questions that were now plaguing Tsukune's mind.
"Now as I said, joining a Club is a graduation requirement, it helps us, Monsters blend in with Humans a lot better as we will be put in different situations and it this also helps us understand them just a bit more," Ms. Nekonome said while some students groaned at the idea of more work for them.
"You know, you say that Ms. Nekonome...but your transformation is a bit off don't you think?" a Student pointed out as the homeroom teacher glared daggers at her student before scratching his face, the sandy-blond haired teacher looked at her students and smiled
"Well! That's all class! Make sure to look through the Club booths thoroughly before making your choice!" She cheerfully said her eyes landed on her Sleeping blond student
"Okay, everyone but Naruto can go" Ms. Nekonome dismissed with a cheerful grin, Moka tugged on Naruto's shoulder for him to wake up
"What? Wha? Oh is it time for us to go?" Naruto asked still in a daze from being woken up, Moka shook her head and shot him a small glare
"No it's time for Tsukune-kun and me to go, you're staying here" Moka responded with a small huff, all of his homeroom class left, leaving only Naruto and Ms. Nekonome alone, for Naruto it was an awkward stare-off with his homeroom teacher as the two sat in complete silence
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Is there something wrong, Sensei?" Naruto asked, Ms. Nekonome only approached her fellow blond
"Naruto, you hardly ever pay any attention in my class and usually I catch you taking a nap, I am a very lenient teacher but I need something in return or else I have to put my foot down this time..." Ms. Nekonome said, she bit her lip, Naruto tilted his head in confusion at his homeroom teacher
"What do you need?" Naruto asked, the tension hung in the air for a while before...
"I need you to join the Newspaper Club!" Ms. Nekonome shouted as Naruto blinked
"Huh?" was the only word Naruto could say
"I need you to join the Newspaper Club, we only have one other member if we don't pick up some new ones we'll get shut down" Ms. Nekonome repeated herself, Naruto once again blinked before she continued
"if you join the Newspaper club, I'll let you sleep during class" Ms. Nekonome offered as Naruto looked like he was considering her offer
"Do I have to do it?" Naruto asked, his homeroom teacher nodded
"It's a graduation requirement to join a Club, I think I am giving you quite the one-sided deal but we really need new members," she said as Naruto sighed
"...Alright, I'll do it but can I talk to Tsukune and Moka first?" Naruto said, Ms. Nekonome nodded, Naruto left the Classroom and took a deep breath, to his surprise Moka and Tsukune were waiting for him
"So what happened?" Moka asked as Naruto scratched the back of his head
"I joined the Newspaper club," Naruto nonchalantly said, while Tsukune did a double-take and Moka looked surprised
"You what?" Tsukune asked as Naruto shrugged
"I joined the Newspaper Club, Ms. Nekonome said they needed new members so I joined" Naruto answered in a casual tone while Tsukune and Moka looked at each other
"I was actually hoping we could join the same Club…" Moka trailed off with a sad smile
"I don't see why you guys can't join the Club with me," Naruto said with a friendly smile, Tsukune pondered on the offer while Moka...
"I'd love to!" She accepted and Naruto turned to Tsukune, expecting an answer
"Well, I'd rather we all join a Club together so count me in," said Tsukune, while Moka looked just as happy
"I guess it's settled then we're joining the Newspaper Club," Moka said as Naruto gave the two a nod and turned back to the Classroom
"Ms. Nekonome! I got two more!" Naruto shouted, barging into the Classroom, the Homeroom teacher jumped in surprise
"W-What?" She stuttered out as Tsukune and Moka followed behind their blond friend looking slightly sheepish
"Moka and Tsukune wanna join," Naruto said casually, motioning to them
"T-They do?" Ms. Nekonome asked both Tsukune and Moka gave her a nod, the sandy haired-blonde teacher brightly smiled and gave the three a clipboard
"Oh, This is just perfect! sign your name here, please" the Homeroom teacher said as she passed the Clipboard to Moka, Just as the Pink-haired girl was going to sign her name, the door slammed open
"I wanna join too!" Kurumu said as she rushed over to her friends and snatched the Clipboard from Moka and quickly signed her Name
"You too?" Ms. Nekonome said in surprise, She thought she'd be lucky to get Naruto to join but now she had four new members, Kurumu passed the Clipboard to Naruto who signed it before passing it to Moka and then Tsukune
"You know It'd be kind of rude if we didn't tell Yukari we're all joining a Club together," Moka said in a soft tone, Naruto nodded when he heard this
"Yeah, if I see her today I'll let her know she's free to join us if she doesn't have Club," Naruto said before he turned back to Ms. Nekonome
"So what do we do now?" The blond asked, his Teacher was snapped out of her thoughts
"O-Oh! well, you can all just head home! Come by Monday after your last class and I'll fill you in on what exactly we'll be doing" Shizuka said as she scrambled to get her things together
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It was early in the morning as Naruto stood in the small clearing, in the background were his Clones trying to get the Gale Palm Jutsu right, while was watching him from a distance
"I think I've practiced enough, now it's probably time to test it out" Naruto mused, the Blond got rid of his clones and after a few seconds they were all gone
"Focus the Wind Chakra on your palms," Naruto thought as he did just that, it was a light glow but it was there, he grabbed a Kunai with his left hand to test the Jutsu
"Next compress it" Naruto had a bit of trouble actually compressing the Chakra but little by little he made it work, the blond went into a stance and his gaze fell on a dead tree in the distance, the Jutsu looked to be ready now it just needed to be fired
"Now shoot it out" Naruto grabbed the Kunai's hilt and slammed his right palm into the hilt, like a speeding bullet, the Kunai shot out of Naruto's hand and actually cut through one of the dead trees and got stuck in the tree resting just behind it
Yūgao jumped from her perch on the tree and made her way over to Naruto, her blond student looked pleased
"Well I shouldn't be surprised, Shadow Clones are quite useful and it was only a C-rank Jutsu...still, you've made a lot of progress, Uzumaki, my advice? I think you should get more creative with it once you've actually mastered it completely you ca-"
"But I've already got it down!" Naruto interrupted while Yūgao leveled her gaze
"What did I say about interrupting me?" Yūgao asked, the Shinobi straightened himself out
"Right...sorry Yūgao-sensei" Naruto apologized as Yūgao continued
"What I mean by the master the technique is trying to make it useful in more situations than just for what it was intended by its creator, kind of like your little project with the Rasengan...but moving on from that I have something else to show you," Yūgao said, Naruto frowned
"More Kenjutsu?" he asked, the Anbu woman shook her head
"No...in fact this is something extremely secretive...Uzumaki I want your word that what I teach you is something you keep yourself and only yourself" Yūgao stressed as Naruto eagerly nodded, she took a deep breath
"You recall how I told you about the Headmaster not wanting us to badly injure any students if we can avoid it?" Yūgao said as Naruto gave her another nod
"to keep this short, during specific covert Missions in Anbu, we aren't allowed to kill anyone but our target, so to deal with hostiles defending our target, the Anbu created its own fighting style to incapacitate enemy combatants without killing them and you know…causing an international incident…it's known as CQC, it's short for close quarter combat, I understand your Taijutsu is...okay but this isn't your normal Taijutsu, little to no Chakra is used with the basics of CQC and it's usually designed not to kill but instead knock out your opponent quickly, silently and easily." Yūgao continued as she watched Naruto looked at her with interest
"With all of that said, more advanced techniques do require Chakra especially if you're going for the kill, I'll give you a bit of what to expect, don't use any Ninjutsu or Clones just come at me" Yūgao finished as she got into an odd stance, Naruto got into his own stance and after a standoff of a few minutes, Naruto tried to punch Yūgao, to his surprise, Yūgao sidestepped and grabbed Naruto's wrist, she applied a lot of pressure as she twisted it
"Ack!"
Yūgao quickly brought Naruto's arm down and gave him a jab on the nose, the blond recoiled at the blow and had no time to react before Yūgao forced Naruto to turn his back to her, the Purple-haired Anbu now had Naruto's arm completely extended and she was about to hit Naruto's elbow with her forearm before she suddenly stopped
"Now, I want you to understand this, Uzumaki, had I been an enemy, I would have broken your arm with ease," Yūgao said as Naruto finally realized what position he was in and how quickly he fell into it
"CQC isn't about how hard you can throw a punch or how hard you can kick, it's about efficiency in disabling your opponent, I don't expect CQC to carry you in a fight against Akatsuki's leader but I imagine against whatever trouble you run into here it should be able to handle it without killing anyone." Yūgao said, she applied a bit more pressure on Naruto's wrist causing him to wince in pain
"Ow! Okay! I get it!" Naruto shouted as she let him go, the blond rubbed his wrist before he looked over to his sensei again
"You said it's usually not designed to kill..." said Naruto
"Yes...usually, I assume you want a demonstration?" Yūgao asked as Naruto slowly nodded
"Make a clone, Uzumaki" ordered Yūgao and Naruto made the hand seal for his favorite Jutsu
poof*
The Clone now looked around as Yūgao turned over to Naruto
"Pay close attention" Yūgao sternly said, she suddenly got behind Naruto's clone and placed it into a chokehold
"Now, Naruto, this is called a blood chokehold, I am not allowing blood and oxygen to properly flow into his brain and I am also applying pressure on both of my arms, if I keep this up and apply a bit more pressure, I can knock him unconscious" Naruto watched in awe and a bit of horror as his clone struggled to get out but was slowly drifting away
"And if I want to get rid of him quickly, I can just do this" Yūgao suddenly snapped the clone's neck, in a puff of smoke the clone was gone and Naruto suddenly felt a shiver creep up on him, Yūgao got back up and looked at her student's awestruck face
"We'll work on teaching you the basics later for now…" Yūgao started as she took out a wooden sword and tossed it with a small smile
"It's Kenjutsu practice" she finished and Naruto gave her a nod, the blond had quite a bit on his plate from Wind Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, and now CQC but he was going to make sure he had everything down, anything he could learn here would later be a great weapon in the future
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The Week came and went for Naruto and aside from learning a few basic CQC moves and honing his Gale Palm Jutsu, nothing out of the ordinary, Naruto along with Tsukune and Moka both made their way to the Newspaper Clubroom, the Human looked a bit lost in his thoughts and glanced at Moka, the Vampiress glanced at him and nodded
"U-Uh, Hey, Naruto?" Tsukune almost hesitated to speak as his friend shot a look at him
"Yeah?" the blond stopped walking just as they were nearing the main entrance of another Academy building
"So..your Job, the Shinobi world stuff" Tsukune spoke in a low voice while Moka scanned the area making sure no one was overhearing
"What about it?" Naruto's mouth formed a line, his two friends both squirmed slightly under his gaze, they knew it was probably a bad idea to ask about it now but the two just had to know at least, it would hurt if Naruto just suddenly left.
Tsukune then worked up the courage for his next words, Naruto was their friend, he wouldn't mind, right?
"W-Why did you come here to the Academy? I mean..." Tsukune asked, The Uzumaki sighed.
"I don't know" he lied as Tsukune's denamor flattered and Moka stepped up, not wanting to press that side of her questions anymore.
"But you're at least graduating with us right?" Moka said with hope in her voice, Naruto gulped slightly before he smiled and nodded
"Y-Yeah, I have to!" the Uzumaki lied, Moka and Tsukune looked both a little relieved
Though Naruto was a little anxious about these sudden questions, thankfully for him they had reached the Newspaper Clubroom and the subject changed.
"You did tell Yukari that we were going to be here today right?" Moka asked as Naruto nodded
"Yep! She said she'd swing by when she got the chance but she was dealing with something important" Naruto answered and Moka gave him a smile
"I am really proud of how far she's come…" Moka said Naruto returned her smile
"Yeah, me too…" replied Naruto as he recalled how Yukari apologized to her classmates for her pranks and how little by little she became integrated into their group before the two could continue with their conversation, Ms. Nekonome finally came running over to the group
"I am so sorry I am late, I got caught up with a meeting...and...and," she said as she fiddled with the keys trying to find the right one
"Anyway! Here we are" Ms. Nekonome said as she opened the Clubroom and it was...dusty, very dusty
The Group looked around the place before looking at each other, it wasn't too big or too small but it would need some cleaning before they could get it up and running
"Hey, Sensei, you said there was another member but we're the only ones here," Naruto asked, his homeroom teacher was already quickly sweeping up the place
"Oh right, I guess he's running a little late…" Ms. Nekonome said before writing something on the chalkboard
"I know this might seem strange but has anyone here heard any rumors around school lately?" Ms. Nekonome asked her students who all shook their heads no, except for Kurumu
"Well, I heard Misumi actually stuffs her bra and that Naomi is secretly dating Hideki…" Her friends all looked at her with a deadpan expression as she rambled on while Ms. Nekonome let out a nervous chuckle
"Kurumu-chan, I was hoping something more...newsworthy and not just gossip," She said while Kurumu sighed and waved her hand
"Fine then...I also heard there was a peeper around that's been spying on the Girls locker room but apparently he's too fast for anyone to catch a glimpse of who he really is" Kurumu said, an image of Jiraiya doing his research almost immediately popped in Naruto's head as Moka muttered something inaudible to her friends
The door suddenly opened and Naruto felt his heart stop for a brief second when his eyes fell on the newcomer, it was the same guy.
"Oh! You're finally here, Ginei-kun" the Homeroom teacher greeted with a smile, the tall black-haired student walked with a friendly smile on his face and two flowers bouquets
"Of course, Sensei! I wouldn't miss an opportunity to meet my new Club members after all" the Newcomer said as he approached the group, the black-haired student ignored Tsukune and Naruto and made his way over to the two girls, he handed Moka and Kurumu a bouquet each and gave them a charming smile
"Ginei Morioka but please, call me Gin," he said as Moka and Kurumu took the bouquet of flowers
"Ginei-kun here is the Club President and is our only Second-year member, now I have to actually head out to another meeting, are you all going to be okay?" Ms. Nekonome asked, Gin gave her a nod
"Yes, we'll be just fine" he politely said, Ms. Nekonome gave him a smile and exited the room
"Oh Kami I've got to get out of here!" Naruto mentally yelled as he avoided eye contact with Gin, just his luck that he managed to get into this guy again.
"I really don't like this guy"... Tsukune thought as he glanced over to Moka who looked confused
"So what were you all discussing?" Gin asked Kurumu spoke up
"Well, I think we should use the paper to find out who the secret peeper really is...do some justice for this School" Kurumu said as she set the bouquet of flowers on a desk, Gin gave her a nod and a warm smile
"A great idea! We should start by getting informants...any ideas? Gin asked, Kurumu suddenly raised her hand
"I know a few girls who are in the tennis team, I could start by asking them if that doesn't work I also know other people to start my search" Kurumu offered, the black-haired student smiled
"Perfect! You should get going right away, Kurumu-chan!" Gin beamed as Kurumu gave him a weak smile and made her way out the door
"I'll go with you!" Naruto suddenly shouted before exiting the Newspaper Club room with a surprised Kurumu, Gin watched his two underclassmen leave
"I'll deal with Uzumaki later," Gin thought before he turned his attention to Tsukune and Moka, before clapping his hands
"Now! I have an idea you two, how about we all start putting up filers asking everyone for information about the peeper" Gin proposed, Moka and Tsukune looked at each other before shrugging.
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"Like this Gin-senpai?" Moka asked the Pink-haired girl stood on a chair trying to get the Flier even higher
"Yeah, just a little more…" Gin said as he squatted down and let out a smirk as he looked into his prize, Tsukune looked over to his upperclassman in curiosity before he squatted down and looked to what Gin was looking at
Tsukune's face suddenly turned bright red but before he could say or do anything, Gin grabbed him by his collar
"It's not nice to peep on ladies you know," whispered Gin and turned to Moka who was still putting up the poster
"Hey, Moka-chan, Tsukune here was getting an eyeful of your panties" Gin said as the Pink-haired girl turned to Tsukune and gave him a hateful glare
"What?!" Moka shouted and got closer to the human
"N-N-No I…!"
*Slap*
"There are few things I hate more than a pervert!" Moka shouted before she stormed out of the Clubroom, Gin shook his head at his underclassman
"Tsukune, you're an idiot," Gin said as he left the room, leaving a shaken Tsukune alone, holding his red cheek
"W-What just happened?"
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"So...Naruto, What made you wanna tag along?" Kurumu asked the blond shrugged his shoulders, the two were making their way to the Tennis Club
"I just felt like coming...hehe" Naruto answered, quickly trying to change the subject and avoid that conversation all together.
"Hm...Whatever...oh hey! Haruka! Over here!" Kurumu shouted as she waved her hand, a dark green-haired girl perked up
"Oh! Hey! Kurumu-chan!" she said as the two approached her
"You're still part of the Tennis team, right?" Kurumu asked the green-haired girl nodded
"Yeah why?" the girl answered she gave the two a friendly smile
"Perfect! Well, I actually joined the Newspaper Club we're looking for information about that peeper in the girl's locker room, you know who I am talking about right?" Kurumu asked the green-haired girl nodded again
"Y-Yeah, though I know just as much as anyone else, he's too fast for anyone to catch but...I heard Kaori was actually in the locker rooms when he struck, you could ask her if she saw anything, I gotta go now Kurumu-chan" Haruka answered before walking away, Naruto exhaled
"I guess we got some sort of lead" the blond commented as he turned to Kurumu, who looked displeased
"Any idea where we could find this 'Kaori'?" Naruto asked, Kurumu's face suddenly darkened
"I...I know where but I don't like her" Kurumu answered, Naruto raised an eyebrow
"Why?" he questioned as the Blue-haired girl let out a nervous laugh and scratched the back of her head
"Haha...Well, she and I always would always get into arguments, she's the Captain of the Tennis team " Kurumu answered as she poked her fingers nervously
"You were part of the Tennis team?" Naruto asked Kurumu nodded
"Yeah, I was, just before I met you guys...and she's the one that also voted to kick me out of the team when I start chasing Tsukune-kun around and ditching practice," Kurumu said, Naruto shook his head
"You say that with no shame…" Naruto pointed out and Kurumu pouted
"Hey! in fairness, the team was pretty disorganized in general, half of us wouldn't even show up to practice!" Kurumu refuted while Naruto shook his head
"Right...but we still have to do this so..." Naruto said he began to walk in the direction of the courtyard with Kurumu begrudgingly following behind him, just as they exited the building the bell suddenly rang signifying that Club activities were now over
Naruto cursed silently while Kurumu let out a sigh of relief
"We should get back to the club, we'll go check on Kaori for more information tomorrow," Kurumu said with a smile, Naruto looked over to her before realizing he had left his things back in the Clubroom
"Good idea"
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Tsunade looked out of the window of the Hokage tower while musing to herself, she watched as the civilians went about their lives, a knock on her door suddenly pulled her out of her thoughts
"Come in," she said as a tall, black-haired man with a Jounin vest and two scars on his face walked in
"You called for me, Tsunade-sama?" the man said, Tsunade gave him a smirk
"I did...Shikaku but before we can start…" Tsunade suddenly stomped on the floor
"Oi! Pervert! Get over here" Tsunade shouted, Shikaku looked at his Kage confused until Jiraiya appeared and jumped through the Window
"Tsunade-hime, you don't have to yell, I was just on the roof," Jiraiya said as Tsunade signaled for her Anbu to leave the office
"Whatever...just set up the privacy seals," Tsunade said, Jiraiya's face suddenly turned serious and he walked over to the door
"Tsunade-sama?" Shikaku asked wondering what exactly was going on as he watched Jiraiya place several tags on the door and walls
"Shikaku, I am going to let you in on an important secret" Tsunade started as she took a deep breath
"Jiraiya and I have been shifting our focus more on Akatsuki due to a factor that Jiraiya and I would like to keep to ourselves for now, with that said, we cannot proceed with our plans without first getting rid of an internal problem" Tsunade explained, Shikaku raised an eyebrow
"An internal problem?" Shikaku asked the Nara Clan-head had a feeling he knew who Tsunade was referring to
"Danzo, we can't keep going on with our operations without dealing with Danzo, first, depending on how we handle this, we'll come out stronger and more unified than ever or...we might have a bigger problem on our hands" Tsunade bluntly stated
"Troublesome...I am assuming you've brought me here in order to help you come up with a plan to finally take care of him" Shikaku said with a sigh as Tsunade nodded and spoke
"Danzo has been a thorn in our side since the early days of the Sandaime, I am sure you know the rumors surrounding him, they're all mostly true but that's not all... he was in collusion with Orochimaru at one point and while I would want nothing more than to toss him in a cell for that alone, I found something else that made me reconsider that option."
Tsunade took out a small black book and placed it on her desk, Shikaku picked it up and flipped through the pages of the book with a calculating eye
"This...This is…." Shikaku couldn't get the words out as Tsunade leaned back in her chair; the pictures in front of him showed weapon stashes, Root Banners, and Orphans being trained in the field already.
"Root is not only still active but it's still flourishing, that's why I wanted to be extra careful when dealing with this if our estimates are correct, We outnumber Root, five to one but despite that Root, Anbu are tough as nails for our forces, so going head to head with them is out of the question, I don't want to weaken Konoha's forces if I can avoid it…" Tsunade explained, the Slug Princess bit her lip as she wanted to choose her next words carefully
"And Ideally, I'd like to take control of Root myself," Tsunade said, Jiraiya let out a frown but said nothing while Shikaku shifted uncomfortably
"...May I ask why, Tsunade-sama?" he asked as Tsunade stood up and gave her subordinate a stern look
"As I said before recent developments with Akatsuki have caused us to take them as a more serious threat, I won't tell you everything but the Leader of Akatsuki has Ame under his rule, this implies he killed Hanzo of the Salamander...that alone moved them up our threat list" She started before taking a deep breath
"There was also an Incident in Kumo recently which I am sure you've no doubt heard about...I don't like the idea of having a bunch of mindless drones in my ranks and believe me if there was another way I'd take it...but I am the Hokage, it's my duty to ensure the Village is prepared for the coming storm even if it means I have to get my hands dirty, having Root Anbu to bolster our ranks would greatly benefit Konoha greatly for upcoming operations but this is a delicate situation" Tsunade explained while Shikaku looked more at ease when he heard this, she wasn't doing this out of a lust for power at least.
And after some consideration Shikaku could see the value of having such fanatic Shinobi in their own units
"I...see," the Nara-clan head said before looking to be lost in his thoughts, after a minute or so the man spoke again
"I have a couple of ideas"
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As Naruto and Kurumu made their way back to the Newspaper Club, they came upon an interesting scene
"Moka-chan! Please just let me explain!" Tsukune frantically said, Moka simply ignored him and kept walking, she refused to even make eye contact with him
"Just please leave me alone" Moka softly spoke as she left the hallway leaving a confused Naruto and Kurumu on the side
"Did something happen?" Kurumu whispered over to Naruto who simply shrugged and watched a dejected Tsukune walked straight past them, an idea then passed through the blond's head and he frowned
"I don't know...you go check on Tsukune, I'll go look for Moka, whatever it is, I am sure we could fix it, usually we can…" Naruto said as Kurumu gave him a slow nod, not wanting problems with her new friend group
Gin watched the scene from a distance and a frown appeared on his face when he saw Kurumu run off after Tsukune and Naruto runoff for Moka, right now getting rid of Tsukune was his priority, getting rid of Naruto would be a bonus if the next phase of his plan came together, Gin suddenly noticed two girls gossiping not too far from him
"Excuse me, ladies, I was wondering if you could tell me anything about Tsukune and Moka?" Gin asked the girls stole a glance at each other before shaking their heads
"Only that they might be a couple, I mean have you seen how she latches on to him?" one of the girls said while the other nodded
"Yeah, I heard some of the girls say they've seen Moka kiss Tsukune's neck, there is definitely something going on," the second one mused
"It's not fair! What's so special about him?!" Gin shouted as the two girls jumped
"He's losing it! We need to get out of here!" one of the girls yelled before running away, Gin looked around him as Students were staring at him
"I swear by the end of today I'll make Moka my woman and I'll smear Tsukune's reputation through the mud" Gin let out a growl composed himself before going off to look for Moka
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Moka let out a sigh of frustration as she sat by the wall on the rooftop of the Academy, She didn't know Tsukune was this type of person, she looked up at the sky, it was still early into the Night, she'd stay here to clear her mind first
Moka wasn't going to talk to Tsukune or head to the Club tomorrow maybe until this whole thing blows over, She'd give it time and it was probably for the best, Moka let out a sigh and stood up to head back to her dorm before she could get moving she heard a voice
"Moka!" the pink-haired girl jumped up
"Naruto!" She said as Naruto somehow sat next to her without knowing
"How do you keep doing that!?" Moka yelled while Naruto let out a chuckle and shook his head, recalling a vague excuse Kakashi once used during their team seven meetings.
"I'm not sure" Naruto answered with a shrug, Moka gave him a pout before she sat back down with a huff
"So what happened back there?" Naruto asked as Moka stared into the distance
"Gin-senpai caught Tsukune-kun peeking up my skirt," Moka spoke softly, a frown appeared on Naruto's face, the blond sat down with his pink-haired friend
"And what did you do?" Naruto said while Moka sighed
"I...slapped him and left, I don't know what to do next, Naruto-kun," Moka said
Naruto looked up and noticed that the moon was starting to rise, he was probably gonna regret this later.
"Moka, I wouldn't trust Gin…" Naruto stated as Moka turned to him with a puzzled look
"What do you mean?" She questioned
"I had a run-in with Gin, a while back, he's actually a bit of a pervert then too, I don't think Tsukune was looking up your skirt, I mean he wasn't a pervert before, was he? Why would he start now?" Naruto pointed out as Moka looked down, Tsukune was still her first friend...
"I suppose I didn't give him a chance to explain himself, I might have overreacted" Moka trailed off, before glancing at him
"Wait You know Gin-senpai?" Moka questioned as Naruto stiffened
"N-No! Look, that's not important!" Naruto stood up, he extended his hand to her
"let's go look for Tsuk-"
"Moka-chan, I finally found you!" Gin said as he suddenly appeared on the rooftop, he slowly made his way to her until Naruto got in his way
"I would appreciate it if you got out of my way, this is between me and Moka-chan," Gin said, the upperclassman stared down the Uzumaki who returned his gaze
"And I'd appreciate it if you'd keep your distance" Naruto shot back with a glare, Gin scoffed.
"Why is that, Uzumaki?" Gin questioned he narrowed his eyes at the blond, two still said nothing to each other and Naruto still maintained his glare until he spoke again
"I don't know what you were planning but I am gonna stop you right now, I know Tsukune, he would never peak on Moka, mainly because he's a bit of a wimp to even think about it but mostly because he has basic decency!" Naruto shouted as he pointed to him, a frown suddenly appeared on Gin's face, his face twitched slightly and he took a deep breath
"I was going to smear Tsukune's reputation in the mud and take my time dealing with you, Naruto but now it looks like I am going to take drastic measures," Gin said, he looked at the full moon before looking back at Naruto and Moka with a feral smile
"I'll just make Moka Akashiya my woman by force" Gin's body began to morph into his monster form
"A Werewolf...he's a Werewolf," Moka said, fear was dripping in her tone, she subconsciously took a step back as she and Naruto both looked at Gin's new form
"Werewolf or not, I won't let him get to you" Naruto never took his eyes off Gin, the Werewolf took a step forward
"I made sure that just in case my plan fell apart, I'd still have the upper hand here" Gin started before glancing at the rising full moon in the distance
"with the full moon out, a Werewolf can reach unimaginable speeds, you can't beat me Uzumaki" Gin finished before he vanished, Naruto's eyes widened
"Oh crap! He's almost as fast as bushy brows!" Naruto barely had time to block a blow from Gin, the blond jumped back and kept his gaze on Gin, this still surprised Gin as it wasn't every day someone could react to his full moon boosted speed especially while staying in their human form
"That could've been really, really bad" Naruto mused before motioning for Moka to get out of here
"I...I need to find Tsukune-kun, then I can come back and help Naruto-kun" Moka thought before she ran off to look for her Human friend, Gin saw this and was about to go after her, when Naruto stopped him and tackled him to the ground.
"Oi! Your fight is with me, Ero-mutt!" Naruto shouted as Gin's canine eyes focused on a smiling Naruto, Gin picked himself off the ground
"Then why don't you transform and we'll get this over with, I still have my prize to catch up to," Gin said, while Naruto cracked his knuckles
"I don't need to...if I am being honest I think you'll give me the workout I need" Naruto replied as he took out a kunai and slipped into a basic CQC stance
"Well, you're going to need more than a toothpick to stand against me" Gin taunted as he took notice of the Kunai
"I know he's fast...fast enough to rush Jounin at least if bushy brows were anything to go by". Naruto and Gin's standoff came to an end when the blond suddenly dodged a horizontal slash
"Thank Kami for those reaction spars with Ero-sennin…I only just learned CQC so it might not help here..." Naruto moved his head just in time to avoid getting hit by Gin's claw, the blond saw an opening and shoved his Kunai in Gin's Shoulder
Gin let out a howl of pain as he tried to slash Naruto again, the Uzumaki jumped back and watched as Gin removed the Kunai from his Shoulder
"I'm not even sure you're allowed to have these on campus, Naruto" Gin said as he dropped the Kunai on the floor.
"I keep them around just in case people like you show up" Naruto shot back, to his surprise, the stab wound on Gin's shoulder was already healing at an alarming rate
"I guess he's far more durable now, honestly? Numbers just might work, hopefully I don't really hurt him too bad" Naruto mused before making a hand seal
"Kage bunshin no Jutsu!" at least thirty clones appeared and flanked Gin to make sure he couldn't escape, on the rooftop, the railing, everywhere.
"...Doppelgangers?" Gin muttered as Naruto smirked at Gin's shocked look
"I still got a few tricks up my sleeve you know!" Naruto shouted before the clones began to attack Gin from different directions
Little by little Gin was getting overwhelmed, as for every clone he was lucky enough to get rid of, another one would take its place: the real Naruto created a Rasengan, if his estimates were correct this wasn't going to kill Gin.
Naruto snuck into the fight with the Rasengan in his hand, using his clones as cover. Gin was getting rid of a handful of clones before the Uzumaki suddenly appeared behind Gin
"Rasengan!" Naruto shouted Gin had no time to react as Naruto shoved the Jutsu in the werewolf's back
"AAAAAAHHHH" Gin let out an ear-piercing scream as he fell on the ground, the pain was too much for Gin and he fell unconscious, however, his Werewolf form was already healing the wound left from the Rasengan, something that fascinated Naruto.
"I'll have to ask Yukari about that, Pervert must have some crazy regeneration," Naruto thought before checking for the Werewolf's pulse and it was clearly still beating. The blond sent one clone to go look for Moka and dispelled the rest of the clones.
Naruto sat there and was trying to think of what to do with the unconscious Gin before an idea popped in his mind, The Shinobi picked up Gin's body before jumping through the Academy rooftops and to the Girls Dorm
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Yukari was smiling in her bed, dreaming of finally winning over her precious Moka-chan, being one of the most powerful Witches in the Monster world, and being praised by her Naruto-niisan as one of the greats to ever walk this earth.
Thwack*
A Pebble tapped on her window and Yukari grumbled as she pulled her bucket and turned away from the Window
Thwack*
Another Pebble tapped on her window, this time Yukari got up and looked out her Window, what she saw was...interesting, Naruto was outside, waving at her and holding an unconscious student
"Nii-san?" Yukari whispered as she rubbed her eyes, Yukari blinked at what she was seeing before Naruto motioned for her to come down, Yukari was somewhat confused as to what was going on but she made her way down
"Nii-san, it's really late, what's going on?" Yukari asked Naruto pointed over to Gin
"Okay, so I told you about the Club right?" Naruto started as Yukari nodded
"Yeah the Newspaper Club from Nekonome-sensei"...
the Uzumaki cleared his throat before continuing
"This guy was a pervert that tried to frame Tsukune and was peeping on Moka, so I was wondering…" Naruto trailed off, motioning his hand for Yukari to speak
"You want me to help you get back at him" Yukari finished for him as she let out a yawn and Naruto smirked
"Yep!"
Yukari looked at Gin's body before looking back at Naruto
"Alright, so I have a couple of ideas...but what kind of Monster is he?" Yukari asked, She shivered as she felt a cool breeze suddenly hit her, it was still pretty late
"A Werewolf" Naruto answered casually, Yukari looked up at the sky and saw that the Full moon was still out and her eyes widened
"Wait! wait!You beat an S-rank Monster while he was at his best?!" Yukari shouted
"Keep it down!" Naruto hushed as Yukari covered her mouth
"Yeah, I did, though it wasn't too hard, I guess he didn't expect anyone to keep up with him, I probably got a little bit lucky too..." Naruto trailed off, trying to analyze the earlier battle in his head, Yukari just stared at her older brother figure in amazement
"J-Just how strong is he really?" Yukari thought before she looked back at Gin and a smirk appeared on her face
"I have a perfect idea for, I'll get some handcuffs and itching powder, this should work perfectly," Yukari said as Naruto gave her a smile
"I knew I could count on you!" Naruto spoke and the two soon got to work
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Naruto and Yukari sat on a lunch table with Tsukune and Moka, the two were stealing glances at each other while Naruto and Yukari were eating their lunch and ignoring the tension that was practically suffocating Tsukune and Moka
"You two should really just talk about it already, what happened already happened," Naruto said before taking a sip of his water bottle, Moka blushed in embarrassment as she looked at Naruto before looking back at Tsukune
"T-Tsukune-kun" She started, the Human finally made eye contact with her
"I am...sorry, Tsukune-kun for everything I did yesterday, I should have listened to what you had to say first, before reacting," Moka said as Tsukune smiled
"It's fine, Moka-chan, let's just forget about what happened as Naruto said, it's already over…"
Moka returned his smile with one of her own and the tension that was suffocating the two was soon gone, though Moka still wanted to find out something important
"E-Er...Naruto-kun what happened with Gin-senpai?" Moka spoke, breaking the silence while Naruto's lips curled into a small smile and pointed his thumb at Yukari
"Yukari and I took care of it, though he's probably going to miss today's Club meeting…" Naruto answered, while Tsukune blinked at that.
"What did you do?" Tsukune pressed, wanting to know if his friend was gonna be in any trouble
"Itching powder, handcuffs, a blindfold and hot wax" Yukari bluntly listed as Naruto nodded and took another bite of his food, both Moka and Tsukune gave the two a deadpan look before a pair of hands covered suddenly Tsukune's eyes
"Guess who?"
Tsukune let out a sigh then smiled at the feminine voice
"Kurumu-chan?"
"Of course, it's me, Tsukune-kun!" Kurumu shouted as she hugged the human from behind, her breast actually resting on Tsukune's head, making him lightly blush
"You seem to be in a good mood, this morning Kurumu-chan" Moka greeted with a half-smile, Kurumu glanced at Naruto, Yukari, and Moka before taking out a set of papers
"Why wouldn't I be? We're going to get the story out about Gin being the peeper later this week if it all goes well, I gotta say...I wasn't so sure if I was going to like this whole journalism thing but it's actually pretty fun" Kurumu said, while Naruto held his breath
After reading through all of the papers, the Uzumaki let out a sigh of relief and gave back the draft of the Newspaper to Kurumu
"Thanks for keeping me out of the Paper" Naruto said while Kurumu shrugged
"Hey, it's what you wanted…" Kurumu trailed off before she straightened out the Papers and put them away
"Anyway, we should probably get an idea of what the next issue is going to be, we gotta keep up the momentum now, the Academy hasn't had a full Newspaper Club in a while!" Kurumu spoke while Naruto suddenly felt a shiver run down his spine, a very familiar freezing cold shiver.
Naruto whipped his head around trying to find the source as his friends all gave him a strange look, his Ocean blue eyes scanned the area and through a crowd of students but there was nothing
"It was probably nothing," Naruto thought with a shrug before looking back at the Newspaper Club with a Smile and the School week went on
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End
Alright, sorry if that Chapter wasn't all that great especially the fight scene I rewrote it a few times before just saying screw it, because I was going to fall in a writer's block pit and probably never upload this Chapter if I didn't, so flame me all you want but I need to do this anyway the foundation is done and now I can move on to the other things, if anything I can go back and fix the fight
CQC, yeah if you know where that comes from, you have taste, my friend, but seriously, I am going to go more in-depth with it later and what tweaks I made to it, my objective now is to expand the way Naruto fights so he's more flexible in all aspects of the Shinobi arts but CQC isn't going to be OP taijutsu, it's not even going to be Naruto's actual Taijutsu style but it's not going to be entirely useless in Naruto's world, it'll have its moments.
I feel like Yukari wasn't in this Story as I would have liked, having a balance of everyone is kind of hard but I am sure with time it'll get easier
As for training overall this is all Naruto is going to have under his belt and train with for the time being until after the Kuyo stuff, as I said, Shippuden hasn't even started and probably won't start any time soon, I am still gonna use this time so I can build him up before focusing on what he got in Canon, i.e Rasenshuriken, Sage mode, Kyuubi mode, etc but there is going to be more in between until he gets that
Now, the Danzo thing is going to be interesting because without Naruto in Konoha it's going to have a bouncing butterfly effect in the elemental Nations but that's for later
Anyway, here's where the Fun begins, See ya later, oh and I am going to start naming Chapters now, so yeah