:Acknowledgement:
By Xaerox
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto never have and never will
Genre: Action/Adventure and Romance
Rating: G-13 - quite a lot of swearing but who can blame me - it's natural...
Paring: Naruto/Sakura and some others
Comments: Please feel free to add a comment for each chapter to express you own feelings throughout my progression with the story- cheers
:Chapter 3:
Although both Itachi and Kisame can't exactly teach Naruto the moves as they don't know them themselves, they helped Naruto with the instructions on the scroll. It was useless to learn these moves themselves as they didn't have the bloodline but also it requires to me learnt at youth to master the techniques. They can only help and watch as their apprentice continue to enhance his strength.
By looking at Naruto now, it is surprising how much the intensive training has affected him in such a short period of time. His body was much more built and toned, rarely seen wearing a shirt due to the fact that countless of his previous shirts and clothes have been ripped during this demanding course.
He grown bit taller than before due to his new diet of fresh fruit and mineral water, resulting him to become more fit and healthy and he felt all this too, feeling the difference it made inside him. On his forehead now was the black bandana his father left him, it given him a much greater determination and reminded him to reach his parents expectations all the time whilst training.
During the training, not surprisingly, he found the hardest one to master was his mum scrolls mainly due to immense pain from Taijutsu. The technique known as "Inner Diamond" was to help him resist pain and resistance with any of the five elements hit upon him. He found this was to be the hardest technique to master at this stage due to constant struggling and soreness.
Up to now, he been training this technique with Itachi throwing coconuts aimed at his stomach dropped high up from the tree. After the pain and constant stomach aches and off-colour diarrhoea, he finally got used to it. Next he moved from coconuts to medium round stone boulders weighing in around 200kg each. The first time it happened kind of knocked the wind out him and was lucky Itachi was very precise as if it went a tiny bit lower, then he might as well say goodbye to his manhood. However he stuck to it and is currently practising at this level.
The Golden Finger move required a lot of patience, Kisame made Naruto practise breaking nuts with his three fingers. Everyday he could constantly break more and more nuts until his fingers bled or disjointed then stopped.
The other techniques left from his father were the Invisible Light Speed and Silent Air, which are both procedures and not Jutsus. Light speed requires a lot of quick agility which Itachi helped him by carrying 50kg weights everywhere around his body. He now can travel with weights as fast a Lee at his maximum speed after three months of practise. He realised the reason he is so fast with all this is mainly due to the other training which helped everything all around.
Silent Air he practised by balancing on a ball and practising stealing bird eggs under the mother without her noticing it happen. His silent agility is proven to be most improved and quite an important and useful technique to master.
After all this, Itachi and Kisame also made Naruto practice some of their own moves. Apart from fast attacks learnt from Itachi, Naruto also leant mainly fire Jutsus and at the moment he is current in the middle of perfecting his Nova Discs. This is where thin disc shaped molten lava are created in his hands which are then able to be thrown out at high velocity, cutting anything in its paths as it flew.
Kisame made Naruto sign a pact with sharks, enabling him to summon sharks at will when he needs it.
"It is very useful near sea Naruto" explained Kisame "As they can carry you anywhere you want" he added proudly
Both Itachi and Kisame grew very fond of the spiky blonde haired boy and wanted to teach him everything they know. Naruto on the other hand grew deep respect for his Senseis and found more important two more persons to protect in his heart.
As he went to get some water, Itachi and Kisame came towards him
"Hey Itachi and Kisame Sensei" he said loudly with his old cheeky fox grin
"Naruto... we wanted to tell you that it is time to take a visit to see an old friend of yours" said Itachi gently
"Great!" Shouted Naruto, jumping up in the air
"We going back already... man I missed my team mates" he said whilst looking at the old photo picture team seven by the old tree trunk
"Umm... not exactly "smiled Kisame
"Think of it as an old friend inside of you..." he grinned
"No..." gasped Naruto, eyes starting to widen "You joking... umm right...?"
"No Naruto" replied Itachi not showing the slightest worry
"It is time we paid a visit to your dear old friend Kyubi"
Naruto and his two Senseis, Itachi and Kisame sat down facing each other in a triangle in meditation position.
"Ok" said Itachi
"Everyone ready... right I am going to make everyone enter your mind Naruto including yourself... don't worry about it and just relax"
Naruto nodded and slowly closed his eyes in deep concentration. Suddenly he felt funny and then felt falling down a black hole and landed on the ground with a thud. Beside him already there was Kisame and Itachi Sensei.
"Where are we?" Naruto asked looking around the dark place, and then he saw a gate in front of them with stylised carvings across it.
"We are outside the room leading to Kyubi's lair" said Itachi still amazingly calm
"C'mon not a moment to lose"
They entered the door and went inside. Suddenly after opening the gate a rush of light blinded their eyes at first sight. Afterwards, they felt a phenomenal amount of Chakra emitted around them.
"I see that you finally given me a visit" said a sweet voice in front of them
They turned to look in front of them only surprised to see a woman in her late twenties wearing a light, white garland wrapped around her body, looking like a Greek goddess. Her skin was light and shinny, had long, silky brunette hair and a pair of very mysterious hazelnut eyes but wore a very brilliant smile showing very white teeth.
"Who the hell are you" asked Naruto rudely as always, Itachi pulled him back calming him down
The girl grinned "I am kyubi... silly boy..."
She was happy to see the response of great shock on their face. Before they could ask anything and as if answering their first thoughts she spoke out.
"I am in my human form or figure if you like... coz the demon figure will be too big to stay here...anyway why are you here?"
"I am sorry to interrupt your... time" said Itachi, a little tense
"But I am here with Kisame, Naruto's Sensei to ask you to stop giving Naruto such a hard time... I mean he is a kid after all and you are living inside him"
Kyubi gave them all a very surprised look "You are joking right... why should I bother with that brat, I do what I like and you can't stop me..."
"That is true" replied Itachi "However deep down I see that you also grown quite fond of the boy just like us"
Kyubi looked at them and then burst out laughing "Me fond of this little brat, don't waste my time"
"NOW LOOK HERE YOU FUCKING BITCH!" shouted Naruto, who was all this time been quiet from anger.
Both Kyubi and his Senseis were shocked to hear what he just said and faced towards the boy.
Before Kisame could catch him, Naruto walked towards Kyubi in big deep strides.
"You listen loud and clear, I don't give a fuck what you think and I don't give fuck less, you live inside by fucking body and I have to get used to all your fucking bitching!" Naruto shouted out loud at her, now face first with Kyubi.
"If you don't start cooperating the I am going to fucking kick you so fucking hard up your tight ass that you'll be spit shining my sandals with your fucking tongue!"
Kyubi was amazed by the kid's determination and looked up at him and smiled.
"Very food Naruto, strong determinations like your father, you have grown to look up to yourself and I will be honoured to help you out" she replied
"WHAT!" gasped Naruto loudly in surprise. Itachi and Kisame were the same
"Why?"
"I wanted to help anyone who had strong potential... I must admit the first time I saw you I was a little pissed off with our cockiness and skills" said kyubi seriously
"However, you are the fourth's son and after e sealed me up, I wondered if I could help out his son to return the honour of losing... now from what I just saw before you still haven't matured enough for my help..."
"But now..." Kyubi added with a smile towards Naruto
"Now I can definitely feel your determination and power and will grant you my powers for you" with that she offered her hand
Naruto was still in shock and offered hi hand dumbly after a few seconds and shook it gently. Kyubi laughed sweetly at his daze and leaned over and given him a light kiss on his forehead just like Tsunade.
"Show the world you are the son of the fourth Hokage and get their acknowledgement" she added at the end.
Naruto smiled and replied "don't you mind me Kyubi... I will!" with that he made his way back towards his Senseis who were now looking very stiff.
"Oh... and Naruto..." said Kyubi behind him
"Yes Kyubi ... what is it?" Naruto turned around
"I forgot to give you a good bye present..." smiled Kyubi
"What's that?" asked Naruto looking a little confused and starting to scratch his head
"This!" shouted Kyubi, with that she threw three scrolls straight inside Naruto stomach at amazing speed and strength smacking him back to reality.
"What the..." he said looking around.
Suddenly all these hand seals and moves rushed around Naruto's body and brain.
"Whoa..." he gasped
"What is it Naruto?" asked Itachi looking worried "You ok?"
"I am more than ok Itachi sensei" said Naruto still a little shocked
"I just learned three new moves... must have been Kyubi's gift" he shuddered
"All this power... I can feel it inside of me" he gasped
"Well show us what Kyubi taught you "said Kisame looking interested just like Itachi
"Ok... I try Kisame Sensei" he replied getting up on to his feet
Suddenly as if everything just came back to him, he did a quick hand deal in lightning speed and shouted
"Chakra Burst!"
Suddenly a spiral of red flame went up from Naruto's feet surrounded around him as a protection. Naruto could even walk around with no problem at all, he was stunned at what he had just performance and looked at the flame in wonder.
"Wow!" he said all excited "Pretty cool huh...I remember this against Haku a while back... it kinda stooped oncoming attacks such as his needles I think..."
Without warning, Itachi threw three Kunais aiming straight at Naruto's head in a fast move. The blade of the kunai never touched Naruto's head as it bounced from the flame, not damaging it whatsoever, Naruto himself felt nothing at all.
"That's a very use move you got there Naruto" said Itachi calming "try doing a Jutsu with it going..."
Naruto nodded and make some shadow clones of him self in the side the flame.
"Hmm... not bad" he smiled "I like to see how Sasuke and Lee touch me now... I kinda feel a bit like Gaara now"
He stopped the move as it began to use up quite a bit of his Chakra.
"Ok, so you care for another?" asked Kisame looking very pleased at him and eager to see what else he learnt.
"No problem"
Naruto now pleased with his new move attempted the second one with another quick step of hand seals and finally passing his palm on the ground causing a rise of a big cloud of smoke around him. When it surpassed, a fox appeared with a scroll in his mouth
"Nice..." said Kisame impressed
"Another summoning Jutsu of foxes... you got quite a lot of animals under your belt now haven't you... toads, sharks and now foxes, quite a variety to chose from"
"Hell yea!" shouted Naruto
He signed the scroll with his own blood quickly and noticed he was the first one ever on the list. The fox bowed down said thanks and went away in a poof of orange smoke.
"Right..." said Itachi "and you final one ..."
Naruto this time slowly closed his eyes and concentrated. When he opened them, this time the eye colour changed dramatically. It was orange and hand a black slit down the middle.
"Whoa..." Naruto gasped, "I can see... I can see all your weak points... your thoughts and ... what the hell is this?"
"Holy Shit!" cried out Itachi losing all sense of calmness "I can't believe this... I can't believe Kyubi send him this power..."
"Naruto..." he sighed
"This is known as Kyubi's Eye"
Naruto looked confused whilst Kisame looked much more interested and started ion fascination than anything else.
"So that's Kyubi's Eye" muttered Kisame thoughtfully "I can't believe she gave that to him... wow"
"What so special about Kyubi's Eye?" Naruto asked still confused as ever, turning to face them
"Shut your eyes!" shouted Itachi "Don't look at us just yet"
Naruto quickly changed directions and closed his eyes shut quickly.
"What's wrong sensei?" asked Naruto
"Naruto" began Itachi, looking the boy, closed eyed
"One of the most powerful and useful asserts of kyubi was her eyes or vision, Kyubi's eyes can block the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, so her moves can't be copied or seen with the speed she attacks, but like the Sharingan it can see through illusions like the clones and any other type of Genjutsu a lot better, it also blocks Byakugan from the Hyuuga clan so they the Chakra points aren't revealed, overall a very powerful advantage to the user"
Naruto gasped at the awesome power he just gained and hanging on to every word Itachi was saying. Kisame just nodded slowly also in disbelief.
"Plus..." added Itachi, "what's more amazing is the fact the eye can see people's thoughts... and can even paralyse victims with fright temporarily based on the power of the user... similar to the style Orochimaru uses..."
Naruto was still standing with eyes completely shut taking all this information in.
"Kyubi..." he muttered "She must really like me then..."
"It looks like it!" laughed Itachi "you are probably the first ever person to use that as well... man you sure are lucky she has such a big liking for you..."
Naruto thought about this a slow blush came across his face even though eyes still closed up tight.
"Well... you don't have to act like a lemon right now... you can look at us just make sure you shut out Kyubi's eye" Itachi added and grinned
Naruto nodded and did what he was told and slowly stopped the Jutsu. As he got up, Kisame went and thrown him some more fruit as usual.
"Well have some more bananas, get your strength and Chakra up"
Naruto caught them eagerly and started munching again happily as usual.
"Looks like you already on your way to greatness Naruto!" he added laughing patting his head
"After you done eating, you can get back to training" replied Itachi "and by the way, how is your Rasengan going by the way?"
"It's going ok I guess..." Naruto replied, now munching on a sliced pineapple "I can control the second one in my hands now... though it does take quite a bit of effort and Chakra though..."
"Good" said Kisame "because after you done, we going to have a game of basketball..."
"Basketball?" Naruto asked, looking confused as Kisame stood grinning
"Why the hell basketball?"
"Well basically" stated Itachi getting ready to explain again "we want you to control you Rasengan in the basketball whilst still playing the game, it will help you Chakra control and also since you are moving with it, makes a more of a challenge"
"Plus it will help to get good at the sport, don't forget that" added Kisame
"Well it sounds good to me" smiled Naruto "Lets kick some ass!"
He jumped up and ran around the area. Kisame and Itachi laughed and sighed as usual getting used to his stamina.
"And you'd think he matured by now..." muttered Kisame
Sixth months have passed by and back in Konoha, things weren't brightening much for team 7. Since Naruto been away for quite a while, Sasuke and Sakura have had a new team mate... Ino.
At first the two girls argued but ten stopped as Sakura realised her constant argument reminded her of Naruto which made her stop.
Although both Sasuke and Kakashi never talk about him, deep down she knows they still think and miss just like her.
"Naruto..." She thought "Please come back soon... I can't stand it with Ino here... taking your place"
"Sakura!" shouted Kakashi "Come here, it's a group meeting"
Sakura ran towards the new team 7 and sat next to Sasuke with Ino, trying hard not to look into her eye. However this proven difficult as Ino had a vice like eye grip never cease to stop staring at her, she ignored her and just waited for Kakashi to start.
"Umm... ok, now listen" He started
"The next Chuunin exam is in nine months time and from... the last exam, well... it went totally crap... you guys really need to start working as a team" he looked at them all
"Especially you Sakura and Ino" he sighed
"You two constantly arguing forgetting everything about teamwork... this kind of problem is the reason why you will fail in this exam plus get you killed in missions"
Ino shot a death glare at Sakura who in return shot one back straight at her; it still didn't look good between the two girls.
"Just COOOO-OOOOperate" Kakashi stressed "I know it's different now..." he sighed
He stopped and looked at Sasuke and Sakura into their eye seriously; both knew what he meant about Naruto leaving the group.
"But you have to just take it" he continued "So get training hard and I meet tomorrow at the usual time at 7"
With that he got out his book, the new special 20 Year Anniversary Edition and disappeared quickly with a set of quick perverted chuckles.
"He really is a pervert isn't he" said Ino angrily "can't he ever be serious"
Sakura and Sasuke looked at her and tried their hardest to ignore her.
"Oh shut Ino..." Sighed Sakura
She turned and Sasuke did the same preparing to go their separate ways back home. Ino looked at them leave called back to get their attention, except they didn't bother to respond. She decided to go after Sasuke, following her normal time-table after training as usual. "Wait for me Sasuke-kun!" She shouted whilst running towards him at full speed.
Sasuke heard her coming and ran faster towards his house more pissed as usual; he was so in deep thought that forgot about Ino obsession with him after training.
"Damn that girl!" he thought
"I wish Naruto was here" he muttered
"C'mon dobe! Stop taking your time and get back here!" with that he ran even faster.
"Damn, you fast!" cried Kisame trying to chase Naruto who was dribbling with the basketball
"You are getting quite good at this now..."
"Nah Sensei" Naruto replied, doing some fancy drills and weaving the ball inside his legs whilst facing him
"It's just the fact that I am getting good with the Light Speed technique which gives me a real boost, and I am still wearing all these weights"
Naruto showed all the metal weights on his ankles, thigh, waist, arms, wrist and some on his neck each weighing around 100kg now as they doubled the intensity but he is getting used to it by now.
Itachi watched this scene from above standing on the usual tree near their camp.
"I guess Naruto is already getting the hang of this now... his speed is near my own already after sixth months... it looks like the hard work and intensity has really paid off"
He watched as Naruto dribbled pass Kisame again and front flipped into the air with the ball in one hand and slam dunked it through the net.
"HELL YEA!" he yelled triumphantly, plus the ball didn't explode on impact he thought looking amused, it looks like he is beginning to control the Rasengan.
A hand ruffled his sweaty spiky hair from behind.
"Don't get so cocky and all proud yet Naruto" said Kisame "once you perfected your Rasengan, you should able to throw them instead of keeping it in your hand"
"Wow!" Naruto now more amused
"You can actually do that, man even perverted Senin couldn't do that... he again he is old... plus a pervert... not a good combo really" he grinned
"Wait till I get back, I show them all not to underestimate the son of the Hokage"
Kisame nodded "That's the spirit" he said and chucked him more fruit this time more exotic
"Here we some kiwi fruit have some of that" he laughed
"Oh god..." Naruto mumbled "Oh well... it's scary but I am beginning to like fruit and veg now"
"You better!" called Itachi from up above "You going to start learning to cook soon"
"Here you will be needing this as well" he laughed showing him a bright shocking pink apron with flowers embedded on it, in the centre were the words "ONE FRUIT A DAY KEEPS THE DENTIST AT BAY" in large golden letters. His name was added at the bottom of the apron as well.
Naruto went pink, looked at both Senseis and laughed with them. After he finished he was a bit nervous.
"You... umm are kidding rite..." looking very anxious "... right... Senseis" he added
By the look on their faces told him otherwise.
"...Ok... maybe not" he muttered and went back to run around the field whilst munching on his kiwi fruits.
:Author Note:
Ok i hope i have answered most of your questions if not all from the reviews which i must thank alot for
Also to answer back Max Knight, i have read part of the novel and um seen the film, but instead of the original place where three mountain chang came from, i decided to change it to the one closed to my homeland back in China - hope that dosent affect anything...
Anyway, do add a review of how the story is going or any other confusing matters - thanks alot everyone!-
Cya next time!