Hey all! I almost didn't get this chapter up today. I got too deep into "There Where When Is Now," books 1, 2, and 3, written by TokehGecko. It's a good story and I recomend you all to read it. I would like to thank you guys for the reviews.
Dragon Man 180: You will find out the truth behind his little trick in this chapter.
Ruri: It's about to get even more unfair for them.
Timeshifter: Hiashi will have his say in their relationship eventually.
S-Wanderer999: I will can only say that your prediction is wrong. But it's a good guess though. I may use it to put in a fluff scene or two.
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Onward!
Chapter Sixteen: Unraveling Of More Secrets
"Congratulations to you four who have become jounins," Tsunade said. "Now serve your villages with honor!" A cheer erupted from the crowd. In the testing stadium, four shinobis were smiling from ear to ear. "And now, the Kazekage will select his opponent for the oncoming match."
Of course, seeing how Gaara acted after finding out that Naruto was still alive, the audience already knew whom he wanted to fight. All the other new jounins and Tsunade left the arena. Gaara stood in front of Naruto. Before Gaara could talk, Naruto ran his mouth.
"So how's life in the Village of Sand?" He asked.
"It's getting along well."
"And your social life? You don't go around killing people anymore, do you?" Naruto asked once more. Gaara's face turned downcast.
"Please, do not remind me of that time. I was a killer. As for my social life," Gaara smiled a bit. "I'm married." Naruto thought for a moment.
'Man, everyone is either married or getting married. That just leaves me, and Hinata... She's not married either. Perhaps... yes, if I love her back.'
"Let's go." Gaara said. With that, Gaara tossed off his Kazekage robes to reveal himself in a combat outfit. Naruto simply smiled.
"Do you wear that everyday?" Naruto said.
"No, I do not wear it everyday. However, it's not an everyday thing that I fight you."
"So how are we going to fight, Gaara? If we have a full-out match, then this stadium won't be standing." Naruto asked. Gaara thought for a moment. And he came up with an answer.
"First to draw blood or knock the other out wins. No ninjutsu or genjutsu, just taijutsu. You can use weapons. But you can use chakra to increase the power of your bodies or weapons." Naruto agreed.
"Very well." Naruto said. Genma, being the referee, stepped in.
"Now, for our final match: Uzumaki Naruto vs. Gaara, the Kazekage. Hajime!" And with the last word said, Gaara charged at Naruto.
First, Gaara threw out several fast punches. Naruto managed to dodge them all. Gaara then attempted to knee Naruto in the gut. Naruto dodged and then pushed Gaara's leg to the side, causing him to lose balance. Using this opportunity, Naruto was getting his gloved hand ready to give Gaara a punch in the face.
Gaara, however, who was expecting the punch, leaned back, placed his hands on the ground, and kicked upwards. Seeing this, Naruto leapt back to keep himself from getting hit. The combatants were now a good distance away from each other.
"I see that you have gotten better, but no shield of sand?" Naruto said.
"I know that you can easily bypass it, so I deactivated it. You've gotten better, too," Gaara replied. This time, Naruto started the attack. Naruto charged in, and lifted up his leg to deliver a sidekick to Gaara's waist. Gaara got ready to intercept the kick. Naruto smirked.
Seeing that Gaara got ready to intercept his kick, Naruto instead, swung his leg low, kicking out one of Gaara's feet from below him. Naruto then grabbed his opponent's head and brought it crashing down on his knee.
Gaara reeled back, clutching his forehead. "Come on, Gaara. You have to be better than that to be Kazekage, right?"
"Yeah, well, I beat you to the job of being a Kage." Gaara smirked at his comment.
"Hey, you didn't 'die' for five years, did you?"
"At least I'm not an idiot."
"Shut up, Gaara." They charged at each other, resuming their taijutsu match. Kicks and punches were thrown and blocked faster than the eye could see. It was a spectacular match for the audience.
Eventually, they jumped apart. They had a few scratches on their clothes, but Gaara had a few bruises where Naruto hit him. Gaara was a bit out of breath.
"Gaara," Naruto began, "it appears that we're somewhat at a standstill."
"Yeah."
"So how about this: We each use one attack. It may be a jutsu or just taijutsu. And whoever is knocked out or is worse off loses. How's that?" Gaara smiled.
"Fine with me." Gaara got started on some hand seals. "I guess I'll go first. Ninpou: Sand Drill!" Immediately, the sand around Gaara became sharp drills and they launched themselves at Naruto with ferocious speed.
Naruto took his gloved hand and started to block them. As each drill hit his glove, they disintegrated into sand once more. Gaara was shocked to see at what his glove could do. First, it could shoot out fire, then use electricity, and it was indestructible. Finally, the last drill disappeared.
"My turn." Naruto took off his glasses, keeping his eyes closed. He then threw them at Gaara. Thinking that they were just normal sunglasses, he blocked them. As soon as the glasses touched him, Gaara knew it was a mistake.
The sunglasses, even though they were moving at a slow speed, were filled with chakra. Thus it hit hard and threw Gaara off balance. Seeing that his opponent was open, he blurred forward and instantly started hitting Gaara with punches and kicks. Finally, Naruto landed one last punch that caused Gaara to be knocked off his feet and go rolling on the floor. Genma chose to end the match.
"Shousa, Uzumaki Naruto!"
After Lunch
"So what's up with that hand seal thingy? I've never seen that kind of seal before," Sakura said.
"Yeah, and when you used it, you seemed to move from one spot to another instantaneously." Neji added.
"Well, why don't you guys take a few guesses?" Naruto suggested. "I'll give you three tries."
"Your own jutsu?" Tenten asked.
"Really high speed movement?" Lee suggested.
"Genjutsu?" Sakura carefully chose.
"No, it's not a new jutsu, and no, it's not a genjutsu." Naruto smiled.
'It's definitely not a jutsu or genjutsu, otherwise I would have been able to copy them,' Sasuke thought. 'Though high speed...' Sasuke thought back to yesterday seeing how Naruto had been nothing more than a blur when he paralyzed all of them. Then he remembered how Naruto's punches were dealt to the chuunins during the Jounin Exams. 'Yes, that has to be it.'
"And it's not high speed either." Naruto's answer shocked all of them.
'What can it be?' everyone thought. Naruto opened his mouth to speak again. There was a smile on his lips.
"It's my Bloodline Limit," His answer shocked everyone, including Jiraiya and Kakashi. They knew a few secrets about the Fourth Hokage, but a Bloodline Limit? They had never heard of the Fourth having such a bloodline limit that let him do that.
"When I form the seal and focus chakra on my left hand, I am able to slow down time by drastic proportions. When I use just a little bit of chakra, one second in the real world is actually twenty minutes in mine. When I use a lot of chakra, however, I can downright stop time. But when I use it, it slowly drains chakra. But I have so much of it that it doesn't really matter. Also, my family doesn't seem to age when we use this skill." Naruto gave a mouthful. "It came from my mother's side. Apparently, every Uzumaki has bright blue eyes like mine."
They were all shocked. Sasuke knew that he now had absolutely no way of beating Naruto. Not when he can slow down time like this. Also, Naruto had beaten him without the use of his Bloodline Limit while Sasuke had his Sharingan activated. There was no hope of rekindling their rivalry. But he could always try, right?
"Where did you learn of your Bloodline Limit?" Jiraiya asked.
"Well, it all started when I fell down the bridge five years ago. I was carried downstream several miles. When I woke up, I found myself in an underwater cave. So I set out to explore a little. Eventually, I found a clay jar with a very big scroll inside. It read that it was the property of the Fourth Hokage. I took it with me when I left the cave. But eventually, curiosity got the better of me. So naturally I opened it. And inside were the jutsus, ability, and status of every known shinobi clan." Everyone was startled with the amazing treasure Naruto had found.
"So I looked around and found out that my last name was in there. So I tried a few of the jutsus and they worked. So I am a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan. I am also, sadly, the last, as my mother was the only remaining Uzumaki and her whereabouts are currently unknown."
"I also found out that the Fourth Hokage was also the last descendant of the Kazara Clan. And according to what I learned yesterday, I now have two bloodlines running through me."
That was quite a lot of information for the group to take in. To have two different Bloodline Limits. Having one already meant that he or she would be difficult to defeat. Having two would mean that it would be twice as hard. And since Naruto had one that could slow time down, then he would be virtually unstoppable.
"Ne, Naruto," Tsunade began, "do you still have the scroll with you?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Since it is the property of your father, that means that it now rightfully belongs to you. I suggest that you carry that scroll with you at all times to keep it from getting stolen. If it does, than we could have problems, so guard it at all costs."
"Ok. Well, I'm going off to practice my father's jutsus." Naruto got up and was about to leave.
"Oi, Naruto," Tsunade said once more. "Meet me at the Ninja Academy tomorrow at nine a.m. You will receive your genin students."
"Alright then," Naruto was about to leave once more when Tsunade decided to say a few more words.
"If you're late, well..." Tsunade considered Naruto's Bloodline Limit. "...Well, I don't know what to say."
So Naruto has not one, but two Bloodline Limits! What is the gift that his father had given him? Find out in the next chapter!
