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thank you to all my reviewers!!! you ppl r so nice :-)
now a little Q&A
Q: will you have anything more on shino though?
A: u know its kinda hard to write about shino, theres just not that much info in the manga
Q: can u make kyubi scare itachi?
A: you'll c in this chapter
Q: is naruto a bad guy or a good guy now?
A: not telling... read and find out :-)
Q: didn't itachi say the same thing in the story Gone?
A: first off what 'thing'? but nvm that... it could be... however i did have to re-read parts of "Gone" to remember wat it was about... so i sure as hell dont remember individual lines
Q: is naruto is going back?
A: yeah naruto does come back (read the summary)
Q: will there be any couples?
A: kind of... dont expect much (if any) romance; it'll probly be SasuSaku; ShikaIno; LeeTen; NaruHina (this one is... um... -evil smile-)
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'blah' = thoughts
'blah' = Kyuubi's speech
Chapter 6 – Training
"Naruto the time has come for us to go talk with the Kyuubi" said Itachi.
"But… but… how?" asked Naruto "I mean ME talk with the Kyuubi is no big deal, but how are you going to do that?"
"Mange-sharingan" calmly answered Itachi.
Naruto paled when he realized what Itachi was talking about.
'That thing that he did to Sasuke… and then he couldn't wake up without the old hag's help…' remembered Naruto.
Seeing Naruto's scared expression Itachi reassured him, "don't worry Naruto, it wont be the same jutsu I used to Sasuke. I wont inflict damage upon you."
"Alright fine, lets do it" said Naruto.
'Well kid looks like we're gonna see each other face-to-face again'
Itachi and Naruto sat down in a comfortable meditating position and Itachi switched his eyes to reveal the sharingan.
"Naruto, just look into my eyes… and relax" said Itachi and activated the jutsu.
The last thing Naruto saw, before everything turned black, was the redness of Itachi's eyes and it seemed as though the 3 black dots began to spin around.
The next thing Naruto knew, he was on his knees in that familiar murky corridor with the yellow walls and water that goes up to your ankle. Except this time was different, he noticed a black figure next to him; he looked up to see that it was Itachi.
'So this is what the inside of that seal is like…' thought Itachi.
In the distance they could hear growling and snorting.
Naruto got up and started walking toward the sound.
'This menacing aura unnerves even me.' Itachi shivered slightly 'Yet Naruto seems to be fearlessly going straight towards it.'
Naruto looked back when he saw that Itachi was not following, instead he was still looking around the corridor.
"Come on," said Naruto "there's nothing to see here."
Naruto and Itachi steadily made their way down the corridors and passages until they saw what looked like a door of light. Stepping thought it, Itachi was amazed to see the great gate looming several dozen feet in the air. It had some intricate designs around the edges and there was a piece of paper with the kanji "Sealed" written on it.
'Behind those bars lies one of the most powerful demons in the world.'
This thought made Itachi slightly uncomfortable, since he could sense the amount of power that was behind the gate.
Suddenly out of the darkness appeared giant red eyes and white, very pointy, teeth. Itachi shook lightly as he laid eyes on the Kyuubi.
'Wow, it's… enormous…' were about the only thoughts that Itachi had at that moment.
"Long time no see, fox" said Naruto, not very politely.
"Yes, we can once again converse with each other face-to-face" said the Kyuubi.
Itachi was still speechless.
"Nice to see come visit this dark, ugly, partially flooded home of mine" said the Kyuubi with resentment.
"Well what the hell do you want me to do about it?" countered Naruto.
"Well since it's YOUR mind you may as well try refining it"
"It's your cage, you decorate" argued Naruto.
"And what the hell am I supposed to use for decorations? You ungrateful little kid" roared the Kyuubi.
"Well you seem to have plenty of fur that is going to waste…" said Naruto sarcastically.
"ARGH!" roared the Kyuubi "That is not funny kid!"
The argument between the kid and the demon continued on for a little while longer, making Kyuubi angrier and angrier.
'I don't believe this, Naruto is talking with the Kyuubi as if he's… well… just a normal person you meet out on the street. He doesn't seem to care that he's pissing off a great demon' Thought Itachi.
The Kyuubi finally noticed Itachi's presence and decided to address him in an effort to change the subject.
"Naruto, looks like you brought a friend with you today" said the Kyuubi.
"Huh? Oh yea… this is my sensei, Uchiha Itachi" introduced Naruto.
"A guy? Why couldn't you bring a girl? They are a lot tastier you know" said the Kyuubi licking his lips.
Itachi flinched at this last remark.
"What? Itachi-sensei is NOT for eating!" yelled Naruto.
"Humph… so you are the Uchiha prodigy," mused Kyuubi "so why did you come here? A little sigh seeing tour?" said Kyuubi with a smirk.
Re-gathering his confidence Itachi was finally able to respond, "no I am here to ask you to give you power to Naruto."
"Give my power to the boy?" laughed the Kyuubi "and why the hell should I do that?"
"Well he is your host and it is only natural that your image reflects on his" said Itachi.
"And because of that don't you want your host to look good and be powerful?" questioned Itachi.
"Be powerful and look good… yes, yes, I want that…" mused the Kyuubi.
Suddenly an evil grin crossed the Kyuubi's face.
"Speaking of looking good, the sharingan looks very good. Especially since it became a rare commodity," said the Kyuubi in a tone that sent chills down both Naruto and Itachi's spines.
"Naruto what do you think, we take one of his eyes and then use it as our own?" the Kyuubi asked with an evil sadistic laugh.
Itachi trembled., 'If he REALLY wanted to take my eye, would I be able to stop him?'
"DAMN FOX!!! What's wrong with you?" screamed Naruto adding some other quite colorful words.
The Kyuubi had finally managed to calm himself down, he enjoyed watching humans tremble in fear of him. It kind of annoyed him that Naruto wasn't like the rest of them, but on the other hand Naruto was more of challenge; harder to crack than the rest of them… and the Kyuubi enjoyed such challenges in life. Even though he would NEVER admit it, he respected the boy a little bit.
"More power huh?" mused the Kyuubi "Well Naruto I think we can make a deal."
"What kind of deal?" asked Naruto carefully.
"Hmm… how about this? The stronger you get the more of my power you will have access to?"
"How about jutsus?" asked Naruto.
"Well I'll let your 'scared' sensei there take care of that for now" Naruto scowled at this.
"Later on I'll fill in the blanks and teach you some very high-level jutsus" said the Kyuubi sadistically.
Naruto considered this deal carefully, it didn't seem bad. As long as he trained hard the Kyuubi would give him more and more power.
"Alright I agree, but first you gotta teach me something for all the hard work that I have put in these last few months" said Naruto forcefully.
"As if!" growled the Kyuubi "Now get the hell out of here!"
With that the Kyuubi sent a wave of chakra at both Itachi and Naruto, and knocked them out to reality.
Naruto woke up to find himself back in his room, lying down on the bed.
Naruto tried to get up, but the pain in his head forced him back down. 'God damn fox, you didn't have to hit me that hard.'
As soon as he said that though, he felt as urge to perform some sort of jutsu.
'What the hell? I don't even recognize this order of seals… maybe I'll just wait a little bit before doing the jutsu.' Contemplated Naruto.
But as soon as he thought that his headache seemed to increase even more; as if telling him to do the jutsu.
"Fine! Damn it!" said Naruto while getting up from the bed.
"Can't I get sometime to rest and recover" mumbled Naruto as he was going through the seals.
Seal, dog, dragon, bird, horse, ox, tiger. "Fire Wave no Jutsu" yelled Naruto.
He suddenly felt himself surrounded by an immense amount of chakra. Looking down and around himself he saw that it was red chakra those 'physical' form resembled that of a foxtail.
Kisame appeared in front of Naruto with awe in his face, "What the hell is that Naruto?"
'So I guess the Kyuubi decided to teach me a jutsu after all' smiled Naruto.
"This is a jutsu the Kyuubi taught me" calmly answered Naruto.
Kisame blinked in surprise, 'the Kyuubi taught him… well this day just keeps getting more and more interesting.'
Flashback
After having a talk with the leaders of the Akatsuki, Itachi and Kisame were on their way to Naruto.
"So, Itachi-sensei" mocked Kisame "what kind of ninjutsu are we going to teach him first?"
Itachi sent Kisame a death glare, but calmly said, "No, today I'm planning on helping him utilize the Kyuubi's powers."
Kisame was clearly shocked, "and exactly how are you planning to do that?"
"By going into his mind and having a talk with the Kyuubi" said Itachi as if it was an everyday occurrence.
"You're gonna go… and… and…" Kisame blabbered like his for a while trying to recompose himself.
'He's gonna go see the Kyuubi!? I don't care if it's locked up in a cage, that's a DEMON for crying out loud!' thought Kisame.
Finally after several deep breaths, "that's all great Itachi, but what if the Kyuubi refuses?"
"I'm sure we can come to some form of agreement"
"I hope so…" Kisame thought Itachi had finally lost it, but of course didn't say so out loud.
'Itachi are you insane!? This is a DEMON you're negotiating with. Even you, being you, don't hold anything over it.'
about an hour later (A/N: this is still in flashback)
Itachi walks in carrying an unconscious Naruto over his shoulder.
"What the hell happened to him?" asked Kisame as he saw Itachi put Naruto on the bed.
"Passed out" Itachi said simply, "guess it strained his mind too much."
Just then there was a knock on the door. Itachi opened the door to reveal a figure in all black with long dark green hair and emerald eyes. (A/N: more on this person later)
A few quick words were exchanged and Itachi made to leave, but turned around and said, "I'm being summoned by the high council; I'll be back in… sometime later."
'Guess I'll just let the brat sleep. Mental exhaustion, especially when the sharingan is involved, should be allowed to pass naturally.'
End Flashback
"So I take it you and Itachi talked with the Kyuubi." It was more of a question than a statement though.
"Yeah…" said Naruto calmly.
'I can't believe this kid, he's talking about as if it's a normal, everyday occurrence' thought a bewildered Kisame.
Although Kisame wanted to ask Naruto how come he was so calm, he could risk letting the suspect that he was even the littlest bit scared of the fox.
"I see… what did you agree on?" asked Kisame.
"Basically that the more I train the more power the Kyuubi will be willing to give me" said Naruto as he released the jutsu.
Kisame suddenly remember about the new jutsu that Naruto had and asked him about it.
"Oh it's a defensive jutsu, the Kyuubi said that it will keep out almost any kind of attacks" explained Naruto.
"He didn't tell me everything though, so I'm gonna have to play around with it later."
'I see… a demonic ultimate defense…' thought Kisame.
Then the door opened and Itachi walked in.
"Kisame, we have a mission in the Waterfall Country" said a serious Itachi.
"I see," answered Kisame and began packing his things.
Naruto was dismayed, "What about me?" he asked.
"You're coming with us" replied Itachi, "so get packing."
"Alright a mission!" rejoiced Naruto.
"No," said Itachi "the mission is only for Kisame and me, you will just be training."
"Oh…" pouted Naruto.
'Well, at least I get to travel… better than being stuck inside this hole.'
The three quickly packed up a few belongings. Itachi presented Naruto with his very own Akatsuki cloak that was of course cut down to fit Naruto. Even though Naruto had grown a little bit due to his intense training routine, he was nowhere need as tall as Itachi or Kisame.
They had a light lunch and set out from their mountain residence. They traveled back the same way they used to come there. After several days of travel they arrived at the Waterfall country without many occurrences.
However during this trip Naruto learned a very valuable skill, the ability to kill.
It occurred at the end of the second day, when they had made camp and were getting ready to go to sleep. Naruto had first watch.
About an hour after Itachi and Kisame fell asleep, Naruto picked up distinct sounds of people sneaking about around them. After just several seconds of listening, Naruto could tell that there were four people; two behind him and two in front. However Naruto stayed perfectly still.
'So they think I don't notice huh? Well that'll be their undoing' thought Naruto while faking a yawn, 'from the feel of their chakra, or lack-thereof, they are just bandits.'
Naruto smiled inwardly as he heard the two behind him start running towards him, 'Game on…'
One of the bandits smiled as he hit Naruto in the back with a butcher knife. The smile quickly faded when Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke, before the smoke could clear three shuriken had already hit the bandit; one in the back of his head, the other two hit the upper-back. The bandit collapsed dead instantly, still holding the butcher knife, however it was now clearly seen that the knife was lodged tight in a log.
The second bandit, who was running right beside his comrade, saw this and spun around expecting Naruto to attack him from behind. The last thing he saw was the path that he had just come by. Naruto had re-appeared right behind him and stuck his kunai through his neck.
Blood was spraying everywhere as Naruto pulled out his kunai.
'Ah… the smell and feel of blood… isn't it great?' asked the Kyuubi obviously satisfied with his vessel.
'Shut up! Don't make me lose concentration, I still have two more to take care of' yelled Naruto.
He spun around prepared to deal with the others in the same way, but found that Kisame and Itachi had already dealt with them.
After seeing this he was surprised that he felt… disappointed.
'What the hell? Why am I unhappy?' thought Naruto.
'Because they took away OUR kill' growled an annoyed Kyuubi.
Naruto still couldn't believe it, 'I'm… sad that I didn't… kill them.'
'Except it already kiddo, you like blood… just like me…' said the Kyuubi with a evil grin.
'No…' Naruto tried to deny it weakly.
'Kid, face it this is what you've always wanted. Ever since you were first exposed to people' said the Kyuubi as he showed him a memory from his past in Konoha.
With the memory came emotions. Emotions of hate, loneliness, sadness, anger and… 'killer-intent?' thought a shocked Naruto.
'Yeah kid, those were your instincts telling to retaliate against those assholes. Why you put with it is beyond me.'
'I just wanted to prove them wrong…' answered Naruto in a sad tone.
'And you can still do that,' said the Kyuubi.
'What do you mean?' asked Naruto confused 'I ran away from the village and killed some of their own people. How can I prove them wrong?'
'Don't you see kid? They think, no they believe, that you are WEAK. That they can kill you at anytime. Don't you see it they have been trying to break your resolve to LIVE, all of your life.'
'How do you prove them wrong, you ask? Simple use that hate and anger to become stronger' motivated the Kyuubi.
'But look at what that did to Sasuke. I don't want to like that.'
'No, that idiot LET his hate and anger consume him,' countered Kyuubi.
'I said USE your hate and anger. Use it as fuel for your strength, but never and I mean NEVER let it take control of you.'
'That was my mistake…' mumbled the Kyuubi.
'Huh? What to you mean?' asked Naruto.
'Never mind that I might tell you later. The important thing is that you understand and utilize what I have just told you. Will you do that?'
'I'll try…' said Naruto uncertainly.
'I won't take any "tries" from you. Just DO IT,' said the Kyuubi forcefully 'I'll help you out on the way.'
'Yes I will' said Naruto determinedly.
'Now, if you'll please notice what is going on in the REAL world' said Kyuubi sarcastically.
"Oi!! Naruto!!" yelled Kisame.
After not getting a response for the third time, he finally punched him lightly in the face to try and wake him up.
"Ow! That hurts you know!" yelled Naruto.
"Oh, well good to have you back" joked Itachi.
"Get a little freaked out by your first kill" teased Kisame with a grin.
"No… just…" Naruto was unsure whether he should tell them about being able to talk with the Kyuubi.
'Should I tell them about our arrangement?' Naruto asked Kyuubi.
'Yeah, but just say that you can talk to me and nothing more'
"Just what?" asked Kisame still grinning.
"I was just having a conversation with the Kyuubi" said Naruto.
Itachi and Kisame were both absolutely shocked.
"You're telling me that you can with the Kyuubi?" asked Itachi then added, "Since we made the deal?"
"No, even before the deal" replied Naruto, "I'd say since I met him in person the first time, when Ero-Sennin pushed me off a cliff."
'Ero-Sennin, he must mean Jiraiya…' thought Itachi.
"Why would he try to kill his own student?" asked Kisame.
"He thought that was the quickest way for me to learn to use the Kyuubi's chakra."
'That's insane! There are dozens of safer ways to learn chakra control' thought Kisame.
-yawn- "Man, I'm tired" said Naruto "Can we just go to sleep?"
"Of course, as soon as we dispose of these bodies," said Itachi.
They threw the bodies in a hole that Itachi made using an earth jutsu and then went to sleep; Kisame taking the next watch.
Nine Months Later
They were sitting in a restaurant in the Water Country, celebrating the one-year anniversary of Naruto's enrollment into the Akatsuki.
While eating his meal Naruto was reminiscing about the last year.
The mission Itachi and Kisame had to the Waterfall Country turned out perfectly and they were soon assigned another one in the Earth Country. The last nine months consisted of constant missions for Itachi and Kisame during which they traveled through many different countries to finally end up in the Water Country. Throughout this time Naruto trained vigorously to build up his taijutsu, ninjutsu and genjutsu. The Kyuubi kept his word and would teach him some jutsus whenever he felt that Naruto had progressed enough. Since it turned out to be a jutsu ever two or three weeks, Naruto assumed that the Kyuubi had so many that it would take Naruto many years to learn everything.
During this time Naruto also became a lot more attached to his teachers, especially Itachi. They seemed to genuinely care for his well being and not just because they were ordered to take care of him. This really showed when they remember his birthday. That day they gave him a day off from training to do whatever, then they took him out to dinner and actually gave him a gift. Naruto was disappointed at first since they gave him a book that seemed to just talk about the human body. However Itachi explained to Naruto, that if he was very well familiar with the human anatomy then he would be able to defeat his opponents faster.
The most surprising thing, for Naruto, was that the Kyuubi also gave him a gift in the form of jutsu. The jutsu turned out to be a summoning contract with the foxes. When Naruto was signing the contract he noticed that his name was the first and only one on the list. This gave him a certain edge in battle since no other person would be able to summon the same thing as him and also because no one probably knew that foxes were available as a summoning.
Naruto thanked everyone greatly, for the first time in his life he felt like he had friends that cared. Naruto even thanked the Kyuubi, but not as much since he didn't want to get soft on the fox.
In terms of training, Naruto now knew most of the fire-jutsus; except the forbidden ones. He knew several earth-jutsus, many that didn't have a type such as teleportation, special sight-jutsus and enhancement-jutsus. He was now starting to learn water-jutsus, which is one of the reasons that the trio came to the Water Country. After reading the human anatomy book Naruto memorized all the critical points on the body and did special kunai and shuriken training so that he would hit those points. Naruto also learned high-level chakra control, so now he used the exact amount he needed and was also able to hide his chakra completely, only Itachi because of the sharingan could tell that Naruto had chakra flowing in him.
Also during this last year Naruto had changed drastically. No more was he the naïve, innocent and loud little boy; now he was calm, collected and very knowledgeable. He learned how to keep his emotions hidden and in check at all times. He no longer joked around, not to say that he lost his sense of humor, he just didn't show it to everyone anymore. Physically Naruto had grown to be only half a head shorter than Itachi, his muscular build was even with Kisame, and his stamina incomparable to wither of them.
After their meal, which Naruto insisted on paying for because he said that he had to repay his teachers somehow, the three Akatsuki members went back to their hotel. All the way back to the hotel Naruto kept thanking them for everything.
"Naruto, you can stop thanking us already" laughed Itachi.
"Yeah, I think we have been thanked more times than anyone in the world" added Kisame.
"I know, I know…" said Naruto enthusiastically "but it's just that you are probably the closest thing I've ever had to family…"
"Oh no, Naruto, you're family was a lot better than us" said Itachi.
"You know about my family?" asked Naruto hopefully.
"Yeah, probably any jounin of the Leaf would know about your family" said Itachi simply then added, "especially your former teacher, Kakashi."
"Really!?" asked Naruto, "Could you tell me about them?"
"Wait, you mean you don't know?" Itachi's eyes widened a little.
"No" answered Naruto sheepishly.
"Well, I don't know a lot" said Itachi, "I know about your father, but not your mother."
"Your father was the Yondaime Hokage, Kazami Arashi" said Itachi. (A/N: I have seen this name used for the Yondaime in several fanfics, so I'm gonna use it too)
Naruto just stared at Itachi with bugged out eyes and an open mouth.
"M-m-m-my father was the Yondaime…" stuttered Naruto, "then he sealed the Kyuubi inside me… why… would… he do… that to me…?"
"Your father was a very honorable and noble man, Naruto. If he could make the sacrifice then there would be no way he would ask some other family in the village" replied Itachi.
'That's one reason kid, there is another… but it will be better if I show you my memory later' said the Kyuubi sincerely.
'Why didn't you tell me before!?' said a now angry Naruto.
'First of all, would you have believe me?' asked the Kyuubi.
'Yes!' replied Naruto.
'You say that NOW, but right now that information can't be put to any kind of practical use. And if I were to tell you before, back in Konoha, then you wouldn't have believe me…' calmly explained the Kyuubi, 'but lets talk about this later, after you go to sleep, well talk in person.'
'Alright,' agreed Naruto.
"I can't believe Kakashi or Jiraiya for that matter didn't tell you," continued Itachi.
"Why those two in particular?" asked Naruto since he noticed Itachi concentrating on them.
"Simple, Jiraiya trained your father and from what I've heard they were really close. Kakashi was your father's student, Yondaime regarded him as prized pupil and treated him almost like his own son."
"Who else could know?" asked Naruto trying VERY hard to keep his emotions in check.
"Tsunade, Sandaime for sure, most likely any one that jounin rank during the battle with the Kyuubi" said Itachi.
"I found out when I was testing out mange-sharingan on an experienced Uchiha."
"To keep his only son in absolute darkness, that horrible…" said Kisame finally joining in the discussion.
"How did you know? You're from the Mist" asked Naruto.
"Itachi told me, a little while after we started training you" answered Kisame, "I didn't say anything because I thought that you knew and it was probably a hard subject for you to talk about."
"I see…" said Naruto with a slight hint of resentment, then after noticing that they registered his tone he added, "but thank you for telling me… and I'm not mad at you in any way. I just found another reason to hate that village."
Itachi nodded, "lets call it night, shall we?"
"Yeah…" said Naruto, but didn't move.
Itachi walked over to Naruto and put his hand on Naruto's shoulder, "Come on, things will look better after a good nights sleep."
Wordlessly they each went to get ready for bed and fell asleep soon after, all except Naruto who kept thinking about what he just learned.
'Damn those bastards, they couldn't even tell a simple thing such as who my parents were! Here I am over fourteen years old and NOW I finally find out!'
Naruto was very angry right now.
'My teachers, Kakashi and Jiraiya, couldn't tell me. Especially Kakashi, prized pupil of the fourth my ass! If my father treated him like that, why couldn't he just return the fucking favor!?'
Resentment was now being thrown into the mixing pot of Naruto's emotions.
'I know why… he's just like the rest of them. Not training me because I'm the Kyuubi's container!'
'Most of the older shinobi know that I'm the fourth's son… but that doesn't seem to matter to them does it!? Oh no, doesn't matter at all… they all see the demon fox… their "precious" demon fox.' Thought Naruto sarcastically.
With these kinds of angry and hateful thought Naruto finally fell asleep.
In Front of Kyuubi's Cage
"You know you were right" said Naruto "I wouldn't have believe you while I was in the village."
"Now… it just serves to fuel my anger and hatred and in turn fuel my strength."
"That's all great, but you've gotta calm yourself a little bit" said the Kyuubi "you're letting those two dangerous emotions take a hold of you."
"True, true…" said Naruto and tried to relax, then remembered something.
"Hey you said that there's a memory you want to show me" said Naruto.
"Yes…" said the Kyuubi as he sent out his chakra towards Naruto.
Kyuubi's Memory
Naruto was dozens of feet off the ground in a forest. It was the middle of the night and he could see a great fire in the distance. Suddenly to his left he saw a giant toad appear. As the toad got closer, he could see the outline off a man standing on top of it.
Naruto's view was changing, he was turning to face this toad. 'That must be Gamabunta.' He suddenly saw a bright light appear from the man and felt himself being pulled towards the man. As he got closer he saw that in the man's arms was a baby. 'And that must be me… so that man is the fourth… my father…'
Before the was sucked in to the boy he heard the man speak, "I'm sorry to do this to you my son, but there is no one else that I can trust with this burden. You are my son and I know that you will be strong enough to protect the Leaf Village. I hope you grow up to become a good man and a good shinobi."
He then saw himself being pulled into the baby and suddenly everything went dark.
Back Outside the Kyuubi's Cage
"That's it, that's the only memory I have of your father, that's the other reason he chose you and last but not least that's the last of my freedom."
Naruto remained silent for a long while trying to sort out everything that he had just learned about his family.
"Do you know anything about my mother?" asked Naruto.
"No" said the Kyuubi, "if you want information I suggest you find an old Konoha-nin and beat it out of him."
Naruto chuckled at this, but realized that that was probably the only way.
"Someday I WILL find out about my late family," Naruto promised himself, "but for now I can't risk returning to Konoha."
For the next two and a half years, Naruto traveled around the world with Itachi and some other Akatsuki-nin. Kisame had taught him all the water-jutsus he knew, or at least all he was willing to teach. Afterwards he was forced to leave and was replaced by another member of the Akatsuki.
His new teacher was a Cloud-nin, named Raiko. Raiko was also a tall man much like Kisame, he had short silver hair that was as spiky as Naruto's and teal eyes. Beneath his Akatsuki cloak he wore a blood red jacket, underneath which was a blue shirt. He wore dark blue pants that came down to cover half of his shins, but his tall black boots covered anything his pants didn't.
Raiko taught him electric-jutsus, for which Naruto seemed to have a natural affinity. After Raiko was done with him, Naruto could infuse almost all of his jutsus with electricity. It turned out that the Kyuubi knew several very high level Raiton Kinjutsus that it taught him.
After Raiko came a Grass-nin, named Miya. Miya was about as tall as Itachi, she had long dark green hair and emerald eyes (A/N: sound familiar? Also they all wear the Akatsuki cloak so I won't mention it anymore). She wore a black jacket that had the right sleeve torn off and her right arm was bandaged, under the jacket… well she never took off her jacket. She wore green and brown camouflage pants and black shoes.
Miya specialized in poisons, but also taught Naruto how to 'summon' vines that could hold your opponents and/or transmit poisons, or you could just wrap up your opponent in these vines and they would crush him or her. It turned out that because of the Kyuubi, Naruto had a natural resistance to poison. This meant that poison would either not affect him at all or the effects would be weakened by A LOT. This gave Naruto a serious upper hand, since he didn't have to worry about staying out of the way of his own poison.
During his training Naruto managed to befriend every single one of his teachers. His relationship with Itachi also grew to a point where they could share anything with each other. (A/N: for those of you sick people out there, NO IT WAS NOT A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP)
Naruto told him about his life early in the Leaf, about the people or rather person that he could still consider a friend there, he also told him about Sasuke and his attempt to gain power from Orochimaru.
Itachi in turn told Naruto about his earlier life and also explained the events that led up to the Uchiha massacre and why he left Sasuke alive (A/N: no I won't elaborate).
All in all, Naruto saw him as an older brother that he never had an occasionally would address him as 'Itachi-onii-chan' but only in private.
It was after his training with Miya was done that Kisame came back and told them that they had a mission. This was to be Naruto's first mission for the Akatsuki.
"I will elaborate on the details later" said Kisame, "but now we need to move out."
"Where are we going?" asked Naruto.
"To the Hidden Stone Village" replied Kisame.
A/N:
1) Those bandits are naruto's first kills, because the ANBU before them were actually killed by the kyuubi.
2) Also you probably noticed that the kyuubi isnt that evil in my fic. well i dont really want him to be, however dont regard him as NICE, he's still got his thirst for blood, but he's just melowed out over the years of imprisonment. (i hope that made sense).
3) i know im skiping over a lot of the training, but there will be flashbacks later on, that discuss parts of naruto's training.
4) why did i bother to describe the akatsuki members?
because some will appear later on in the story... (small spoiler).