Story: Indemnity

Author: theanti

Last Edit Date: 7/9/05

Chapter 4 : A Golden Opportunity
Gaara had lost without his sand being able to fully protect him from Naruto's sword. The young kitsune was quite a handful and a bit too much for Gaara. Naruto on the other hand didn't like dwelling on depressing things so he was trying to think of someway to help Gaara out. He remembered how Gaara was never able to sleep due to Shukaku escaping when he does, so he decided on asking his tummy pal for some help.

'Hey fox you there? I got a question for you. Do you know anything about seals?' the fox smirked when Naruto approached his bars and asked. 'I wanna help out Shukaku's vessel and I figured since Shukaku is a bastard you might help.'

'You never seem to stop amusing me kit. I myself have never needed seals, but when I used to travel the world I ran into a monastery that worked with them a lot. If you are interested, I think you may want to go there. It is just across the border in the fire country.' Naruto was pleased with the information he had obtained and he told Gaara that he would be going for a while to learn some new techniques.

A few days later Naruto ended up in a monastery which was located surprisingly just across the bored in the fire country. (AN: shock lol) Naruto was in no way accustomed to the life styles of monks so when he arrived late one night he did not know that the monks were asleep, so he thought the monastery might have been closed, after all he had listened to a fox who had been alive for several thousand years. He walked around the perimeter and could not see, hear, nor detect anyone, so he leaned up against the door and dozed off after his journey.

The next morning when he was awoken by a sound of a rather loud gong clanging at dawns first light. He looked around and noticed the monastery coming to life. 'Guess it's not dead,' he thought as he sat up. A short while later a man came out to the door of the monastery where Naruto was sitting.

"Hello Welcome to Sealing Monastery of the Fire Country. Do you seek guidance young shinobi of the leaf?" asked the monk after seeing the leaf insignia upon Naruto's forehead. He noted this boy seemed a bit strange as if he was older then time itself and he couldn't help but notice how much the boy looked like him.

"Hai, I want to learn sealing," explained Naruto to the monk.

"Follow me then," he said as he led Naruto into the monastery grounds and through a long cluster of mazes until they reached a large opening. "This is the main monastery hall. Go to the master of the monastery for acceptance. He is located over there," the monk pointed to a door at the far wall, "knock twice and swipe some blood on the door and the master will determine if he wishes to see you or not today."

Naruto walked up to the door and did what the monk had told him to. Within two seconds the door flung open and the old man standing there looked at the boy with awe. "You may enter young one. Your blood intrigues me," he said to Naruto as he stepped back and motioned for Naruto to enter.

"Would I be correct in assuming you are a container for the demon known as Kyuubi no Kitsune?" he asked Naruto. With a nod from Naruto he continued, "Well not only that but your blood is famous. The blood of the Kages, the fire shadows of the leaf. I sense blood from the first and from the fourth in you. What do I owe such a special meeting to?" he asked a shocked Naruto.

"First and Fourth?" Naruto questioned. "I am related to them?" Naruto asked still in awe at what he had just learned.

"Well the second two if you want to count that the first was the seconds older brother and then if you want you can also include the fifth as she is the granddaughter of the second. You are true royalty in the leaf yet you do not hold such a royal presence. Why is that?" he questioned the blonde.

After the blondes story the old monk scoffed at the leaf village and how much it had fallen to not recognize the royalty. According to the monk the first had had a granddaughter of his own, Tsunade's cousin, who died in the battle between Kyuubi, who was most likely Naruto's mother noticing the blood was so close to the firsts and just slightly more then the seconds. He had been young, about sixteen as he was just a little younger then Sarutobi, when he had met the infamous founders of the leaf. He also remembered when the fourth had come to the school back when he was under Jiraiya's tutelage to train in sealing and he was never more proud when he learned about the seal his student had created. "I think I will take you under my wing as my time grows shorter and I wish to learn more about you."

Countless hours later, okay maybe about five, Naruto followed the old master to a room with long tables in which monks had began to fill. He told Naruto to his right as he sat at the head of the table. Not long after a girl sat across from him and whispered something to the master which made the master chuckle before he shook his head. "Naruto, this is my niece, Moroi, she is under the tutelage of one of the other monks here. She is seventeen, so you should talk to her with respect as she is your elder."

"Ohayo Moroi-chan. It's nice to meet you." Naruto said to the blushing girl. "Oops, I'm sorry I mean Moroi-san." He added while rubbing the back of his head while he was sporting his signature smirk.

"Oideyasu, Naruto-san, you are welcome to call me Moroi-chan if you wish. May I call you Naruto-kun?" she asked with a smile even though her cheeks were rather tinted in a rose color. 'He's cute,' was all she could think about.

"Hai," he said with that foxy grin. "Let's eat!"

It took Naruto a while to learn the ins and outs of sealing, but he was a natural. He just seemed to have that certain affinity for anything he put his mind too. Over the months he had seen more and more of Moroi-chan and had seemed to forget that any other girl existed. Yes, our young kitsune was smitten. She didn't even flinch when he had told her about the kitsune he was carrying around and he found out how truly amazing it is when people see you for whom you truly are. Moroi couldn't get over Naruto's cheery personality and it was infectious throughout the monastery. He just seemed to liven up the monastery and make it all the livelier.

After a while he got into the really serious seals. Used to store away demons and he had already confessed to Gyouko, the monastery master and his teacher, about his ambitions when it came to sealing. The old man had fallen into the grandfather role for Naruto, telling him stories during their training about Yondaime and what he had known about Naruto's mother. Naruto was even offered a position as a teacher for incoming learners as his personality allowed him to get through to almost anyone and his knowledge bank had increased in leaps and bounds. He touched his sword and was awestruck once again by its majestic presence. He had thought back to what Gikou had told him before he left.

-- FLASHBACK --

"Naruto, listen to me I have something very important to tell you. I am very proud of you and you must promise to come back soon. I really do wish to let you become a member of the seven swordsmen of the mist because you have the heart we always looked for in upcoming swordsmen. It is such a rare trait that we look past the nationality and every other factor." Gikou looked into Naruto's eyes directly before continuing, "You possess one of the strongest swords ever made and it is up to you to find out its specialty, be it chakra absorption or chakra poisoning. Make sure you keep it with you always and take this scroll with you so you can summon it if it ever gets out of your possession. You will find how to do it in the scroll. Before you go, I need a name for your sword as I will need to inform the other five, not including myself. We will all assemble for a ceremony to make you official in the future. So have you chosen a name?"

"Hai, Gikou-sensei I wish to call it Tendou no Ken(Sword of Divine Justice/Destiny)," said Naruto.

-- END FLASHBACK --

'Hmm, wonder how the old man is doing. I need to talk to him and his brother one of these days. Maybe pound the hell out of Itachi too for making his brother such a bastard.' Naruto thought. He noticed a young boy who had just started at the monastery about a month or so ago.

"Ohayo Naruto-sensei," the boy said with a grin, "Moroi-sensei said you could help up with elemental sealing today since you are good at it." Yes our young kitsune was a teacher now teaching others the basics which he had gotten so used to they were like a second nature. His training with jutsu scrolls he had brought with him were done with Naruto learning a little over one hundred new jutsu from the scrolls and then there was the taijutsu scroll Tsunade had given him. It was all based off of a technique though which Naruto was learning fast. He would soon master it and not need hand seals for the jutsu which was a key factor of the style, but now he was off to teach.

"Hai, lets go Hosaki-kun, to the training grounds." and off the went to the training grounds. It was a huge yard with fires burning around it and a small fountain in the middle. He walked up to Moroi and put his arm around her.

"Ohayo Naruto-kun," she said even though her face was slightly tainted red.

"Ohayo Moroi-chan, are you ready to start the lesson?" he asked her. With a nod they were off. Naruto was teaching the students to pull the flames into the note and bind them with chakra, while Moroi helped them do the same with water. Those were the main elements that could be easily stored as they had the most use when stored. After a weary morning of teaching and a restful lunch with Moroi by his side, Naruto headed off to practice his taijutsu.

"Shuunshin no jutsu," he yelled while trying to focus his chakra without hand seals. Suddenly an after image of Naruto appeared as he ran a few feet away from where he was standing. He had finally mastered the shuunshin and now had to master the speed needed. Naruto used some of the sealing he had learned and placed a seal on him to allow him to feel a higher amount of gravity according to how much chakra he infused. So every day Naruto gradually increased the chakra into the seal and after about three months he had gained the speed required but he still kept on a small amount of chakra in the seals so he could keep getting better. After the speed was mastered it didn't take Naruto more then a week to get the attacks down as they were just power blows relying on the speed.

He decided to send a letter to Tsunade telling her of his newest abilities with the shuunshin, but he needed to find a more reliable messenger then a frog. While they may be good for information gathering they were most definitely not good for deliveries. He knew he needed a lost contract so there would be no interruptions and no other shinobis could summon the same summons to gain information about him.

'Yo Kyuubi no Kitten I need a dead summon contract that can fly. You know of any?' he asked the seething fox.

'Damn you kit a little respect please, but yes I know of one that you can probably dig up with a little power to force it out. The phoenix contract has been dead for quite a while and they are friends with the fox's so I would like to see you have a decent contract like them. Just use these seals and call upon the lord of the phoenix, Gooruden. You should do it far away though because it might get hot.'

"Hijutsu: Kyuichose Keiyakukoukai no Jutsu (Secret Skill: Summoning Contract Renewal Technique)," Naruto yelled and suddenly a huge golden bird shot out of the cloud of smoke the jutsu made.

"So, I have been summoned I see was it you blondie who has summoned me? I thought out contract line was dead." said the phoenix.

"Hai, it was I used a skill in hopes of renewing the contract as I need good messengers and Kyuubi no Kitsune recommended the phoenix contract." explained Naruto.

"Hmm, where is Kyuubi I sense him coming from your direction, but do not see him tell me where he is and I shall sign you to the contract. It has been a great deal of time since I have seen my old friend."

"Sorry Gooruden, but you will not be able to see him as he is sealed within me after he was caught 15 years ago destroying the village of Konoha. Perhaps I can let him speak though a shadow clone to you." Naruto said while creating a clone and allowing Kyuubi to control it.

"Hah its good to see you again old friend." Kyuubi told the Gooruden after he played around with Naruto's looks to grow the ears and tails a hanyou would have, since it was the most he could do. "Please allow my kit to have this contract. He has done me a great deal today by letting me talk to you. Don't get mouthy and bossy of him like you did of those other summoners either as when you talk to him you are also talking to me. Remember that." Kyuubi said before leaving the shadow clone and Naruto disbursed it.

"Here boy sign this contract and you shall be a summoner of the legendary phoenix. Call on me anytime." Naruto signed the contract that had appeared in front of him and then he summoned a phoenix which was similar to summoning a frog. All he had to do was think of which animal he wanted to summon and it worked how he wanted.

"Boy do you have another contract? I didn't even need to tell you the seals. Call forth your other boss and let me speak to him will you?" asked the phoenix after the younger phoenix left seeing as his boss was there.

"Kyuichose no Jutsu," Naruto once again yelled calling forth Gamabunta.

"Oi brat why did you call me this time?" Gama asked when he finally noticed Gooruden. "OH, Gooruden. It's been a while since your kind has been to this plain. This brat got a contract with you now?" he asked the other boss.

"Yea, think we should give him the seals to help him?" Gooruden asked. Gama just nodded then Gooruden spoke to Naruto. "If you agree we can give you seals for the Summoning Master which allows you to summon us through seals which will be placed on your arms. It will also let you call other bosses if you want to awaken other contracts. Kyuubi may want you to call those foxes soon too." he said almost knowingly of the fox. Naruto agreed and suddenly seals started forming on his arms between his hands and elbows. "For each contract a different color will appear on the seals and just wipe blood on that color and you will summon the contract corresponding to the color. Frogs will be red as is Gama's color and Phoenix will be golden like me. We must be off now and thanks for awakening our contract we hope you pass it on." the phoenix said as he and Gamabunta left in a cloud of smoke.

Author's Note:
This turned into a fun chapter after half of it got erased when I was midway through. So that's one reason it took a while. I thought Golden was a good name for the Phoenix boss because I couldn't think of anything else. A little Naruto x OC action happening slowly if you notice. Naruto won't be at the sealing monastery much longer though, but it will be long enough ;). Updates coming soon maybe R&R please.

'Text' - Kyuubi talking to Naruto
'Text' - Thoughts
"Text" - Speech

Naruto 'talks' to Kyuubi through his 'thoughts'.