Story: Indemnity

Author: theanti

Last Edit Date: 8/6/05

Chapter 5 : The Master
Naruto continued on at the Sealing School for a few more months perfecting seals and while learning stuff from the scrolls he had brought with him and teaching the newer students sealing. He had talked to the fox and gotten the fox summon which was added to his arm after a fox bit him. He found it oddly amusing that the fox summoning color had turned up in purple on his arm and he also noticed the summoning contract colors forming the heads of the summoned group in the color when they were activated.

His letter to Tsunade trough his phoenix summon went better then he had imagined. He had found a perfect size phoenix with a four foot wing span that he was able to summon almost all the time. He was glad his chakra control was getting better and Gakimichi was also pleased when he got out more. Naruto's letter told Tsunade very little but let on he had found out about his family and asked if she knew as well. It also said that he was training in sealing and had learned most of the scrolls she had given him. He also told her that the number of techniques one needed in order to be Hokage was highly insignificant and wondered how everyone didn't get to be Hokage. When the response came from Tsunade it explained to him that the third had kept very close wraps on who Naruto's parents were and even she did not truly know even though she had suspicions. She was surprised in the way his letter had been sent and was also surprised to hear about his sealing training. She made quite a snide remark about his number of techniques saying it was just a way to keep snot nosed brats like him in line so they didn't try and take over at age five.

It was a few days later that Naruto spoke with Gyouko wondering if it was possible to modify the seal on him to let the fox's chakra merge with his own and also create some other seals connected to it to allow the fox's soul to be moved. He had found the fox to be quite different when he was low on chakra and thought that the chakra might be something that was keeping the fox so ruthless. He had found out from Gyouko that it was possible but it would take both of them to do in case Naruto could not control the sealing when it was affecting his own self. Naruto agreed and two days later Naruto drew out all the seals which Gyouko found to be a large amount when he entered the highest sealing room at five in the morning and it looked as though Naruto had already been drawing seals for hours. Naruto said it was to make sure everything went ok and explained some of the seals in which he had drawn out.

He had made a gravity seal, for his right shoulder, to allow him to modify his personal gravity through his chakra so he could change it as needed and not have to worry in a battle. He had drawn a power seal which would look like a giant fox on his chest to handle the chakra of the Kyuubi. The fox would have tails which would change from black to the color of one of the supremacies the Kyuubi controlled. Naruto knew them to be fire, water, wind, earth, light, poison, plant, darkness, and nature. When he had learned the supremacies power and he had merged with the portion of Kyuubi's chakra that controlled a specific element the supremacy would activate and he would then need to learn from Kyuubi how to work with the element. Finally on his left shoulder would reside the soul seal, basically a nicer prison for Kyuubi which was about three times as strong as the Yondaime's seal even thought it was probably not needed. Yes, Naruto was a prodigy second to none at the sealing school having effectively made one of the strongest seals for Gyouko and performing it with relative ease.

-- Flashback --

A wealthy clan heir from a clan out of the Lightning Country had come to the monastery with ten of his best healers in order to have a seal placed upon him. He was the heir to his clan as well as a ninja and his clan elders had forced him to come to the monastery to get the seal done. They had proposed him to get a healing seal which would make sure he did not die in battle as he was known to get carried away sometimes. Naruto had begged Gyouko for hours till the old master had finally allowed Naruto to come up with the seal. For a week Naruto had the healers give him half of their healing chakra each day. He knew they needed to keep some in case something happened so half each day had been sealed into notes and then at the end of the week he had spent hours under the eye of Gyouko drawing out the seals and asking the heir if he had any specific wish for the placement and design of the seal.

"My clan is said to be as strong as a bull so perhaps a bull design would suffice, but I do not wish for it to look like a seal perhaps it could go on my arm and shoulder to look like a cool tattoo?" he had asked Naruto. Naruto being as creative as he was, which he had learned from pranking in his younger years, had done it with relative ease and as soon as the seals were drawn and the storage seals placed around the main seal Naruto had the leader lay in the middle and he preformed a release of the healing seals and then he quickly brought it all together into a seal on the mans shoulder and upper arm.

-- End Flashback --

He had gained much acclaim for his sealing and was one of the most sought after sealers in the whole region now. Since then he had only done one major sealing and he had been solicited enough by all the tattoo artists in the reason asking him to make up some tattoo designs for ANBU who often wanted tattoos that coincided with their masks. He had made up his own mask as he knew there would never be a fox mask in Konoha that met up to his standards and his seals would be the tattoo to go with it.

Finally after everything was ready Gyouko sat on the outside of the seal while the older monks sat around the perimeter of the room to watch the sealing. Sure they had seen sealings of minor demons, but never had they witnessed the sealing of one of the strongest demons. Well it was really just a resealing, but it was still impressive at the strength of the seals that were laid out in front of them. Some of them had heard of the strength of Yondaime's seals and when they saw his sons they were blown away. It seemed to them Uzumaki was also synonymous with Seal Master.

Naruto started the sealing and was surprised at how easily it was going. He then noticed it taxing him and told Gyouko to take over just in case. He had made it fairly easy for the sealer requiring nothing other then chakra infusion into the sealing area once he had initiated the seals. He had stored so much of his chakra into the sealing area that it was basically a five minute procedure after he let Gyouko take over. When it was done Naruto collapsed as he had expected and when they picked him up to take him to bed they noticed his back. The Heavenly Wings seal, allowing anyone with enough power to gain wings, but this was modified. It allowed Naruto to go into a sort of hanyou mode where he would gain demon features and when he chose the seal he also chose the features. He would sport wings that were as gold as his hair. It had confused him that when he entered the Sealing School his hair had turned back to its normal colors. This was explained to him that to keep some of the altering seals out it must have weakened the hold of the Kyuubi's modification. (A.N.: Had to explain the blondie bit from the last chapter)

Naruto awoke two days later, which surprised him since he figured he would probably be out of it for around a week, to notice he felt stronger. He looked at his tattoo to see he had gained two full tails during the sealing. He never knew how much of the Kyuubi's chakra he could handle, so two ninths of it seemed like a lot to him and in fact it was. He would have to talk to Kyuubi soon to learn to control his power. He noticed a presence near his side when he started adjusting to life again. Sure enough it was her. She would stick with him through think and thin and they both knew it. He had fallen for her since their eyes first met. His Moroi-chan was with him. Long since had he forgotten the childish crush he had on his former teammate Sakura and he never looked back. He was sad though. He knew he had to leave to help Gaara and eventually go back to the leaf to gain the position of Hokage. After all Naruto was Naruto and nothing could change that.

"Moroi-chan time to wake up," he said to his sleeping beauty as he brushed her hair out of her face and planted a kiss on her nose.

"Naruto-kun, are you awake already?" she asked while she was sitting up. "It has not been a week already has it?"

"No it has not. I am a bit surprised as well." He smiled and pulled himself out of his bed.

"Well let's get you some food. You must be hungry. No food for two days cannot be good for you. After that you are supposed to see Gyouko-ojii and explain why you didn't tell him about your Heavenly Wings addition to your seals."

After a quick shower and a hearty breakfast Naruto headed off to Gyouko's office knowing full well what was in store for him.

"Why didn't you tell me? What if there had been unforeseen effects had the seal suddenly opened during the finishing of the sealing. You know I did not tell you how to make that seal for your own use and if you had wanted to use it you know you should have come to me first. You may be a hotshot in the sealing world and a seal master candidate, but you are still my subordinate for now. I also was wondering how long you drained chakra into the seal before the ceremony. It took me only five minutes after your original twenty to finish the seal. Normally a seal of that caliber would take hours if not days to complete. You never fail to amaze me young Uzumaki."

Gyouko's speech was taxing on the boy's brain. He had a lot of explaining to do.

"Well, as for the Wings, I added it because it seemed insignificant compared to the others and I though you had seen it during your examination. I am sorry and I did not mean to go against you. It was only about fifty percent of my chakra in the seal when I started and I pushed a lot in at the initial get go so you would not have to do as much. As for being a seal master, when will I know if I am one?" Naruto finished making sure he had covered the major points.

"Heh, boy you are already a seal master. Your sealing has exceeded mine the minute you put the seals on yourself. If you will not be the sealing school master it does not take from your level. I also hear you have gained summon mastery when you called out two boss summons at once. You are called a master when you get a tattoo from the summons if you didn't know." Gyouko explained.

"Wow," was all Naruto could say. They ended their time before lunch discussing classes Naruto had to do before he left which Naruto decided to leave before the end of the month which was already half over.

At lunch Naruto was unusually quiet. Thinking to himself about telling Moroi he was going to leave. He never wanted to leave her because he feared it would break her heart. He knew bringing her was also not an option since he had many enemies out there still. He was unsure of what to do and knew he had to ask Moroi for her input. After a while of avoiding the topic he slowly approached her.

"Moroi-chan, I think we need to talk."

"What is it Naruto-kun?" she asked worriedly as she saw the sad expression on his face.

"Well," he began, "you know I have to leave soon and I was wondering what would happen with us. I don't want to lose you Moroi-chan and being without you for so long will make me sad." He explained to his beautiful princess.

"Is that all Naruto? You know you can visit me here while you are training and when you decide to move back to Konoha I will move back there with my parents. I should also be done with my training here soon. You seemed to have finished before me, but I know you are just more determined."

"Hai, I would like that and you are determined as well. I can see it in your eyes Moroi-chan. Let's go we have one more class before dinner time and no use wasting time." He said as they went off to teach a class.

Naruto's training at the monastery school was completed. He had become a seal master and a summoning master all within the time he was training. It was an incredible feat for a young shinobi of only sixteen years of age. He was told he had even surpassed Sandaime's legacy of power at a young age. He thought back to his training with Gikou and how all of the Mist Swordsmen were considered Kenjustu Masters; he had remembered that he was going to have to meet up with the surviving ones to be inducted. He thought he might as well make that happen once he got back to the sand and fixed Gaara's demon problem.

When the day for him to leave arrived it was turned into a happy day. Moroi fixed him his favorite breakfast and they spent all day together. In the evening there was a celebration for him and everyone attended. There was even a cake served after the ramen dinner. After the celebration ended he and Moroi ended up together in his room. Not saying a word both of the got into bed hugged and went to sleep. There were no words needed to express anything. They loved each other and they both knew it. Tomorrow was going to be a draining day and they needed rest.

As morning finally arrived Naruto woke up and smiled at the bundle of hair on his arm. He kissed her head before getting up and packing quietly hoping not to disturb his sleeping princess. When he finished packing he looked up to see her smiling at him. He smiled back and she got out of bed to kiss him. It quickly turned into a very long kiss and when it was finally done Naruto left to get breakfast in a daze. After breakfast he got his bag and walked to the door. His blonde hair shining in the light and his bright smile as he walked off put a smile on everyone's face. They knew he was destined to do amazing things.

With his sword on his back Naruto noticed he no longer needed his special straps to hold his sword in place. He had grown considerably in his time at the sealing school now standing just over six feet tall. He made a quick sealing note and stuck it to his back and then put the sword in place above it to hold it there. For an onlooker it would look like the sword was just sticking to his back as if by magic. It didn't take long for Naruto to reach the sand village. He figured using Shuunshin was too much of a short cut so he just ran at his normal speed with only a slight gravity modification on him so he wouldn't have to exert himself too much. When he reached the gates they asked him for his destination and he simply told them he was going to see the local sword smith, which was true. Satisfied with his answer they let him through since he wore no hidden village emblem and did not seem to have a very high chakra, since he had his masked off.

When he arrived at Gikou's he was not surprised to see nothing had changed there. One or two new swords were on the wall, just simple katanas or smaller daggers which ANBU might use, with Gikou sleeping in the corner. Well to someone else it might appear that he was sleeping, but Naruto knew better. Instead he took off his sword and slammed it on the counter to annoy the older man.

"Wake up you old fart," he yelled, "I need some assistance on my blade."

"Yea, yea give me a minute," Gikou replied getting up to look at the sword. When he saw it he immediately looked Naruto up and down wondering if it was the same kid who had come to him years ago with a dream. "That you brat?" he asked suspiciously.

"Hai, but I am not a brat you short old man." Gikou laughed at that and while he and Naruto were discussing Naruto's trip Gaara entered.

"You're back," Gaara simply stated, "Welcome."

"Haha, nice to see you too Gaara. Sorry for leaving on you, but I am sure you will like what I have accomplished. How about some ramen?" he asked the red headed shinobi.

"Ok, let's go."

"See ya later old man," Naruto said as he walked out the door. Gikou nodded and went back to his chair wondering how it was so easy for the Kazekage and Naruto to get along. He knew he didn't have time to ponder those things though. If Naruto still showed his excellence in Kenjutsu he would have to get around to calling up his old buddies and his troublesome brother for an induction meeting.

Author's Note:
Sorry for the long wait but I had quite a bit of writers block. I ended up reading almost every fiction 10k words + during this time. Um so yea Naruto is getting really strong now. Next chapter will deal with Sharkboy and the Weasle. I had something I wanted to explain, but now looking back I cannot remember what it was. I hope I didn't contradict myself in saying Moroi has family in Konoha. I should probably go back over some of the older chapters. Thanks to all those who review and keep them coming.

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

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