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rry: what is going to happening in this chapter again!
neko-leaf: READ AND FIND OUT!
Chapter Two: Training and a Bowl of Ramen
Kakashi then recognized her voice, "Uzumaki Miko?" He asked eyes a little wide in shock.
She sighed again, "Yes."
"Then," He pointed to the glaring Goth, "That is Daku Sen?"
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Daku continued to glare at his old teacher.
"Wait!" Sakura yelled making an X with her arms in front of her chest, "You said that you previous sensei was you aunt, but that would mean you are blood related to Uzumaki-san!"
"WHAT!" Miko yelled turning to Daku.
"I never said that she was related to me. What I could have meant was that she raised me like I was her nephew, which I do." Daku said face and voice void of emotion.
"Um…ok" Sakura said confused still.
"What did you teach him?" Kakashi suddenly asked.
"Several things," She said.
"Like what?" he asked.
"You'll see once he spars with someone." She was glaring at her student.
"Hmm… Sasuke how about you and Daku spar so that we can see how strong he is?" Kakashi asked.
Sasuke smirked. He wanted to fight with this new kid since he saw him take down Kakashi a few moments ago.
"Sure." He said turning around heading for the clearing.
"Sounds like fun," Daku said liking the blood off his chin, while mumbling, "That is if he's as strong as Itachi."
Sasuke stopped and turned around.
"What did you say?" He asked. 'He knows Itachi?' he thought.
"Nuthin'."
"Stop smirking and move!" Miko yelled pushing Daku forward.
"Fine."
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Once they were at the clearing Kakashi said, "You can use any thing you want but there are rules, ok?
"Rule one: Do not kill you opponent.
"Rule two: If it looks like you're getting close to killing them we, Miko and I, will jump in and stop the match." He said. He was about to continue when Daku interrupted:
"So it's pretty much the same rules as at the chunin exam?" asked knowing the answer.
"Yes," Kakashi said, "Now BEGIN!"
Kakashi, Miko, and Sakura stepped back. Sasuke disappeared, but Daku just stood there.
'Is he going to move?' Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke asked them selves.
Daku wasn't even in a fighting stance; he just stood there like nothing happened. He moved his hand up to his face.
'An attack!' Sasuke and everyone else pretty much thought, but then Daku yawned.
'What!' Sasuke thought, 'Is he mocking me? Oh he will pay!'
Sasuke grabbed a kunai and jumped out. Within seconds he was right next to Daku. He swung his upper body around and imbedded his weapon into the back of the boy's head.
'WHAT THE HELL!' he thought as surprise registered in his face. 'He took down Kakashi-sensei but couldn't doge my attack?'
Just then Daku disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
'Bunshin?' They all thought.
Sasuke looked around to try and locate Daku. 'Where is he?' he thought turning to his left.
He heard someone running. 'On the right!' He spun around but no one was there.
Then he felt a cold blade being pressed against his neck.
He looked up to see Daku standing there with a katana, looking as bored as hell. He yawned again, "Come on! I told you to make this interesting and here I already have you at my will."
Sasuke smirked a little, and then pumped charka into his hand.
'He's not'—Kakashi thought—'He's not going to us the Chidori!'
'Hmph! So maybe I was wrong. This is going to be fun!' Daku thought, noticing the charka being pulled to his opponent's hand.
Sasuke thrust his hand at Daku's chest. But Daku managed to avoid it with what looked like relative ease. He was gone after that.
Sasuke activated his sharingan and looked around the clearing for any sign of the other boy. He couldn't find him.
'Where is he!' Sasuke furiously thought, shifting his eyes from on side to the next. 'There!' he yelled as he caught a black blur out of the corner of his eye, he through one of his kunai at the place where Daku was next going to be.
He heard the boy whisper 'shit' then 'ow'. 'Guess I hit him.' He thought smirking. But that smirk didn't last long, for a blood covered kunai was soon hurtling towards his head.
He barely found time to dodge it.
"Snaps to you." Daku said icily as he came out of the woods and into the clearing. He was holding his left shoulder; his grip on the katana was lose. "Not a lot of people have ever been able to hit me."
"Hmph." Sasuke sarcastically said, "Couldn't dodge a simple kunai?"
Daku's smile became slightly crazed, his blood was making a puddle on the ground where he stood not moving at first, then slowly, he started to sway a little, side-to-side.
'What the hell is he doing? Dancing?' Sasuke thought. "Dobe, you gonna faint or something?"
Daku didn't answer; his eyes became a little glazed over.
'Let's kill him for what he did to you!' Kyuubi yelled to Daku. In Kyuubi's book any one who dare hurt his friend/container's body deserved to die a very painful death. It had been this way with Kyuubi since he and Daku merged.
'No, I've got a better idea.' Daku replied.
'I'm all ears.' Kyuubi said.
'No you're all fur…or well mostly but anyway; lets tease him a little, let him think that he's got the upper hand and when he lowers his guard then we strike. But NOT to kill him! And only give me enough chakra of yours so that they can barely feel it, ok?' Daku asked knowing full well what the answer would be.
'Ok' Kyuubi said, he just loved the way this boy could think…every once in a while, other times Daku was a complete idiot.
Sasuke was feed up the continuing rocking motion the boy was doing and lunged forward…
His attack was blocked but with what seemed like a little effort. 'He's weak and once I find my opening I'll win this!' Sasuke thought energetically.
'Good' Daku thought, smirking. He knew that the Uchiha would undoubtedly attack as soon as there was an opening. Daku moved his arm giving Sasuke the option of either exploiting the weakness Daku offered or ignore it. Needless to say, Sasuke saw the opening and took it. It was only when Daku moved his arm up even higher did Sasuke see the trap. Sasuke, upon seeing the trap, did the best he could do was try and move slightly in the air so that the blade would connect with his shoulder and not his head.
'Wonderful!' Daku thought smirking as he saw Sasuke twist in the air slightly, 'Just what I wanted.' Daku then, instead of bringing his blade down on Sasuke, brought his knee up and jabbed it into Sasuke's jut. 'Sasuke you make a great puppet.'
'Now?' Kyuubi questioned. He wanted to know when to give the boy his chakra.
"GEEHA!" Sasuke yelled as he got the wind knocked out of him.
'Yes, now.' Daku said letting his smirk/smile becoming completely crazed as he felt the power of the kitsune surge though him. The fox had given him just enough for it to heal his wound but still be slightly hard to detect. Daku took the slight time that Sasuke was in the air to like some of the blood of his hand. Personally, Daku didn't especially like the taste but he needed to thank the kyuubi some how for helping him.
Miko, who had become accustomed to feeling the kyuubi's power, immediately realized that Daku used it. 'THAT IDIOT!' She thought as her eyes widened in shock. She glanced over at Kakashi to see if he felt the demon's chakra. His eyes were wide in shock too.
'Wh-what? T-that was the kyuubi's chakra? What does that mean? I—we……Naruto died and took kyuubi with him…didn't he?' Kakashi's mind was riddled with confusion. But Sasuke's was even more so.
The attack had sent him to the ground, where he rolled for about 30 feet until losing momentum coming to a skidding stop'What the hell was that chakra!' He also felt the kyuubi's power, in fact the only one who didn't was Sakura who was so surprised that Sasuke was losing that she focused on nothing else but him.
"YOU IDIOT! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING USING THAT!" Miko yelled at Daku as she stomped over to him. Once she was there she grabbed him by the front of his shirt and shook him. "WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING! YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO USE THAT SO WHY WHERE YOU!"
He simply stared at her for a moment, "It was fun," was his only reply. He started to glare at her. "Let. Go." he said though clenched teeth.
She reluctantly let him go and sighed. She hated to deal with a mad Daku. It wasn't like she was afraid or anything, she just hated to work up a sweat when she didn't have to.
She started to walk away when Daku stopped her, "Hey, Miko?"
She turned to him, "What?" she asked.
"I'm hungry." He said not letting up on the glaring match that had started between them.
'I've really got an idiot here' she thought after a while. She knew that Kakashi and the other two on the team would her some questions for her and she would rather answer the appropriate ones without the boy here.
"Didn't you eat?" Sakura asked after she got over the shock of Sasuke losing.
"Well, no. You see I was up all night talking to a friend of mine."
"YOU IDIOT!" Miko yelled giving him a dope slap, "Why where you up all night talking?"
"We're insomniacs you can't blame us." He shrugged.
'Then Daku was either talking to Gaara or to kyuubi all night.' She thought. "So what did you get to bed last night?" Miko then asked.
"Would 4:39 a.m. earn me another dope slap?" he asked.
"Yes."
"Then it was 4:38 a.m.!"
She sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"
He shrugged and started to walk off.
"And where do you think you're going?" Kakashi asked.
"To the nearest ramen stand, I told you I was hungry." And with that he simply walked off.
"I must apologize for his behavior he hates working on teams since….his last one." Miko trailed off slightly while sadness filtered into her eyes.
"What happened in his last team?" Sakura asked innocently.
"They"—she paused to make sure that they were out of his abnormally large hearing distance—"They where—no yet me start here;"
Cue cheesy flash back music and wavy screen affect (Sakura: that was weird Miko: yeah and this isn't even a flash back, well kinda)
"It was the Chunin exams 10 years ago, they were being held in the Sand village. On the second stage you where suppose to survive being attacked by sand chunins for five days (not continuously, more like they would attack then if you defeated them you'd get to rest for a period of time until you encountered the next group, but they would never kill the participants only wound them), but somehow a couple of people from a group of missing nin and attacked Daku and his team. Only Daku survived and he blames himself for the death of his comrades. After that he became a Goth like he is now and started to hang out with the other outcastes of the sand. I'm surprised he agreed to join you're team. It was probably a guilty mind."
end flash back thing (Sasuke: that wasn't even a flash back rry: SO?)
"Oh, that's horrible." Sakura said. 'Seeing you friends die in front of you at, what 6 or something, that's just plane horrible.'
"Who were they?" Kakashi asked.
"We never found out." A sad look evaded her eyes. She was the one who taught Daku and his team. 'I blame myself more for my bad judgment then they think. If I had said that maybe the next chunin exam would be more appropriate, then perhaps Ichigo and Dai would—No I can't let myself wallow in the past when the present and future is right in front of me!'
"He was six the first time he went though the Chunin exam?" Sasuke asked, slightly more than shocked that someone could enter the exams that early.
"Yes."
"What level ninja is he at now?" He asked. 'He couldn't be past a Chunin…could he, if he passed then that is?'
"You'll have to ask him. If he ever finds out I told you about his old team I'd end up dieing a very painful death."
For about the next 5 minuets Miko answered some of their questions and others she just said that they would just have to ask Daku.
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Daku wondered around Konoha for a few minuets before finding the ramen stand.
'Ichiraku's' he thought as he entered the place. He took a seat next to a chunin, he could tell by the vest the man wore.
"Hello, what can I get for you sir?" the owner asked Daku.
"Pork ramen," He replied, glancing over at the chunin. "We'd like it if you stopped staring, sir." He said though clenched teeth also moving his elbows to rest on the counter lacing his fingers, waiting.
"Oh sorry, may I know your name?" the chunin asked.
Daku took a couple minuets taking in the appearance of the other man. He looked like he was in this early 30s. He had chocolate brown hair that was pulled back in a high ponytail, leaving a few strands to fall into his face. He also had a scar across his face.
"Kyuubi give you that?" Daku asked pointing at the man's face.
"Huh? Oh the scar, yes he did."
"Do you hate him for it?" he asked, "Do you hate him for killing your parents, for running you life? Every one does, if you said yes I wouldn't hold it against you."
"No, I don't hate him, well not as much as some of the other villagers."
"He's a monster; you should hate him for it." Daku said slightly glaring. He wanted to see how much this village hated him and his first attempt to see was failing.
"What's your name?" The chunin asked, again.
"It's Daku Sen." He replied.
"Mine is Iruka." He smiled.
"I didn't ask." Daku was slightly annoyed this 'Iruka'.
"I know but it seemed like on some subconscious level you wanted to know my name." He smiled again.
It was really starting to annoy Daku how much this man smiled, he also noticed that he (Daku) had begun to drum his fingers on the counter, a sure sign that he was annoyed.
"Here you go sir." The owner's daughter said placing steaming the steaming bowl of ramen in front of the boy.
"Do you know when the chunin exam starts?" Daku decided to ask, realizing that he didn't know.
"The day after tomorrow," Iruka said, "Are you going to be in it?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm replacing a"—he paused thinking of the right word—"deceased team member for a team here in Konoha."
"You must be talking about team seven then?" he gave a sad sigh.
"How did you know?" Daku asked.
"They're old students of mine. Wonderful kids, but one is hell bent on revenging his clan and the other is to preoccupied with catching the avenger's attention to train most of the time. Newa kind balanced it out, taking the avenger's attention away from vengeance for once and he also managed to get the crazy fan girl's head out of the clouds, some how."
"Class clown?" Daku asked, from that description; Newa was like himself be for 'that' incident. (1)
"Yeah but he was also very skilled."
"Such is the horrible life of a shinobi," Daku said sighing.
"Yeah," Iruka also sighed.
"Well if it is so horrible then why did you pick it?" a lazy voice said from the entrance of the stand.
Daku smirked recognizing the voice, "Yeah and it's troublesome, too, so why are you one, Shikamaru?" Daku turned on his stool to face the chunin, waiting for an answer.
He shrugged, "Temari and her brothers will be here tomorrow"—he sat down next to Daku—"thought you'd like to know since you're friends with Gaara."
"Hn! Cool I haven't seen Gaara in like…three months!" Daku said rather enthusiastically. It was true; he hadn't seen Gaara or his siblings in three months.
"You know Gaara of the sand?" Iruka asked, a little amazed that Daku talked about Gaara like they were old buddies, which they were actually.
"Yeah, I used to live in the sand village from when I was about 5 to when I was about 15, why?"
"Oh well he was here about three years ago taking the chunin exam then too, and you talk about him like you two are friends." Iruka replied.
"We are friends." Daku said staring at him with an expression that clearly said, 'Is it odd for someone like him to have friends?'
"Oh! It's just the way he acted last time he was here made him out to be a loner with no one to catch him when he falls."
"That's a really weird way to say 'I never thought he would be the type to stop killing and find a friend with all this new found time.'" Daku's expression was now a rather confused one.
"How did you two become friends?" Iruka asked curiosity deepening.
"Oh…well"—he paused to think of a good excuse, not want to reveal the truth that was the demons they harbored brought them together. The fact that Daku was Naruto and Naruto had the kyuubi in him was one reason that Gaara didn't kill him; they had, and still have, a lot in common. And the fact that Daku had accidentally knocked him out with a soccer ball when they where 7 had absolutely nothing to do with it. So he just decided to say—"We met though sports."
Shikamaru, who heard Gaara and Daku really met from his girlfriend, Temari, was about to laugh his head off, but I guess you could say that it was true, on some level. But in the end Shikamaru resorted to snickering.
"What's so funny Shikamaru?" Daku asked sarcastically.
He would have said you if he hadn't remembered that he needed to go make a call, "I gotta go, see you latter Sen, Iruka-sensei!" he said waving as he got to the door.
"Why does he call you 'Sen' and not 'Daku'?" Iruka asked once the younger chunin left.
"Mainly because the sand sibs do, but also 'cause I don't care whether they call me 'Daku' or 'Sen' because in a way the are both my name." He said shrugging.
"Oh yeah your full first name is 'Daku Sen' huh?" Iruka said.
"Yeah." Daku returned to his ramen, which was half gone.
He heard someone else enter and judging by their scent it was someone who had a dog, and Daku disliked dog. It wasn't pure hate, he just likes cats better.
"Hey can I have a beef ramen?" the new comer asked. Daku guess that this person had his team with him because there where several other scents in the restaurant now, too.
'Six,' he thought as they came into view, 'Yes six.' From the look of it was two teams. Two of then looked related for they both had white eyes, one girl had her hair up in a pair of buns, on boy was wearing a spandex suit, green, which made Daku think 'Creepy!' for the next hour or so and this boy also had really thick eyebrows. The other two people where boys; one with a dog in his jacket, and the other was wearing sunglasses and a high collared coat.
'Let's see those two are Hyuugas, that one is probably from the Inuzuka clan, and that one over there, Mr. Sunglasses, is more than likely an Aburame. What do you think Kyuubi?'
'Yes, it would seem so. The boy with long hair, the Hyuuga, he's eyeing you.' He answered.
'NO, REALLY!'—he thought sarcastically—'I'VE BEEN SEEN IN THIS VILLAGE BEFORE. I'M 'SUPOS TO BE DEAD, REMEMBER!' he yelled.
'No need to get your panties in a bunch!' Kyuubi thought.
'You know good and well that I wear boxers…don't you?' Kyuubi was probably the only person, besides Gaara, that Daku ever told jokes to, sarcasm was reserved for everyone.
The Kyuubi sighed, he and Miko have to endue this all the time, pity them…just don't let them know you're doing it.
"Hey! Blondie what's you're name?" the dog-boy asked.
Daku thought about replying with a 'FUCK YOU!' 'cause he hated being called 'blondie' but opted with a slightly crazed smile, and boy could he pull that off, and said "Daku Sen." In a lowish tone. To him it looked like he managed to scare the white eyed girl. "And don't call me blondie." He added.
"Sorry," he said. That dog of his had gone back into his coat.
'You scared the dog.' Kyuubi pointed out.
'I know that!' he yelled back 'And I really could care less.'
"Now you have my name what are ours?" Daku asked slightly lessening his glare.
"I'm Inuzuka Kiba." He said.
'Fang?' he thought, 'What the hell kinda name is that? Hmph! Only fitting for an Inuzuka it would seem.'
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rry: wow! That was long I mean, 18 PAGES! Longest chapter we've ever written.
neko-leaf: yeah it was kinda long. So what do you think of this chappie? And we're sorry if you died from the length of this 2nd chapter.
rry: some of Naruto's past was in this but it is a lot deeper than this.
neko-leaf: really deep. would you like a hint of how deep it goes? Of course you would, but we're not gunna tell you. :smiles:
rry: but we will tell you…..oh yeah a little more of what Naruto looks like in this; his hair is still blond and is pulled back in a braid at the bottom of his neck and also has a few strands that are to short to pull back (they go about down to his chin,) giving him a little bangs (kind like Iruka's bangs but Naruto only has two), his eye are still blue except for when he uses the kyuubi's chakra, like in the manga/anime when they turn red and have feline like slits for pupils, speaking of which, his pupils are slightly more of a slit since merging with kyuubi but not so much that it would be noticeable, in fact the only way one can notice the difference is for them to look directly at his eyes for about 30 minuets but that annoys Daku. Am I forgetting anything?
neko-leaf: I don't think so well anyway review :smiles:
rry: oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO! Even if it is a couple days late :sheepish smile/laugh:
(1) When his team was killed is what he means by 'that incident' 'k?
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