A/N: Hey. Here's chapter 3 of Endless Recovery. But before that, I would like to say a few things.
Once again, thanks to everyone who bothered reviewing my story. Like I said before, every hit deserves an autograph. My latest overall stats were 31 reviews and about 2,600 hits. Keep up with the reviews, I enjoy reading and responding to them.
Now to address any concerns I saw in the reviews. A lot of people are worried about Naruto's chakra reserves, and are wondering if they will grow. Basically, his reserves didn't grow in chapter 2 because he never actually used chakra before. Now that he will be using chakra, I have to say that his reserves won't grow by much. I didn't really explain it that much in this chapter, but I will in chapter 4. His reserves do grow, but not very drastically. So don't expect any giant chakra sucking attacks, like Kage Bunshin (shadow clones).
On a side note, I think his Kage Bunshin (shadow clones) are used way too often in the original story and in fanfictions. I have to say, the move doesn't allow for a whole lot of creativity. Most just follow the whole: Step 1. Make a whole lot of clones, Step 2. Gang up on the enemy, Step 3. Pull a win out of your ass by some miracle. That's boring, so I will avoided it, enlisting better techniques that will provide far greater entertainment for all of you, hopefully.
As for Islagatt's point about the regeneration actually being generation, it is, to a certain extent. But I don't want to confuse people or have someone think I misspelled the word without the "re" in front. So, I will continue to refer to it as chakra regeneration. Thanks for understanding.
Okay, onto the Chapter 2 Summary: There is a four year time skip since chapter 1's end. We find the Hokage sitting at his desk thinking about Naruto's condition. He decides that it is now time for Naruto to start his training as a Shinobi. We see several scenes with Naruto interacting with his family, including his younger sister, Akemi, and his father, Taiki. Afterwards, back at the Hokage's office, Sarutobi, Hiashi, Taiki, and Naruto discuss the kid's future training. Naruto has an episode during the proceedings, and Hiashi comes to the rescue with one of his techniques. They settle on Naruto's training schedule, and then I make a small attempt at humor, you know, the part with the secretary (dunno if any of you found it funny though). Hint: all of those people that rushed into the Hokage's office were the Akadou clan members he sent for during Naruto's episode. A little late, weren't they, lol.
Okay, that's it for the summary. Now, concerning the preview I made for chapter 3 last time. I lied, again. Let's face it, I suck at previews, since I never end up including what I said I would in the next chapter anyways. All the stuff I hinted at will still happen, it's just that it may take a while to get to it. But don't think I'm just trying to drag this story out. Everything I write has a point, whether it is an explanation or bonding (you know, something that will make you feel the characters are real, and actually get you to care about them).
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Disclaimer: I'm not writing this for any kind of profit and I don't own any of the characters, techniques, or plot scenarios that I have taken the liberty of borrowing from the original series. However, I do own any of the OC's I have created, and any deviations I have made from the original series, including any techniques I create on my own, however doubtful that may be.
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Hazy sunlight pierced a pale washed dawn, sending streaks of pink and gold across the Hokage Mountain and the four carved faces that adorned it. Dew drops resting on the buildings and forest below glistened like expertly cut diamonds, producing a rainbow of colors when the light hit them at just the right angle. And a lone bird's enchanting melody was heard echoing throughout the entire village, completing the rather majestic scene.
However, all of nature's beauty went entirely unnoticed by a certain boy as he lay in his bed asleep, his blonde hair spilling out from underneath the blankets. A peeved Taiki stood next to Naruto's bed as he glared at his son, willing him to wake up. "Naruto, get up, I'm not going to say it again." He was met with silence. This was the third time the Akadou clan's leader had come into the blonde boy's room to wake him up, and each time, Naruto would get up assuring his father that he was awake, only to fall back into bed, roll over, and fall asleep once Taiki left the room.
The Akadou clan head's eye twitched as his glare intensified. "That's it, if you won't get up on your own, I'll make you get up!" With that said, Taiki shoved his hands under the mattress, and with a small grunt, flipped it over, along with Naruto's sleeping form, onto the floor. Naruto met the floor with a loud thud, which was soon followed by a muffled groan as the mattress landed on top of his sprawled body.
Satisfied with his work, Taiki headed for the door, only to stop dead in his tracks when he heard a soft snoring coming from under the mattress. His eye twitching in full force, he turned around and kicked the mattress. The Akadou clan's leader stomped back to the door as he shouted towards his son. "Fine! If you're not going to get up, I'll just have to eat your breakfast for you! I can taste it now, your mother's expertly prepared eggs, bacon, pancakes, and tea. Yum, I can hardly wait!"
Just as Taiki was about to step through the doorway, an orange blur blew right past him, almost knocking him off of his feet. He looked after the orange blur, but there was no trace of it. Looking back inside the room, he saw the mattress resting lopsided on the bed frame as though it were thrown there, with the blankets strewn all throughout the room, and no sign of Naruto anywhere. He chuckled to himself as he made his way towards the kitchen. "Hahaha, too easy."
Taiki entered the kitchen with a smile on his face, kissed his wife on the cheek, eliciting a giggle from her, and sat down next to his son and daughter. However, Naruto was too busy stuffing his face at an unimaginable pace to take notice. Taiki chuckled once more as he placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Haha, Naruto, slow down, I was only joking. I wasn't really going to eat your breakfast. Besides, I'm sure there's plenty more food if you're still hungry." Akemi giggled at her big brother's expense as Naruto looked up from his plate with a sheepish grin on his face.
Asuka sat down at the table, setting a plate of food in front of herself. Taiki looked at the plate and smiled before addressing his wife. "Asuka, you have prepared a fine meal indeed. Is that for me?" Asuka couldn't help but glance at her husband with a guilty look on her face. Taiki took notice, and voiced his concern. "What's wrong, honey?" Asuka couldn't look Taiki in the eyes, and instead chose to focus her gaze on Naruto. "A-actually, there isn't anymore food left, Naruto ate it all. And…um…that was your breakfast," she said while pointing a finger at Naruto's almost completely cleaned off plate.
For a second, Taiki stared at his wife with a blank look on his face, then he followed her finger as it pointed to Naruto's, by now, empty plate. His eye once again began to twitch uncontrollably, and he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the boy's shoulder. Through clenched teeth, the Akadou clan head addressed his son. "You…ate…my…breakfast?-!" Naruto looked at his father with a nervous smile on his face. "Um…I was really hungry?" With that, the boy snaked his way out of Taiki's grip and took off running as fast as his feet would carry him. The room was bathed in a tense silence for several moments, before a thundering scream rang throughout the entire compound, scaring the birds away, and gaining a wince from anyone in the nearby area. "NAAARRRUUUTTTOOOOOOOOO!"
Said boy almost tripped when he heard his father yell out his name. Naruto looked over his shoulder, making sure Taiki wasn't following him, and quickly turned a corner. He brought his head back forward again, his vision only registering red. With a loud thud, the blonde boy fell backwards onto his butt. Groaning, Naruto looked up at the wall he presumed he had run into, only to find his cousin, Yoroi Akadou, glaring at him. "Ah, sorry Yoroi-san, I didn't see you there."
His cousin was older than him by eleven years, making him fifteen. Yoroi was a tall boy for his age, and had short, dark brown hair. Naruto wasn't too sure about the older boy's eye color though, since he had only ever seen him wearing those ocular lenses. Yoroi wore a dark brown t-shirt and a pair of dark red pants. He had black fingerless gloves on his hands and black shinobi sandals on his feet, completing the ensemble.
The smaller boy assumed he had run into the other boy's leg, since at his full height, Naruto just barely reach his cousin's waist. Yoroi snarled at Naruto's downed form as he turned to leave, addressing the younger boy while walking off. "Watch where you're going next time, twerp."
Naruto slowly got up, dusting himself off. He looked to where his cousin had gone off to, while scratching the back of his head. "Err…right, I will." Forgetting what he had been doing before, the blonde boy walked off to find something to keep busy with.
Taiki, having witnessed the two boy's little interaction from the shadows, decided to confront his nephew. He followed Yoroi for a bit before the boy sensed his presence. "What do you want, Taiki-san?" The Akadou clan's leader stepped out in front of his nephew with a frown on his face. "Still quite the attitude you have there, Yoroi-kun." Narrowing his eyes at his uncle's words, Yoroi settled for an indifferent "humph," hoping it would irritate the man.
Taiki, having encountered his nephew's attitude on many occasions, simply ignored the boy's attempt at riling him up, and got down to the issue at hand. "Yoroi, I saw how you acted towards Naruto earlier. He apologized after running into you, yet you still felt the need to berate him. That is no way to treat your younger cousin." Yoroi glared at Taiki with malice, disgust evident in his voice as he spoke. "That little brat has never been and never will be my cousin. The others may have accepted him as an Akadou member, but I have not. He is merely a stain on the Akadou clan's name, and nothing more."
Shocked to hear such words coming from his nephew, Taiki grew angry, preparing to reprimand the defiant teenager. "Yoroi! You will not…" But before he could even begin to deal with him, the boy spoke. "I don't have time for this. I'm meeting my team for a C-ranked mission, and it starts in less than twenty minutes." With that, he turned and ran off towards the village gate, presumably to meet his Genin teammates and their Jounin instructor before the mission. Taiki was left to silently fume as he made his way back towards the house. The nerve of that boy. Not only does he disrespect me, but my family as well. I'll make sure he is punished when he returns from his mission. I will not tolerate anyone looking down upon Naruto simply because he is adopted. My boy is as much a part of this clan as any of the other members.
Taiki found Naruto sitting on the porch, his feet dangling over the edge, as he gazed out over the morning sky. He sat down by his son, and with a heavy sigh, looked up to the sky as well. Naruto, having heard his father, looked at him with a guilty expression on his face. "Still mad about breakfast?" The Akadou clan head turned to his son, smiled, and ruffled his hair. "Nah, forget about it. Besides, you're a growing boy, you need the extra food. Don't want to stay a shrimp forever, now do you?" Naruto glared from under his father's hand. "I am not a shrimp!" Taiki looked at his son's serious face and laughed. "Hahaha, I'm only kidding, no need to get upset." The two continued looking at the sky above in a comfortable silence.
As the father and son duo sat together, Asuka stepped outside with her lips pursed in a flat line. "You two do remember that today is the first day of Naruto's training with the Hyuuga clan, right?" Taiki turned to his wife with a smile. "Don't worry so much, dear, we have plenty of time. He has to be there at eight." Asuka gave Taiki an all too sweet smile while speaking in a pleasant voice. "Really? Well, it's ten to eight right now." Taiki's jaw dropped as his eyes grew wide. "T-ten to eight! B-but the Hyuuga clan's compound is on the other side of the village. We'll never get there in time!" Asuka just continued smiling at her panicking husband. "Well then, I suggest you hurry."
Faster then she would have thought possible, Taiki jumped up, grabbed Naruto's arm, and sped out of the compound towards the other side of Konoha. Asuka let out a sigh while looking on after them. There they go. I hope those Hyuuga can help my boy. She was brought out of her thoughts by Akemi's arrival. Turning to her daughter's silent form, Asuka grew slightly worried. "What's wrong, Akemi?"
Akemi looked to her mother with a small smile. "Nothing. I was just wondering, will I be a ninja when I grow up too?" Asuka couldn't help but let the surprise she felt at her daughter's innocent question show on her face. "I-I'm not sure…Akemi, do you want to be trained as a Kunoichi?" The girl looked away from the older woman and turned towards the compound's gates. "I think so. I mean you and father are ninjas, and even big brother is going to become one. I just don't want to be left behind."
Asuka's eyes saddened, but she quickly composed herself before addressing her daughter. "I understand. If that is what you truly wish for, your father and I will begin your training as a Kunoichi of Konoha." Akemi nodded her head, a smile on her face, before running off, leaving her mother to her thoughts. The life of a ninja will be hard on Akemi, but I know Naruto will be looking out for her like he always does.
Miraculously, Taiki and Naruto made it to the Hyuuga compound just before eight. As they stood in front of the towering gates catching their breath, two guards from the branch family jumped down inquiring about their presence. "State your names and business here." Taiki took a moment before straightening up and answering. "Taiki Akadou and my son, Naruto. We're here to see Hiashi-san."
One of the guards nodded his head in approval before speaking. "Understood. Hiashi-sama has been expecting you. Head through the gates and towards the training grounds behind the main building." With that, the guards opened the gates, letting Taiki and Naruto through. The two followed the guard's instructions and made their way over to the training ground, where they found Hiashi already waiting.
Hiashi looked to Taiki and Naruto as the two of them approached him. "I see that the two of you have made it. Since today is the first time Naruto has been here, I will allow you to stay as well, Taiki-san. However, after today, I will only allow Naruto to enter the training grounds. I'm sure you understand, the Hyuuga fighting style and its techniques must remain a secret from others." Taiki nodded his head in acceptance. "That's fine. I would do the same in your place."
With that out of the way, Hiashi looked at Naruto. Motioning for the boy to come over to him, the Hyuuga clan head addressed Taiki. "When we last met, I unsealed a number of Naruto's tenketsu holes. In order to train the boy in chakra control and molding, I must first finish unsealing the rest of them." Naruto nervously walked over to Hiashi, glancing back to his father every now and then. Taiki smiled reassuringly at Naruto before voicing his opinion. "Do what you must, but try not to hurt the boy." Hiashi answered Taiki's concern in a calm manner. "Of course."
Naruto stood in front of the Hyuuga clan's leader, awaiting further instruction from the rather imposing man. Hiashi took a stance and addressed the boy before him. "I will now use the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style to open the remainder of your sealed tenketsu holes. It is very important that you do not move if you wish the procedure to go smoothly and without any additional pain. Prepare yourself." Naruto's eyes widened as he audibly gulped, imagining just how much this man's technique would hurt. He nervously gave a nod, and stood stock still.
At the boy's signal and straightening posture, Hiashi took off. His hands moved in a blur as they pounded away at Naruto's tenketsu holes. The Hyuuga clan's leader slowly circled around the boy as he continued his task. With the last of Naruto's tenketsu holes unsealed, Hiashi stepped back and looked at the boy. Naruto dropped to the ground in a coughing fit, struggling to compose himself. Gah, that hurt so much! I feel like I'm going to just drop dead right here. Taiki quickly ran to his son's side, supporting him as best as he could.
After a few more rounds of coughing, Naruto finally managed to catch his breath. He slowly tried to stand up, only to find that his legs wouldn't support him. "Huh?-! Why can't I stand up?" Hiashi walked over to the pair before answering. "That technique is very stressful on the body. You will most likely not have the energy to stand for quite some time. Rest, and when you regain your strength, we will move on to the real training for today." With that said, Hiashi walked into the main building, leaving Taiki and his son to their own devices.
Hiashi was on his way back to the training grounds, believing it to have been more than enough time for Naruto to recover. He was a few steps away from the doorway when a burst of chakra coming from outside pushed him back. Is the compound under attack?-! He quickly activated his Kekkei Genkai (bloodline limit) with a muttered "Byakugan" and looked to where the chakra blast had originated from. Instantly, his eyes watered, and just as quickly, he deactivated his Byakugan once again. Rubbing his irritated eyes, he made his way over to the chakra's source.
"Wha-what's going on?-! I feel funny." Naruto was standing in the middle of the training grounds, his entire body completely engulfed in chakra. He kept looking between the palms of his raised hands, as if seeing them for the first time. Taiki was starring at Naruto as well, but for a different reason. Naruto is having an episode again, but his chakra is easily flowing out of his body. Aside from the constantly radiating chakra, he seems to be perfectly fine. He was brought out of his thoughts by the arrival of several Hyuuga clan members, both from the main and branch family.
One of the main family members stepped forward while yelling a warning out to the others. "Don't activate the Byakugan, you'll only cause further damage to yourselves!" A few of the Hyuuga present were indeed rubbing their eyes, having already activated their Kekkei Genkai (bloodline limit) prior to the man's warning. The man that had previously moved forward spoke again while getting into the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) stance. "I don't know who you are, but as a threat to the Hyuuga clan, I will stop you here and now!"
Before Taiki could stop the man and explain the situation, the Hyuuga shouted out the name of his attack. "Hakke Rokujuuyonshou" (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms). Taiki was frozen in place. He could only stare in shock as the man struck his son in a blur of movement. It was over before he could blink. Tears welled up in his eyes as he looked at his son's attacker, imagining the pain that attack would have caused Naruto, if it didn't outright kill him. He was ready to slaughter the lot of them for what the man did to his boy, but a collective gasp brought his attention back to his son's form.
Standing in the same spot he had been in previously, Naruto's body continued expelling chakra as though the attack had never happened. Cries of indignation and astonishment could be heard coming from the crowd of Hyuuga now assembled. "Impossible!", "What happened?-!", "The Hakke Rokujuuyonshou (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms) didn't work?-!", "This has never happened before!" The man that had initiated the attack stood there, dumbstruck, wondering if maybe he was having a hallucination, or perhaps this was just a nightmare that he would soon wake up from.
A soft, yet commanding voice pierced through the gathered Hyuugas' cries. "Hm…I see. So this is what the Hokage meant. Someone who can even withstand the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style will most certainly become one of the greatest ninjas this village has ever seen." With the proper training, this boy could become near unstoppable. Once again there were a multitude of gasps from the crowd of Hyuuga, soon followed by a collective shout of "Hiashi-sama!"
Hiashi walked over to Naruto's side, staying well out of the chakra's range, before addressing the crowd. "This boy will be personally trained by me on the weekends from this day forward. As such, he is to be considered a guest here, and you will all treat him accordingly. You are dismissed!" Once again, the crowd let out a chorus of "Hiashi-sama!" before quickly dispersing, the branch family members returning to their posts, and the main family members going to do whatever they were doing beforehand.
Taiki made his way over to Hiashi with a dazed look. "What happened? I was sure Naruto was finished when he was attacked with that technique. How did my boy survive?" Hiashi glanced at Taiki before turning his gaze back onto Naruto's glowing form. "I have to admit, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. It seems that the boy's chakra output was stronger than even the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) could create." Taiki simply starred at the Hyuuga clan's leader with a blank look on his face.
Hiashi let out a sigh, briefly wondering how such a clueless man could be the head of his own clan. "You see, the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style relies on expelling a small amount of chakra through the fingertips or palm into an opponent's tenketsu hole, effectively closing it, or in some cases, overflowing it. The chakra being expelled has a certain amount of pressure to it, which is necessary for the style to work properly. By equaling or exceeding that amount of pressure, the opponent could theoretically cancel out the effects of the style. Of course, that is simply common sense." At Hiashi's last phrase, Taiki narrowed his eyes while letting out an undignified "humph!"
Ignoring the Akadou head's interruption, Hiashi continued on with his explanation. "However, aside from merely calculating the amount of pressure required to negate the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) style, the opponent must also have chakra control equal to a Hyuuga. Without full knowledge of how to expel chakra from all 361 tenketsu holes in the body, the opponent could not possibly hope to deflect the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) style with any amount of effectiveness. That is where the boy becomes somewhat of a paradox. Rather than having the control to block each thrust with his own chakra expulsion, he emits a constant amount of chakra from all of his tenketsu holes, now that I have unsealed them. And further more, each of his tenketsu holes seem to emit chakra with a pressure far greater than the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) style is accommodated for."
Taiki raised an eyebrow at Hiashi once the explanation was complete. "So you're telling me that my boy is a natural counter to the Hyuuga fighting style?" Hiashi couldn't help but smirk at Taiki's statement. "In most cases, yes. The boy's chakra potency not only blinds a Hyuuga using the Byakugan, but even has the strength to render the original Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style useless. Still, your son wouldn't stand a chance against an elite Hyuuga member." Taiki narrowed his eyes at the Hyuuga clan's leader, quickly growing frustrated with the man's superiority complex. "How do you figure?"
Hiashi merely shrugged before replying. "Simple. Any elite Hyuuga, including myself, has the ability to control the pressure output of the Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style. The Hyuuga member that attacked the boy was not an elite Hyuuga, and as such, did not realize that he would need to increase the pressure of his attack for it to have any sort of affect."
Taiki let out a sigh. And here I thought my boy was the ultimate Hyuuga counter. If the Akadou clan had someone like that as one of our members, the clan's fame among fellow ninja would skyrocket, maybe even surpassing the Hyuugas' own reputation. I guess he still has a ways to go before he can achieve such a title. He kept looking at his son's chakra radiating form, but then something caught his eye. The radius of Naruto's chakra expulsion was slowly reducing in size. Only a few moments later, Naruto was back to normal, as though he had never had chakra surrounding his body in the first place.
Naruto turned his head to look at his father, confusion clearly written onto his face. "What happened?" Taiki took on a thoughtful pose. "I guess your episode is over. It worried me that they were slowly occurring more frequently, but I guess that doesn't matter anymore, since you can just expel the excess chakra on your own. Heh, it seems you don't need your old man to look after you anymore." Naruto nodded his head vigorously. "That's right, because I'm an adult now!" Taiki walked over to his son and bopped him on the head. "Don't get ahead of yourself, squirt. You're still a long ways away from becoming an adult." A pout came across Naruto's face, before he simply turned his head away from his father with a "humph," eliciting a chuckle from Taiki.
Hiashi watched the father and son interacting with one another for a while, before getting back to the task at hand. "I believe Naruto has recuperated enough, let's begin with the first step of his training." Receiving a nodded from Taiki, Hiashi turned to the boy. "Now, from what I observed of your chakra reserves previously, you will need to expand them to a much greater degree before you do anything else." Naruto smiled happily before responding. "Okay! But…um…what's chakra?"
"Again!" Naruto looked up at the man that was addressing him. Grumbling, he stood up, and walked to the middle of the training grounds. With a shout of "Kai" (Release), Naruto's form shimmered before a wave of chakra engulfed his entire body. He looked to the man that had first spoken to him with an annoyed expression. "Now what, Hiashi-sensei?"
The Hyuuga clan head stood opposite his pupil seemingly lost in thought. Three years. It's been three years since that boy began training with me. He came to me with pitiful chakra reserves, and even worse chakra control. He now stands before me with slightly less pitiful chakra reserves, and his chakra control has grown exponentially better.
Upon closer inspection, it would seem that Naruto had changed quite a bit from when he was a mere four year old. Training for three years would undoubtedly have an affect on the boy's physique. He now stood a head taller, with a slightly fuller frame. He even lost some of the baby fat that had once decorated a majority of his features.
But the greatest change would most likely be to Naruto's wardrobe. Gone were the days when he was covered in partially orange clothing. Having matured over the years, Naruto felt that he had a grasp on what a proper ninja should wear. Or at least he thought he did. The boy was now practically a billboard advertising the color orange. He wore a bright orange jacket that he kept zipped up over a slightly too large navy blue t-shirt, and his pants were, what else, but orange. To complete his ensemble, Naruto wore dark blue Shinobi sandals on both feet.
Looking at the now seven year old Naruto, Hiashi couldn't help but notice how far the boy had actually progressed. In the beginning, Naruto wasn't able to do much with his limited chakra stamina, but only a few months into his training, the child experienced an episode that would drastically change his future Shinobi career for the better. What started out as just another episode soon became so much more. Hiashi remembered it well, it had, after all, happened during one of his training sessions with the boy.
:"It's happening again." Naruto was once again standing in the training area of the Hyuuga compound when another one of his episodes began. Hiashi had suggested, at the beginning of their training session, that they wait for Naruto's episodes to pass before they continued, since they would only get in the way. And so they waited, and waited, and waited.
An hour later, they were still waiting. Naruto was getting really annoyed that his episode was wasting time that could be spent learning something new, so he chose to voice his concern. "Um, it's not stopping." At that point, Hiashi decided to state his own opinion as well. "Yes, I can see that. Well, we've delayed your training long enough. Let's just continue from where we left off. I'm sure the episode will come to an end sooner or later." Naruto's training for the day was over five hours later, yet his episode still didn't seem to have an end in sight.
Being the ever observant man that he was, Hiashi pointed out the major dilemma that Naruto was facing. "Hm, I suppose you can't go home like that, it would attract too much attention." Naruto turned to the Hyuuga head with a curious look. "So what should I do?" Hiashi stood there pondering just that. After several moments, he came up with an idea. "Why don't you use the henge no jutsu (transformation technique) your father taught you?" Naruto's face scrunched up in confusion. "How would transforming myself into someone else help?"
Hiashi wondered why he had ever accepted the Hokage's request to train this, more often than not, clueless child. With a sigh, he answered his delinquent of a student. "You're not going to transform into a different person. Just transform into an exact copy of yourself." Naruto couldn't help but interrupt here. "But what's the point of transforming into myself, that's just stupid!"
Giving out yet another sigh in exasperation, Hiashi once again answered his pupil's question. "It isn't if the entire point of using the henge no jutsu (transformation technique) is to put a constant drain on your chakra, hopefully equaling out the regeneration you are currently experiencing thanks to your ridiculously long episode." Realization quickly dawned on Naruto. "Oh! I get it!" Hiashi couldn't help but mutter an "Are you sure?" under his breath.:
After that day, Naruto's episode never seemed to end. Once Taiki found out about Naruto's condition, he immediately went to inform the Hokage. All Sarutobi said was that this was to be expected, and everything was fine. The next time Naruto had training at the Hyuugas' compound, Taiki informed Hiashi of the news and the Hokage's opinion.
With that, Naruto was now endowed with a perpetual chakra regeneration that far exceeded the amount of chakra his reserves could handle. As such, if left alone, Naruto's body would constantly expel the excess chakra. The easiest way they found to stop the overabundance of chakra from leaking out was to get rid of it, usually through the use of a simple henge no jutsu (transformation technique). It just so happened that the constant drain the technique created on Naruto's chakra reserves was equal to his chakra regeneration rate.
"Hiashi-sensei?" Naruto's voice quickly brought the Hyuuga clan's leader back to reality. Shaking his head to get his mind back on track, Hiashi slowly fell into the familiar Jyuuken (Gentle Fist) fighting style and addressed his student. "Now, you will block my strikes with only your chakra. Prepare yourself."
Without waiting for any kind of response, Hiashi took off. He aimed a left palm strike at Naruto's chest, but with a flare of energy, the boy's chakra easily deflected it. Continuing with his attack, Hiashi swung an uppercut at the blonde's head with his right hand. The attack was savagely deflected by a chakra burst once again, this time throwing the Hyuuga leader's arm backwards. Using the momentum, Hiashi spun in the air, aiming a back kick with his right leg towards the boy's middle. The attack struck what seemed to be a wall of chakra radiating from Naruto's body. The seven year old couldn't help but let a smug smile settle on his face.
Seeing the boy's expression, Hiashi decided to take him down a notch. "Don't relax just yet. I haven't even been using chakra in those attacks. Now comes the real test!" He once again charged the boy, dropping low in an attempt to sweep his student's feet from under him. Naruto jumped up dodging the attack, but was caught off guard as his sensei transitioned his sweep into a summersault, landing a double footed kick on Naruto's chin. Although the kick didn't actually touch Naruto, thanks to his excess chakra, the force behind it sent Naruto flying high into the air.
Following through with the summersault, Hiashi pushed off of the ground with both hands, launching himself after the boy. Once the man positioned himself in front of Naruto's ascending form, he prepared for one of his more devastating techniques. With a shout of "Hakke Rokujuuyonshou" (Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms), he proceeded to strike the boy. With the final blow, Hiashi flipped his body in the air and sent his right foot crashing down onto Naruto's head, sending the child rocketing into the ground below.
Landing gracefully near the crater Naruto's speeding body created, he spoke to his downed pupil. "Get up. Your training session is far from finished." And sure enough, Naruto's form could be seen rising from the crater ever so slowly. When he made it back to level ground, he plopped down on his butt, not even bothering to do the henge no jutsu (transformation technique) to suppress his excess chakra, and looked up at Hiashi. "Err…I think I need another break."
A/N: And there's another chapter, hope you enjoyed it. Some more interaction with the Akadou family (tell me, in a review, if you found any of it even remotely funny).
I also decided on making another forward time skip, mainly because if I didn't, I don't think I would ever get to the tragic C-ranked mission, or to any of the main plot, for that matter. Yes, you can look at all of this so far as still being the prologue, since it is building up the many different plot scenarios I will have in the future. But at least Naruto has constant chakra regeneration now, so that's good.
And kudos to me, I made my first ever fighting scene in the story. Tell me what you thought about it. Liked it, thought maybe it could be better? Keep in mind this was only a spar.
Also, rest assured, this story will be pretty long, probably in the hundred thousands of words category. As for my update speed, I'm trying to keep it at a constant rate. You can expect an updated chapter on every multiple of 10. So, since I started the story the 20th, and updated with chapter 2 on the 30th, chapter 3 should have been up June 10th. Sorry, but it's a day late.
I need a new paragraph to explain why it is a day late, and why the next few chapters may be late as well. I have summer school classes. Yeah, in the first week alone, I had to read over 100 pages in a textbook, take 3 quizzes, and write one essay. And that was for only one of the classes. In my other class, which I am behind in right now (actually I didn't even start the readings), I have to read 7 chapters in the textbook, and I have a midterm this coming up Wednesday. On top of all of that, I have even more stuff to do next week. (It's official, summer school sucks. But I guess it can't be helped, since I was the one to sign up for it). So if you plan on berating me for future slow updates, try to understand the pain I am forced to live through during my summer break.
Anyways, next chapter preview (Now with extra accuracy…pft, yeah right. But seriously, this should be fairly accurate): Next time we'll see, through the use of several flashbacks, what Naruto has learned over the years, from both Hiashi and Taiki. We will also see how far Akemi has progressed as a Kunoichi, and I'll try to add some D-ranked missions for them to go on. Just maybe, I'll get to the beginning of the tragic C-ranked mission, I know you've all been waiting for that ever so patiently.
(This is going to be a reoccurring note throughout the fanfiction, for your convenience, of course) On a side note, I'm not any good with Japanese names, so I used a website to come up with some that would fit the OC's nicely. Here are the meanings to the OC's names I have introduced so far, along with what role they play in my story.
Taiki (Large Radiance) – Leader of the Akadou clan.
Asuka (Fragrance of the Bright Day) – Taiki's wife and soon to be mother of a baby girl and Naruto.
Akemi (Beautiful and Bright) – The daughter of Taiki and Asuka. Also Naruto's younger sister.
