Chapter 5 A Journey to the Land of Waves
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Yo, the Cyberkagekitsune is back. Sorry for the long wait these scenes took a while to work out. ATTENTION! Due to technical difficulties the original chapter 5 has been split in half. In this chapter there will be info on Reikon/Naruto's past, anything involving his "family" or "birthplace" is total bull crap and is merely a cover story since Reikon/Naruto's identity will be reveled the earliest during the Chunin . For those that skip chapters when reading fanfics Reikon is Naruto. Thank you that is all .
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"Blah"- people talking
"Blah" – people thinking
xxxxxxxxxxx- barriers between flashbacks, new locations (ex. start at the Hokage's office then shift to somewhere in Suna), and time shifts (ex. two hours ago, three hours later etc.)
(blah)- translations or explanations
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It had been nearly three weeks since the bell test. Since then they spent their mornings training and their afternoons completing D ranked missions. During their training they spent time sparring with each other as well as honing their skills. Sasuke was very adequate with his families Taijutsu as well as it's Katon jutsu's. Hinata seemed to be good at her families Taijutsu the Jyuken (Gentle Fist) she seemed to lack confidence to properly utilize it's strength, and other then Henge no Jutsu and Bunshin no Jutsu she knew no other jutsu's. Reikon seemed adapt at Katon and Suiton techniques and surprisingly used a Taijutsu he called the Seishukukobushi (Silent fist) which seemed to be a mix of the Jyuken style and the Crane style that targets an opponent's pressure points instead of their tenketsu (chakra holes/ pressure points, to those that care tenketsu means pressure point in Japanese but for the sake of this fic it will only mean chakra holes), the style though does absolutely no damage to the opponent ,it instead renders their arms, legs and any other pressure point used on a body part to lock up the opponents body. At first Sasuke laughed at Reikon's explanation of his Taijutsu saying that if you don't hurt your opponent then theirs no point to fighting. Sparing matches were certainly interesting to watch since Sasuke always wanted to fight against Reikon. In the beginning of their little matches Reikon was only a little ways ahead of Sasuke in skills but the further into the match Sasuke would always make the mistake that whatever he threw at Reikon should work and would lat his guard down which would lead to Reikon winning with his Taijutsu. Each time this happened though Sasuke would get more and more angrier since he the great Uchiha was defeated by a blind upstart with an apparently weak Taijutsu style compared to his families more aggressive style (Don't know that for sure or what it's called but for the sake of this fic it will be). Hinata on the other hand was showing some progress though it was slow. She too would try to spare mostly with Reikon but she did it because he would give her advice in her fighting stance since theirs were so similar then she was out to prove something like Sasuke. Kakashi saw this as well and was happy that they seemed to get along but was worried that Hinata would never get over her own nervousness. He was also worried about Sasuke, after each match that he lost to Reikon he would get more and more withdrawn into himself and would push himself to dangerous limits in his training. Reikon on the other hand had Kakashi mystified, he seemed to be the best out of the three and was also very accommodating to them. He never complained when Sasuke asked to fight him and he never seemed to get annoyed at Hinata no matter how many times she messed up. Though he could live with that the one thing that he was really troubled about was Reikon's chakra pulse technique. While he had studied the principle behind it, it was a technique he never tried to do himself and the more he learned about it the confused he became about his student. From what he had learned the chakra pulse technique was an alternative for seeing that was used by those that became blind. To perform it a person would need to concentrate a small amount off chakra to their heart and then release it small waves that most performed to the beat of their heart. The problem though was that this small amount of chakra would run out after about four of five minutes of use and then took around that same time to re-setup. It was said tough that that problem could be overcome by using more chakra, unfortunately though anyone that tried that solution would usually die of a burst heart or some other type of heart failure. Because of that it was deemed an unreliable technique for a ninja to use. But that didn't seem the case for Reikon, he never seemed to concentrate to reestablish his chakra pulse and from what he had seen he also didn't seem to suffer from any heart problems. But, for Kakashi that was only one mystery his student had. He had also found out that the chakra pulse is like taking a picture. As the chakra wave extends from the users body and as the wave came in contact with anything it would send a "picture" to the brain of what it was. But even with multiple of these chakra pulses emitted it was said that a persons vision from this technique would by like looking at a slow moving slide show. But once again this seemed incorrect with Reikon who seemed to have vision similar to the Byakugan (White Eye, users are capable of 358 degree vision seeing everything in real time as well as seeing chakra coils and in advanced cases the tenketsu). The more he learned about his students technique the more questions there just seemed to be about him. Though when Kakashi asked him questions about it Reikon would just respond that he had a lot of practice. Reikon acted similarly around his teammates, while he was willing to interact with them during training he wasn't willing to share anything about his past to them. Hinata and even surprisingly Sasuke had asked Reikon to come have lunch and learn more about each other but he refused most of the time saying he would rather continue training. That's not saying he wasn't friendly would just rather have some time to himself. Though that started to get harder after his first week in Konoha, it seemed that after a meeting between Kakashi and Sarutobi, Konohamaru the thirds grandson over heard them talking about Reikon and how strong he seemed to be. After that Konohamaru sought out Reikon and demanded training from him since his other teacher never taught him anything and only had him do drills, he told him to give him the short cut to being a strong ninja. Unluckily for him Reikon was probably the only person in Konoha that didn't care he was the third's grandson, which landed him with a large lump on his head for acting the way he did. After that though Reikon told him to follow him to Ichiraku's where he explained to him that there were no shortcut's and only hard training can make someone a strong ninja. After that meeting Konohamaru would bug Reikon from time to time to play "ninja" which was essentially a game of hide and go seek to help him in his stealth. All in all it was an interesting few weeks except for the D ranked missions that everyone complained about whether it be out loud or to themselves. It was these complaints along with their training that led to the meeting that is currently happening.
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Hokage Tower: Hokage's Office 7 A.M.
We see before us a meeting between Team Sevens Jonin leader Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi the Sandaime Hokage. Sarutobi was sitting behind his desk observing Kakashi while smoking his pipe while Kakashi stood before the desk with his usual lazy demeanor
"Hokage-sama, I'd like to request a higher ranked mission for tomorrow for my team," Kakashi said to Sarutobi. Sarutobi thought over his request before responding.
"Do you think they are ready Kakashi," Sarutobi said after exhaling a puff of smoke.
"Yes Hokage-sama, they have all improved greatly in the time they have been together," Kakashi said to Sarutobi.
"Alright, there is a C ranked mission that I think would do," Sarutobi said while going through one of his desk drawers until he found what he was looking for," here."
Sarutobi tossed a mission scroll to Kakashi which he caught with his left hand while keeping his right hand in his pocket.
"A man by the name of Tazuna, a bridge builder from Wave has requested protecting from bandits on the road back to Wave so he could finish construction of a new bridge," said Sarutobi.
"When will I be able to meet him," Kakashi asked Sarutobi.
"You can meet him know he's waiting downstairs," Sarutobi said, with a snap of his fingers an owl mask wearing ANBU member appeared next to him.
"You summoned me Hokage-sama," the ANBU member asked.
"Yes, head downstairs and bring me Tazuna-san here to discus his trip," Sarutobi said.
"Right away Hokage-sama," the masked ninja said and then disappeared in a plume of smoke.
After a few minutes the door to the Hokage's office opened and the ANBU member walked through with Tazuna behind him holding a bottle of sake.
"Ah, Tazuna-san I'd like you to meet Hatake Kakashi, the Jonin instructor that will led the team that will escort you back to Wave Country," Sarutobi said to Tazuna.
"Eh, you think you got what it talks...," Tazuna said then taking a swig of sake, "ah.. to get me home?"
"My team can easily handle any bandits we could come across along the way Tazuna-san," Kakashi said lazily.
"...ah... alright then when are we leaving then," Tazuna said after taking another swig of sake.
"I'm meeting my team soon and tell them to prepare, we'll leave at 0900 and if we're lucky you'll be home by in a couple of days," Kakashi replied to Tazuna.
"Good, the sooner the better," Tazuna said.
"Alright then Kakashi, go and tell your team the good news so they can prepare," Sarutobi said to Kakashi.
"Hai, Hokage-sama," Kakashi said bowing to Sarutobi and disappearing in a puff of smoke.
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Team Seven Training ground 7:20 A.M.
Team seven is currently waiting on the bridge at their training ground waiting for their wayward sensei. Sasuke was leaning against the wooden railing with Reikon next to him sitting down meditating and Hinata next too him reading a book. They'd been waiting since six for Kakashi and they were staring to get a little irritated at him. Currently Sasuke was contemplating how to access his clans Kekkei Genkai (Bloodline Limit), the Dojutsu (Pupil Technique) Sharingan (Copy Wheel Eye). Reikon on the other hand was stretching out his senses to detect their sensei's location.
"He's almost here," Reikon said when Kakashi entered his field of detection.
"H-how l-long Reikon-kun," Hinata asked. Reikon held up his hand holding up five fingers.
"Five... four... three... two...," lowering each finger at each number," ...one."
With a puff of smoke Kakashi appeared on one off the posts above them.
"Yo," Kakashi said to his students.
"Nice to see you on time for once sensei," Reikon said sarcastically.
"Sorry I was late I was discussing your mission for today with the Hokage," Kakashi said jumping down from the post and landing in front of Reikon.
"What? Another boring D ranked mission," Reikon asked.
"No actually, since you three have been doing such a fine job you all get a C ranked mission," Kakashi said with a smile.
Hinata looked up surprised at her sensei, Sasuke too, looked at Kakashi hoping for a mission that will test his skills.
"Oh really, what," Reikon asked.
"Escort duty, were escorting a bridge builder to Wave Country," Kakashi said to his students.
"Well, definitely better then what we've been doing lately. Right Teme, Hinata," Reikon said to his teammates.
"Might be interesting," Sasuke said with his usual arrogant smirk.
"Y-yes R-reikon-kun," Hinata stuttered out with a small smile.
"Good then we leave at 0900 at the front gate, be ready," Kakashi said with a smirk.
Without a word team seven left to their respective homes to pack for their first C ranked mission.
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Hyuga Estates 8:20 A.M.
"Hinata," Hyuga Hiashi said walking into his daughters room as she was finishing packing.
"Y-yes otokooya (father)," Hinata answered her father.
"I have heard that you will be going on a C ranked mission today," Hiashi said.
"Hai," Hinata said to her father.
"Don't embarrass yourself and the clan Hinata," Hiashi said impassively to his daughter.
"H-hai o-otokooya," Hinata said nervously dropping her head down.
"Good, don't forget your promise Hinata," Hiashi said as he exited his daughters room.
"I w-wont o-otokooya," Hinata whispered to herself, she then turned her head to look out her window with tears in her eyes, "I wont break my promise I made to you Naruto-kun."
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Uchiha Estates
Sasuke was in the main living area of the Uchiha estates looking at a large picture of his family on the wall with one side torn out.
"I'll make you proud otokooya, hahaoya (mother)," Sasuke said to himself
" I'll return the honor lost to the Uchiha clan... I am... an avenger," Sasuke said heading out with a knapsack hanging off his right shoulder.
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Naruto's Apartment
"So my first serious mission for this village," Reikon thought standing in his kitchen as he looked over at the open scroll on the kitchen table. On the visible parts of the scroll you could see six seals, over the sixth there were a box of instant ramen cups visible, walking over to the table he performed a number of hand seals and placed his hands over the box of ramen. In a puff of smoke the box of ramen disappeared into the scroll leaving the seal glowing yellow for a few seconds before dieing off. With that Reikon rolled up the scroll and hung it off his belt with his other five scrolls. Reikon finished by placing his kunai and shurikan in their respective holsters and was bandaging up his arms. Reikon rubbed his hand over the seal that Kyubi had given him.
"I'm not scared of what I've chosen to do but I wish you were still here with me Kyubi-niisan."
With that Naruto headed out the door to meet his team for their mission.
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Isn't this just a great place for a cliffhanger isn't it. GWA- HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
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