AN: I felt really discombobulated writing this. Aside from that, I only get two days a week off from my job, so that's only when I can write. Well, I also can write if I finish early in the afternoon, but that's not gonna be happening anytime soon.
Surprisingly, everyone peppered me with kisses and chocolate in the reviews since the last chapter. That made my pp very happy. Only got one review that i can really respond to directly this time.
charly22salazar said "Meh, not particularly intrested in the development of Sakura character to be hones... I would prefer if you focus in Naruto"
Do I attract people who can't understand my Notes sometimes? Because I know I've said I dont care for other peoples suggestions to my story. It's my story, which means I have my idea(s) for it. This is not a class project you can chip in on. Why should I change my entire story because of your preferences? Should I start putting disclaimers at the top of each chapter now? lmao.
Disclaimer: Stop giving me suggestions, I'm not going to use them. Write your own story with that suggestion/idea.
Does it look like a good disclaimer? I think it does, imagine the copious amounts of SALT I'm going to recieve for that. "o wow, ur such gei, not accepting ide from redah, bad man, me dislike." and so much moooooore. Oh yeah, some guy was talking about the Level-Up in Chapter 8. Maybe, if you read the story, I might, you know, EXPLAIN it. You silly stupid.
Some guy told me the Team Gai team was numebered Nine and not Three.
First of all, in the original manga and anime, they're never mentioned to have a team number. So, I did the reasonable thing, I typed in "Team Gai" Narutopedia pops up. In the numerous names they're described as, Team Three is one of them. It's from The Mecha-naruto filler. Naruto Shippuden Episode 377. "Hurr durr its filler can't be real fake fan!" Filler is always approved by the original author who goes over it all. That means, Kishimoto approved them being called Team Three. It is also in the Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child day, a novel written by some dude (Mirei Miyamoto) and Illustrated by Kishimoto. This was then adapted into the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime, episodes 93 to 95. Official. Sources. Baby.
With all that said, I could have called them Team 69ayylmaoxdrawruwu, and you can't complain, because it's an AU. Jokes aside, Team69ayylmaoxdrawruwu sounds like a lot to say.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading
Adios.
Gallivanting God
Chapter 11
It was the day after the end of the preliminaries, and Team 7 had all been called by Kakashi to meet up. Naruto had been thinking of ways to best the many opponents he would be facing. Most pressing of all was Rock Lee and Gaara. Naruto knew he could defeat any of the other Genin that were taking part in the tournament, however Gaara worried him the most.
The three Genin members of Team 7 were waiting on their bridge, in an unusual silence. Sakura had sworn herself to the way of the Shinobi, forsaking her "love" for Sasuke. As such, when Kakashi arrived, he was confused at the dense silence that consumed them. Looking over his Genin, even Sakura didn't shout at him for being 10 minutes late.
"It's nice to see you all, my cute little Genin. Congratulations, Naruto and Sasuke on making it to the final exams." Kakashi smiled to them, which in turn made the two Genin return the expression with a grin and a smirk respectively. "Sakura, I understand why you dropped out when you did. Don't be disheartened." Kakashi had hoped the girl wasn't in a lull or depression about not making it.
"It's okay Sensei, I chose to retire from the preliminaries myself. The way I am now… I wouldn't stand a chance against anybody. That's why, I'm definitely going to make Chunin by the time of the next exams, Cha!" Sakura clenched her fist as she passionately declared her resolve. Kakashi stood back, slightly surprised. That fan-girl Sakura had apparently disappeared. And what replaced her was a Genin who was striving to become a great Shinobi. Kakashi looked over Sasuke and then back Sakura again.
"Sasuke, Sakura. I'd like to apologise." The two Genin looked at him with shock pervading their expressions. "Ever since the Wave mission, I've been focused solely on Naruto. Partly because Naruto came to me for help. But I can't use him as an excuse for my tardiness. This is my first time ever leading a Genin squad, or even teaching for that matter. As such, my inexperience has led to clear favouritism between the three of you." Kakashi looked towards Naruto, noting the calm, subdued expression on his face. "Naruto, I'm not going to give you extra training during this month break, instead, I'm going to train Sasuke." If Naruto was more focused with pretending, then he would be faking rage of Kakashi playing "Favourites" with Sasuke.
"That's all good, Kakashi-sensei. I guess I'll just train myself for the month then." Naruto gave his sensei a small smile speaking to him. Sasuke and Sakura were still trying to get used to the fact that Naruto was changing. It was weird not hearing him shout about something.
"Now, now Naruto. You don't need to do something like that, I've arranged for a much more experienced teacher." The scarecrow smiled again, before someone appeared behind him.
"Yes, that would be me." From behind Kakashi emerged another Jonin from the Leaf, a man with black dimmed glasses and a bandana Hitai-ate. Naruto recognised him immediately, as Ebisu, Konohamaru's private tutor.
"Oh, it's you. The closet pervert." Naruto stated disinterested. If this elite Jonin could be beaten by the Harem Jutsu, then what could he actually be useful for?
"Ah! H-how dare you say such disrespectful things! I am an Elite Jonin of Konoha!" Ebisu, evidently flustered by that remark, began to panic before trying to push up his glasses to the bridge of his nose. The other members of Team 7 could only watch this interaction in disbelief, Kakashi thought it was weird that they knew each other.
"An Elite Jonin? The hell are ya talking about!? I beat you with my Harem Jutsu!" That caused silence to clearly echo across the conversation. Sakura looked ready to kill Naruto for having another Jutsu like his Sexy Jutsu, Sasuke felt it was awkward, Kakashi wanted to see what this "Harem Jutsu" was, whilst Ebisu wanted to crawl up in a hole and die. Quickly recovering, Kakashi wanted to placate the blonde.
"Now Naruto, despite all his faults, Ebisu is one of the best Teachers in the entirety of the village, you could really learn from him." Naruto looked at Kakashi in disbelief, deciding to actually believe the man he used analyse on Ebisu.
"Sweet mother of Jutsu!" Naruto thought as he saw the copious amounts of techniques that Ebisu possessed. The man had a similar Strength stat to Naruto, a lower Stamina and Vitality, coupled with higher Dexterity, Intelligence and Wisdom stats. Ebisu who had huddled in on himself was brought of his stupor by Naruto.
"Alright, I'll let him teach me, let's get this started then." Naruto began to walk away, taking the path to the training grounds. Kakashi couldn't help thinking of the irony of the situation.
"Naruto is acting like he's the Master ordering the student." The Jonin turned back to his team as Ebisu hurriedly followed after Naruto.
"Now, with Naruto's training out the way, it's time for yours Sakura.".
"Eh? But I'm not in the finals?" The pinkette looked surprised
"That's right Sakura, but you wanted to become a real Shinobi didn't you?" Sakura nodded, which caused someone to appear in shunshin in front of the Genins. The mystery person had long flowing black hair, crimson eyes and smooth skin. A lithe body covered with a dress that had similar appearance to bandages that stopped at her thighs. This was the Jonin-sensei of Team Eight, Kurenai Yuhi.
"Kurenai-sensei!?" Sakura called in recognition, making the woman smile.
"Yes, Sakura. I'll be training you this month, at the request of Kakashi." The Genjutsu Expert looked over her shoulder at Kakashi as he waved at her.
"B-but Kurenai-sensei! What about Kiba and Hinata!? They also made it to the finals!"
"That they did, Sakura. But they're also the heirs to their clans, and as such are receiving their training from their parents. That leaves me alone as Shino is also training. That boy said he "Lamented his loss against Sasuke-san"." The Jonin looked over at Sasuke who was impatiently tapping his foot, looking at Kakashi. Sakura accepted the Jonin's reasoning, joining her as they too went off to a training ground, leaving Sasuke and Kakashi alone together.
"Now, Sasuke. I'm going to train you to be able to fight somewhere close to Naruto's level." The Uchiha couldn't stop the surprise on his face. Did Kakashi have that much faith in Naruto that he would beat both, Rock Lee and Gaara of the Desert? "I'm not going to lie to you Sasuke, it's going to be hard, maybe even next to impossible, are you prepared to go through with my training?"
The Uchiha survivor couldn't help but feel an intense passion well up inside him. Not too long ago, Naruto was someone who didn't even cross his radar, but suddenly, the blonde displayed skills and speed in the Chunin Exam that he had never seen before. Sasuke felt threatened and envious of Naruto's growth. The young Genin's mind couldn't help but go back to the night of his Clan's destruction all those years ago.
"Hate me, detest me, live your pathetic life with every waking moment of it dedicated to surpassing me… and when you come before me with the same eyes, then, we'll fight…"
Sasuke saw the visage of his brother, who always stood in front of him, overlap with the figure of his blonde teammate.
"I'll never go back on my unbending words! That's my ninja way!"
"To be the Hokage! That's my dream! I'm going to surpass all the previous Hokage's no matter what!"
Naruto was pulling away from Sasuke, at such a rapid speed it reminded him so eerily of his brother. Sasuke would admit it now, Naruto was the Uchiha's rival, but most of all, a friend, his best friend who he had come out of a life-and-death battle with. To let someone like that pull ahead of him, he was willing to go through anything to catch up and surpass him. Sasuke looked at Kakashi, his intense emotions had unknowingly activated his Sharingan.
"Yeah, I'll do it. I'm not going to be second fiddle to Naruto all the time!" Sasuke smirked towards Kakashi who also smiled.
Naruto and Ebisu walked into the clearing that was Training Ground 3. Naruto then stopped at the training posts that he was tied to on his first day of being a Genin. Turning to face Ebisu, the man had fully recovered from his shame and stood with his back straight.
"Alright, so what're ya gonna teach me then, Erosu?" The Jonin couldn't stop his guffaw and comically fell to the ground. Picking himself up, Naruto could see a vein of anger very clearly.
"I will not be disrespected like this any longer! If you are my student then I will be addressed as "Sensei"!"
"Alright then, Erosu-sensei, what're ya teaching me?" Ebisu wanted to smack the blonde for his disrespect but restrained himself. Letting out a sigh, Ebisu fixed his glasses.
"Kakashi-san has already informed me that you have been taught the Water-Walking chakra control exercise as well as learning Elemental Ninjutsu from him. I must admit, I had misjudged you Naruto."
"That's good and all, but can we just get to training already?" Ebisu was again irked by the blonde's attitude.
"Fine, so I have an idea of where you're at, we're going to spar." Naruto grinned at the man, who also grinned back.
"This is perfect, now I have a chance to see how I match up against a Jonin as I am now." Naruto quickly created distance between the two of them before readying himself. Ebisu waited for another moment before declaring their spar had begun. Immediately Naruto tried to get the first attack but was shocked as he found Ebisu directly in front of him, the man had covered 15 metres in the blink of an eye. Immediately, Ebisu punched and hit home on Naruto's unprotected gut, before quickly punching Naruto in the face in a rapid barrage of straights and hooks. The blonde knew the man was fast, but this was entirely unexpected. Ebisu stopped his barrage and kicked Naruto in the gut, sending him skidding along the ground.
Naruto picked up his sore body, looking at his HP stat and again found himself shook.
HP: 119,341/ 144,600
Ebisu's fast attack had dropped him by 25,259 HP. The blonde found that insane. Most Genin's his age had far less than that much HP. To compare to a Jonin, that was half of Kakashi's HP value the last time he analysed him, which was two months ago. But, Kakashi probably had more defensive skills, so it wouldn't deal this much to him. Looking back at the Jonin, direct confrontation with Taijutsu was out of the question, the man thrashed him. Naruto backpedalled, because this was a spar, Ebisu wasn't going to relentlessly beat him until he fell, and the Genin would use that to his advantage.
Creating 10 shadow clones, they all charged and surrounded the Jonin, who immediately went to dispatch of them. Ebisu quickly lashed out with punches and kicks, turning around to dispatch the last one, the Jonin was taken off guard. For in front of him stood a naked buxom blonde, displaying her bosom to him in its entirety. She slowly, teasingly traced a finger over her nipples. Despite the trickle of blood that left his nose, the Jonin swatted the clone out of existence and spoke whilst turning around.
"That may have taken me off-guard before, but not toda-" The man's words died in his throat, seeing several hundred clones all launching Jutsu at him. Half of them went through different Hand Seals from the other half.
"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!" The echoed voices of Naruto shouted. Ebisu knew immediately the technique was a straightforward one that couldn't change direction, right before the Jonin was going to create an Earth Wall, he heard Naruto again.
"Futon: Daitoppa!" More echoed voices called out the name of his technique, the wind blast met the wave of fire and created a blazing tsunami that sought to engulf the Jonin. With the increased speed of the technique, Ebisu had to use the Substitution technique, and appeared in the tree beside the logs. Before the Jonin had time to think more about the blonde's efforts, the tree he was in was surrounded by 6 clones. Who all ran through the same Hand Seals, the very ones Ebisu was going to use to block the Fire Jutsu before.
"Doton: Doryuheki!" The tree was immediately uprooted by the rumbling earth below him, knocking him out the greenery and onto the training ground. Ebisu picked himself up, having taken minute amounts of damage could only wonder the purpose of the Jutsu the blonde used. Whilst it was true Earth Style: Earth Wall was considered a defensive Ninjutsu; it also had purpose in being used for offense. Ebisu looked around him, noting that all the clones had disappeared, noticing the blonde on the surface of the water going through several Hand Seals before stopping.
"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu!" (Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique)The surface of the water around Naruto swirled and piled high forming into a vortex that was propelled at Ebisu too fast for him to react to. The trees and scenery around the training ground were uprooted, and when the vortex dispersed itself, it left the area looking like a natural disaster had struck. Despite the successful use of the Jutsu, Naruto felt frustrated. One of the skills he neglected to train was upping the speed and accuracy of his Hand Seals, and considering the Waterfall Technique used nineteen of them, Naruto had wanted to launch it at Ebisu whilst he was still in the uprooted Tree from his Earth Wall. Leaping back onto the land, Naruto looked over his Chakra to see how much he had used with all those techniques.
Chakra Capacity: 67,636,576/68,000,000
Naruto was happy to see it was only what he would consider, a little amount. Even with his previous amount of Chakra at level 5, it would still leave him enough to be more than functional in a fight. Ebisu had gotten up from the Waterfall technique and looked over the blonde. The amount of Chakra the boy had was truly astounding, to perform that many shadow clones, with jutsu and even an A-Rank Ninjutsu among that and still look more than ready to continue.
"Not to mention, he didn't even draw up on the Fox's power either." Ebisu stood up and shouted to Naruto.
"That's enough Naruto, the spar is over. I've figured out how to train you." Naruto shunshined in front of Ebisu, waiting for the man to speak again. "Quite simply, I do not have to teach you much of Chakra Control, despite your large pool of Chakra, you have been keeping up in training it. As such, instead of "Control", we're going to focus on "Power". I'm going to teach you numerous ninjutsu techniques." Naruto's eyes were practically glowing with excitement, learning new techniques was always fun.
"Now, I can only teach you so much because of the time we only have one-month." Ebisu started folding his arms over in disappointment. A light went off in Naruto's head. Kakashi had already "Taught" him how to use Shadow Clones to train, so it wouldn't matter if another teacher of his knew about it.
"Ya don't have to worry about that, Erosu-sensei. I've got an awesome way of maximising training, ya know!" Naruto put his fingers together in the Cross-Shaped Hand Seal and summoned 500 clones. Ebisu's eyes enlarged beneath his glasses, this boy, was capable of mass-producing Shadow Clones, he had seen it before.
"How did I not think of this? The boy is capable of it, and I do remember Kakashi mentioning something similar to it… Yes! I remember now! The boy has incredible mental strength, that's why he is able to do this." Ebisu quickly collected himself.
"Very well, Naruto-kun, I will split your Clones into groups of 50, each group will learn a jutsu from me. In our spar, you took a long time to use your Great Waterfall Technique, so it is clear your Hand Seals need working on, you will do that yourself." Naruto grinned at the man, thinking Ebisu was actually going to be a great teacher.
It was now far into the evening, Naruto had thoroughly trained himself under the guidance of Ebisu, who had begun to teach him 10 separate Jutsus. Ebisu told the blonde that he had had three elemental affinities in Fire, Earth and Water. As such, the blonde learned Jutsu from those three affinities. Now, Naruto was inside the Konoha Hot Springs, taking a dip in the cleansing water. Letting a sigh of content out, Naruto brought up his stat page. The blonde looked over the unused Skill Points, and his lower stats, namely, Intelligence and Wisdom.
"I mean, I don't exactly need to buff up my more combat-oriented stats. I'll put 214 into INT to give me a nice 600, and the other 446 can go into my WIS, bringing that up to 702." Keying the points in, Naruto received two other notifications.
Your Attribute, "Mega Brain" has been upgraded into "Ingenious Mind", this awards more bonus points into the Intelligence stat upon Level Up.
Your Attribute "Great Sage" has been upgraded into "Peerless Sage", this awards more bonus points into the Wisdom Stat upon Level up. Wisdom also has the added effect of increasing the rate you recover and Mold Chakra.
The Jinchuriki couldn't stop the excited smile on his face at that information. What a boon it was, this meant he could perform techniques faster, as Molding Chakra was a key part of using Jutsu. Naruto often found the Gamer System confusing. Because of his ever-present increase in Stamina and Intelligence/Wisdom, his natural reserves of Physical and Spiritual Energy should have been increasing. But, for whatever reason, the Gamer System prevented that. Allowing him only to increase his reserves with Skill Points and the effects of his Attributes upon Level-Up.
That was another aspect Naruto would have to ascertain soon enough. His explosive growth through the XP granted to him by that Emergency Quest. Whilst the System Tutorial had explained the XP distribution system for quests, it never shared how it was calculated or if there were possible other factors to it. As such, Naruto decided to sit down at some point, after the Chunin Exams, and figure out the XP Distribution System. He didn't have enough evidence to begin drawing a conclusion to the "Algorithm" used at the moment, thus leaving it post-Chunin Exams was the optimal time. The blonde was brought of his internal thoughts by the sound of someone giggling. Looking over to the sound, Naruto noted a Toad that stood as tall as Kakashi, with a white-haired man on top of it. Using Analyse on the man, Naruto quickly discovered his Identity.
Name: Jiraiya
Level: 257
Title: Jonin
Job: Shinobi of Konoha/Author
HP: 934,565/934,565
Chakra Capacity: 3,562,634/3,562,634
Chakra Control: 94%
Skills:
Fuinjutsu: LVL. MAX
Barrier: Canopy Method Formation
Barrier: Toad Gourd Prison
Big Ball Rasengan
Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld
Finger Carving Seal
Fire Release: Big Flame Bullet
Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
Fire Release: Flame Bullet
Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
Fire Sealing Method
Five Elements Unseal
Frog Kata
Hair Needle Senbon
Hiding in a Toad Technique)
Needle Jizō
Rasengan
Sage Art: Goemon
Sage Mode
Shadow Clone Technique
Spiralling Serial Spheres
Summoning Technique
Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique
Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind
Summoning: Toad Shop Technique
Toad Flatness — Shadow Manipulation Technique
Toad Oil Bullet
Transparent Escape Technique
Turning into a Frog Technique
Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan
Wild Lion's Mane Technique
Fire Release Chakra Manipulation:
Wind Release Chakra Manipulation:
Earth Release Chakra Manipulation:
Water Release Chakra Manipulation:
Yin Chakra Manipulation:
Yang Chakra Manipulation:
Naruto held in the impressed whistle he wanted to sound. This was the first time he had met someone who had more Chakra than his previous base amount of 1.5million. Granted Jiraiya was in his 50s, so obviously the man had a lifetime to increase his natural reserves to such a state, maybe there were lower than when he was younger. But, the techniques of the man, were nothing to scoff at. Naruto was intrigued two of his techniques. Namely, the "Spiralling Sphere" (Rasengan) and Sage Mode. Naruto had never heard of either of those. The blonde was similarly confused by one of Jiraiya's skills. The man's Fuinjutsu skilled was " " whereas Naruto's read "LVL. 100". To the blonde's understanding, that meant, Jiraiya had nothing more to learn about Fuinjutsu, whereas, Naruto still had more to learn. But that didn't make sense, he was a fully certified Seal Master. The Kyubi Jinchuriki shook his head and exited the warm body of water. Walking over to the man, Naruto cleared his throat. Jiraiya gave him no reaction, pretending like he hadn't heard him. Alright, so the man was clearly intent on peeping.
"Hoh? So, you're that Second-Rate Seal Master, Jiraiya huh? Nice frog by the way." Naruto had never seen someone turn so fast. The same man who had been giggling like a little girl, was now looking at him with a deathly serious eye. Even the fact that he knew who Jiraiya was, the blonde could explain that. So, what was with the serious eyes?
"So you must be that little brat who got rid of the Cursed Seal then? And it's not a frog, it's a TOAD, T-O-A-D!" The man practically sped off the toad he was on to get in Naruto's face.
"Yeah, that was me. Pretty simple job if I'm being honest. That aside, why are you standing on your frog peeping into the women's side of the baths?" Jiraiya got back onto his toad quicker than Naruto could perceive.
"I wouldn't dare call it something as juvenile like "peeping", brat, It's research! Research and inspiration!"
"Doesn't that just make you an unabashed pervert?" Jiraiya let out a horrified gasp, recovering quickly, he posed with his legs spread, like a Kabuki actor.
"I am not a pervert! I am a SUPER pervert! Get your facts straight kid!" Jiraiya grinned wildly whilst Naruto pretended he never saw that.
"What exact Research can you perform in a Hot spring? As far as I'm aware you've got less artistic talent than you've got shame." When Naruto had read profiles on each of the Legendary Three, it did list Jiraiya as an Author/Writer, but never showed his Anthology. Jiraiya's face brightened at being queried by the blonde.
"I'm glad you asked kid. For not only am I a super awesome Ninja of epic awesomeness! I am the one and only writer of the greatest story known to man! This!" Jiraiya produced an orange book from his Haori which Naruto instantly recognised. Icha Icha Paradise, the "gentleman's" choice as Kakashi had put it. This made Naruto read it and couldn't say he was all that invested in it.
"Oh, you write that boring melodrama? How the hell did the main character go from only liking his girlfriend to the next night wanting to marry her? There was zero development." Naruto looked at the stunned face of Jiraiya morph into pure rage.
"You fool! How could a brat like you possibly understand the greatness of my work! You're too young to appreciate it!"
"I guess you're right, I was never particularly liked by girls growing up. Still ain't." The stifling awkwardness that followed the tail-end of Naruto's sentence made Jiraiya uncomfortable. The blonde had struck out with an awfully real reply, completely destroying the atmosphere. The peeper cleared his throat.
"Look brat, my greatness aside, you mind buzzing off, I've got some inspiration to find." Jiraiya made a "shooing" gesture. Naruto calmly stood his ground, not moving an inch.
"I do mind, I didn't approach you to talk about shitty smut. Teach me." Naruto demanded from the Jonin. The man's eye raked over Naruto again, inwardly evaluating him, despite knowing from Kakashi how skilled the boy was.
"Why should I bother wasting my time on teaching a little Genin like you? You know how many people would die for the chance for me to teach them?"
"I guess they all died then, cause I'm not seeing anyone here but me, ya know?" Naruto challenged the man; the blonde wouldn't try to desperately beg the man. He did still have Ebisu after all. Jiraiya grinned down at the blonde. The kid definitely had the guts.
"Alright then, guess we'll start tomorrow then, meet me towards the north-east forest at 9am."
"That's gonna be a problem, my Sensei is training me at that time." Naruto presented the issue, but Jiraiya answered back without missing a beat.
"No problem, brat. I'll speak to him. Now go, you've got training with the legendary Jiraiya-sama to look forwards to!"
Naruto was now homing in on Jiraiya's chakra signature in their agreed meeting place. He was a bit miffed at not being able to have two Sensei's but didn't consider it a huge loss. The blonde had already started on the other Jutsus Ebisu taught him. That was 10 extra techniques to add to his arsenal, some of them fairly high-ranking jutsu. Naruto also found that there was other Chakra Signatures near Jiraiya, but they weren't agitated or disturbed. If they were, that would mean they were fighting. Landing down behind the man, Jiraiya didn't even look at him as he spoke.
"Nice to see you made it kid, right on time too. I find it hard to believe you're Kakashi's Star Pupil if you're this punctual." Naruto couldn't help the chuckle that escaped him at that moment.
"Well, the Student has to surpass the Master at something, right?" Jiraiya smirked before it changed into a perverted grin.
"Ohh yes, you better bend over to get that you bad girl." The peeper whispered to himself whilst Naruto seriously questioned if this guy even wanted to train him. Naruto walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.
"So what're ya gonna teach me?" Jiraiya looked at the boy and clicked his tongue in annoyance. That caused Naruto's temper to flare a little. Naruto then used his fabled technique that defeated the Third Hokage. Smoke covered the blonde, before revealing a nude girl, who's appearance could only be described as similar to a Succubus.
"Sensei~" The transformed Naruto moaned for her teacher, causing him to immediately turn around and gape with the most excited smile the blonde had ever seen on him. "Teach me please, S-e-n-s-e-i?" She enunciated each word of his title, prompting blood to leak from the man's nose.
"Alright! I like you! But there's just one thing I need you to do."
"What Sensei~? She replied pouting at him.
"You have to stay like that, the entire time." Naruto quickly changed back into himself, his expression a serious deadpan.
"Die, Ero-Sennin." Naruto turned around and walked away, thinking Jiraiya had really not intended to teach him. He did not listen to the Sage's pleas for him to come back. Thus, the blonde was taken by surprise when the man was suddenly in front of him.
"Relax brat, I was only joking. Alright first let me get something out for you." Jiraya bit his thumb before slamming it down onto the ground, lettering spreading out from the point of contact as a plume of smoke briefly encased the area. When it cleared, it revealed a large scroll that Jiraiya quickly unfurled. Naruto briefly stared at the scroll, before noticing the names on it, and quickly realised what it was.
"W-wait! You want me to sign the Toad Summoning Contract that even the Yondaime signed!?"
"Of course, I've taken you on as my student, and you've definitely got the Chakra for the summoning." Naruto was floored but wasn't going to kick a gift horse in the mouth, biting into his thumb, Naruto used his bloodied digit to write his name down in clean and readable Kanji. Then, he spread the blood onto each of his digits under the instruction of Jiraiya and made an imprint on the parchment. Jiraiya then taught him the Hand Seals for the Jutsu.
"Alright, now summon a Toad!" Jiraiya grinned at the blonde who took the challenge. Naruto had a better grasp of his Chakra and as such, poured as much of into the Jutsu he could. Naruto watched as a million Chakra emptied from his reserves and the ground below him swelled and stirred with smoke. The vapor cleared leaving an aquamarine floor below Naruto and Jiraiya. The Sage could barely contain his surprise.
"To summon Gamahiro-san on his first attempt, not even Minato could summon more than a regular Toad. This kid…" The toad looked around before finally noting who was standing atop his head. Jiraiya tapped Naruto to follow him, the blonde complying as they both jumped down in front of the gargantuan toad.
"Gamahiro-san, it's been a while hasn't it?" The toad nodded to Jiraiya in confirmation. "However, it was not I who summoned you. It was this brat here, the new summoner of the Toad Contract." Jiraiya pushed Naruto forward, who stumbled a little as he was still in awe of the size of the toad. Naruto couldn't help but feel that this toad, who had katana's strapped to his back, looked cool. The blonde quickly collected himself.
"Nice to meet ya, Gamahiro! You look pretty cool, ya know!" For the new summoners of the Toad Contract, they usually either summoned smaller toads, or even if they used a lot of Chakra, Gamabunta, Hiro's brother was summoned. The first summon who you bonded with was indicative of the one who would be summoned the most by that caster. For Gamahiro, the toad had always met the summoners after a while into their contract – when they already had their partner chosen – so for this to happen surprised him. Looking to his right, Hiro saw the summoner's contract scroll and looked at the most recent name, remembering it.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Call me Hiro." The toad called out, surprising both Jiraiya and Naruto. The blonde recovered quickly and replied.
"Yeah! Then just call me Naruto too, ya know!" The Jinchuriki laughed which caused the toad to close his eyes and smile back. Jiraiya was still in shock.
"I didn't know Gamahiro-san could speak! He's never spoken before either!" Jiraiya took a while longer to recover before speaking up again.
"Alright, well, it's good you can summon Gamahiro on your first try, but you'll still need to summon the boss. Gamahiro-san, could you get him to come when the kid calls upon the contract again?" The toad nodded to Jiraiya before ending the summoning.
"The Boss? Who the heck's that? You mean to tell me there's another big toad?"
"Of course, there is, you dolt! There needs to be someone to lead the summons after all." Naruto looked at Jiraiya, absorbing the information and accepting it.
"Although, there was no way there was a cooler Toad than Hiro."
"So, you want me to perform the Summoning again? Do I have to put more chakra into it to summon the boss?"
"No, Gamahiro-san and his two brothers all require the same Chakra. So, you can go ahead, unless you're running out of Chakra?" Jiraiya raised one of his brows. He had been hoping to teach the blonde how to call upon the Nine-Tails Chakra.
"Nah, I've got tons left. Alright, stand back then, one Boss Toad coming right up, ya know!" Naruto ran through the hand seals again, slamming his hand down on the ground, once again causing the epicentre to erupt in smoke. Jiraiya this time had leapt back, the Boss Toad had quite the temper.
Their vision cleared and now, another gargantuan amphibian was in place beneath Naruto. The colour of the Toad was a deep red, along with various brighter coloured warts over its head. Naruto quickly leapt down to Jiraiya to get a look at the Toad, letting him see the massive pipe in the toad's mouth.
"Do all leaders smoke or something?" Naruto briefly remembered The Third, before aggressively shaking his head to get rid of the man's image.
"Yo! Nice to meet ya Boss Toad! Did Hiro tell you about me!?" Naruto shouted to the toad, who looked down at him, his eye's narrowing.
"So… You're the one Hiro was talking about… I'll admit you've got potential brat. To be able to summon both me and Hiro back-to-back. You've got quite the Chakra reserves. My name is Gamabunta, but I'll allow you to call me Boss." Naruto ran a finger under his nose, he wasn't used to getting complimented all that much. The toad then shifted his eyes to Jiraiya and then dispelled himself. Once again, the Toad Sage, was surprised. Gamabunta was usually in much more foul mood than that.
"Alright Naruto, you can summon the big ones, but's let's see you try summon a man-sized toad."
The blonde grinned at the man. Because of his ability to see how much Chakra he was using; this would be a cinch for the blonde.
It had been 2 hours since they began, and all Jiraiya had been making Naruto do was summon Toads. The blonde had already demonstrated he could summon any he wished. And as such began to think about why Jiraiya was doing this. The blonde still had more than three quarters of his Chakra left. His teacher had made him summon numerous toads of Medium size. The man was described to be the only Seal Master in the leaf besides the blonde himself. Which meant, the man knew about his status as the Kyubi Jinchuriki. Naruto ran through the information faster until he came to the only plausible solution.
"You're trying to make me draw upon the Nine-Tails Chakra by emptying my reserves aren't you?" Naruto eyed the man, clearly seeing the look of surprise in his eyes. The Sage's gaze hardened soon after.
For deducing someone's plans, you gain +3 points to WIS and INT. These have been awarded because Jiraiya's stats are higher than your own.
"Yeah. Seeing as you're the Jinchuriki you'll need to learn to use your Tenants power at some point. I figured we'd start now." Naruto looked over the man in front of him. From Naruto's time in Wave, Naruto learned that "using" people was something he had come to despise.
"Well, sorry to tell you, Ero-Sennin, but you're gonna have to wait a long time for my Chakra to empty to that point. But I've got a better idea. I'll talk to it."
"Talk to it!? The Kyubi is a cluster of hatred and malice! It will try to corrupt you Naruto!"
"And what is so different about me using it's Chakra? Surely you're not so naïve to think that a being like the Kyubi can be contained for so long with this Eight Trigrams Seal? Using it's Chakra would be akin to poisoning and weakening the seal." Naruto sat down on the ground, entering into a meditative position. "Regardless of what you say I'm going in." Jiraiya let out a sigh of frustration. That stubbornness reminded him of the boy's mother. Knowing that he wouldn't back down, Jiraiya too sat down.
"Just don't give into temptation or listen to any of its deals."
"I know that already, Ero-Sennin. I'm a Shinobi." The blonde began meditating, focusing deep on his subconscious mind.
Naruto found himself in a dimly lit sewer. A dull drip steadily made its way throughout the area. Naruto heard the sound of a growl from behind him, turning around, the blonde spotted a pathway that lead deeper through the sewer. The blonde knew this represented his mind. Walking down the path, he noticed a light at the end of it, and could sense a vile Chakra. Finally entering into the light, Naruto came into a large room with a gate inside it. On the gate was a tag of paper that had "Seal" written on it. Something stirred behind the gate, letting Naruto see a pair of razor-sharp teeth and a glaring eye.
"OI, brat, come closer." Naruto could hardly believe what he was hearing.
"Come again?"
"I said come closer!" The Nine-Tails shouted at the teen. Causing him to laugh, further irritating the beast.
"No thanks, I don't wanna give you a shot at murdering me." The Nine-Tails simmered it's temper.
"Hmm, so I guess you really aren't that idiot you always play yourself as. How amusing. So, what is the purpose of my esteemed jailor visiting me?" Kyubi sneered as Naruto's face twisted into an annoyed stare.
"Hey, don't take that tone with me! I didn't ask for you to be sealed inside me, but here we are, ya know!" The blonde used analyse on the creature in front of him.
Name: Kurama
Level: 9999
Naruto almost shit himself, all he could see was the fox's name and it's level. Although, seeing that the Nine-Tails actually had a name surprised the blonde. Sure, other Tailed Beasts had been given name's but, Naruto thought that was because people gave them names after stories. The fox had been floored by the response of its jailor. Of all the things he expected, hearing that wasn't one of them. Yes, other's had said something similar, but that was followed by them threatening him.
"You, what do you want!? You cursed humans have never approached me without purpose, so what is it!?" The fox stared down Naruto with an intense glare of hatred. Naruto folded his arms across his chest and stared back, annoyed at the fox.
"Huh!? Purpose!? You're in my body! I can approach you whenever the hell I want!" another intense growl emanated from the gate. Naruto then let his anger fade. "Look, I didn't come here to get pissed off at one another, I'm only here to talk." If the Kyubi was not cloaked in darkness, Naruto would have seen the widening of its brows. "Now, Ero-Sennin wanted me to use your chakra by draining mine, so I just wanted to see if you could let me use some of it when I'm in danger. That's all." A long-drawn-out silence played out in the blonde's headspace, the Kyubi not exactly knowing what to say. Eventually, the beast found it's tongue.
"Fine, I will allow you to use my Chakra. But that does bring up something that interested me. A couple of days ago, in that forest. Your chakra suddenly exploded in volume and density. What happened?" The darkness shrouding the fox faded, showing Naruto the full scope of the Nine-Tailed Biju inside him. The blonde's eyes widened because of what Kyubi said, whilst the fox thought it was because the blonde took in his full magnitude.
"So, the Kyubi can't see my "Gamer" powers either? Is it because it's a different soul than mine?" Naruto schooled his expression, looking back at the fox.
"If I feel like I can trust you, sure. But for the moment, I'll keep you in the dark. When that time comes, I want your name." Naruto walked away from the caged room, leaving the beast in shock.
Naruto's eyes opened, seeing the clear blue sky around him, and Jiraiya in front. Naruto stood up from the ground and stretched his limbs, not seeing Jiraiya's impatient expression. Naruto then looked back towards the Sage.
"So, what happened brat? He offer you any deal?"
"Nah, I just asked to use his Chakra when I needed to. Aside from that it was just a normal talk, ya know."
"A Normal talk?" Jiraiya repeated incredulously. The Sage could hardly believe that. The Kyubi was a being of malice and hatred, there was no way it would leave it at that. Unless Naruto was lying to him? But Jiraiya believed the boy had no reason to lie to him.
"Yeah, so now that's out the way, let's continue on with my training, you wasted my time today with that shitty repeated Summoning Jutsu stuff. We still have all day, Ero-Sennin." Naruto grinned at the man, whilst Jiraiya betrayed none of his inner thoughts about the blonde. Standing up to his full height, he looked over Naruto with an analytical eye. To use the Summoning Jutsu for two hours straight, on Toads that used practically Jonin Level Chakra to summon, and still not show any signs of exhaustion.
"What a stamina freak…" Thinking about what to teach the blonde next, Jiraiya wanted to train the boy to use the Fox's Chakra more easily, as that was what The Fourth ultimately wished for Naruto to do. But the Jinchuriki was all too much against it. Jiraiya did agree that the Chakra of the Kyubi was too vile and corrosive that it would erode the seal, but all he would have to do would be to rebuild the seal.
"Naruto, I really think you should reconsider about the Fox's Chakra. Something like that is an advantage you should exploit. If the seals worries you, I can rebuild it whenever." The blonde's expression faded from the grin that he bore previously to a stoic face.
"It's fine, Ero-Sennin. Let's just get onto actual training instead of talking." Naruto smiled at Jiraiya, making the Sage flinch, seeing the obviously faked smile and hearing the forceful tone the blonde took. He clearly wasn't going to let the topic go any further.
"Alright, what do you want to do then? We can do Taijutsu if you're up for it?" Jiraiya smirked at the blonde trying to goad him, whilst Naruto thought carefully about what he wanted to do. After a minute, Naruto decided to try something.
"Hey, Ero-Sennin. What's your strongest Ninjutsu? I wanna learn something super awesome ya know!" The Toad Sage was perplexed by the sudden question, he knew the blonde already knew the Chidori, so why would he want another powerful Jutsu? Regardless, he'd humour the kid.
"Hmm, my strongest huh? I guess in terms of what it can do, it certainly is." Jiraiya opened his right palm and began to concentrate Chakra onto it. What Jiraiya didn't know was that Naruto was waiting for this and used Analyse the moment the sphere of Chakra formed on the man's hand.
Name: Rasengan
Class: Ninjutsu
Rank: A-Rank
Description: A condensed orb of Chakra that rotates in numerous directions, capable of destroying anything from boulders to people, or propelling those than come into contact with the technique alongside a vicious explosion of the condensed and rotated Chakra.
"This is the Rasengan, a Jutsu invented by the one and only Fourth Hokage. And it's a jutsu that is stronger than the Chidori." That piqued Naruto's interest, but he wasn't going to argue it. The man knew of both techniques, and to say this one, created by the Fourth, was better may not have been too much of a stretch.
"Hey, if it was made by the Fourth, then why is it never mentioned in any of the history books about him? Like, all that's mentioned is his Flying Raijin Jutsu, ya know?"
"That's quite simple, the Fourth never spoke about the technique to any outside his closest friends. There's also the fact that most of the people who fought him are dead now." Jiraiya finished chillingly, giving Naruto goosebumps.
"Teach it to me!" Naruto shouted at his Sensei, showing a fiery determination to the Sage. Jiraiya had already decided to teach it to the boy, as he wanted to take him as his student. But this also brought worries. Jiraiya knew the boy had learned numerous Jutsu from both Kakashi and even Ebisu. And now he wanted to learn the Rasengan. Jiraiya could only hope this was not another Orochimaru. But, more than his worries, he had faith. Faith in his child.
"You know, this Jutsu is really hard to learn. It took the Fourth three years to develop this Jutsu. A Prodigy among Prodigies like the Fourth, do you still want to learn it?
"Even more so then! I'm going to surpass all the previous Hokages! No matter what!"
It was now far into the evening, the cooled air of the night drifting throughout Konoha. Naruto was now alone in his apartment. The progress on the Rasengan was coming slow. Firstly, Jiraiya had to get water balloons, that took almost half an hour because the man had gotten distracted at the hot springs. Luckily, the blonde had thought something like that would happen and had sent a Shadow Clone after him. Then, the blonde had to get down the first step of the Rasengan. That was, rotating your chakra in multiple directions. The blonde had observed from the actual Jutsu, that the Chakra inside it spiralled in multiple directions, and this was proven true when Jiraiya burst the water balloon, the surface distorted in numerous directions.
Thus, Naruto was just stuck with actually moving his Chakra in multiple directions at the same time. Which sounds easy in theory, but in practice was very difficult. The blonde couldn't use his Shadow Clones either, as there was only one Water Balloon to use. Yes, the man bought a packet of them, but he kept them on his person. Naruto wasn't skilled enough to steal it from the man yet and was stuck on rotating it himself.
The blonde had just finished eating his dinner, Naruto had treated himself to some homemade ramen. It was far cheaper than eating it at Ichiraku's despite, the drastic difference in taste. The blonde walked over to his kitchen and began to tidy it up from his prior cooking. Whilst doing so, the blonde began to think his future.
"After the Chunin Exams, I should really be aiming for a Jonin promotion. I have no doubt in my abilities, and I can display enough in these finals to give me the promotion, if I haven't already been nominated for one. But what do I actually want? Hokage? That's just a dream I constructed for the Prankster." The Jinchuriki took his pots and began to scrub them getting the grime and stains off. Once cleaning all of his cooking utensils and depositing them back into the cupboards they belonged in, Naruto resumed his thoughts.
"What I really want, is freedom… freedom to go wherever and whatever I please, but to do that. I would need to lose my Jinchuriki status, which is impossible… Which means, the world needs to change? The Shinobi System? The only reason we Jinchuriki exist is to keep the delicate power balance intact. So, then there would have to be no animosity between each nation?" The Kyubi Jinchuriki let out a sardonic laugh as he shook his head.
"There's no way that would happen. Also, the Tailed Beasts would need to be let free too." Naruto finished cleaning up the kitchen and walked towards his shabby bathroom. Disrobing himself, the blonde ran the appliance and stepped inside it.
"But would I really not aim for that? Freedom is all I want. To be outside the Shinobi System, whatever I want to do I can! That's the life!" The blond let the hot water wash over him as he closed his eyes in deep contemplation. "To change the Shinobi System, to cleanse the world. Can someone like me even do that? I'm just a weapon for my village, a deterrent in peace time, a tool in war." The blonde lathered his body in shower gel, soaking it into every part before stepping back under the jet of water.
"Maybe, I could fake my death somehow. Change my identity? No, the village elders would never send me on such a dangerous mission. Much less the Hokage himself. That old codger would coddle me to the ends of the Earth." The blonde pounded against the tiles of the room around him, cracks forming on impact.
"Why!? Despite all this intelligence I've gained, why is the only answer I can conclude on to change to world!? I don't care about them! I only care about myself!? Right!? So then why, why is the only option to change the world so I can live my life the way I want to!? FUCK!" The blonde thrashed against the wall to his side, breaking the tile and plaster and creating a fist sized hole. The blonde wanted to cry in frustration, but the Gamer's Mind was keeping him from doing that.
"So you're telling me, the logical solution to live my life, is to change the world…? What the fuck…" Naruto whimpered as he curled himself into a ball in his shower. The water battered down on his prone form, but the blonde was too busy in his mind to register it.
"Fine, FINE. I'll fucking do it then! To have my ideal life I'll fucking do it! I'll change the world, the Shinobi System! I'll fucking do it all! And who has the most influence in the Shinobi World for such a thing!? The Hokage! I'll become the fucking Hokage! And then, I'll retire soon after, and I'll live my life the way I want!" Before the blonde could have any other thought, a screen appeared in front of him.
Mandatory Quest Started!
Title: The Tale of Uzumaki Naruto
Description: Uzumaki Naruto has come to terms with his dreams, as such, he wishes for freedom, but to do that in the world he lives in, change is needed. Naruto has decided to become that catalyst for change. Now, The Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails seeks to become Hokage to change the Shinobi System and The Cycle of Hatred.
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- Become the Hokage
- Cleanse the Cycle of Hatred
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