A/N: I want to point out I started this, story earlier in the Fall than I did with my other crossover: Arashi Uzumaki of the Blue Plague, but still no where in the beginning, so if you want to know what happened in Blue Plague series before the point I used, you got to read the actual books. Just don't let kids read it.
I'm also censoring curse words as it's too many used in more than just saying usual ways that I can't ignore them all. At least with censoring I'm not going against my usual way of avoiding curse wordsof the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
Finally, I don't own the Blue Plague series or the Naruto series or it's characters. But I do know the wife of the writer of the Blue Plague series Tomas W. Watson, whose wife is Tina Watson. I should also tell you Watson always based a character after himself in his books, and in the Blue Plague series that's Bruce.
If you haven't read it yet, read this first:
Blue Plague's Nine-Tail Fox's Son: The Fall
The True Strength of the Women in Bruce's Family
Debbie resolved the baby/adult Paul issue after movie night by requesting to Bruce if they can call Baby Paul: Paul Jack Williams, after Debbie's dad who had died two years prior. Bruce agreed with the name and took Naruto's repeated suggestion as well and decided to call Paul Jack PJ for short. PJ didn't really care what they call him as long as they feed him.
Sunday came around and Naruto and his trio of students came into the kitchen for breakfast same time Bruce came in with PJ. Lynn turned to Bruce, hearing PJ babbling. "There's a bottle at your place on the table, Bruce, and I will get you some food for Paul," Lynn said smiling.
"It's PJ," Bruce reminded her as they headed to their sitting places.
"So you finally gave him a nickname we can use to identify him with, huh?" Naruto asked. "What does PJ stand for?"
"Paul Jack," Bruce said, "Jack after Debbie's father."
Naruto nodded, approving the name as PJ was leaning out of Bruce's arms, reaching for the bottle before Bruce even sat down. "Knock it off, PJ. I'll give you your bottle," Bruce said as he sat then put the bottle in PJ's mouth.
PJ grabbed the bottle like he had not eaten in weeks. Bruce made him take breaks so he could breathe, which of course PJ did not like at all. Lynn set a plate of food and a bowl of oatmeal down. Taking the bottle out of PJ's mouth, which made him mad, PJ started yelling at Bruce. Ignoring the outburst, Bruce started mashing up eggs to feed PJ. With the first spoon full, PJ shut up and started eating, forgiving Bruce for taking his bottle away.
"Dang that kid has a pair of lungs on him," Naruto said, rubbing his ears, as Debbie walked in.
Debbie walked over to Bruce, she kissed him on top of his shaved head then kissed PJ. PJ regarded her with a scowl on his face like, "You are interrupting my food, woman." Debbie grabbed a cup of coffee for her and Bruce. Taking PJ from Bruce Debbie continued the feeding. During the exchange, PJ voiced his displeasure about having his food interrupted again.
With relief of feeding PJ, Bruce joined Naruto in eating their breakfast as Debbie talked to PJ as she fed him. By 7:30 everyone was up in the house and the barn, sitting at tables, eating breakfast.
The twins pushed chairs to either side of him. Smiling at their effort, Bruce sat them in the chairs and brought both of them a plate of food.
They each had on outfits that were a little big for them with flip flops. Danny and Buffy had gone through the clothes that were gathered from the houses the clan had grabbed supplies from. He didn't even noticed that Mike was calling him until the third time.
"Bruce, can you hear me?" Mike asked.
"Yes I can, Mike," Bruce replied turning to look at him.
"I was saying Marcus called yesterday and said they found more survivors. Darrell brought over a map yesterday with the locations. Marcus didn't want to say over the CB. They found sixteen more, and they relocate to Marcus' farm. Those survivors told them where others were. Most want help, but a few want to stay put. Darrell told me they have over fifty people over there now and asked if we could take in the others. Also the log fence around the house and barn is almost finished."
"After breakfast, we will have a meeting in the game room. Debbie said that Paul had some ideas he wanted to run by us. We can make plans then. Let's just enjoy breakfast now," Bruce said, looking again at Debbie who was now playing with PJ. Mike nodded his agreement and turned to Naruto.
"Naruto you should attend. Darrell brought up something that might be of your interest."
"Sure thing," Naruto said as Mike went back to eating.
Danny looked at Bruce and said. "I don't know if I like PJ, Daddy."
"Why?" Bruce asked with a serious expression.
"He pulled my hair this morning at three o'clock, waking me, and wouldn't leave me alone until I fed him a bottle. That's really unfair. I mean, both you and mom were there. Why'd he wake me up?" Danny asked as Bruce started laughing.
"Sounds to me he knows his big sister," Naruto joked.
"But why me?" Danny complained.
"Well, sleep in Momma and Daddy bed, you have to take care of the baby. It's part of the job," Bruce told her.
"Sleep. Y'all killed me last night."
"Y'all?"
"Yeah, you and Mom could've got on the floor so I could've at least outrun everyone as they tried to lay on me," Danny replied between bites.
Bruce gave her a traumatize expression.
"I think that's a no go, Danny," Naruto laughed.
After breakfast everyone got ready for the meeting before heading to the game room. Naruto brought a notepad and pencil for questions to write down. Bruce was already there with each twin on his lap, and when everyone else arrived, Bruce called the meeting to order.
"Okay, everyone, unless you have the floor or have been told by the person that has the floor you can talk, don't. For those of you new to this clan, this is how we decide what's going to happen. It is a limited Democracy. You will get to speak your mind and add your input, but it will be done in an orderly fashion. Since I have the twins on my lap, I'll conduct this meeting sitting down. Nancy, how are the food stores coming with the added mouths and the chore schedules?" Bruce asked.
Nancy stood, looking at her notebook. "Well, Lynn has gone over our food list and is makin' a menu months in advance. She assured me the stores we have could feed the clan for one hundred days easily with replenishing from the garden. Lynn was having trouble puttin' it in the computer. Lynn is now just writing it down, and Debbie and I've been taking over putting it in the computer," Nancy reported.
Bruce looked dumbfounded at the news of the stock.
I guess they had originally stocked for longer before all of us came along, Naruto thought.
Jake spoke up, looking at Lynn. "Why don't you just write it down in the computer?" Jake asked Lynn.
"Jake, I can't type worth a d-. I did try, but I can only use two fingers," Lynn replied.
"Well then, just write it down for the computer. Don't type it," Jake said.
"You can't do that with a computer," Lynn said. Everyone in the family groaned as Jake stood up and marched out of the game room like he had been insulted.
"Did Lynn say something wrong?" Moegi asked as Jake left the room.
"We don't ever tell Jake you can't do something with a computer," Bruce explained. "The last time that was said in this house. Jake hacked into the President's e-mail. Just because someone said it couldn't be done." Bruce turned to Mike.
"All I said was nobody could do it. How was I supposed to know it could be done?" Mike stated, turning away from Bruce.
"That's saying it can't be done. He handed you a printout of the President's e-mail in less than an hour," Bruce replied. Mike was not looking at him or listening to him.
"Is it always like this?" Konohamaru asked.
"This is nothing. When Stephanie gave her report on the virus and blues, we spend the first portion of it trying to convince Bruce that he wasn't a stupid idiot who should be playing with yarn just because he admitted he didn't understand Stephanie's line of work," Naruto told him.
"Ah man, I wish I was there to see that," Konohamaru complained.
Jake came back into the room carrying a touchpad notebook, but before he could hand it to Lynn, Bruce spoke up.
"You can show her how to use it later, Jake. Nancy, how about the chore lists. Any problem?" Bruce asked.
"Everyone is doing excellent. No missed shifts on chores or training."
"Everyone, that's great; let's keep that up. Now Debbie, how about guard duty?"
Debbie was trying to get her notebook away from PJ, fighting a losing battle. Rushing over, Danny and Buffy helped wrestled it away and took PJ from her. At first, PJ started crying, but he was soon being entertained by the girls.
"No missed guard shifts, but Jake and Matt have brought up a valid point about adding another person in Mission Control. With the warlord shooting any blues that get in the fields, it takes one person just to operate that. They've been teaching people how to operate the UAVs. If the UAVs are up, it's too much for one person. I've put Pam on dayshift only until I released her for other duties. I'm not giving those with night duties time off, but I am allowing for sleep time after their shift. There's also been a request that Naruto stop doing whatever experiment he been doing to cause all those explosions at night. If not for attracting blues then for their sanity as it sounds like there's an attack each time."
Naruto sheepishly grinned as he rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry about that. But I'll stop since I now know not to mix lightning or fire chakra with gunpowder."
"Thank you Naruto," Bruce said. "Jake, you and Matt are to make a list of people who're trained for UAV operation. They'll pull four-hour shifts in the morning and afternoon, and we will add another for the warlord. We have thirty radios. I'm putting out a list today for fifteen people who'll always have a radio unless in the house or the loft. Now Mike, what's the news from the Snead farm?"
"They have over fifty people there now." This news brought smiles from others in the clan. Mike continued, "They've been sending out scavenger runs every day. Since we brought them weapons, they feel safer goin' out to gather supplies. I gave them another twenty thousand rounds yesterday when Darrell came over. Darrell gave me a map that they have marked out with places where survivors might still be. They got this information from others they've brought in. One of the locations is outside of Jonesboro. It's what's left of the Homeland camp after it got overrun. The survivors are in a huge, metal building on the outside of town that was used for supplying the camp with food and water. If the blues have not gotten inside then they're okay."
Mike turned to Naruto. "Naruto, Darrell said one of the survivors describe some of the people wearing headbands with the same metal plate like yours."
Naruto straighten up. "No description on them?"
"No, just rumors," Mike said.
"You think you can identify them?" Bruce asked.
"If they're from the Leaf Village, sure," Naruto said. "Maybe if their from the Sand village, but if they're from other villages maybe not."
"What about the other places?" Bruce asked Mike.
"The rest are people holdin' up in farms. Marcus said in his letter that they got this information from some survivors that escaped from the camp. All but one of the farms is too far away for them to get to easily. Marcus doesn't want to send out his patrols any further than fifteen miles out. The farm in question is twelve miles from him and has to families there. They have no fence, two guns, little food and water. They said that they would stay there. Marcus wrote…" Mike looked down at a piece of paper before continuing. "Bruce, will you see if these crazy, stupid white people will listen to you because they won't listen to an old black man," Mike read. "This farm is fifteen miles from here with the two families totaling nine. The estimated count at Jonesboro is around forty-one with the other two locations having at least eighteen between them. I don't think we will get those nine in Marcus' letter to join us if they won't join Marcus. We estimated fifty-nine at least, which I think is low. If they all come here with the forty-five we have, that's a hundred and four. It'll start getting crowded here, and this will put a huge strain on our supplies, like food. We go from a hundred days to less than fifty. I'm not sayin' not to get them, but I want everyone to realize that. We will have to bring in more supplies fast if we get 'em." Mike said, looking around the room.
The clan was speaking in little groups with each other whether they want to go get these people or not. Naruto then spoke up.
"Bruce, the first thing my sensei taught me back home was that those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends and comrades are worse than scums. If there are any hope that anyone from my world is at this Jonesboro site, then no matter what village they're from I will go get them personally if I have too, because whether they're enemies of my village back home or not, they're survivors here."
"He won't go alone, because I will go with him," Konohamaru said. "My grandpa was the third Hokage and he died protecting our village. I want to make sure his death doesn't go in vane by making sure if there are any leaf ninja at that site they get to safety."
Moegi and Udon nodded.
"Hold on guys. I want permission to speak," Cheryl said standing up. Bruce went ahead and gave her permission since Naruto and Konohamaru already spoken. "If these other people who aren't ninjas brought here to your farm, would they work like the rest of us?"
"Cheryl, this is the clan's farm now. We're a big family here now. When each of you agreed to come here and stay, you became part of this family. The answer to your question is yes. They either work or they are sent on their way," Bruce said. "However, that lesson Naruto's sensei gave him makes a good rule, I motion that from now on if someone in this clan or any innocents are at any danger whether its from blues gangs or any other evil out there, and a clan member sees it they are allowed to skip work and disobey any order to help that person out as long as they report it once that person is safe dead—which I hope the reason being that the person turns out to be a threat to the clan."
"I second that," Debbie agreed. "We also should tell Marcus' farm about it, because they might benefit it from it."
"All in favor?" Bruce asked which came out unanimous for approval, thus the birth of the what Naruto later decide to call the Kakashi's rule after the sensei that taught it to him.
"I approve the new rule, but what if we send a person out and a gang picks them up and finds out where we are? Every night on the HAM radio in Mission Control, we hear people talkin' about the lawless groups out there. Just two nights ago, we heard someone get attacked while they were on the radio," Cheryl said.
Bruce was glad they were listening to the HAM radio and writing down everything, but it was also a source of fear for them. Not having an answer for that, he addressed Cheryl's question. "We will not keep people here against their will. If they want to leave, then they can. If they become a danger, they'll leave, but only their spirit, the body will stay behind. Only those who are threats will be exception of the new rule, that's why I mention it. I will kill anyone who threatens this clan. We have safety here, which is rare right now, and I will not let anyone endanger that."
Naruto kept silent. Although he agreed with Bruce's reason of threat being an exemption to the new rule, he can't help but think of Sasuke, a threat he came to realize he might have to rid of before coming to this world, but only after years of trying to prepare and searching to bring Sasuke back.
Mike then added. "We're not fools. Nobody will get a free ride here unless they're sick or injured unless they are helping someone that is sick or injured. Once they can work or they feel their friend is find without them, then they will help or leave, not taking any of our supplies with them. Now, when Bruce and his patrol came back, we gave them a day off to rest—"
"Yeah, but they picked and fight with every blue in central Louisiana then ran like a hundred miles through the day," Maria interrupted. "If they hadn't taken a day off, I for one would've thrown a fit." Everyone agreed with her.
"Thank you, Maria, and I might have you do that if the need arises. Now if I would've gone and told Bruce that I needed him to attack a large group headed toward us, what would he have done?" Mike asked.
Angela replied without hesitation, "He would've taken off to fight, sleep or no sleep."
"That's right, and that's what we expect from everyone. If you can, do what is needed," Mike said then continued. "Those that come here will be expected to do the same. We can use the extra help, especially if we're hit by a gang or a large mob." The clan talked quietly amongst themselves until Stephanie spoke up.
"If Naruto hadn't brought up the new rule, what do you and Bruce think about bringing more people here?" Stephanie asked Mike.
He replied. "Even with the rule, I think if we can get some of these people without endangering ourselves too much, then we should." Bruce nodded his agreement.
"That's good enough for me," Stephanie replied, writing in her notebook.
"We only have room for around fifty as we stand right now. We're gonna have to build a shelter for the rest. Or more accurately, they'll have to build it," Mike replied, and everyone agreed.
"We'll have to bring in even more supplies with that many more people and soon. Just remember, boys: We design this farm for just a small group. Don't think I don't want to help but don't bring in more than we can supply and feed," Nancy said as Mike sat down and Bruce spoke up again.
"Okay Paul, tell us what you have in mind," Bruce said, looking at him. Paul got up from the bedside Cheryl and walked in front of the fireplace.
"I have a list, which I will go through one at a time. We need to expand our storage area, bring in more animals, expand our garden, reinforce the fence, and add towers around the property. Now first, the storage area that I have in mind will be underground. We ill dig out five acres on the west side of the property. Dig the hole fifteen feet down then concrete the bottom and walls. Then, cover it with a concrete roof and cover it with dirt. We can still put a garden or green houses on top with the three feet of soil there. That will give us over two hundred thousand square feet of storage area with a ten foot roof," Paul said, and Bruce and Mike started in.
"H- yeah! Now we're talking. You're the man, Paul," Bruce yelled, high fiving Mike.
"Go big or go home, baby!" Mike shouted, high fiving Bruce. The twins held up their hands so Bruce and Mike could give them high fives too.
"Boys," Debbie shouted, which made Mike and Bruce shut up.
"Now things get fun," Naruto told Konohamaru.
"Don't you think that two hundred thousand square feet is a bit big, Paul?" Nancy asked, looking at him. Having experience with dealing with Bruce and Mike's adventures, the women prepared for the verbal battle to rein them in. Very rarely did they get mad or scream at the two; they used common sense.
"I told him it was," Cheryl replied.
"Well, we don't have to worry about cost, and with that much space, we should be okay for a long time to come for storage," Paul replied, avoiding looking at Nancy or Debbie by looking down at his notes. "Heck if Naruto knows some of those jutsus that moves earth, it probably be done quicker."
Hearing that, Debbie almost wanted to laugh. She could hear Mike and Bruce say the same thing. "Cost isn't what I'm talking about, and I'm sure Naruto knows a jutsu or two that can help, but it's finding that much concrete laying around to build it, not counting the metal beams, will be challenging. You're talking about thousands of yards of concrete for the floor and roof. We can't begin to move that much concrete out of the city out of the city with blues and gangs about," Debbie stated.
"Concrete won't be a problem; there's a warehouse outside of Castor that has several thousand pallets of eighty-pound bags of concrete. The oil and natural gass drilling rigs store it there for concreting wells. We have one back hoe, and on a farm we have to go for more animals, there's another one and a bulldozer. I can make those quiet too. Working straight, I believe it done under twelve weeks, less with Naruto, and even lesser if any of Naruto's friends know jutsus that can help," Paul said, reading from his list, not wanting to look up. He had already had this fight with his wife and lost. Cheryl was used to this as well: like most wives.
Bruce spoke up. "Come on, you two, it'll be huge—like our own super warehouse." Mike agreed with Bruce. Thinking about having a building that big on the property made him tingly inside.
"Turn down the testosterone, boys," Nancy said, looking at the duo then turning to Paul. "What the hell are we going to put in there? I'm not saying we don't need to make another storage area, but two hundred thousand square feet? Don't you think we could go with something smaller? We have a lot to do besides build a super boy toy storage area."
"It could act as a hidden bunker for those who can't fight like children and injured," Naruto said.
"We can do that with the storages we already have," Debbie pointed out sensing Naruto wasn't really on either side but rather having fun watching them debate and want to help keep it going.
"Well, Bruce and Mike said they wanted an area to store large amounts of ammo and weapons," Paul replied, finally looking up at the two women, trying to defend his idea since Mike and Bruce loved it.
A few minutes passed as Debbie scribbled in her notebook. "I have run a few numbers through my head," Debbie replied, and Bruce mumbled, "Oh s-." Debbie glared at him before she began. "The average ammo crate of 5.57 is 4'x5'x5 and contains a little over eighty thousand rounds, weighing a ton. I know it hold more and the dimensions are off, but lets round off for now. In a two-hundred square-foot building, you would have eighty rows with two hundred cases in each row. That's leaving big aisles between each row. We're not even talking about double stacking yet. I come up with sixteen thousand crates, that's over a billion rounds. There isn't that much ammo nearby first, but let me continue. If there was, you could still double stack the rows and still have over a hundred square feet of space to fill. I'm not even going to mention triple stacking. Now, is that not a bit much?" Debbie asked the three men with almost every woman agreeing with her. Only Danny, Mary and Buffy were with the Daddies. The twins just wanted more high fives, and PJ wanted his chew toy that Debbie was writing in.
"What is she saying?" Moegi asked.
"I think she's saying even with all the ammo and weapons we can get, there's still too much room left, and it be humanly impossible to fill in the rest in this world," Naruto said.
"Why didn't she just say that?" Konohamaru asked.
"Couldn't we add more?" Udon asked.
"I can with Sage mode alone, but can you lift a ton?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, right."
"Debbie, we wouldn't have to worry about storage for a while," Mike told her with a grin on his face.
Nancy spoke up. "Okay, I've just run a couple of numbers here myself. If we assigned fifteen people a day to work on this testosterone storage area, I put it over ninety days before completion with nothing but good weather, and that's without Naruto's help. I don't know how much Naruto can do to his full extent but I'm guessing it can cut down the days by over half, but that's still with nothing but good weather."
"So then what's the problem? We can just leave Naruto here to help out!" Bruce said.
"Hey wait a second!" Naruto complained.
Debbie turned back to Paul. "What about clearing most of an acre and building an eighty-thousand-square foot area underground? Using my calculations, we still store over five hundred million rounds in one level and even without double stacking."
Before Paul could answer, Nancy spoke up. "That size we could do in four weeks with Naruto on Patrol."
"Well, I guess so," Paul replied.
"Okay, that's settled. Next item please, Paul," Debbie said, tired of that argument and getting ready for the next if the need arose. Just a never ending battle for her and Nancy in reigning in their two husbands.
"I want to get some 4x8 three quarter inch plywood and circle the fence on the inside with plywood their brace it with 2x4s. Next, build an earthen berm behind the plywood. My rough calculations figured about eight tons per foot across the fence. Not only would it stop a mob from knocking over our fence but also gun fire or someone trying to knock it down. The five-acre hole we were going to dig was going on the fence," Paul replied, trying for the big area again."
"See, he's thinking ahead. Let's do the big storage area," Mike said hopefully.
"No, we will get the dirt from elsewhere. This's a great idea, Paul. Debbie and I were just talking, and we want at least ten more forty foot cargo containers buried on the property," Nancy replied matter-of-factly.
"With a big storage container, we won't need those other containers," Mike said.
"If for some reason your man cave storage area blows up because of your boy toys that you men went to put in there, we want to make sure we have stuff left to survive on. Don't put all of your eggs in the same basket, remember? One is none, and two is one," Nancy said, looking at the duo.
Both Bruce and Mike looked as if they were hit by their own bats in the stomach.
"Okay, we won't build the coolest storage area ever. We will build the small, punk one, and we'll be happy with it. Next Paul." Bruce said, leaving the wives trying to figure out if they were insulted.
"The towers. I was just goin' to get some hunting towers and place them around the inside of the fence. Mike said we could use them for blues and lay behind the berm if we're attacked by a gang," Paul replied, putting his notebook down.
"What about the animals?" Debbie asked.
"They're all at the same farm where the back hoe and bulldozer are at—which I figure we can use when Naruto is on patrol. Since it seems there are more ninjas from his world out there, I think it's safe we bring the back hoe and bulldozer in with the animals incase our patrols need him for backup if some of those ninjas turn out to be a threat."
"That's fine. How many animals are you planning?"
"Ten more milk cows, a hundred more chickens, a few dozen pigs," Paul said. Debbie and Nancy clapped with joy as the rest of the family bowed their heads, groaning on the fact Mamas finally got their pigs. "Y'all have a hundred and ten acres fence in here, you have two twenty acre fields in the back to rotate livestock. Adding the garden, buildings, orchard, chicken house, quail, rabbits, pheasant, and the pond, you have over fifty acres that aren't being used. We need every square foot inside the fence producing."
"Fine, bring the d- pigs in," Bruce said as the wives clapped.
Mamas get their pigs, but daddies don't get the storage area they want.
Bruce turned to Jake, "What's the area like after our little hike?"
"South of us, the blues are dispersed over a large area. We have several thousand around us with the closest being less than a mile. Warlord has taken out blues that haven't come down the road; those are taken out by the guard in the fort. In the last forty-eight hours, the count is at one hundred and twenty-eight blues shot. This afternoon, we need to gather up the bodies. We have only shot four since change of shift this morning. In our twenty-mile circumference, I put the number at five thousand give or take," Jake reported.
"Matt, what intelligence reports do you have to add?" Bruce asked.
"Nothing much, just on the radio, the remnants of the government are in Colorado and telling survivors to go there. It's just a recording. No live broadcast in two weeks. There're a lot of gangs on the move. People are reporting the blues are getting smarter. They're ambushing now, and not trying to infect. No reports of using human intelligence but definite in animal instinct. They now wait around for a large group to take on a large concentration of humans," Matt stated.
"They probably discovered they can do more than just infect but actually feed off humans," Naruto said. "They're learning their place in the food chain."
"Naruto, how soon can you teach your new students some of your jutsus?" Bruce asked.
"I'm planning on starting them with shadow clones before teaching them the Rasengan. As for elemental jutsus, that depends on which of the five elements they can use: Fire, water, Earth, Lightning, and/or wind. I been told in the past its common for a ninja to have one element and to gain more than one takes time, so once I know their primary element, I'm going to teach them jutsus for that element before even considering teaching them other elemental jutsus." Naruto said. "But before I do any of that, I need to know where Moegi and Udon stand with their previous ninja training with their last sensei."
"Fair enough. Okay, order of action," Bruce said, standing up and moving the sleeping twins off him. "First, we're sending out four teams. One each direction of the compass to set up on the roof of a house, the team will make noise and kill whatever shows up. Each team will take ten thousand rounds of ammo and set up for three days unless we run out of targets. Conner, I want you to have all three Strykers ready to roll out in case the teams get in some serious s-. Have teams ready to roll in ten minutes of a call."
"The four teams will have four-to-five members. I will post teams later today. Matt and Jake, you will both be here manning Mission Control. After we return from our hunting trip, two teams are goin' shopping and another is going to secure the survivors."
"It's mid-October, and the first frost usually comes around Thanksgiving. I want the buildings and fence done before the end of the month. We have a lot to get done during the winter. Check the board in the morning to see where you're assigned for this mission. I have fort duty from six to midnight, so don't bug me. Don't think because I don't send you on a team I don't think you're ready. Someone has to guard the farm and be ready to pull our a- out if it goes bad. Everyone here will have to learn to be a warrior and do their part. Now, is there any other business that needs to be addressed?" Bruce asked. Frank raised his little hand, and Bruce pointed at him.
Frank lowered his hand. "Can we go swimming, Mr. Bruce?"
Bruce smiled at Frank, wanting to thank the little boy for reminding him kids were there. "Yes, Frank, after lunch we can go swimming, but no yelling. Everyone must be quiet, okay?"
After lunch, everyone that was not on duty was by the swimming pool, or in Konohamaru Moegi and Udon's case ontop of it. Naruto learned that their sensei Ebisu had started them on learning how to release Genjutsu, and he decided to continue it the way Jiriaya taught him. So there they were on top of the water in swimming trunks and in Moegi's case Bikini.
"I want you to release the chakra from your feet, then I want you to focus chakra back to your feet," Naruto said. "This will help you rechanneling chakra after a disruption of chakra flow, which is the first step in releasing chakra. I want you to do it until either you feel you use too much chakra or until it's second nature."
"Yes sir!" They responded and made the handsigns. As soon as they did that they dived into the water feet first.
This will also help Moegi and Udon when they learn the Rasengan, Naruto thought as the trio started rising above the water using chakra.
"I thought you told our dads that everyone don't always have the same chakra element?" David asked.
"They don't. But water walking isn't a water style jutsu," Naruto said. "It's a chakra control technique just as walking up a tree."
"And this training is for what exactly then?" David asked.
"Learning how to release Genjutsu, or illusionary jutsu," Naruto said. "I'm not very good with genjutsu so this is the next best option. Plus part of the training also involves chakra control which help Moegi and Udon when they learn the Rasengan."
"If you say so," David said.
Meanwhile Bruce and Mike were sitting at the picnic table with an umbrella, both wearing full combat gear. All the wives were laid out in the sun. Bruce was looking at Debbie in her bikini. Bruce was mad that he had kids sleeping in his bed as he inspected Debbie's body and drooled.
Reluctantly, Bruce turned to watch Danny and Buffy. Danny was teaching Buffy hand-to-hand fighting on some mats that they had spread out. Right now they were working on punches on the punching bag. Danny and Buffy were in shorts, t-shirts, and tennis shoes. Letting out a low growl, Bruce watched Conor walked over to his girls. From the look in Conner's eyes, Bruce could tell he wasn't looking at Danny in admiration of her fighting style. Yep, he was going to have to something to that boy. Granted Conner was twenty, and Bruce did like him, but don't be drooling over his baby girl. Bruce just wanted to tell him he had better treat his girl with respect or he would break his legs. Not that it matter. Since the last paintball game before the fall, Bruce knew for certain who had Danny's heart. So Bruce just sat there, listening to the conversation.
Conner walked up to Danny and Buffy. "Want me to teach both of ya a few techniques?" he asked.
"No thank you. I know more hand-to-hand than you. I hold two black belts in different forms plus the extra stuff Daddy and Daddy Mike have taught me," Danny replied politely and honestly to Conner, never taking her eyes off of Buffy as she continued to hit the bag.
"I'm not saying you aren't good, Danny. I saw you with the gimp, but he's not much of an opponent. I will show you how to bring down a man," Conner stated.
This even got Naruto's attention as he turned to Conner and Danny.
"You think I can't take a man down?" Danny asked p-. She held up her hand for Buffy to stop then turned to Conner.
"You're a teenage girl," Conner pointed out.
"Bad move, Conner," Naruto said as he knew better than to look down on a teenage girl when it comes to fighting just because of their age and gender. Heck, his teammate Sakura could cause the earth to break around her with one punch and she was the same age as him (not to mention doesn't use sage mode or a tailed beast nor have one sealed in her).
"I weigh one hundred and fifty-six pounds at 5'6" with 12% body fat. I can bench press my body weight more than once. I may bne built like a girl, but I can kick your a- all over this farm," Danny stated as matter of fact.
"I doubt that. I've studied martial arts for ten years," Conner said with an air of confidence.
"Okay, let's have a full-contact match. The first one that taps out has to shine the other's boots for two months," Danny said, crossing her arms across her chest.
"I don't want to hurt you, Danny, and you would get hurt," Conner said folding his arms across his chest.
"So you are scared of me then," Danny said, smiling.
"I'm not scared of you. I just don't want to hurt you." Conner replied in a firm tone.
"Conner, I'll say no if I were you," Naruto said. "I seen how Bruce and Mike train six teenagers, and they can gang up on a Blue and beat them up just after a couple of days after learning. I wouldn't be surprise their kids had that same training for years."
"Naruto isn't wrong about that," Danny said. Conner lost some of his confidence hearing that.
Bruce got up and headed toward them before Danny beat the s- out of Conner.
"Danny, that's enough," Bruce told her.
"Listen to your dad, Danny. I don't want to hurt you," Conner replied, smiling.
Bruce turned to Conner, "I'm not worried about you hurting her. I'm worried that she will hurt you, son."
"She can't hurt me, sir," Conner replied.
"See, Daddy, let me show him this little girl can kick his a-. You can referee, and if one of us gets carried away, you can stop it," Danny replied, looking at Conner.
"If you get on that mat, Conner, I promise you: you'll lose," Bruce said.
"I doubt that, sir," Conner replied taking off his BDU top then his boots and socks.
"I'm not going to stand between a man and an a—whopping. Danny, don't break any of his bones or him out of action. We have a lot to do tomorrow." What little confidence Conner had washed away. Debbie having heard the conversation, walked over.
"Conner, don't do it. You're about to get hurt," she said as she stood beside Bruce.
"Don't worry, ma'am; I won't get hurt, and I won't hurt your little girl. I'm a man after all. I outweigh her by thirty pounds, and I'm four inches toller than her," Conner replied, stepping on the mat with pride. Debbie just stared at the cocky young man with her mouth open.
Debbie looked at Danny and said, "Kick his a-, Danny, just don't hurt him too bad."
"Hey guys, take a break and watch this," Naruto called Konohamaru Moegi and Udon. "This is a good opportunity for you three to learn why it's important not to underestimate your opponent."
The trio, who were in the water got out and watched what they expect was a lesson on humiliation.
Bruce looked down at Debbie standing at his side and wondered who this woman was and where was his wife. Looking back at the mat, Bruce saw the two get in opposite corners. "When I yell break, you'd better break or I'm coming in there; is that clear, Danny?" Bruce told both of them, but was looking at Danny. Conner and Danny replied they understood, and Bruce said, "Go!"
Conner charged Danny to try and grab her and use his weight against her. Danny sidestepped and kicked him in the stomach. Then, she kicked the back of his leg, bringing Conner to his knees, where he punched him in the face, knocking him down. Before Danny could get on top of him and commence the beat down, Bruce yelled, "Break." Danny stomped her foot, glaring at her dad, and went to her corner.
Conner pulled himself off the mat, shaking his head as he stood up. Now no one in the clan was swimming. Everyone had joined Konohamaru Moegi and Udon around the mat to watch the fight.
"Conner, do you yield?" Bruce asked him.
"No, she just got lucky," he replied, walking back to his corner. A look of anger washed over Danny's face.
"He shouldn't have said that," Moegi said.
"No he shouldn't," Naruto agreed.
"Young lady you watch your control," Bruce said in a firm voice then said, "Go."
Conner didn't make the same mistake twice. He advance slowly toward Danny, this time throwing a right punch then a snap kick. Danny blocked both with ease then snapped a kick into Conner's thigh that made him wince in pain. Conner's next punches and kicks were full-force, but Danny blocked and dodged them. When Conner threw his next kick, Danny dropped and kicked through the leg that Conner was standing on, sending him crashing into the mat. Danny continued her kick but brought back in an arc, driving her heel into Conner's solar plexus. Conner's lungs deflated.
Danny jumped beside Conner, grabbed his arm, and rolled him over onto his stomach. Danny put her foot in Conner's armpit, wrapped his arm around her leg, and then knelt on Conner's back. As his arm bent at an unnatural angle, the stars he had in his head left as the pain hit. Any way he tried to move sent waves of pain through him. Danny leaned forward, sending more pain shooting through him. Conner knew she could break his arm in two places and dislocate his shoulder if she leaned forward anymore. He was fighting through the pain when he heard.
"Tap out, or I'll break it before my daddy can stop me," Danny said. Conner tapped the mat as Bruce ran over to pull Danny off. Danny stood up, letting Conner go before Bruce made it to her. "I have three pairs of combat boots. The pair I wear for guard duty, I want you to make them shine. The others, just clean and polish them," Danny said as she walked away with Bruce watching her.
Bruce helped Conner up, making sure he was alright. Conner looked at him and said, "D-, I was state champion three years in a row. When she hit me, I swear my insides shook."
"Naruto did try to warn you, Conner. I trained Danny since she was five. Besides myself and Mike, the only other people here that can take her are her four brothers. Sometimes. I think she just doesn't want to hurt them. Debbie can take her, but won't for the same reason."
"Sir, if I ever do somethin' that stupid again, I want you to shoot me with that Taser gun," Conner replied, moving his arm around to make sure it still worked.
"Every man must have a lesson in humility, Conner," Bruce said.
"I just got a whole semester of it," Conner replied.
"I know that feeling," Naruto said, "First time I was humiliated like that, I was thrown into the ground hard enough that the ground cracked and I was unconscious."
"You're joking right?" Conner asked.
"Heck no! I still remember the pain from that day, and I was just four years old," Naruto said causing jaws to drop.
"That's not possible," Stephanie said. "No four year old should survive that kind of trauma."
"I don't think any creature could," Mike said. "I guess that just shows us how much we still have to learn about Naruto."
Not wanting to risk seeing if he can survive something like that in the future, and to keep to his end of the deal, Conner walked over to Danny. "I apologize for underestimating you. Where're your boots?" Conner asked.
"Don't worry about it. You've apologized, so forget the boots," Danny said, grabbing a bottle of water and taking a drink.
"A deal is a deal. Where're your boots?"
Danny pointed to her pile of clothes. "Those are the boots I wear on guard duty."
"Have your boots down every night after supper, and I will polish them. I don't think your dad would like me coming upstairs to your room to get them," Conner said., heading to grab her boots.
"Why? You can't hurt me," Danny replied, stating fact as far as she was concern.
"Danny, I'm now scared of you, but I'm terrified of your dad. If you can do that to a man, I don't even want to think what he could do to someone he thought might be sneakin' to his daughter's room," Conner said, picking up her boots. "You fight good, Danny, and I'll always be on your team," Conner said as he left to shine her boots. Danny smiled as he walked off.
"Aw man, I was hoping for more action," Konohamaru said.
"If you want to see more action, then you better get back to training!" Naruto said. "Those Blues can only be killed by trauma to the brains, and unless you are faster than a runner or can strike one in the head without getting too close, you'll be infected. But by learning how to release Genjutsu this way, you're perfecting your chakra control to help you with the jutsus I'm going to teach you."
"Yes sir!" the trio responded as they went back to training.
The training lasted until Dinner and after words those who had guard duty went out, including Bruce, with Debbie soon following so the two can have some alone time.
A/N: New Poll is made and hopefully be up soon if anyone is interested. Theme is Cannons.