6: The Forest of Chakra!
Suiren Uzumaki: The disclaimer: I do not own Naruto cause if I did then Sakura wouldn't be a useless fan girl in pre-shippuden and Naruto would have his Father's smarts while keeping his Mother's personality and knows about seals and how to use to them. I do, however, own Akito Senju. Remember to Read and Review to let me know what you think. Also if you don't like any twist that I might make then stop reading and find something else to read plus don't leave a review that's a flame or I will find a way to block you. Ja ne!
...My Line...
"I think I over did it with my Sharingan," Akito mumbled as he woke up.
"Waking up huh?" Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter, asked. "Are you alright?"
Akito tried to set up as he answered.
"I've been better," the Senju state. "It'll be a week before I can move normally."
"See," Tazuna's daughter pointed out. "It's better if you don't move, so just lay back down."
"Right," the silver hair male agreed as he laid back down.
Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke and Tazuna were standing in the door way of the room.
"Look Akito-Sensei coming around," Naruto said to the others.
Hinata walked up and sat down on the other side of the Senju's bed while Naruto, Sasuke and Tazuna sat at the bottom.
"Listen Sensei?" the Hyuuga asked. "Your Sharingan is amazing and everything, but if it puts that much strain on you then maybe it's not worth."
"Sorry," Akito apologized. "It's just even though I had an Uchiha for a Mother, my body becomes tasked from using the Sharingan because the Senju and Uchiha blood repulse and fight each other."
"Uh, well you did take down one of the most powerful ninja assassins so we're safe for a while," Tazuna pointed out.
"Right, but you know that those kids in the mask," the blunette agreed/pointed out. "What about him?"
"Their from the elite tracking unit in the Village Hidden in the Mist and those masks are only worn by the most elite shinobi," the Senju pointed out.
"What do they do?" the Kunoichi asked.
"The ANBU Black Ops also known as the Inferno squad," Akito answered. "Destroyed all traces of a rogue ninja's corps. The Shinobi's body contain many secrets even jutsu, chakra and special mediation used on his body. These are the secrets of his village if his enemy found them then his people would be in grave danger. For insets, if I were to die at the hand of an enemy then he could try to analyzed my Sharingan and in the worst case Akito's entire jutsu can be stolen and used against our home village. It is a sacred duty of the shinobi tracker to prevent this and to keep the secrets so if a ninja betrays his village then he is hunted down and eliminated. The ANBU then erases any evidence of his exists that's their specialty." The silver hair Jonin stared off into space a bit. 'What is this? If Zabuza is finished then why do I feel this way? Something's wrong? It's like I miss something.'
"Hey!" Naruto yelled at the Jonin. "Are you ok? Sensei?"
"Mmm..." he mumbled as he snapped out of his thought. "Ah, yeah to finish what I was saying. Tracker ninja have to deal with the body on the spot so there's no room for error."
"Is that really important?" Hinata asked.
"Thank about it," the young Jonin started. "Do you remember what that tracker did to Zabuza's body?"
"We don't known what he did," Hinata answered. "I mean I guess he took it somewhere."
"Exactly, but why?" Akito agreed/started. "He should have worked on Zabuza right there as quickly as possible. Think of the weapons he used for the take down. Do you remember what they were?"
"Throwing needles," Sasuke realized. "No way."
"Correct," Akito agreed. "It doesn't add up."
"Huh?"
"What are you'll hammering about?" Tazuna asked. "You demolish that assassin."
"Here's the truth," the Senju stated. "Zabuza is still alive."
"Huh!" Naruto, the Hyuuga Heiress and Tazuna yelled.
"But, we say his body!" Naruto yelled. "Ya know!"
"Akito-Sensei!" Hinata called to get his attention. "You checked him, yourself. You said his heart stopped."
"His heart did stop," Akito agreed. "But, that was just a temporary state to simulate death. The weapons that those trackers used are called senbone. They pierced deeply, but rarely kills if they hit vitals organ not in the neck. Their modified needles used for medical treatments like acupuncture. Tracker's are trained to know every detail of a human body. Causing the heart to stop temporarily leaving the body alive is an easy matter for them. First they carry's Zabuza's body away even though it's mush heavier then they are and second they used senbone which has a paresis effect, but rarely kills. From these two factors we can conclude that the trackers wasn't trying to destroy Zabuza, but they were trying to save him."
"Come on?" Tazuna asked. "Your over thinking this aren't you?"
"In Centering suspension a ninja prepare quickly," the silver hair Jonin answered. "Hesitation leads to disaster. Every Shinobi knows this saying." The 26-year-old looked at Naruto who was smiling. 'He's actually pleased to hear Zabuza's alive. Now Naruto's got another shot at him.'
"Sensei you said prepare quickly," Hinata pointed out. "But, how can we do that when you can barely move?"
Akito stared laughing.
"Huh?"
"I can still train you," Akito pointed out.
"Hold on a little last minute training can't make us strong enough to fight Zabuza," the Hyuuga stated. "You could barely defeat him even with your Sharingan. We have to be reasonable about this!"
"Hinata," the silver hair 26-year-old said. "Why was I able to stop Zabuza? Because you all helped me. You've grown. Naruto!"
"Huh?"
"You've grown the most," the Senju told him.
'He does seem stronger and more confident, but...' the Heiress thought.
"So you noticed Akito-Sensei?" Naruto asked. "Now things are going to be batter now, ya know!"
"I don't know and nothing's going to be good," another voice stated.
They all turned towards the door to see a young boy wearing a hat with dark hair showing and dark eyes.
"Who are you!?" the Uzumaki yelled in question.
"Ah, Inari," Tazuna said as he held opened his arms. "Where have you been?"
The young boy took off his shoes and ran towards the old man.
"Welcome back Grandpa!" the boy greeted as he hugged the guy.
"Inari that was very rude," the woman told him with her hands on her hips. "These Ninjas helped your Grandpa and brought him here safely."
"It's okay, it's okay," Tazuna told them. "I'm rude to them, too."
He looked at the four of them.
"Mom, don't you see that these people are going to die!" Inari yelled. "Gato and his men are going to come back, find them, and wipe them out."
"What did you say, brat!?" the blonde yelled as he stood up. "Listen up! You know what a super Ninja is? That's me, only a lot better! I'm going to become Hokage. This Gato or Blato or whatever he's called is no match for a real Hero like me!"
"Ha," the kid laughed. "There's no such things as Heroes. Your just full of super ideas!"
"What you'd say!" the Uzumaki yelled as he stumped over to him.
The Hyuuga quickly grabbed a hold of him.
"Naruto, he's just a kid," she told him gently. "Show him that your right, but don't use your fist."
'Kushina level of anger?' the Senju thought with a sweatdrop. 'Check.' He almost laughed when Naruto calmed down and blushed a bright red at being held by his crush. 'Minato-Sensei like crush? Check.'
"If you want to stay alive then you should go back to where you came from," Inari told them before starting to walk away.
"Inari, Wait?" Tazuna asked. "Where are you going?"
"To look out at the ocean," Inari answered. "I want to be alone."
"Sorry about that," the old man apologized once the boy left.
Naruto growled as he watched the door that the boy left through.
...My Line...
All three of the Genin stood in a clearing together looking at Akito, who was to help them with training.
"Alright training starts now," the Senju said.
"Right."
"First we'll being with a review of Chakra the Ninjas basic source of power. Understanding Chakra that is very, very important."
"We know that," Sasuke told her in a smart ass kind of way.
"He's right," Naruto agree. "A long time ago we learned about catra."
"It's Chakra, Naruto," the silver hair male groaned. 'Young Obito level of dumb? Check.'
"Huh?"
"Dare I say it," the young Jonin said. "Go ahead Hinata."
"Naruto, listen closely while I'll explain it as simply as I can for you," Hinata said as she stood in front of them. The Hyuuga pulled out a scroll that was labeled 'A Lesson on Chakra'. "Chakra is the elemental energy that a ninja uses in jutsu and is the source of all his power. Now energy comes in two forms; physical energy which is all the cells in the body working together and spiritual energy the primary source of power which is intensified through experience and training. These two energy can be drown out and brought together to perform jutsu. Notice the interplay between physical and spiritual power that's the key. Finally hand signs focus and unleash the Chakra."
"Right on all points," the silver hair Jonin said as Hinata grinned softly.
"What's the big deal with all these complicated explanations?!" Naruto asked. "The whole point is to learn the jutsu isn't?"
"Naruto's right for once," Sasuke agreed this time. "We're already using Chakra energy in our jutsu."
"No," the Senju stated firmly making them all to look at him. "You have not mastered this power and I should know I've seen you three perform jutsus before. You've barely scratched the surface."
"What do you mean Aki-Sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Ok, one never call my Aki-Sensei," the Clan Head told him. "Hell, not even the Hokage get's to call me, Aki. And two call me that again and I will mime you." Naruto nodded his head quickly making his Sensei to smirk. "Alright now. Calm down and listen. Just like Hinata said. You have to draw on both physical and spiritual energy and combine them within yourself. But how do you do that? Each jutsu requires different types of chakra in different proportions. You must select and combine them exactly the right way. Up to now you've just guessed at proportions hoping they'll come out right. Even if you predisposed a lot of Chakra unless you can balance it and control it then it's all worthless. The jutsu won't work at all or it'll just be a joke. You waste so much energy that way and then you run out of chakra and you can't fight at all. Your just a target."
"So...uh...how do we change that then?" Naruto asked.
"Train so hard that controlling your chakra becomes second nature," the silver hair male answered. "To achieve this goal you must be ready to put your life on the line."
"What do we have to do?" Hinata asked.
"Climb a tree," the young Jonin said in a bored tone.
Obito, who was watching the training, cackled softly.
"CLIMB A TREE!" two of his three students yelled.
Akito covered his ears as she shot them a glare that even made Sasuke show fear.
"That's right, but there's just one rule," the Senju went on after he was sure they won't yell again before holding up his left hand and pointing at it with his right pointing finger. "No hands."
"What?" the Uzumaki asked. "Your kidding."
"Am I?" the Jonin asked. "Let's see?"
Akito brought his hands together in a hand sign and closed his eyes as he consecrated on his chakra that created a small cloud of dust at his feet. The silver hair Jonin opened his eyes and then turned on his heels and walked up a tree off to the right where he put one foot on it and then started to walk up the tree vertically shocking everyone.
"He's climbing..." Naruto started.
"Straight up and he's only using his feet," Sasuke finished in shock.
When the Senju reached the first branch he walked out on to it before turning to face his students.
"Well, you get the idea," he told them. "Focus the Chakra towards the soles of your feet and use it to connect to the tree. This is one way to apply the power of Chakra."
"Wait a minute!" Hinata shouted. "That's a good trick, but how does it help us fight Zabuza?"
"It's the only way to fight him," Akito stated. "That's the entire goal of this training. One, you three Genin..." Here he glared at them. "Well not be fighting Zabuza and should leave him to me. However, you have my permission to face off against his helper, but for the love of Kami-sama use TEAMWORK." He really glared hard at the two boys. "And yes, I'm talking to you two, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki." The two boys glared at each other. "Ok, now back to the lesson. First you'll learn to draw a precise amount of Chakra to a precise point in your body. This is default for even advance Ninjas like Kakashi and myself. This type of training requires a settle mix of physical and spiritual energy and the bottom of the feet are the most default point to focus Chakra." 'Unless you have perfect Chakra Control of course.' "Are you getting the picture? If you can master this you'll be able to master any jutsu, well, theoretically. This second point is to learn to maintain your Chakra levels. When a ninja is focus in battle it's even harder to control and maintain his Chakra levels. A deadly mistake. To avoid this controlling Chakra must become second nature. Effortless. Well, I can talk about this all day, but that won't advance your skill, will it? Your to apply the power of Chakra through training." Akito pulled out three kunai knives and threw them in front of his students feet. "Use the kunai Knives to mark off the highest point you can climb without using your hands and use that as a goal to get past that mark the next and the next. At first you should run at the tree so your momentum can take you as high as possible until you get use to it. Ready?"
"I'm more then ready!" Naruto shouted as he picked up his kunai. "This is going to be no sweat all the way, ya know! Remember what you said. I'm the one who've grown the most."
"You're defiantly the one who talks the most," the Senju told him. "Now get focus and do it."
The silver hair Jonin let go of his chakra and flipped over before he landed on his feet and then sat underneath a tree. The silver hair 26-year-old let out a sigh as Sasuke was thrown off and marked his point before he flipped onto the ground looking at it in frustrated.
'This is harder then I thought,' he thought. 'The balance has to be perfect. If the Chakra is to strong it smashes the tree and pushes you off, but if it's not strong enough you'll just tumbled back down. Like Naruto.'
"That's what I suspected of Sasuke and...Naruto," the Senju said with a sigh.
"Hey, this is fun!" Hinata's voice called out.
"Hinata!" Naruto yelled as they all looked up to see her setting in a tree.
"Well, looks like Hinata is the best Chakra controller," Akito told the boys. "Though I expect nothing, but excellence from a Hyuuga. Well done Hime-chan."
"Yeah," Naruto agreed. "Way to go Hinata! I always knew you were awesome! Ya know." 'It does sorta tick me off though.'
"Whatever," Sasuke said as he looked away.
"Well, not only does Hinata understand Chakra, but she can control and maintain it as well," the Senju went on. "We spoke about some one becoming Hokage didn't we? Seems Hinata has the best chance of that and as for the great Uchiha Clan maybe their not so great after all." This just pissed off the two boys even more. 'Alright I think their motivated. Of course Naruto and Sasuke both have far more Chakra within. If this training works then their mastery of Chakra would become a valuable assist."
"Alright I'll match Sasuke then I'm going all the way to the top," Naruto declared. "Ya know!"
Unknown to them, Inari stood watching them before he turned and walked off wondering why they where welling to get themselves killed all for people they didn't know. The Senju sighed before limping away from the group and once he was out of sight, the masked Uchiha grabbed him before wrapping away with him.
...My Line...
The two of them appeared in a place without sound and wind, but had a good number of blocks around the place. Obito had taken off his mask before attaching his lips to his lover's own. While the crutches that Akito was using fell to the ground as he wrapped his arms around the taller male's neck to deep the kiss. A smirk came to the Uchiha's face as a moan slipped past the Senju's lips as their tongues fought for dominance before he pulled away.
"How is it that you have to use crutches?" he asked looking worried.
The silver hair Jonin let out a sigh as he laid his head on his boyfriend's chest.
"The blood of both the Senju and Uchiha Clans are always fighting for dominance," he started to explain. "It doesn't matter if I use the two bloodlines separately or together…" He looked up at the older Ninja. "I always get worn out afterwards."
This didn't set right with the dark hair rogue as the Senju was the first since the Sage of Sixth Paths, who was born of both the Senju and Uchiha Clans. He knew that if both Clans' blood where fighting for dominance then there was a very high chance that Akito would never awaken the Rinningan. Was it because of the fact that his Maternal Grandfather was Izuna Uchiha while his Parental Grandfather, who was Tobirama Senju, both of whom had hated each other? Or was it something else entirely?
"That is odd," he stated in confusion. "They shouldn't be fighting for dominance." The former Leaf Chunin held his former Senju Teammate close to him. "Though this does give us an excuse of some fun."
Akito laughed as he was knocked to the ground only to let out a moan when his lover grind his erection against his own before the Uchiha claimed his lips in a kiss.