So I received mostly positive reviews.I am trying to mentally overcome the issue of going to fast in the chapter, so hang with me on that. Also I have a map that i am hand drawing and will use as a reference for the mission arcs, character locations, and settings. When I am finished I will scan it and post it on my page so y'all can see it and also use it for a reference. So to recap Naruto escaped thanks to Kurama, Got some Kiri Hunter nin equipment, made it to the City state of Rakaubi, plans on starting the next stage of his training, and Yugito and Kirabi were introduced.
(sorry to interrupt but I wanted to clarify that Naruto has been imprisoned for about 7 months. He is for the most part malnuturious and could only work on taijutsu skills as the guards would know he was training it also doesn't make sense to me that he can learn justu in his mind, and then instantly know how to use those jutsu outside of his mind. So with that in mind he has the mental knowledge of a low to mid chunin but can't preform any of the (non taijutsu) skills he has learned.) Thank you for your support anyway lets get on with the chapter!
Despite getting distracted by some yelling out in the direction that he had come from Naruto managed to get into his mindscape with practiced ease. Instead of being in the clearing he was now in a dark, damp, and slightly flooded sewer like area. Rusted red pipes lined all of the walls and anyone that had never been there before would have been lost, but Naruto knew his mind like the back of his hand. After walking 5 minutes through the maze Naruto came across a barrier that was made up if thick vertical bars that resembled a cage. 4/5th of a large seal could be seen in the middle of the cage. Naruto walked right up to the cage and preceded to do a deep bow. "Kurama Sensei you have my many thanks for getting me out that prison, but I am ready to start my real training now."
For a minute there was only darkness and silence. Then a pair of blood red, slitted eyes opened up in the darkness. As if on command the darkness faded and revealed a huge 9-tailed fox. Its orange fur mangled and its teeth sharp enough to cut even the strongest of metal. Instead of attacking the small child in front of it the fox gave a toothy grin and spoke. "Its about time you got here. I was wondering what was holding you up?" Before Naruto could retort the fox continued "Naruto. I have already taught you two powerful taijutsu styles, both of which you know and practiced fairly well…" Naruto only replied with a nod, which stated that he agreed with that statement. "but taijutsu will only get you so far…You simply cant become a splendid ninja with just taijutsu alone."
Meanwhile in Konoha
Lee was doing his evening warmups to do his post afternoon workout so that he could do his late evening warmups and then get on to his midnight and post midnight workouts before he felt a disturbance in the Youthful Force. "Guy sensei I feel like a 1,000+ year old beast made of chakra just said I can't be a splendid ninja with taijutsu alone…"
A older version of Lee was doing the same warmups as Lee, but stopped to hear his student out. "well Lee you know what this means…YOU HAVE A 1000+ YEAR OLD RIVAL NOW!"
Lee burst out in joy. "YOSH! I SHALL SHOW MY NEW RIVAL THAT I CAN BE A SPLENDID NINJA!" guy responded by hugging Lee
"LEE YOUR YOUTHFULNESS IS WHY I FOUNDED THAT SPECIAL PROJECT! YOU ARE MY FAVORITE PUPIL LEE!"
"GUY SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GUY SENSEI!"
Konoha was on lock down because of their antics for the next 2 days so that the citizens and shinobi could recover from that log awful genjutsu of Rock Lee's and Guy's…
_Back in the mindscape
"So I was thinking that It wou-" Kurama could not complete his sentence as a feeling of dread washed over him. He hadn't felt this kind of dread since he faced Madra back before the First Great Shinobi War. He felt like he had unknowingly set off a chain of events that might lead to his own demise. It was this reason that Kurama began to sweat profusely.
Naruto noticing the changes began to voice his curiosity. "Kurama sensei…Are you okay?" Naruto's face cocked to the side, hand on his chin, and his fox like features would have made any woman's will break at the pure cuteness that radiated off of his face.
While it took a minute to shake off the feeling Kurama finally responded "Im..Im fine I just felt a weird feeling… Anyway back onto you're training. I believe that since you're more attuned with wind justu you should focus on the basics of wind manipulation." Kurama Closing his eyes and going into deep thought and took a pause before speaking again. "If my memory is as good as my pervertedness then I believe that cutting a leaf using pure chakra is the best way to start. Once that is completed the same thing must be completed with a good sized stone. Only after these task are completed will I teach you a jutsu." Trailed off Kurama. By this point his was clearly napping and ending the conversation in the process.
Naruto couldn't help but deadpan at the 9-tails' openly admitting that he was a super-pervert. "Stupid perverts…" Mumbled Naruto. He was understandably not that interested in women at the moment giving he was only 10 years old. At the same time he now understood the next step in his journey to become the very best ninja in the world.
Ending his mediation session Naruto awoke in the very position he started off at in the middle of the clearing. The only difference was that it was now night and the moon was once again full as its light covered the entire clearing. Knowing what he had to do Naruto simply walked under the nearest tree and opened the food scroll. Unsealing a packet of dried meat He began to munch on it, while taking the occasional swig from his canteen. After becoming satisfied with his stomach Naruto leaned over and picked up a fairly large leaf. Sticking the leaf between this palms of his hands Naruto began to channel as much chakra as possible without putting out enough for sensors to spot him. After doing the exercise for 15 minutes he opened his palms and inspected the leaf. Noticing a small piece of the edge was wrinkled, but not ripped made him sigh and mumble about how it was going to be a long night.
Not being easily deterred Naruto continued the exercise throughout the entire night. Taking breaks only to use the bathroom and the have the occasional snack. With each failed attempt Naruto made tiny changes in everything from how he summoned his chakra, the shape of the chakra leaving his body, and the movement of the chakra. Eventually he realized that his he imagined his chakra making a grinding motion then he'd get the best results. He also allowed himself to use more chakra and by the time the sun was almost halfway across the horizon he had been able to cut the leaf. The edges of the cut were jagged and unrefined, but in Naruto's eyes a cut was a cut. He decided that he'd take the time to master this exercise later in the week anyway.
After taking a bath in the nearby steam Naruto decided to head into town to survey to surrounding area. Putting on the same slightly bloodied Kiri Hunter Nin attire made Naruto frown a little. While he really enjoyed the airy, yet still aerodynamic clothing the clothes were not a perfect and snug fit, They were beginning to smell of BO, and the color scheme showed him off as a Kiri Nin. While this worked in some scenarios it drew too much attention to him. Especially If any ninjas he met happened to know the standard uniform of a Kiri Hunter Nin. After finishing putting his clothing on Naruto began the trek towards town.
After walking the 15 minutes back towards the main road Naruto stopped dead in his tracks as he heard a man yell nearby. Curiosity getting the best of him Naruto took to the trees towards the source of the yell.
The scene that Naruto stumbled on made his blood boil. He was witnessing 5 thugs dressed up in casual civilian clothes with katanas strapped to their hips, beating up an elderly man and what looked like his grandson. in between the crying and the yelling from the grandson and old man respectively. He heard the Thugs yelling. "You just had to give us your money and we would have left you alone old man!", "We didn't want to too this but you had to play the hero!", and Naruto even heard one of the rougher looking thugs say "Im going to enjoy hearing the kid squeal like a pig!"
Naruto having heard enough made his presence known but throwing a rock the size of a baseball at one of the thugs. Naruto being trained by a 1000 year old chakra beast that knew a thing or two, had a pretty good aim when it came to throwing. This was made evident by hitting one of the thugs square in the head knocking him out. among the 4 remaining thugs confusion spread. "What the hell!" yelled all four thugs.
He took advantage of the confusion and rushed the first thug and threw several surprisingly powerful right and left hook punches towards the nearest and weakest looking thug. The thug managed to raise his arms in a defensive stance and blocked the last couple of punches. Seeing that his attack didn't achieve the ultimate success he wanted Naruto went in with a sweeping kicked that took the thug off of his feet and sent his head directly into a rock that was below him.
Naruto wasn't able to celebrate his small victory as the remaining thugs attacked at once. Being the smaller 10 year old he was Naruto used his nimble body frame to his advantage as he dodged each strike that came his way. "Stand still you little shit!" Yelled one of the thugs. Naruto smirked as he could tell that each thug was getting very impatient with him. His smirk however died as each thug began to draw their katanas. Looking around franticly Naruto noticed he was near the body of the thug he had hit with the rock at the beginning of the fighting. He also noticed the katana that sat on his hip. Rushing the body Naruto quickly drew the katana and rose it up to block the over head strike that came from the burley thug that was clearly blood thirsty…if the log awful and blood shot stare he was giving Naruto was any indication.
Not letting this man scare him Naruto slid the blade down towards the hilt of the other sword and caught his attacked off guard. Taking advantage Naruto drove his knee into the thug's leg "AAAHHHH!" yelled the thug as he was forced on his knees in front of Naruto. Taking a slight and foreign sense of pleasure at his enemies helplessness Naruto spun his body to build up momentum and delivered a overhead strike of his own straight into the thug's shoulder. The thug screamed and tried to stop the bleeding in his shoulder for a few seconds before he fainted from the pain.
He felt a brand new feeling that he had never felt in his life before… He felt happy taking this man's life. He had never been happy about doing harm to others even when he was mistreated in Konaha. He also took a moment to realize he didn't know a single thing about wielding a katana. Kurama-sensei never even mentioned teaching him kenjutsu let alone actually learning anything! Naruto did not know where this new found ability to wield a blade came from, but he knew one thing…He loved it.
It was the sound of the remaining thugs running away in fear that shook Naruto out of his thoughts. As Naruto started to look around for the old man and the young boy he noticed a small pouch on the ground. Picking it up he realized it was full of ryo…250 to be exact. Pocketing the money Naruto continued to search for the two he had saved. He had finally found them cowering under the nearby cart that had various clothing items and fabrics of different colors. Peering under the cart Naruto scared them both as they yelled and jumped back and then began to beg. "ple-please don't kill us! Take whatever you wa-want! just don't hurt us!"
Naruto looked on them with pity. He looked down at the coin purse and knew what he had to do. tossing the money to the duo they looked on in shock. "wh-what!?" they both looked up at the young blonde boy in front of them. Instead of seeing a sword pointed at them like the duo expected they saw a hand extended out towards them.
"I do not want to hurt you. I only want to help." said Naruto. His voice somber has he knew they had been through a lot already…and it wasn't even noon yet. Naruto looked up towards the cart and continued. "I noticed you have a lot of tailor materials on that cart. Are you an actual tailor, or are you just a merchant?"
The old man still shocked only managed to stutter out his answer. "I- I am a Ta-Tailor out of the Vil-Village Hidd-Hidden in the For-Forest." Said the now identified Tailor. "While I am only a civilian I have been making shinobi clothing for close to 40 decades now. I was moving to Rakubi to make a new start for myself and my grandson. Pardon me for asking but can I get the name of our hero?"
Naruto put his finger to his chin in thought.'what could go wrong from telling him my name?' thought Naruto. " My name is Naruto Uzumaki!" said Naruto proudly has he comically puffed out his chest and preceded to pound it.
"Is there anything we can do for you in return for helping us?" replied the old man. "Those clothes your wearing look terrible, filthy, and don't even look like they fit properly. I could probably fix you up something that looks better and fits better." Said the Old man as he already began to pick out tools and fabrics from the cart.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face as he replied "No thats really not necessary old man! I ju-he- hey what are you doing!?" Naruto was taken surprise as the old man began to take Naruto's measurements. Looking at his tape measure the old man memorized the numbers and scribbled them down on a tiny notepad.
"Now what kind of clothing can I make for you? I can give you my take on the traditional Kiri Hunter Nin outfit, A personalized set of Forest ANBU pieces…hmm I could just do a custom outfit as well…the choice is yours."
Naruto thought about his options for a minute. While the Forest ANBU outfit really enticed him Naruto knew he wouldn't stick around the forested regions of the Elemental Nations for too long. Then he remembered a outfit he saw back in Konoha that the shopkeeper obviously wouldn't let him buy. While he couldn't remember the color scheme every other detail was retained in his head. "Well if you could make me a pair of Forest ANBU pants, but in a black scheme." Naruto paused to make sure the old man was getting everything he was saying and sure enough the old man was scribbling away. "And a jacket with good amount pockets for storage, And if you could make the sleves blood red and the center the same black as the pants that would be cool too." Finished Naruto.
"Now for the jacket I have a special material that while its thin and breathable it is also one of the strongest materials around." Said the old man.
Naruto putting that into consideration agreed, but then had another thought. "Hey if you use that material Would it be possible to add a flak vest to it as well?"
The old man thought for a second before shaking his head yes. "the I would like a flak vest with a lot of pockets for storage, and to finish it off I would also like two standard kunai and shuriken pouches."
The old man finished writing before looking down at Naruto "alright I can get that done in a few hours. Do you mind waiting around and protecting us while I get it done?"
"Of course old man! you have my word!" Naruto Replied happily seeing as he just got a new outfit that would for once in his short life fit him right. He then remembered it was his birthday today…
On a Abandoned Island Far to the South East of Kiri
While Naruto was getting a new outfit Another blonde haired kid was getting a gift of her own. Eri (meaning blessed gift) had her birthday coming up soon and several of the Ninja that were working directly under the 4th Hokage were giving her early birthday gifts. Speaking of the 4th Hokage he was standing on a nearby roof and gave a sad smile as he saw Eri cheer as she opened a pack of steel kunai.
Looking back at his life he realized he was the known as the strongest, and deadliest ninja of his time, and the strongest leader in the history of his village. Yet he was unable to protect his son and he was scared of his wife. He always was when it came to October 10th. He could only think that he had no other option then to temporarily abandon his infant son after the sealing had been finished, so as a result his wife takes it out on her husband instead, but He had to make a choice loose his entire family, or prolong the meeting of his only son. He didn't want to do either, but in the end figured it was for the best. At least Kohona would take care of him. However his wife always tended to get pissed off easily this time of year… He also began to smile as he thought about how Eri came into their life. A drunken night of passion between him and Kushina led to Eri's birth. The fact he birthday is October 13th is a complete coincidence.
Despite being trained in the shinobi arts since last year (she is 6 as of right now. so she is 4 years younger than Naruto) Everyone has kept her brother's existence a secret. Normally Rin would keep Eri away from Kushina as she normally bawled a storm through the entire night of the 10th. And unfortunately for him his student was off on a reconnaissance mission for the latest news. This meant that no one would keep Eri from Kushina without keying off Eri that something is amiss. his blonde hair, and face, but her attitude was completely her mother's. And her hair was just as long to. She also had her mother's Huge Suiton affinity, and his affinity for wind (slightly) but unfortunetly she had no affinity for lightning. He always figured it all went towards his son instead. Of course he feared that Eri would be much better of a ninja than her older sibling. She had to be as he has been training her for a year. He is hoping to teach only his son the Hiraishin no Jutsu to make up for the lack of family in his life. But the few reports from his spy network in Kohona show that he was dead last in his class, and is a troublemaker. He hopes that after the last year he might have changed. His student on recon is supposed to pick up the latest information on his son, and she should be here in a couple of days.
He was brought out of his thoughts when his student landed swiftly nearby "what are you doing here Rin?" this is the worst he had ever seen her in well ever since Obito's death. She had clearly been running nonstop, and was crying.
"The informant in Kiri gave me in-information about Naruto-san. And H-he is… rea-read this." Minato snatched the paper from her out of curiosity wondering what could make her not be able to read it to him directly. He looked down and started reading. On the third paragraph he froze.
" After checking several sources, and doing a few personal investigations it was determined that a Uzumaki Naruto was captured by Kiri Forces under unknown circumstances, was briefly interrogated. and then detained in the maximum security prison known as Chimamire no shima, where he was kept for 7 months in solitary confinement. He was later involved in and killed in a violent uprising that lead to the mass breakouts of approximately 58 criminals of Kiri, the death of 74 Kiri guards/23 Kiri Hunter Nin, 142 Prisoners, and the destruction/pillaging of roughly 48% of the prison. His cause of death was confirmed as death by one of the many explosions that erupted from within the prison itself…"
Minato couldn't continue reading the report. dropped to his knees, and sobbed. He cried for two reasons. One was the fact he had just lost his son, and two he was scared about what his wife would do to him.
Rin looked on in concern, but was quick to get straight to the point. "Sensei what should we do now?"
Minato eventually recovered and looked down at his last remaining child still celebrating like nothing has happened. His eyes grew cold and it was at this moment he knew what he had to do. "Get the other shinobi together. We're going to focus all of our resources on training Eri, Take two, or maybe three years for that purpose, and then we go back to Konoha to reclaim my position. Rin could only nod dumbly. She wasn't use to this Minato. Sure he was calm and serious when he needed to be, but never this cold. She just hoped this news wouldn't change him and consume him in hate. She ended her thoughts by going further into the semi ruined city to spread the word about the meeting
[AN: Minato has maybe 15 to 25 shinobi with him. Most of them would have been his personal bodyguard/ANBU in the manga/anime. Kakashi would not have been with them because he was still effected pretty hard by Obito's death.]
_ Back in Rakubi Forest _
Naruto was walking along side the cart as he inspected his new outfit. His black camo print flak fit nicely over his thin blood red and black jacket. His Black Forest ANBU Pants looked good with the rest of the outfit as its Black camo print would help him blend in to dark, or natural backgrounds or environments. While his sandals and two back pouches were standard for shinobi It still looked good with the rest of the outfit, while still being effective in battle. A last minute request he made was also granted as he added a slot in the jacket where he could keep his newly acquired katana in its sheath by his side at all times.
Naruto was broken out of his thoughts as a gate guard was questioning the old man about his purpose for coming into the town. 'Dang we got into town fast.' thought Naruto. After the old man flashed his papers and vouched for Naruto by claiming him as his hired sword. While the guard gave a questioned look at such a young child being a sell sword, but accepted it as the truth nevertheless.
When the trio got to the main town square the old man surprised Naruto by almost immediately parting ways. "Well Ninja-san thank you for everything, but we need to part ways. Our paths was splitting for now, but they will converge against soon." And without another word Naruto lost the old man's cart in the ever growing crowd.
"Ol- Old ma-man!"… Naruto yelled. After several minutes of trying to find the old man. Naruto decided to give up. He was jumping from roof to roof trying to find the old man. On the last jump before he was gonna stop on the next roof over. However Naruto saw a slim figure about the same size as him flying towards him at breakneck speeds. Seconds later blackness.
"Oww What the hell?" mumbled Naruto as his head was killing him.
"What the fuck was that!?" the figure yelled. Naruto looked over and noticed that he hit a blonde girl that was about his age. She is wearing a blue, purple, and black suit that had a very snug fit. as she shook her head to try to ease her own headache he noticed her hair was tied into a long ponytail with training bandages. As she eventually came to and she looked around he noticed she had a very angelic face. With dark brown eyes that seem to draw him in. That weird force that seem to be drawn him in was broken as she stood up and started speaking.
"Watch where the fuck your going you idiot!" Yelled Yugito. Her once angel like features were changed to that of pissed off. Despite only being 10 years old she had mastered the Pissed off face to perfection. Being in the middle of a busy street meant that this was beginning to cause a huge scene among the civilians."Do you have any idea what you are doing, or are you just a fool who thinks that he can play ninja!?"
Naruto also got up and responded in the only way he knew how. He lightly picked his nose and flicked away what he had on his finger. He looked up at this angry girl with lazy eyes and replied "Hmm? You say something?"
Yugito blinked as she processed what this little civilian kid said to her. When she finally understood what she said. Her cheeks became red with anger. "You little shit I will kill you!" She began flashing through handsigns to fire off a jutsu. Civilians began to back up at a fast pace in order to avoid the jutsu that was about to be fired off. Naruto began to back away slowly. When she finished the handsigns she yelled "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" She put her hands to her mouth and a decent sized ball of fire erupted from her mouth.
The fireball was spiraling towards Naruto and he could only do one thing. "Fuck" said Naruto as he was unintentionally trapped between civilians and the urban surroundings he found himself in. He closed his eyes and waited for the fireball to hit him.
Well Chapter two is done. Im still a little worried that the chapter when to fast, but Im going to see how ya'll like this one. If you have any questions let me know and ill do my best to answer in a timely manner. Btw this is the largest chapter I have ever done!