Slayer: Welcome back to a new chapter!
Judan: Couldn't help but make this eh?
Slayer: Of course not! I'm not doing this for anyone but myself! I'm just planning on having fun with this! That means you person that flamed me earlier! But seriously what's the point of flaming? I mean do you get some type of fulfilled feeling from do it? I mean if you hate the story just don't read it. But besides that I'm feeling pretty good about this chapter. Also One1ovesJp thanks for being interested I'll try and make sure this keeps up with expectations.
Fu: Well I'm glad you're happy then.
Shadow: Uh who is this?
Hermit: A new character, she'll be showing up soon enough. But for right now she's just part of the chat.
Chomei: So true!~
Kurama: Oh no…
Chomei: Onii-Chan! It's good to see you!
Shadow: Don't worry I understand how you feel my foxy friend.
Kurama: That doesn't really help me…
Hermit: Just ignore it for now then.
Judan: Right… Well what I want to know is why the hero of the story has homicidal tendencies.
Slayer: Who ever said he was a good guy?
Shadow: Wait what?
Slayer: Well if I'd have to give him an alignment it'd be… Lawful evil, though depending on his mood he could be neutral good.
Judan: Huh… first time a character like that is a main. Well at least a first for us.
Slayer: Right. So who wants to end the chat now that we're done?
Chomei: I'll do it! Now we here at the Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Kurama out loud
{Hello}= Kurama's thoughts
(Hello)= other Biju
'Hello'Hermit talking to Biju with thoughts
Hello= Hermits Thoughts
"[Hello]"= Kurama and Hermit talking
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Teams, Sisters, and Missions: Part one
Giving out a long sigh, I adjusted the headband that I had ended up tying around my left bicep. Currently I was making my way to Higarashi's a ninja equipment store. I had ordered some new clothes to replace my orange monstrosity. But the reason I was sighing was that people were whispering and glaring at me. Some were talking about me cheating to become a ninja, while others were talking about how bad it was that the demon became a genin.
As I said before I didn't really care, so the real reason I was sighing was because tomorrow was team placements. In other words I'd have to be on one of my classmates teams. Sure there was a few I was fine with… such as Shino the stoic bug man, Hinata the quiet yet strong kunoichi, Choji the "big boned" yet strong muscle man, and even Shikamaru the lazy genius. But most of them I'd rather light on fire than team up with them.
So lost in my thoughts I didn't realize that I was outside my destination, until I looked up. Smiling I stepped inside and walked into ninja paradise. Truly Higarashi's had everything I could want. Throwing weapons, sealing scrolls of all sizes, melee weapons, sealing tags, and what I was here for… ninja gear and outfits. You see last week after my forced graduation, I came here to talk to the owner in getting me a customized outfit. By paying a little extra I was able to get him to complete it by today. To be honest I was a little excited.
"How can I help you today?" Turning to the source of the voice I saw a cute girl a year older than this body. She was wearing a pink Chinese shirt with black form fitting pants. She also had brown hair that was styled to look like panda ears. She also had brown eyes.
So smiling at her I spoke. "Actually I was wondering if the owner of the shop was in. You see I had ordered something and he said it would be ready by today." Her eyes lit up in recognition before speaking.
"Ah… that's right my father did say something about a boy in orange coming by to pick something up." I couldn't help but groan when she mentioned my current clothes. Seeing my reaction she giggled a bit before continuing. "Don't worry your new clothes are done, so you don't have to worry about wearing that ever again. Just wait a bit and I'll be right back. Oh yeah! My names Tenten by the way." Smiling back to her I spoke.
"It's nice to meet you Tenten I'm Naruto Uzumaki, but I prefer Hermit." She looked at me strangely before shrugging, and moving to the back of the store. While waiting around I browsed the wears. Now while it was true that I had stocked up the last time I was here, I still liked weapons.
[I do admit to a certain appeal to swords when you use them… But I really like your more, explosive abilities.] Chuckling at Kurama's words I waited a few more minutes. After five minutes Tenten came back with a green storage scroll and a piece of paper.
"Alright here's your order, now all I need for you to do is sign this and then we're good to go." Nodding my head I went over to the counter and looked through the paper she had. Nodding my head I signed it and picked up the scroll. I then turned to her before speaking.
"Thank you, and please give my thanks to your father on making this so quickly." Tenten smiled at me before answering.
"Yeah no problem I'll make sure to tell him, just make sure to come back again." Smiling I left the store while waving goodbye. After I was a little ways away from the store, I opened up the scroll and checked it over. Nodding to myself I pocketed it before heading on over to Ichiraku's, it was time for a little treat!~
How to be a Ninja and Other Details
I was back in the academy, and I was currently smirking behind the actual mask I was wearing. All around me everyone was either ignoring me, or whispering about me. Yeah thing is about having a fox sealed in your gut… your senses were a bit stronger. Still I was now in my battle ninja clothes. And I say battle because I have a few outfits for different occasions. My battle outfit consisted of a pair of thick pants stuffed into black boots. I was also wearing a grey long sleeved shirt, with a high collar that also acted as a face mask. Then over it I wore a black trenchcoat, which had many hidden pockets for me to take out weapons and scrolls.
It also came with a hood which I had up covering my trademark hair. I also was wearing black leather gloves, with metal plates on them for protection. Then attached to my back was a container that had five handles sticking out of the end. The container was two feet long and about six inches wide. This suggested that the blades it held were both short and thin. Though that wouldn't be a problem for me.
Then finally I had on a mask which covered my eyes and cheeks. It was white with red and black lines for decoration. But the eyes had yellow lenses covering them, although it was only yellow on the outside. While looking through them they were as clear as day.
[Despite being sealed by it… I must admit fuinjutsu is impressive.] I chuckled quietly at his words, since that was what I used to make it so I saw things clearly. As I waited for Iruka to show up I ended up passing the time talking to Kurama. Mostly about plans for the future, I mean we still had to deal with Madara eventually. He was the person who made Kurama attack the village in the first place after all. Not that I particularly blame him that is… Almost everyone in this village is either a pervert, asshole, or even just insane. Need proof… just look at Guy!
Eventually I heard the door open. Looking over to it I rolled my eyes at seeing who it was. One was Sakura; she had pale skin and long pink hair. She also wore a red battle type dress, which had a long front and back but kept her thighs exposed.
Or at least it would if she wasn't also wearing tight black shorts. She also had a kunai holster on her right thigh. Also on her feet were Shinobi sandals. Personally I didn't like sandals… they just felt too exposed. Sakura was also using her headband as a hairband, keeping her hair back.
The other person had pale blonde hair and blue eyes. She had her hair done up with a ponytail. She also had a long strand of hair that came out on the right side of her head. She wore a purple sleeveless shirt that stopped above her naval. Although she was wearing bandages, these bandages ran down her legs acting as shorts. As such she was a purple version of Sakura's skirt. Then around her neck hung her headband loosely.
This girl was Ino Yamanaka. As such she was part of the clan that was famed for mind jutsu. Something I was particularly afraid of. I mean it wasn't like they'd jump into my head, to find out that the seal on the Kyuubi was broken or anything... Okay fine so I ripped off the seal that contained Kurama sue me! But it was the only way for him to truly help me when I need it. And it's not like he's done anything, really he's a trust worthy friend in my book.
[Said book only has about five names in it you know…] I unfortunately couldn't refute his claims. Hearing some sounds I looked to my right to see Sakura. Wondering what she was doing she spoke before I could question her.
"Move it! I want to sit next to Sasuke Kun!" Blinking I turned to my left to indeed find the brooder sitting next to me. Silently I wondered what I should do…
'Okay A I don't move giving Sasuke some peace, or B I move and let him get mauled by fangirls… choices, choices…' I heard a snort from Kurama before he spoke.
[Come on the answer should be obvious!] Smiling beneath my mask I agreed with him.
'Mauled by fangirls it is!' So not saying anything I got up and moved to another seat altogether. Just in time to avoid being ran over by the rest of his fanclub. Smiling inwardly at all of them fighting I just went back to talking to Kurama.
Eventually when Iruka did come in, the person sitting next to Sasuke ended up being Sakura. Apparently she won the slap fight between them all. Still I tuned out Iruka and his whole speech about being true ninja now, until he started naming teams. The first few teams meant little to me until…
"Naruto Uzumaki!" I perked up at this; however everyone else was looking around for me. Still Iruka only winked at me before continuing. "Sakura Haruno! And Sasuke Uchiha. Your Jonin instructor will be Kakashi Hatake!" I couldn't help but stare at him while Sakura cheered. Iruka though just smirked at me, having known what I'd be wearing today for quite some time. Still the smirk was one you gave someone after you pulled one over on them.
Really the only thing I could do was shake my fist at him. Ignoring my silent threat he went back to naming the other teams. But I didn't care, seeing how I was talking to Kurama about killing the other two and hiding the bodies.
Eventually though everyone but me, Sakura, and Sasuke left with their teachers. This caused me quite a bit of irritation, although the name Kakashi did remind me of something…
[Wait didn't that Might Guy person mention a Kakashi before? I'd check but… I really don't want to relive that moment…] I couldn't really help but agree with Kurama on that.
"Hey!" Turning my head towards the voice I saw Sakura talking to me. She seemed a bit angry, yet curious as she spoke. "Can I ask what you are doing here? This is for team seven; shouldn't you have gone with your team?" At this I couldn't help but chuckle making even Sasuke look at me. Stopping I let my hood down and took off both my masks showing my face. The faces they had when they realized it was me, was hilarious. I couldn't help but burst out laughing along with Kurama in my mindscape. I only stopped as Sakura yelled at me.
"Hey what's the big idea you idiot?! What are you trying to do look cool?!" She then reared her fist back to punch me, however at the last moment I replaced myself with Sasuke. Now normally this would never work, after all a ninja only had to flare his chakra to escape something like that. However he never knew what hit him, Sasuke just didn't expect it. Also I realized that surprisingly, Sakura actually had a lot of strength in her arm. Once her fist hit his face he was sent backwards, and out like a light he was. The fangirl didn't even realize what she did until I spoke.
"Now what on earth did he do to deserve that?" Blinking she looked back at me and my fake concerned face, and then looked at what she hit.
"Sasuke!" She then knelt down next to him and held him to her crying her eyes out. "Speak to me! Why did this have to happen?!" I couldn't help but say a sarcastic remark at that.
"Because you hit him?" It was at this time that the door to the classroom opened. Of course since Sasuke was unconscious, and Sakura was fussing over him they didn't notice. However I did turn to see who stepped in. He had spiky gravity defying grey hair and had on a mask much like my lower one. However he also had his headband covering his left eye. He was also wearing the standard Shinobi attire. But his eye also looked rather lazy, although at this time he was watching the scene rather confused. Turning to look at me he questioned me.
"And what exactly happened here?" I shrugged as Sakura continued to cry Sasuke's name. The man continued to look at the scene before sighing.
"This team is going to take a lot of work won't it?" Deciding to be honest I answered his question.
"Yeah probably." He only gave me a look before speaking.
"Meet me up on the roof in ten minutes." He then disappeared in a swirl of leaves. I didn't even give it a second thought, instead turning to the scene in front of me. Shaking my head I spoke loudly.
"Sasuke your brother's back and he's on the roof." Immediately he woke up and ran off towards the roof, shortly followed by Sakura. Shaking my head I shunshined (figured out how to spell it) to the roof, where I saw our sensei reading an orange book. Looking up we stared at each other before he slowly closed his book and coughed. I actually recognized the book; it was Icha Icha a rather infamous book series that really only perverts read. Turning away I sat down and waited for the others.
Eventually we had everyone now on the roof. But my other so called teammates were glaring at me with utter hate. But I suppose the feeling was mutual, after all I didn't necessarily like them either. In fact if I thought that me and Kurama could get away with it, I'd burn down the village. Still the glaring got Kakashi to look at us strangely before speaking.
"Alright I can see this is off to a good start. Now how about we get to know each other a bit. You know state your name, talk about things you like, things you hate, and even hobbies and goals." At this Sakura spoke up.
"How about you go first just to give an example Sensei." I couldn't help but sigh at her words. Because seriously they were pretty easy instructions. As for our sensei he just scratched his cheek before speaking.
"Me? Well my name is Kakashi Hatake. What I like well… I like lots of things. As for what I don't like… I've never really thought about it. As for hobbies, I don't feel like telling you. As for dreams well I'll think about it." When he finished Sakura whispered to Sasuke.
"He only really told us his name."
"Hn…" I couldn't help but roll my eyes at his reply. You see me and Kurama; actually believe that the true Uchiha language was originally built around grunts. The one Sasuke did was one of agreement.
My thoughts were interrupted by our sensei. "Alright now how about you white hair?" Frowning at the nickname I decided to follow his example. Two can play at this game…
"Well grey hair my name was or is Naruto Uzumaki, but I prefer Hermit for undisclosed reasons. As for everything else… I'll get back to you on that." I smiled when I finished making Kakashi begrudgingly nod his head in respect. Of course the other two didn't know what was going on. As such they just glared at me in confusion.
Turning to Sakura Kakashi continued. "Alright pinkie it's your turn." She scowled a bit at her nickname but spoke anyway.
"My name is Sakura Haruno, and I like..." She turned to look at Sasuke and blushed. "My hobbies are…" She then squealed before continuing. "My dream for the future is… Ehhh!" Me and Kakashi couldn't help but sweatdrop at her antics.
"Alright… so what about things you don't like." Her answer was immediate.
"NARUTO!" My reply was a single sound.
"Meh…" She glared at me before turning to Sasuke. Whom was insulted by Kakashi as well.
"Okay so now it's your turn duck but." I couldn't help but snort as the Uchiha scowled at our sensei. But he still spoke.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, and I hate many things. I also don't particularly like anything. As for my dream… it isn't a dream because I'll make it a reality. I will restore my clan, and kill a certain someone. Thus bringing back the Uchiha's honor." I couldn't help but give him a dry look at that. While Sakura's face was one of endearment, and Kakashi's was one of thought.
Then shaking his head he spoke. "Alright now I'm afraid I have some bad news…" That got everyone's attention. "You see I'm afraid you're not actually genin yet." This quickly got Sakura riled up.
"What! What do you mean?! Isn't that what the final test was for?" Sasuke again grunted in agreement but I kept silent as Kakashi spoke.
"Sorry but that was a test to see if you could pass the actual test. The one I'll be giving you. And unfortunately this test has a sixty six percent chance of failure." While that got the other two to look at him wide eyed I cheered while saying…
"Yes! Then there's still a chance of me not being on this team!" Everyone just looked at me strangely before Kakashi continued.
"Yeah… okay then… well yes the chance of failure is high. But that is just the life of a ninja. Now meet me tomorrow at training ground thirteen at seven. And you shouldn't eat anything, or else you might puke."
How to be a Ninja and Other Details
The next morning I ate a big breakfast, mostly because I knew it'd be stupid not to. I also decided to arrive four hours late, mostly because I knew that our sensei would be late as well. Arriving I was immediately shouted at by Sakura.
"You're late!" Looking at her I shrugged before looking around. The training ground was fairly nice. It had a river in the back, and was surrounded by forest. There were also three large posts hammered into the ground. And by posts… I mean logs. Then a little bit away from them was the memorial stone. On it was written every name of every ninja that has been KIA.
[A lot of the recent ones are from me… But oh well I guess you win some you lose some.] Talking to Kurama I comforted him.
'Don't worry partner we'll take down the one who did this eventually.'
[Yeah I guess, I just hope it's soon.] Mentally agreeing with him I made my way towards the others, just in time for Kakashi to shunshin in.
Sakura quickly yelled at him. "You're late!"
He did he tried to apologize. "Sorry I'm late, but you see a black cat crossed my path. So I had to take the long way around." Sakura was the only one who yelled at him.
"You're lying!" I just shook my head before turning to Kakashi. He rubbed the back of his head before speaking.
"Well you got me, but let's get down to business." He then took out a timer from his back pouch and stuck it on a tree stump before continuing. "Now then the objective is simple." He took out two bells before speaking again. "You must take these bells from me within an hour. Sound simple enough?" As usual Sakura was the first to question him.
"But sensei there are only two bells. What happens to the person who doesn't get one?" Eye smiling at her Kakashi answered her.
"Oh that's simple!~ The one who doesn't get the bell gets tied to one of those posts. Of course there is a chance that none of you get one. But still the one who doesn't get a bell gets sent back to the academy." His voice became serious at the end, causing the other two to stiffen while I just smirked. Of course no one could see my face under my mask so no one questioned me.
Sakura though protested. "But that's not fair! You can't just do that!" Kakashi quickly answered her.
"And why not? I'm in charge here so my rules go. Now we start when I say go, also come at me with the intent to kill. That means you can use kunai, shuriken, or anything else."
Again Sakura spoke. "But sensei those are dangerous you could get hurt!" I couldn't help but snort at this. This made everyone look at me as I spoke.
"Sakura are you sure you're the smartest Kunoichi out of our class? Because what you said was very dumb." She quickly got angry at me with what I said.
"What do you mean by that?! If anyone's dumb it's you! I mean you got the lowest scores in the class." I couldn't help but laugh for a bit causing her to back up.
When I stopped I spoke again. "Sakura… I purposely got those scores. In fact I knew I'd be on this team so I purposely tried to fail the final test. But you can see how well that worked out can't you? Now as for why what you said was dumb… Sakura, Kakashi sensei is a jonin, JONIN. Tell me what can us genin do to hurt him? I mean I probably could, but you two are in a rather hopeless situation." She was about to retort when Kakashi cut her off.
"Okay that's enough of that. Now we begin in three… two… one… go!" With that Sasuke and Sakura jumped away to hide somewhere. However I could easily sense them, which meant that Kakashi could as well. Of course with me staying my sensei decided to question me.
"Aren't you going to hide as well." I shook my head before speaking.
"What would be the point? I already figured out the true test, and I know the others won't listen to me. So really I just want to test me skills against an elite of the village." Kakashi hummed before nodding his head and speaking.
"I see your point… Still based on your words, I can tell that you really did figure out the point of all this. A shame really… but then again maybe another year in the academy won't be so bad. Still are you sure you want to fight me one on one?" My answer was to bring up my left hand in a half tiger seal. Seeing my action he got into a defensive stance before narrowing his eye. I just smirked before using one of my own jutsu.
Kakashi's eye widened as he saw multiple birds of ice appear around me. I couldn't help but smirk before turning my half tiger seal into a half ram seal. Then all at once the birds of ice flew at him. Moving quickly he got out a kunai from his pouch and started deflecting the multiple ice birds. At this I couldn't help but smirk before bringing up my right hand and completing the ram seal. Seeing the hand sign Kakashi's eye bulged as I spoke.
"Now remember… art is an explosion!" (J/N Cue sneeze from Deidara.) Then all at once the ice birds exploded, leaving a cloud of ice in the air. Once it cleared there was snow all over the ground. However my sensei was nowhere to be found. And not seeing any sign of substitution I knew where he was. Acting quickly I grabbed the handle of one of my swords and unsheathed it. The handle was only six inches long and covered in red cloth. The blade however was needle like and ended in a fine point. The width at the base was only an inch.
Holding the blade with both hands, I sent raiton chakra through it. I then stabbed the blade into the ground sending out an electric current. I couldn't help but smirk after I saw Kakashi quickly jump out of the ground in order to avoid being electrocuted. Also judging by the way he was looking at me, it was easy to tell he was reevaluating me.
He then spoke with an eye smile. "I admit that I was skeptical at first, when the Hokage told me about your real skill. But now I guess this is just proof of it. Still I hope you can show me more." Smirking I bent my body back while inhaling deeply. I then moved my body forward while exhaling. This ended up releasing a fire ball at my sensei. He acted quickly and dodged the flaming projectile. Seeing this I took out another sword and charged forward. Seeing me coming he took out two kunai to prepare for the incoming fight. Seeing this I smirked behind my mask. Then I coated my second blade with fuuton chakra giving it a superb cutting edge.
He didn't notice until I cut through his kunai like butter. Again his eye widened as I went in to stab him with my right blade. However his years of experience showed when he narrowly dodged my attack. Then once again as I tried to hit him with my left. Thus began our deadly dance, as I turned around and lashed out with my left again.
Again he dodged to the right and avoided it. Smiling behind my mask I decided to step it up a notch. Quickly I made a shadow clone and let him jump over me and attack my sensei. Eye widening he punched the clone causing it to disperse. But I wasn't done yet; making another it attacked him as the clone made another as soon as it was hit. Seeing a clone behind him and me in front he jumped up from our combined jabs and kicked out with his legs. Seeing it coming I made another clone and switched with it. Both clones poofed out of existence as I slashed at him midair.
Seeing it coming he twisted his body out of the way, but just barely. Not letting up I quickly turned around to block a kunai thrust from him. I then let go of my left sword and took out another to attack with. Not expecting me to do that he leaned back to avoid my upper slash. However as my original sword fell I kicked it up back at him with my left boot. Again he barely dodged as I struck again. This time I managed a hit, it was small but as he jumped back there was now a small cut on his sleeve. Seeing this I grabbed my falling blade and sheathed it. Both of us were now breathing harder.
Still I knew I could not beat Kakashi on my own like this. So far it's only been thanks to my many surprises that have kept him on his toes. But I just didn't have enough experience in live combat to keep up forever. That was one of my major flaws. Still he looked rather impressed by me. So I decided to keep it up. Moving quickly I jumped back and pushed my arms forward. While doing so I sent a large amount of wind chakra out. This created a giant force of wind that was sent towards Kakashi. Unable to dodge he instead moved his arms to cover his face, while he was blasted back by the powerful gust of wind.
[Whew! Fuuton great breakthrough indeed! It's been a while since we last used that one. But maybe you put too much chakra in it? After all he might come back after the bell rings.] I couldn't help but rub the back of my head sheepishly before responding.
'Yeah… but I was actually thinking of trying to convince the other two to help. I mean even if it doesn't work at least I can say I tried. After all I'm not a Nara, which means I should put in some effort to try and pass.' I then heard the sound of footsteps. 'Speaking of the others…' Turning around there was none other than the gobsmacked faces of Sasuke and Sakura.
[Hahahaha! There we go! That's the faces we wanted to see!] I chuckled in agreement before speaking to my "team".
"Well that could've gone better, but I guess I at least bought us a few minutes. Still we should probably team up because even I wasn't able to get a bell." The other two blinked at my suggestion before Sasuke got mad.
"Dobe that doesn't matter at this point. Instead how about you tell us how you got so strong!" Sakura just nodded her head in agreement.
Now I was irritated and was about to snap at them, saying something about not having time for this or what not. But then I got an idea.
"Okay how about we make a deal then?" My question caught him off guard but he still let me continue. "The deal is if you two help me with Kakashi, not only will I tell you my training regimen. But I'll also give you one jutsu to learn. How does that sound?" Both seemed to ponder this for a bit while I was inwardly laughing.
[Wow you evil, evil man! There's no way they can use our training methods, and the jutsu is something they'll learn eventually anyways!]
'I know! But it'll be fun seeing them seething while trying to get the techniques down.' Now it wasn't so much that I don't like Sakura and Sasuke it's just that I… that I hate them. Still wouldn't be enough me to abandon them, but I wasn't about to help them get stronger until they're ready to be actual ninja. But right now Sakura is a fangirl, and Sasuke is an avenger not a ninja.
Now the reasons as to why I'm trying to pass the test with them, instead of failing on purpose are rather simple. It is because Kakashi is a very skilled shinobi, a high A ranked ninja close to S. So training under him could only help me. Because I'm at most a high B rank, and that's with my training seals off. But mostly I'm at a mid B rank with the seals. Although I could become an S with Kurama's help. Now the other reason is because I believe that he could actually help these two out. Get them to actually take being a ninja seriously.
So for that I'm willing to work with them, but still our sensei is going to have his hands full. Still if they happened to get themselves killed anytime soon… well it at least wouldn't be my fault.
Now having thought it over Sasuke spoke. "Alright I'll help you, but me and Sakura get the bells just in case only two of us really can pass." Sakura nodded her head at that while I couldn't help but agree.
"That seems fair enough, I mean it is my idea so if it fails then I should take the fall. Now then onto planning does anyone know any Doton jutsu? Because that's literally the only thing I can't use at this moment." Doton or earth release is always something I've had trouble with for some reason. But me and Kurama just guess that I have absolutely no affinity for it. You see there are five chakra natures. Lightning or raiton, earth or doton, fire or katon, water or suiton, and my personal favorite wind or fuuton. Now unlike most others I have slight affinities for all but earth. While most just have a good affinity for one element.
This is both a disadvantage and advantage. An advantage because I can learn four types of elemental jutsu easier. But a disadvantage, because I need to spend more chakra trying to use those jutsu then those with stronger affinities. However with a mass of chakra in my gut, my dense chakra, and my above average chakra reserves and control… I can get by easily enough. Now usually I use fuuton, suiton, and raiton. But I can also use ice chakra or hyouton, and make boiling chakra which I don't know the words for. Now hyouton is a combination between fuuton and suiton. While boiling chakra is suiton and katon.
Now while I can use these types of releases, it takes triple the amount of chakra a person with a regular Kekki Genkai or bloodline limit needs. That's mostly because I don't form the chakra naturally in my body. This is why I only used my exploding ice bird's trick once. Though if need be I can go further, however the more complex a jutsu the more handseals I have to use. Though for easy and simple jutsu's I don't need them. Such as the fireball jutsu I did earlier
Still I can't use doton yet, which is the reason I'm asking them if they know any earth jutsu. However their answer was disappointing.
Sakura answered first. "No sorry I don't have any."
"Hn…" That was Sasuke saying no… probably. I don't exactly speak Uchiha fluently. Still I had to think fast; more than likely Kakashi is back in the area watching us. Luckily Kurama came to my rescue.
[Well we haven't used genjutsu yet… so why don't you try something with that? We do excel in that area you know.] I instantly agreed however with my current skill level, I'd have to use my strongest illusion on him for it to work.
'And I'll be forced to stand in a single place while I use it. Then again…' I looked over to the other two awaiting my plan before smirking under my mask. 'That's what meat shie… I mean teammates are for right?' So straightening I whispered to my now willing compatriots.
"Okay guys here's the plan, I have a genjutsu I can use. However I'll need you two to actually go and grab the bells. Because unfortunately I can't move while using it. But first we need to draw him out of hiding. All in favor of burning down the forest?" They just stared at me blankly before Sasuke came up with a different idea.
"How about instead of being charged for arson, which I admit could work. How about we…" He was interrupted as a mass of throwing weapons came at us. Acting quickly I used a smaller great breakthrough, to block the attack. That was when Kakashi appeared in front of me and tried kicking me in the stomach. However I was able to replace myself with a nearby log.
All praise the mystical log! His lone eye narrowed as the other two jumped back. Seeing this as an opportunity, I went through five handseals before activating my genjutsu.
Ox, monkey, dog, tiger, serpent! Soon enough it was in effect. This made him freeze in his current position while I yelled to the others.
"Now quickly grab the bells! I can't hold this one forever!" Acting quickly they ran up our sensei and quickly snatched up the bells. But not before they heard our sensei talk.
"Too bad it seems you weren't able to get the bells before the timer ran out." Both of them blinked and looked at the bells they were holding, and then back towards the timer that still had fifteen minutes left. They both looked at me for an explanation.
"Don't worry I'm just making it seem as if the timer has already went off. The fact is the more believable an illusion is, the more effective the genjutsu will be." They both nodded their heads in understanding before I lowered my arms. I was now breathing heavily from my use of chakra. You see as I said before most of my best genjutsu affect all the senses. However again they are the most chakra draining. When I dropped it our sensei immediately felt the effects of it. Jumping away from us he saw both Sasuke and Sakura with the bells. However he also noticed me a bit out of breath.
Still he eye smiled at us before speaking. "Well I suppose an explanation on how you got the bells are in order.~" Taking off my masks I answered him.
"Simple really me, and the others decided to team up in order to get the bells. We were even going to come up with a plan to lure you out, so I could use my genjutsu on you. But luckily for us you got impatient and attacked us, so really we didn't need to come up with a plan. Although that might have been your purpose in which case that easily backfired. As for how I did that genjutsu… you'll have to figure that out yourself." Upon finishing I gave him an innocent smile. Once again giving me a strange look he turned to the other two.
As for Kakashi he gave me an eye smile. "Well then I look forward to discovering its secrets as your new team seven sensei!~" For once I couldn't help but give a small smile. "Well then rest up because tomorrow we have our first mission!" He then gave us a thumbs up.
[Well there goes all happiness…] Kurama than grumbled a few things about D ranked missions. Which was something that I could actually agree with.
'Well hopefully I can get a field promotion quickly enough. I'd rather not spend any significant time as a genin.'
How to be a Ninja and Other Details
After a brief discussion on our new privileges as genin's, along with where the mission center was we all left to go our separate ways. Sakura went home, Kakashi went to do whatever he does, and Sasuke went off to train. I on the other hand was going to get something to eat first. More precisely I was going to the Akamichi Barbeque. It was a nice place ran by the Akamichi clan hence the name. Now while some people still glare at me when I'm there, it's not nearly as bad as some other places.
[Well they more precisely glare at Naruto not so much yourself.] I chuckled a bit at his words before talking back.
'Well since I'm the main soul inhabiting this body. I'm more inclined to think that it is mine.' He snorted at that.
[Whatever you say Hermit, bit no matter what I don't think… Missile coming at you from six O'clock!] Eyes widening in surprise I turned around… only to be tackled by a black blur. Though it wasn't enough to knock me over, I did have my breath knocked out of me.
"Onii Chan!" Now there was only one person who called me that. So looking down at my attacker I couldn't help but smile.
It was a young girl eight year old girl with long black hair and pale lavender eyes. She was wearing a grey sleeveless shirt with a V-neck. She also wore grey short pants with black ninja sandals. Underneath her grey shirt was a darker grey shirt and a mesh tank top underneath. Now this was Hinnabi Hyuga Hinata's younger sister. Now some of you might be wondering why an heiress to an important clan, would be acting this way towards me.
Well that's simple… it all started at the beginning of the year…
[Flashback!]
'Yes Kurama they didn't really need for you to say that…' Anyways… Naruto's body was a bit shorter then and I had just bought the outfit I'm wearing now. In which case yes I do occasionally buy replacements for my clothes. My current set is actually the third one I've bought so far. But that's off topic, you see I was on my way home when I saw her training out in a field. But what was surprising was that she was all alone. Usually a guard or two would be with her. Or at least I thought so, it was the same with Hinata for quite some time.
However as I watched her I couldn't help but be curious. She was pushing herself rather hard and sweat was pouring down her face. So being the amazingly nice person that I am...
[Oh that's a load of crap!]
'As I was saying…' being the nice person that I was I approached her.
"You know I'm surprised to see a Hyuga heiress out all by herself." Faltering in a juuken strike she turned to me. Oh yeah Hyuga have a dojustu called the byakugan. It allows almost three hundred and sixty degrees of vision. It also allowed them to see a person's chakra network. As such they made the juuken, or gentle fist in order to utilize it efficiently. The style is based off of closing the chakra points in the opponent's body. And to be completely honest… it's probably one of the few taijutsu styles that could really hurt me. Still back the conversation at hand.
Still looking at me she folded her arms before speaking arrogantly. "I can train by myself peasant. I don't need anyone to watch over me, I'm strong enough by myself!" I couldn't help but snort at that making her angry. "What's so funny?! I'll have you know Otou Sama calls me a prodigy in our taijutsu style."
Raising my hands defensively I spoke calmly. "Now I didn't say anything about your skill. The fact is that you're still younger than me, and a prodigy I'm not but stronger I am." She looked at me defiantly before stepping into a stance.
"How about we test that then?" It was then that I saw it. A certain look in her eye that told me she was rather upset about something. Unfortunately she was using the opportunity to take her frustration out on me. Now I had two choice, one I could walk away… or two I could help this adorable little girl. I chose option two.
So stepping into a fighting stance myself I smirked before speaking. "Alright then I'll accept that challenge. And who knows? Maybe I'll actually learn how to counter the Juuken from this little spar." Frowning at me she activated her byakugan. This made a circle appear in her eyes and the veins around them bulge. She then ran at me while I waited to see what she'd do next. Pulling her right arm back she sent a chakra infused jab at my left bicep. Seeing it coming easily enough I moved to her right avoiding the attack all together.
This seemed to surprise her as I flicked her forehead, I also added a bit of chakra behind it. The result was her stumbling backwards as she held her head in pain. However I didn't pursue the advantage, instead I waited until she recovered.
"You need to try and make your attacks not so predictable. Try and throw in fake outs and anticipate your opponents." Glaring at me for my words she charged at me again while speaking.
"I don't need advice from you!" At this she started trying to hit me with multiple juuken strikes. However I easily dodged each of them, and whenever she over extended I flicked her. After ten minutes she collapsed on the ground covering her forehead in pain. Sighing I sat down next to her as she breathed heavily.
"So are you done now?" Removing her hands she looked up at me before nodding. Looking at the dark red spot on her, I sighed before taking out some medical ointment from my ninja pouch. It was something I made from the different plants in the forest of death. Unscrewing the lid I took some onto my finger before speaking again. "This might sting a bit, but it'll help with the swelling." Reaching down I rubbed some on the offended place while she winced. Once I was done I spoke again. "Alright that should do it. Now why don't you tell me why you're really out here by yourself?"
Sitting up she sighed before answering me. "It's because I defeated my sister again…" I couldn't help but frown at that but let her continue. "You see before I started training I always saw her as the most amazing person ever. But ever since we began training together, I kept winning. So all that amazement turned to disappointment, now even my father doesn't see her as anything anymore. I… I just wanted to be alone and vent my frustration. So I snuck out and here we are." I was greatly confused by this, because I know for a fact that Hinata could beat her sister as easily as I did.
So why would… AH! I get it now. Chuckling I put a hand on her head before speaking again.
"You know… Hinata is actually a lot stronger than everyone gives her credit for." She looked at me confused before I elaborated. "You see unlike most people she is gentle and kind. Even during training she doesn't like to actually hurt her sparring partners. And since you're her sister I doubt she'd want to ever hurt you. But if you really want to see her real strength… then try and get her mad or threaten to take her cinnamon buns away. Trust me she's a lot scarier than you might think." I was being completely honest about this. I had saw some moron try and take away her cinnamon treat before and well… he ended up in the hospital for a month.
[That was the day we realized that the old saying is true… "it's always the quiet ones"…]
"Are you sure about that?" Looking back to Hinnabi I nodded my head before giving her an idea.
"If you don't believe me ask someone to try and take her treat away while she's not looking. Then you'll see just how scary she can really be."
Smiling she gave me a hug before jumping up. "Alright I think I'll go give it a try. Thanks for everything Onii Chan!~" She then ran off as I registered what she called me.
Onii Chan?
[Flashback End!]
'Yes thank you Kurama.' Anyways after that she did what I suggested. I could hear the poor man's screams from two miles away… How Hinnabi got him to do the deed in the first place I'll never know. But still it marked the day that the Hyuga, made the decision to never get on her bad side again. And ever since then Hinnabi has looked up to me as an older brother. To be honest I kind of thought of her as a little sister as well.
Also usually the Hyuga would make a fuss over this, but when she told them it was me who gave her the idea about Hinata… well they've decided to just leave me alone.
"So did you pass your test?" Breaking from my thoughts I smiled down to her before answering.
"Of course I did! Did you really have any doubts?"
She gave me a deadpanned look before answering. "You failed the genin test on purpose only to have a forced promotion. So yeah… I had my doubts that you decided to fail on purpose again."
I couldn't help but laugh sheepishly at that. Cheeky little thing isn't she?
Chapter end… Lessons to take form this… with Kurama and Hermit
Location academy
You see a smaller Kurama and a smiling Hermit standing side by side in the academy classroom.
Clearing his throat Hermit started speaking. "Alright now time for us to take some lessons from this."
[Lesson one… know your chakra affinity.] Hermit nodded his head before explaining.
"Now as I said I can use all but doton chakra. Something which really pisses me off! Really I'd like to trade in lightning for it! That way I could recreate the Mukuton! Or wood release, the same Kekki Genkai that made the shodai Hokage so powerful.
[It was also the reason why he was able to capture and seal me and my siblings away!]
At his words Hermit laughs nervously. "Hehehe… Well you know that I would never do that, right buddy?"
Kurama looks at him with narrowed eyes before speaking. [Sure… let's just move onto lesson two. Know the limits of your own chakra. Really it'd be bad if you just ran out in the middle of a battle.] Nodding his head sagely Hermit speaks up.
"That is so true, so try and conserve your chakra for as long as possible. It could very well save your life."
[Lesson three, make sure to keep surprising your opponent. Just one action can turn the tide in your favor.]
"Yeah like earlier when I kept doing new things that Kakashi couldn't keep up. Ah it's the small things in life…" Kurama looks at Hermit sweat dropping a bit before continuing.
[Right… now finally lesson number four. Teamwork does actually help. It doesn't matter if you're a complete monster or a one man army. It's always useful to work together with others.]
"Yeah ain't that the truth. Really I doubt Madara and the Shodai could stand up against all the Biju working together!" After saying that Hermit and Kurama shiver before speaking again. "Alright what was that?"
[I don't know but for some reason I felt a sense of foreboding…]
"Hmm… Well anyways make sure to review these lessons and come up with your own ideas. We'll be back again with another chapter eventually."
"[Good bye!]"
Shadow: Well here's another chapter. Also let's watch the scene again. (Sasuke get's punched by Sakura) HAHAHAAH! Oh that gets me everytime.
Hermit: Yeah… it is rather wonderful isn't it?
Hinnabi: You really like violence don't you Onii Chan?
Kurama: And here's the little girl from the chapter. It would seem she has a more important role in this story.
Slayer: Of course! And really I can't wait to see where I take it!
Judan: You're insane you know?
Slayer: Oh don't be like that! You're still plenty crazy as well you know? Especially with Modaga!
Modaga: You called my youthful friends?!
Hermit/Kurama: There's another one!
Judan: Oh yeah… sorry about that I'll… do something about him later.
Slayer: Do something about him now!
Shadow: Yeah! Especially before I completely destroy him!
Hinnabi: Is it always this chaotic here?
Hermit: Mostly…
Shadow: Oh by the Abyss… can we finish this now?
Kurama: Sure we probably should. Hey how would like to send us off Hinnabi?
Hinnabi: Sure! Ahem… This has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Guy: (Breaks in) I had sense a disturbance in the youth! Who here has come over to the youthful side?!
Modaga: That'd be me! Please teach me the ways of Youthfulness!
Modaga/Guy: YOUTH!
Shadow: WHY?!