Chapter 46 – Training Begin
"Talk"
'Think'
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei.
Uzu no Kuni
Noriko was panting. She was sparring with Rajah. Jiraiya said that the first step to use the Kyūbi's chakra was to recognize its chakra by depleting her own thus she was ordered to fight with Rajah, who jumped at the chance.
Looking at her side, she saw Naruto was struggling with his Kuchiyose no Jutsu. All of them were impressed when Jiraiya summoned a huge toad named Gamaken earlier and Naruto was ecstatic when Jiraiya offered him the summoning contract.
His euphoric feeling dropped quickly when he saw that he had summoned a teeny tiny tadpole instead of a huge toad. It was funny at first, but after hundreds of efforts, he began to get frustrated.
Meanwhile, Tenzō was running on the sea per Kakashi-sensei's order. Out of four of them from Team Kakashi, he had the least amount of chakra thus his training involving him increasing his chakra capacity by running on the sea near the whirlpool.
Once Noriko felt her chakra began to wane, she took a deep breath and began to collect her chakra while simultaneously, trying to recognize the Kyūbi chakra. She sensed it, like a big lump amidst a trickling of water. She pulled the chakra to run through her chakra pathway and she felt s surge of energy ran through her.
"Wow" said Naruto.
Noriko opened her eyes and she can see red chakra enveloping her. She looked at Jiraiya who said to her "Good. Remember that chakra. Now, try to fight him" he pointed to Kakashi who was carrying a fatigue and nearly drown Tenzō.
Noriko faced Kakashi. She did hand seals and shouted "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!". The fire that came out was faster, bigger and more intense than the one she normally produced.
Kakashi looked at the wood he had used for kawarimi which had turned to ashes and sweatdropped. Normally, the wood would charred, 'Luckily I listened to my gut and used my sharingan' he thought and attacked Noriko.
His attacked was evaded by Noriko who tried to hit him using Jūken. Kakashi jumped and attacked again. The Kyūbi's chakra seemed to absorb his attack. Fighting with Noriko reminded Kakashi of Gai; her small physique naturally made her faster, but he noticed her attack was sharper and her aims were deadlier especially when combined with Jūken 'I guess practicing with Rajah and Jūken pays off'.
Kakashi's thought was interrupted with a snarl from Noriko. Her sharingan allowed her to read Kakashi's attack, but she still could not dodge fast enough nor land a hit on Kakashi. This frustrated her. The red chakra surrounding her became darker and her feature began to distort resembling the Kyūbi.
"I think that's enough-" Kakashi said but was forced to jump as Noriko continued to attack her.
Noriko did not hear Kakashi. She has become less aware of her surrounding and was more focused on taking down her opponent when she heard a voice inside her head 'Enough!'. She stopped.
'Rajah?' Noriko asked inside her head. She turned to Rajah. Rajah looked at her and said telepathically 'You are beginning to lose control'
The red chakra receded immediately and Noriko felt fatigued. She began to drop when Naruto caught her.
"I-I'm sorry sensei" said Noriko with guilt.
Kakashi looked at her with a small smile "It's ok. I can see that you've improved. You've managed to combine Jūken with Rajah's style of attack" then he said "I guess that's enough for you and Tenzō"
Kakashi turned to Naruto "How about you?"
"I'm okay!" Naruto said before turned to Noriko "But, can you tell me how you got the Kyūbi's chakra? Jiraiya-ojiisan said I need more chakra"
Noriko explained to him. After that, Jiraiya asked "What happened at the last moment? You seemed to lose yourself"
Ashamed of herself, Noriko said "I-I don't know, First I felt powerful, I could never produce Katon like that" she pointed at the ashes "When I saw that, somehow there's this feeling that I could beat Kakashi-sensei…and that's all I could think of"
Jiraiya scratch his chin "I guess, that's what happen when you force control over the Kyūbi's chakra"
"Huh?" said Naruto
"What do you mean?" asked Noriko.
"Do you remember what happened to you mother when you were four?" asked Jiraiya.
The looks on both Naruto and Noriko changed before they whispered "Yeah"
"Well, your uncle was in-charge of the affair. He found that in Kumogakure no Sato, there are two jinchūriki of a Nibi (Two Tails) and a Hachibi (Eight Tails). The jinchūriki of the Nibi can use its power easily without losing control to the point she can do partial transformation into Nibi, while the jinchūriki of Hachibi managed to befriend the Hachibi" explained Jiraiya.
"We can befriend the Kyūbi?" asked Naruto and Noriko at the same time.
"Hypothetically, yes" answered Jiraiya "That was what your uncle had in mind initially and perhaps, eventually. Though for the moment, you need to learn how to use the Kyūbi chakra without losing yourself"
Noriko and Naruto were quiet for a moment, then Noriko turned to Naruto "What's the problem with your Kuchiyose?"
"Jiraiya-ojiisan said I need to give more chakra" said Naruto. Noriko then checked his hands, "What are you doing?" asked Naruto.
"Do you remember when you tried learning Rasengan?" said Noriko.
"Yes" asked Naruto, unsure what that got to do with his question and problem.
"I remembered during the last phase, you tried so hard to pour chakra that your hand got chakra burn. I don't see it here" explained Noriko.
Naruto paled at that. He remembered how painful his hand has gotten when he tried to pour so much chakra out of his hand to form Rasengan. Although, the result was amazing.
"Come on, give it a try. It's almost night time anyway. Give it your all. Then the three of us will be tired so Kakashi-sensei and Jiraiya-ojiisan have to do the night duty again" Noriko said cheekily.
"Don't count on that" said Kakashi drily.
Naruto nodded. He bite his thumb, did the hand seals while trying to accumulate as much chakra as he could before pressed his palm on the ground and yell "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"
"Yo!" said a voice in a smoke.
End Chapter 46
Jūken – Gentle Fist
Kawarimi no Jutsu – Body Replacement Technique
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu – Fire style: Grand Fireball Technique
Kuchiyose no Jutsu – Summoning Technique
Kumogakure no Sato – Hidden Village of Cloud
Ojiisan – Grandfather/ Elderly man
Uzu no Kuni – Land of Whirlpools