Chapter 48 – Meeting with the Kyūbi II
"Talk"
'Think'
"Bijū Talk"
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto sensei.
Uzu no Kuni
That night, while lying down with his hand covered in cold, wet cloth, Naruto thought happily of today's progress. 'I can summon a toad now. A toad! Soon, I can summon that big toad!'.
The pain in his hand reminded Naruto of his problem 'How much chakra would I need? Wonder who I will summon if I use the Kyūbi chakra? B-but, I don't want to lose it like Noriko. Wonder if I could be friend with the Kyūbi?'
Drowsy, he fell asleep and found himself in front of a big cage "Wow…this is huge!" he said to himself. Then he saw an orange fox "Wow…you are huge! Wait…" he squinted, before pointing "You are Kyūbi!"
The Kyūbi stared/glared at him.
Smiling, he came closer "Ne, ne…you want to be my friend?"
"No"
"Come on, be my friend"
"No"
"Please?"
"No"
"Be my friend"
"No"
"Come on, don't be stingy"
"No"
"Be my friend"
"No"
(This goes on for a while).
"Why?" Naruto pouted.
"Why you want to befriend someone who killed your parents?" the Kyūbi smirked.
"Wha-?" asked Naruto.
"That's right. You are looking at your parents' murderer. Now, still want to be friend?" taunted the Kyūbi.
Naruto gasped and woke up. This alerted Kakashi and Jiraiya who were talking by the fire.
"What's wrong?" asked Kakashi casually though he scanned their surrounding for intruder.
"No…no…I…" Naruto paused, 'Did I dream that? But that feels so real' he questioned himself.
"Why don't you come over and talk to us about it?" Kakashi invited Naruto to sit with them, which he obliged.
He started to talk about meeting the Kyūbi and their conversations, then he turned to Kakashi and Jiraiya "Was that true? That he killed okaasan and otōsan? I thought okaasan was the jinchūriki before me? How the Kyūbi got out?" he asked in confusion.
Kakashi and Jiraiya exchanged glances. They had received green light from Shisui to tell about Naruto's parents, and they are in Uzu no Kuni. What's better setting than this?
"Well, the Kyūbi is telling the truth-" began Kakashi. They spend the whole night talking about Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina.
"What the-" Noriko said when woke up and saw Kakashi, Jiraiya and Naruto lying on the ground, snoring.
Grinning to herself, she grabbed a rock from the ground and threw it in their direction. Kakashi rolled to his side thus avoided being hit by the rock.
Narrowing her eyes, she grabbed another rock and was about to throw-
"What are you doing?" asked Tenzō.
"Testing if they are really sleeping, or not" answered Noriko with a cheeky grin.
"Since Kakashi-sensei was sleeping, you want to train with me? I haven't spar with you since I can transform parts of me into woods" asked Tenzō.
"Ok"
Tenzō aimed a punch at Noriko which was evaded but to Noriko's surprise, the punch changed to wood which elongated to chase her. As it was about to reach her, the wood branched out and came at her from different directions.
'Oh good, I can try that' thought Noriko. As the woods were about to wrapped her around, she emitted chakra from her tenketsu which created a chakra barrier thus prevented the woods from enclosing on her, allowing her to escape.
"That was new" said Tenzō.
"Yeah, I learnt that during my training with Tsunade-sama. But that was mostly to cover my skin from being hit. I never produced this much, though. You should move faster if you want to capture me" commented Noriko.
"This is the fastest I can do. But I'll keep that in mind" replied Tenzō.
"By the way, you mind if I use Katon on your Mokuton?" asked Noriko.
"Sure, be my guest. I was about to ask why you don't use your eyes and jūken" said Tenzō.
"Ummm, not jūken. I could accidentally hurt your chakra pathways and we are far away from hospital" explained Noriko.
The sparring ensued was a learning experience for both of them. When Noriko use her Katon, Tenzō first attempted to increase the ratio of Suiton in his Mokuton which end result was mud-like. Next, he tried to increase the ratio of Doton which toughened his Mokuton.
When Noriko used her byakugan, she can see the chakra network connecting Tenzō with the wood.
"You should be careful. When fight against jūken, theoretically, the chakra network inside the wood could be used to attack your chakra pathways" commented Noriko before switching to sharingan.
The sharingan allows her to see the ratio of Doton and Suiton within the Mokuton. 'So the parts that bend has higher ratio of Suiton which I could focus my Katon. If I know Raiton, I could use it when he was about to attack' analysed Noriko.
When she used both byakugan and sharingan, the view was amazing (to her). She can see the chakra network with different ratio of elements that created patterns so beautiful that she wished she could paint it, but alas, her painting was atrocious.
"This is interesting" their sparring was interrupted by a comment. They turned around and saw Kakashi walking towards them.
"Sensei" greeted Tenzō, slightly winded from the long sparring.
"Why are you guys sleeping late?" asked Noriko.
"That you have to ask Naruto" answered Kakashi "So what have both of you been doing?"
Noriko and Tenzō explained their sparring and each analysis they've made.
"I see. What are your move next?"
"I need to increase my chakra and hasten my chakra moulding" said Tenzō firmly.
"The normal practice is to increase my byakugan range. I also want to test how much chakra I can release from my tenketsu to create chakra barrier, and maybe have you guys attack me to see how long it can lasts as well as what attacks it can and cannot withstands. Lastly, familiarizing myself with the Kyūbi chakra" listed Noriko.
"Are you sure you want to do that, given what happened yesterday?" asked Kakashi.
"Oh yes. Kyūbi-san and I had an agreement" said Noriko brightly.
"WHAT?!"
End Chapter 48
Jūken – Gentle Fist
Katon – Fire Release
Mokuton – Wood Release
Okaasan – mother
Otōsan – father
Raiton – Lightning Release
Suiton – Water Release
Tenketsu – chakra point
Uzu no Kuni – Land of Whirlpools