Here is the third chapter of this story, it will be focused on the Emerald Dust training that Naruto is undergoing with Gaara. Thanks to NeoAmon678 for jutsu ideas, I probably won't reveal them all now, I have to have some surprises when he actually battles with it. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, and I'll see you at the end.
Disclaimer: EliteThrasher98 does not own Naruto, if he did, then this wouldn't be a fanfiction, this would be what actually happens.
Naruto was standing in the training ground looking at 5 clones of himself, quick to make, not much chakra used, after about 100 hours worth of training, (50 shadow clones, 2 hours, 50 x 120 = 6000, 6000 ÷ 60 = 100). These were not your ordinary clones, these were original, one of a kind, never before seen, yadda yadda yadda, Emerald Dust Clones! Even with all that training there was one fatal flaw, their eyes were green, no matter what he did, he couldn't fix it. He then thought that it was a good way for him to collect information, all he had to do was get rid of the whisker marks and he could pose as someone other than himself. Naruto tested out different infiltration techniques to use with them, the clones could actually revert back to emerald dust, travel through or on the ground and reform again with the same information, although they had to be fully formed to hear any oral information or relay this information by mouth.
Naruto had made an additional fifty Shadow Clones to work on a new jutsu he had been working on. It consisted of getting the emerald dust to collect around Naruto like an armor. He could freely move in it, plus, if he was up against Sasuke, Itachi or a Hyuuga, he could use it to refract the light to use against their dojutsu, Gaara had mentioned to him that he had heard of a woman who could use the Crystal Style who did the same thing, although did not use it as an armor. Gaara had thought nothing of it until Naruto had started training and see as how the Emerald Dust refracted the light as well, he decided to help Naruto by telling him this. It also didn't require a hand seal, so that helped with time.
Naruto was now checking on the third lot of Shadow Clones, they were working on his father's signature jutsu, (well at least his most famous one) The Flying Thunder God, at the moment, his range was 3-7 metres and that took about half his chakra each jump, he had to find a way to fix that. After checking on that lot, he was waiting for Gaara to get back, he didn't know what the hell was taking him so long, but it had better have been a damn good reason.
"Naruto, I got you something." Naruto heard behind him, he turned around and there was Gaara with his sand holding… a gourd?
"Is that a gourd? Wait, for me? Thanks so much Gaara! That looks so cool!" Naruto was ecstatic as Gaara's sand deposited the gourd in front of him.
"Now Naruto, fill that gourd up to the brim right now, just because we are rich in minerals here, does not mean that other places will be." Gaara said simply.
"Yeah, ok…" Naruto trailed off as he looked at the gourd more, before filling it up.
Naruto's gourd was the shape of Gaara's, except was midnight black, with a strip of emerald green and sandy orange swirling around to the top from opposite ends, occaisonally meeting at the middle while continuing on, the cap on the gourd was made of cork and was coloured a golden yellow.
"I got it custom made for you, the green represents your Emerald Dust and the orange represents my Sand, I got them to swirl around and cross each other to signify our friendship, (sappy, I know, but even though Gaara looks emotionless on the outside, he is actually very thoughtful on the inside, at least in my story.) I hope you like it." Gaara said.
"Like it? Are you serious? I don't like it at all, I LOVE IT!" Naruto yelled out with glee.
Gaara's mouth then changed into a smile and gave Naruto a set of three scrolls, while Naruto looked at them quizzically.
"These are the only scrolls of the Scorch Style that were in the library archives, I guess Pakura didn't write her jutsu down, either that, or there were only a few uses for it. I'll see you tomorrow at eight o'clock for some more training." Gaara then made a platform of sand and flew away.
'Huh, guess I should look at these scrolls when I get back to... wait, I don't have a house!' Naruto thought to himself as he made to walk in the direction towards where his apartment would be, relative to where the Leaf's training grounds were.
Naruto woke up on the roof of the Kazekage's tower, (as that is where he is staying for the time that he is in the Sand Village).
Naruto then looked at the sun and realised that it was around seven thirty and immediately sped to the training ground and started some more training with fifty Shadow Clones once again, on the Emerald Dust Armour, at the moment it was really weak and could only go up to the knees, but once it was completed, it would be like Gaara's Sand Armour.
'Actually, it would be a good idea to make it like a second skin, like Gaara's Sand Armour. Plus the dojutsu protection would be super beneficial, and no-one would know that I was wearing it if I make it perfectly.' Naruto thought to himself as he kept concentrating on the Emerald Dust Armour. After thirty minutes of training with the Shadow Clones, Gaara showed up and watched for a few minutes as Naruto trained with the Emerald Dust Armour.
"Naruto."
The real Naruto then turned and saw Gaara standing there watching his shadow clones as his gaze reverted back to Naruto.
"Yeah?"
"I want you to try a new technique, it involves using your dust to attack to multiple parts of your body and act as an offensive weapon. For example you can make spikes on the end of your knuckles, or long sharp blades running along the length of your arms and legs. You should probably use it to amplify your taijutsu, make fifty Shadow Clones for that and also, make fifty Shadow Clones to try and make an Emerald Dust platform, like I am doing with my Sand, so you can have greater speed and manoeuvrability, (plus look more badass)." Gaara explained
Naruto then made one hundred and fifty more shadow clones, the third lot of fifty went to go practice the Flying Thunder God, while the other two lots of fifty did what Gaara suggested (if you think that is too many, in the video games, the Part 1 version, the one that would have lesser chakra, makes 2000 for his Ultimate Jutsu and if it is not the finish, just shrugs it off).
The real Naruto then went back to the Kazekage's tower roof and got his sword out of the storage seal and went on a shopping trip to buy weapons, a second smaller gourd that could hang off his belt, a belt to hold his sword's sheath and his gourd, and of course, the food from the gods, the heavenly dish, the one of a kind, yadda yadda yadda (here we go again), RAMEN!
Naruto came back to find that a small group of people had gathered to watch all of the two hundred Naruto's doing their training and saw a familiar blonde girl at the front of the crowd. He walked up behind her and said,
"Wow, he is a powerhouse, I mean so many Shadow Clones, is he using Gaara'a kekkei genkai? Wow, he is so amazing, he is so cool, everyone would like him, I mean come on, he is the best ninja ever!."
The blonde girl started nodding, but after he started complementing himself so much, she grew suspicious and saw Naruto standing right there behind her.
"N-Naruto? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the Leaf Village? How can you use Gaara's kekkei genkai?" Temari asked suddenly.
"Well, I'm here to learn from Gaara, I got banished from the Leaf Village and I have all five elemental affinities, so I can use all of the elemental kekkei genkai." Naruto replied.
"Wait, what? Why did you get banished?"
So Naruto then retold the story of how he got banished from the Leaf Village and ended up in the Sand Village.
One Month Later
Naruto stood at the gates of the Sand Village facing towards the village and Gaara.
"I guess this is goodbye for now Gaara, I will see you later in life I guess." Naruto said to Gaara as he walked away from the gates of the Hidden Sand Village.
"Goodbye Naruto "Namikaze" Uzumaki! I hope we meet again someday, use your techniques well!" Gaara called out.
As Gaara finished speaking, Naruto quickly sped off towards the snow covered Land of Iron.
So that is all for this chapter, I hope you guys enjoyed it and again thanks to NeoAmon678 for the jutsu ideas. So as you can tell, the next phase in his training will be his kenjutsu, and by extent, his taijutsu and speed. The polls are still open for the Naruto pairings, and if anyone else has any jutsu ideas, don't hesitate to PM me. That is all for now, EliteThrasher98 out.