Naruto, Heart of Sword Chapter Four
I forgot to put Disclaimers up in the previous chapters! But then again this is Fanfiction so its kind of implied...
I regrettably don't own Kenshin's delectable skinny bum or Naruto's sexy bed head hair...
5 years later
Yahiko watched as Naruto pounded determinedly at the tree with a blunted training sword taking out his frustration on the helpless tree.
The New Kamiya-Kasshin-Ryuu dojo was as Sandaime had said it would be, successful, it usually took in Ninja Academy dropouts who still wanted to learn how to defend themselves but couldn't cope with killing in the Shinobi lifestyle, Kaoru had many dedicated students.
Having been convinced by Sanosuke to come to the Elemental Nations, Megumi had taken over the Apothecary after a resounding resignation from the hospital as it turned out ninja were highly prone to ignoring doctors orders and that dealing with one Baka-Rooster-Head was enough. Ironically her shop became highly patronised by the ninja as a way to avoid a trip to the hospital.
Sanosuke had taken to blacksmithing like a duck to water, so pleased he was with Sanosuke's work, Mr. Higuraishi added Sanosuke as a equal partner in the shop. He was of course ,markedly less then pleased when his adorable daughter mysteriously learnt how to throw kunai and other bladed objects with terrifying accuracy for a six year old. Sanosuke eventually reforged his old Zanbatou with chakra metal and paid for it to be inscribed with seals to cause minor earthquakes when it hit the ground.
Yahiko had enrolled in the Ninja Academy and after accessing his chakra, zoomed through the ranks graduating within 3 years and becoming a chunin in under a year of tutelage from Gekkou Hayate. He'd concentrated on delivery missions getting to see far off places.
Naruto had grown up from adorable baby to adorable and determined Chibi with a keenly visible aptitude for battoujutsu and was insanely fast and stealthy.
Kenshin on the other hand…
FLASHBACK
Kakashi pink punk'd glared at the laughing Chibi unknowingly activated his Sharingan Kenshin-gumi yelled and screamed in fear as reality distorted before them to show a large underground complex. "Where are we?" asked Kaoru it was Naruto who answered "Lookit, Lookit a fox man!" Behind them caged was the unconscious form of Himura Kenshin locked behind the bars with large white glowing spectral chains. Suspended above the floor, nine long fluffy tails trailed the ground Kenshin's human ears replaced long twitching fox ears.
The way he was restrained made them wince, the chains kept him in place by crucifixion, they froze as malicious amber eyes regarded them blankly with no recognition before the chains glowed, forcing him into slumber again. Abruptly the world righted itself and the cage vanished and they were thrown out of Naruto's mind.
FLASHBACK END
It was around this time that Naruto picked up a sword and began to learn swordsmanship however his high speed movements made him ill suited to the Kamiya-Kasshin-Ryuu, so teaching him just the basics, Naruto began to refine these into high speed movement for what Kakashi jokingly named death by a thousand cuts.
Hatake Kakashi had become something of a permanent fixture in the Kenshin-gumi homestead becoming something of a big brother figure to Naruto and tutor as well as a visible deterrent against attacks from foolish villagers.
On the ninja side of things Naruto had joined the academy early however this came with its own set of problems, Naruto had more chakra than most jounin and even then the three chakra control exercises, leaf sticking, tree climbing and water walking were no help.
Going to the Hokage with the problem Sandaime reluctantly suggested stated that Naruto should start off with the more powerful Jutsu and work his way down the ranks to gain control. Fire Jutsu were immediately pulled from the list of 'More Powerful Jutsu' when the small stream of fire Naruto had controlled suddenly became a localised firestorm.
Lightning Jutsu were allowed only with intense supervision as spears of fulgurites being pulled out of the ground by Sanosuke may be pretty to look at but disrupted the Konoha seal detection matrix.
Water Jutsu equalled water wars which were allowed and Wind Jutsu had been discouraged because of their sheer lethality, a rule Naruto frequently broke when he found out how to use wind to augment his movements to move even faster and leap incredible heights like his tenant.
Naruto had no talent with Earth Jutsu whatsoever and no desire to learn it either, though whether this had anything to do with the one time he'd practiced it too close to a cemetery and made a rather interesting and wholly creepy earth wall or just because he hated the element that was as stubborn as he was, remained to be seen. Naruto hit pay dirt with the Shadow Clone Technique, he was ecstatic, the citizens of Konoha were not, Naruto was a prolific prankster with the stealth of a Hitokiri. Water changed colours along with the people and the Hokage mountain got a paint job and through it all the Kenshin-gumi laughed.
Another problem with the academy, Naruto confided, were the hate filled glares.
It was Sanosuke who suggested that he stay in the academy and graduate with his age mates who wouldn't know about the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed in his gut, as Kenshin had been so ingloriously nicknamed named by the ninja nations. Getting team mates less likely to stab you in the back was the priority, for Naruto's ninja career.
It wasn't all that bad as Naruto did have some friends, Higuraishi Tenten earned a friend for life when she accidentally pinned Naruto to the wall with a assortment of sharp and shiny objects. Hyuuga Neji became a sort of friend after he'd mistaken Naruto for a girl and spent the rest of the week dyed pink because of it.
Rock Lee ended up as Naruto's sparring partner when Naruto defended him from a group of bullies teasing him about his non-existent chakra and promptly dragged him to the Kamiya-Dojo to learn Kenjutsu. Though in hindsight introducing him to Sanosuke who taught him about the Futae No Kiwami was a mistake going by the loud volume of Megumi's enraged shrieking.
AN. I've decide to only post with 1000 words as my minimum in each chapter, so yay go me!
And review please, any suggestions for the direction of this story PM me, please so we don't give the game away.