True Jinchuriki
The Rise of a Legend
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or the famous film, THE SEVEN SAMURAI (by Akira Kurosawa
So…I am not going to go straight to the exams, I have decided that there are going to be at least three months between the wave mission and the exams, also the time is early autumn getting close to harvest time for the farmers.
This is just a time reference so that the readers have a better idea of when this is. (Remember that in this climate there is no real winter, there is a slightly cooler period when there is a lot of precipitation but that's it.)
----------------------
I have received some reviews from readers about my new idea for a clan.
I would like to point out that most likely Naruto will not be actually a member of the clan; I am using the idea of a powerful clan that accepts Naruto, not his actual family.
Now to my current Fanfic
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sakura was angry, she was doing laundry.
Sakura didn't have a problem with doing her laundry, but this wasn't her laundry.
It was Naruto's laundry.
Why was Haruno Sakura the official Naruto-hater doing Naruto's laundry?
--Flashback—
"Sakura-san, I need you to do this laundry."
"Do it yourself, I'm not your maid."
"If you were my maid I would have fired you by now anyways."
"I'm not doing your laundry."
"It's not just my laundry, it's everyone's, and I have to go study kenjutsu with Zabuza-san and Haku-san."
Sakura grew pale, she was very scared of the A-class criminal.
"And," Naruto continued, "He will be most annoyed if I'm late."
"So get your clones to do it."
"I have no intention of wasting valuable chakra on menial chores." Naruto stated, "And you aren't doing anything anyways, so you have time."
"How do you know I don't have anything better to do?" she answered heatedly.
"You never train and you don't have any missions to do."
"How do you know Kakashi-sensei doesn't have a job for me?"
"Oi, Naruto-san, were you going to do the laundry?" Kakashi asked as he walked in.
"No, Sakura-san is doing it, since I have to go train."
"Oh, good, Sakura-san I have another pair of pants that need to be washed." He said brightly, holding up a pair of pants that were quite thoroughly coated in with mud and dirt from the construction site.
Sakura's eye twitched.
--flashback ends—
Sakura sighed, to make matters even worse Sasuke had decided to do his own laundry somewhere else because he (according to Naruto) was afraid that she might steal one of his shirts to add to her 'creepy-fangirl-shrine'.
Sakura sighed; this was going to be a long, and smelly, day.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naruto jumped and did a quick strike with his sword. He repeated the maneuver against the training stump.
"Zabuza-san, are you certain this is the right style for me, I use a much shorter sword than you do."
"Nonsense, this style is good for any sword, it is simply a base, it will improve your basic control and allow you to better use your sword and will let you fight more effectively. During our first match you showed that your endurance and speed allowed you to keep up with me, however your form is week and you use more energy than what is necessary on every block and attack. You could be a much more efficient swords man if you could only learn proper control."
"I appreciate what you are doing, Zabuza-san. So, I think after this is over I will teach you a new ninjutsu." The blond announced.
"I am a Jonin, do you really think that you know any ninjutsu that you do." Zabuza laughed.
"Do you know Kage Bushin no jutsu?"
Zabuza paused, "no, I don't"
"Exactly, my hobby is studying forbidden techniques; I also memorized most of Konoha's Forbidden scroll of secrets."
Zabuza studied the boy in front of him, he was everything the man looked for in an ally, he was clever, resourceful and he was strong, but most importantly he had knowledge to share. The sharing of knowledge was the foundation of a strong alliance, sharing your skills had two main effects, one it made your allies stronger, and two it showed that you trust them.
"You know kid, I was doubtful at first but this plan of yours to form a powerful organization may work after all."
"You know why I think the Kage bushin is the most valuable jutsu in my arsenal?"
"Why?" the nuke-nin asked.
"Because anything learned by a clone is passed to the user when the clone is dispelled," The young Genin answered with a clever smile on his face.
"So, it would be good for testing your enemies' skills and for espionage." Haku stated calmly.
"And…if everything my clone learns is also something I learn, then…"Naruto stopped and preformed a Kage bushin no jutsu, "then I can train that much faster."
Both of the mist Nin stopped dead in their tracks. "So with one clone you learn twice as fast, and with two clones three times as fast…"
"…and with one hundred clones." Naruto said placing his hands into the symbol; the forest was full of Narutos.
Zabuza looked at the boy with newfound respect, no wonder he was that strong at such a young age, he trained several times more than other ninja his age in the same amount of times. In fact, if he trained like this on a regular basis…Zabuza estimated that he had at least several years' worth of experience. He would be a master swordsman in no time.
"With access to that kind of training, I could have easily succeeded in my coup." He mused.
"And you still could, the mist is corrupt and the Mizukage has ruined the lives of thousands of people just because of silly superstitions and greed. If you choose to strike at him, I will support your choice whole heartedly." Naruto said evenly.
"Well, let's continue the training; I want to try out this training method."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naruto walked towards Konoha, as he arrived at the gates he looked over his shoulder at his teammates. They were trying their best to not look at the burlap sack he carried, the sack containing rotting head of Gatoh.
"Name and business." The guard said without looking at Naruto's face.
"Uzumaki Naruto returning from a completed mission." Naruto said in a business like voice.
"Team 7 returning from a mission in wave country," added Kakashi.
"Momochi Zabuza and Haku here to see the Hokage," Finished Zabuza.
"All right…wait a second, ZABUZA THE DEMON OF THE BLOODY MIST!"
"Yes, that's me." I was told to show you this," Zabuza held out a metal pendant hanging from a chain that he wore around his neck.
--flashback—
"Zabuza-san, Haku-san, I need you to wear these amulets as a sign of your affiliation with my new group. Also, I will have the special hitai-ate ready once we arrive in konoha. I am a personal friend of the Sandaime Hokage and the son of the yondaime and as such I have been able to convince Sarutobi-oyaji to allow open trade and access to my organization, you will not be able to get access to village secrets or ninja only stores but any area that is accessible to foreign traders and visitors to the village is open to you."
To say that Zabuza was impressed was like saying that lee has thick eyebrows, a huge understatement. This kid had gotten him, a wanted criminal access to the village as though he was a regular visitor.
"Before I forget, I can't get you two a house or apartment but…I have set up a private home and training camp near the village. It's in one of the most dangerous parts of the forest but it's great for survival training and you don't even need a guard dog to scare off intruders because they usually cant even get to he front door, which is also hidden."
Zabuza snorted, "I like your style kid."
"You've said that before."
"And it's still true,"
Zabuza examined the amulet he was given, it was made of the same metal as a kunai and had the shape of a fang. There was a kanji on one side, Dragon's teeth.
"Dragon's teeth?"
"It's from an old legend, a great adventurer and sea captain found some dragon's teeth. Then when he faced a great force of enemies that he couldn't beat he sowed the teeth like seeds and after he was done they each transformed into an immortal warrior of great strength and killed his enemies."
"So we are named after these immortal warriors of legend, I like it."
"If we continue our new style training then we may actually become worthy of this name." Haku observed, both he and Zabuza could currently create and train with close to twenty clones and their power was growing at an impressive rate.
--flashback ends—
The guard looked confused then memory kicked in and he quickly checked his notices for the day, there it was, "the Hokage would like to see you immediately, Zabuza-san."
As the demon of the hidden mist village left, the guard stared after him and the konoha-nins as they left. "Wow, to think that the Hokage is meeting with someone like that."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Another week passed and Naruto was gone.
He had not shown up for training, and the team had searched for him all day until the Hokage told them that he had sent Naruto on another solo mission.
Sasuke was fuming, Naruto got serious missions and he got weed pulling and cat chasing. Also he never really realized how hard it was to catch the cat without Naruto's shadow clones.
Sakura was muddy, scratched and exhausted. She had been doing a lot of work ever since Naruto started getting these solo missions. He was getting a new solo mission almost every day, he would return, join the team for a day and then vanish again.
Kakashi was irritated, not only were these solo missions ruining his team work lessons but he was worried about loosing another teammate. He had lost the Yondaime and now he was afraid that he would lose Naruto.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naruto was in a ratty, moldy, dirty, and very shabby village. Why was he here? He was here because of his own big mouth.
--Flashback—
"I'm sorry but we can't send our ninja on a dangerous mission such as this without proper payment." The Hokage told the group of shabby farmers from the far corner of fire country.
"But, my lord Hokage, we are only poor farmers, we can't turn away these bandits without help. Please we have tried to find samurai to protect us and we have found some but they aren't enough. We can't turn away these bandits from killing us all and taking the rest of our food and positions. They have already taken our horses, livestock, our rice and even my wife!" the youngest of the farmers exclaimed.
(AN: yes this is the plot for the SEVEN SAMURAI by Akira Kurosawa)
"I'll do it."
The people in the room stared at Naruto, "Naruto, you realize that you will not get paid for this."
One of the more shortsighted ninja present said in a sarcastic voice, "I was unaware that you were willing to offer charity, or are you doing this because you are in the mood to kill something."
"There are many reasons for me to help these villagers, they have seen many hardships and they have been given nothing but ridicule in return, they are desperate and they are in need of help." Naruto grinned evilly all of a sudden, "Also, you say that there is no chance to receive fame, but there is no fame like that spread by a terrified foe."
The villagers stared in surprise, "a single boy? That is all we can get? It would be better if he didn't come, this way at least we will not be responsible for his death." One said in a quiet voice filled with despair.
"Don't underestimate Naruto, he is easily one of our villages most talented Shinobi." The elderly Hokage said with distinct pride.
The farmers looked at Naruto with surprise; this boy was one of the most talented shinobi in one of the most powerful shinobi villages in the world.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The village of Konohagakure has only sent us one of their ninja, but their leader has said that he is one of the most promising and skilled young men in his village!" one of the villagers announced loudly to the assembled villagers and the small group of samurai present.
One of the old men looked nervous when the term "young man" was said. Naruto who was concealing himself with a jutsu smirked, probably worried that some handsome fellow will steal his daughter, he thought.
One of the villagers looked around and asked, "So where is he?"
"He was right here a moment ago." The spokesman who had led the group that brought Naruto to the town said, "I swear he was right there!" he shrieked in terror.
"And he is," one of the samurai said. He was a pleasant looking man who looked like someone's favorite uncle.
The farmers cast him a curios look, until one of the other samurai who looked younger than the others said, "What do mean, Gorobei-san?"
"He is standing right there against the wall Katsushiro-kun", Gorobei pointed.
"You are very observant, Samurai-san" said Naruto coming out from behind the sheet that covered him, he had specifically made the pattern just slightly different from the rest of the wall.
"You don't get to have my kind of experience without learning to spot a concealed ninja."
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, also called Shinkukaen no Naruto, I have little interest in the running of the village, I came here to remove your bandit problems, if you insist on paying me, you can find some way of remembering my name. I may travel often in the future so it is always nice to have a place to stop for the night out of the rain." Naruto said clearly in a confident voice.
"What makes you think you can get rid of forty or more bandits?" another samurai said, he appeared to have a recently shaved head and his bearing showed him to be the strategist of the group. "You are merely a Genin according to your clothing, no matter how talented you are for your age; surely you wouldn't be so foolish as to think that you can handle forty bandits alone."
"I hate overconfidence; I would not be caught dead thinking that I am the best in the world or that I am undefeatable because of who my parents were or how well I did in the academy." Naruto began, "in fact I was bottom of my class in the academy and I never met ether of my parents; however I happen to be one of the only people in the world who have mastered the Kage bushin no jutsu. Are you aware of what that is?"
"I have heard of many different bushin no jutsu most create a duplicate of the ninja and are used to distract, some are even solid enough to fight." The bald samurai answered.
"that is correct, however the thing that makes the Kage bushin a forbidden technique considered only usable by jonin and above," he paused to let them digest that fact, "is the fact that it creates perfect copies of the user without requiring any special materials and the copies don't only look like me, they think and react like me, they are fully solid and each is just as strong as the original." He paused again watching as most of the villagers looked at him in a combination of awe and terror, "the reason I am considered a master of this technique is because I can make over one hundred such clones."
"So I see that you are not just another Genin, and you sagest simply creating an army bigger than the bandit's own and attacking them until they run away?"
"No," Naruto grinned "those who attack the weak are the worst kind of scum, almost as bad as those who betray their comrades. They must be eradicated."
"You believe you can do this?"
"I feel that a demonstration is in order, it would be difficult to explain my abilities in combat simply by talking."
"Very well, a battle, luckily there are many sticks to use as 'swords'."
"No, true skill only shows when you use real weapons."
"Are you certain?"
"I am,"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
They stood twenty paces apart; the battle would be between Naruto and the one called Kyuzo, it was decided that he was the best swordsman and would be most likely be able avoid making a fatal strike, Naruto agreed because this way he could show what he was capable of.
"Begin,"
Kyuzo set his sword into a ready position, Naruto drew his Kodachi.
Naruto saw that his opponent was waiting for him to make the first move, so hi did.
Naruto focused and a blade of chakra grew lengthening the Kodachi's blade to the length of a full katana to the amazement of the observers.
He charged quickly but not at full speed, as expected his opponent was ready and countered with a swift downward chop. He rolled to the side coming up at his opponents flank and struck again, again he was blocked. Naruto grinned; this guy was at least as good as Zabuza.
The battle was quite even, both were holding back but it was clear that the samurai was stronger and more skilled than Naruto and the only thing Naruto hade over him was his speed and endurance. This man was a true master of the sword.
After several minutes they stopped, both breathing heavily and sweating from the intense workout.
"You are much better than Zabuza-san, his speed and skill is impressive, while yours is the stuff of legends Kyuzo-san."
"I have heard of the dangerous assassin Momochi Zabuza, he is well feared. I am surprised that you know him."
"He has shifted his allegiances recently to aid me in accomplishing common goals. He taught me Kenjutsu and I still train with him and Haku-san regularly to improve my skill."
"Well, I must say you may be one of the best swordsmen among our group, it would be an honor to include you in our battle plans. We may even be able to avoid unnecessary deaths on our side." The bald leader stated with a warm grandfatherly smile.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The plan was ready and the field was set.
The people were nervous and near panic.
Then it happened…
Three bandits were spotted near the town, three horses not far away.
The bandits were according to plan, supposed to see the fence but not the defenders. This failed, miserably.
One samurai, one who was not notified and was unprepared was seen by the scouts, Kikuchiyo.
The chase was on, the bandits were cornered and killed near the horses and one was captured.
Now it was Naruto's turn to shine.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The mission was simple, sneak into the bandit camp and kill as many as you can.
Not a problem.
Naruto arrived at the camp on foot; he jumped through the trees as quickly as the horses ran and arrived at the destination actually ahead of the three samurai and their guide (they didn't have enough horses to bring more).
As the group prepared to strike, they were distracted from their plans by a gurgling scream of terror.
"Naruto" four minds thought as they realized the blond was gone.
As the four arrived the sight that met their eyes wasn't for the faint of heart.
Bodies littered the ground, the buildings were aflame and the horses trampled those who tried to ride them. In the center of this, Naruto stood surrounded by a scarlet shield of flame. He stepped forward and swung his hand as claws made from the same red flame-like energy came from his fingers and sliced two more bandits as they ran.
Then he was gone, a gunman just fired a shot as his target vanished, he was sliced cleanly in half by the blond boy's Kodachi. His attacks always struck and each hit was lethal, this was the power of a demon not of a man, and yet it was a man who wielded it.
The battle was swift if you could call it a battle; the bandits were killed with the exception of five. When asked why he did this Naruto simply said that those who survived would tell exaggerated stories and his fame would spread, famous ninja got paid more for missions. Also the stories would scare other bandits away from this area.
This mission was done, and he had gained not only fame and a safe place to stay the night but also the respect and friendship of seven comrades in arms.
A job well done
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So, I would like to get reviews, I like reviews.
Reviews make me more motivated to write.
There will probably be another chapter before the exams start.
Please vote on who should fight in the exams.
Canon or not
I have received recommendations for a Sasuke vs. Neji fight and a Gaara vs. Naruto
Please send your ideas, and vote.