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Gogyo Ninja
A Naruto FanFic
Last Time: "What I am?" Kyuubi nodded, "You are a Gogyo Ninja. There aren't that many around. And if you find another, perhaps he can help you in places where I cannot." Naruto looked thoughtful then nodded. After training some more with the jutsus that Kyuubi taught him and playing shoji with Kyuubi, it was time to wake up for another exciting day of normality.
Naruto woke up with a feeling that something good and bad was going to happen today. Shaking the feeling off, he got ready for the day, ate breakfast, and then ran off to see the Hokage.
He ran quickly to the Hokage tower, ignoring all the glares and hateful remarks sent his way. He ran up the stairs and slid to a stop in front of the ANBU. "Ohayo ANBU-san." The ANBU
glanced down at Naruto, "Ohayo." Naruto smiled brightly, "Ne ANBU-san. Can I see Jiji today?" The ANBU nodded with a soft 'hai'. Naruto grinned, "Arigato." The ANBU just shook his head in
amusement as he let the boy pass. Naruto ran over to Sarutobi, "Ohayo Jiji!" Sarutobi smiled down at Naruto, "Ohayo Naruto. What can I do for you today?" Naruto looked thoughtful at first
then looked confused. "Jiji. Why are you doing the paperwork by yourself again?" Sarutobi blinked then sweat dropped at his forgetfulness. "How forgetful of me." Doing the signs for Kage
Bunshin, a few bunshins popped up and set to work. "Naruto, I know you probably want to tell the old man about what you learned. But for now it would be best to keep it secret. I'll tell you why
later." Naruto frowned at first then nodded in understanding, "Hai. I understand Kyuubi-sensei." Kyuubi smiled, "Good." Sarutobi smiled at Naruto, "How about I take you to the park? Would you
like that?" Naruto's face lit up, "Hai!" Just because Naruto was training to be a ninja didn't take away the fact that he was still a five year old boy. Sarutobi chuckled, "Alright. Let's go."
Naruto nodded in excitement.
When the Hokage and Naruto arrived at the park Naruto was amazed. It was the most amazing place ever. Kyuubi chuckled softly. 'With his intelligence, I sometimes forget he's still a child.
Perhaps he will find a few friends here; it would be good for him. He already has a bad childhood as it is, it would be even worse if he doesn't have even one friend.' "Have fun kit." Naruto smiled at
Kyuubi, "Hai. I will Kyuubi-sensei." Kyuubi gave a small nod and left Naruto to himself. Naruto looked up at Sarutobi, "Can I play Jiji?" Sarutobi gave him a soft smile, "Of course. Go have fun."
Naruto grinned, "Hai!" Then he ran off. He saw a boy with a dog in the sandbox. He walked over cautiously, "Umm…excuse me. Could I play too?" The boy and dog looked up at Naruto then
smiled and gave a nod. Naruto smiled, "Arigato." Then Naruto sat across from the boy. "Umm…my name's Naruto Uzumaki." The boy looked up and grinned, "Name's Kiba Inuzaki and this is
my nin-dog Akumaru." Akumaru barked with a wag of his tail. Naruto smiled and gave a small bow that was awkward, seeing that he was sitting. Kiba's eye's widened, "You don't have to do
that Naruto-kun!" Naruto's eye's widened, "Demo! Kiba-san it's what you do when you want to be polite." Kiba just smiled, "We're friends now. So you don't have to do that. And it Kiba-
kun not Kiba-san." Naruto looked ready to protest again but Kiba just shook his head, so Naruto sighed in defeat. "Hai, Kiba-sa...Kiba-kun." Kiba grinned, "There! Not so hard!" Akumaru
barked and jumped on Naruto licking his face excitedly. Naruto giggled, "Akumaru! That tickles!" Kiba started laughing and Akumaru barked excitedly. Naruto let out another giggle then
looked to Kiba scratching Akumaru behind the ears. "What were doing? Here in the sandbox I mean." Kiba blinked, and then a look of understanding crossed his features. "I was making a
sand castle." Naruto looked confused, "Sand castle? What's that?" Kiba looked at Naruto dumbfounded, "You don't know what a sand castle is?" Naruto shook his head with a sad look on
his face. Kiba had a feeling that Naruto never had anyone to teach him what a sand castle was. Kiba just smiled, "Okay then. I'll show you." Naruto's face lit up with a happy smile and Kiba
was glad that he was able to make his friend feel better. So, after showing Naruto how to make a sand castle they made one together only for Akumaru to pounce on it and flatten it. Their
eye's widened then mischief entered Naruto's eyes. "It's an enemy nin! And they sent their special weapon to destroy our village! Luckily, the village had no one living in it yet." By the end
of Naruto's monologue, Kiba was rolling on the ground laughing and Akumaru was barking in amusement. Naruto's eyes lit up with laughter as his face had a huge smile on it. The three
friends looked up at yelling to see a team of gennin picking on kids their age. The two kids frowned and the dog growled. They looked at each other and nodded and walked over to the
bullies. As they got closer, they could hear what they were saying. "…just because you're from a famous clan…", "What good will a fat ninja be?", "…waste of time…". Kiba, Naruto, and
Akumaru were mad, what right did these bullies have to say things like that. They walked up to them and glared and spoke in unison, scary. "Shut up and Grow up." They looked at each
other and a small giggle escaped before turning back to the gennin. They glared at the two, "What did you say?!" The two grinned, looked at each then back at the gennin, "We said, 'Shut
up and Grow up'." They growled, "How dare you, you little brats!" One looked at Kiba, "You! You're from one of those stuck up clans." Another turned to Naruto and blinked and his eyes
widened then smiled with an evil glint in his eyes. Naruto flinched back. Kiba looked at Naruto in concern, and then to the gennin that was looking at Naruto. He glared at the gennin while
Akumaru growled, standing on either side of Naruto protectively. The gennin's eyes narrowed angrily, "Why do you stand by the demon brat?" Kiba growled, "Naruto-kun is not a demon. If
he was Akumaru wouldn't go near him. And besides he's nice. And if he was a demon why would he come defend someone he didn't know?" The gennin's eyes widened at the younger boy's
logic. They looked at Naruto who was shaking in fear, looking at the ground, holding back tears, and forcing himself not to run. Guilt running through the gennin's hearts, they put away the
weapons they had pulled out and bent down in front of Naruto. The older of them spoke, "Naruto-kun was it?" Fear still evident in the boy's eyes and in the way the boy held his body, he
gave a slow nod. The boy gave a gentle and reassuring smile, "My name is Zen, this is my team-mate Tor, and my friend Miku. We just became gennin and were coming back from a party
that celebrated our passing. We were passing through; we don't get along with some of the well known clans around here, so we ended up taking it out on the kids. Gomen you two."
Everyone turned to the two kids forgotten amongst everything else. "Troublesome…" one boy said, the other said nothing but stared at the ground. Then the three gennin turned back to
Naruto. "Naruto-kun. I would also like to apologize to you as well. I guess our parents influence was pretty strong. But that's no excuse. We should have gotten to know you before judging
you. And for that I'm sorry." Tor and Miku nodded in agreement. Naruto just looked at him, tears running down his cheeks. 'Kit…' Kyuubi watched this silently. 'I'm sorry kit. I'm sorry you have
to go through this.' Zen put his hand on Naruto's shoulder gently and gave him soft smile, his eyes betraying his worry for the boy. After a while and more tears, Zen just pulled the boy into
his arms. Naruto tensed at first, not used to contact except from the Hokage. "Shh…" Zen rubbed his back gently in a calming manner. Tor and Miku watched this in shock, Zen hated having
to have contact with another person, yet here he was initiating the contact. The other children watched silently, Kiba and Akumaru were worried, the other two stayed either because they
were too lazy to move, were curious about the boy, worried about him, or all three. After a while Naruto's crying stopped. Zen pushed Naruto back slightly, "Better?" he asked gently. Naruto
nodded slowly looking down at the ground. Zen watched the boy not letting go, "Naruto-kun?" Naruto slowly looked up; eyes meeting Zen's, traces of tears could still be seen in his eyes.
Zen smiled, "So you can look someone in the eye." Naruto blushed and looked away. Zen let go of Naruto with a chuckle. Naruto stumbled back to grasp onto Kiba's arm. Kiba looked over at
Naruto in concern and saw the tears streaks on Naruto's cheeks. "You okay Naruto-kun?" Naruto looked over at Kiba and gave him a shaky smile, "Hai. I'm fine Kiba-kun." Kiba didn't look
convinced but let it slide. Zen stood up and gave Naruto a small smile, "Well, we gotta go. See you guys later." With a wave the three were gone. Akumaru whined. Naruto looked down and
smiled. Bending down he scratched Akumaru behind his ears, Akumaru barked in satisfaction. The other two walked up and cleared their throat. "This is so troublesome but me name's
Shikamaru Nara and this is my friend Akamuchi Choji." "When you get good enough you should play a Nara." Naruto looked thoughtful then shook his head inwardly. They would think it strange
that someone so young could play shoji. Shikamaru spoke up, "So why did you two come over here in the first place?" Kiba sighed, "Me, Naruto-kun, and Akumaru were playing in the
sandbox when we heard yelling." Naruto grunted, "To put it in your words, they were being 'troublesome'." Kiba and Choji chuckled while Shikamaru grinned. Naruto looked at the two a
moment, "Wanna play?" The two gave a nod and with that Naruto made two more friends.
By the end of the day Naruto was worn out. After a quick supper and a shower, he went straight to bed. He walked over to Kyuubi as soon as he entered his mindscape. "Alright kit. You'll
probably be hanging with your friends from now on, so we'll be doing your training in here." Naruto gave a small nod. With a signal from Kyuubi Naruto began his laps and physical exercises,
and then did his meditating. After he was done he looked to Kyuubi for instructions. "Okay kit. We're going to working on your taijutsu style. I looked trough all the scrolls I have and found
the scroll that fits that of a Gogyo Ninja. It seems there are two taijutsu styles. One you gained from your mother's side the other from your father's. Because of your age we will do the one
given to you by your mother." Naruto nodded in understanding. "The taijutsu style is called Hoshin Roshi Ryu. It combines meditation, knowledge of chi kung, healing arts, anatomy and
physiology, and showing kindness and consideration to others." Naruto looked confused, "Ne, Kyuubi-sensei. What's chi kung? I heard you speak of physiology before but we never talked
about it." Kyuubi nodded with a smile, glad that Naruto had been listening at that particular time. "Chi kung is a practice that involves accumulating, circulating, and working with Qi or
energy within the body." For a moment Naruto looked confused but then understanding covered his face and he gave a nod. "Physiology is the study of mechanical, physical, and biochemical
functions of living organisms." Naruto nodded even though he was still confused, and it showed. Kyuubi chuckled, "We'll worry about that later. I'm going to give you this scroll to read until
it's time to wake up. Once you completely finished the scroll and think you know it by heart, I'll test you on it. If you get even one question wrong you will read the whole thing over again.
Got it?" Naruto nodded. "Alright get to work. You have a long time before you finish that scroll so you should get started." "Hai Kyuubi-sensei." With a smile, Kyuubi sat down and meditated
while Naruto read the night away. Naruto couldn't wait to be able to do his new taijutsu style. But he knew all good things must wait….but that didn't mean it didn't suck. 'Sigh. Might as well
get to reading, who knows what will happen tomorrow. Could probably run into some banshee or pervert…wait…Jiji's a pervert. Aww….' With a small pout Naruto went back to reading
thinking of ways to get rid of Sarutobi's books. 'Perverted Jiji…sigh…'
TBC!