Kyuubi's Calm Chapter 11: Summons!, a naruto fanfic

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Chapter 11: Summons!

I'm trying this chapter in Third person… Well, tell me what you think! XD

Yasu woke up and rolled out of bed, stepping over an odd mass on the floor to get to the bathroom. Her foot landed on the mass and she jumped to attention when it grunted. She stared at Naruto sleeping on the floor for a bit, then it all clicked into place. Oh yeah… he's here because of the training… Naruto rolled over and settled into sleep again.

Carefully, Yasu went into the bathroom and prepared for her day. She realized that it would be a good idea to get dressed before Naruto woke up. She slowly tiptoed to the dresser in her room at the foot of the bed, and pulled out some clothes. As she dressed, she heard Naruto stir and watched, horrified, as he sat up and rubbed his forehead. He looked at Yasu once his vision focused.

Yasu stood wearing only underclothes and clutching a shirt in front of her chest. Naruto blinked a few times, and a realization came to the two of them that moving would be a good idea. Naruto scrambled to his feet and jumped into the bathroom, slamming the door as Yasu pulled up the bed sheets to cover herself. Once Naruto ducked behind the door, Yasu finished dressing, blushing of anger and embarrassment. By the time she was dressed, the feelings had almost passed. Naruto carefully knocked on the bathroom door.

"I'm dressed, it's safe now." He walked out of the bathroom and kept his eyes off Yasu's for the rest of the time they spent in the room. The sun hadn't risen yet when they walked out, meeting Akira in front of the building. Yasu swung up onto Akira and Naruto followed her example, settling behind Yasu.

"I've never ridden a horse before." Naruto admitted nervously. Yasu looked back at him disbelievingly. "What? There aren't many horses around here, and the few times I've tried to ride any hoofed mammal I've been unseated and nearly trampled." Yasu laughed and nudged Akira into a full run.

"Just settle in, you'll enjoy it!" Yasu said, and even though the wind ripped away her words, Naruto still heard it somehow. He latched his arms around her waist for the first mile. Soon, though, as Yasu said, he settled into the rhythm and carefully let go of Yasu and spread his arms out sideways. Yasu laughed when she saw Naruto enjoying the ride so much, and did the same.

"That was amazing! I've never gone so fast!" Naruto exclaimed as Akira slowed to an easy canter and they approached the waterfall where they were to meet Jiraiya. He hugged Yasu from behind and rubbed his cheek against hers. "Akira is amazing! Carrying both of us and going so fast! Thank you, Akira, and Yasu, I never thought I'd ever ride a horse." Yasu sat still on Akira's back, stunned, only staying on because it was second nature to her. Akira hopped a little, which shook her back into consciousness.

"Remember, Akira's no ordinary horse, he's a ninja too. No other horse could keep up with him, no matter how short the distance. Also, he respects you and likes you." Both riders grinned, and Akira lunged into a jump over the river, so Yasu and Naruto clung to each other and Akira, surprised again. "Normally, I pay more attention while riding." Yasu laughed nervously. Akira slowed to a gradual halt at the base of the waterfall and looked up. Yasu looked at his eyes for a moment, then held her breath.

"Hold on tight, Naruto."

"What? Why-" He was cut off and clung tightly to Yasu who had a death grip on Akira's neck and Akira leapt straight up into the air the 50 or so yards to the top of the waterfall, and made a graceful landing at the top. Naruto slowly slid off Akira's side, stunned. Since he still held Yasu, she was pulled off too.

"Akira! Don't be a show-off!" Akira reared happily and Yasu stood right under his flailing hooves. Akira took a step back and bowed his head, and Yasu could tell he was still laughing. She couldn't help but join him, and stroked his neck. Meanwhile, Naruto recovered quickly.

"Does he always do that?"

"Hardly ever, he's just being a show-off today." Naruto pet the other side of Akira's neck and the two of them watched the sun rise as they waited for Jiraiya.

After five minutes, Akira threw his head into the air, narrowly missing Naruto and Yasu, and snorted flames into the air. 'You're getting too much into breathing fire, aren't you?' Yasu asked Akira once he stopped. Before Akira could answer he spun his head and Yasu had to duck as Akira whistled at Jiraiya who walked out of the bushes.

"Smart horse, I was being as stealthy as I could, and he spotted me while I was still a ways away. Speaking of Akira, Lady Tsunade has some people looking into him right now. Just to let you know, Yasu. Alright, so shall we start training?" Both trainees landed in front of Jiraiya and said 'YEAH!' at the same time. Jiraiya rubbed his head. "Guess I shouldn't be so late next time, huh? I mean, a whole five minutes after sunrise, you must have been SOO bored."

"Well, we both want to get stronger."

"Yeah, you're our teacher! So? What are we learning today?"

"Easy, down, boy!" Jiraiya patted Naruto on the head. "Easy Yasu. Today's training is just going over the basics, and it'll take all day, I should think." He held up a hand to stop Naruto's objection. "You know the basics, yes, but now you need to know them as a team. If this training comes out right then you two will be probably the most valuable shenobi in the whole village for stealth missions."

"Most valuable shenobi?"

"In the WHOLE leaf village?"

"Do I have to repeat myself?" He grinned despite himself. "Now, first you will climb trees, no hands, and have to support each others' weight. Take turns until you get it down perfectly. Second will be walking on water while supporting each other. Finally, I'll release some toads, not just any toads, ninja ones: you'll have to capture them together, and you'd better not talk; they have acute senses of hearing. Ready, and… go. If you need me, don't bother, I have some research to do. I'll check in on you guys in an hour or so."

"But, ero-sannin, there won't be any girls at the waterfall this early." Naruto said. Yasu looked from one to the other, confused, then, when she understood, she stared at Jiraiya, stunned. Jiraiya stopped and saw Yasu's expression, then laughed.

"I suppose you're right, Naruto. I'll stay here for a while and watch you two train then. Oh! Here, let me see that rope really quick… and there you have it." He'd shortened the rope so there were six inches between Yasu's waist and Naruto's waists. "Now you'll have to have complete control of your chakra, and complete awareness of the other person."

"C'mon Yasu, let's climb the tallest tree we can find." Yasu nodded and Naruto felt it, although he wasn't able to see her from where he was. They gathered their chakra and Yasu easily sensed Naruto's. They walked up to a huge tree and carefully placed a foot apiece on the bark. Slowly, they went up. When the lowest branch was reached, 50 feet off the ground, the two of them hung upside-down.

"Ok, now, Naruto, slowly ease your chakra away and I'll keep a hold on the tree branch, then we'll switch." Yasu locked her arms with Naruto's back to back, and Naruto pulled his feet from the branch slowly. Yasu wobbled a bit, but kept up the chakra and continued to walk up the trunk to another branch, with Naruto just hanging on, half-limp. When Yasu was safely and securely upside-down on the next branch, she leapt back down to the one below her and spun around it so she was upside-down again.

Naruto did the same, and soon they were running through the trees, carrying each other piggy-back or just by letting the rope hold the other. At the same time, they kicked off the bottom of a tree branch and landed in front of Jiraiya on the ground softly.

"Five minutes? I don't think anyone's ever earned that so fast… well, go to the water now, and let me lengthen that rope again, so you'll have a little more room. Now, to prove you've mastered this one, you'll have to come back here when you finish with the basics. Go, and I hope this one takes longer, I couldn't even catch a nap."

The same thing happened when Naruto and Yasu tried it on the water; it did take longer, but they were able to carry each other around, no problem. They even managed to hand-stand for a little and roll out of it, moving their chakra to the point where they touched the water, still on top.

"Good, good, now come here, stand here," he drew an 'x' in the dirt, and another one right next to it, "and here." Before they could move, much like when the rope was put on in the first place, a double loop went around their ankles, like in a three-legged race. Also, Jiraiya shortened the rope on their wrists, so one arm and one leg were tied to the others'. "Go run across the water, but you might want to practice on land first."

Half an hour later, it was perfected.

"Master! This is boring! Can we do something else?" Yasu was growing impatient; having an arm and leg tied to someone else was more irritating than she believed possible before. Jiraiya removed the ankle-bond and loosed the wrist-waist one to ten feet again.

"This is the hardest test, and it will use your stealth skills, and throw you into knowing what it is you're supposed to learn from this rope training. The third and most important thing. Come find me when you catch all 15 of these guys." He summoned a crate with a sliding latch door on the top. "We'd better do this in an enclosed area, so they don't get too far away. Here, touch the crate." Yasu and Naruto did so, and Jiraiya held his fingers up in front of his face. A swirling sensation came over the three of them and they disappeared, to reappear in a 3-mile by 3-mile training area.

"There you go, nine square miles for these little guys to run. You'll have to track, stealth, and communicate by making no noise. Each of the toads, though, has a little ribbon tied around its right front leg." He pulled out a toad by quickly opening and shutting the sliding door. "Return them to this crate, and good luck." He left, and the crate lid immediately slid open all the way, and 14 little frog/toads leapt out in all different directions, the fifteenth already having a head start.

"Ahh!!! Look at all of them go!" Naruto yelled. All the toads heard him and took a speedy leap in the direction they were going.

The team set out after the slowest toad they had seen, and soon came upon him, sitting in a sunlit clearing. The team ducked behind some trees and nodded at each other before leaping for the toad. Right before their hands cupped over it, something pulled them up short: they'd dived around opposite sides of the tree. The toad laughed in its own peculiar way and hopped out of sight.

'Naruto!' Yasu thought in her head.

"What?" She stared at him, and he stared back, and what just happened slowly dawned over them.

'Did… did she just… talk… to my mind?' Naruto thought, brokenly. Yasu nodded, getting the general idea. She focused some chakra in her mind and thought at Naruto.

'Do you think this is what Jiraiya was trying to teach us? Mental telepathy?'

'Mental… …?' They were starting to figure out how to talk directly into the others' mind. It was choppy from Naruto, though.

'Can you understand me?'

'Yeah… … … understand…?' Yasu could tell she was missing bits of Naruto's thoughts.

'Focus your chakra in your mind. Actually, I think I'm focusing my chakra in your mind.' They untangled themselves from the tree and walked around a bit, trying to track the frog, not bothering to ponder this weirdness. Suddenly, Jiraiya appeared before them.

"Stop. This part of training's called off for today. We'll pick up tomorrow at the same point, but for now, Yasu, The Hokage has requested your presence for a conference immediately. Naruto, you are supposed to accompany her. Go, now." Jiraiya took out a scroll and made a hand sign. 15 toads came out of the forest and stood in front of Jiraiya. "You mean you haven't even caught ONE?!"

"We were getting there, Ero-sannin!" Naruto defended. "Come on, Yasu. I know where to go." The pair bounded into the tree tops and out of the training grounds, making their way to the Hokage.

Is this chapter a little short? Well, whatever. Send in comments, please! (It's HARD to write in third person now… Sorry for any first-person bits, I tried to get them all out. May have skipped one or two. Also, you know that picture I mentioned at the bottom of chapter 1? (That I just put there? ) Well, I think I should have it linked to in chapter 12. Depending on how school goes.