So, the fourth part of the story of Masked Hero With the Frozen Heart is coming up right now! Here's a little question that I would like you all to vote for:
Should the new and improved Naruto have the characteristics of Rau Le Creuset and the Shredder combined?
IF yes, I can assure you, I will write a part where Naruto beats the crap out of Sakura and Sasuke and possibly kill them without remorse.
IF no, Naruto will be recaptured and tamed by the Konoha kunoichi except Sakura. But that may not be the case.
Before I go on any further, here are the jutsus that I made up that needs to translate:
Genjutsu division:
Magen Chimayou no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Mind Loss Illusion Jutsu): A B-rank genjutsu that attacks the nervous system and alters one person's minds and creating nightmares out of it. It can be dangerous if improperly casted.
Magen: Naraku no Koukyougaku no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Hell's Symphony Jutsu): An A-rank genjutsu that attacks all the five senses, but the sense of hear and sight are affected the most. It involves the caster creating an alternate world where the nightmares are becoming real, but fall short of Tsukuyomi. However;
Magen: Naraku Kokoronokizu Koukyougaku no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Hell's Trauma Symphony Jutsu): An S-rank jutsu that is a step up from its A-rank variation. The caster makes a seal as the victim falls into the alternate world where the nightmares are real, but the nightmares are accurately predicted to become real in the future.
Ninjutsu division:
Katon: Rasenshuriken Bakudan: An A-rank to S-rank jutsu that combines the Rasenshuriken with a Katon element. If the victim is hit with this jutsu, he or she explodes to pieces, and its corpse will burn out.
Suiton: Uzumaki Rasenshuriken: An A-rank to S-rank jutsu that combines the Rasenshuriken with a Suiton Element. The jutsu has multiple uses, deriving from creating massive whirlpools to combining with Futon: Rasenshuriken. However, the combination of such techniques put a strain on the user's arms.
Hyoton: Rasenshuriken Ugatsu: An A-rank to S-rank jutsu that combines the Rasenshuriken with a Hyoton Element. The jutsu is formed with a swirling ice ball that is turned into a drill and can potentially kill the victim in a frostbite if hit.
Doton: Rasen-Ugatsu: An A-rank to S-rank jutsu that combines the Rasengan or Rasenshuriken with a Doton Element. The jutsu basically forms in the form of a rock that is turned into a drill and can kill a victim with agonizing pain.
Advanced bloodline:
Karite Rinnegan: The advanced form of the Rinnegan. It is activated only when a Rinnegan user has someone close to him or her that is in danger and the user takes a huge risk. It is also characterized by a seed exploding (SEED Mode), which causes the Rinnegan to go blurry. The SEED mode can also be activated without the Rinnegan present.
Now, without further ado, Phase 04 is coming up.
Phase 04: The Will of Ice
After Naruto accepted the offer to teach a bunch of young genin that will have the potential to become a member of the Hyakunijuu Shuutai Shotai, or the One Hundred Twenty Zodiac Platoon that will be formed. The said chunin was looking at the raw recruits that were chosen were young, energetic and teachable. Among the recruits that is going to be trained as officers were Kojiro Haruno, the guy that hated his own clan. Anyways, when Naruto finally got started, he gave out a speech.
"Young recruits of Yukigakure no Satou, how are you all doing today?" he said as a chorus of I'm fines came up. "When I was offered to help train young potential shinobi to become the elite, I immediately accepted. I accepted because I wanted to learn how to influence a lot of people, which I have never done before. Rest assure, by the time I'm finished training you all up, we have learned something about each other as well as ourselves. I also wanted to help out any shinobi that were considered a droput and a failure to overcome their obstacles and join this group dedicated to protecting the Yukikage and the Daimyo of our nation. We are the elite, but we will earn the title by working hard. Power is something that we don't inherit from birth. It is something that we earn by proving ourselves. Finally, one more thing. By the time this training is complete, you will all function better as Yuki shinobi and prove to the Five Elemental Nations that Yukigakure no Satou and Yuki no Kuni must be recognized as the sixth member. That is all, and let's work together to achieve our goals."
The recruits clapped their hands together, having listened to their future leader's speeches. It also shocked Naruto that all of the recruits as well as the entire population of Yuki no Kuni with its colonies are coordinators. It was going to be a long month, but what he shouldn't forget was the the Jonin exams are coming up. The exams can be an opportunity for the new recruits to prove themselves and to incite more enlistment of young shinobi nto its elite unit. Of course, there's the Yukigakure ANBU, but this new unit will serve as its version of Konoha's Ne. The dreaded Ne, which is notoriously infamous for carrying out extermination actions against coordinators in Konoha. The blond then continued to speak up.
"Starting in the morning, all of you will meet here for a warm up, which will consist of five hundred laps around the village, fifty sets of push ups, fifty sets of sit ups, a hundred squats, and constant yoga lessons. Next week, those sets will be doubled, and the week after will be tripled the sets, and the last week the sets will be quadrupled. You all will be carrying chakra weights to help build up strength and stamina as enlarging chakra reserves. I will also be doing these myself, since I want to be able to connect with you all. After all, you all are my comrades and the village's comrades. By the way, my name's Naruto Uzumaki and I will be your leader for this program."
Many more applauses happened after he finished the speech. Naruto then decided to join the groups for the first warm up exercise as they ran in a unision, kind of like a military exercise. More militaristic style training came up when the new recruits were doing push ups with their weights on. Naruto was nodding his head at the first impression of the new recruits.
"Perhaps they are going to become members after all." he thought as he finished the warm ups with his new army of recruits. Naruto then went to the Yukikage tower, expecting to see the Yukikage engaged in a series of paperwork. However, when he got there, Daisuke was standing in front of him.
"So, how's the new regimen?" he asked as Naruto nodded. "Ah, I just had this top secret project finished with the latest chakra armor. This prototype armor is actually expanded to include the arm and the leg guards of the armor, calling it the chakra exosuit. this new exosuit gives the wearer unlimited strength in taijutsu attacks, as well as immunity from ninjutsu and genjutsu. However, the exosuit also changes color at the wearer's will, given the fact that when you wear this exosuit, your Newtype senses allows it to change."
"So when do I get to wear it?" Naruto asked.
"Now, since I want you to train and fight in this new exosuit. After this new regimen, you will be adapted in the new suit. A warning however: the exosuit also turns you into a hardened warrior with emotions surpressed. So you'll adapt better on the battlefield, but a tremendous cost in the form of your emotions. Your new exosuit comes with two sets of gauntlets for your hands, as well as two new sais equipped in your holsters along with kunai and shuriken. The sword will come in later, since you'll train in kenjutsu with all your recruits. The exosuit also somes in with a helmet that can totally mask your already masked face. So it's like a mask within a mask. By the way, I also want to see you after your speech."
"Thank you, Yukikage-sama." said Naruto as he bowed and left. Once he left the office, Naruto then went to the bathroom and changed into his new exosuit. When he was done, the new chunin in exosuit marched onto the training field where he was about to address his new recruits about what will they learn. Naruto counted the number of recruits, and was shocked to find that there were over nine thousand shinobi that joined this elite army, already mixed with the number of a whopping two hundred fifty thousand and three hundred shinobi in arms. Already add that to the other sixty percent of the population as civilians, Yukigakure no Sato is a powerhouse.
"Our leader is here!" one of the recruits said as Naruto stepped out into a podium. He silenced them with a gesture as the crowd fell quiet.
"For our real training, we will emphasize on versatality. All of you must have lessons in ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu and kenjutsu. There will be a sixth of the recruits that will learn medical jutus while another sixth of the recruits will learn fuinjutsu. The rest will learn regular things." he announced as the recruits still stayed silent. "This training will take a month to complete, so we have to constantly train past our limits."
Naruto then stepped out of the podium as the crowd went to their first physical training. He ran into Daisuke with Shinosuke and Shinn in tow.
"Naruto-san, how's the speech?" Shinn asked as Daisuke anticipated this news.
"Great, but I don't know if it will take a month to master all of these." Naruto replied honestly as the Yukikage sighed.
"They will, because the instructors are required to teach the Kage Bunshin as the recruits enlarge their chakra reserves." Daisuke replied. "I'm afraid we can't have the training for a month because the Jonin Exams are coming. We already had to postpone it because of your training. But let me see if I can arrange for the exams to be held elsewhere."
Just then, a messenger nin had arrived at the duo as Daisuke looked at him.
"What is it?" he asked as the messenger nin delivered the message. He read it and was shocked at the contents of the message.
To the patchworker with the Sharingan,
You have disturbed our attempts at our new order as you take in the demon brat that should have been executed in the most glorifying and brutal way possible. As a result, we the council on behalf of our Godaime Hokage, hereby cut off relations with Yuki no Kuni and Yukigakure no Satou.
Danzo-sama of LOGOS.
Leader of Ne
"Get the council immediately. Naruto, I want you in this meeting as well, since it concerns your former home." Daisuke ordered as he and the said blond jinchuuriki rushed to Yukigakure's council chambers. "And get us the Daimyo as well."
"Hai, Yukikage-sama." the messenger nin replied as Naruto accompanied the Yukikage when suddenly he received another flash. When Naruto looked around, he saw a long blond haired man without the mask. "You are one of Durandal-san's patients."
"Indeed I am, Asuka-san. My name's Rau Le Creuset and I noticed a newtype in the midst." the stranger said as Naruto looked at him through his helmet. "I'm certain that this young fellow is the Newtype that Gilbert was referring to."
"Nice to meet you, sir." Naruto said as he shook Le Creuset's hands. When they reached the council chamber, they ran into yet another familiar face as well. "Durandal-san, right?"
"Yes, Naruto-san. I see you've met Le Creuset as well. I know that you and he will become great friends when you all have joined ZAFT." Durandal replied as he also shook the blond jinchuuriki's hands. "We came here from the PLANTs because I also want to see if you're genetically comaptible with someone."
"I see. Well, come with us and have a seat in the meeting." Daisuke replied as they went inside. Assembled in the chambers were countless numbers of clan heads as a group of civilian heads also came. "We have come here for one reason, and that is what to do with the threat thtat came from Konoha. It is disrespectful to our village's survival and sovereignty of our nation."
"We should have gone to war with them." one civilian head replied as another civilian spoke up.
"Yukikage-sama, should we reject the threat?" the civilian that spoke up. "We don't want to suffer the same fate as those guys from Uzu no Kuni."
"We should mobilize our forces for self-defense purposes only." the Yukikage replied as Naruto was thinking. "And what about the Jonin Exams? Should we postpone it? The answer is no, we cannot postpone it, because other villages then would see us as weak and pathetic. But I agree that we should pull it back another three months in time for the new recruits to finish their training."
The council members were then arguing more about this issue than any other thing as Daisuke massaged his head. Naruto then decided to speak up.
"It's true that we should pull the Jonin Exams three months back, but by the time that happens, there is another village that would host the exams." Naruto said as Daisuke looked at him. "I'm not sure what the threat from Konoha would do to us, but we can launch a pre-emptive strike if the threat grows bigger."
"Naruto-san, I'm not sure if that's a good idea." Daisuke replied back as another civilian spoke up, this time a representative from the armed forces of Yuki no Kuni.
"Our men can do the job. Just tell us when and where and we'll do it." the military attache replied.
Just then, a messenger hawk came into the council chamber and went straight to the Yukikage's arms. Daisuke then opened the letter and read it. He again grew shocked at the contents, but the message wasn't from Konoha.
"Well, I'll be damned. Iwa and Kumo are planning to recognize us as the sixth great nation along with Kiri." he said as Naruto glanced at him. "Suna would have recognized us right away, if it wasn't for Konoha's dangerous attitude."
"So, what are we going to do?" another civilian head said. At that moment, Durandal spoke up.
"I came back here because I want to see the genetic compatabilities betwwen Naruto-san and another person in terms of procreation." Durandal explained as the council heads listened. "We can wait for Koyuki-sama and see if she can be a suitable match."
When the discussions resumed, Durandal then summoned Naruto to yet another DNA extraction session by swabbing his mouth. Then, he placed the swabbed cotton swabber into a cylander container and waited. After a few minutes, Koyuki arrived in the council chamber accompanied by Le Creuset.
"Here is the princess, although she reminded me of the mother of that bastard Mu La Flaga." Le Creuset muttered as Koyuki bowed to him.
"Thank you for escorting me, Le Creuset-san." Koyuki said as she went to Durandal and he swabbed her mouth. He then went to an abandoned laboratory where the DNA samples are researched. While he started to do the research, Le Creuset then started to speak for the Yukikage.
"It's true that this village has to postpone the assessment event, because of the length of time that it takes to fully train an army. Seeing as if they were tested right away while their training is half-complete, it would be like sending a half trained platoon of soldiers to combat three army divisions at once." Le Creuset explained as the councilors gasped at his logic. "The last thing that you people want to do is to deploy this elite unit while they are still training."
"You may be right, kind stranger." one of the shinobi heads replied. "But how can we just ignore the threat from Konoha when we can be in great danger?"
"Simple, you play power diplomacy, as you buy time." Le Creuset replied back as Durandal came back with the results. "What is it, Gilbert?"
"Well, Naruto and Koyuki-hime are indeed a match, since their Newtype senses compliment each other." Durandal said. "It also states that my planned formation of the Destiny Plan is successful in finding matches for future generation creations."
"All right, getting back to the task at hand." Daisuke said as he banged the gavel. "Le Creuset-san is right. We got to buy time while the threat is still hanging from the balance. If we play our cards right, Iwa and Kumo will convince Konoha to back off. Even if we can't count on them, we still have to launch a pre-emptive strike."
The council murmured in agreement as the Yukikage concluded the meeting. Koyuki smiled at Naruto as she heard of Durandal's results.
"Naruto-kun, I'm sure we can elope once this thing is over." she said as she hugged the blond jinchuuriki in the exosuit.
"Yes, my hime. But there are matters which I have to take care of." Naruto replied. Mamoru and Shinosuke then passed by as Shinn poked his back. "What is it?"
"We have to be getting back." Shinn replied as Koyuki once again was escorted out by Le Creuset. Meanwhile, Daisuke then instructed a messenger nin.
"I'll write a message to Konoha and see what happens." he said as the messenger nin listened.
In Konoha, Tsunade was never a happy camper. After yet hearing about how Shizune was taken hostage and used as an object lesson, she was not in the mood to talk to anyone right now. To make matters worse, Danzo came into the room as Koharu and Homura accompanied him.
"What do you guys want?" she asked angrily as Koharu spoke up.
"Tsunade-sama, we had to send a threat to Yukigakure no Sato over the issue at hand." she replied, causing the slug sannin to glare at her. "Rest assure, we will make sure they comply with our wishes."
Just then, a messenger bird came up to the old war hawk as he opened up the note. His face instantly grew furious as he read the note.
"That filthy patchworker!" Danzo thundered as Tsunade looked at him. "They say that we have the guts to challenge them when they think that we can be bested."
"Well, let me see the note." Tsunade said as Danzo handed her the note.
To the Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato and her puppet masters,
We as the people of Yukikagure no Sato, Will not tolerate this utter threat imposed on us. We will also not tolerate the severe ostracization of one Naruto Uzumaki and the calling for his death. He has proved to be valuable to our village and we are certaily not going to turn him over to his hometown. If there is anything I can do, it's that from here on in, Yukigakure no SAto will cut off relations with Konohagakure no Sato and impose an embargo on Hi no Kuni. Therefore, no one from Hi no Kuni shall enter the territory of Yuki no Kuni.
Daisuke Asuka,
Nidaime Yukikage
"Well, that was interesting. Yet we have lost an ally as a result." Tsunade replied as Danzo gritted his teeth.
"We must teach those impudent patchworkers that Konoha cannot be bested by the likes of them!" he thundered again as Homura nodded. "If they establish realtions with Iwa and Kumo, there's no telling what the demon brat would do if he joined forces with the very people that wanted him dead because of his father."
"We have pushed him off our lives, so we're paying for it." the slug sannin replied.
"If we can't get our message across the entire country, then we'll revert ot reprisals. For any appeasement towards Yuki no Kuni, we take ten hostages and kill them." Homura answered back instead. "Danzo-sama, we have to go if we want to have a chance of getting the Uchiha to become a free man."
"Like I'd ever let you do that." she said as Danzo sighed in disgust.
"We're going." he said as the three elders left the Hokage's office. Tsunade gritted her teeth as she looked at the Hokage monument.
"What could you have done, Sarutobi-sensei?"
The Haruno clan were in a midst of a crisis right now. they feared that their disgraced nephew Kojiro would seek revenge and kill them as Itachi Uchiha had done.
"What should we do?" Sakura asked as her mother was still sacred.
"Sakura-chan, we don't know yet, but the demon brat should be found soon-" Sachiko replied but her husband cut her off.
"The 'demon brat' as you call it, just happened to be the most dangerous persoon in the world." Unato Haruno replied back with anger. "WE have beaten it to a pulp, to the point where it can set off like a time bomb. If the demon brat joined forces with the traitor and the freak Kojiro, it will truly be the death of us. The Uchiha traitor deserved to die for his crimes."
The rest of the Harunos were clamoring for the death of the 'demon brat' as Sakura looked down with guilt.
"As far as I'm concerned, we cannot shame our ally the Namikaze clan. Despite the fact that Minato had made terrible decisions." Unato replied as Sakura left her house for a walk.
An Iwa nin that was traveling from Yuki no Kuni went back to her village as she was going to deliver a very pleasing news. She went to the Tsuchikage's office as the rest of the villagers looked on. She arrived at the Tsuchikage tower as the Tsuchikage was working ona paperwork.
"What is it?" the Tsuchikage asked as her eyes looked at the kunoichi that delivered a note. She read the note and was ecstatic. "It seems that the Kiroi Senko's son has fled the wretched village after all. Send word to Kumo that we're using diplomacy on Yukigakure no Sato. It's time I meet this Daisuke Asuka in person."
"What of the Jonin Exams?" the messenger nin asked.
"We'll have to host it. Send that message as well, since this note says that they got the elite unit being trained in there." the Tsuchikage replied as the messenger nin left. "Well, this is interesting after all."
The world watches as the new shinobi from Yukigakure competes in the exams. As Naruto and his friends are being tested against his old comrades, he then found with his new powers to be brutal in every form. The news changes as the location of the Jonin Exams are changed to a more secure location.
Next on Masked Hero With the Frozen Heart: Clash in the Mountains
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