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Chapter Six

"Okay. Naruto-kun, I want you to move this rock and let this stream flow down into the small lake below."

Naruto looked at the rock that Hiraku had told him to move. It was impossible! The rock was huge! It was currently blocking a small stream. He looked down the small cliff they were stood on. If the rock was not there, then the stream would flow over the cliff and into the small lake, which had another stream flowing away from it. There was a small clearing around the lake, but the clearing ended with the dense pine forest. From where he stood, Naruto could just make out a cave in the cliff, near the lake. It would make a good training area, he decided. He then turned to glare at the rock. Hiraku smiled at him and said,

"I'll return in the evening to see how your training is going." And then promptly disappeared, leaving Naruto alone. He sighed. He stepped forward and placed a hand on the rock and pushed slightly. It did not move. He snorted. Typical for Hiraku to give him an impossible task to complete. He placed two hands on the rock and pushed again. He then sighed, taking his hands off. He narrowed his eyes. It would be easier to push the rock off the cliff and into the lake below. He sighed, taking off his leather coat and placing it on the ground beside the stream. He put chakra into his feet and stepped onto the stream surface. He walked up to the rock, studying it. Hiraku said that it would help him with his bloodline limit. He snorted, he doubted it.

He sighed and tried to move the rock again, getting no-where of course. He kicked the rock out of frustration, but only got a hurt foot in return. He growled, punching the rock, and hurting his hand as well.

"Baka"

Shut up will you?! Do you want to do this?

"No, it's not my bloodline. Your ancestors went through the same training as this."

Really? Wait…how do you know this?

"Baka. Remember that the Uzumaki Clan came from this village, and they don't call it the Demon village for nothing you know."

Naruto heard the fox, but choose not to reply, concentrating on his training instead.

By mid-afternoon, he looked up at the blue sky, at some gray clouds that were gathering on the horizon. There would be a storm later. Naruto sighed and sat down, his back against the rock, thinking. The fox hadn't given him any clues on how to do this exercise, but laughed at him instead, steadily making him angry. He frowned, it was almost time to go and meet Kameto for his daily dancing lesson. He sighed, oh how he hated it! His training schedule now was Hiraku in the morning and Kameto in the afternoons, leaving evenings for relaxing and spending time with his teammates, getting to know each other better.

He was about to stand up when he was suddenly drenching in ice cold water. He yelled and lost control of the chakra that he was using to keep himself on the water surface. With a slash, he fell in, which was, sitting down, chest high on him. A shadow fell on him and he glared up at Kameto, who was grinning and holding a sphere of water in one of her hands.

"HAHAHAHA!! You baka! Oh that was sooo funny! That's going to amuse me for hours!"

SHUT UP!!

Kameto cocked her head and said,

"I thought that I would pick you up today."

He growled and said,

"You didn't have to do that!"

"Do what?" She asked innocently. Naruto ignored her and stood up. Grumbling he went to the shore and picked up his coat, but before he could put it on, Kameto grabbed his arm. He turned to her, an eyebrow raised. She smiled at him and pocked him in the chest.

"What was-?" He was cut short when he realised that he was completely dry. He looked at her.

"How did you do that?"

"I'm not the host of the water demon for nothing you know." She said, letting go of his arm. He frowned, putting his coat on. She walked away, with him following him back to the Desdemona compound. Kuro and Kichiro were already there, waiting for them. They started with the usual dancing, and then Kameto got them to do some Taijutsu moves, which had been made easier by the dancing.

After they had finished, Naruto, Kichiro and Kuro went for a walk. After a time, they came to the area that Naruto had been training at earlier. He stopped, glaring at the rock. He went to it and kicked it again, though not hard enough to hurt himself. Kichiro and Kuro exchanged glances, but didn't say anything.

"Now you've just gone ahead and hurt its feelings." The fox joked. Naruto frowned.

Shut up, stupid fox.

The fox laughed, but didn't say anything. Kichiro came up to him, looking at the rock and asked,

"Er, Naruto-chan, why did you kick the poor rock?"

"Because I hate it. It's supposed to be my training."

"Oh." She then giggled and Naruto glared at her. Kuro snorted and jumped onto the rock, sitting on the very top. He patted it and said,

"You know, there is really no need to hit it you know, rocks have feelings too." Kichiro laughed while Naruto sweat dropped.

He glared at the rock and then sat down, placing a foot on the rock and shoving it slightly. Kuro cocked his head at Naruto as Kichiro leaned against the rock, looking out over the cliff at the setting sun. Naruto glanced at it and then looked back at the rock, trying to think up of how to move it. Hiraku had said that Naruto was not allowed to use tools of any kind, only his arms and back. He scowled, how was he meant to do that?

"Practice?"

Naruto sighed and flopped on the ground, one foot still resting on the rock. Kichiro sat next to him and pocked him the chest. He waved her hand away absently, still lost in thought.

"Maybe we could get Kameto-sensei to soak him again." Kuro suggested. Naruto growled and said,

"Shut up!"

Kichiro giggled and ruffled Naruto's hair. He sat back up, glaring up at the grinning Kuro.

"You two really know how to annoy some one, you know that?"

"We know." They said, grinning at him as a peal of thunder could be heard.

Orochimaru looked at the map that was hanging on the wall, scowling. He had already enlisted the help of Suna and was wondering. Could he also get the help of the Demon Village? They had Chaldea, the most powerful Nin in the world, and he wanted them on his side when he came to destroy Konoha. He chuckled; it would be easy, since the Demon Village hate Konoha for letting the Uzumaki clan die out, the last member being the Fourth Hokage, the greatest Uzumaki in history. But he still died an early death. Orochimaru scowled. If that clan was still alive, he would take one as his host, due to their extremely powerful bloodline limit. There was a step behind him and he sneered,

"Yes Kabuto?"

"I was wondering if you've found another village that would help you destroy Konoha?"

"I was thinking… Akkigakure. They have a grudge against Konoha for their Uzumaki clan. Hmm, if one of those clan members where alive, I would be tempted to take one of those, and not Uchiha Sasuke, who's Sharingan is weak compared to the Gure-Metsuki."

Kabuto didn't say anything, but pushed his glasses further up his nose. Orochimaru turned to face the younger man and said,

"We will leave for Akkigakure in three days."

Naruto sighed as he walked along the street. He was headed back home, he was hungry, especially with arguing with Kichiro and Kuro for an hour, and all about a rock. He sighed, a bit silly really, arguing about a rock. He then heard his name being called and turned to see Keiko waving at him from an outside a local shop. He grinned and went over to her, and when he did, he realised that she wasn't alone. She was with two boys, about her age, but they looked exactly the same.

They wore a plain, black tight leather vest and tight black leather trousers with the kunai pouch on their right leg. They wore black leather boots, made for stealth. They also wore a thick dark brown belt. On their lower arms they wore overlapping plates that went to cover the back of their hands. On their heads they wore a 'V' shaped plate that covered their forehead, with the village symbol on. They then had over lapping plates, like on their arms, down their back, ending at a point at their knees. Around the face they curved slightly, so that the face was framed by the armour, but didn't hinder any movement. But it was their face that caught Naruto's interest. They had narrow, emerald green eyes with slits for the pupils and they had no eyebrows. They had a flat, snakelike nose and a thin mouth. They were also extremely pale.

Naruto looked from one to the other, trying to find and identifying difference, but couldn't find one, they were completely identical! Keiko smiled at this and pointed to the right one.

"This is Rakshasa Kado." She then pointed to the other one,

"And this is Rakshasa Keitoro. They come from the Sato clan and they are my team mates."

The twins were looking at Naruto with interest and one of them said; Naruto thought it was Kado,

"So, you musst be Uzumaki Naruto. Pleassed to meet you."

Naruto blinked. Their voices were quiet, but audible and spoke with many hisses, similar to that of a snake. Naruto then grinned and said,

"Nice to meet you too, I've wanted to meet Keiko's team mates."

Their lips twitched into a smile and Keitoro (or was it Kado?) said,

"Thanks."

Naruto grinned at them and then looked at the setting sun, frowning slightly. Just then, his stomach decided to rumble loudly. Keiko raised an eyebrow while the twins laughed at him. He scowled and said,

"I think I'm hungry."

Keiko sighed and slapped her forehead.

"Come you, let's go home."

Naruto grinned and nodded enthusiastically. They said goodbye to the twins and walked home. Naruto turned to Keiko and said,

"Is it just me, or do they remind you of snakes?"

"They are the host of the two headed snake. It's strange- the snake has them both as host. We don't know how that happened, but that's the way it is."

Naruto frowned, but let it slide.

"How's the training?" Keiko asked pleasantly, a little too pleasantly.

Naruto scowled at her and said,

"Impossible."

Keiko laughed softly, but didn't say any more. They had reached home and had a large dinner, and Naruto spent the rest of the evening talking with Keiko and Masaru.

For a week, the rock refused to budge, and it didn't help that the demon kept making snide comments. So, Naruto was getting pissed, really pissed.

At midmorning, Naruto suddenly snapped. He hated the rock and everything about it! He swung his fist, closed his eyes and lunged at it, punching it. He had intended to punch it and maybe get a broken hand in return, but nothing of the sort happened. He slowly opened his eyes and blinked in surprise. Where he had punched the rock, there was a huge hole in the rock. He then kicked it and watched, enthralled, as the rock flew off and landed with a giant 'splash' in the lake below. The stream then started to flow off the cliff side and into the lake, forming the waterfall that Hiraku wanted.

How on earth?

About time.

What do you mean by that?

Anger. That was the key to unlocking your strength- activating the Gure-Metsuki. Look at your reflection.

Naruto blinked and knelt, looking at his reflection and gasped. His iris had turned gray with the pupil making a star shape with small triangles in between each gap. He Stood back up and asked,

So, all I had to do was get angry and destroy the rock?

Just about.

Naruto sighed, rolling his eyes.

Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?

I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Besides, you're supposed to do this training by yourself.

"That was quicker then I thought." Naruto jumped at the sound and whirled around and relaxed when he saw Hiraku, who grinned at him. Naruto stepped off the stream and put his coat back on. Hiraku waved for him to follow. As they walked, Hiraku said,

"Normally, it would take about a month before they got angry enough…you have issues."

Naruto sweat dropped and said,

"No-ones perfect."

Hiraku chuckled and nodded,

"That's true. Tomorrow, I will train you on the use of that eye, but I think you've got the idea of it." Naruto nodded, looking back at the training area.

"Come on, I'm hungry." Hiraku said, grinning at Naruto. Naruto laughed and said,

"Ramen here I come!"

Kenjiro narrowed his eyes. He was on the city walls and looking at two figures approaching the city. He decided to go and meet them- he could tell that they were strong. He hid in an ally near the gates, seeing the two approach the gates. One was extremely pale with gold eyes that had a slit for the pupil. The other was a young man, in his twenties with white hair and glasses. Kenjiro narrowed his eyes. He didn't like the feel of this. The two were stopped by the guards.

"What is your business?"

The pale one looked at the guard disdainfully and said coldly,

"My business is mine, and I will not tell you."

"You cannot enter until you tell us your intentions."

"We've come here for trading."

"Fine, you can enter."

Kenjiro watched as they entered the gates. He let them pass him and then stepped out.

"What exactly is your 'trade'? I do not see any valuable items on your person. What is your true business?"

The pale man turned with a smirk.

"You're good; I wasn't even able to detect you."

"I don't hold the elite Chaldea rank for nothing."

The man nodded and studied him.

"What is your name?" Kenjiro asked, impatient.

"Ah, please forgive me. I am Orochimaru, and this is my assistant, Kabuto."

Kenjiro recognized the names- missing nins.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"We wish to talk to the Akkikage."

Sorry about the long time update, but my Computers been crashing on me lately... damn. Well, review please!!