Chapter 3
Anko's Apartment ~ Earlier that morning
Anko Mitarashi was aggravated as she woke up that morning. She had had a decent night out with Hana, went to see some kid that the Inuzuka were talking to about something, and went into the bathroom after checking the kid out. But when she had found that picture, well she guessed that was when everything went to hell. After finding that damnable kunai, she had flipped out worst than she could ever have imagined.
But her eventual tirade had been interrupted before it began when she knocked herself out after falling. Later when she woke up, the gaki that had seemed to grow out of nowhere had explained what had happened in the forest. But when she had asked for the kunai back, Reishi had literally slapped her saying that it was not as important to her as it was to the blonde who had given him everything. The picture had not been his doing, to which he apologized, but said that the kunai would be on display as soon as he could get a display plaque for it. He had told her that if she had taken it, she may have accidentally used it without knowing about it and thus loosing said item. She couldn't argue with his reasoning, but it still rubbed her the wrong way knowing that the kunai that she had given to someone important was being displayed by someone not worthy, or so she thought.
Even now as she walked to the Hokage's Office, she knew something would not be right today. She had had a pretty full breakfast, and that when she had finished she would have to go talk to the Hokage about her newest mission.
Entering the Office, she had been slightly surprised to see that this new kid, Reishi was standing in front of the Hokage. But before she could say anything she saw something on the back of the kids neck. Slowly closing the door, she waited until she was called into the office. Was that a seal on that kids neck? She asked herself as she rubbed her own neck, specifically where her own cursed seal lay. Hearing the Hokage calling to enter, she opened the door to the office, hoping to get a look at the kids neck again, only to find that the kid was looking at her instead, shock and worry on his face.
The look quickly set her off without provocation.
Reishi
While Reishi was glad. At least she's not some weak fangirl. He thought. And I KNOW she isn't some kind of favorite playing backstabber. He growled to himself, thinking of his two former team members. And I don't think she's a jutsu stealing cock sucker either. He smiled, imagining for some reason her doing that very same thing.
Training Ground Seven
Elsewhere, the members of Team Seven lay on the ground of Training Ground Seven, drinking sake while Kakashi talked with Sasuke about using his Sharingan. All of a sudden all three members had explosive sneezing fits, causing Sakura to bang her head against the ground knocking her out. Thankfully however she did not see the two males sneezing and accidentally ending in a lip lock.
Hokage's Office
"Hokage-sama." Anko stammered. "I was informed that you would be having a mission for me today?" she asked, looking around for any other Jounin that may be assigned to work with her.
"Oh, Anko!" Sarutobi laughed. "You're early. Thank you for that." He smiled. "I have your mission right here." He smiled, tossing her a red scroll which she quickly opened.
"Your shitting me, right Hokage-sama?!" Anko shouted, holding the scroll out. Reishi caught the lettering on it and could not help but smile.
Anko Mitarashi is hereby ordered on an S Class mission.
This mission is immediate and will be a single mission of undetermined timing.
The requested Jounin is to train Reishi Navumo and his team in the areas of Taijutsu and Ninjutsu while Jounin-sensei trains in the art of Genjutsu. Other Jounin-sensei's will be joining in training periodically to train more extensive uses of jutsu that above Jounin may not know.
It made it even worse that it was signed allegedly by all of the council.
"Anko-san." Reishi began, causing the two elder shinobi to look at him quizzically. "I know it sounds odd, but I requested for this mission." He began. "I know that you are strong. I know that you are not exactly well liked." He sighed, causing Anko to get slightly angry at the way he was talking to her. "But then again I don't give a flying FUCK about what this village says. Even so, just because I don't like the villagers, doesn't mean that I wont protect the village. And to do that, I need to be trained by the best, and not some emo-loving copycat that is constantly tardy." He smiled at the examination and the way Sarutobi was gaping at him. Please just let me handle this, jiji. He thought, looking back to Anko. "I am in need of a Jounin-sensei that cares about their students, not just a single student. So please, Anko-sensei, train me in your way?" he begged.
"Uh, Reishi?" Sarutobi gapped, looking between the two before smiling at Anko's face. If he didn't know any better, he could have just sworn that Anko had just been manipulated, something that had never been done before, by a GENIN!
"Okay, brat." Anko smirked. "As long as you don't complain too much." She laughed before looking back at Sarutobi. "Now meet me tonight at Training Ground 44. Six o'clock. I'll test you, then tor… I mean train you."
Reishi nodded and was out of the office quicker than slicked shit on a doorknob.
"Now, Sarutobi-sama, can you please tell me why I am settled with a brand new Gaki when I didn't even get a chance to train the last one?" she asked, noticing the twitch from the Hokage's eyebrow. "And why did that just strike a nerve?" she asked.
Sarutobi could only growl at himself as he realized that he was trapped. Looking at his hands, he saw the age that had seemed to creep up on him. "Anko, there are things that you have to do in my position, that you don't want to do." He said, looking back at her, pleading with her to understand.
"I don't give a shit about your position. You KNEW that I wanted that damn blondie for my own apprentice. But NOOOO you had to tell me that I was too unstable." She growled. "Three years I had to put up with Yamanaka's of every rank pulling through my head. And guess what, I am probably the most unselfish bitch IN this village." She ranted, standing near the desk. "And you know what it got me?" she asked. "This pretty little coin that has gotten me shit!" she yelled, holding up the coin that they give everyone for passing the mentality exams for trauma patients. "I wanted Naruto to be mine." She frowned. "If I had been able to train him, to be able to do so many things, he… he might…" she cried, stopping herself before she had begun to bawl her eyes out, a few tears slipping by. "I don't blame anybody that he is gone." She growled as she wiped her eyes clear of the offensive tears. "But I do not trust a damn thing you say to me, unless its on paper. So you want me to train this kid? Good. Because he is going to become strong enough to beat the shit out of you, your precious Uchiha, your stupid copy-cat Jounin, and your precious advisors if it's the last thing I do!" she shouted, cutting her arm with a quick release shuriken. "That I swear on that blood." She said, using a Shunshin to exit the office.
However, unknown to them, Reishi was at the door listening. He shoved the door open quickly upon hearing the commotion. Looking darkly at the Hokage, he growled in anger. "So, more secrets Hokage-sama?" he asked, knowing he was in the wrong but it didn't matter. "What ELSE have you been hiding from me?" he asked, appearing somehow in front of the Hokage's desk, causing him to lean back.
"Reishi, please stop this." Sarutobi muttered, looking around him in hopes of escape. "You know everything that was meant for you to know."
"Okay, but what shit am I NOT supposed to know?" he asked, looking around the office. "Did my parents leave me a house, or some kind of relic?" he asked, looking at the Yondaime's picture above the door.
"When you get to Chuunin, you'll get the Namikaze name, and the family heirlooms. Including their house." Sarutobi recited, wishing that Reishi would give everything up and become Naruto again.
"Yeah, and your gonna try to make me be reborn again." Reishi growled. "I am not going to be a knucklehead again damnit!" he shouted, throwing his left arm up.
What happened next, would scare them both. The window next to the Hokage's right ear shattered outward, two senbon crashing through it, from inside the Hokage's Office! Turning around futilely to find the perpetrator, Reishi looked at his bracer to see a rather weird groove on the top of the bracer. Looking to the Kage, he smiled. "Oh this is getting better and better." He said, a clone puffing into existence. With a wave of both of Reishi's arms, the clone popped out in a cloud of smoke, sending its memories back to the original. "Senbon launchers?" he asked, looking at the wall to see eight long senbon needles sticking out of the wall in an x like pattern.
Reaching over to pick one of them out of the wall, Reishi smiled. It was a weird looking senbon indeed. The end of the needle was jagged like a fork with a reverse tip (AN: I think the idea came from Predator 2, the small projectiles that look like their tipped with a 'C' with edges to prevent being pulled out without further injury). "Interesting, don't you think?" Reishi asked, laying the projectile on the desk before sliding it to the Kage.
Sarutobi sighed as he took out a scroll and began writing on it. "I am sending a message to Jiraiya of the Sannin. He is Konoha's Seal Master. He should be able to tell us what is going on." He said as Reishi looked at him quizzically. "We both need to know what is up with those weapons of yours." He explained, causing Reishi to smile and nod.
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Hokage's Office ~ Next Day
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"Hokage-sama, can I speak with you?" Anko Mitarashi asked, looking into the office quizzically, not noticing anything suspicious.
"What can I do for you, Anko-chan?" Sarutobi asked from his pile of paperwork. Then Anko noticed something… there were seven Hokage's!
"Umm, Hokage-sama…" she sputtered, pointing to the obvious clones in front of her. "I wanted to talk to you about Reishi Navumo." She replied as she regained her wits.
"What about him? Did he not go with the way you have in order to train him?" Sarutobi asked.
"No, that's not it." Anko replied, holding her hands out. "He actually surprised me with a lot of his tactics." She began, walking past the desk to stare out of the Hokage's window. "I gave him a test on all three facets of the way a shinobi should act." She smiled at the sweat on Sarutobi's brow. "Just simple Tai, Gen, and Ninjutsu." She laughed as he blew out a breathe. "But that is where everything changed." She sighed. "There is only one person that I knew could come up with sheer numbers like he did. That boy created more than a hundred clones out in the Forest of Death, Hokage-sama. You pulled water jutsu's from up in the tree-line for crying out loud!" she exclaimed.
"Tell me everything, Anko-chan." Sarutobi growled, the shadow clones dispersing. This is not good. He thought. I don't know anything about Naruto's real capabilities, and this is the only way.
Anko quickly began relating what happened out in the forest, including how Reishi effortlessly pulled apart every test that she could come up with.
Team 8 Training Grounds ~ 1 Hour later.
"Reishi-kun, could you please walk me home? Kurenei-sensei has to walk the others home and I want to talk with you some more if possible." Hinata asked as everyone collected their things to go home for the day after several hours of training.
"Okay, Hinata-chan." Reishi smiled as he walked out to a large stream nearby. "But I still have some training to do if you don't mind waiting." He explained as he began walking onto the stream, shocking Hinata at the ease in which he did it.
"Reishi-kun, you're water-walking!" she shouted, alerting the rest of the team to what he was doing, causing them to come over to observe.
Now Kurenei knew something was up with the newest member of her team. He was able to pull off tactics that would confuse others, including the Nara clan members that she had met before. But knowing that he was good at water-walking surprised her.
Kiba smacked himself in the face, accidentally smacking Akamaru as well in sheer outrage. "Damnit, you baka! When did you learn that?" he shouted, looking at the water then to Reishi.
Shino was quiet as ever, looking at Reishi as he proceeded to quietly laugh at everyone. Pushing his glasses up higher, he actually had to hide a smile that threatened to cross his face.
"Okay, calm down guys." Reishi laughed, looking around at everyone. "Hold on a sec, I think its time for some more training." He smiled sinisterly. "How are you guys on chakra?" he asked, not wanting to hurt his friends from over-training.
"I… I think that I am okay for now." Hinata stuttered, poking her fingers absently as she tried to think of her level of chakra.
"Hinata, don't tell me you forgot our talk last week about you stuttering." Reishi groaned, rubbing his temples.
"Reishi that's enough." Kurenei said, glowering at her team. "Everyone is only tired physically." She answered, knowing the extent of everyone's chakra, or at least she hoped she did.
"Good. Because they're about to get a crash-course in chakra control." Reishi chuckled before making a cross seal. "Compliments of KAGE BUNSHIN!" he shouted, and with a large explosion of smoke, there on the water, stood eight clones of Reishi, all smirking.
The next hour was a confusing moment for Kurenei. Reishi had just about every kind of explanation of chakra control that one could think of. He had everyone learning water-walking within an easy forty-five minutes while she watched him work. His clones trained everyone else, but what looked like him and another clone began doing something that shocked her. He was balancing a kunai sticking to his finger, while standing on the stream!
Another hour later, and everyone was fully capable of doing the exercise, even though Reishi seemed to be having trouble with his own. After asking him about it, he simply shrugged. "I can handle all my fingers sticking to individual kunai, but am still working on doing it on a stream." He explained as everyone crawled out of the stream exhausted. Pulling out five kunai, he began to demonstrate his exercise until the kunai fell and cut his hand. "Damnit!" he shouted.
Hinata was surprisingly there in an instant, holding one of her ointment jars. "Are you okay?" she asked, putting some of the gel on the cuts, not even paying attention to the fact that they were healing ever so slowly.
"Fine, thank you Hinata-chan." He smiled, giving her forehead a poke. "I heal quick, but that gel really worked." He said, causing her to blush. Looking to Kurenei however, he seemed to deflate. "I guess that is what I get for showing off."
"Don't worry about it, Reishi-kun." Hinata smiled. "The Byakugan is a doujutsu that requires high chakra control, so you are doing something that not even my father can accomplish." She said, causing Reishi to smile.
"Thank you, Hinata-chan." He said, ruffling her hair, causing the Hyuuga heiress to pout.
"I wish you would stop doing that, Reishi-kun." She frowned as he did so.
"Not until you stop pouting." He smiled unexpectedly. "I only do it to cause you to smile, like poking your forehead. I want you to smile more. You don't do it enough and that damn Hyuuga emotionless bullshit is nonsense." He explained. "You should be smiling much more. The whole thing with the Hyuuga doesn't suit you."
The comment seemed to shake Hinata slightly before a small quirk in her mouth turned into a blushing grin. "Thank you, Reishi-kun." She whispered.
Kiba however was not happy about the expression on their face. "Okay crack-shot." He bolstered, smacking Reishi upside the head. "Stop your flirting and lets get home." He said, watching Shino collecting himself off the ground. "And thanks." He sighed. "That training helped a lot."
A resounding crash against Kiba's own head was the only answer. "You're welcome."
Kurenei and Hinata at that point could not help but start to laugh at the way the two acted. But gasped as they saw Reishi head-butt Kiba, causing the Inuzuka to fall to the ground, only to be jerked up and rub his head. "Damnit, would you stop that!?" the boy shouted. "Your damn head is harder than a rock!"
"Actually, no I can't stop that." Reishi chuckled. "And if you can't take a head-butt, whats gonna happen when I kick your ass in the Chuunin exams?" he asked.
"Alright you three, its time we got you guys home." Kurenei interrupted. "Reishi, could you please dispel your clones?" she asked.
"Actually, Kurenei-sensei, two of my clones are going to carry Shino and Kiba home with you while I take Hinata-chan home. The others have jutsu to perfect." Reishi explained. "After all, I am not having anyone learn a jutsu until I am sure that it is safe."
With that, everyone went their separate ways. Hinata smiled as she walked next to Reishi. Every time before now that he had walked with her, she had tried to walk behind him and to his left. But when that happened, every time he would stop and make her walk next to him. "You are not my slave, Hinata-chan. You are my teammate, my EQUAL." He had explained. Now she simply walked with him, continuing any kind of conversation that was on their minds.
But when they reached the Hyuuga compound, they found Hiashi Hyuuga to be standing at the archway, waiting for something.
"Hello, tou-san." Hinata mumbled, walking up to the clan head. "I am home."
"I can see that. Where is your sensei you were supposed to be home several hours ago, Hinata-san." Hiashi growled out as he looked at her emotionlessly. Just the way he looked at his own daughter made Reishi's skin crawl.
"Hyuuga-sama." Reishi interjected as he walked closer. "It was my own fault for keeping her and the rest of our team for extra training." He explained. "I found that I could contribute something to our skills and proceeded to teach them a chakra exercise."
"I doubt someone like you could teach my daughter anything, shinobi-san." Hiashi frowned, his Byakugan flaring.
"Look, Hyuuga-sama. I know that everything you see before you is the way it is, but could you stop using your Byakugan on me? I feel like I should cover myself every time I see one activated." Reishi asked, looking at the Clan Head.
The branch members on guard duty had to force themselves not to laugh at the impromptu joke made by the young genin. They stiffened when they saw Hiashi look at them. "I do not appreciate being insulted near my own compound, Genin-san." He growled warningly.
"Okay…" Reishi sighed, rubbing his temple. "It wasn't even an insult it was a fucking request."
"Boy, leave my compound." Hiashi growled, pushing Hinata threw the archway. "And stay away from my daughter." He warned.
"Kind of hard, Hyuuga-sama." Reishi frowned behind his mask. "I am on her team, and thus I can't leave her alone." He said. "Superiority-complex using bastard." He muttered.
Apparently however, he said it loud enough for people to hear. Hiashi whirled on him so fast that Reishi had to take a step back and instantly had to duck a strike from the clan heir. Looking at the man, however, wielded no emotion whatsoever. "What the HELL is your problem, Hyuuga-sama?!" Reishi shouted, standing up and getting into a defensive stance. "Did I say something or are you just subjective to everyone?"
Hiashi was having none of what the boy in front of him was saying, and proceeded to attack the boy, Byakugan not active. I don't need the Byakugan for this trash. He thought.
But whatever he was thinking, Reishi was always a step or two ahead of him, just dodging he was seeming to do something that nobody had been able to do: Piss off a Hyuuga Main Branch Member. "You should really get your nails clipped, Hiashi-sama." He said, barely missing a strike to his neck. "They look like they could use a manicure." He said, rolling under a side swing from the elder. "Umm, Hiashi-sama. I would like to speak freely here, cause you are seriously starting to scare me here." He said, blocking an axe slice to his shoulder. "I have never had someone pay so much attention to me like this unless their my sensei. So could you please back off? I am feeling uncomfortable." He said. But while he said the last part, he received a hard side kick to the chest, causing him to fly backward. Coughing out some blood, he smiled, blood staining the mesh of his mask. Whipping it away with the back of his hand, he winced in pain.
"See how superior to you I am, boy?" Hiashi huffed, his anger getting the better of him. Activating his bloodline, he sighed. "You don't even have enough chakra to last a fight with me."
"Who said anything about a fight, Hiashi-sama? I merely made an observation, and you proceeded to attack me quite violently. So who is superior?" Reishi sighed, lifting himself up with effort. "Because thanks to many days experimenting, I know for a fact that you can't see my chakra coils." He said, causing the Hyuuga clan head to try looking harder at him.
A good damn freak. A darker side of Hiashi began as he saw nothing besides the boys skin through his clothes. No one can fool the Byakugan. The dark side of his mind thought. But he is just some orphan. He thought to his darker side. He should not be able to fool me. He thought. "I am a Jounin, boy. Your better." He said angrily.
"You know what, Hiashi-sama. I don't care if your Hokage or if you're a sheep herder." Reishi sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "You should not be telling someone to have no emotions when you can't even get your own anger in control." He explained. "You tell your daughter to not show any emotion. But have you ever seen her smile? It's like looking at a fucking Angel!" he said, pointing at Hinata. All he got for his efforts was a loud 'eep' from the heiress before she fainted. "And yet you can't even control your anger. What a fucking waste."
"How dare you, boy!" Hiashi shouted, rushing the boy again, only to receive a rebuttal in a weird form: in the form of his face being pushed in by a sandal-less foot.
"You should be aware, that just because you know your better than I am, does not mean I won't do what I must to prove a point." Reishi smiled at the look on the guards face behind the clan head. "Everything in a shinobi is a weapon. In this case, my bare foot is enough to cause you to halt a charge in your anger." He sighed, removing his foot from the man's face.
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Hokage's Office
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It was a sight to behold as Sarutobi and Anko looked on in surprise as they watched Reishi through the viewing orb that Sarutobi contained. In less than a second, Anko was on the floor laughing as she tried to hold her gut while Sarutobi frowned ever so slightly. Nobody has ever humiliated a Hyuuga like Naruto is doing. He thought. I just hope he doesn't take it too far. He sighed before turning his gaze to Anko.
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Reishi
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"Now, Hiashi-sama. Please accept my apology that you can't keep your anger in check. But let me make it up to you." Reishi sighed as he looked at the Clan Head. "I want a spar with one of the Hyuuga, not you however. No matter how much it would mean to me to have a spar against you, I think that I would get into more trouble while you tried to kill me." He chuckled, causing the Hyuuga to look at him in shock. "I am not saying you would but I would like to have an actual chance of fighting, not just dodging." He explained. "And I won't fight Hinata-chan so you could forget it."
"Then what more do you want from me, boy?" Hiashi growled.
"Hinata-chan tells me that there is some kind of prodigy in the branch house." Reishi sighed, causing him to frown. "She said his name was… Nevi… no maybe it was Nebi? I don't remember the name really. I'm horrible with names." He explained, scratching the back of his head.
"Neji is her cousin." Hiashi growled, his thoughts clouding over at the idea of having Neji causing this boy the same kind of embarrassment he had suffered. "What terms do you request?" he asked.
"Tomorrow, after team training." Reishi began. "I would like to meet him at Training Ground seven. Weapons and Byakugan allowed. I don't care what he brings in fact. I want you there, along with three members of both the Main house and the branch family." He began, remembering how things went from what Hinata had told him.
"Stakes?" Hiashi asked, wondering where the genin was going with this. "What do you want from this."
"Easy there, Hiashi-sama." Reishi smiled, knowing he had the clan head. "If I win, Hinata and the entire Branch Family become free from any seals, be they now or in the future. I want your word on that Hiashi-sama."
"Of course." Hiashi replied, flabbergasted. "And if you loose?"
"Okay do you just like to jump the gun? Damn I wasn't even finished." Reishi growled. "I want an alliance between your clan and mine when I have it granted to me." He explained. "I want that official as well. If you can't give me the affirmative, I want your word that you will at least consider the request when I make it." He said, getting a shocked nod from the clan head. "Now, if I lose the match, I will remove myself from the shinobi program and simply leave the village and return to my master."
"Reishi-kun, NOO!" Hinata shouted from the archway. The guards were looking at him like he was fucking insane.
"I don't want anyone knowing about this match or the stakes otherwise they may become judgmental." Reishi began. "I don't think you want anyone trying to bribe Neji." He explained when the clan head looked at him confused.
"Okay," Hiashi smiled. "I can agree to your terms, boy."
"Good. I will see you tomorrow then."
"One more thing, boy." Hiashi began as Reishi began. "I want to know the name of the boy about to leave the village in shame."
"My name? I thought you knew it already." Reishi smiled. "My name is Reishi Navumo. Now good day to you Hiashi-sama."
With that, the two would be titans left the streets to their own separate devices.
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Hokage's Office
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Sarutobi and Anko were now slack-jawed as they watched the latest exchange between the two men. "I can't believe he did that?!" Anko shouted in the Hokage's ear.
"I can't either, Anko-chan." Sarutobi growled, holding his ear in pain. "But could you do something for me?" he asked, crooking his finger for her to move closer, to which she quickly obliged. "STOP YELLING IN MY EAR!!!" he shouted, causing her to fall backward on her ass holding both of her ears.
Anko lay there, clutching her ears as tears ran down her cheeks. Sarutobi sighed as he turned around to look out at his village. "I am going to need to have ANBU watch out for treacherous activity from the village tomorrow." He sighed.
"WHAT?!" Anko shouted from the floor, causing Sarutobi to snicker at the snake mistress' plight.
If I think that anything is going on with this match, I am going to have to intervene. He thought, taking out his pipe. Why are you doing this, Naruto?
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Reishi's apartment
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Reishi was laying in his bed, trying to think about what he was going to do for his fight tomorrow. He smiled as he looked in a mirror that he had situated above his headboard. "God I hate my big mouth." He sighed.
He had not wanted to do anything rash today, after all. He had simply gotten back into his prankster ideals again and simply made a challenge with outrageous stakes. Hinata is important, that is all that matters. He thought.
You're a fool boy. The long thought lost Kyuubi growled in his head. You know for a fact that you won't win that fight easy. The furball said wistfully.
You think that I don't know that, ya dumbass fox? He thought. I am going to pull something out of my ass, and if you guys wouldn't mind I would like the help tomorrow.
You know we can't help physically. Zabuza's ghost called out from the corners of his mind. All we can do is give you chakra boosts. He explained.
Oh I know. Reishi chuckled. And with the training that I have been getting from you two, things are going to be interesting. He smiled at himself. Then a thought crossed his mind. Kyuubi-sensei, why can't the Byakugan see my pathways? He asked.
You'll also discover that somehow the Sharingan can not affect you. The Kyuubi explained. I don't know how but your jutsu won't be stolen. All they can do is follow your movements. He smiled in his cage. And thanks to me and Zabuza, you won't be affected by doujutsu powered genjutsu. The Kyuubi replied, using some of his tails to cover his ears and eyes against the inevitable outburst.
And with that, Reishi Navumo, formerly Naruto Uzumaki, fell into a deep slumber with dreams of training and hope for the future.
A/N: For those already wondering, yes Sarutobi still calls Reishi Naruto. Can you really fault the old guy? Not his fault circumstances had to change.