I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto.
"Ordinary conversation"
'thought'
"Wolf/Kyuubi speech"
'Wolf/Kyuubi thought'
Authors note: a comment from me about the story.
-- paragraph/scene change
Tenshi sighed and rubbed his temples. What had been four hours of relearning the alphabet was finally over when Haku knocked on the door. Tenshi resisted the urge to kiss her for interrupting.
"Okay, I guess I will be seeing you after lunch." Ebisu said to Tenshi, who nearly fell out of bed.
"What?" he asked and Ebisu sighed.
"We are continuing after lunch. Well, I'll see you two then." He said and left. Tenshi sighed and Haku looked at him curiously.
"Tough lesson?" she asked and Tenshi nodded before he got out of the hospital bed.
"Yeah, but I think I'll get the hang of it. Eventually at least." He said and Haku handed him some clothes. She turned around, not that Tenshi knew.
"Hokage-sama has found an apartment that suits both me and you. It is being customised to you now. It should be finished soon." Haku said and Tenshi frowned.
"Um, what is it that will be different?" he asked and Haku thought for a bit.
"I don't really know. A lot of tags on the doors and stuff, so that you can feel what they are." She replied and Tenshi nodded, although Haku didn't see since she had her back to him.
"Damn, dressing was a bit harder than it used to." Tenshi mumbled. He discovered that he tried to fit both his legs into one pants leg. When he corrected that, he found that he had the pants on the wrong way.
After a bit of trial and error, he got fully dressed.
"Okay, now what?" Tenshi asked and Haku turned back to him.
"Now we go to get lunch. Hokage-sama told me I was in charge, so I get to choose where to go." Haku said while taking Tenshi's hand and placing it on her arm.
"Lead the way." Tenshi said.
--
To Haku and Tenshi, their first walk together was a little weird. For Haku it was the first time leading someone when walking. For Tenshi it was the first time walking without seeing where he was going.
"Um, this is weird. I don't like this. I feel very helpless now." Tenshi said and Haku chuckled.
"Don't worry. I won't leave you." She said and Tenshi smiled slightly.
"We have to get me one of those white canes soon. I want to be able to walk around on my own as well." Tenshi said and nearly stumbled on a stone that Haku hadn't seen.
"Opps, sorry. Seems like I have to learn as well." Haku said and blushed slightly while she helped Tenshi regain his balance.
--
The two arrived at Ichiraku ramen and Haku helped Tenshi sit down next to Naruto. Naruto, Sakura and Ino had been waiting for them. Ayame and the old man looked at Tenshi, and noted his bandages.
"Welcome. What can I get you?" the old man asked.
"Uh, mizu and pork ramen please." Tenshi replied.
"Vegetarian please." Haku joined in and the old man started making their ramen. Ayame though looked at Tenshi.
"How are you, sensei?" she asked and Tenshi gave a weak smile.
"Me? I'll be alright, but it'll be a while before I can say I'm alright." He replied.
"There is no chance of you seeing again?" the old man asked.
"No." was the simple reply.
A uncomfortable silence followed before their meals came. Haku gave Tenshi his chop sticks and started eating. Tenshi tried eating, but it was slow and awkward, but he refused any offer for help.
"So, sensei. How was learning to read with your fingers?" Sakura asked and Tenshi grimaced.
"I'm looking forward to when I won't have to study any more. Ebisu is a weird one, but he is a good teacher, so it won't take too long. I hope." Tenshi replied and Naruto coughed.
"Ebisu? The closet pervert? He's your tutor?" Naruto asked and Tenshi nodded. Naruto howled in laughter at that.
"What's so funny Naruto-kun?" Ino asked
"The closet pervert is weak. I beat him with my harem no jutsu." Naruto said while chuckling. Tenshi snorted at that.
"Ebisu is, as I said, a good teacher, although a bit strange." Tenshi replied.
"What are you two going to do after lunch?" Sakura asked.
"Tenshi has to go back to the hospital for more lessons." Haku said with a slight laugh at Tenshi's expression.
"Oh joy!" Tenshi mumbled before finishing his food.
--
Tenshi sat in front of Ebisu, trying to remember the alphabet in the sign language the blind use to write. It wasn't easy, but he was getting there.
"Good Tenshi-san. Keep this us and you'll be reading in no time." Ebisu praised.
"Thanks, but we aren't there yet." Tenshi said and they continued until it was time for dinner.
--
Dinner in the hospital passed quickly for Tenshi, since it was brought to him, and Haku insisted that she help him. After dinner, the two of them went to the Hokage's office.
When they arrived, Tenshi tried to remember where the chairs stood. He just missed and nearly sat down in thin air. Haku giggled and helped him into a real chair.
"Next time." Tenshi said and Sandaime gave a short but amused laugh.
"Indeed. Now I am sure you are here to hear about your apartment, right?" Sandaime asked and Tenshi nodded.
"It is on the ground floor, in the same street as the Haruno residence, which I am sure you will be happy for." Sandaime said and Tenshi smiled.
"Less distance to cover." He replied.
"I can't tell you much else, other than that it will be finished for you to move in soon. Two, three days I think." Sandaime said and Tenshi nodded.
"All my possessions will be moved there when it is finished?" Tenshi asked and Sandaime nodded.
"Yes, and Haku has received enough money to buy all she needs as well." Sandaime replied.
"Sounds good. But what about my team? What should I do about their training?" Tenshi asked. Sandaime smiled at him and Haku.
"That is up to you. Just remember that Haku is with you, so she can help. But Sakura and Ino can also train with their family. Naruto though…" Sandaime trailed off and Tenshi frowned.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"Half past five." Sandaime replied and Tenshi stood up.
"They should be in their training area now then. Shall we go take a…look?" Tenshi asked Haku.
"Sure." She replied but just then someone knocked on the door.
"Enter." Sandaime called and Tsunade came in.
"Ah, you are here. I was looking for you, Tenshi." Tsunade said and Tenshi turned to her.
"Oh? Why is that?" he asked. Tsunade smiled and took out a wrapped gift. She walked over to Tenshi, took his hand and placed the gift in his hand.
"Here. From me, Shizune and Tonton. Use it well." Tsunade said and Tenshi opened it. When the wrapping he felt four rods. Feeling along the rods, he felt that one of them had a rubber dot on the end, two were just straight and the last had a handle. All the rods were connected by some sort of string.
"Take the handle in your hand and push on the top of the handle." Tsunade said and Tenshi did. The four rods were pulled together and formed a cane. The cane was made of some sort of light weight white tree. It reached Tenshi up to a little above his navel.
"This is…" Tenshi said and Tsunade smiled.
"With that you should be able to walk around unaided. At least after you have learned how to use it." she said and Tenshi smiled.
"Thank you." He said and started tapping the cane against the ground, feeling his way around.
"Well then, should we go and see Naruto, Sakura and Ino?" Tenshi asked and Haku nodded before taking his arm again.
"I'll come also. I want to see your team, Tenshi." Tsunade said and followed them towards the training area.
--
Naruto launched a fire ball at Sakura, but she raised a mud wall to block it. Suddenly a lot of shuriken came flying from the wall. Naruto dodged to the right and formed seals.
"Raiton: Raikyuu no jutsu" he called and threw the ball of lightning at the wall Sakura hid behind. It started to crumble and Sakura jumped away from it.
She formed seals and smirked before drawing her breath and spitting forward several fire balls.
"Katon: Housenka no jutsu." she called and Naruto dodged again. Several thunks was heard as the shuriken Sakura had hid inside her fire balls hit a tree behind Naruto.
'Only Sakura-chan is attacking. Where is Ino-chan?' Naruto thought while looking around for his blonde opponent. Suddenly he was hit by a Futon jutsu from behind. He scrambled away and jumped trough some bushes. Finding a place to hide, he started to survey the surroundings. Sakura was in the middle of the training area, trying to find where Naruto was hiding. But he couldn't see Ino, and he didn't hear any movement either.
Taking a few sniffs, Naruto's eyes almost popped out of his head and he jumped away so quickly he could, just dodging the air bullet Ino, who was right behind him, had launched.
Ino appeared next to Sakura, smiling widely.
"I almost had him, but he smelled me and got away." Ino said and Sakura grinned.
"Well, I got him now." she said and true enough, Naruto came flying out of a bush, trying to dodge several wolves that was trying to bite him.
Naruto looked up and faced four blades, courtesy of his two girlfriends.
"Okay, you win." He said and Ino and Sakura grinned at each other.
Naruto then took a sniff of the air and turned toward three approaching people.
"We have visitors" he said
--
Tenshi, Haku and Tsunade felt the spar as they got closer to the training area.
"Seems like your students aren't having any trouble training without you." Tsunade said and Tenshi smiled.
"That's good. They aren't totally dependent on me then." Tenshi replied
After a little while, they felt that the spar was over, and they upped their pace a bit. Arriving at the field, they saw that the three Genin were waiting.
"Hello." Tsunade and Haku greeted the Genin.
"Good afternoon." Sakura and Ino replied.
"Yo." Naruto simply said.
"How is the training?" Tenshi asked.
"Boring without you. When will you train with us again?" Naruto asked.
"When I can run without tripping over my feet." Tenshi replied.
"And when is that?" Ino asked.
"Why don't you start with trying to use your chakra to sense your surroundings now? I can help you." Tsunade said and Tenshi nodded.
"What can we do to help?" Sakura asked, looking anxious to help Tenshi. Tsunade and Haku looked at each other and thought for a bit.
"You can created targets for Tenshi to sense." Tsunade replied.
"Tenshi, I think you should try to sense them without any chakra first. Hearing and smell I mean." Haku said and Tenshi nodded.
Tsunade then drew a circle around Tenshi with some spikes at intervals indicating degrees from him.
"Okay, let's start." Tsunade said and the five 'targets' positioned themselves around Tenshi at varying distances. Tenshi frowned and tried to use his hearing and smell, but it was hard. He tried not to use chakra to enhance his senses.
At a sign from Tsunade, Naruto, who stood about fifteen feet from Tenshi, clapped his hands once. Immediately Tenshi's hand shot up and pointed to where he thought he heard Naruto. He missed by about three degrees.
Then Tsunade gave a short whistle and Tenshi whirled around and pointed towards her.
"Good Tenshi. You missed but that was very nice for first tries." Tsunade praised. Tenshi smiled and refocused.
After a while, Ino hiccupped and Tenshi pointed at her, and this time de didn't miss.
"Yay sensei. You found me." Ino cheered and Tenshi smiled.
"Three down, two to go." He said and Haku and Sakura nodded at each other.
Tsunade held her hand in front of her lips, indicating that they should be quiet, and not make things easy for him.
It took a while, but suddenly Tenshi turned and pointed at Haku.
"I don't know, but I think I hear either Sakura or Haku there. She has elevated her breathing. If I smell right, it's Haku." Tenshi said.
"Yeah, that's right. Now, where is Sakura?" Tsunade asked. Tenshi frowned and sniffed a few times. His frown deepened and his ears and nose got a slight blue tint.
"Hmm, I can't put more chakra into my nose and ears. I can't smell Sakura, and what I can hear of her is too faint to locate her." Tenshi said and Tsunade nodded at Sakura, who gave a single loud clap. Tenshi frowned, but didn't move. Sakura clapped again and Tenshi smiled before pointing towards where he thought she was. He missed by ten degrees.
"Almost. But good for the first session. Do you want to try the chakra radar now?" Tsunade asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Okay, to begin with you have to form the seals, but when you become familiar enough with the radar, you don't need them." Tsunade explained. She then told Tenshi the seals while forming them.
"Now feel what I am doing." Tsunade said and sent a short but strong pulse of chakra. Tenshi clearly felt it.
"When I send the pulse, I feel where it flows. Now you try." Tsunade said and Tenshi nodded.
He formed the seals while focusing on every tenketsu in his body and sent a short wave of chakra out of them. It didn't go far, not even one foot, but Tenshi felt it. He felt how it changed shape on every rock or indention in the ground.
"Wow. That was very difficult, but very…useful." Tenshi said and Tsunade chuckled.
"You felt it that fast? Then it won't take you long until you can use it effectively in battle." Tsunade said and Tenshi nodded. Then he sent out another pulse, this one reaching two feet away from Tenshi. A huge grin spread on Tenshi's face.
"This is great. I can feel anything. What a rush." He said and Tsunade gently shook her head.
"You got it now, you just need practise. Want to try the next?" Tsunade asked and Tenshi nodded eagerly, like a little child ready to get a new present.
"My aren't you eager, sensei?" Ino asked and Tenshi smiled towards her.
"Off course. By learning this, I can still be a ninja and still have a purpose. Why wouldn't I want to get this fast?" Tenshi asked with a smile.
"Well? Let's see it. The next one." Naruto said to Tsunade, who frowned at him.
"Don't push me kid." She said, but Naruto just snorted.
Tsunade looked at him before shrugging and turning to Tenshi.
"Okay, the seals are serpent, rat, tiger, bird, ram. Instead of sending the pulse away from you, you focus it around you. Like this." Tsunade said and a bluish sphere formed around her.
She walked slightly around, and the sphere followed, flowing over everything in its path. When she walked up to Haku, the sphere flowed around her and Haku got a blue tint to her.
"Okay, you try." Tsunade said and Tenshi smiled. He nodded and formed the seals. He frowned and a small sphere formed around him. He tried to take a few steps, but the sphere dissipated.
"Again." Tenshi said and formed the seals again. The sphere formed again, and Tenshi started walking around. This time the sphere held for about a minute before Tenshi stopped.
"Amazing. When the sphere passes over something, I can't feel fine details, but what I feel is much more stable than the what I feel from the pulse." Tenshi said before turning to where he smelt Tsunade.
"Thank you for teaching me these." He said and Tsunade smiled.
"We aren't done yet. Now we have to figure out how you can use your meditation sight." Tsunade said and Tenshi nodded while sitting down. His face relaxed and his breathing even out.
Naruto, Sakura and Ino sat down in front of him, while Haku sat down next to Tenshi. Tsunade remained standing.
After about a minute, Tenshi spoke.
"Something is different." He said and everyone looked puzzled.
"How different?" Tsunade asked.
"I didn't have to meditate as deeply to see now. I am in a much lighter meditative state now than I used to. My sight is a bit blurry, and I have a bit trouble seeing more than thirty feet (about 10 meters) around me. Hold on, I'll try and go deeper." Tenshi said and everyone unconsciously held their breaths.
"Hmm, I see more clearly now, but I still have a bit trouble with seeing far. I can't see more than 50 feet. (about 16 meters)." Tenshi said and Tsunade nodded.
"I think that the deeper you meditate, the farther you can see. Do you have any ideas of how to use the sight every day?" she asked and Tenshi slowly shook his head.
"No. Anyone?" he asked but no one had any idea.
'Hey fox. Do you have any idea to help sensei?' Naruto asked.
"Nope. Not one. I would just kill him and end his misery." Kyuubi said and Naruto stopped paying attention to him.
"Kyuubi didn't have any ideas either." Naruto said and Tenshi nodded, not surprised at all. Tsunade however, looked like she fell down from the moon.
"You…you can talk to him?" she asked weakly. Naruto nodded like it was every day business.
"Yeah, I have talked to him for a while. He is a moody bastard, but at least he is company. And since he knows I can kill him, he tries to be nice and helpful." Naruto said and Tsunade turned to Tenshi.
"And this doesn't bother you at all?" she asked and Tenshi smiled.
"Off course not. I trust Naruto. I would trust him with my life if I had to. Not that it counts for much now though." Tenshi said and when he saw that Tsunade didn't feel better, he tried again.
"Naruto and Kyuubi have a strange relationship, but Kyuubi can't do anything. Naruto can take chakra from Kyuubi, but the fox can't take anything back. If Naruto wants, he can kill Kyuubi. Also Naruto wouldn't do anything to hurt his friends or anything against Konoha. How can he, since he wants to be the Hokage." Tenshi said and Tsunade looked at Naruto.
"You want to be the Hokage?" she asked, her voice and expression unreadable.
"It's my dream, and you better believe I can do it." Naruto said proudly. Sakura and Ino smiled at him, while Haku focused on Tsunade.
Tsunade looked at the blonde boy and saw her deceased little brother and her lover.
Unconsciously Tsunade reached up and grabbed her necklace. The necklace that had belonged to her grandfather, the first Hokage. She had given the necklace to her little brother, Nawaki, as a birthday gift, and kissed his forehead as good luck when he told her he wanted to be the Hokage. He died the next day. Then it was her lover Dan, who also wanted to be the Hokage. After he told her, she kissed his forehead and gave him the necklace, but he died shortly afterwards while Tsunade tried frantically to heal him, resulting in Tsunade's fear for blood.
In that moment, Tsunade saw a striking resemblance between her younger brother and Naruto.
"Tsunade? Tsunade?" Tenshi called and Tsunade became aware of someone waving his hand in front her face. It was Naruto.
"You okay?" he asked. Tsunade reacted by shaking her head.
"Yeah. But what makes you so sure you can become Hokage?" she asked Naruto and he smiled, held up a hand and formed a Rasengan. Tsunade stared at the blue sphere and blinked before whirling towards Tenshi.
"You taught him that?" she asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Why? Why teach him something he can't possibly be capable of grasping and knowing the full power of?" she asked towards Tenshi.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked and Tsunade looked at him.
"A kid shouldn't try to learn a jutsu like that." She simply said and Tenshi frowned.
"Naruto learned the Rasengan in a much shorter time than I did. He also learned a valuable lesson on arrogance shortly after. Naruto knows true pain, and has compassion and wants to help his friends. He is hard working, dedicated, stubborn. He has every quality he needs to have to become a Hokage." Tenshi said seriously. Naruto glared at Tsunade, while Sakura and Ino smiled towards their sensei. Tsunade shrugged.
"Well, let him. Being Hokage is piece of shit anyway." She said and everyone's eyes widened in surprise. Well, except Tenshi.
"Three of the four Hokage's there has been, has died young. My grand father and his brother wanted to end the war, but they died before they could. Yondaime also died young. Sarutobi-sensei has been lucky to live this long, but he will no probably die soon anyway. Who wants to be Hokage? Only fools." Tsunade said and shrugged again. Naruto, Sakura and Ino were enraged, Tenshi tried to keep calm, while Haku tried to figure out why Tsunade felt like that.
Tsunade was about to walk away when she had to dodge the Rasengan Naruto was holding. She jumped away from the attacking boy and shouted to Tenshi.
"Hey, are you asleep? Your student just attacked me."
"So what? I want to attack you myself. Beat her good Naruto, but don't let her touch you." Tenshi advice.
"Sure, sensei." Naruto said and Tsunade had to dodge another attack.
"Why are you so angry?" she asked and Naruto snorted.
"Anyone who talks like that about the old man, and the other Hokages deserve a good beating. You don't understand us. We want to protect those we love. We who want to be Hokage have a dream to protect Konoha and make it the best village in the world. You…I don't know what crawled up your ass, but you don't understand what it means to protect your precious people." Naruto said and Tsunade looked surprised at him.
'He thinks like Nawaki and Dan.' She thought and instantly felt sad when she thought of them.
Naruto saw a moments distraction from Tsunade and charged with a Rasengan ready. She saw this, raised a finger and brought it down in front of her. Upon impact with the ground, she split the earth and Naruto was caught in the miniature crevice that appeared and stumbled. He pushed his free hand into the ground and did a hand spring towards Tsunade. But she was waiting. She flicked Naruto's forehead protector away, and gave him a finger flick straight on the forehead. Which sent him flying backwards.
'Tsunade still has that monster strength' Tenshi thought.
Naruto tried to get up, but Sakura held him down.
"Don't. Just don't. She is too strong. Stay still and let me check for injuries." She commanded and a green glow came from her hands. She swept her hands over Naruto's body, but found that as always Kyuubi's chakra was healing what ever injury Naruto had.
Tsunade looked on in interest as Sakura made her examination.
When Naruto and Sakura stood up, Tsunade looked at Tenshi.
"Who?" she just asked.
"Rin." Came the reply and Tsunade thought for a bit.
'I have to talk to her about this.' Tsunade thought.
"Kid, you want to prove to me that I am wrong?" Tsunade asked and Naruto nodded.
"If you can show me that you can summon Gamabunta, the boss for the frogs, then I'll admit that you can become Hokage. I'll even give you this necklace." Tsunade said and pointed to her necklace.
"And if not?" Naruto asked.
"Then I take all your money." Tsunade said and held up Naruto's money purse.
"Ah, Gama-chan." Naruto yelled. (his name for his purse)
Naruto thought for a bit before he nodded.
"Sure. How long until I can win this?" he asked.
"You have until the Chuunin exams. If you can summon Gamabunta by then, you win." Tsunade replied.
"You're on." Naruto shouted at her.
Tenshi shook his head.
"What is it Tenshi?" Haku asked.
"It looks like I have to search for Jiraiya." Tenshi replied.
--
"So, no ideas on how you can see. What now?" Tsunade asked Tenshi impatiently.
"I don't know. But I think that since I can see slightly without going as deep as before, I can use it on missions. At least with practise." Tenshi replied.
"Well, you keep practising. I'll see you later." Tsunade said.
"Bye." Tenshi said, but Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Haku kept silent. Tsunade waved and vanished in a poof.
Tenshi formed the seals for the sphere and turned towards the Genin. Walking up to them, he looked between them.
"Naruto, Sakura and Ino." He said while pointing at them in turn, getting them right.
"Yup." Naruto replied.
"Sakura and Ino. Listen, I want you two to train more with your families. I want to train together with you every other day, but since I am busy with learning to be blind, I can't teach you much yet. Naruto will be training with me until we can find the one who holds the summoning contract for frogs. Is that okay?" Tenshi asked and the girls nodded.
"Sure sensei. That means I can learn how to use my family jutsus more effectively." Ino said cheerfully.
"And I can learn more about being a medic." Sakura said.
"Good. I have told Kakashi to train you three on Saturdays together with his team, but I won't be there." Tenshi said, and the Genin looked sad at that.
"Don't worry. This won't last long. Soon it will be the four…um five of us again." Tenshi said, including Haku, who smiled at that.
"Well, see you later." Ino said, but winced after she said that. She looked at Tenshi, but he didn't see to have noticed.
"I have to go home. Mom wanted to show me something." Sakura said.
"Ramen." Naruto cheered before rushing towards Ichiraku.
Tenshi chuckled as he 'watched' his other two students turn and begin walking. Acting quickly, he formed seals and sent a chakra pulse after them. Sakura and Ino smiled as they felt the chakra pass them.
"He's getting better with each try." Sakura said and Ino nodded.
"Soon we won't even know he is blind." Ino said.
--
Two days passed with Tenshi waking up and studying with Ebisu, Haku helping Tenshi while learning a bit herself, Sakura studying with Rin, Ino helping out in her family's flower shop and learning with her father and Naruto training mostly alone, or helping Tenshi with his training.
--
Then came the big day. The day Tenshi moved into his apartment. Haku and Rin had already been there, getting familiarised with everything. Rin went to get Tenshi, who by now had ditched the bandages and wore dark sunglasses to cover his scars and 'eyes'.
"Ready to go?" Rin asked when they arrived at Tenshi's hospital room. Tenshi nodded eagerly and Rin took his arm and lead him towards his new apartment.
--
"So, how is the place?" Tenshi asked and Rin smiled.
"You'll like it. Its perfect for you and Haku." She said and Tenshi smiled.
"How many is waiting to greet me to my new home?" he asked.
"Just Haku, Hokage-sama, Tsunade-sama and Shizune-san." Rin replied. Tenshi just nodded.
--
When they arrived, Haku took Tenshi's arm.
"Let me show you around." she said and Tenshi nodded. Haku started by showing Tenshi the entrance hall, which had several coat hangers, a closet with marked drawers, a mirror and a shoe rack.
Next was the living room.
"Haku, let me try on my own." Tenshi said and Haku nodded before releasing his arm. Tenshi formed some seals and sent several chakra pulses out in the room, .
"The room is…rectangular. Straight ahead of me when I enter from the entrance is a glass door, probably to a garden. The first I sense along the wall to my right is a entrance, probably to the kitchen. If I walk up to the kitchen entrance, I have the dining table at my left. It is big with lots of chairs. In the corner opposite me there is a couch with a table ahead of it. Something is on the table, but I can't sense what it is.
Along the wall to my left there is three doors, a…square something and a…rectangular something. The last looks like it is a book shelf. Am I right?" Tenshi asked.
"Yes. Very good Tenshi." Rin praised before giving Tenshi a kiss on the cheek.
"You should take some time to familiarise yourself with each room, so that you don't need to use chakra each time you walk around here." Tsunade advised.
"Next room?" Sandaime asked and Tenshi nodded. Haku lead him to the kitchen.
Again Tenshi stood in the entrance for a while, using his chakra radar.
"The kitchen is square, not very large and probably very cosy. I can't see the colouring, so I can't really tell. On the wall in front of me there is a lot of doors, one of them I think is the refrigerator, one is a dishwasher, and I sense a stove as well. To my right, there is a round table with four chairs. On the wall to my left there is two doors." Tenshi said and walked up to one of them. He felt for the handle and opened it. Taking one step inside, he took a quick scan.
"This is a storage room." He said.
"You're right again Tenshi." Haku said happily.
Tenshi then tried the other door and hit something.
"Ow, what was that?" he asked.
"Opps, sorry, didn't warn you about that. It's stairs, leading up to the second floor. We'll take that later." Haku said before leading him towards the next room, the one closest to the entrance hall.
"Amazing. He can already feel around that much." Sandaime whispered to Tsunade and Shizune.
"But he has to stand still, and take several pulses. He isn't close to returning to active duty yet." Tsunade replied.
"Still, he shouldn't take to long." Shizune said and Sandaime nodded.
"I agree." He said.
--
While they had discussed that, Tenshi had scanned the next room.
"A bathroom. On the wall to my left there is a sink and a closet. A longside the wall in front of me is a bathtub, I think, and the toilet is to my right." Tenshi said.
"You missed the laundry basket between the sink and the bathtub and the washer between the bathtub and the toilet." Haku said. Tenshi sent out another pulse and nodded.
"I have them now. Next." He said.
The next room is mine. Do you want to check that out?" Haku asked and Tenshi shook his head.
"No, that won't be necessary. That is yours, and I don't have any business in there." He replied. Haku nodded and took Tenshi to his own room. He entered and once again used his chakra radar.
"On my left there is a closet, no wait…two actually. One smaller than the other. Next to the closets, there is a…desk? Yes, a desk. I think something is already on it. A bed…a large bed, must fit at least two people, is on the wall in front of me and sticks out into the room. On the other side of the bed is a bedside table and something is on the wall. I have a window in the wall to my right, and…a table alongside the wall that faces the living room." Tenshi said.
"Good. The thing that stands up on the wall there is a mirror. The table is there so you can have somewhere to put and work on your weapons, scrolls or something that is too big for the desk." Rin said and gave him a hug. While she did, she leaned in and whispered:
"I can't wait to test out that bed. It looks comfy."
Tenshi chuckled at that.
"Now, first floor." Haku said.
--
The stair was a simple winding staircase, yet Tenshi stumbled a few times. When they reached the top, there was another door and after that Tenshi used his radar.
"Hmm, feels like the same shape of the room as the living room. But instead of a dining table there is a closet. The couch in the corner is here as well, but now there isn't a glass door, and the couch continues along that wall. Some chairs are in front of the, rather huge, couch. Obviously a sitting group. There is also three doors again." Tenshi said.
"Almost. It isn't a closet, but a fridge." Rin said. She then followed Tenshi over to the first door.
"A bathroom, just like the one downstairs." She informed. Tenshi nodded and walked over to the room above Haku's.
"A simple bedroom with a bed along the wall to my right, a, no two closets, and a desk. All in the same places as mine." Tenshi said and Rin nodded.
"The last room is the same." Haku said and Tenshi nodded.
"Okay, so that's everything then?" he asked.
"Nope, you still have to garden left." Rin said before dragging Tenshi downstairs and towards the glass door.
"By the way, how did you know it was a glass door?" Rin asked.
"The chakra pulse goes trough glass, but not wood or concrete." Tenshi explained.
--
"Okay, this is the garden." Rin said. Tenshi tried to use his radar, but frowned before shaking his head.
"No good. There is too many plants and trees. I use too much chakra if I am to sense how the garden is." He said.
"That is part of the point with it. To provide with a place of peace and train your senses." Rin said while leading Tenshi towards the middle of the garden, where a place to sit down was. After sitting down, Tenshi sniffed and smiled.
"Smells like a sakura tree." He said and Rin smiled before leading Tenshi hand behind him to the trunk of a tree.
"That's right." She said.
"So, now I have been everywhere in my apartment. Anything else I need to know, and perhaps don't need to know. Like colour." Tenshi said and Sandaime cleared his voice.
"Well, what will help you the most is the tags placed everywhere. In the apartment, there are tags on things, showing what the thing is. Like the drawers inside you closet. The tags say what goes in that drawer. That will help you a lot." Sandaime said and Rin laughed.
"As for the colours, the living room and the upstairs living room are cream coloured. The kitchen is sky blue coloured, while the bathrooms are white tiled." She said.
"My room is…pink." Haku said, with a slight blush on her cheeks.
"You picked that?" Tenshi asked.
"Yes, she did. As for the two guest rooms, one of them is light green, while one is yellow." Rin said.
"But what about mine?" Tenshi asked.
"Blue. The same radiant blue that your eyes used to have when you fought." Rin said. She thought Tenshi would be sad at the mention of his eyes, but he broke into a huge smile.
"Thank you. I assume it was you who chose that one?" he asked.
"Nope. It was Sakura." Rin replied.
"I have to thank her for that." Tenshi said.
"And thank Ino for your garden. She and her parents worked hard on this." Haku said and Tenshi nodded.
"I will." He said. After a few peaceful moments, Sandaime, Tsunade and Shizune rose.
"Well then, we'll leave you two to get familiar with your new home." Sandaime said and Tenshi was quick to rise as well. A brief pulse told him where Sandaime was, and Tenshi walked up to him before shaking his hand.
"Thank you for this." he said.
"Thank me with becoming accustomed to your new life." Sandaime replied and Tenshi nodded.
"I will." He said. Sandaime and Shizune turned to leave, but Tsunade faced Rin.
"I'll catch up to you Sarutobi-sensei. I have to talk to Rin and Tenshi for a bit." Tsunade said. Sandaime nodded and he and Shizune left.
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"What is it, Tsunade?" Tenshi asked.
"Sakura." Tsunade simply replied.
"What about her?" Rin asked.
"I understand that you have taught her medical skills. Is that true?" Tsunade asked.
"Yes, why shouldn't I? She wants to be a medic, so I teach her." Rin answered.
"Is she good?" Tsunade asked. Rin was surprised at first, but then she acted insulted.
"She is my daughter after all. Of course she is good." Rin replied. Tsunade looked deep in thought for a while.
"What's on your mind Tsunade?" Tenshi asked.
"I saw Sakura perform a basic diagnostic jutsu on Naruto. I wanted to ask Rin if Sakura is as talented as I think I saw back then." Tsunade said.
"Oh she is. She soaks up medical information like a sponge." Rin said and Tsunade appeared to reach a decision.
"Tenshi, Rin. Would either of you have anything against me taking Sakura as my apprentice?" Tsunade asked. Tenshi and Rin blinked a few times.
"Excuse me?" Tenshi asked and Tsunade sighed.
"I can't teach Shizune anything else, and I saw lots of talent in Sakura when she performed that jutsu. I think I can make her into a very good medic." Tsunade replied.
"And I can't?" Rin asked, obviously insulted.
"Yes, but I can help her get better. Besides, I don't have anything better to do, other than go on a gambling trip again, although that sounds very nice." Tsunade said and got a slightly dreamy look on her face.
"What's stopping you?" Tenshi asked, sounding more hostile than he wanted.
"That Naruto kid. I want to see how much he can grow. He resembles my little brother so much it isn't funny." Tsunade replied and Tenshi stifled a smirk.
"I will agree on one condition." Tenshi said.
"What?" Tsunade asked, while Rin stared at Tenshi.
"Right now, I can't do anything for Sakura, or Ino, and almost nothing for Naruto either. But I am still their sensei, and when I'm up for it, I will still lead them on missions. I agree to you teaching Sakura on the condition that you don't leave and take her with you. Sakura stays in Konoha." Tenshi said. Rin looked slightly sceptical though, but then she smiled and nodded at Tsunade.
"I agree. If Sakura wants, then you can teach her." Rin said and Tsunade smiled.
"Let's go hear if she wants to then." She said. Tsunade and Rin stood up and left for the Haruno residence, while Tenshi and Haku walked a bit around the garden.
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In the Haruno residence, Sakura was reading a scroll on chakra scalpels when Rin and Tsunade walked in.
"Sakura? We want to talk to you." Rin said.
"What is it, mom?" Sakura asked, curious to what Tsunade wanted.
"Sakura, do you want to become a medic nin?" Tsunade asked. Sakura was surprised but nodded.
"Do you want to study with me?" Tsunade asked and Sakura was even more surprised now.
"Huh?" she asked and Rin smiled at her.
"Tsunade saw your talent, and wants to train you." She said and was about to say more when Sakura practically burst up from the floor.
"You mean the legendary Tsunade-sama wants to teach me? Of course I'll accept." Sakura nearly shouted. Both Rin and Tsunade smiled at the eagerness.
"Good, but remember. It won't be easy. I'll drive you hard, young lady." Tsunade said.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Sakura said while standing to attention, making the two older women chuckled at her.
"Good. We begin tomorrow." Tsunade said.
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Two days later, Naruto, Sakura and Ino stood in front of Tenshi, Haku and Hayate. Tenshi grinned sheepishly and scratched his head.
"Um, I forgot that Hayate wanted to teach you a last thing, so he will train you for a few days." Tenshi said and Hayate nodded at him. Tenshi and Haku waved and started to walk away.
"Okaycough. I want tocough teach you threecough a final sword is called Tsubaki no mai. (dance of the camellia) and is a coughvery effective attack. coughAfter you learn this, coughI won't teach you anymore. cough" Hayate said.
"But…why not?" Naruto asked loudly.
"Have we learned all you can teach us?" Ino asked.
"Nocoughyou haven't, but my other duties need mycoughfull attention. coughI simply don't have time anymore. cough" Hayate said.
"Oh, that's too bad, sensei." Sakura said sadly.
"Yes, itcoughis. I enjoyed teachingcoughyou three. You willcoughbe strong shinobi one day. coughActually, you already are." Hayate said. The three Genin smiled at him before drawing their blades.
"Okaycough, to do this, you have to be able to find where coughto strike in a instant. coughThis dance strikes everycoughweak point you see in you opponent. Verycoughdeadly." Hayate explained.
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It took Naruto, Sakura and Ino a whole week of hard work with Hayate to master the last sword dance, and it was a bittersweet feeling when they did.
"Good job. You have become verycoughgood with your blades. Use them well, and make me proud. cough" Hayate said and the three Genin smiled at him, or rather Sakura and Ino did. Naruto grinned widely.
"It was nice learning from you, sensei." Sakura said politely.
"Yeah, thank you so much." Ino joined.
""We'll make you proud for sure." Naruto said confidently and Hayate smiled.
"Good. Well thencough, I think it's time for goodbye. coughWe'll see each other again though. I'm surecoughof that." He said and the three Genin half shouted in unison:
"Goodbye sensei."
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"Hayate finished training you?" Tenshi asked. He was once again sitting in his garden, and Naruto, Sakura and Ino sat with him, enjoying the sights and smells.
"Yeah, so what now?" Naruto asked.
"I told you. Sakura will train with Tsunade, Ino with her family, you with me when I can. That is until I can find that damn pervert." Tenshi said and the three Genin looked at him in confusion.
"Pervert? Who?" Sakura asked.
"Um, you'll see." Tenshi said and wouldn't say anything else on the matter.
--
And so time passed quickly for team 7. Five months seemed like they just vanished. Tenshi studied with Ebisu, Haku had decided that she would train together with Naruto, giving Tenshi more time to study, not that he was very happy about that. Ino trained under her father when she wasn't in the flower shop. She wasn't getting as strong as fast as she had before, but she told herself to be patient.
And Sakura, she was training under Tsunade, and her medical skills increased dramatically. Tsunade was very surprised at her young students pace of learning and growing. She once told Rin and Tenshi that Sakura would possibly be better than her at her prime if she continued this growth.
"She's a machine, just like Shizune was. She learns so fast, I don't know how she does it." Tsunade said and Tenshi smiled.
"I know." He said and the two women looked at him.
"Oh, care to share?" Tsunade asked, but Rin suddenly smiled in understanding.
"She is the team's underdog. She is the one with the least amount of jutsus mastered, she has the least amount of chakra, although Ino doesn't have much more than her. I think Sakura felt a little like a burden, so she wants to be a asset to the team by becoming as good a medic as possible." Tenshi explained.
"Also, she wants to be there for her boyfriend and her best friend. Those three have a unique relationship, and all three of them treasurers that, and wants to do what ever they can to hold on to that relationship. Sakura uses that as motivation to become better faster." Rin said and Tsunade nodded.
"Makes sense. Anyway, she is incredible, and I can hardly wait to see how great she will become." Tsunade said and Tenshi agreed.
"But what about Ino and Naruto. How are they?" Rin asked.
"Ino is working most of the time in the flower shop, and if I know her right, she is starting to get really impatient. She wants to learn, not just stand behind a counter all day. Naruto is similar, although he is growing while sparring and training with Haku. But he too wants to learn, and I still haven't found Jiraiya." Tenshi said and Tsunade sighed.
"I can't say I'm looking forward to seeing him again. That pervert." She said and Rin sighed too, remembering a time she had caught him peeking at her.
"On the other hand, I have made a lot of improvements and I think I soon am ready to train at least Ino again. At the very least I can train them in between the second and third exams." Tenshi said and Tsunade looked at him.
"How much have you learned now?" she asked and he frowned.
"I can read now, although it isn't fast, and I can write, but it often gets wrong and I have to retry. Luckily Haku and Ebisu is great help. I can walk around using only my cane. My chakra radar is much easier to use now, but I still need the hand seals. The chakra sphere is just as big as yours, Tsunade. But I still can't see without meditating. So I have decided to only use that when in a fight, or in other emergencies." Tenshi said and both Tsunade and Rin nodded, although Rin already knew of his improvements.
"What about your senses?" Tsunade asked.
"I focus better now. I can find you by your breaths now. I can feel distortions in the air when people move, and I suspect that with enough practise I can probably feel a attack that way as well. My nose has always been good, and it hasn't really improved much. I concentrate more on it now though, so I notice it more than before." Tenshi explained.
A few moments of silence went past until Tenshi turned his head towards the apartment and the four approaching people.
"Four people are coming. Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Haku." Tenshi said after taking a few sniffs of air.
True enough, they came trough the glass door, walked over and sat down with the three already there.
"Yo." Tenshi said with a smile.
"Hey sensei." Naruto, Sakura and Ino called.
"How are you four today?" Rin asked.
"Bored." Naruto and Ino replied while Sakura and Haku laughed.
"Sensei, when can you begin training us again? My dad won't teach me much." Ino asked.
"Soon Ino. Soon. I just have to finish learning to read and write before I focus on other things. It shouldn't take too long. Also, I and Ebisu have begun searching for the summoner for frogs. That reminds me, I still haven't heard from Cara. I have to send her a letter or something. It would be good for Ino to get the contract for hawks soon." Tenshi said and Naruto frowned.
"Cara?" he asked.
"The hawk summoner, stupid." Ino said and Naruto pouted at her.
"In any case, I and Ebisu are going to be searching for a few days, partly to find the frog loving pervert, but also to see if I am ready for active duty." Tenshi said and the group stared at him.
"So soon?" Sakura asked.
"Have you really improved that much?" Tsunade asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Yeah, I think so. At least with Haku helping me." he said and Haku smiled.
"So, where are we going?" she asked.
"The hot spring" Tenshi, Rin and Tsunade said at the same time.
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The next day, Tenshi, Haku and Ebisu travelled from Konoha to the nearest hot spring town, hoping to find Jiraiya. On the way, Haku and Ebisu observed how Tenshi handled himself. Both were impresses actually. They were jumping from tree to tree, and Tenshi didn't need any help at all. At first he sent out chakra pulses as regular intervals, feeling exactly where things around him were. When he landed on a branch, and sometimes he didn't lose his balance at all, and the times he at least partially lost balance, he grabbed the branch with chakra before pushing of again.
Then he changed and used the chakra sphere. He looked a bit more uncertain with it, since he didn't have the range of 'sight' as when he used the pulses, but he pushed that away. Haku noticed that Tenshi was struggling less with his balance when he used the sphere.
When they came to the hot springs, Ebisu had a suggestion.
"Why not try and see now?" he said and Tenshi nodded before relaxing his body. After a few minutes, he looked around.
"Okay, I'm ready. If he is here, then he should be around…there!" Tenshi said and grinned before pointing towards a fence that hid the women's part of the springs. At the fence, a white haired man sat crouched down, peeking trough a hole in the fence.
"That man is committing a shameless act." Ebisu yelled before charging towards Jiraiya. Or he would have, if he were touching the ground. But Tenshi was holding him in the air.
"I know he is, but he can beat you in a second. Let me handle this." Tenshi said and let Ebisu down on the ground again. He then walked towards the peeking man, silently. He decided not to use his sight, so he exited his meditative state, and went by the sounds of giggling from the man.
"Jiraiya." Tenshi said clearly when he was behind the older man. Said man whirled around and stared at him.
"Tenshi?" he asked and Tenshi nodded.
"Yes, I have to talk to you, Jiraiya-sama." Tenshi said and Jiraiya looked suspiciously at the dark sunglasses.
"What's with the shades?" he asked. Tenshi's shoulder's slumped slightly.
"Please come with me, Jiraiya-sama." He said, took out his cane and turned around and began walking back to Haku and Ebisu. Jiraiya felt torn in between following and continuing with the peeking, but he followed after a few moments of thought.
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"We were very lucky that he was here." Tenshi said when he reached Haku and Ebisu.
Both agreed.
Tenshi turned around when Jiraiya reached them.
"And who is this?" he asked when he spotted Haku.
"My name is Haku, and I am Tenshi's caretaker." She said. Jiraiya frowned at that before he noticed Ebisu.
"And Ebisu as well. How are you?" Jiraiya asked.
"I'm good, Jiraiya-sama." Ebisu answered.
"So, what's up?" Jiraiya asked, pointing to Tenshi's cane. Of course, Tenshi didn't see that.
"Depends on what you mean." Tenshi said calmly. Jiraiya tried to look into the sunglasses, but they were too dark. Then he looked over Tenshi again, lingering on the cane and the shades.
"No." Jiraiya simply said, not sounding too happy.
"No what?" Haku asked, although she had a good idea.
"How did you become blind?" Jiraiya asked and Tenshi became tense.
"Not here. I'll tell you later. But more importantly, Jiraya-sama, I have three students. One of them is studying with Tsunade, one is with her father, although I should probably take over soon, and the last is on his own with Haku. Since I became blind I haven't been able to train them much. That is why I came to… see you." Tenshi said. Jiraiya frowned.
"What are you getting at?" he asked.
"I want you to train my student." Tenshi simply said. Jiraiya stared at him before turning around.
"No. I had one team and you know what happened to them. I'm not taking any more students." Jiraiya said firmly before beginning to walk back to the fence.
"He knows Rasengan." Tenshi said. That stopped Jiraiya. He slowly turned around, and both Ebisu and Haku were taken aback by the cold fury in his eyes.
"Why would you teach that jutsu to your brat?" Jiraiya asked coldly. Tenshi lowered his head for a moment before raising it again, and Jiraiya was sure that if he could have seen his eyes, they would have been glowing.
"Uzumaki Naruto." Was the simple reply from Tenshi. Jiraiya stared at him for a few moments before his eyes widened.
"The…" he began but was cut of by Tenshi.
"He is my student, and I think I decided whether or not to teach him Rasengan. After all he has been trough, he is still sane and loyal to Konoha. Also, he resembles sensei so much it's scary. I don't want to force you, but I need your help. I can't make him a good enough ninja on my own. Not now. Besides, I think you would have fun training him." Tenshi said and Jiraiya missed the sadistic tone in Tenshi's voice.
"How so?" Jiraiya asked.
"He mastered Rasengan in less than a month." Tenshi simply said and Jiraiya's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"W…what? How the…but…" Jiraiya said and Tenshi laughed slightly.
"He learns very fast. He is no genius like the Uchiha and Hyuuga, but he is very hard working." Tenshi said.
"And stubborn. Don't forget stubborn." Haku joined in.
"Yes. And that. He has a shitload of chakra, and in a few years I plan to teach him the heaven light." Tenshi said and Jiraiya looked at him before shaking his head.
"You should be a salesman. Alright, let me take a look on this kid." Jiraiya said and Tenshi smiled.
"Thank you."
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They were close to Konoha when Jiraiya asked again.
"How did you become blind?"
Tenshi sighed and stopped on the branch he just landed on.
"Itachi. He and his partner in the Akatsuki attacked, I fought them, killed the partner. Both Itachi and I used our best jutsus, but he won and burned away my eyes. I would have been dead if it wasn't for my mask." Tenshi said and Jiraiya shook his head.
"Ouch. How are you now?" he asked.
"Physically just fine. I have learned enough to start returning to active duty again. But mentally I haven't healed yet. I still have nightmares." Tenshi said calmly.
"Nightmares?" Ebisu and Jiraiya asked.
"About how useless I am now that I am blind. I know it isn't true, but that doesn't stop me form having the nightmares." Tenshi said and Ebisu turned to Haku, who looked sad.
"You don't seem to surprised at that." He said and Haku looked at him.
"I knew that Tenshi still has nightmares. I hear him every time he has one." She said. It appeared that Tenshi was impatient though.
"Come on, let's go." He said and started jumping from tree to tree again.
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"So this is the brat?" Jiraiya asked. He, Tenshi and Haku had found Naruto in a training area, practising with his kage bunshin.
"Yes." Tenshi replied and jumped down from the tree he was hiding in. Haku and Jiraiya followed.
"Naruto." Tenshi called and the blonde boy looked up and ran over to his sensei.
"Hey, are you here to train me?" Naruto asked.
"Nope, I want you to meet someone. This is Jiraiya, the frog summoner." Tenshi said and Naruto looked at the summoner.
Jiraiya was a tall and well built man. He wore green clothes with a red vest. His hair was in a long spiky tail and his forehead protector was weird with two spikes resembling horns and a kanji for oil on. Naruto was puzzled about the red lines on Jiraiya's face, wondering if they were tattooed on.
"He doesn't look like much." Both Jiraiya and Naruto said at the same time. They stared at each other before Jiraiya grinned.
'Oh no.' Tenshi thought.
"Well, let me introduce myself, brat." Jiraiya said and prepared his introduction dance by summoning and standing on a frog that reached up to Tenshi's stomach.
He did a half bow and flipped his hair into the air.
"I am Myouboku Mountain's Monk of the Frog Spirits. Also known as the Frog Hermit." Jiraiya said while stepping on the frogs head with one foot and striking a dramatic pose with one arm in front of him and the other in the air.
Then the frog disappeared in a cloud of smoke and Jiraiya started hoping on one leg, sideways.
"But the title 'Frog Hermit' is merely a disguise." Jiraiya said, striking another dramatic pose.
"I shall tell you my true identity…" he continued, grabbing his hair and swirling it around in circles above his head.
"I am the man who has no enemies in the North, South, East and West…Not even in the heavens! I am one of the Sannin…"
And the frog was back with Jiraiya on top.
"White-haired frog tamer…even a crying baby would stare in awe…the great Jiraiya-sama! That is me!" Jiraiya finished with another dramatic pose.
Naruto stared at the strange display, Haku's jaw was on the ground, and for the first time Tenshi was glad he couldn't see.
'This man…I have completely lost respect for him.' Haku thought.
"Huh?" came from Naruto and Jiraiya stared in disbelief.
'No way. He was unaffected. Everyone falls over in awe when I do that.' Jiraiya thought. Just then Naruto remembered something Tenshi had said.
"Wait. Aren't you a pervert?" Naruto called, pointing at Jiraiya.
"He is. We found him peeping in the hot springs." Haku said before Jiraiya could say anything.
"I'll let you know that I was researching for inspiration on my book. The great Icha Icha paradise." Jiraiya said and whipped out the same book that Kakashi always reads.
Naruto recognised it and pointed again.
"Ah. I knew it. You Ero-sennin.(Perverted hermit)" Naruto called. Jiraiya blinked, Haku blinked and Tenshi would have blinked if he could have. Then Haku and Tenshi fell over, laughing.
"Oh, that was good Naruto." Tenshi said between laughs. Jiraiya on the other hand glared. First at Naruto, and then at the two that were laughing.
"I don't see what's so funny." Jiraiya said dryly, making Haku and Tenshi laugh even more.
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"So, brat, show me why I should grace you with my teachings." Jiraiya said. Naruto looked at Tenshi, who nodded. Naruto grinned and walked up to a tree while forming a Rasengan. He then thrust the Rasengan against the tree and moments later the tree groaned and fell down with a boom. Jiraiya looked interested and looked at Tenshi for a moment before walking up to Naruto.
"So, you can do the Rasengan. Impressive, but what are you going to use it for?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto looked at him for a moment before grinning.
"To protect my precious people." He said simply. Jiraiya blinked before he roared with laughter. He then turned to Tenshi.
"Tenshi, go and teach you other student. You were right, this brat is interesting. I'll train him for you." Jiraiya said before turning to Naruto.
"Brat, you are now my student. Be proud and work hard. And most importantly, show me that 'Sexy no jutsu' of yours." Jiraiya said with a lecherous grin. Tenshi groaned.
"Jiraiya-sama, please try and be serious for once. You know who is after Naruto, and he needs to be strong." Tenshi said and Jiraiya's grin disappeared and was replaced by a serious look.
"Yeah, I know. Just one thing before you go. How do you know the brat won't become arrogant and get a ego the size of a mountain from all this power." Jiraiya asked and Tenshi smiled sadly at Naruto, who looked down on the ground.
"He was like that once. After his first kill, he had mastered Rasengan, he felt invincible. But then Itachi and Kisame attacked. Naruto attacked on his own, and got his ass whooped. I'd say that was a good lesson on not to become arrogant and overconfident." Tenshi said. Jiraiya nodded and Haku took Tenshi's arm as a sign that it was time to go. Tenshi nodded at her before smiling at Naruto.
"Alright, I leave Naruto in your care. Teach him well. Naruto, I'm sorry I can't train you myself, but I can't. Don't worry, Jiraiya-sama will make you strong. He also know you are Naruto, and not the fox. Be a good student, and don't be a stranger. I'll see you later." Tenshi said and turned to leave.
"Sensei, Haku-chan, I'll see you later." Naruto said cheerfully. Haku waved and followed Tenshi.
"Brat." Jiraiya said and Naruto looked at him.
"What, Ero-sennin?" Naruto asked.
"Stop with that. It's Jiraiya." Jiraiya said irritated and Naruto smirked at him.
"I'll call you something else when you stop with the brat." Naruto said and Jiraiya smirked.
"No deal. Anyway, I hear you can summon." Jiraiya said and Naruto smirked.
"Yeah, want me to show you?"
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Yo, Kin-Ryu Chikara here. 11 chap finished. For some reason, this was very slow to write. I don't know why, it just was. Anyway, I'm finished and the next chapter will probably start with a short part on the remaining training for team 7 until the Chuunin exams, and of course the exam itself starts.
The translation page I use for my original jutsus: www. freedict. com/ onldict/ jap. html (minus the spaces.)
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Tenshi is Katon/Suiton while Rin is Doton/Futon.
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Jutsu list: Jutsus that team 7 now knows (not counting the basics):
Naruto: preferred element: Katon/Raiton
Knows:
Rasengan (spiral ball)
Kage Bunshin
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Doton: Doryuuheki
Raiton: Dageki Tesaki no jutsu (shock fingers)
Raiton: Raikyuu no jutsu (Lightning Ball)
Kuchiyose no jutsu
Mikazuki no mai (dance of the crescent moon)
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Sakura: preferred element: Katon/Doton
Knows:
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Katon: Housenka no jutsu (Phoenix fire technique)
Doton: Doryuuheki
Kuchiyose no jutsu
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Ino: preferred element: Futon/Suiton
Knows:
Kage Shuriken no jutsu
Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu
Doton: Doryuuheki
Futon: Tei tama (air bullet)
Suiton: Sujinheki (water barrier)
Shintenshin no jutsu
Shinranshin no jutsu
Kuchiyose no jutsu