Disclaimor: dont' own Naruto...
A/N: Yea i know long update...sue me (please don't sue me...)
Hope you enjoy the chapter.
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Chapter 9: One
month!
----------Week 1--------
Naruto stared at Kakashi's back as he walked away. Naruto sighed; He had actually come to Kakashi to ask for extra training. However, Kakashi had given him to the closet pervert, saying that he was ordered to concentrate on Sasuke. 'Old man better not be trying to screw me over…'
Naruto turned towards Ebisu and follows the special tutor. 'Can this guy even help me? He's usually training Konahamaru…'
Naruto found himself remembering their last encounter together…
---Flashback---
"LET ME GO!" cried a young boy as he held onto a tree stump for his life…"HONORABLE GRANDSON…YOU…MUST…LET…ME…TRAIN…YOU!" cried an older man, as he pulled the young boy by his rather large scarf.
Where was Naruto at the moment? Sitting on the tree stump, which Konahamaru was hanging on to, trying to meditate. Keyword being…TRYING. The only thing getting training was Naruto eyebrow, which was constantly twitching. It was about a week since Naruto had first met Konahamaru and Ebisu…and he dreaded every moment of it.
Naruto quickly pulled out a kunai, and hacked off Konahamaru's scarf right at the center; which sent Ebisu flying backwards, and Konahamaru flying over Naruto…
Naruto sighed as he finally got the peace that he desired…which didn't last long.
Ebisu and Konahamaru both rushed up to Naruto and both yelled, "HEY WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA…"
They paused when Naruto held up his hand. He pointed towards Ebisu, "Konahamaru wants to go to the Ninja Academy at the same time as his friends…It could be important for him to make friends…SO LET HIM!" It was one of the only times that Naruto ever dropped his smile, which terrified Ebisu beyond end… Naruto Pointed to Konahamaru, "Ebisu is a top elite…you keep going on about how you want to be Hokage…though there is NO short cut…being a successful ninja will be easier if you learn a few tricks early on…Ebisu is willing to train you, something that you will rarely fine…SO LET HIM!" Ebisu was wrong, the smile that Naruto had just put on was even MORE terrifying, and Konahamaru nearly wet his pants. Naruto started doing hand seals… "Now if you two don't mind…GET THE HELL OUT!" A demon plant burst out of the ground behind Naruto and went after the two annoying nins. Said nins went wide eye before running away.
---End Flashback---
Naruto and Ebisu stopped at the hotsprings… "I heard you asking Kakashi to help you train your chakra control…so I think we'll start there." Ebisu stared at Naruto to gage a reaction; his smile said that he was either happy, or he had homicidal thoughts. "This exercise is called the water walking exercise, it's similar to the tree climbing exercise but a bit harder. The tree climbing exercise was done on a solid surface. The water walking exercise will be done over water, which constantly changes, you'll need to constantly change you chakra output to stay a float."
Though Naruto didn't show it he was amazed, 'Wow I never thought someone other than Kakashi and Yamato would try to teach me something useful…'
"Hey! What about me?"
'What about you?' Naruto suppressed a laugh as the Kyuubi growled.
Ebisu started walking over to the hot spring, he stepped over onto the hot spring, but didn't fall in, to Naruto's surprise. "Now, it's your turn."
---Hokage Tower---
Sakura walked out of the Hokage's office, they had been talking about Naruto's… 'situation'. Sakura now felt sorry for the blonde shinobi, though she was terrified of the prospect of him being the container of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Finally she was ordered not to reveal her knowledge, or even the fact that she HAD that knowledge, to anyone. She found herself thinking more and more about her teammate… 'I don't know what to make of Naruto…I have to think about this more…'
---Hot springs---
SPLASH
Naruto fell into the hot water once again.
"You're doing better Naruto…but you still need to improve…try again-"
"Teeheeheehee…" the perverted giggle cut Ebisu off.
Ebisu turned towards the noise that, and his eyes suddenly widened at what he saw. What he saw was a white haired man peeking into the woman's bath. "YOU FIEND! SEIZE THAT AT ONCE!"
The white haired man turned and shushed Ebisu before turning back around to what he was doing.
"HOW DARE-"
Ebisu was cut off when an explosion of smoke surrounded the man, and a giant tongue came out of the smoke, slapping Ebisu right in the face, knocking the man out.
When the smoke cleared the white haired man was standing on top of a giant frog, which disappeared in another puff of smoke a moment later.
The white haired man went back to what he was doing.
Naruto seethed inside, though he didn't show it, 'Now who the hell is going to train me? Damn pervert…' Naruto though for a moment, and easily came up with a plan. He quickly grabbed a piece of paper and jotted down a note, before doing a familiar set of handseals…
---Jiraiya---
'This will be my greatest issue yet…' Jiraiya paused when he sensed something…He quickly turned to see a large root slowly coming out of the ground. It continued to grow until it was about two feet taller than Jiraiya, and about as wide a large tree. "Wow…you don't see that every day…" muttered the pervert…
"AAAHHHHH!"
Jiraiya quickly turned back when he heard a squeal of delight.
---In the Hotsprings---
A group of woman, including Anko and Kurenai, were currently sitting in the hotsprings enjoying themselves…until they saw it…a small root came out of the ground, right outside the water…weird thing was that it seemed to be holding a dirty piece of paper.
Anko went over to it, as did the other girls, and snatched it…
"Dear Ladies,
I regret to inform you that there is a white haired pervert peeking in at you, I would do something about that if I were you.
Love Naruto
Anko growled as she crumbled the paper, "Must be Jiraiya", she muttered and smirked. It wasn't the first time they dealt with the pervert, and it probably wouldn't be the last. "Alright ladies you know what to do."
Everyone nodded, and one of the girls that was NOT a shinobi quickly squealed, as the kunoichi disappeared…
---Jiraiya---
Jiraiya got a perverted smile on his face. The girls, not noticing that some were missing, were currently splashing each other and giggling.
Suddenly he felt a large wave of killer intent. He looked up to see ten Kunoichi, all clad in bath towels, all glaring at him.
Jiraiya smiled and quickly turned and ran…right into the branch… 'SHIT! I forgot that, that was there…'
The Kunoichi leapt on the pervert and started pounding him.
From the corner of his eye Jiraiya could see a blonde boy smiling and hold up a sign reading, "Revenge is a bitch, ain't it."
The blonde boy turned and left…
'Darn him', "OWWW!" growled the pervert.
---Somewhere in the forest---
Naruto was currently meditating in the forest, whilst trying to grow a full tree using his Mokuton…
It was slowly growing…a sapling grew out of the ground, green with only a two leaves on it. It started to slowly grow and widen…by the time it was Naruto's height, whislt he was sitting, it was about as wide as a baseball bat, slowly turning brown. It quickly grew much larger, and started to grow more branches, by the time that it was about Kakashi's height. By the time it was twice Kakashi's height it grew much more branches and many more leaves. It finally grew to the size of a full tree… The sight of it made Naruto smile a real smile for the first time in years.
Suddenly a fireball hit the tree, burning it to ashes in seconds…
Still Naruto didn't lose his smile, "Now that was just plain vulgar…"
Jiraiya growled, he was standing right behind Naruto, "You…because of you…"
Naruto turned his head to face Jiraiya's bruised face, "Yes…"
Jiraiya gasped, 'It's him…'
---Flashback---
"You can't be seriously considering doing this to your own son…" cried Jiraiya…
"Sensei he's right…it's crazy!" agreed a sixteen year old Kakashi.
Rin nodded quickly.
"I know it is…but I have no choice", muttered the fourth while looking for the baby carriage…holding two beautiful blonde twins. He picked up the boy… "Jiraiya-sensei…do me a favor…when my children get old enough…please teach them the Rasengan…and also teach them the Hiraishi (Flying Thunder God)…I really would've liked to teach them those moves myself, but that won't be happening…"
"Arashi…" muttered Sarutobi with tears in his eyes…
Jiraiya turned away, but nodded, "What do we tell your wife?"
Arashi shrugged, and giggled, "That's the best part…I won't be around to tell her…good luck with that…"
The four nins quickly glared at the fourth.
---End Flashback---
'I already taught his sister the Rasengan…now maybe it's time to teach Naruto the jutsu.' Jiraiya smiled at the smiling boy. "Hey kid…I'll tell you what…I'll cut you some slack this time, and I'll even help you train…" Jiraiya beamed.
"No thanks…" Naruto turned back towards
Jiraiya's eyes widened, "WHAT!"
Naruto shrugged, "I'm not interested…"
"WHY THE HELL NOT!"
"I doubt you could teach me anything useful…you don't look to strong…"
Jiraiya laughed, "You obviously don't know WHO I AM!" Jiraiya quickly bit his thumb and did the summoning handseals…
He got into a ridiculous pose, "I AM-" He opened his eyes to see that Naruto was walking away from him… "HEY!"
Naruto sighed, 'First this guy screws up my tutor…now I have to deal with him…'
The pervert appeared right in front of Naruto… "Just look…" Jiraiya handed Naruto a familiar orange book, "See I'm the author of the famous Icha Icha series!"
Naruto sighed as he held the book, "I already know you're a pervert…"
Jiraiya laughed, "I'm not a pervert…" He got into a ridiculous posed, "I'M A SUPER PERVERT!" He got out of the stance and stood in front of a tree. "Now watch this", Jiraiya turned towards a tree. He raised his hand and concentrated chakra to it, creating a whirling ball of chakra. "Rasengan!" Jiraiya slammed the ball into the tree, decimating it. He turned back to Naruto, "Now…would you like to repeat what you said about me NOT being strong…" Jiraiya blinked, Naruto was gone.
---Naruto---
Naruto just exited the forest, luckily without running into that pervert again. Naruto sighed as he started making his way home, he turned his head to his hand and sneered, he was still holding the orange book. He shrugged, 'I guess I'll give it to Kakashi later…'
Naruto felt something behind him and turned to see an annoyed Jiraiya. "You…"
Naruto turned and left.
"Hey wait!"
Naruto started running.
Jiraiya took off after him, "HEY WAIT!"
Naruto quickly turned and hurled the orange book at the pervert.
Jiraiya caught the book easiler, "HEY! THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BOOK." Jiraiya screamed, holding the book in his right hand, with his thumb between the pages holding it open.
Naruto quickly ran again, doing the handseals for a henge, he transformed into a six year old, brown haired boy. He ran into the village and smiled, woman all around. He quickly jumped onto an older woman. He buried his face in her stomach and started crying.
The lady looked at the boy strangely, as did many of the other woman surrounding them, "Little boy what's wrong?"
"A dirty old man is trying to read me a odd book about people touching each other while they are naked…he says he wants to do that stuff with me…" the six year old boy cried.
The woman's eyes widened.
And it was that moment that Jiraiya appeared, "THERE YOU ARE!"
The woman glared at the man, He was holding an Icha Icha Paradise book. "YOU!" the woman screamed as she pointed a finger at Jiraiya, and held a strong grip on Naruto.
"What?" Jiraiya asked.
"YOU PEDIPHILE!" she screamed
Jiraiya looked confused, 'Is Orochimaru around?' He started looking around. That's the moment he sensed a large wave of killer intent. That's the first time he TRULY noticed his surroundings. He was surrounded by woman, all glaring. "What?"
Naruto grinned, 'I swear…It has to be a maternal thing…'
Kyuubi grinned on the inside.
Naruto chose this moment to escape.
"Wait this is just a huge misunderstanding…" Jiraiya laughed.
"GET HIM!" Everyone jumped onto Jiraiya and started pounding him…poor poor Jiraiya.
---Naruto---
It was nighttime at Naruto's apartment, he had finally gotten home…after a ramen frenzy.
"Naruto…"
Naruto turned to see the old man, who had a stern look on his face. Naruto beamed at the old man, "Yo! How's it going…"
The third sighed, "I…heard you had an interesting time with a student of mine…"
Naruto shrugged, "Nope…doesn't ring a bell…"
Sarutobi sighed again, "Jiraiya…"
"OH! You mean Ero-Sennin? Yea I saw him…some woman got the weird idea that he was trying to rape me or something…don't know how they got that idea in their heads…"
Sarutobi sweat dropped. 'This isn't getting me anywhere…' The old man reached into his robe, "Here! Your copy of the contract…"
Naruto took the piece of paper and started reading it.
"In short…it says the moment you reach the status of chunin…you will receive the right to leave the village, when ever you want…This right can not be revoked, unless you do something like interfere with a mission or something…then the Hokage can revoke the right…But you shouldn't have a problem like that…" the old man explained. 'Hopefully by this time you'll be skilled enough to avoid this…Akatsuki group Jiraiya was worried about…' prayed the third.
Naruto nodded.
"You should know…Sakura knows about your…tenant."
Naruto nodded again, "Yea I know…"
Sarutobi nodded, "Also…one more thing you should know…representatives of the Hayate clan will be coming to Konaha for the chunin exams…I've been told that…your friend Rei will be among their ranks…"
Naruto's eyes widened… "Really…"
Sarutobi nodded.
Naruto sighed and turned to walk into his apartment.
---Sasuke---
Kakashi and Sasuke were both away from the village.
"Ok Sasuke…take this…" Kakashi gave Sasuke a piece of paper… "I had intended to give this to you together with Naruto and Sakura…but this is necessary now…You need a method to fight off the Hyuuga…and this may be the only way how. Just concentrate your chakra into it."
Sasuke concentrated his chakra into it. It started to burn.
Kakashi's visible eye turned into an upside down crescent moon, "Obviously…you have a affinity for fire-" Kakashi paused to look at the piece of paper, 'Is it crinkling as well? Hmmm…maybe I should teach him the help him learn that toned down version of the Raikiri that I've been developing instead…nah…the fire is more visible…better stick with that for now…' "Yea…you have an affinity for fire…which really isn't a surprise…"
"All the Uchiha have an affinity for fire jutsus…"
Kakashi nodded, "That's not true…some who have taken this exercise have had different results…it all depends on the person Sasuke…not just the clan…"
Sasuke growled, "What is the point to all of this…"
Kakashi smiled, "The point is that I'm going to try to help you unlock a hidden power…so you can create a personalized move just for yourself, much like I developed my Raikiri."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "You're going to teach me to create a move as strong as the Raikiri."
Kakashi chuckled, "No…that would take years of practice…I'm going to help you get started…I'm hoping that by the end of the month…That you will have a good grasp on the subject…I'm also hoping that by the end of this month…that you'll be able to develop something new…even if it's weak at first…I'm hoping that since you've already had practice with fire jutsu...that this will be a lot faster."
Sasuke nodded, though inside he was confused, 'Shouldn't I work on learning many strong moves NOW!'
As if reading his mind, "No…"
"Hn…"
---Naruto---
"Why did you call me out here Naruto?" asked the younger silver hair girl…
"I needed to tell you something Rei…I'm a demon…"
"What?"
"I'm the vessel for the Kyuubi no Kitsune…"The silver haired girl's eyes widened at the prospect.
Naruto quickly woke up, panting…
He sighed and got ready.
After a few moments, he quickly opened the door, and came face to face with Sakura…
"Naruto!"
"Sakura…" Naruto muttered as he was about to walk pass her…
"Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan… The two ninjas turned to look at Haku as she walked out her door… "Forgive me for not being able to stay longer…but I'm currently late…" muttered Haku as she ran off…
Sakura smiled, "I see she's adjusted well…"
Naruto sighed, "You know…sometimes I get the feeling that she wants to kill me…" 'Why am I sharing this with her?'
Sakura turned to look at him oddly, but then nodded, "Well…I can understand how you would feel like that, you did stop her from saving her father-figure."
"Wait…What? You saved her from getting killed by Gatou…"
Naruto would've slapped the fox if he could, 'Idiot…what fight were you watching…'
---Flashback (Kyuubi Style)---
Naruto looked around, he was back on "The Great Naruto Bridge!"
He turned to one side to see a man with Red hair man, with nine long tails, and a black robe, making out with three young woman.
Sakura and Sasuke, though almost invisible in the mist, were in the dome of Demonic Mirrors.
Haku was under Naruto's foot…
And Kakashi…
…Was wearing nothing but his face mask and a pink thong, singing, "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…"
Zabuza rushed at Gatou and his henchmen, taking spears and swords before killing the crime lord.
However the attack quickly killed Zabuza…
Naruto took his foot off of Haku who screamed, "NOO ZABUZA-SAMA!"
Haku quickly got up and rushed over to…the red haired man, jumped on him and stuck her tongue down his throat.
Sakura
walked out of the Demonic Ice Mirrors, hair and clothes disheleved,
with a smile on her face... He turned back to see that the mist had
cleared to reveal, a naked Sasuke rocking himself back a forth.
---End Flashback---
"And that's what happened…"
Naruto's eyes were at their widest… "I need a smoke…" Naruto turned and walked back into his apartment…
Sakura's eyes widened, "Since when do you smoke?"
"I don't…I just really need one…"
Sakura looked at him oddly before walking in after him… "Are you ok…"
"It's kind of hard to gage that…" Naruto laughed.
Sakura flinched at that comment… "Want to talk?"
"If your going to talk about me being the container…forget it…"
"Naruto…"
"I prefer not to talk about it Sakura…no matter if you mean well or not…"
Sakura sighed… "Well…if you ever need a friend…remember you have one for life…" She said with a smile…before walking out the door.
Naruto nodded, "Thank you…"
----------Week 2--------
Naruto sighed, as he walked out the door and right into Yamato. "Hey Yamato…"
"Naruto…I wanted to teach you something…"
"I have my own training to get to…"
Yamato sighed, 'I knew this wouldn't be easy', he thought as he extended his arm, "Hayashi Shuushuku!"
Vines flew out of Yamato's sleeve and grabbed a hold of Naruto's jacket collar, holding him up in the air.
Naruto growled, "I can't believe you stole my move…"
"Life sucks…get over it…" Yamato muttered as he walked off…
---Forest---
Yamato, with the still suspended Naruto, entered the forest. "Ok…lets get to the point…we know that you have been having SOME contact with the Kyuubi…"
Naruto stared at him, "We?"
"The Hokage, Kakashi, and myself…"
Naruto sighed, "How did you figure it out…"
Yamato smiled, "I've tried copying your other moves…I couldn't…the only way that would be possible is if you had another type of chakra that I didn't have access to, in your case Kyuubi's demonic chakra…"
Naruto sighed again, "And?"
"We don't really care…The Fourth said that you would gain access to some of the demon's power…but he said that the demon would NEVER be free…so we're not to worried."
Naruto nodded
"However, I'll feel better if you learned this trick…it works on people just like you…"
"A new jutsu?"
Yamato nodded, "Hokage Shiki Jijun Jutsu: Kakuan Nitten Suishu (Hokage-Style Sixty-year-old Technique: Enclosed Hermitage Return to Society). It's meant to suppress the power of a Biju."
Naruto nodded.
---Sasuke---
Sasuke started concentrating his chakra around him again.
Kakashi continued to watch the Uchiha. "Keep working at it Sasuke…heat up the air around you…"
Sasuke continued to concentrate his chakra for a few moments, before pausing for a new moments before pausing…he dropped to the ground panting…
Kakashi sighed, "That'll be enough for now Sasuke…let's work on your speed and strength again…"
Sasuke nodded.
---Outside of Konaha---
A group of people continued walking in the direction of Konaha…
Among their ranks was a silver haired girl with crimson eyes… 'I wonder if I'll see Naruto while I'm in Konaha…'
---Flashback---
"I'm the vessel for the Kyuubi no Kitsune…"The silver haired girl's eyes widened at the prospect. "Naruto-kun…"
But she stopped when suddenly Naruto was hit in the head with the side of a katana, knocking him out.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" A man screamed attempted to cleave the girl in half…the girl quickly pulled her sword, just in time to block the other attack… The man's attack knocked the blade out of the girl's hands…The man raised his blade quickly, getting ready to kill the small girl, but was quickly beheaded…
A man appeared behind the beheaded man, scooped the younger girl in his arms before running off, "WAIT! NARUTO!"
---End Flashbakc---
The memory of her last encounter with Naruto still brought tears to her eyes.
'I hope I can see him again…'
---Naruto---
A few days later Naruto was taking a break from his training… he was just laying on the grass…
Suddenly he felt something near him…it was Neji Hyuuga…
Neji sighed and turned around…
"You seem to have problems with Hinata…if I may ask…why?"
"Hn…She's part of the Main House…" (Neji)
"Is that all?" (Naruto)
"Do I need another reason…" (Neji)
"Is their something wrong with the Main House?" (Naruto)
"They are enslaving the Branch House…my house…with the Cage Bird seal…" Neji took off his Hitai-ate, "This is my fate…"
"You should stop believing in fate…its all BS really…" (Naruto)
Neji growled, "What do you know?"
"I know enough…fate…the chains that bind all of us…is nothing but a load of crap…in the end…fate CAN be changed…my fate…is to be everyone's escape goat…that's something that I won't ever be again…"
"Hn…My cousin…her fate is to be a loser…and just like her fate…she lost our match." (Neji)
"And what's my fate?" (Naruto)
"According to sources…you were the dead last of the academy…your fate is to be a loser as well…" (Neji)
"How do you rank me with Gaara?" (Naruto)
Neji smirked, "Gaara is definitely the stronger fighter…you should surrender before you end up like Lee…or worse…"
"Well then…when I defeat Gaara…I expect you to understand the truth about fate…" Naruto muttered, before walking off…
"Hmmm…."
---Sakura---
Sakura continued to punch the log, 'I need to get stronger…Naruto and Sasuke-kun are so far ahead of me…I need to get stronger…'
"Sakura…", Sakura turned to see Haku standing behind her, "You've been at it for a while now…how about giving it a break?"
Sakura shook her head… "I need to get stronger Haku…"
Haku sighed, "You should follow your strengths…you told me that you had great chakra control…you should work on some jutsu…"
Sakura sighed, "I don't know any ninjutsu…and Kakashi isn't around to train me…"
Haku smiled, "Then how about I teach you some water jutsu?" Sakura looked at her with a stunned expression, "And since Sasuke and Naruto seem to get hurt often…maybe I can teach you a few things about herbs…"
Sakura smiled hopefully, "Would you really do that for me?"
Haku laughed and nodded her head.
---Naruto---
A few days later…Naruto was walking down the street of Konaha. Naruto was about to reach the bridge, where team 7 usually met…That's when he saw her… and she saw him…
Naruto walked up to Rei… "Hey…"
Rei smiled at the boy, "Hi…"
"Long time no see…"
"It has been…"
Naruto continued to look at the young woman before him…staring at her silver hair and red eyes…ignoring the square rock that was behind him…the one that exploded…
Naruto's eyebrow twitched, "Konahamaru…"
Three kids appeared from the smoke and looked at the teenagers… the kids sweat dropped and ran off…
"Wow…what a mood killer…"'Shut up…'
Naruto walked off, motioning for Rei to follow…
---In the Forest---
Naruto sighed as he leaned against a tree… "So…how have you been…"
"Fine…Naruto…I wanted to apologize…" the young girl sighed, "I kind of disappeared without telling you…and-"
"I know…you were kind of forced to move by your clan…your clan moved to Fang Country…didn't they?"
Rei looked at him in surprised.
"The Third told me after I tried to…" Naruto's eyes widened, he was about to say when he tried to kill himself… "When I…tried…to…run away…to…come and find you…"
Rei laughed… "I don't believe you…you wouldn't…"
'Nope…not nearly that optimistic…' "Ummm…" Naruto pushed himself off the tree that he was leaning on… "Here…" Naruto unclipped the Rei's sword from his belt and handed it to her… "I've been holding it for you…I found it after the incident a few years ago…"
Rei grabbed the sword and held it close to her… "Naruto…thank you…I was so sad when I thought I lost it…it was my grandmother's sword…she gave it to me…and told me to give it to the man I was to marry…" Rei laughed… "If you had kept it…the two of us would've had to become engaged…" Her voice became seductive, "Would you have liked that….Naruto-kun…"
He shrugged, "Nope…"
Rei sweat dropped, "Jerk…"
Naruto's smile turned into a cocky smirk…
"So…did you ever learn how to use it?"
Naruto shook his head…
"You never found someone to teach you how? Gosh…I hope you haven't been swinging it around like an idiot…"
This time it was Naruto's turn to sweat drop…not completely because of the comment…but because the laughing in his head… "I didn't use it…"
"Oh…" Rei looked down, "Naruto…the last time we spoke…you told me a secret of yours…I was wondering if you would like to talk about it…"
Naruto was caught off guard by this… Though Sakura had made the same proposal…Naruto found it easier to speak with her… "Sure…" And so…for the first time in years…the two old friends spoke…
----------Week 3--------
Naruto waited in the training field…he had already finished practicing the jutsu Yamato had given him…
The jutsu required a lot of hand seals…much like the Mokuton: Shichūka no Jutsu. However neither technique required a ridiculous amount of chakra…Naruto's supply being just big enough to use either jutsu once…
Naruto sighed as he continued to wait… 'She's late…'
Today Naruto was going to train with Rei…she would be teaching him some basic sword techniques…
Naruto turned, when he heard footsteps…He saw Rei, in dark blue robes…walking towards him… wearing her wakizashi on her belt…
She walked to Naruto… "Where's your sword?"
Naruto held up a bamboo flower, as he did a few seals. The bamboo transformed itself into a large, katana like, edge-less sword…
Rei's eyes widened for a moment… "Interesting move…" She raised her sword, "Are you ready?"
Naruto nodded.
---Sasuke---
Sasuke continued to concentrate his chakra around him…this time however…the area around him slightly lit on fire… small flames dancing around him…Sasuke finally stopped, the flames died.
"Good job Sasuke…now…lets see how we can work with that…"
---Jiraiya---
"I have got to be the biggest idiot alive…" Jiraiya muttered as he held up the file… 'I can't believe I never knew this…Arashi was actually a descendant of the First Hokage…How could I have not known that?' Jiraiya rubbed his head, 'Unlike most descendants…Naruto seems to have developed the Mokuton technique…I wonder if his sister can use them as well…hmmm…'
---Naruto---
Naruto's 'sword' once again flew out of his hands… "So…how am I doing…"
"Do you know how to whistle?" (Rei)
Naruto nodded…
"Well if your ever fighting in a battle…just whistle and someone will probably come help you…"
Naruto sweat dropped…Once again, there was laughing in his head…
"Is that so…wanna fight me with Taijutsu?" Naruto smirked…
"Wait a few months and I'll be happy to…"
Naruto looked at her with confusion…
"I'm joining Konaha's ninja rank…as is most of the Hayate clan…"
Naruto smiled, "That's nice to hear…"
---Hours later---
Naruto was walking down the street, once again ignoring the looks he was receiving with a happy smile…that infuriates everyone who sees it…
Jiraiya appeared in front of him… "Yo!"
"Yo Ero-Sennin! You get castrated yet?"
Jiraiya's eye twitched… "Your not going to let me teach you a technique are you?"
"Nope…"
"Not even if I told you the fourth was the maker?" (Jiraiya)
"The fourth…well that changes everything…now I know I don't want to learn your technique…" Naruto laughed as he walked off…
Jiraiya sighed, 'How am I suppose to keep the last request of a dying man…It's all this villages fault…'
---In another part of town---
Gekko Hayate was walking down the street, when suddenly he heard someone behind call him… "Gekko-san!"
Rei ran up to Gekko and gave him a hug. "It's nice to see you again…I haven't seen you in a long time…"
"It's nice to see you too Rei-hime…"
Rei smiled, "Hey can you help me with something…its really dark out…and I'm trying to find this place…do you think you could help me out?"
Gekko nodded, as both members of the Hayate clan walked off… Unknown to both warriors of leaf…down the same path that Gekko was walking…was Baki and Kabuto…discussing their plans of attack…
----------Week 4--------
---Sasuke---
"Ryuusei Sumasshu (Meteor Smash)!"
Sasuke, slammed the burning ball into the tree, the ball exploded, sending a wave of flames forward, away from Sasuke…
"Good job Sasuke…you've advanced further than I could've hoped…"
Sasuke smirked…he still had a week to work on his attack…he would make great use of that time…
---Naruto---
Naruto continued to meditate as, three trees continued to grow around him…
He smirked…the process had become easier…much easier…
Naruto had learned Yamato's technique…though he couldn't test it…
Naruto's training with Rei had gone well…but he still ahd much to learn before he would hold an actual sword in combat…so he opted to fight using his regular style…
The mokuton had become easier to use, through the water-walking technique…though like all his other moves…he still needed more practice…
---Sasuke---
"The chunin exams…"
---Naruto---
"…are going to be fun…"
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A/N: I'm not sure if i like the Naruto and Rei meet scene...if i rewrite the fic i'll probably change it...
Anyway...i hope you enjoyed it...
Finals are up next...