AN: Thank you for the reviews so far. Some of the points made or questions asked will be answered. Though directly is a whole other concept haha. XD I will however say this. As much as I actually enjoy 'Slash' the offered male interests are not viable... there will be Pairing(s) with Naruto. Also I know I made him more feminine but given who his three teachers are male machismo wasn't in the cards. Anko will 'teach' seduction... and yes I may have a moment or two where he does play as a woman but it's not his cup of tea solely for the mission. But please continue questions and reviews that I love so much :D
Friday came quickly for the Blond. There were a few concerns he had now that he would be doing actual missions and team training. But it seemed Sasori had long ago thought of the answer. He would send clones as usual though it would be to only one of them rotating weeks. Now however, he slipped Katsu's scroll into his hip pouch and looked at the remodeled Naru. 'It's hard to believe I looked like that three years ago.' He smiled fondly ever grateful for his saviors.
He placed his hitae around his neck as a choker with the black just matching into the outfit that had taken him time to love. Walking out the door he stroked the feathered head of his last puppet. The tawny colored Falcon he ended up naming Aero. The other was actually a set of snakes he recovered they were his simplest puppets but he would launch them from his sleeves like Anko would do with that 'shudders' jutsu of hers. Though Maru and Taru were poisoned like all his toys they were designed to activate gravity seals once they bit or constricted their targets. They were sealed on special bands he wore on his forearms.
His thoughts drifted from his puppets to who his team would be, and the silent vow that if he didn't get what he wanted he was sure he could send his babies after a few of the council. After all would would suspect that? He did take his seat with his group of friends, "Hey guys." he smiled in greeting to them. Pulling a thermos and a few cups he poured them a mixture of coffee and chocolate. "So who do you think will get stuck with the Uchiha-uke?"
Shikamaru took a sip savoring the secret caffeine, "Naruto... you're troublesome." he sighed, "We all know you either already are aware of the teams or you have pretty much some how twisted everything to get what you want."
Chouji nodded as he blew the steam from his drink, "Seriously... you managed to get me to gain almost forty pounds of muscle and still kept a high BMI. And Shika here..." He shook his head, "well you actually managed to break his lazy streak... somehow."
Shino let a small snicker escape him before he sipped feeling his hive jitter slightly from the extra sugar. "That would be giving Shikamaru an addiction to caffeine."
"I did no such thing. I merely helped him learn to appreciate a certain beverage." The blond smirked. Causing the small group of boys to laugh. "Shino do you think you could keep a watch out. I don't want to be over heard.." Giving him a meaningful look.
"Of course, I am pleased you have decided they are trustworthy." He set his eyes, well his sunglasses onto the other two boys, "If you break his trust... I will ensure that you will never survive my kikkai." A few of them flying out and away as he spoke.
Naturally this took all the attention to Naruto as both Shikamaru and Chouji leaned forward. "I know both of you are pretty much aware that mostly everyone in this village hates me." he began before he went into the 'tale' of him being a jinkurichi and that he wasn't officially told until this year. Even offering how he handles the 'issue'.
"That's honestly one of the stupidest things I think this village has done." Shika said with a frown, 'I mean honestly they should have pampered you and kept you as happy as hell since you could pretty much have just snapped and let the fuzz bucket out." Chouji nodding along.
Hidden stress seemed to fade visibly from the blond, "That means a lot to me you guys, though I don't think 'it' will be any issue since everything I've been doing has been partly to make it leave me alone and just stay nice and tucked away."
"Others are coming." Shino spoke quietly as his Kikkai had returned to deliver the message. It wasn't much after that moment when the rest of the students filed into the room with Iruka appearing and closing the doors.
"You all decided to come that's good now onto your teams and your new Sensei." he pulled the list from his pocket. "Team Seven under Hatake Kakashi will be Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura and Inuzuka Kiba." Flipping the page, "Team Eight will be Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akamichi Chouji with Yuhi Kurenai. Teams Nine and Ten are still active so Team Eleven will be Uzumaki Naruto, Aburame Shino and Hyuga Hinata under Sarutobi Asuma" He continued for a few more teams that were in the other classes as a just so you know thing.
Team eight was the first to be collected, but not before certain looks were shared. The faint hint of smoke caught Naruto's nose, " I hope your Kikkai don't mind smokers Shino." His blue eyes landed on his other teammate. He didn't really know what to think of her, as she was timid and quiet. Not the type to be a ninja in his mind after all every female ninja he knew wasn't soft spoke or blushing every time he looked at them. "Hinata-san are you feeling well?" He asked already knowing full well that it wasn't a fevered blush but more of a chemical reaction to stimuli. Or rather her reaction to him.
The blush darkened, "Y-yes Na-naruto-kun."
'She needs time with Anko-nee, ' he thought before standing up which Shino followed his moves, "He's almost here might as well meet him at the door." Leading his team to the door just as it opened.
"Team Eleven..." The man stopped speaking seeing them only inches from him. "Well follow me." he turned leading his team outside and into a nearby training ground. "I take it you three know each other fairly well. So this is actually for me to better know you." He pulled a cigarette from his pocket only to find it broken in his hand, Naruto's own going back into his pocket. "I would like you to list your hobbies, likes and dislikes." Sending a look at the blond , "You first."
With a slight bob of his head, "Okay I-want-caner-Sensei." his glare looking at the offending cigarette that was again being pulled out. "I like studying biology and physiology. Both are hobbies and likes. I enjoy training and working with Nii-san and Nee-chan." 'and Sasori-sama,' he added silently, "and my friends. I dislike tardiness, laziness, and people who refuse to take care of their health."
"You're next." he waved at Shino.
"Arthropology and training with Naruto-taicho." Shino stated, " My friendships and reading fiction, are my main interests. As for dislikes I will agree with Naruto only adding those who disrespect insects because they find them disgusting rather than understanding the relationship they share with everything."
"And now our ladies turn."
A small 'eep' before she began, "My hobbies are flower pressing and making healing balms. I li-like..." She fell silent but the blush told them all what they seemed to already know. "I dislike the separation in my clan, and people who are mean for no reason."
Asuma eyed the three students, he was surprised to hear Shino added taicho to Naruto's name but seeing how they were standing they must have been friends for a long time not to mention He was poitning out that Naruto was the superior in their team. Naruto was hidding something but he couldn't even begin to guess what it was though his stance showed something so similar he would probably stab himself once he figured it out. The heiress was to timid he would have to try and break that out of her, but he knew Nai-chan would destroy him if he hurt the girl. With a shake of his head, "You three have passed the academy but there is still one more test to make it official. From what your files say you would make a decent tracking team. However that isn't my area of expertise, Infiltration, Interrogation, and light to medium combat will be the aims of this team."
Naruto looked to his two team members as he listened to the points, "We are more like a Hunter Squad Sensei." He Looked the man in the eyes to judge his reaction. "We all have different abilities for tracking, causing minimal damage but high pain threshold, as well we all have mid to high chakra control." he paused and tilted his head for a moment, "Outside of Clan techniques or my medical skills we are all lacking in nin and genjtsu and weapons skills."
"Taichou is correct, as of right now we are all close combat fighters with or tracking support types." Shino added with a nodded. Hinata blushed but nodded also seeing as she agreed.
Asuma raised a brow in mild surprise but was pleased with their assessment of themselves. "I aggree which if you pass my test I will help you in those areas. However I would like to know why you refer to Naruto as taichou?"
Shino looked to Naruto who gave him a small nod. "That would factor many things, one is a strong level of trust between us. As well he has been helping me with my control and handling the increase of my available reserves. As well he has shown interest and respect for my clans ways that not many who are on the outside hive."
'That explains a bit, but I'm still curious why they had to be teamed together though it still doesn't make much sense.' His eyes moved between the three students again before the combination of Jukken and the Kikkai ability to block and drain chakra tied with Naruto being a Jinkurichi. 'Maybe Shino having been around the boy long enough his bugs adapted to handle the infused chakra...' "I see thank you, now for your test. There is more to teamwork than just being able to work well together it's knowing your comrades. Their strenghts and weaknesses as well as who they truly are." He pulled three sheets of paper from his pocket. "This is the first portion, Hinata will answer about Naruto, Shino will answer about Hinata and Naruto you will answer about Shino."
The three took the tests and read over the questions, Each finished relatively quickly. Before turning them into the person they were about to grade them. Seeing as it was about each other Asuma wasn't going to be fully aware of the answers. Collecting them he read over them seeing that they were actually rather intimately answered questions. "The second part I would like you to answer out loud one way that would effectively incapacitate your other two team members." he looked at Hinata.
"Umma..." She worried on her lip. "I don't have the skills to take out either Shino-san or Naruto-kun." She looked down at the ground.
Shino looked between the two of them, "Using my kikkai to drain Hinata-san would be effective, however I have no recourse to disabling Naruto-taichou effectively."
"A combination of an airborne paralytic and a chakra corrosion poison would effectively remove Shino, as for Hinata-san." He paused and seemed to look her over, "A compressed Chakra Flash tag or any form or poison that will disrupt chakra."
"Hinata why wouldn't you be able to disable naruto?" he was curious about that, "And why would a Flash tag be all you needed?"
The girl blushed furiously, while Naruto answered for both of them. " I would assume it's because as a medic I can instantly reopen my own tenketsu making her clan taijutsu rather weak against me. As for the flash tag the Byuakugan relies of it's ability to see chakra flow in very fine detail. A strong burst such as a flash tag would be like looking dead into a camera flash only many times more painful."
Asuma watched the girl nod to both answers, "Shino I believe your reasoning would be because of naruto's large reserves?"
He shook his head, "No, it is the fact that his control is so high that upon noticing the drain he will flood his body with Chakra to gorge my Kikkai. As well he traditionally uses poisons that by the time I am set to attack I have already been affected."
Turning to look at his blond student, "You don't fight very fair do you?"
"Fair is a thing you attend for fun. There is nothing fair in life, so why should there be in a fight?" He shrugged, "Besides with enough exposure to my poisons his Kikkai will develop a tolerance and be more effective against it."
"Fine, now how would you take me down in a fight?" He lowered himself into his fighting stance.
Naruto turned to look at Shino who gave him a slight nod, which he returned before he stepped over to Hinata. " Take strikes at his limbs, Shino will give you support while I will be attacking form behind." he whispered to her before he took off with a jump into the trees.
She nodded and activated her doujutsu with a hand seal, 'for Naruto-kun,' She took off with a purpose her fingers aiming for strikes along his arms and legs, she didn't know why but she would do it for him.
Shino stood and observed the attacks for a moment, before he released his kikkai low along the grass. After multiple fights with Naruto, he had learned to keep them from being seen in hopes of them actually getting in a hit. He just hoped whatever Naruto was planning would be enough to get them passed.
Scanning the area he watched as Hinata followed through with the plan, and he could sense Shino's chakra spreading which meant his kikkai were on the move. Coming like a pincer around Hinata to get Asuma from either side. Which left the back wide open for him. 'He's favoring his left side,' He noticed the small hitch. He smirked. Launching himself from the tree he took off in full run, kunai slipping down into his hand, making a wide attack to the right side.
Asuma blocked the finger jabs enough to avoid any of his chakra being cut off. Though his concern was for Shino who seemed to just be standing there, and where was... The brief flicker of motion from his right caused him to lean out and block the wide attack catching naruto's hand.
His smirk grew, as he flexed and twisted his entire body using his momentum and the grip as leverage to get a small nick into Asuma's left shoulder. As he felt himself get thrown. Landing on his feet a few yards away he stood and watched, before making eye contact with Shino.
Blue eyes pierced him before he nodded, sending his Kikkai up from the ground swarming both sides.
Hinata saw them and the strange flare in is chakra on his left. Aiming her strikes all to that side, before she jumped back at the last second as the swarms ran in.
Everything was moving smoothly, until he felt the chakra shift around their Sensei and the kikkai were blown back by a gust of wind. 'damn it jutsu.' small blades of chakra grew from his fingers in a sickly green color before he launched into the fight.
Asuma felt him right before he started to connect reaching up to block he saw the smirk to late, as his arm went numb and he lest any flexibility in his wrist. Then two pokes to his right causing his chakra to shift. He was going to call the fight when he felt a full fist connect with his hip, Shino had switched with a portion of his kikkai landing a solid punch. 'Something is wrong, they shouldn't be able to get this lucky I'm faster and stronger than they are... how are they getting hits in on me?'
"Back," Naruto called out causing the other two to jump back effectively surrounding their Sensei, who noted the smirk on Naruto's face and the please arm fold of Shino's. Hinata seemed to understand something but still felt unsure.
"Why did you call of the attack?" Asuma said as he straightened himself up. "I wasn't defeated, nor am I dead."
"You could be." Naruto said as he picked up the kunai he used to nick the jounin's shoulder. "Your reaction times have slowed down, your breathing is harder than it should be. You also have no use of your right hand, and your chakra was shut off in the left arm. Jutsu are out of the question now, weapons wouldn't be effective. Plus."
"My strike to your hip," He revealed his hands holding a seal, "was to place an explosive tag." Shino simply nodded his head down.
The mans eyes fell to his hip to see the faint glow of a seal stuck to his hip just below where he was punched. "I admit surrender, you passed." he smiled.
Naruto nodded, as he moved forward his hands already glowing green. "Now I'll fix your arms and remove the poison." he said with a smile as he set to work fixing their little attacks.
"Poison when?"
"When you caught my arm and I failed to stab you in your shoulder. I was trying to nick you enough for the poison to enter your system." Naruto's voice was calm and rather eerie as he was in medic mode. "Also your left side was showing a hitch and you favored it to much."
"Why only attack my arms and legs?" He looked at Hinata.
"Na-Naruto-kun told me too." She blushed.
Turing his head to the blond once more, "Care to explain that too?"
"Not really I need to focus, Shino.. would you explain that and your tactics?" he continued to repair the tendon he severed.
The dark haired boy nodded, "Going for your limbs with her style would prevent use of Jutsu and weapons as well as escape should it have been successful." Walking forward as his Kikkai were re-entering his coat. "Also killing wasn't a mission parameter if we are to interrogate you. As for my tactics I am still learning taijutsu and thus have to rely on my kikkai. Also having learned the hard way to have them always attack from bellow because Naruto would repeatedly remove them from the equation upon sight. It makes me appear weak and not wanting to fight, allowing for my substitution attack with that tag."
He nodded it was a sound reasoning, "But why send your female teammate on the offensive alone?"
Naruto scoffed as he finished one task and began neutralizing the mild poison. "Upon earning that headband gender doesn't matter. She is a shinobi. Her taijutsu style is the most offensive one out of the three of us." He shook his head, "Seeing her as a girl and not a trained ninja is not in her best interest or ours."
"But, that's so.." Asuma started.
"If you finish that with unfair, or ungentlemanly..." Naruto left hanging, "Yes she may be a female However that does not make her weaker or any different from Shino or myself when it comes to being a Shinobi treating her as such shows that you have no regard for her skills and only see her as the cute, sweet and innocent young woman. Not the trained for most of our lives living weapons." he brushed off his hands as he got up and walked over towards Hinata. "You did good, and managed to seal three tenketsu against a Jounin." He smiled, as Shino joined him beside her.
Asuma really took the time to look at them. Naruto and Hinata were both slender and if he had to say it Naruto upon first glance looked just as much a girl as she did. Then the outfit hit him full in the face... "Anko."
Naruto smirked, "You know my Nee-chan?" As he pulled a stick of Dango from his coat, looking around quickly before he ate it.
'This is sooo not good,' Asuma thought. "Yes I do..." he picked himself up feeling good as new, actually better his shoulder didn't ache. His eyes falling on Naruto who only smiled at him with a nod as if he knew what he was thinking. " Thank you. Now we will meet here every day except Sundays and Wednesdays at Eight a.m. We will work on getting your other skills rounded out. At noon we will break for lunch for two hours. Then we will take d-ranked missions until seven p.m." he smiled I'm going to work them into the ground. "I'll see you all in the morning." With that he left in a swirl of leaves.
"So will we continue meeting at five then Naruto?" Shino asked.
"Yea, Hinata you're welcome to come too." He added. "If we can Shika and Chouji should come too..." he smiled, "I'll send them a message later to see if they can."
"Ano.. what do you do that early?" Hinata was curious now.
"We work on Chakra control and building exercises, and do light sparing and physical training." He shrugged. "Even breakfast since that's part of Chouji's work out we all share in." He laughed with a Shino on that one. "We meet normally at the Thirty Eight grounds just depends on where they have to be and when that might cause ups to move to one closer or just meet at each others." he shrugged.
"O-okay I will just come here, then.. could one of you make sure I get to the right one?" She blushed.
"Yea but you know you could always try tracking us and suprise attacking us." he winked.
Hinata felt her face warm up before she fainted.
"Shino...is she?"
"Yes I believe so."
"Damn."
"Exactly."
-Hokage's Office-
Hiruzen smiled as he sat there reading over the reports from all but one of his Jounin. Though Kakashi was doing his test on Saturday, which was the deadline he had set. "It's good that you have passed them but now I would like your opinions of your teams so far."
Kurenai frowned, "Their skills are well matched, and Chouji and Shikamaru are exceptionally gifted with their clan techniques. However I feel it is concerning that Shika actually punched Ino for getting mouthy. That is no way to treat a girl Hokage-sama."
Asuma frowned, " Those two boys train with Naruto and Shino correct?"
She nodded, "Yes they admitted so much as he was the one to help with their control and getting a Chouji on a properly controlled diet for his needed growth. Why?"
"My team I have to say works well together. Shino and Naruto have excellent communication. Hinata will do whatever naruto asks it seems. Since he ordered her to attack me head on in Taijutsu while Shino provided support and he prepared a route and counter attack to my Experience." He sighed, before relaying the entire conversation and the spar before it.
"Anko trained him?" Kurenai was floored. That her friend would train anyone. "Why?" Asuma shrugged in response.
The hokage however cleared his throat. "I know the answer to that one and I must say I am proud of Naruto for passing on those views of female Shinobi." He pulled a small file from his desk, "Over a year ago Naruto and his medic trainer Kabuto were aware of the Curse seal as Kabuto had encoutered it on a mission. They worked on a way to destroy it."
"But even Jiraiya-sama couldn't and he is a Fuijutsu master." Kurenai blurted out.
"Yes that's what I told the boys as well. However They did remove it from her. The best wat to explain it is that the Seal was just the shell on the seed." He showed them both the results. "It protects the 'parasite' until it's securely in place and mature enough to continue it's own growth."
"When did they do this?"
"Shortly before winter break." He rubbed his chin, "It was the week she had the 'flu'. However this is a classfied secret. Only The boys, Anko, myself and now you two are aware of it." An ANBU arrived and whispered something to him before leaving. The hokage laughed shortly, "It seems you two are starting at Eight in the morning?"
"Yes I was giving my team Mondays and Thursdays off," Kurenai answered.
"Same, but for Sundays and Wednesdays."
"You're loosing three hours to Naruto then." He smirked, "He and his friends meet up every morning at five for breakfast and then training. Have been for over a year now. It also seems that the girls were invited along if they wished."
"What would the boy teach them that they would do that?" She asked.
Asuma laughed, "Besides speed training, Dietary advice, Ungodly Chakra control, and strategy?" Asuma rubbed his head, "besides Fighting with Anko's skills he applies them with medics attention to detail. The fact that he will point out their flaws and exploit them continuously until they fix them." He smiled, "He also managed to fix my shoulder."
"I thought the hospital said it would always catch?"
"They did but he still fixed it."He rolled his arm all the way around to prove it.
The hokage sighed, "The council has ordered that you are not to teach naruto any jutsu above D-rank." he passed him the form, "they still fear he is a danger to the village. I have kept Anko's paid tuition from them however there isn't much I can do about this." He did however let a finer point slip. " The Aburame, Akamichi and Nara clans however voted against this. The boys have shared Naruto's ideas for them with their parents." As he spoke he reached for his pipe only to find a note.
Jiji,
As a medic I cannot allow you to continue this habbit.
Asuma-Sensei will learn this in a far harsher way.
U. N.
"Make stealth and infiltration Naruto's main skill..." He wasn't happy but at the same time he was touched by the genuine care from the boy.
The two jounin looked at him to see him reading a note, "Why?" they both asked.
"He stole my pipe...from my office." He shook his head then smirked, "Asuma...did Naruto spend anytime close to you?"
"Yes why?"
Chuckling, "I doubt you have an cigarettes on you then." he then relayed how last year he had stolen Kakashi's copy of Icha Icha with out either of them seeing him do it.
"Wait.. that was after Anko started teaching him right?" Getting a nod, "That would explain her extremely good mood for a week... talking about some brat 'dealing a leathal blow to a cyclops'."
Later that night, Naruto was finishing his scan of Anko. "Everything is still good the last bit of the treatment has left your system." He smiled wickedly.
"Out with it Brat.. I know that look." She glared at him playfully.
"Oh just that because of what the Seal did to you removing it did have some added advantages.. we just didn't tell you because they were hypothetical." he jumped back as a kunai landed where he was.
"Tell Me Now."
Holding his hands up in surrender. "Okay.. geez. We told you your body would have to fight it off with the help of the treatment. That's because the Treatment was designed to steal certain aspects and keep them attached to your body. Making it natural to your system. Which ruined it's grip on you since you already had that attribute it couldn't force it in to you because the space was already taken." He explained with a soft smile. "You speed and stamina are going to be the most noticeable. However your Chakra reserves are much higher now that it's not leaching and converting your chakra for it's own power source."
"I'm faster and can last longer eh?" She purred.
He gulped, "Yea..There was only one teenie tiny thing we didn't think of." he slowly started backing away. "The seal.. it was suppose to make you similar to Orochimaru on a physiological level."
"And." She growled out.
"You may find yourself with certain urges and desires for young boys." He stuck his tongue out and winked running out the door.
Her jaw dropped for a moment before she started laughing hysterically.
-Five Months-
"I swear to Kami if we do one more D-ranked mission..." Naruto fumed.
His close friends plus Ino and Hinata witnessed his fuming. Before Shino spoke out, "taichou...perhaps this is retaliation for your medical advice?"
Naruto spun around, and glared before his face became pensive. "Maybe..." he sighed, "Fine.. I'll stop doing it."
"Doing what?" Ino spoke up. It had taken her a while to come around but once she actually paid attention to what they were doing she felt impressed and incredibly worthless. That was about two months into getting up at five in the morning. But that was also the day that Naruto had given her a set of control exercises, a Diet that would let her 'keep her girlish figure' while actually making her healthy and fit.
"I've been making sure Asuma and Jiji aren't able to smoke..."
"He means that he's constantly stealing their cigarettes and the hokages pipe." Shikamaru intoned from his meditative position.
She wanted to lash out at him, but she couldn't find it in herself to. It was the right thing to do even if it wasn't 'right'. Letting out a sigh, "So what have you guys been learning?"
"They've been learning Jutsu... I've been allowed to play with pointy objects." Naruto iterated.
"What the hell you're the best guy on their team..." Ino looked around seeing nods, but at the same time they all seemed to know something she didn't. "There's a reason isn't there..." She probed.
Everyone didn't move, except Naruto as he looked at each one of them in the eye looking for something and finding it. "You've earned enough of my trust Ino..." he then told her what was locked, chained and imprisoned inside him.
She blinked, and looked at everyone seeing that this was what they had kept from her. She wanted to be mad but this was some seriously deep stuff. Letting her eyes drift to Naruto, ,she looked at him trying to see any sign that he was a Demon or that there was even on inside him. 'Sure he's viscious when sparring and his teaching.. but he cares, he makes sure we are healed up, fed, and working towards being our best... that's not a demon.' "They're stupid...unless the demon is nothing but an oversized Mother Hen and their afraid of being spanked."
Another wave of stress lifted from him, and he noticed from everyone in the group with Ino's words. With a sigh he unnoticed twitched a pinky which summoned Aero from a near by tree. The hawk glided down to land on his arm. He held out a small scroll which it grabbed and flew off.
"When did you get a messenger hawk?"
Naruto hid his smirk, "Middle of last year, it's no big deal Aero is just going to take Jiji his pipe collection back."
/Flash to Hokage/
Sarutobi was twitchy and irritable, five months with out any smoking. He was not the soft and kind Hokage most of the people knew him as. His temper and patience, or rather lack there of, had the council jumping when he would make demands. But now his hand was twitching wanting to reach for the drawer but knowing with out a doubt his latest pipe was missing.
The Hawk swooped into the window to land on the desk, lifting it's talon to reveal the small scroll.
Eying it carefully he took it.
Jiji,
I'll make a trade... the contents of this scroll for something more than d-ranked missions.
U.N.
"What could..." he carefully unsealed the rest of the scroll to find two large storage seals. After checking them for traps he released them only to be swamped with a mountain of pipes and pouches of tobacco. He started to want to dance until he caught sight of something Orange.. or rather several somethings. There were five different edditions of Icha Icha.. all collectors and signed. "Pipes, tobacco, and Kakashi's prized Collection...Council be damned.. you're getting some jutsu out of this."
Aero bobbed it's head before it flew away back to Naruto.
/Flash to Naruto./
The blond just started smiling from ear to ear, causing Hinata to blush. "I knew bribing the Old man was sooo going to be worth it."
Everyone turned to look at him, Though Shino noticed the bird come back and a while later one of his kikkai returned. "Taichou.."
Turning to look at Shino he noticed the small look and the kikkai on his figner tip. 'Well it's not like I wasn't planning on telling him...' "At lunch."
-With Clone and Sasori-
"Naruto I'm telling you again Legion is a brilliant concept, but the mechanics in practices would either knock you unconcious, destroy your reserves quickly or brilliantly backfire in you face." Sasori once again lectured reaching for the scroll.
Blond hair shook, "If I was planning on using the Shadow clone seal then yea I'll agree with you but I'm not.. Just look at it PLEASE." He tried to look cute and innocent. "I've altered the original design, scrapped the old arrays and worked in some new ideas.. just please look."
"Fine.. but if I still say no."
"I'll keep working on it until you say it's safe." He repeated words back that he had heard thousands of times.
Unrolling the scroll he would admit he was impressed with the skill it took to design something like this. "How many puppets can you control at once?"
"Fifty... for now."
Nodding his head he continued to look at the design. " I can tell you made quite a few changes in Legion's design...the amount of time you will spend placing seals and just crafting the parts however... Is it worth it?"
"Yes even if I never use it but one time..." He smiled, "It would be a work of true Art."
Running his fingers along the different lines of the blueprint, and reading the various materials listed and the sixteen different arrays let alone the thirty-three other seals that would be repeatedly used and placed all over this.. Puppet. " You know my rules... this is going to be expensive and exacting."
He rolled up the scroll, "Make me a very simple version just so it can move and fight, if you can control that then I will consider letting you build the full scale." 'And again you have given me the greatest Ideas...'
"Making one from wood is going to suck... can I do it with a weak human?"
Tapping his finger on his lips, " No, but if you can do it with an Animal... I will find you a human to use for it."
"I'm glad I kept those foxes...Just.. I'm going to need the 'chassis' for the real thing alive first..."
"I know your methods, and though they don't work for me you truly mesh your knowledge well." Which wasn't a lie but after seeing the finished results of Live augmentation prior to Puppetizing he couldn't argue it. Technically it was what he did to himself, but far cruder. 'Once Naruto gets to a point with Humans I may have him create me a new body, this one is getting a bit worn out.'