Underneath – Naruto's Lesson – Chapter 4
Disclaimer – I don't own anything about Naruto, He and all his friends and enemies belong to people with money. Money I don't have. Suing me no money.
My First Story, but go ahead and flame me if you want. I'll just ignore you; on the other hand, constructive criticism is welcome.
And don't ask me why Naruto is acting goofy sometimes, that's the way Masashi Kishimoto made him, and I happen to like him that way.
Answers to reviews of chapter 3,
hyperfuzzymonkey, I'm glad you enjoyed it, I also feel that way which is why I spent about 15 hours writing that chapter, but yeah, that scene made me feel really emotional, tried to put that into the story.
unknowndragon, yes I agree, I already have a few for him, he will end up being a wind and bushin master, hopefully. He won't change instantly, obviously, although much to my disdain, many authors enjoy making him super-powerful instantly.
Scene change…
'thoughts'
"speaking"
"demon fox"
After the mission to Wave…
Upon their return to Konoha, Kakashi announced that he would deliver the mission report to the Hokage, so they were free to do as they please. He then disappeared in a whirl of leaves. With this revelation, Sasuke sauntered off, probably to train, and Sakura, like a dutiful fan-girl went to stalk…, er, follow him.
After this, Naruto started off to get training, when Kakashi reappeared.
"Naruto, wait a moment."
"Eh? Kakashi-sensei? Didn't you just leave?" Naruto tilted his head, perplexed.
"Yeah, but I want you to come see Hokage-sama with me, it's about the mission." Kakashi said, seemingly bored. He turned his visible eye to Naruto, waiting for an answer.
"Huh? Why, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto was now thoroughly confused.
"Because Naruto, you were missing for most of the fight and I was wondering where you were, so we are going to deliver the report and our testimonies to the Hokage."
"Oh, okay."
At the Hokage Tower…
Sarutobi looked up as the door to his office opened. He was mildly surprised to see both Kakashi and Naruto at the door.
"Ah, Kakashi, Naruto, how are you, I trust the mission was a success?"
"Hai, Hokage-sama." Kakashi bowed respectfully to the Hokage.
"You bet Oji-san! I kicked those other ninja's asses!" Naruto shouted much to the chagrin of his teacher, and the shock of the old man. Sarutobi turned to Kakashi for answers.
"Other Nin, Kakashi?" Sarutobi asked, "I was under the impression that the client asked for a C-rank, protection from bandits?"
"Hai, Hokage-sama." Kakashi said, "A complication arose on the way to Wave, we were attacked by two ninja who were identified as the Mist nuke-nin, the Demon Brothers. After defeating them-"
"Ah so that was you, a bounty seller nearby sent the bounty here. Apparently, someone sent a note there, which told where to find them. There was a note attached to to them, 'Please send bounty money to Konohagakure.' "
"Yeah it was awesome!" Naruto yelled, clearly excited by the memories of the fight, "But stupid Sasuke was showing off…"
Sarutobi smiled at him, clearly amused, but his face quickly became serious again.
"Naruto, please let me finish, then you continue with your report." Kakashi said, a little put off by Naruto's exuberance.
"Sorry, Kakashi-sensei."
"Anyway, Hokage-sama, I discovered that they were after Tazuna, the client, and questioned him as to why this was. We discovered that they were hired and sent by Gatou, the trading tychoon, to prevent Tazuna from making a bridge that would help increase trade to Wave. I then asked the team if they would like to go on, since Gatou would probably be sending stronger nin now that we defeated the demon brothers. All of them agreed that we should continue the mission." Kakashi paused here, presumably to take a breath. "We then continued on, coming across and facing Momochi Zabuza, as well as his apprentice, who was disguised as a Mist hunter. We were nearly defeated but thanks to some quick thinking by Naruto here, and Sasuke, we managed to repel their attack and weaken Zabuza. This gave me time to teach them to utilize chakra control, through tree-climbing. After a week, we faced off again against Zabuza and his apprentice, Sasuke faced off against the apprentice, keeping up with the nin until he used an unknown jutsu which swiftly defeated Sasuke. The nuke-nin was then removed from the fight by an unknown force, which I later deduced to be Naruto, which is why I asked him to come here. We defeated them, and I killed his apprentice. Once they were defeated, Gatou appeared and revealed his plan to kill Zabuza after he killed us. Once Zabuza heard this, he killed Gatou and a number of mercenaries with him. Nothing of any significance occurred between this point and the completion of the bridge." Kakashi finished up, bowing again to Sarutobi. "Naruto, you may now detail what happened that I was not aware of."
Naruto jumped to attention, now excited that he can say his part. "Well, Oji-san, as Kakashi-sensei already said, I removed Haku-"
"Haku, Naruto?" Sarutobi asked, intrigued.
"Yeah that was the name of the girl with Zabuza." He said, "I met her in the forest after everyone left, I kept training, and fell asleep. When I woke up, Haku was there, she said I was gonna catch a cold." He grinned, "Then, I asked her to help me with my new technique, which I then named after her."
"Oi, Naruto," Kakashi said, "You mean to say that you met, talked with, and learned a technique from Zabuza's apprentice-"
"Haku." Naruto interjected.
"Haku," Kakashi agreed, "and didn't realize that she was the enemy?"
"Haku didn't teach me the jutsu! I made it!" Naruto shouted indignantly.
"Made it, Naruto?" Sarutobi was absolutely beaming now, proud of Naruto's progress, "What do you mean, I thought Haku helped you with it."
"Yeah she did, she said 'Naruto-kun, ninja use chakra to power jutsu. Maybe Naruto-kun, you could use it to power parts of your body.' And then I had to leave to meet with Sasuke to climb trees again. But that night, I thought about what she said, and experimented, putting chakra in different parts of my body, it worked really well in my lungs Jiji, and I discovered my new jutsu, Haku. Exhale."
Anyways Naruto, you didn't realize she was an enemy?" Kakashi asked.
"Nope!" He agreed.
Sarutobi smirked at this, still happy with Naruto's growth. "Naruto-kun, would you mind showing us your jutsu, after the meeting?" He asked.
"Of course! It'll be awesome!" He yelled, "Well anyway, I used my technique to knock Haku off the bridge, we then had a really kickass battle that I won, and I discovered it was Haku, and I couldn't kill her, because she was important to me. Then Kakashi-sensei used his attack to kill Zabuza, and Haku teleported us there, dropped me, and s-s-sacrificed her-herself to save her f-first pre-precious person, Zabuza." He sniffled, "Kakashi-sensei told you the rest."
Both Sarutobi and Kakashi had bowed their heads at this.
"Thank you for that, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi sighed, "I'm sure that was very hard, how about you show us your jutsu now?"
"Yeah, okay." Naruto said, slightly melancholy. "But we can't do it here, there is to much stuff that could break."
"Of course, let's go to the training grounds." Sarutobi said.
At the training grounds…
Sarutobi and Kakashi stood off to the side, watching Naruto closely. Naruto was facing a tree about twenty feet away.
"Alright Jiji! Check out my awesome jutsu!" Naruto inhaled quickly, gathering chakra in his chest. Both Sarutobi and Kakashi watched this with interest. Suddenly Naruto breathed out, expelling his powerful attack.
"Haku!" He yelled, the attack rushed forward, and when it connected with the tree, it literally shattered it. Splinters flew in all directions at high speed, and Sarutobi and Kakashi were forced to shield themselves.
"That was very impressive, Naruto." Sarutobi commended, "But how does it work?" he asked.
"Yeah, Naruto," Kakashi agreed, "I can see the chakra in your lungs, but it just dissipates after the attack, there's no chakra in the jutsu. How does it work?"
"Eh?" Naruto says, "I don't put chakra in the air, Kakashi-sensei, Iput it in the muscles that move my lungs, so I can expel air at incredible speed. Ialso have to coat my throat and mouth with it, too, or I hurt myself really badly."
Kakashi starts laughing at this, "So that's why you came back to Tazuna's and said nothing all night, you bruised up the inside of your throat!"
Naruto scratches the back of his head at that, blushing. "Eh heh heh heh… yeah."
This is an excellent skill, Naruto." Sarutobi smiles, "I am very proud of you. But I still have a question, how did you fight Haku on the water, you don't know how to Water Walk, do you?"
Kakashi chokes at this, "Oh my god you're right!"
"Water…Walk?" Naruto asks, head tilted in confusion, "I dunno, When I tried to ambush Haku, I just tried the tree-walking exercise on the water, but I started to sink, so I used more chakra, but I still sunk. So then, I kept using more chakra to stay on the water. I had to keep using chakra though so I could stay on the surface."
"Naruto, I don't think you realize this, but you learned a technique without any assistance, that's incredible!" Sarutobi said, floored by the potential Naruto displayed.
"I did?" He asked, "I did! Yatta!" He started jumping up and down, clearly pleased with himself. "Hey, Kakashi-sensei! Isaw you use this really cool technique on the bridge, it looks like a bolt of lightning! Can you teach me?!"
"Wha? Chidori?" Kakashi wondered.
"Chidori? Chidori!" Naruto repeated, quivering with anticipation. "Can you teach it to me?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto, but that jutsu is too dangerous for you to learn at the moment." Kakashi replied. "I can't teach you it."
"Aww, Kakashi-sensei…."
"I'm not sure Kakashi, I think Naruto has the right character for such a technique. At least give him a chance." Sarutobi said, "After all he has demonstrated that killing is a step that he will never immediately resort to."
"Killing! Why would I do that?!" Naruto asked clearly horrified. "I just want super-cool jutsu!"
"Hokage-sama, you can't be serious…" Kakashi looked pleadingly at him, he merely smiled back, amused at the antics of the two shinobi before him. "Alright, Naruto, you want to learn it?"
"Yeah!" He shouted.
"Then you're gonna have to earn it, and right now you aren't fast enough to use it. So I think I'll introduce you to someone who can help you, Maito Gai." He looked to Sarutobi, who nodded in approval.
"Yosh! I'll prove I am worthy!" Naruto cheered, "I'll learn all I can from him."
"Alright then, now that you've settled that, I've got to get back to my office." Sarutobi said, walking off.
To be Continued…
Okay, notes. No, Naruto is not going to learn the Chidori. At least, it's not in the plot I have planned, you just need to keep reading to find out. I am so surprised that no one realized Naruto was water-walking, but very happy I had time to explain it before someone criticized me. I know it seems like that was mostly just a pile of crappy filler, but it was necessary to the plot and Naruto's and Kakashi's character development.
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Naruto's Technique
Haku – Exhale - Using what he and haku talked about, Naruto forces chakra into his lungs, diaphragm, bronchi, and trachea. He then exhales, hence the name, and breathes out a "super breath" that has incredible concussive force. This requires no chakra control, just enormous amounts of chakra, all Naruto does is cram chakra into all those places, a lot of chakra. The air that he releases is also not laden with chakra, so it can go through chakra barriers, as it's just air.
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