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Naruto sat in his bedroom and stared reverently at the scroll that the Sandaime had given to him that afternoon. He was by himself at the moment as Kiba had to go home for training with his mother and to help take care of the Nin-Dogs that his family raised. That was okay, though, because Naruto wanted to be alone the first time that he looked at the scroll.
A style that only his father had mastered. That fact alone made this scroll his most valued possession and he swore to himself that, no matter what, he would master this style as well. With a deep breathe he cracked open the scroll and started to read.
Shobatsu Geiru No Ato is a Taijutsu style that consist of high speed, hard hits and a liberal use of wind chakra. As it is often times difficult to hit hard enough to make an impact while moving fast those who wish to learn this Taijutsu style augment their wind chakra into their blows. This has several effects. First it works to knock the opponent back and disorientate. Second, as you may find, wind chakra forms as a series of sharp blades. Any hits made using wind chakra are liable to cut the opponent as well as bruise. Wind chakra, used in a certain way, has also been known to significantly increase a person's speed to a level incapable of being reached unless the person has trained with weights for most of their lives. If you can find a way to use wind chakra in that manner you could very well remained unharmed in a fight. Below are the basic Kata for the Shobatsu Geiru No Ato Taijutsu Style. When you have completed them channel chakra into the scroll and the next set of Kata will become visible.
Naruto looked over the basic Kata stances and saw that they didn't look too challenging but that there were a lot more than he had expected. Setting his scroll on his desk he reviewed the first few and got to work.
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"Hello, Asuma-Kun do you mind if I sit here?" a familiar voice asked from behind the smoking Jounin.
Turning, Asuma smiled, and waved a hand in welcome.
"Of course, Kurenai-Chan, what can I do for you?" he welcomed cheerfully, signaling to the bartender to bring two drinks.
"I was actually hoping to get your help with something. One of my students has a Wind affinity and as you're the only Wind user that I know of, well…" she trailed off.
"You were hoping maybe I would help him access it fully." Asuma finished with a chuckle as their drinks were placed in front of him and he took a sip. "Which one is it?"
"Uzumaki Naruto." she said slowly, watching intently for Asuma's reaction. She knew how some of the Shinobi felt about her student and wanted to be sure of where Asuma stood.
"Calm down, Kurenai-chan, I have nothing against Uzumaki. I'm kind of surprised that he's a Wind user, though. Always expected him to Earth or Fire, you know, something big and brash." Asuma laughed and drained the rest of his Sake.
"Yes, I suppose you're right," Kurenai replied with a laugh of her own. "But, as it is, he is a Wind user and I could use your help." she stared at him imploringly.
"Sure I'll help, Kurenai-Chan. I've been wanting to get a closer look at the boy my father sees as a grandson for some time now. Tell him to meet at Training Ground 3 tomorrow after his training is done." he said getting up and paying for their drinks.
"Thank you, Asuma-Kun, you're really helping me out." Kurenai finished her Sake and stood up as well.
"No problem. Just make sure he's there." Asuma smiled once more before walking away.
Kurenai watched him go for a moment before Shushining away.
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Naruto was waiting in front of Ichiraku early the next morning, waiting for Kiba so they could head to the library together. It was good thing that Naruto had already had breakfast at home because the delicious smells wafting from the ramen stand were making his mouth water.
"Naruto!" the blond turned at the sound of his name and caught sight of his boyfriend making is way through the people milling around.
"Hey, Kiba, I'm glad you finally showed up. Any longer and I would have been spending all my money on ramen again." Naruto rubbed the back of his neck as Kiba chuckled at his statement.
"Aw, I'm sorry to make you wait for so long." Kiba gave him a quick kiss in apology before Akamaru made himself known by popping out of Kiba's hoodie and giving a bark.
"Ah, you're right Akamaru. Come on, Naruto, we have to get to the library."
Kiba grabbed Naruto's hand and they set off down the street, talking about the kind of Jutsu they wanted to find and ignoring all the looks and stares they were getting from the rest of the village. I didn't matter to them what the rest of the village thought because they were happy together and that was all that mattered.
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The Konoha Library was a large brown building with wide double doors that regularly aloud both civilian and Shinobi inside. Walking in was rather impressive as well as they got their first look at the large shelves that held scrolls of varying sizes ranging from ones the size of Naruto's hand to ones bigger than Kiba's body. Thankfully the shelves were labeled and they were able to find the one labeled Jutsu with relative ease.
"Alright so we need water for Hinata, Earth for you and Wind for me. Thank Kami that the sections are labeled." Naruto said as he went up and down the isles looking at the different scrolls.
"Yeah and we probably stay with the lower ranked Jutsu until we have better Chakra control." Kiba replied, pulling a few D-ranked Earth Jutsu from on of the shelves.
"I guess." Naruto pouted, having been reaching for an A-rank that looked awesome.
Instead he grabbed a few D-rank Wind and Water Jutsu and followed Kiba back to the front where they found a table and looked over the scrolls.
The first scroll Kiba had was for the Doton Doryuuheki*. Reading it he found that it could create a highly durable Earth Wall by allowing the user to spew mud from their mouths.
"Hey look at this one. Looks pretty useful for blocking against powerful attacks." Kiba showed Naruto the scroll.
"Yeah, that looks awesome! What do you think of this one?" Naruto passed Kiba the scroll he'd been looking through.
Kaze no Yaiba* allows uses to create a sharp blade of wind with use of a tool that is impossible to block.
"It'll take a lot of concentration, though, so hopefully the tree walking exercise will help me control it." Naruto said as he took the scroll back.
"I'm sure it'll help all of us. Come on, lets look through the rest and then check 'em out." they went through the rest of the scrolls, checked them out and left the library.
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Hinata entered the Hospital that morning feeling nervous, wondering if she would be able to become Medic like Kurenai-sensei wanted. She wasn't very sure if she would be able to do it but felt hopeful that, since Medic Jutsu required precise Chakra control and so did the Gentle Fist style her family used, she would be able to do it. Looking around she noticed a Medic was headed her way.
"Hi there, are you Hyuga Hinata?" the Medic, who was a woman, asked.
"Y-yes, that's me." she replied timidly.
"Good. Please follow me and we'll get you started on the basics." the Medic led her to a room down one of the hallways that turned out to be an office, probably the Medics.
"Alright. I talked to Kurenai-san and she told me that you were going to be the Medic in your team. Which means that not only will you have to have sufficient Chakra control but that you'll also have to be able to defend yourself from attack. The reason for this is because, as Medics, we are the ones most often attacked in the field as we're the ones who heal our comrades and we're also the ones who know exactly where to hit to incapacitate our enemies.
"You being a Hyuga, and having the use of the Byakugan, is even better as you should already have increased control and intimate knowledge of the human body. That will be a big help once we start on the more complicated stuff." the Medic explained.
She turned to her desk and opened a draw, taking out a scroll that was placed there.
"In this scroll are some basic Chakra control exercises as well how to perform the most basic of Healing Jutsu. I want you to take this home and read through it. Hopefully you'll feel ready enough to start learning it the next time we meet." the Medic lead Hinata back out of her office and to the front of the Hospital.
"T-thank you -." Hinata stopped, realizing that se hadn't gotten the Medic's name.
"Oh! Excuse my rudeness. My name is Haniza Mia, you may call me Haniza-sensei." the Medic introduced.
"Thank you, H-Haniza-sensei." Hinata bowed and left, her new scroll held protectively against her chest.
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The next day the team met and Kiba and Naruto showed Kurenai-sensei and Hinata the scrolls that they had gotten from the library.
"These are great, Kiba-kun, Naruto-kun. I'm sure you'll be able to incorporate them into your styles perfectly." she congratulated as she looked through the scrolls.
"Th-thank you." Hinata thanked as they handed her the Jutsu they had picked out for her.
"Your welcome, Hinata-chan! We looked through some of those Water Jutsu and they looked pretty awesome. I can't wait until you get them down so we can see what they can do!" Naruto enthused with Kiba nodding along.
Hinata blushed brightly at the thought that her teammates thought she would be able to do the Jutsu they had found for her. Kurenai smiled at the three of them before clearing her throat to gain their attention.
"Alright. Last time we were together I told you about the Tree Walking exercise. Today you're going to learn it." with that Kurenai turned around and walked straight up the tree closest to her.
The Genin watched in awe until heir sensei had reached a branch and started walking upside down on it before jumping off and spinning to land on her feet.
"That's what you'll be learning to do." Kurenai said as she threw a kunai at each of her student's feet.
"Now to do the Tree Walking exercise all you have to do is channel chakra into your feet to help you stick to the tree so you can then walk up. Remember that using too much Chakra will blow you off the tree but if you don't use enough you'll just slide right off. You have to find the perfect balance. When you think you've got it you can use the kunai to mark how much progress you've made. Get to it." she gestured to the trees and her students got to it immediately.
Kurenai sat off to the side with Akamaru and they watched as the three Genin ran to the tree and, depending on who it was, either ran up, fell off or got blasted away.
"Not bad, Hinata, keep it up! You almost got it, Kiba, just a little more! Keep at it, Naruto, and remember to compensate for your increased level of Chakra!" Kurenai encouraged her students who all nodded at her advice and went back to work.
She watched them for the next hour as they progressed and proficient in the exercise. Hinata, already having good control because of her families Taijutsu style was the first one to make it to the top of her tree so Kurenai had her run up and down it until she couldn't anymore.
Kiba was the next to make it to the top though he was a lot more exhausted than Hinata. Kurenai had him run up and down the tree as well but he couldn't do it for as long as Hinata and he eventually joined the girls on the ground as they watched Naruto, Akamaru back in his lap.
Near the end of the hour Naruto finally made it the top of the tree and was able to run up and down it a few times before Kurenai called him down. He joined his teammates on the ground, picking Akamaru up from Kiba's lap and holding him himself, not that Akamaru minded.
"Alright, guys, that was really great. We'll continue that tomorrow but for now we'll go get some D-Rank missions." she said cheerily and led her groaning Genin to the HokageTower.
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They finished their missions around five o'clock that night and the three Genin felt exhausted. They'd had to paint a house that day followed by babysitting children and picking up the litter in the stream that cut through Konoha. By the time they'd finished with all that they'd been ready to head home and collapse, but Kurenai-sensei had reminded them that they still had to train before they could be dismissed.
"Come on, guys. They weren't that bad. And you all seem to be getting proficient with your weights too. You barely had any problem walking today." Kurenai smiled proudly at her students who had, by that time, picked themselves up off the ground and were panting slightly.
"Yeah. Thanks to Hinata, Kiba and I have been able to channel our Chakra into our legs to help." Naruto smiled at his teammate which made her blush.
"Yeah, Hinata, you're awesome!" Kiba exclaimed, giving her a thumbs up, and Akamaru barked before giving her a puppy smile..
"You-you're welcome, guys. I'm g-glad I coul-could help." Hinata stammered, ducking her head timidly.
"Now. We have two hours to go over the Ninjutsu scrolls that Naruto-kun and Kiba-kun picked up from the library yesterday. I've looked through them and I'm confident that you'll be able to do them. So, boys, show what you've found for yourselves.
"Alright, Sensei." Kiba went first. "I've got Doton Doryuuheki, Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu* and Doton Doriyuudan*."
"Good Jutsu. All three are useful and won't be that hard to learn. What about you, Naruto-kun?" she turned to the blonde.
"I've got Kaze no Yaiba, Fuuton Renkuudan* and Fuuton: Reppushou*."
"Those are good as well. We'll have to work on your concentration and control but I'm sure you'll be able to do them in no time. Alright, Hinata, your turn. Show us what the boys got for you."
"I-I've got Suiton Suiryuudan*, Suiton Suijinheki* and Suiton Teppoudama*."
"Ok, good. Those are also great. All of these Jutsu you guys have will really help you when you get them down. We'll be working on them next time we meet as we'll have to go to a different traing ground so Hinata can practice her Water Jutsu. For now I want you guys practicing Taijutsu. Get started."
And so Team 8 spent the last two hours of training working on their forms while Kurenai-sensei walked around and critiqued their styles. Kurenai was surprised to see that Naruto had a new Taijutsu style but guessed that he had gone to the Hokage and asked like she had suggested. She was happy to see that the style fit Naruto perfectly and she moved onto her other students. Kiba was using his families fighting style, fighting in tandem with Akamaru to become quite a deadly adversary. Hinata, too, was moving along in her chosen style; moving fast jabbing quickly in such a way that Kurenai knew would incapacitate her opponents quickly.
At long last they were at the end of their training and her Genin were fairly exhausted.
"Alright, guys, that's it or today. Make sure to go to bed early and get some rest alright? Dismissed." she let them go but called Naruto back. "Naruto-kun, I found someone who can help you with your wind affinity and who also uses trench knives. He'll be able to help you. Meet him at Training Ground 3 before heading home alright?" she got an affirmative from the blond before she headed home herself.
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Naruto arrived at Training Ground 3 to find the man that had come to collect Team 9 a few days ago.
"Hey, are you the one who's gonna help me with my Wind Affinity and Trench Knife use?" Naruto asked and the Man nodded.
"Sure am. Names Asuma but you can call me Asuma-Sensei. I'm going to help you fully access your affinity and, even though I didn't know that you used trench knives, I'll be able to help you with them as well." Asuma explained. So tell me what kind of fighting style you have."
"I just strted using the Shobatsu Geiru No Ato. It utilizes the Wind affinity with fast movements and strong hits. It shows how to use wind Chakra to increase your speed and augment into your punches so you can bruise and cut your opponent." Naruto told.
"Wow, nice style you got there. Is it a family style?" at Naruto's nod he continued. "Good, then that means you're already more likely to master it faster as it'll be in your blood. So here's what we'll do. You'll come meet me here for two hours everyday after your practice is done and I'll help you augment you affinity into your style and help you get used to you Trench Knives. Will that be ok for you?"
"Hell yeah! I can't wait! Thank you, Asuma-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, a huge smile splitting his face.
You're welcome, Naruto. Now why don't you head home and get some sleep? You have some hard times ahead of you." Asuma chuckled as Naruto bid him good bye and raced home.
Thus was the start of what would later be referred to by Team 8 as 'The Month We Lived in Hell'
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*1: Doton Doryuuheki
Earth Rising Wall (Mudslide Barrier)
Type: Ninjutsu; Earth Type
Description: A Jutsu which when performed, allows the user to spew mud from their mouth, which grows into a
large wall or hard earthen material. This wall is able to block most other Jutsus, and its extremely durable.
*2: Kaze no Yaiba
Wind Blade
Type: Ninjutsu; Wind Type
Description: Creates a blade of wind, that is impossible to block. Requires no tool to perform.
*3: Doton Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu
Inner Decapitation Skill
Type: Ninjutsu; Earth Type
Description: The user hides beneath the ground, and reaches up to grab their opponent.
The opponent is then pulled under the ground, up to their chin, allowing the head to be subject to move powerful Jutsu.
*4: Doton Doriyuudan
Earth Dragon
Type: Ninjutsu; Earth Type
Description: A Jutsu that creates a dragon made of earth to attack enemies. Size of dragon based on amount of chakra used in Jutsu.
*5: Fuuton Renkuudan
Compressed Air Ball
Type: Ninjutsu; Wind Type
Description: This Jutsu allows the user to shot a compressed ball of air from their mouth at increased speeds.
*6: Fuuton: Reppushou
Gale Wind Palm
Type: Ninjutsu; Wind Type
Description: Fuuton: Reppushou is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Wind Element. When acting in conjunction with another thrown weapon, the wind can increase its power and deadliness.
*7: Suiton Suiryuudan
Water Dragon
Type: Ninjutsu; Water Type
Description: This Jutsu allows the user to create a drafon made of water to attack enemies. Size of dragon depends on amount of Chakra used in the Jutsu.
*8: Suiton Suijinheki
Water Encampment
Type: Ninjutsu; Water Type
Description: Allows the user to blow out a string of water that acts as a barrier against enemy attacks.
*9: Suiton Teppoudama
Water Bullet
Type: Ninjutsu; Water Type
Description: A large sphere of rotating water that is spit out of the users mouth that can blast a huge area leaving it soaked.