Disclaimer: Sorry to say that I don't own Naruto or any other pre-copyrighted material within this fic. I only own the OC's in this fic and the situation within.
Summery: First Naru Fic, AU, Crossover's later. Naruto's life is changed when he meets a young man with a hidden past. What changes will befall Naruto's life with his new older Brother to help him. Please Read and review!
Lord Pain: This is annoying beyond belief... (Righter mumbles annoyed while Crow comes up to him and blinks)
Crow: What are you talking about boss? I thought we were pretty good!
Lord Pain: Of course! I made you! But what I'm talking about is... (Righter shout's then starts to mumble once more as Crow sweat drops.)
Crow: Jesse calm down. I'm sure it isn't that bad..." (Crow says and Naruto walks over to them.)
Naruto: What's with him Nii-san? He looks like someone killed his cat... (The flat tone of Naruto makes Righter glare at him.)
Crow: He's just in a funk Otouto. Probably just has some writer's block or something... (Crow muses to himself and the Writer glares at him heatedly.)
Naruto: Oh is that it. I thought he was just whining that no one has reviewed yet... (Naruto states with a thoughtful smirk and the Writer growls at him and Crow.)
Crow:(Sweat drops.) Uhhh... Naruto...
Naruto:(Not Listening to Crow.) Man what a baby. He really needs to get a...
(Before Naruto can finish Writer summons Demon's to attack him.)
Lord Pain:(Pointing at the two with fire burning in his eye's) ATTACK!!!
Naruto & Crow: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
(Demons start chasing the two away from the now thoroughly pissed off writer.)
Lord Pain: Yeah you better run! Oh well. I was gonna say that coming to meet you all wasn't half as annoying as getting Shikamaru to stay awake for the story was... (Writer state's and glares at a sleeping boy...) Anyways I'm the Writer, I've seen people do this kind of thing a lot and I figured why not do it myself. I got to admit... It's fun! (Writer grins as the demon's continue to chase Naruto and Crow around.)
Naruto & Crow: NOT FOR US!!!
Lord Pain: (Evil Smirk) Who said it was supposed to be. (Lord Pain then laughs and vanishes from view as Crow and Naruto are left to fight for their lives.)
Naruto: WHY DOES HE HATE US!!!???
Naruto Ultimate...
Chapter 2: Recollections of the Past...
You say you can read me like a book...
But the pages are all torn and freyed...
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Talking "Yo"
Thinking 'Stupid Fox'
Demon Talking "Grrrr..."
Demon Thinking 'Stupid Kit...'
Jutsu "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu"
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(Konohagakure No Sato/The Village Hidden in the Leaves...)
Naruto woke up with a yawn and stretched his arm's out. He'd had a rough day yesterday, between Konohamaru wanting to Learn the Oiroke no Jutsu, and all those woman attacking him... Naruto wasn't sure if he should call that training, or just hit Naruto day! Then when he was starting to help Konohamaru with the Oiroke no Jutsu, that closet Perv Ebisu came along! What did he do in a past life to deserve that, piss in God's coffee or something?! But Naruto couldn't help but snicker as he remembered the blood trail Ebisu left after getting hit with his brand new Haaremu no Jutsu!
"Man I've got one weird life..." Naruto mused to himself, however his voice didn't sound the same, it sounded older all thing's considered and as he rose from his bed, anyone who knew Naruto would say he was an inch or so too tall. Naruto then walked to his closet and pulled on an outfit that wasn't entirely orange. "Man if only Crow didn't always say to be like the "Cunning serpent, who waits to strike" I wouldn't even have to act like a dobe..." Naruto grumbled then briefly looking in a mirror. "Or hide how I look..." Naruto sighed resigning himself to his fate and did a few hand seals. "Illusion Shell Jutsu!" He stated loudly and his form shimmered for a few seconds before being replaced with that of the Naruto, Most People saw, Orange outfit and all save his jacket. He then sighed and grabbed a different coat from his door and put it on. He may not be allowed to show his true self, but he could at LEAST put on something that wasn't such an eyesore for today...
This coat unlike his normal orange and blue coat, had his red Uzumaki swirl on the arm's, and was still orange, but had a black collar and stripes down the side somewhat like a tiger, also on the back of this coat was Crow's "Kanji Clan" symbol, a black yang mark with a silver border that spiraled inward into itself.
'I wonder... Why was it Crow said that about snake's again?' Naruto suddenly wondered then smiled to himself. 'Oh yeah! That was right after he took off all of those weird seal's on me! Man if he hadn't who knows what I would have ended up acting like in the end!' Naruto promptly shivered at the thought then smiled as he remembered being himself for the first time... Although grimaced when he remembered the pain that came with it...
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(Flashback no Jutsu!)
Naruto was six, and he was holding his stomach as a great pain assaulted his system's and he let out yet another pain filled scream. "Don't worry Otouto, the pain will pass you only need to endure it a little longer..." Crow said and Naruto gritted his teeth as his body began to change before Crow whose eye's widened. The boy's body had cracks appear and then the pieces formed by the cracks all slowly started to fall off and break into bit's of chakra dust which soon started to collect and cover the area in a multi colored fog... 'DAMN! This is even more different from my 'Chakra Shell Jutsu' than I originally thought! The damn illusion was so powerful it was actually like Naruto looked like that! Whoever made that seal was a master and that only further convinces me that the Fourth Hokage was the one to do this... Which means that...' Crows eye's widened as realization struck him as to why Naruto was a Jinchuuriki...
"N-Nii-san... I feel... Weird..." Naruto said softly and Crow looked at the boy who was suddenly looking at his hands as though they were foreign object's now. Crow smiled from behind his bandages and then helped the boy up. He was a good inch or two taller making Crow raise a brow. 'I was right... That illusion was a powerful one meant to make him look like Yondaime, yet make him different also, only a little about Naruto was even real, other than his blue eye's it looks like he's gone through a complete and total over haul! And if that pain is any suggestion, the Chakra that was coming into his system's at a snail's pace before, is now moving into over drive.' Crow thought fascinated despite himself as Naruto then held his head and gritted his teeth in pain.
Crow helped steady the younger boy as he almost fell from the pain in his head his eye's widening. "Otouto... You okay now?" Crow questioned and Naruto looked at him with realization on his face and then grinned widely.
"I almost understand... Crow, please tell me what these seal's were for, Tell me what right the village had to put them on me?" Naruto questioned of Crow who blinked... MAJOR Overhaul to the kids brain, going threw his mind as he looked at Naruto then eye smiled.
"Please sit down and I will try to explain to you what's going on to the best of my ability." Crow said and Naruto did so without question. Crow then took a thoughtful look and paced back and forth in front of Naruto trying to think of how to start. "Well... You see Naruto that seal is called the Shiki Fuujin. It was designed to seal beings of great power into people or object's. And now, add onto this that you that seal on you, that you were born on the day of the Kyuubi attack, and that you had a striking resemblance to the Yondaime Hokage..." Crow left it hanging and Naruto's eye's shot wide open.
"He sealed the Kyuubi in me..." Naruto said softly and laid back into the couch eye's wide in realization and amazement.
"Yes it seems so... That would explain the villager's hatred of you, as well as why your an orphan. But Naruto, that's not the INTIRE purpose of the seal. Added onto it was an entire seal network unlike anything I've ever seen..." Crow told Naruto then began the task of explaining to him the seal's and their purposes.
However much to Crow's utter surprise, it seemed like now Naruto was a sponge for information. No matter how complex he made the explanation, it seemed that Naruto just absorbed it into himself, then studied it in his own head and finally he just seemed to understand it. 'Sensei said that should I find someone like that, it's best to make him an ally instead of an enemy. Besides I could use an apprentice, not to mention I do need a home...' Crow mused to himself then eye smiled to the young boy.
"Alright Otouto. Your body is going to need some rest so I think you should go to bed. Tomorrow I'll show you a jutsu so you can look like your "Dobe" self in public whenever you leave the hotel." Crow said and Naruto frowned while he looked at his "Brother".
"Why would I want that Nii-san? This is who I am why cover it with some Jutsu? Why can't I be myself from now on?" Naruto questioned and Crow grinned under his bandages despite himself.
"Now now Otouto. The cunning Serpent never strikes his prey first, he waits for them to come in close, and then strikes when the time is right..." Crow stated and Naruto raised a brow not getting the analogy his brother used. "Simply put Otouto, you in your dobe state can easily fool those around you into thinking you ARE a dobe. And since all ninja are enemies at some point you will want to use this to your advantage. Make them think that they know who you are, then while they underestimate you, strike hard and fast..." Crow stated and Naruto looked thoughtful for a few moments before he then nodded his head.
"Okay Nii-san... Sound's like a good enough plan..." Naruto admitted and Crow smiled behind his mask. 'The only real thing I can do is listen to Crow. He obviously knows what he's doing... And I really think his snake analogy makes a good deal of sense. Why waist my energy on them if I can make them underestimate me and my abilities... That way no one will ever see my next move, Sounds like a real ninja if nothing else.' Naruto mused then yawned and headed off to bed to get some rest...
(Flashback no Jutsu, Kai!)
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Naruto smiled as he remembered that day, the first day he learned to be a ninja really... The first day he learned of the art of deception and giving your enemies a false sense of security... Oh he enjoyed that part of Crow's plan that was for sure... He then walked over to his bed side counter and picked up his new Hitai ate and put it on also still lost in his thoughts. "Hey Naruto! Get a move on I just finished Breakfast! And unless you want me to throw it out before you head to school you better get out here!" Came a shout from Crow and Naruto chuckled and disguised his voice.
"Be right there Nii-san!" He shouted and ran out to have breakfast with his brother then head off to the academy to meet his new team...
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(Konoha Ninja Academy...)
Naruto sat down next to the biggest Emo he had ever know in all of his short life. Sasuke Uchiha. "Naruto! What are you doing here?" Asked a kid with a puppy in his jacket and Naruto blinked and looked at him with a confused expression. "Class today is only for the students who didn't fail!" He stated and Naruto frowned glancing at him annoyedly. 'This guy isn't very observant, it's no wonder my mask never fails, with everyone in Konoha it's always look at what you see, and never underneath the underneath...' Naruto inwardly mused but grinned outwardly at the Inuzuka boy.
"What are you blind? Check the Headband, dolt!" Naruto stated and the kid looked at him dumbfounded. 'YES! I love that look, it's absolutely priceless man! If not for that look every time I do something "Amazing" for me, I'd swear this stupid mask of mine wasn't worth all the trouble!' Naruto thought to himself with a grin on his face as he saw the Inuzuka's reaction to what he said. The boy however grumbled something then walked to a seat and sat down, his puppy climbing to his head.
"Well at least you made it Naruto... It would have been too troublesome to have to wait a year for ya' to be a shinobi..." Shikamaru Nara said from Behind Naruto his head down and Naruto looked at him with a grin. He was sitting down looking annoyed, his hair pulled up into a pineapple shaped ponytail, a gray short sleeve jacket over a netted shirt, his Hittai Ate tied to his left upper arm, a pair of gray shinobi pants with a kunai holster on his right leg, and a pair of blue shinobi sandals.
'Shikamaru Nara, Heir to the Nara family's Shadow Manipulation type Jutsu and the "Living Shadow" Kekkei-Genkai. He's a lazy ass who has to be truly the most sleepy guy in all of Konoha. His hobbies are playing Shogi and watching the clouds, Crow tried to teach him some thing's but instead he just had me play Shogi with him so I could develop my tactics a bit more. Of course he's so lazy he wasn't even interested in telling other's my secret saying it would be too troublesome.' Naruto thought to himself silently. Shikamaru was also one of the only people besides Crow to actually know what he was really like, he was also one of Naruto's very best friend's.
"Sheesh Shikamaru, have more faith in me will you." Naruto said with a smirk to his friend who smirked back at him. Shikamaru then yawned and laid his head down closing his eye's and Naruto snickered as the laziest ninja ever went to beddy by land.
"Hey Naruto! You up for Icharaku after class? Hey is that a new coat?" Asked a "Chubby" boy who was actually pretty fat in reality but hurt anyone who said that, while he munched on some potato chips. His name is Chouji Akimichi and he is another of the few people like Shikamaru who knows Naruto's "Secret". He is indeed fat with a pair of swirls on his cheeks, silver earing's like Shikamaru, and beady eye's. He wears a white T-shirt that has a red Kanji for "Eat" on it a green jacket and pale blue/gray scarf over it, a pair of dark gray shinobi pants with his kunai pouch on his right thigh, blue shinobi sandals, wrapping's around his hand's, and his headband was designed so his brown hair came out of the side's.
"Sure Chouji, but we can't stay long, Crow wants me and my training partner's in early today, for some last minute training. And yeah, figured I might as well wear a new one for a nice change of pace." Naruto said and Chouji nodded with a small frown on his face as he went back to eating his bag of chips. Naruto then brought another of his Self Proclaimed "Naruto Files" up on Chouji and smirked. 'Chouji Akimichi, he's a nice guy and he, myself, Ino, and Shikamaru have been friend's for a long time now. He's also the Heir to the Akimichi Family and it's own Kekkei-Genkai of "Stored Energy". This is ware they eat mountain's of food and while gaining fat, it converts itself into chakra for some of their strongest attacks. Chouji is the only member of our little group who doesn't want training from Crow besides Shikamaru, he says it's cause he doesn't like to hold back and I can respect that about him. He's honest about everything weather it's his skill's or his opinion's.' Naruto mused to himself then blinked and looked around the room. "So ware's Ino? She not make the cut or what?" Naruto asked and Shikamaru nodded to the door while Chouji was busy with his chips. Ino was coming in with Sakura and they were both talking about their respective crush happily.
Ino Yamanaka, is a pretty Pale Blond girl with pupiless blue eye's and a lithe figure. She wore a purple top that looked to have a scarf attached to it with three ring's in it, a purple skirt with slit's down the side's, her Hitai Ate wrapped around her waist like a belt, arm warmer's of the same design of Sasuke, blue shinobi sandals, and wrapping's under most of her clothing. She always kept her hair in a high ponytail some of her bang's curving down her right cheek.
Sakura Haruno, she was cute... Though Naruto personally beleived she was WAY too violent. She had long pink hair with her Hittai Ate holding some of it back, emerald green eye's, and a figure similar to Ino's only less curvy. She wore a red somewhat Chinese looking dress that had a circle on the back and upper arm's and slit's down her thighs, a pair of tight black shorts with her kunai holster on her right leg, and blue shinobi sandals.
Naruto knew both of them, Ino more so than Sakura though that was only because Ino often visited Crow while Sakura tried to catch Sasuke. 'Ino Yamanaka, heir to the Yamanaka Clan family's secret techniques, and their "Loose Persona" Kekkei-Genkai, not to mention Crow's number one fangirl. She personally doesn't dislike me and we've managed to have a somewhat friendship threw her wanting to be my friend to get to Crow. This at least has given us some knowledge on one another and has also let me and Crow tell her about who I "Really" am. Her specialty is mostly in her family's secret Jutsu and some basic Ninjutsu, she's just as physically trained as me or Hinata thanks to Nii-san so basically she can kick any body's ass if they fuck with her...' Naruto thought to himself then looked to the other girl silently bringing up what little info he had on her.
'Sakura Haruno, She's... Cute, Her forehead is somewhat larger than normal but it's not ugly like some people seem to think. She has a temper problem however as I remember when she would constantly beat me up for sitting next to Sasuke a few years back. Of course that soon stopped when I mentioned the other seat beside of him was free. Her main strength is her emence intellect and knowledge of jutsu theory, her weakness is that she's so into Sasuke that she hasn't trained and instead has made herself skinny by not eating enough, thus she's physically pretty weak...' Naruto thought to himself as Sakura looked at Sasuke with adoring eye's and he rolled his.
"Move it Naruto! I need to get around you!" Sakura stated to Naruto who rolled his eye's. Today Sasuke most have decided to sit to close to the edge so he'd have to move or listen to Sakura's "Banshee Wail no Jutsu" which no one in the class wanted.
"Yeah yeah Sakura..." Naruto muttered and moved out of her way annoyed enough by her grating voice as Ino looked apologetically to him. Naruto took his seat back as Sakura happily sat next to the brooding Uchiha kid while some of the girl's in the back glare at her, and Naruto pulled up another of his mental file's out on the dark kid. 'Sasuke Uchiha, Last of his clan, the major heart throb to the girls of the class, and the heir to the "Sharingan" or otherwise known as the Mirror Wheel Eye. He's skilled in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu but his Genjutsu really needs some work. He's trained all his life but as far as I know he doesn't seem like much of a threat at the moment. Crow who has admitted he can only use Supplementary Jutsu, due to the fact Chakra can't go any further than an inch off his skin, could even take him. Of course that's not saying much, Crow can take me, Ino, and Hinata with only minor difficulty for crying out loud!' Naruto thought to himself then smirked as he examined Sasuke or rather his outward appearance.
Sasuke Uchiha always has one of three looks on his face, annoyed, brooding, and last was smirking at your inferiority, he has black spiky hair in the exact same style as crow and vise' verse'. His eye's are black like most Uchiha were, his skin is pale, and he seems to train quite a bit. He wears a blue short sleeved high collared shirt with a fan symbol on the back, arm warmer's, a pair of white shorts with his Kunai holster on his right leg, wrappings around his lower legs and a pair of blue shinobi sandals over his feet.
At one point Ino and Sakura had both had a crush on Sasuke which soon led to them fighting over Sasuke and ending their friendship, but Crow had intervened with that not wanting to see friends fighting with one another over a boy... Naruto smirked as he remembered that encounter Crow had told him about.
Ino was actually glad that Crow had managed to set her and Sakura straight back when he did. Otherwise she was sure their friendship wouldn't have come back any time soon. She really did prefer having her best friend and no malice between them even if she did still call her name's sometimes. Ino sighed as she remembered the day that Crow came and gave them back their friendship...
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(Flashback no Jutsu!)
Ino and Sakura were fighting while walking threw the park having just lost track of Sasuke Uchiha. This had become the norm for Konoha after the two had both admitted to each other about their crush on Sasuke. "Shut up forehead girl. Sasuke likes me best! I am the most beautiful girl in all of Konoha!" The blond told the pink haired girl smugly and Sakura bristled glaring at her former blond friend.
"No you shut up Ino-pig! Sasuke would like me more than a blond bimbo like you!" Sakura shouted and both didn't notice as a certain bandaged young man was walking by them while reading his little orange book. The two girls were looked like they were about to go at one another's throat's but were grabbed from the side. Crow saw this then inwardly groaned, he hated when friend's were turned into enemies because of something as trivial as a crush...
"Now why are you two fighting?" The masked boy inquired his book hidden away his eye's out in the open and staring at the two unblinkingly. The two girls turned, and promptly forgot their fight as soon as they saw those mismatched snake like eye's, both shivered seeing the eyes. "Girls shouldn't fight over such trivial thing's as boy's, it only leads to hatred and heartbreak." Crow stated and then released the girls.
"What do you know about this? Huh Snake eye's?" Ino questioned and Crow eye smiled to the two.
"Only that it's supposed to be BOYS fighting over girl's, not the other way around." Crow told the two seriously and Ino and Sakura both blinked. "And besides that why would anyone want to fight over someone else?" Crow asked the two simply and Ino blinked then started to think about why she would rather fight with Sakura than give up on Sasuke.
"Because... Because Sasuke is the coolest. And only the most beautiful girl can even hope to win his heart!" Ino said and Sakura nodded making Crow raise a brow.
"So, by getting this Sasuke kid you want to prove who's most beautiful?" Crow questioned and the two blinked. "Seems kind of shallow if you ask me..." Crow stated and the two girl's started to gape at the young boy's word's.
"N-no that's... Your just twisting our word's!" Sakura stated and Crow raised a brow then smirked behind his bandage's and gave both a look that asked 'Really?' He then took on a serious look his arm's crossing over his chest.
"This crush of yours isn't worth destroying such a good friendship. You two were such good friends before this silly Sasuke crush happened, how can you let it destroy what you both worked so hard to build?" Crow asked the two girls who looked down hearing the disappointment in his tone of voice. Sakura then looked at him and tried to tell him getting star's in her eyes.
"But... Sasuke is just so... Well... So cool and soooo good looking and..." Crow interrupted the girl by placing his hand on her mouth to silence her.
"Listen to me here girls. A crush is not worth it's weight in gold, you both see Sasuke and rather than seeing him for what he is, you see him for his attitude and looks. You should never go that way girls that will only lead you to a painful journey of heartache." Crow stated then crossed his arms and looked between the two and nodded his head. "Now I want you both to think of why you like Sasuke, then I want you to ask yourself, if he's really worth giving up your first and best friend for over a crush..." Crow told the girls who blinked then did so closing their eye's as they did so.
And for the first time in a long time, the two actually thought about what they had given up in order to go after Sasuke. Sakura had lost the only friend she had and lost a lot of self confidence when she wasn't able to protect herself anymore. Ino had lost one of the only female friend's she had, and she lost someone who she thought of as a little sister. Was it really worth it all, to give that up...?
(Flashback no Jutsu, Kai!)
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At first the two seemed to simply stay out of one another's way after that. But it was Ino in the end who finally cracked and went to Crow for help in getting their friendship back on track. The young man had given her advice and told her what she had to do if she wanted Sakura as her friend. She had to make a choice, Friendship or her crush on Sasuke... Which was more important to her...
Suffice it to say, Ino gave up on Sasuke to gain her friend back, however she also gained a small crush on Naruto's big brother because of his hand in bringing their friendship back from the grave. So she had started to follow either Naruto or Crow, the two couldn't do anything without Ino behind them sometimes, or simply popping out of no ware to see her new crush the "Enigmatic Crow" as some of his fan's called him. Of course now a day's he has a fan club much like Sasuke, due mostly because he was often working on their hotels roof and with his skin tight shirt it didn't hide any of his toned body...
Of course another reason he so quickly gained a fan club was because of how utterly nice he was to any and all woman. This was cause, no matter what he said, Naruto knew he was a lecher and couldn't really resist any pretty girls charms no matter what. Ino knew this but that didn't deter her just made her hit him a lot when he tried to flirt with other girls in her presence... Naruto grinned as he thought of the hundred time's that happened. Ino was basically the leader of Crow's fanclub while Sakura was Sasuke's, and the two regained their friendship thanks to Naruto's masked brother leaving no malice between them any longer.
"Hey Ino." Naruto said to the blond blue eyed girl. Said girl grinned and sat next to her other blond friend then looked at him with a grin still on her face.
"Hey Naruto. How did you manage to pass the test?" Ino asked and Naruto grinned right back at the girl.
"You know me Ino, the number one most surprising Shinobi in all of Konoha." Naruto told her with a smirk and Ino rolled her eye's.
"Would both you blonds stop being so troublesome, I'm trying to rest here..." Shikamaru said his head down and looking at the two, still half asleep as his two blond friends grinned. Shikamaru was the "Brains" of their little group, Chouji was the "Muscle", Naruto was known as the "Front man" as he could take so much damage, Hinata was their "All-seeing" eye's, and Ino proclaimed herself the "Beautiful Flower" of their group. Crow was like the "Leader" or something to that affect as he constantly managed to train those who wanted it to be stronger more skilled shinobi.
"Yeah yeah. But you really need to stop being so Lazy Shikamaru, sooner or later you'll have to become more active." Ino stated to Shikamaru who mumbled something and Naruto chuckled to himself. He then looked around and spotted the only other person "in the know" about his secret.
Her name was Hinata Hyuuga, Heir to the Hyuuga Family's Kekkei-Genkai the Byakuugan and all of it's secrets. She had short very dark violet hair, pale lavender eye's, and pale skin, however that was pretty common in the Hyuuga Clan. She wore her Hittai Ate around her neck, a brown hooded coat with the Hyuuga symbol on her left shoulder and fur along the bottom, dark shinobi pants with her Kunai holster on her right thigh, and blue Shinobi sandals. Naruto then took the time to open the file he had mentally stored away on her from his mind and smirked.
'Hinata Hyuuga, she seems really shy on the surface and was before Crow had a talk with her a few year's back. She took a one eighty after that and can hold her own in a fight now. She's not completely over her shyness of course but she's not as bad as when I first met her. The fighting style Crow taught her was heavy on Chakra Manipulation and defensive moves to go with her Gentle Fist style Taijutsu. She's not mastered it but then again only someone like Crow COULD master any of his technique's and I should know... I've tried...' Naruto thought to himself with a small frown as he remembered his brother's odd jutsu.
Naruto looked the the "seemingly" shy and quiet Hinata with a smirk as she had her hand's together her index fingers pressing together slightly. If he got an award for his performance, then Hinata would have gotten a trophy for hers. She hadn't been very shy since Crow's talk with her all those year's ago... Naruto did wonder what they talked about but Crow always said it was personal and if Hinata wanted him to know he'd have to ask her.
Hinata on the other hand vividly remembered what Crow did and said for her. In fact he was the entire reason she was as strong as she was, especially seeing as her father no longer tried to help or train her. She also loved being able to be around her "Inspiration" AKA Naruto. Even after she found out Naruto always held back she found a reason to admire him, some of the reason's being his humble attitude, and his caring and loyal nature towards his friends. Hinata smiled as she thought of Naruto, then she thought of the day she met Crow and learned how truly strong she could be if she put her mind to it...
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(Flashback No Justsu!)
"So anyways I was thinking Crow, why can't we combine the Chakra shell with an element or something?" Naruto questioned as he and Crow walked down the street the older boy's head starting to hurt because of that idea. It had been two year's since Crow came to Konoha and no one wanted to get on the bad side of Naruto's "Nii-san" for fear of being desentigrated like any of the unlucky fool's who attacked them.
"Otouto the reason that would be bad, is because of the reason I almost didn't teach you the Chakra Shell Jutsu in the first place. To much chakra combined with an element and you have the VERY likely chance of having yourself be ripped apart by the shell exploding..." Crow stated and Naruto blinked then grimaced.
"Oh... Right... I forgot that, I'm so used to the Chakra shell that it's just become second nature for me to use it..." Naruto said and Crow nodded his head slowly then suddenly stopped completely. "Something the matter Nii-san?" Naruto questioned stopping to look at Crow who shook his head.
"Nah, you go on ahead to Ichiraku and I'll meet you there." He stated and Naruto shrugged and then walked to the Ichiraku Ramen shop with a small smile on his face. Crow then turned and crossed his arm's over his chest while looking at a nearby tree. "Alright, come out or the tree's going down..." Crow stated and a young eight years old Hinata Hyuuga looked out from behind the tree shyly. Crow blinked seeing the Hyuuga girl and raised a brow, weren't all Hyuuga supposed to be stuck up pricks with a stick lodged up their butt's? And if so then ware did THIS Hyuuga come from...
"I-i'm sorry... I d-didn't mean to f-follow you..." The young girl stuttered and Crow blinked then walked over to her. He saw as she closed her eye's and then seemed to shake and his eye's narrowed dangerously. 'Shy and fearful, whenever someone comes near her she visibly flinches or outright closes her eye's, this is usually somewhat similar to when a person is abused for failure or butting into other's business. There's a bruise on her leg that resembles a hand meaning that she must have been hit there pretty hard or grabbed roughly, she Carry's herself in a slump signifying she's very depressed...' Crow thought a frown coming to his face under his bandages...
'She's been mentally abused and physically pushed beyond her current limit's, without the mind in the training her body won't really be able to do much. This leads me to assume that she at one time was fairly proficient in fighting but something happened and made her lose her confidence. Since she's a Hyuuga and so nice I suspect her Clan's council had this done to make sure she didn't try and unite the main and branch houses so they could keep their power...' Crow thought growling on the inside but shook his head as he saw Hinata open one eye.
"Now what's you name?" Crow asked with an eye smile and little Hinata blinked.
"H-Hinata H-Hyuuga..." Hinata stuttered and Crow nodded his head.
"Tell me Hinata, would you like to be strong?" Crow questioned pleasantly and Hinata looked down to the ground.
"I... I-I could n-n-never be strong... I-I'm just a weakling..." Hinata said and Crow's eye twitched in blind furry. The Hyuuga better hope and pray that he doesn't find any of them any time soon or him removing the Byakugan would be the LEAST of their worries!!!
"Now Hinata, that's not true. Anyone can be strong with the right dedication and heart, in fact I'm sure you'll be just as strong as me if you put your mind to it." Crow stated putting a hand on Hinata's left shoulder. The young dark haired girl still didn't look sure however and Crow decided to pull out his... Trump card... "Besides you'd be able to spend time with Naruto..." Crow said hoping he was right about the reason she was following them, and if the widening of her eye's and the blush on her face was any indication...
"O-Okay..." She said and Crow couldn't help but grin as he nodded and told Hinata to meet him at Naruto's place the next day for training...
(Flashback no Jutsu, KAI!)
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Of course Crow knew about her "Crush" and actually tried to help her with her stutter and shy nature, they'd managed to get it to a point ware she only did that when she was excited or around Naruto. How Crow did this was unknown as she still acted like she was weak and nervous around her clan, only her few friend's knew about her true skill's. Now why would she do this is a question many would ask. Her answer is because she doesn't want her sister Hanabi to have to end up in the Branch Family and have the Caged Bird Seal put on her if she can help it at least.
Naruto sighed as he laid his head halfway down till he smiled, his closest friends all managed to pass the test, that was good. Then he looked around at the other's who had managed to pass the test. One was a boy tan skin, beady slit like eye's, and red triangle mark's painted on her cheek's, he was in a gray hooded coat that had fur lining it, with brown shinobi pants with his kunai holster on his right thigh, his Hitai-ate around his head, and blue shinobi sandals. This boy was Kiba Inuzuka, someone Naruto sometimes would escape class with and pull prank's out threw the city. The boy was currently leaning forward his eye's closed and a puppy with cream colored fur was on his head looking around.
'Kiba Inuzuka, Heir to the Inuzuka Clan's secrets and their Kekkei-Genkai of "Wild Speak". He's a pretty cool guy unless you get on his bad side, which is pretty easy with his short temper. He and I have been pranking the school for year's now and he always gets a kick out of it. He's proficient in Taijutsu but his Genjutsu and Ninjutsu need a little work, and he DEFENANTLY needs to learn some strategy or else he might end dead against someone who uses his head.' Naruto mused to himself then looked at the shadowed corner of the room ware a strange boy was sitting a small bug on his finger.
He was Shino Aburame, he had brown spiky hair with his Hitai Ate around his forehead, dark sunglasses covering his eye's, and wears a gray jacket that covered the bottom half of his face from view, a pair of brown ninja pants his kunai holster on his right thigh, and a pair of blue shinobi sandals. 'Shino Aburame, Heir to the Aburame Clan and their "Bug Contract" Kekkei-Genkai, which basically make's them all into a living bug nest. Kind of gross but exceptionally useful in battle if you want to attack your enemy's without getting to close. Shino is pretty quiet and unlike the other's never boasts how tough he is, in fact I haven't heard him say one complete sentence in all the time I've known him!' Naruto thought to himself slightly annoyed about not knowing anything more about Shino despite himself being excellent at information retrieval.
Naruto however shook his head and looked at the last three people worth noticing remaining in class. The first was Kairi Inuzuka, she had shoulder length burnt red hair, green eye's, and purple rectangle mark's on each of her cheek's, she wears a gray sleeveless gi top without the sleeve's and end's at her mid thigh to act like a skirt, a black and red obi was tied around her waist to hold it down on her slim waist, a brown leather belt over that with her shurrikan holster on the side, a pair of black wrist bands with steel plate's over the top of each bandages around her hand's and forearm's underneath them, a pair of black stockings that reached to her mid thigh and didn't have toes, a pair of black shinobi sandals with metal at the back of her heels, and a sword strapped to her belt.
'Kairi Inusuka, one of the premier "Kunoichi Three" of the class, Her specialty is in Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, her weakness is her limited ability in dispelling and using Genjutsu's much like myself. She's nice to everyone unlike her cousin Kiba who sometimes talks like he's better than everyone else. She's also one of the only "Non-Fangirl" kunoichi in the entire class and actually work's to be a good shinobi. I only know her in passing but what I do know is that she doesn't have a dog unlike the rest of her family, as apparently only the Inuzuka with red triangle's on their face have an animal to fight with, the rest have to work with what their given or a sword in her case.' Naruto thought to himself with a nod then looked to the girl beside of her to the right.
This girl was Arissa Kurama, she had Blond choppy shoulder length hair, pupiless blue eye's, and pale skin. She wore a fishnet shirt with a black jacket on over it, her Hitai-ate around her neck like Hinata, a pair of tight black shinobi shorts with her kunai holster on her right thigh, a black leather belt around her waist over her fishnet shirt, and black shinobi sandals. She looked like the kind of girl NO ONE wanted to mess with if the fact she was glaring at some idiot attempting to hit on her, was any indication. In fact as Naruto watched her he gulped as she used a Genjutsu on him that made her look invisible so she wouldn't have to stand the boy's constant chatter anymore.
'Arissa Kurama, Heir to the Kurama clan and their "Living Illusions" Kekkei-Genkai. Thank's to her Kekkei-Genkai she's able to flawlessly produce Genjutsu and even cause real physical Damage to the unlucky fool's trapped in them. Besides being an expert in Genjutsu she's also proficient in Medical Jutsu's and is the second member of the "Kunoichi Three". She's nice enough unless you fuck with her and then she'll more than like kick your ass because she don't take anyone's shit. Sasuke actually LIKE'S her she's so tough and hard to get to! I'll admit she's kinda pretty but she absolutely HATES guy's like Sasuke and stays clear of him as much as she can. Besides that I think she likes seeing people who belong together become a couple and even helps them using her illusion's sometimes. Her clan is slowly dwindling to nothing but Arissa wants to try and rebuild her clan back to it's former glory by becoming a strong Kunoichi.' Naruto personally would rather not get into a fight with this particular girl, no matter how tough you were if she used a Genjutsu He'd HATE to be on the receiving end when it really happened.
Naruto quickly shook his head however and looked to the girl on Kairi's left side, the final member of the "Kunoichi Three" and the most skilled Ninjutsu user the school had seen in year's, not to mention a child hood friend of Naruto's. Kisara Hatake, she had black eye's, spiky shoulder length silver hair that covers her right eye, and pale skin. She wore her Hitai-ate around her head and a black face mask like her father Kakashi Hatake, a fishnet shirt under a green and red armored vest that cut off just above her navel, a pair of tight black shorts with a white skirt that had slit's down the side's and her kunai holster on her right thigh, a pair of belt's were strapped around her chest in an X pattern and held a short tonto to her back, black shinobi sandals that reached up to the middle of her shin's and had band's holding them on tightly with metal plates on the back of each heel and wrapping's around the top of her feet, and lastly armored band's were covering her forearm's and her wrist's. Naruto couldn't help but smile seeing his old friend looking bored as hell as she sat back in her seat staring out a window.
'Kisara Hatake, daughter of Kakashi Hatake, or Sharingan Kakashi, the man who copied a thousand Jutsu's, and the final member of the "Kunoichi Three". Her main specialty is like her father, Ninjutsu, but she's no slouch in Taijutsu or Genjutsu either. She's tomboyish, though I don't think she dresses like it, love's her dad but wishes he wasn't so lazy and would stop reading a certain orange book, is very confident without being full of herself, has a keen intellect and big heart, and is generally thought of to be the best Kunoichi of our class maybe the entire school. I have learned that she is also somewhat insecure about herself as with a father like hers she's trying to live up to one hell of a legacy.' Naruto nodded to himself then sighed as he laid his chin on his arm's and waited for their teacher Iruka to finally show up.
Naruto closed his eye's and let himself listen to the people around him, not much was going on besides the chatter of who would do what now that they were ninja. Naruto actually knew thanks to sneaking a look at the roster for the team's so couldn't help but smirk. It was then that Iruka walked in and Naruto opened his eye's to watch him. "Alright everyone. I'd like to say it's been an honor to teach all of you. And that from this day forward you are no longer mere students of ninjitsu, But full-fledged Shinobi. But among the rank's of the Shinobi, you are mere novices, lowest of the low. Your greatest challenges still lie ahead of you." Iruka announced and Naruto rolled his eye's. "The next step is the assignment of official duties to you all on behalf of our village. We will begin by dividing you all into three-man teams. Each of which will be mentored by a Jounin, a more senior ninja..." Iruka said his arm's behind his back as he gave out his speech a small smile gracing his lips. "... Who will guide and coach you as you become familiar with your various assignments." Iruka announced and several different thought's ran threw the different student's of the class at that moment.
'Three man teams? Sounds like two too many...' Sasuke thought his finger's laced before his face dark eye's set on the teacher.
'It's perfect! I know they'll team me up with Sasuke!' Sakura thought to herself triumphantly pumping a fist while Ino groaned. Why was her friend always so crazy when Sasuke was around?
'This aught a be interesting. If my team are substandard like some of the idiot's who passed then maybe I can whip them into shape... Although I hope Kisara's on my team...' Naruto thought to himself eye's still half lidded as he looked at Iruka boredly.
'Man this is all just too troublesome... I already know there gonna team me up with Ino and Chouji...' Shikamaru thought then closed his eye's and started to sleep having already seen the team roster when he got his license.
'I hope my teammates aren't like that Sasuke kid, he's SUCH A PAIN ASS MAN!!!' Arissa thought and growled as her left eye started to twitch at the mere thought of the Uchiha boy trying to "Rebuild his Clan" with her as he always put it.
'Please, oh please, Kami-sama let me be on Naruto's team...' Hinata hoped with a small blush on her face.
'I hope I get to be on a team with some LOVELY LADIES, OHHH YEAH!!!' Kiba hoped with a large grin Akamaru wondering why his owner was doing so.
'C'mon, just tell us the damn team lineup already!' Ino thought annoyed with the long speech Iruka had given out already.
'Finally, I'll get to show dad I'm just as fine a ninja as him!' Kisara vowed to herself determined not to let down her father.
'If Kiba's on my team, I swear I'll KILL HIM! He called me 'HIS' bitch last week and I almost neutered him! If it wasn't for Tsume I swear I would have too... Then again... She said I could if he did that again...' Kairi thought her right eye twitching as her hand itched to take hold of her sword and cut off a piece of her cousin's anatomy.
'I wonder if mom's making rib's or steak tonight...' Chouji wondered to himself thoughtfully while still eating from his bag of chips.
Obviously, Shino's not much of a thinker or a talker... He just liked to mock everyone with his existence. "Alright now class, I've made up each Team to balance out each of it's member's individual abilities." Iruka said bringing out a notepad as the class roared with a loud WHAT! Naruto tuned out Iruka after that and listened for one of the Ninja he was sure would pass, although did here Iruka say that only thirty were passing this year and that they expected less than half to make it to full fledged Genin.
"Next, Team Six, Kisara Hatake, Arissa Kurama, and Kairi Inuzuka..." Iruka announced making Naruto realize they had kept the "Kunoichi Three" together and Kiba stood up and slammed his fist's into the table.
"HEY! What are you doing? Their the best three Kunoichi in the entire school! And your pairing them ALL together!? How's that supposed to be even?" Kiba demanded and Naruto rolled his eye's, was the mutt really that dense... Iruka sighed and looked to the young Inuzuka boy grimacing slightly as he hoped he would calm down or something if he made Genin.
"Actually Kiba, while they all did get top score's, each one of them is severely lacking in certain aspect's that the other makes up for. So as it is Kisara may be good at Taijutsu and excellent at Ninjutsu, Arissa is better at Genjutsu and Medical Jutsu than her, and Kairi's better at Ken and Taijutsu than the other's. Each one has their own individual skill's that are off balance, in this formation they make a team that can go on all around mission's. Any type their team is made ready to be suited for it no matter what." Iruka explained and Kiba muttered something and sat back down. Iruka sighed and then looked to his note board and read off the next team.
"Next, Team seven, Sakura Haruno, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha..." Iruka said and Sakura jumped for joy while Naruto wished he didn't have to be stuck with the fangirl and the guy with a stick shoved WAY up his butt... "Next, Team eight, Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame..." Iruka said and Ino and Naruto both sent Hinata a pitying glance as Kiba literally jumped for joy. Hinata sunk into her arm's and silently cursed kami for doing this to her when she asked him to put her with Naruto. Shino... Was indifferent for now... "Team Nine will carry on from last year, and last is Team Ten, which will consist of Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Chouji Akimichi." Iruka said and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio rolled their eye's. Shikamaru cause he already knew, Ino cause she figured that they were being put together like their dad's, and Chouji for the same reason as Ino.
"Okay, everyone. I'll be introducing your Jounin instructors this afternoon at four o'clock, I suggest getting here a bit early as some of them like coming in a little to early. Until then, you're dismissed." Iruka said smiling brightly and Naruto sighed and got up.
"Hey, why are you wearing a new Jacket Dobe?" Came a question from the brooding Uchiha and Sakura blinked as she hadn't even payed any attention to that. Naruto inwardly sighed and opened his "Excuses for the things I do" mental folder and then told him factly.
"Cause it's a nice jacket and I wanted to wear it when I became a Shinobi. Also cause it has my Nii-san's clan symbol on the back." Naruto told Sasuke and the brooding Uchiha simply grunted and got up to leave. 'I seriously need to find a way to remove whatever was shoved up his butt one of these day's. Otherwise were not going to last very long as a team...' Naruto thought to himself then walked out of the room, however before he could he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder and looked to his side to see Kisara standing there.
"So new jacket, AND your all quiet today, hmmm, that's not like you Naruto." She stated and Naruto blinked before grinning brightly.
"Hey, that's not true, besides I'm only quiet cause I'm sleepy, I was up celebrating all night with Nii-san and forgot to go to bed early enough." Naruto explained and Kisara looked at him for a good while then shrugged.
"Whatever Naruto, it's none of my business... But if you ever need someone to talk to, my doors always open for a friend." Kisara said and Naruto couldn't help but smile as she walked out of the room. 'If I have a crush on anyone... It's that girl right there... She's smart, nice, kind, funny...' He thought to himself and walked out of the room in and then headed for Ichiraku to meet up with Chouji, then head for Crow's Training area all while in a daze really as he thought of a certain silver haired Kunoichi...
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Crow was in a crouched position and stalking an elusive prey, eye's focused ahead of himself, his target was directly ahead and unsuspecting... He grinned as his prey made it's first mistake by turning, now he only needed to get a little closer and... "Hey Nii-san." Naruto said and Crow fell to his face the young woman he had been stalking walking away with a thoughtful look on her pretty face. "Chasing skirt's again?" Naruto asked crossing his arm's as Ino and Hinata came from different direction's.
"No, I was trying to... Never mind, now that your all finally here, training can finally begin." Crow said while getting up then looked to Naruto. "When do you guy's got to be back at the school anyways?" Naruto closed one eye thinking about it then sighed as he remembered what Iruka said to them.
"In about three hour's." He stated flatly and Crow groaned loudly slapping his face.
"Great..." He said sarcastically then shook his head and took on a serious posture. "Let's get to the training ground then I'll think about what we need to do..." Crow said and the group of four walked into the forest of Death. Crow lead them threw the forest till they reached a clearing in the middle of some giant tree's which Crow had found the same year he first arrived in Konoha. "Alright, seeing as we've only got limited time and we probably won't be training together for a while so... no Limiter Seal's for now, release them and we can begin." Crow stated and Naruto grinned widely.
"Really?!" Naruto asked excited and Crow nodded his head. "ALRIGHT!" Naruto shouted and then rolled up the sleeve's of his jacket and removed his sandals. On his forearm's and around his ankle's were black mark's, they were designed to look like chains of some sort on Naruto. Ino had the same thing only they looked more like vine's with thorn's on them. And Hinata's looked as though they were made of waves circling her wrist's and ankle's. The three then bit one of their finger's and spread the blood on one of the seal's.
"KAI!" They all said at once and the seal's all seemed to break then started to travel to the point the blood was and then became a simple tattoo on each of them of different variation's. Instantly Naruto jumped and reached at the least four feet into the air before falling back down and grinning like a mad man.
"Oh yeah! I forgot how good it felt not to be restricted so much!" Naruto stated happily and Hinata nodded her head. Ino was stretching out some as she always had the most trouble with that damn seal on. "So what's the training today going to be Nii-san?" Naruto asked his older brother who then looked to the sky and then at them. They all paled as they could almost SEE the evil insidious grin that he had on.
"You all have to fight me..." He stated and then blinked.
"That's all?" Naruto asked and Crow chuckled slightly.
"Let me rephrase that then Naruto..." He stated and removed his glove's and sandals. He also had the Limiter Seal's on, only these looked like some kind of snake's were coiled around his wrist's and ankle's. He quickly used one of his claw's and cut the tip of one of his thumb's before smearing it onto one of the snake's. Instantly he pumped some chakra into it and the snake's all vanished before a single winged serpent tattoo appeared on his right forearm. Crow then started to stretch his own body before jumping up to at least ten feet in the air and landing on his feet when coming down leaving his "Students" wide eyed. The young man the replaced his sandals and glove's and smirked underneath his mask as he looked at the three young graduates.
"You'll be fighting me, while I have no restriction's, and you all have to make sure none of you are hurt..." Crow stated before pulling a timer out of his vest and turned it around setting it for three hour's. "You all have two and a half hour's to try and stop me, any jutsu, of any style or type are available save any forbidden or fatal jutsu." Crow stated and the three nodded their head's. Crow then walked over to a tree and placed the timer in it and then turned to the three Graduates. "Ready... BEGIN!" Crow said then shouted and the three rookies all jumped into the tree's. 'This should keep me amused...' Crow thought to himself looking around himself before walking to the center of the clearing and sitting down in a lotus position, closing his eye's.
Naruto, Hinata, and Ino were all standing in the tree's, just starring at ware the older teen is sitting silently, eye's closed and seemingly asleep. "What's he doing? Taunting us?" Ino asks slightly annoyed with Crow. Although Ino likes Crow, she can get easily annoyed with two thing's about him, his constant Lechery and his sometimes eccentric behavior.
"No... He's using that weird meditation thing of his again..." Hinata says softly and Naruto nod's his head.
"What weird meditation thing are you guy's talking about?" Ino question's and the other two look at her and blink.
"Oh right, you were sick when it happened last time." Naruto stated and Ino tilted her head. "Well... it's hard to explain really but he somehow knows ware we are based solely on scent, sound, and feel right now. Hinata has no idea how he does it and I've only got a slightly better one than her..." Naruto explains and Ino blinks.
"Uhhh... Maybe you two should tell me what happened last time..." She state's and the other two nod their head's slowly then begin the tale...
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(Flashback No Jutsu!)
Crow sat in the same way he would in only a few year's, only with Tora and Suzaku strapped to his back. He had his eye's closed and all traces of his life seeming non-existent while he sat in wait of the attack. Ino had come down with the chicken pox and wasn't aloud out so Crow was forced to give a "private" training session to both Hinata and Naruto. His hand's were forming minute seal's that no normal human would be able to notice, the seals truly served no purpose other than to coax Naruto and Hinata to attack by making them think he would attempt a jutsu.
"Hinata, you go in from the left... I don't think we should allow Crow to perform whatever jutsu those hand seals are for..." Naruto stated and Hinata nodded and went off to the left of Crow as Naruto looked ahead from the bushes to watch their teacher. Hinata got into her position as Crow continued to sit unblinking or even seeing his breathing slow and even. Hinata ran forward her Byakugan active and Naruto went from the front. The two were silent as the wind never even breaking a twig or crunching a leaf beneath their feet as they struck.
Crow continued to sit motionless until the last second that Naruto and Hinata were to attack. Crow moved almost flawlessly catching the two by the wrist's eye's still closed. "Never attack an opponent from the front or any ware he can find you easily Naruto... Hinata..." Crow said softly then spun the two onto their back's and jumped into the tree's.
"Damn it! How did he know?!" Naruto cursed then questioned in a growl. Hinata couldn't really figure it out either and both looked around themselves trying to find their elusive and cunning teacher. "Ware is he..." Naruto questioned aloud looking around and Hinata seemed confused as even with her Byakugan she wasn't able to find him.
"The problem with the Byakugan Hinata..." Came Crow's voice and both Naruto and Hinata's eye's widened. Crow stood behind and between the two, a sword at each of their throat's... "Is that no matter how powerful... It's still just sight... Still just a pair of eye's..." Crow said and both the children were frozen to the spot. One wrong move, or even one twitch and Crow could end their lives with a single move... "And no matter how good they are... Our eye's can always be fooled..." Crow intoned darkly his left eye staring at Hinata slightly before he turned his eye's to Naruto. Crow then moved quickly and moved his blade's away from the two children's throat's before elbowing both of them in the back and forward.
The two turned quickly ready to fight but Crow was gone... "How does he do that..." Naruto wondered aloud looking around with wide eye's Hinata doing much the same. "Why can't we see him... It's almost like he's the wind or something..." Naruto muttered to himself and a chuckle came from the forest.
"Very good Naruto... To be like the wind is what a Ninja must truly be... Silently and Deadly... Every ware and No ware... Without form or face... The epitome of true ninja skill is to be in and out without anyone knowing you were there before it is too late..." Crow said and then chuckled lightly. "But to do this one needs more than their eye's to fight or to escape, you must hear you enemy, smell them, and feel their presence without them finding you..." Crow said and kicked Naruto from behind before vanishing once more.
Naruto quickly stumbled back to his feet looking around with wide eye's. Was Crow really THIS good!? If so then Naruto was certain he could, at the very least, be a Chunin with these skill's... "N-Naruto... I can't find him..." Hinata said worriedly and Naruto looked around equally worried.
"Don't worry Hinata he can't hide forever..." Naruto stated and then tried to think of a way to find Crow. He sighed and took a breath quickly trying to calm down his erratic breathing so he could find Crow. He then closed his eye's and listened to the world around him... He heard the running water of a nearby stream... The slithering motion's of a large snake to the north... Hinata's heart beat and erratic breathing... And then he heard something that sounded like the wind and his eye's snapped open as he leaned back and grabbed Crow around the waist.
"Excellent work... Naruto..." Crow said simply and Naruto released Crow and stood before him the older teen chuckling lightly. "You did well in figuring out what you had to do Naruto, Assist Hinata with this and then we can all go back home. I don't think drawing out today's lesson is worth it without Ino here to catch the lesson also..." Crow said simply before stretching and yawning loudly, before walking off his hand's behind his head.
"Sometimes I wonder about him and his mental health Naruto..." Hinata said dryly and Naruto chuckled then sighed as he had to admit... Hinata may have a point...
(Flashback No Jutsu... KAI!!!)
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To say Ino was surprised would be a fierce understatement. The fact that Crow had beaten them wasn't all that surprising, but the fact he had found a blind spot in the Hyuuga's prided Byakugan was... If word got out about a blind spot in the Byakugan it would be REALY bad for Konoha... Ino quickly shook her head and looked to her two friend's worriedly. "Well... What do we do Naruto? If he's using the same Tactic as back then do you think we can really catch him?" Ino questioned and Naruto closed his eye's and started to mumble to himself so softly Ino and Hinata wondered if he himself could hear it.
Soon Naruto snapped his eye's opened and grinned to himself. "We can if we learn what the blind spot in the Byakugan is..." He stated and Ino and Hinata blinked. "Crow said that it's not strength that beats a ninja, it's knowledge. If we know what he knows about the Byakugan then we can anticipate ware he'll come from to attack us..." Naruto stated and Ino and Hinata thought about it and nodded. "Alright Hinata your going to go attack Crow while I send two shadow clone's with you, one disguised as Ino so he won't realize what were doing." Naruto explained and Hinata nodded her head. She then put her hand's together and closed her eye's, soon opening with them bulging slightly as her Kekkei-Genkai awakened.
Naruto then did the 't' shaped hand seal and silently produced two clone's. One of the clone's then turned into Ino and they all nodded as the two clone's and Hinata lunged down from the tree's towards Crow. The older boy heard the three footstep's coming from three side's and inwardly sighed. It was going to be a repeat of the last time if they did that... As soon as Hinata and the clone's were within striking range Crow vanished before their eye's. However to Ino and Naruto it was a different story as their jaw's promptly dropped.
The reason they hadn't seen Crow before wasn't because of a jutsu, at least not one that made him invisible, no what had happened... Was he was somehow able to stay afloat in the air... Crow was currently jumping around above Hinata seemingly stepping on nothing while to high to be seen from Hinata's point thanks to the brightness of the sun in the sky. That was how Crow had done it, he found the Byakugan's one blind spot... The area in front of the sun! While in the air and at an angle near the sun Crow would be practically invisible due to the fact that the brightness of the sun would blind even the Byakugan if looked at directly!
However why Crow would jump around while in the air was another story, and as Naruto focused not on Crow but his feet he saw that reason. Every time Crow was in the air he would crouch and seemingly jump off of nothing remaining silent that way so Hinata nor the clone's would be able to spot him. But if you were to look closely you could see some form of silver stand under him, like some sort of Chakra step so he could remain in the air or even jump multiple times!
"Ingenious..." Naruto muttered to himself amazed then watched as Crow narrowed his eye's and let himself fall down in between the clone's and Hinata. Naruto and Ino both nodded and then kicked off and lunged for Crow.
The said boy was just then attacking when he noticed that Hinata ducked and the Ino and Naruto that had been there went up in a puff of smoke. 'Kage Bunshin! How the hell did I forget about them!? Nice work there Otouto I'll have to remember to teach you a few more of my jutsu tonight.' Crow thought to himself and quickly jumped above Hinata as she swept out at Crow's leg's. The masked boy then had to lean back as Naruto tried to punch him and felt a pair of feet grab his head. 'SHIT! Ino's damn fling me with her feet thing!' Crow mentally yelled as Ino had her hand's on the ground and her feet were on the side's of Crow's head holding him tightly as she then threw the older Teen behind her and into a tree.
"YES! We got him!" Ino said as she landed on her feet and Naruto grinned. Crow however wasn't so happy and grunted as he picked himself up and then pushed his goggles up away from his eye's to rest in front of his HebunGakure forhead protecter. Naruto briefly shivered as he saw his brother's eye's. 'I once heard that looking into Orochimaru's snake like eye's, could cause a man to see his death... I wonder if it's the same with Crow?' Naruto wondered to himself while Crow's eye's narrowed on him and the two girl's.
"Alright, no more mister nice Crow..." Crow said with a low tone and closed his eye's. "Blood Cross Eye, Leval One Analysis!" Crow stated opening his eye's as his Kekkei-Genkai activated and he analyzed his odd's against the three young graduate's and smirked. "Let's do this then..." And with that Crow crouched and ran forward with great speed.
The graduate's quickly assumed defensive stance's and Crow passed them to launch himself from a tree behind them and threw a punch at Naruto who blocked then tried to kick the older teen. Crow blocked the kick and then placed a foot on the ground as Hinata tried to use her Byakugan on him and flipped above Naruto Hinata hitting the blond by accident. Ino then ran at him while he was still in the air and tried to use a flying kick. But Crow used his "Chakra Step" and jumped higher into the air.
Crow spread his arm's wide to make some wind resistance as he floated above the three young Graduate's and then reached into his bag and tossed an orb to the ground. The orb hit the ground and exploded into a vast sea of black smoke cutting off any chance of the three Graduate's seeing him as he made his attack. Crow then pulled his arm's and leg's close to his body and shot into the smoke landing on his hand's and feet like a cat. He quickly formed a few hand seal's and smirked behind his mask.
"KAIMON KAI! Bloody Claw Jutsu!" Crow called out and Naruto inwardly cursed and tried to stay calm to hear ware Crow was going to come from. The reason for Naruto's anxiety was pretty much that the Jutsu Crow was using was apart of his, "Bloody Claw" Taijutsu. Basically it opened the first of what were called the "Eight Celestial Gates", and made whoever was using it five time's stronger and faster. Normally this would leave a person exhausted but due to the fact that Crow always had a constant lock up on most of his true strength, he was somehow able to regulate it to ware he wouldn't become completely exhausted and would instead only lose half of his chakra supply.
At the moment only one other person could use this style of Taijutsu, Ino. Crow had decided to teach it to her as she was more frontal and brutal than Hinata who had the "Iron Claw" Jutsu a purely defensive variation of the Bloody Claw and more commonly known due to Crow having taught it to a few other people visiting from outside the village and wanting to be able to defend themselves. The theory behind the Steel Claw Taijutsu style was to have a Chakra Shell encase your body to block out most of the physical force of any blow that hit the body. The style also seemed to block some low level Chakra based attacks, so the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist style Taijutsu was less affective than normal.
However this was bad as with this Jutsu on Crow was nearly faster than light and could easily keep up with any Jounin class ninja at the least. And as Naruto listened for his Brother he hoped he could feel him out and save whoever was his intended target. And luck was on his side as he felt Crow then felt his target was Hinata again, and not because she was weak, rather because she was the most trouble with her Byakugan able to spot him.
Naruto then lunged at Hinata and knocked her down and Crow went over them and slid to a stop his claw's longer and his body glowing with silver chakra. "Hinata, find Ino and get out from the smoke, I'll stay and take care of Crow." Naruto stated quietly as Crow lunged back into the fog at super speed's. Hinata nodded quickly and went to find Ino as Crow came at him with a hay maker and the young Ninja barely had the time to jump above the attack as Crow then spun and slid to a stop behind him before lunging at Naruto once more.
Naruto ducked and performed a few hand seal's several clone's appearing and Crow cut threw them with his claw's like a hot knife threw butter. Naruto flipped backwards escaping from Crow's claw's and then growled lowly and performed a few more hand seal's. "Ninja Art, Chakra Shrapnel Jutsu!" Naruto shouted and cracks formed all over his body before the Chakra shell exploded and sent a hail of sharp chakra blade's every ware. Crow cursed loudly and flipped, ducked, and dodged all of the blade's as he could before watching as Naruto then appeared above him a Chakra Shell still around him to protect from the blast of the one that he detonated and Crow inwardly grinned. "Now then let's end this! "Katon, Chakra Field Jutsu!" Naruto shouted and Crow blinked then noticed that the Chakra around him was in a condensed fog for a few seconds before igniting and he covered his face and was sent flying out of the field of smoke and into the air.
Naruto then came out of the Smoke and ran up a tree as Ino and Hinata watched with apt anticipation to see if Naruto was finally going to beat Crow. However it was not to be. "Ninja Art, Flash Step!" Crow Shouted and the Silver Chakra around him moved to the ground and pulled him with it in a silver flash and Naruto's eye's bolted open. "Now then..." Crow said as he looked at Naruto who cursed and flipped off the tree to land next to Ino and Hinata. Crow quickly performed several hand seal's and held his left wrist with his right hand plunging it into the ground as he did. "Doton, Chakra Blade Jutsu!" Crow shouted and pulled a sword made of solid rock out of the ground.
Naruto groaned and he, Ino, and Hinata all did their own Hand seals for their own Jutsu as Crow ran at them with the heavy looking sword of rock.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Naruto shouted as several clone's appeared around him from plume's of smoke.
"Ninja Art, Steel Shell Jutsu!" Hinata said as a chakra Shell encased her body while she put her hand's in an X across her chest. As she did she gained a metal sheen to her skin and the rest of her body seemed to dull slightly.
"Kaimon KAI! Bloody Claw Jutsu!" Ino shouted and while not as skilled as Crow she knew she could at least get in a few good hit's on their private Teacher. As Crow came running he smirked behind his mask and chuckled inwardly. 'These three are something else... Those three old Sanin better watch out or their position's might be challenged...' Crow thought to himself as he roared and lunged at the kid's who prepared for the assault...
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TBC...
Lord Pain: ALRIGHT! I am done with this Chapter at last!(The writer laughs maniacally as Naruto and Crow drag themselves towards him bruises and cuts covering their bodies.)
Naruto: I... Hate... You... So... Much...(He says and his face hit's the ground.)
Crow: Ditto...(He too hit's the floor but is dragged off by a happy Ino.)
(Writer sweat drops wondering ware Ino is taking Crow...)
Lord Pain: ... Oh well whatever, He'll be back next time... I think...
(Shikamaru walks over and kicks Naruto Slightly. Our blond hero groans and Shikamaru looks at the Writer with a raised brow.)
Shikamaru: Who did this?
Lord Pain: Uhhh... I don't know... (The Writer lies threw his teeth.)
Shikamaru: Whatever, it's too troublesome to think about... (Shikamaru walks away with his hands in his pocket's.)
Lord Pain: (Laughs Evilly) Fool... Oh well see you next time my reader's! Hope you like the next Chapter of Naruto Ultimate! Please read and review if you would please. After all I need reviews to thrive!
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