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Hey thank you everybody thanks for being so patient with me. I passed my exam with a satisfactory score and can now concentrate on writing again. So lets answer the reviews and get this story on the road again.
snikpmot1994 – Thanks I will try to keep then story as interesting as I can.
uzuuchi007 – Thank you.
OGKushLord – Ok I will try to keep the next ones around the same.
N1cromanc3loveR – I'm very sorry but I won't change the chapter. I have something planned for Ino and Naruto. They will get their happy end. But I think some drama would give the story some depth and more life. Please be patient because it will be a few chapters till they get their chance.
shadowrgj - *bows* I thank you very much. I thought giving Ino and Naruto such a past would strengthen their later bond despite the cruelty of the action itself would be good. Well Sakura needed to be brought to reality and this was the easiest way.
– Thanks. But I won't reveal what Shikamaru is up to right here and now because I want to see what people think he is doing.
DragonPony022 – So I will bring the together and I will do something like you suggested but a bit later. And Sakuras training will only be till the Chunin exam which is in three months. Lets just say that they have to deal with something else before Naruto can get a chance to get Ino for himself. It will be quite funny how he is gonna tortu... train her. Shikamaru will get his piece soon so please be patient with me.
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"Hey mom I'm going to stay with my new Jonin sensei till the beginning of the Chunin exam in three months. He is going to teach me a lot of new stuff.", Sakura yelled as she ran upstairs and began to pack her stuff always remembering her warning.
"What do you mean new Jonin sensei?", Haruka Haruno called after her and followed her.
"Well I got a new sensei. He promised me to make me stronger so that I could make Chunin in the exams in three months.", she explained packing her stuff into her traveling bag.
"Why do you have to stay with him then? You can always go to meet him.", her mother asked confused.
"Well he wants to start early and he lives on the other side of Konoha. So going there everyday would take to long. Plus we are leaving the town some when during training to get some experience.", Sakura explained with excitement.
"Oh? This new sensei sounds like someone really strong.", Haruka teased.
"Well yes. He is the Bloody Fang of Konoha after all.", the teen shrugged and mother froze up.
She knew who hid behind the alias and she hated him with a passion.
"Why do you want to train with him?", she hissed at her daughter.
Sakura looked at her mother confused. One moment she was happy and the she got angry.
'Does she have a problem with Naruto-san?', she thought.
"Well the Hokage ordered me to train under him.", the bubblegum girl shrugged.
"Well then that sounds reasonable.", Haruka hissed with venom thinking on how to rip the Hokage a new one.
"Well mom I need to prepare some stuff for tomorrow. Do you need anything else from me?", she asked her fuming mother.
"No... That's all.", with that she stomped outside.
"What the hell?", Sakura muttered looking after her.
She then shrugged it off as her mothers usual over protectiveness acting up again.
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Naruto sat in his garden meditating. His mind sorting through the training he had planned for Sakura. He knew she had potential but how to acquire it. One of her three problems was that she's missing physical fitness. The second was that her chakra reserves were a joke and finally third she missed creativity.
"Well I guess I should go and get some scrolls for her. The ones I have are insufficient at her level.", he sighed and created four clones.
"Alpha you go to Kurenai to get scrolls on basic Genjutsu and some advanced scrolls. Beta you go to the library and hospital to get books on anatomy and Medical Jutsu. Teta you go Anko-chan and get a scroll on poisons. Gamma you go through my library on Genjutsu, Medcial Jutsu and poisons."
"YES BOSS!", they shouted and vanished in a Shunshin.
"Now then. I guess I should prepare the training gear for Sakura.", he sighed and with a puff of smoke her unsealed a scroll from the inner pouch of his hakama.
He unrolled it and looked over the many different sealing matrix in it. He coated his right fingertips in chakra and began to touch different seals, activating them. Five puffs of smoke later he rolled the scroll up again.
First was a special set of training wrappings with strengthening seals so that they can withstand his training.
Second were wrist and ankle bands with gravity seals.
Third was a battle kimono specially created for ninja, made from chakra conductive material to harden it if needed.
Fourth a set of training weapons with gravity and strengthening seals.
And fifth a ink set so he can draw seals when needed.
He eyed everything calm and collected before he sighed.
"Ok this will be some serious training. Sakura will cry for mercy in the evening.", he smirked.
A static feeling ran over his skin. Wordlessly he created another clone who walked to the front door.
"Hello Sakura-san.". he stated as he opened the door.
"Ummm... Hello Naruto-san.", she bowed to him.
"Come in. I will bring you to the boss.", the clone stepped aside and let her in.
"Boss?", she asked confused as she came in.
"I'm only a Shadow Clone. Naruto is waiting for in the training field. We will leave your bag on the veranda.", he stated and guided her to his boss.
With a gesture he told her to drop her bag as they passed the veranda and walked out of the house and towards the training field. There she saw another Naruto balancing cross legged on a bamboo shoot.
"Welcome Sakura-san. I must congratulate you on your timeliness. You are fifteen minutes early.", he smiled but his eyes stayed close.
"Thank you Naruto-san.", she bowed but the blushed at the sound of her rumbling stomach.
"Well since you are early I guess there is still time to eat breakfast.", he nodded towards his clone and he went to get something to eat.
"While we wait let me explain this training to you.", he gestured her to sit in front of him.
Naruto lifted his right leg from over his left and let it hung loosely downwards so that he only sat on the bamboo with one leg. Then he leaned to the right side and fell. With a twist of his body he kicked the bamboo shoot in the air and landed on his feet. As the shoot came down he caught it in his left and leaned it over his shoulder. Sakura gaped at his acrobatic skills though they were nothing unusual in their business. With a flick of his wrist a cigarette appeared in his hand and he stuck it in his mouth. With a flick of his fingers her created a small flame atop his right index finger to light his cancer stick. Shaking his hand he extinguished the flame and took a deep breath.
"Now listen close. This training will be hell. I have training gear and clothes for you ready. We will start with applying resistance seals to your body.", he explained.
"What kind of seals are that?", she asked confused and tilted her head a bit.
"A resistance seal does just what it's name says. It puts a set amount of resistance against each move you make. It would be like walking in water.", he shrugged.
"And how... do you apply these seals?", she asked confused.
"With ink on your bare back.", he shrugged taking out a ink can and a brush.
She immediately blushed tomato red and her mind went into overdrive.
"You... but... I don't...", she stuttered.
"Don't worry Sakura-san. I don't plan on taking your innocence.", he smirked at her sputtering.
"I only need your back bare so I can apply the seal between your shoulder blades. You can cover the rest of your body. Then after the ink is dry you will change into the training gear behind the curtain over there and we will start your training.", he explained and pointed towards a tree where a curtain hung over a deep hanging branch.
She only nodded and began to open her top. While doing that she turned around and let her top slide downwards and covered her chest with her arms.
'Well I didn't meant now... oh well she can eat after she changed.', he thought surprised.
So he set himself to work and began to apply one of his personal resistance seals. This one was stronger then the usual ones. A few minutes later he stopped and eyed the seal for any fails. To his surprise her blush was seemingly so hot that the ink dried instantly. He pressed his thumb against the ink and found it really dry.
'That's some serious skill. Maybe she has a high fire affinity like me.', he thought.
"Now Sakura-san please go change into the training outfit I have placed behind the curtain and under no circumstances channel chakra into while dressing or you could hurt yourself.", he ordered and she hushed behind the curtain not daring to look at him.
A few minutes passed and as she came back and sat in front of Naruto again. He handed her a plate with some rice balls and nodded.
"Eat up. You will need the energy.", he explained and she nodded thankfully.
After she finished her breakfast he placed the plate on a stone behind him and turned to her with a serious expression.
"Now lets get down to business. You have three weaknesses that make you currently unfit to be a Shinobi.", he stated serious and she hung her head.
"The first problem is that you're missing physical fitness. The second is that your chakra reserves are a joke the squirrel in the tree has more then you and finally you're missing creativity on the job.", his voice was soft but his words stung like burning needles under skin.
"Now now. Don't let this get you down. I will bring you up to my standard. My training will be hard but it will be worth it.", he soothed her and stroked her head.
She looked at him surprised but smiled.
"Now I want you to activate your resistance seal on level one.", he ordered her.
"How do I do that?", she asked confused.
"Think of a small cup the size of your fist and fill it with chakra, then place this amount into the seal. That is enough to activate it. Then don't move for the next few minutes till the seal attuned to your body.", he explained and she did as she was told.
A shudder ran through her body and she stared at him surprised.
"Don't worry. The seal is only scanning the size of your chakra pool to set a limit for the seal. While building up your chakra pool the seal will attune itself while you're asleep so that it can set new limits for your training. It might take a minute or so.", he explained calm and waited for the seal to finish it's job.
"While we wait I will explain you how we will work. At first I will bring up your physical strength and your chakra pool and when I think you have progressed far enough I will start on your creativity. Once I see good progress in all three fields I will start on your Justus. I will teach you the basics and some advanced techniques of Genjutsu, Medical Jutsu and Kenjutsu. But! I will only give you a sword if you are worth it.", he explained with a dark glint in his eyes at the end.
"What... do you mean... worth it?", she managed to say as the seal set itself on level one.
"The swords I have are special. You could say they are a part of me by blood.", he shrugged and rolled his shoulder.
"How's that?", she tilted her head and found it pretty hard to move.
"The blacksmith who made it used my blood and worked it into the blade. Like this it gained my affinities and made it so that it can only be wielded by me.", his eyes darkened as he remembered the perverted blacksmith.
"That sounds scary.", she whispered.
"Don't worry about it now. You have a long way to go to earn such an honor.",he stated firm and she nodded.
"Now I want you to put the same amount of chakra into each wrist and ankle bands as you did into the resistance seal. This will give you about twenty kilos on each of your limb. After that I will give you one hour to get used to the weight before I hunt you around the training ground.", he ordered and she paled.
"But... that's.. to much...", she stuttered.
"To much you say? Girl I started with the double weight. Right now my resistance seals, plural, are on level 10. That means ten times more resistance then you have each. My weights are 500 kilos each limb. So don't whine and start to get used to it. When I'm finished with you, you will carry at least 150 kilos each limb.", he stated stern and glared at her.
She nodded barely. She couldn't run away from him because she couldn't really move and she didn't know how to deactivate the seals. Plus she was there on the Hokages orders.
'I'm so fucked.', she whimpered.
For the rest of the day Naruto tortur... trained the pink haired girl.
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"Hey did you here? The demon is seducing councilwoman Harunos daughter.", a civilian whispered as she saw the pair walk by.
Sakura looked tired and sluggish while Naruto just walked with a emotionless expression.
"That demon should have been killed the day he was born.", another whispered angry.
"What are they talking about Naruto-kun?", the girl asked her new friend/teacher.
"Let's just say that your mother should keep her mouth shut before I stuff it with my fist.", he growled making her gasp.
"What do you mean? My mother is the most loving woman in town.", Sakura hissed feeling insulted that he badmouthed her mother.
"Sakura your mother has two sides. One you know and one she shows around the village. Let's leave it at that for now. We need to get some stuff.", he stated and they stepped into a Shinobi store.
"Hello Higurashi-san.", Naruto greeted the man behind the counter.
"Hello Naruto-kun. Who's the little missy with you?", he asked with a teasing smile.
"She's my student.", he deadpanned and the man threw her a worried look.
"You have my sympathy girl.", he nodded and she gulped.
It's been only two days since he started her training but she already felt herself getting stronger.
"Thank you but I don't need it. I have faith in my sensei.", she stated proud.
"If you say so girl.", he shrugged.
"Hey Togen. Where is the Chakra paper? You out or what?", Naruto called from behind a shelf.
"They are on the top of shelf 3.", the man called back.
"Thanks.", came the reply from another shelf then the previous one.
A few minutes later he came back with a few pieces of Chakra paper and some medical equipment for missions. He put them on the counter and searched for his wallet before he gave Togen twenty ryo.
"Keep the change.", he smiled at the older man.
"Thanks man.", Togen laughed and put the stuff in a bag before he handed it to the red head.
"Now take this and channel some chakra into it.", Naruto ordered his student and gave her a piece of paper from the bag.
Sakura did as she was told and watched how the paper began to crumble to dust and partially turned to mud.
"A high earth affinity for primary and water for secondary.", Naruto whistled.
"Ok now I know what kind of Taijutsu and Ninjutsu I can teach you.", he explained at her questioning look.
"What kind of affinity do you have Naruto-kun?", she asked confused.
Naruto only shrugged and pulled out another piece of paper an channeled Chakra into it. The paper split in the mid before one piece flashed away in a blue flame and the other turned into a electric spark.
"As you can see I have three very strong affinities towards wind, fire and lightning. Practically it means that I can manipulate these three elements at will without any Jutsu.", he stated firm.
"Awesome.", she breathed and Togen laughed.
"Yeah Naru-chan is awesome.", he laughed only to be glared at by him.
The two left the laughing shopkeeper behind and continued their walk towards Narutos compound. Again the whispers caught Sakuras attention.
"Come on there must be a reason for their behavior towards you.", Sakura hissed daring him to badmouth her mother again.
"You won't believe me anyway so I will show you. But I must warn you what you're about to see and hear will change your world forever. Plus it may even include a S-Rank secret with the punishment of immediate execution.", he explained serious and she gulped as she saw how dark his eyes suddenly looked.
"I swear that I will keep everything I hear a secret.", she vowed.
"Good but keep your mouth shut under any circumstances.", he stated and took her hand before he stepped into a shadow of an ally nearby.
He pulled her along and both entered the cloudy world of the shadows. They made their way towards the council chambers till a screen like window cleared before them and they could oversee the whole room. Sakura gasped as she saw where they were and even more when she saw her fuming mother.
"I demand that this fucking monster should be killed right this instant!", she screamed like a banshee.
"Stand down Haruno-san!", Fugaku sneered.
"NO I WILL NOT STAND DOWN! THE KYUUBI IS SEDUCING MY DAUGHTER AND I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!", she wailed.
Sakura looked at Naruto with a fearful look. He only shook his head looking at her. She then turned back to the council.
"Haruno you have broken my law once again. If you don't want to be execute right here and now you will shut your mouth!", the Hokage ordered releasing some of his killing intent.
The woman growled but nodded.
"Now I don't need to remind you that Naruto isn't the Kyuubi but it's jailer. They are not the same!", Shikaku explained while rubbing his temples.
'Now I know how the others feel when I scream like this.', Sakura groaned in her head while rubbing her ears.
'But Naruto being the jailer of the Kyuubi? How does that work? So he isn't the same. He must be really strong to keep such a beast under control.', she looked at her sensei.
His eyes glowed white in anger but he kept his mouth shut and stared at the meeting.
"Now back to todays reason for this meeting. Naruto decided to train Sakura for the Chunin exam since he sees great potential in her.", the Hokage explained making Sakura blush at the compliment.
Haruka only growled that the demon was training her daughter but puffed her chest that her daughter had potential. Not that anyone cared.
"Haruno-san must have great potential for Naruto-kun to want to train her.", Fugaku explained serious.
"Of course! SHE IS MY DAUGHTER AFTER ALL!". she wailed again with a proud smile.
"And yet you have no skill at all. You are worthless. You only gained the seat in the council due to your deceased husband.", Hiashi sneered at her making her shut up and boil in silence.
"Now I will say it only once. Naruto will train Sakura till the Chunin exam and that's final.", the Hokage growled shutting all arguments up.
"Come on let's go.", Naruto whispered and the window closed again without anyone noticing their presence at all.
"So you are hold the Kyuubi inside you?", Sakura asked trying to comprehend how different her mother was when she wasn't with her.
"Yes and in a way you already met her.", he explained as they flew through the shadow world.
"What do you mean... ohh.", she asked before she remembered what happened in the Hokages office three days ago.
"So that was her?", she asked a bit afraid.
"Don't worry. Kurami-nee-chan is a kind hearted woman. She only attacked the village because she was under a Genjutsu.", Naruto explained as he opened a pathway for them to step into his house.
"So is she still your prisoner?", the girl asked.
"Yes and no. She lives inside me but can freely access my senses.", he shrugged and they walked into the kitchen where a clone just set the table for lunch.
The two ate in silence. While Sakura tried to understand how her mother could be such a bitch, the red head rolled himself a few cigarettes before he put them into cigarette case he always carried with him. After lunch the two were about to return to their training to distract Sakura from her mother but were distracted by a cold feeling creeping into the room.
"Oh wait a minute Sakura-san. We have a guest.", he stated and the two walked back to the table.
While Sakura sat down, Naruto walked to the kitchen and poured in three cups of tea. He put all three on the table. Sakura eyed the empty seat where the third cup stood. Suddenly a figure became visible on the chair. It was a woman with pale skin, white eyes and bottom long silver hair. She wore a white kimono with a red layer beneath. Her smile was calm and her eyes were lidded.
"Hello Motoko-nee-chan.", Naruto greeted her.
"Hey there Naru-chan.", she teased him with a loving smile.
"Who is that Naruto-kun.", Sakura whispered to her sensei.
"I am the Shinigami Haruno-san.", the guest stated with a carefree smile.
Sakura paled as white as chalk and gulped.
'I think I need new panties.', she thought afraid of the embodiment of death.
"And I can read minds.", the woman deadpanned making her eyes go wide and a blush spread across her face.
"Now now now Motoko-chan. No scaring my student.", Naruto scolded her in a playful tone.
"You are no fun Naru-chan.", she pouted and picked up her cup.
She began to sip her tea and looked at her avatar in the mortal plain.
"I guess you are here to inform me about where the fox clan has moved and that it's nearly time for the ritual.", the vampire stated calm looking over the edge of his cup.
"Yes. The clan moved to Land of Whirlpools. You have two weeks to find them before the ritual begins.", she explained enjoying her tea.
"Land of Whirlpools? You got to be kidding me.", Naruto sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"What's so special about that land?", Sakura asked confused.
"The Land of Whirlpools is the origin of the Uzumaki clan. Making it Narutos home and birthright. He is the son of the Whirlpool princess after all. Even if Uzushiogakure was destroyed years ago the land is your heritage.", Motoko explained calm making the bubblegum Genin look at her sensei with big eyes.
"Why did you have to tell her that Nee-chan? I have been trying to hide this for as long as I can think till they were ready.", he sighed.
"Till who is ready?", Sakura inquired eager to know.
"I have a few of the surviving clansmen rebuilding Uzushiogakure to it's former glory. But none of them have ever found any sign of the fox clan.", Naruto explained and turned to Motoko.
"As you know foxes are tricksters. They can hide pretty well.", the woman chuckled.
"Don't remind me.", he sighed hearing the giggle of his other Nee-chan in his mind.
"I must leave now kiddo. See ya later.", with that she vanished again and the warmth returned to the room.
"Interesting woman.", Sakura stated absent-minded after a few seconds already over the shock of meeting the Shinigami herself and survived to talk about it.
"Yeah Nee-chan is quite different from her reputation.", Naruto chuckled.
"Now come on pack up we have to leave soon. I will send a Shadow Clone to the Hokage to inform him of our departure.", he stated and Sakura ran to her room to get her stuff seemingly not bothered by her weights anymore.
'Interesting. I think I should increase her weights about 5 kilos each.', the teen thought before he send a clone to the old man.
He walked into his room to change into his usual leather attire and sealed all necessary scrolls into the seals in his clothes. Carefully he eyed the weapon seal on his right wrist before he decided on the Fox Fangs hanging on the wall. So he strapped the gunblades to his back and stretched to make sure everything sat right.
"Ok everything ready. Just a short detour to say goodbye to Ino and we will be on the road.", he muttered and walked into the hallway where he was greeted by the already waiting Sakura.
"You are fast. I'm impressed.", he nodded and she smiled.
The two walked out of the compound and Naruto activated the security seals around it to make sure that no one could get inside. They walked in silence. Naruto thought about Ino and his mission while Sakura smiled widely thinking on how awesome her sensei was and that she could maybe catch a look at the legendary Uzushiogakure. They stopped before a familiar flower shop.
"Give me a second.", Naruto nodded towards the shop and Sakura accepted it.
She didn't know why he always came here but shrugged it off that he liked flowers very much since he had such a great flower garden and took care of it with so much love.
"Hey there Ino-chan.", he greeted his crush.
"Hey Naruto-kun.", Ino blushed but noticed his attire.
"Another mission?", she asked a bit sad that he was about to leave again.
"Yeah but a private one this time. I have some things to deal with outside the village.", he shrugged with a loving smile.
"So... is it true that you are teaching Sakura-chan?", Ino teased with a bitter smile.
Her heart stung as she asked this just like it did when she heard the rumor. She knew he didn't like the pink haired girl but she couldn't help but feel hurt and jealous by it.
"Yeah I took her under my tutelage till the Chunin exam. So you better be ready for when the exam begins.", he laughed.
His laugh was so warm that she blushed a bit.
"Don't worry about her getting special treatment. I gave Asuma and Kurenai each a few advices and some equipment on how to step up your training. You will all kick ass in the exam.", he encouraged her.
"Thank you Naruto-kun.", she smiled thankfully.
"See ya when I'm back Ino-chan. Take care of yourself and tell the white haired pervert that I will fry his ass if he tries anything.", he scowled at the thought of said pervert.
"Will do Naruto-kun.", she smiled with a blush thinking about the only situation she would meet the perverted Sannin.
'Naruto-kun thinks of me in the hot spring...', she giggled with a bit of nosebleed.
Naruto didn't see it anymore because he already walked outside to meet up with Sakura. He lit himself a cigarette and sighed.
"Everything alright Naruto-kun?", his student asked.
"Yeah. I just thought about the mission.", he lied not wanting to reveal that his thoughts wandered back to Inos beautiful smile.
"Come on let's go.", they began to walk to the village gate.
"Oh and rise your weights by 5 kilos on your wrists and 10 on your ankles.", he ordered making his student groan.
"But sensei...", she whined only to receive a blank look.
She only sighed and pumped more Chakra into the seals making them heavier. With a sigh she followed her sensei out into the wide world.