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This is my latest chapter, it took a while, but it's the longest yet, I hope you enjoy it!
Chapter 4
-FLASHBACK-
"Ohaya, Minna-san, is Kushina-san around?" Sarutobi asked, waving to a black haired Shinigami woman.
"Ah, Sarutobi-sama," Minna said, inclining her head, "Kushina-sama is out back, I'll go get her, should I tell her why you want her?" Sarutobi shook his, head, his eyes following Minna's retreating figure.
Naruto was in a whirlwind of emotions. After so many years e would finally set eyes on his mother, a woman he had only ever seen in photo albums. What would she think of him? Would she be happy to see him? He was filled with trepidation. He fidgeted with his fingers, and smoothed out his clothes absent-mindedly, full of apprehension. He leant back on the wall, waiting for her.
The door opened slowly, and Minna walked out, after a moment some body followed. Time seemed to slow down for Naruto, as he looked at the entering figure. She was quite a bit shorter than him, but she had an almost regal air of command about her. Her eyes were green, and her hair flaming red. She saw Sarutobi first, and graced him with a smile, which he returned.
"It's a long time since you've visited Sarutobi-san? I hope you haven't been getting into too much trouble," she said, smiling, "So, is there any particular reason you called for me?"
"To the point as always, huh, Kushina? I think you might want to hear what I'm about to tell you, though," Sarutobi said. "Kushina, I'd like you to meet somebody very special, his name is Namikaze Naruto," Sarutobi said, gesturing to where Naruto stood, leaning against the wall.
Kushina swivelled around, and her eyes widened in shock as she saw Naruto, who just stared at her, for once unable to speak. Kushina's eyes began to water, as they took in one another's appearances. Suddenly she held out her arms, welcoming Naruto. Naruto closed the distance between them and swept her up in his arms .They both found themselves laughing and crying all at once.
END FLASHBACK
The two of them had spent hours talking to one another, Kushina constantly asking about Naruto's life, at some points she was in tears, and others her hands were fisted tightly in anger, whereas at some points she smiled almost serenely, such as when Naruto told her of his engagement to Hinata.
Now Naruto found himself enrolled in the academy, he had his dorm number written on a piece of paper, and he looked around, trying to locate the room. Finally he found it, Block C room 48. He pushed the handle down, checking to see if he had to use the key or not, and the door opened. He walked in slightly, and saw a boy on one of the bunks, he lay there, earphones plugged in, and a book in hand, he didn't even notice Naruto come in. He had Red hair, tied back in a ponytail, his eyebrows were what caught Naruto's attention, they were just plain weird.
Naruto carefully approached him, not wanting to surprise him. The boy suddenly jumped up on his bed and yanked his earphones out of his ears and pointed at Naruto.
"What are you doing in my dorm?" He yelled, accusingly.
"Wo, wo! Calm down there! I'm your new dorm mate," Naruto said, waving his arms in defence. Naruto stuck out his right hand to the boy, "Names Namikaze Naruto, nice to meet you."
The boy smirked at him, shaking his hand, "Renji Abarai, nice to meet you too. So which year did they bump you up from, I haven't seen you around campus."
"I didn't get bumped up, that Yamamoto dude just sent me here," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head.
"You met Yamamoto-sama? Captain in Chief of Godei 13?" Renji said, incredulously. "And he sent you to the final academy year. You must have done something to impress him."
"Nah, not really, I guess he just knows talent when he sees it," Naruto said, smirking.
Renji snorted, "Modest ain't ya? Anyway, it's time to get ready for class; I'll show you some of my friends." Renji got up off the bed and walked out, closely followed by Naruto.
Naruto found himself outside, standing next to Renji as he introduced him to some of his friends, "This is Kira, that's Hinamori, Rangiku and this is Rukia." Naruto waved at them all, and they looked at him in interest.
"Forget about introducing us to him, tell us who the hottie is Renji," Rangiku said, her eyes trailing down Naruto's figure.
"Hey I'm Namikaze Naruto, I'm Renji's new dorm mate," he said.
"Are you a prodigy or something, get bumped up from a lower year?" Kira asked, curiosity evident in his voice.
"Actually I've never been to the academy before. I only arrived in Soul Society a few hours ago," Naruto said, they all looked surprised to hear this. It was almost unheard of for someone to get bumped up to graduating class with no Shinigami experience at all.
"This is Kido class, Naruto," Renji said.
"Ahh, that's the one. Yamamoto said I had to get someone to help me out with it, cause I'm behind," Naruto said.
"Well if you need someone to help you, then you're looking for Rukia, she's top of the class in Kido," Naruto said, pointing at the girl.
"Neh, Rukia-chan, think you could help me out?" Naruto said. Rukia was blushing from the praise, but she nodded.
"Sure Naruto, I'll help you out during lunch breaks, and after lesson times if you want." Naruto nodded in appreciation.
The bell went, and the class filed in, taking their seats in the room. There were targets up against the wall, and cushions to sit on. Naruto sat next to Renji and Rangiku. The professor was an elderly man, by the name of Shirangu.
"Today we will be practicing a new Kido Spell, it will be a Hado spell this time. Allow me to demonstrate, Hado #31, Shot of Red Fire," Shirangu thrust out a hand, palm facing the target. A large red ball on energy ejected from his hand, and in a flash it struck the target, disintegrating it instantly. "To do this Hado technique you will need precise control over your reiatsu, you will need to project your reiatsu outwards, imagine it in your mind before you do it. I will call you up three at a time to demonstrate. Renji, Izumo and Laim, you're up first."
The class went up in batches, attempting to perform the Hado. Most failed, their shot being too small, and some completely missed the target, a few produced nothing. However, Rukia and Hinamori's were perfect, destroying the target, just as Shirangu had shown them. "Rangiku, Miko and... ahh, the new addition... Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto-san, I understand you have no experience in this sort of thing, just give it an attempt." Naruto nodded, getting to his feet, feeling all eyes in the class on him, he walked to the front.
"Hado #31, Shot of Red Fire," he called out, imitating Shirangu. He pulled a little reiatsu from behind his barriers. Naruto thrust out his palm, and concentrated his reiatsu into his hand, imagining it being ejected outwards as Shirangu had said. His hand glowed a bright red before a huge ball of energy, almost three times the size of Shirangu original, it struck the target, vaporising it.
"Well, that's one way of doing it," Shirangu said, stroking his beard thoughtfully. "Very well done, it is clear you have a large reiatsu capacity, but have some trouble controlling it. You will come to see me at the end of the day, and I will teach you some control exercises."
"Hai sensei," Naruto said, sitting back down. He had to go through the whole control process again, he just hoped it would not take as long as it had for chakra.
"Class dismissed," Shirangu called out, and the class shuffled out of the room.
"Nice one Naruto," Kira said, "definitely better than Renji anyway. Renji, you should be ashamed, Naruto's already better than you at Kido on his first try." Kira teased, causing Renji to shake his fist at him in anger.
"Hey! That's not fair! You know Kido is my worst subject. Besides you don't need Kido, when you're the best at Zanjutsu in the class, like me, so there," Renji said, sticking his tongue out childishly.
"So, you're the best at Zanjutsu, huh? Well it will be interesting to see how Zanjutsu differs from my own style," Naruto said.
"What, you used to fight with a sword when you were alive, Naruto-kun?" Rangiku asked. Naruto nodded. "You're so cool! I bet you could give Renji a run for his money," Rangiku said, standing close to Naruto, making him blush slightly at the praise. After all these years, Naruto still didn't know how to handle praise from a beautiful woman.
The Zanjutsu sensei was a middle-aged man, by the name of Janza. He was tall and well built, with a number of battle scars adorning his face. "Today I will be teaching you the Reversal Technique," he said, gruffly. "The Reversal Technique is to be used when the opponent is attacking you, and you are on the defensive. It will only work against those who are not overly experienced in Zanjutsu. It allows you to use surprise to your advantage, and turn the tables to put you in an offensive position. I need a volunteer? Nobody?" Nobody put their hands up; all of the students knew that Janza's demonstrations were generally extremely painful. "There must be one brave person among you," he said.
Naruto stood up, "I'll be your volunteer." The class looked at him, pitying him for what was about to come, but at the same time, glad it was not to be them.
"Ahh, the new kid! Well it seems as if at least you have some backbone, unlike the rest of these cowards. Come face me, show me what you've got," he said, throwing Naruto a wooden long sword. Naruto caught it deftly in his right arm, and swung it experimentally, before settling into a stance, Janza doing the same. "What stance is this, child?" Janza asked, curiosity evident in his voice.
Naruto smirked with confidence, "The Wind Dragon Dance, be prepared." The aid blew his whistle, and Naruto and Janza circled one another. Suddenly Naruto leapt forward, and struck to Janza's right, and was blocked. The two exchanged blows in a frenzy, Naruto enjoying himself thoroughly.
He decided to go for it, and moved for one kata to another, linking forms of the Wind Dragon Dance together, to make an impressive offensive barrage, and Janza found himself hard pressed to defend. Janza saw the opportunity, and went for the Reversal Technique, he lifted Naruto's wooden sword up slightly, and used his open palm, to push Naruto backwards, however Naruto saw this coming, and dodged to the left, spinning slightly, taking his sword with him, and turning to continue his offensive.
After a few moments the two jumped backwards, facing one another, Naruto grinned as Janza smiled back, panting slightly.
"You have great talent, but I did not know you had used Zanjutsu before," Janza said.
Naruto smirked, "I have not, but in life I was considered a master of blades, I have used many types of sword, but never a Zanpakutou, or a Zanbatou." Janza raised an eyebrow. "Anyway, I think it's time to take this up a level, I hope you can keep up," Naruto said, as he pulled some reiatsu out of his gravity seals. He grinned at Janza for a moment before phasing out of existence, only to appear behind Janza a moment later. He struck, giving Janza a second to block, he changed style to the Midnight Dragon and struck twice more, before once again disappearing and this time reappearing to the side of Janza, his wooden sword pressed against his throat, a satisfied smile on his face.
Janza was shocked. Just who was this kid? He dropped his wooden sword carefully, before raising his arms in defeat. "You are very talented Naruto-san. Your other sword skills have translated very well into Zanjutsu. I could tell that you were even holding back in our spar. From now on, you will visit the library in my lessons, and read up on new sword stances, dances and forms, or practice other things; I would only be holding you back by keeping you here. You will do this until this class is until we begin real sword practice, with a Zanpakutou, that will be slightly different than what we did just now," Janza said wryly. Naruto grinned at the praise, inclining his head in return.
The rest of the class were shocked at the sequence of events. The way Naruto fought had been unbelievable to them; it was like an elegant and beautiful dance, yet deadly at the same time. It was almost like he was untouchable, constantly defending and attacking all at once! Janza had even admitted Naruto was better than him, and had said the blonde was holding back! Rangiku began whistling and cheering, and the rest of the class was struck out of its stupor and also began to clap, causing Naruto to face them in slight shock, and give a slight bow, flashing them a foxy grin.
"In all my years, I have never seen that form. Is it a secret dance?" Janza asked.
"Nope. It's one of my own creations; I based it on the wind. Powerful, strong, deadly, quick and untouchable. It's pure offence, powered by lightning fast strikes, giving the opponent no time to strike against you."
"Very nice. I know you might be a bit protective of your own personal dance, but I hope you will add it to our library, so that others may also learn from it, I might even be interested in it myself," Janza said, his eyes twinkling at the prospect.
"I don't think I'll put this dance in the library, but perhaps one of my others," Naruto said. "Here's your sword, sensei," he said, handing over the wooden article.
"Well, didn't get to show you the reversal technique, but you did get an example of first class swordsmanship from Naruto," he said. "I hope you understand now why you must concentrate so much on technique. Naruto's technique was so good and his speed so great, that it made him difficult to match. Consider this until your next lesson, dismissed."
The class walked out, chatting loudly, the main topic of conversation being Naruto.
"Naruto that was awesome!" Kira said, walking up beside him.
"I s'pose," Naruto said, brushing the compliment off.
"How did you get so good, Naruto-kun?" Hinamori asked.
"A lot of practice when I was alive," Naruto said wryly.
"It makes me wonder what your profession was," Renji said, curiosity evident in the tone of his voice. "So what did you do while you were alive?"
"I was a kick-ass shinobi!" Naruto said, grinning proudly.
"Shinobi, as in ninja? How can that be a profession?" Rukia asked.
"Well, I come from the Elemental Countries, and each country has Hidden Villages. Hidden Villages are the military backbone of the country, and are made up of Ninja. As shinobi we were given missions suitable for our rank ranging from D-Rank to S-Rank. The Shinobi ranks are Genin, Chunin, Jounin, Special Jounin, Sannin, this was a rank solely for my village, and Kage. Kages were the titles given to the strongest shinobi in each of the five most powerful Hidden Villages, they ruled the Village and controlled its military," Naruto paused for breath, allowing them to take in what he was saying. "I came from the Hidden Village amongst the Leaves, Konohagakure."
"So what kind of stuff could you do when you were alive?" Renji asked.
"Well when I was alive I had access to my chakra, life energy. It allowed me to do all kinds of cool stuff. I could do elemental jutsu, make clones, and move at high speeds, all sorts of things! Now I'm dead, I can't do any of that stuff, but luckily I've still got my Kenjutsu, and my speed, which were naturally trained, and not powered by chakra. I just hope this reiatsu stuff can pay up for my loss of chakra."
"So what rank were you Naruto?" Rangiku said.
"Well, before I died I was the Hokage, the youngest one in history actually," Naruto boasted slightly.
"Oh my god! You're so cool!" Rangiku said, binding onto his arm, like some rabid fan girl.
"So, what have we got next?" Naruto asked.
"Well we have lunch break now, and after that Hand to Hand Combat Sessions.
Naruto got Rukia to help teach him Kido during lunch. She taught him the method of a few simple ones, as well as the words, and said he could try them out once he had better reiatsu control. During the lunch break, Naruto could see a number of people staring at their group, or more precisely, at him.
It was towards the end of lunch break, when they were waiting outside the Hand to Hand Combat Classroom, that five of the other students approached him. They were quite tall and bulky, and their expressions were of confidence. Renji informed him that they were from the other graduating class.
"So you're the new kid, huh?" One of them asked. Naruto ignored him, continuing to chat animatedly with his friends. The boy was frustrated at being ignored, "Hey look at me when I'm talking to you," he growled.
"Sorry I don't speak ape," Naruto said coolly, before turning back to Rangiku, who was watching the proceedings, slightly afraid for her friend.
"Hey, do you know who I am? I'm an Omaeda. I know you're new around here, so I'll explain it to you. I come from the Omaeda Clan, one of the Four Noble Clans. So when I talk to you, you answer. Got it?" Naruto's eyes flashed dangerously. "Know your place, new boy, or you might find things here difficult."
"Yeah, new boy," one of the boy's goons echoed.
"You got it?" The Omaeda said, sure Naruto would comply. "Are you thick or something? How about I enforce the chain of command then!" He yelled, smacking Naruto in the face, sending him to the ground. His friends got to their feet to help him.
"No, stay out of this," Naruto said, waving them back, before getting to his feet. "So you think your name means you got what it takes?" Naruto said, smirking. "I'm sure I could teach you a thing or two, Naruto said, letting down his reiatsu barriers, and letting some of his sprit energy seep out, it formed around him in a golden aura. He concentrated it towards the boys, so no one else would get affected. They fell to their knees, unable to take the spirit pressure. A crowd had gathered, and they looked on in awe at the sheer amount of reiatsu in the air. Even if it wasn't intended for them, they were still finding it difficult to breathe.
"You think your family name means anything to me? Do you really think any opponent you fight is gonna care you're an Omaeda?" Naruto sneered. "Your name brings you nothing but false ideals and an incorrect way of thinking. If anything your name is a barrier in the way of your achieving anything. All it took was a bit of reiatsu, and you're on your knees. Is that all you got? Frankly... I'm disappointed. I guess if I want to get a spar out of you guys, I'm going to have to ease up a bit," Naruto pulled back some of his reiatsu, reducing his aura, and making it a faint glow around his body. He gave them a moment to regain their breath and get to their feet.
The Omaeda got to his feet first, and quickly covered his fear with a sneer, "You think your such a big shot because you got a little reiatsu. Talent less nobodies like you have no place in the Academy or in Godei 13! I'll make you regret those words you just spoke." By now, his goons had also recovered, and they charged at Naruto, intent on repaying him for their humiliation.
They came at Naruto from different angles, the Omaeda standing back for a moment, grinning, as his lackeys advanced. Naruto settled into a defensive stance, and smirked slightly, as he stuck two fingers forward, and beckoned to the thugs. Two came at once to start, closely followed by the other two. Naruto blacked all blows, using every limb he had, to evade dodge and block. He found himself pressed against the wall. He pedalled backwards, defending himself, before flipping, and changing direction in mid-air, so that, for just a moment it looked as if he were squatted against the wall. He used his legs to propel himself forward, and landed a kick on the head of one of the thugs, sending him spiralling backwards. The Omaeda, seeing this, growled, and moved forward to meet Naruto, his goons by his side.
They approached Naruto, and he settled in his Sun Dance stance, and pulled a little reiatsu from his gravity seals. Grinning madly at them for a moment, Naruto disappeared, reappearing behind them in a moment, much to the awe of the crowd who had gathered. He struck one of the goons on the neck, knocking him out, before pivoting on his heel and raising a leg to block a kick from the Omaeda. He brought his other leg up, so that he was no longer attached to the ground, and closed of the Omaeda's leg between his two, in a vice-like manner, before turning his body in mid-air, sending his opponent to the floor. The remaining goon saw the opportunity and attempted a cheap shot, as Naruto's back was turned to him, and he made a connection with Naruto, causing the blonde to fall to his knees. The goon and the Omaeda Naruto had pushed back before got to their feet, and approached him, sneering at his more prone form. The Omaeda lifted his leg, and kicked Naruto in the ribs, and Naruto winced, before looking up to him, no longer smiling.
"Big mistake," Naruto growled, pulling a bit more reiatsu from his reiatsu seals, he disappeared completely. His opponents felt themselves beaten down by a seemingly invisible force, as they were beaten down all at once. This was Naruto's Wraith Style, where he would go so fast, that his opponents could not see or fight back against him. His opponents were on their knees, when Naruto reappeared before them, looking down at them.
"Don't approach me like that again, next time I won't be so kind," Naruto stated, before turning his back on them and walking towards Renji, who whistled in appreciation at the display.
"Pretty damn good! You're amazing at everything except Kido huh? You gotta teach me how to fight like that!" Renji said enthusiastically, and Naruto nodded. All his other friends approached and congratulated him.
Suddenly somebody began to clap slowly, and all eyes turned towards them, and they all saw Nishiyama, the Hand to Hand Combat instructor, looking towards Naruto.
"Very good display, Namikaze-san! I believe you are very skilled in this art! I'd say you were only second to Yoruichi-taichou and Soifon-fukutaichou, and that is because of their flash techniques," Nishiyama said.
Naruto smirked, "Well you ain't seen nothing yet."
"Well I believe, with my help, you could become the best Hand to Hand Combat fighter in Soul Society. You just need to be more refined, and do not let your emotions control you in battle. I will teach you these things in my lessons, we'll make a great Shinigami of you yet my boy!"
Naruto grinned, Watch out world Namikaze Naruto, No. 1 Shinobi, come Shinigami, is coming in with a BANG!
I hope you enjoyed that.
Remember I'm lookin for Bankai ideas, and do you want a harem or not! NaruHina is definite!
I'll try to update soon!
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