HELLO ONCE MORE MY GOOD READERS! Yet again, we delve into the world of the Jinchuriki and the Queen. Last time, we saw Kurama (Human) contacting the worst person he possibly could've: KOUTA! Thiiiis… is going to end painfully for someone. That's an understatement, actually. Let me rephrase: This is going to end up in supreme and ultimate pain for someone… Anyway, let's move on to the chapter, shall we?
IMPORTANT NOTE RIGHT HERE: Oh right, quick amendment: Mariko's Elemental affinity is only Earth and Water, which is combined into wood. That's it.
Training Ground 7, 3:00PM
"Alright, you maggots!" Anko Mitarashi yelled at the Diclonii standing in front of her: Hikari, Mizore, Nana, Mariko and Lucy. The five girls had been brought here to learn Jutsu and train. After Kurama's last attempt on recapturing Mariko, Tsunade had decided they would all get special trainers to help increase their abilities. Their trainers would be Anko, the Snake Mistress; Kakashi, the Copycat Ninja; Yamato, the Wood user; and Kurenai Yuuhi, The Genjutsu Mistress. Each of them was meant to train them in whatever affinity they had. "We're here to make sure you don't get killed out there while on a mission, which means we gotta train you!" Anko's sadistic smile grew wider each second, eventually making even Lucy nervous. Luckily, Kakashi interrupted.
"Before we begin, however, we need to see what Chakra affinity you girls have." Kakashi then produced five slips of paper from his pocket. "This is Chakra paper, made from the bark of a special kind of tree that is extremely sensitive to Chakra. It will react differently to different affinities: Wind will cut it, Lightning will wrinkle it, Water will moisten it, Fire will ignite it, and earth will make it turn to dust." To demonstrate, the Jonin took another piece out of his pocket and channeled some chakra into it, making the paper wrinkle up. "As you can see, my chakra has a Lightning affinity. Now, let's see about yours" He gave out the slips to the Diclonii, one to each. Lucy's split in half and burned to a crisp, Mariko's turned back into wood, Mizore's crumpled up and then ignited, Hikari's split in half and turned to dust, and Nana's…
"Um… what does this mean?" Everyone turned to the girl, who was holding a sheet… of ice. "It… It just froze." The Jonin all stared wide eyed at the girl, until Anko burst out in maniacal laughter.
"HAHAHA! Oh, what are the odds; this little brat has the Hyoton Kekkei Genkai!" The snake mistress cackled like the slight maniac she was. All the diclonii unanimously tilted their heads in confusion, prompting Kakashi to explain.
"You see, while there are 5 basic elemental affinities, there are a few advanced ones that are passed by blood, known as a Kekkei Genkai." He explained, pointing at Nana. "Apparently, Nana has one of those. The Hyoton, or Ice Release, is created by the combination of Water and Wind. Just like Mariko's Mokuton, or Wood Release, is made with Earth and Water." He then pointed at Hikari. "The Byakugan is also a Kekkei Genkai, a Dojutsu, or eye technique." They all nodded in understanding, knowing this new world they were now in was even more complicated than they originally thought. "I wonder why this info was taken out of the Academy's curriculum…"
"Because the civilians began to bitch about it." Anko stated bluntly. "You girls listen closely: Never trust the civilian council. They are the most corrupt, stuck up assholes you've ever had the bad luck of hearing about." They all nodded, having dealt with such men before. "Now, let's start your tortur… I mean, Training session!"
Meanwhile, in the outskirts of a town 30km to the east of Konoha
"Well, that was an easy mission." Naruto stated as he walked away from the (now empty) bandit camp. A team of ANBU had arrived and taken the bandits to custody as well as to return the stolen property, all the while Sakura and Sai were back in their own camp trying to decide how to deal with the bandits. Thinking of the girl he once liked made Naruto wince. Soon after Lucy had arrived at the village, his infatuation with Sakura died quickly, making him see certain things he didn't realize before. For instance, the mere sound of her voice was enough to make windows crack, and she enjoyed hitting him more than what should be legal. He could hear the girl yelling at Sai before he even reached their encampment, and regretfully remembered he forgot to bring his special 'Anti-Banshee special earplugs', a trademarked product made to counteract the Haruno voice.
"… T'S WHY WE SHOULD JUST GO IN AND WIPE 'EM ALL OUT!" the Haruno girl screeched at the emotionless ROOT agent, who was reacting visibly to the screech. "Now, let's just get over there and…"
"Don't worry about it; I already cleared out the camp." Naruto stated when he walked in and drew a ramen cup from his duffel bag. Sakura just stared at him, her mouth wide open and her eyes wide as saucers. She stayed like that for a whole three minutes, and was broken out of her trance by Naruto's loud slurping. Her fist flew straight and true into the blonde's face, who was wise enough to substitute the minute he started eating. "OI! What was that for!?" The Pinkette began to stomp her way towards the blond, an ominous aura bubbling around her.
"Sweet Kami, if I didn't know she was human I'd say she's a fucking demon!" The Kyubi stated from his prison, and Naruto agreed wholeheartedly. Naruto dodged another punch from the girl, who wasn't even worrying about explaining her fury. "You know, this girl made me think you were a masochist for a while."
'Now's not the time, Kurama!' Naruto yelled back at the fox. After dodging the third punch, Naruto got fed up. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ATTACKING ME FOR!?"
"BAKA! Why didn't you wait for us you moron?" She screeched. "What if there had been a missing nin there, someone worse than Zabuza!" Naruto chuckled loudly.
"Aw… I didn't know you actually cared!" And with that, Naruto was sent flying, landing 537.7m away.
"That's a new record, I believe." Sai told her, writing it down on.
Back in Konoha
"So, what do we do now?" Lucy asked her instructors, wondering what kind of things they had in store for them. Kakashi was the one that answered.
"Hmm… before we can teach you any jutsu, we need to improve your chakra control." He explained while pointing at a tree. "All you have to do is climb that tree… without hands." The Jounin all grinned, expecting the usual reaction of 'That's impossible'…
"Simple enough." Lucy began to climb the tree, no hands… nor feet for that matter. She was using her vectors to climb the tree like a spider. All of the instructors sweatdropped, having forgotten about that little detail. With a sigh, Kakashi amended his mistake.
"Alright, let me rephrase: You have to climb the tree with no hands, at all. That includes energy-based limbs." Kakashi explained before walking up a tree using only his chakra. "All you have to do is channel your chakra to the base of your feet and use it to stick to the tree. Too little chakra and you'll slip off, too much, and you'll break the bark and fly down." The Cyclops explained to the girls. The Jounin were once more surprised when the girls managed it on their first try. All of them looked up towards the girls, who were all standing on the tip of their trees. "Well, that was quick."
"Indeed…" Yamamoto answered, his eyes stuck on Mariko, who was juggling three perfect spheres of wood in her hand, giggling. "It seems like their Chakra control is better than we thought…"
"Think it has anything to do with their Vectors?" Kurenai asked Kakashi, only to find him, as usual, stuck in his Icha Icha Paradise. 'When did he even take it out!?'
"Hmm… quite likely. Their vectors are made of telekinetic energy, so…" the explanation was interrupted for a second by the Cyclops's perverted giggling. "… they could very well be some new form of chakra manipulation." The Jounin began a small debate, completely forgetting about the girls for a few minutes.
"HEY! Can we come down now?" Once more they turned to the girls, Lucy's yelling reminding them of their existence, but what they saw surprised them a lot. Mariko was no longer juggling the wooden spheres, but was instead holding a small balloon in her hand, with a lot of deflated pieces of rubber dangling from her pocket. But that wasn't the surprising part. The surprising part was that she was making it spike in all directions. That was…
"… The second step of the Rasengan?" Kakashi muttered in disbelief. "When did Naruto start teaching it to her?" Her face was scrunched up in concentration, doing the exercise with (apparently) one hand. Curious, Kakashi unveiled his Sharingan, and found himself surprised once more. Chakra was flowing through 2 of her 11 Vectors towards the balloon, moving rapidly to keep the sphere moving in all possible directions…
*POP!*
"Yay! I did it!" Mariko yelled happily, unknowing she had done something few Shinobi could ever hope to learn. Snapping out of their surprise, he motioned for the girls to come back down.
"Well it seems like there isn't much we can do about your Chakra control…" Kakashi deadpanned. "You girls already have excellent control, and your chakra reserves are at least Chunin level."
"SO THAT MEANS WE BEGIN THE REAL TOR… I MEAN TRAINING NOW!" Anko whooped out of joy, excited about being able to 'train' someone. All the diclonii (and Jonin) quickly took three steps back, away from the deranged woman, slightly wondering if she had the same kind of implant they once had. "Maybe I can find someone to sign the Snake summoning contract!" Most of the Diclonii paled at the mention of snakes, except for one notable exception.
"Snakes?" Hikari perked up at the mention of Snakes, an animal she had always liked. Anko's mad grin only increased.
"Of course! They're loyal, great companions, and best of all, their poison hurts like hell!" She laughed like a maniac once more at that.
'Sweet Kami, she's crazier than Mariko before the rescue' Lucy thought, feeling wary of their teacher. Mariko, on the other hand, had a pensive look on her face.
"Are those snakes like Daddy's toads?" She asked the Jonin, interested. Kakashi nodded.
"That is correct. There are many types of summoning contracts, ranging from Jiraiya and Naruto's toads to Anko's snakes." The copycat ninja demonstrated by summoning his personal summon: Pakkun, the nin-dog. "Pakkun here is a Dog summon…"
"Yo." The dog said, lifting his front paw in some form of salute.
"… which excels in tracking and capturing the enemy. Any questions so far?" Hikari raised her hand. "Yes?"
"How the hell did you bite your finger with your mask on?" Everyone faceplanted at the girl's question. "What? It was a valid question!"
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"Zetsu, report" A man with ringed eyes spoke in out in the middle of a cave, standing in the middle of a large cave. "What's the status on the Kyubi Jinchuriki?"
"He has grown stronger." A voice answered, and was followed by a different voice. "And those girls he brought with him are a potential threat?" Pein's eyes narrowed at this.
"A… threat?" He asked, anger leaking into his voice. "A threat how?"
"They are capable of cutting things from afar."
"One of them holds the Mokuton Kekkei Genkai, and another holds the Hyoton."
"Their power is unknown right now, because they have yet to be in a true battle."
"But two of them, the youngest and the oldest, are very attached to the Kyubi. The youngest one considers him her father and the oldest one has a romantic relationship with him." Pein hummed for a second, wondering how to proceed. His boss was away for the time, so he couldn't advise him on how to proceed… however, he decided to use the best way he knew.
"We need to test them…" He concluded. "Zetsu, send Deidara and Sasori to intercept them on their next mission. If they show promise… bring them to me."
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"Well… they're certainly interesting…"Orochimaru muttered as he read the report his 'ally' in the leaf had given him. The diclonii had a special Kekkei Genkai that allowed them to cut anyone and anything? Oh, he could use something like that. All the experiments he could run with that ability. No longer would he need chakra to paralyze or cut his test subjects. "Kukuku… Kabuto, Sasuke-kun? I have a task for you two…"
AND CUT! Looks like the big baddies are after the Diclonii! Just what could these dastardly beings wish to do with them? And how will they go up against not only the Diclonii, but also the power of a slightly overprotective, fatherly Naruto? Tune in next time to find out! This is BladeOfThePoet, logging out!
IMPORTANT: I NEED JUTSU FOR THE DICLONII!