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Ever since the attack of the Kyubi, Naruto was shunned as 'Konoha's Demon' when he was born with the Kyubi sealed in him. His life was miserable beyond grief. Time passed by and he has slowly proven himself as its jailer instead of its incarnate. But despite this, love never truly touched the young jinchuuriki's heart until death came over him.
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A/N: I do not own Naruto, Bleach or any other canonical characters. If I did, I wouldn't be here in FF now would I?
Talking
'thinking/flashback'
Kyubi Talking/Jutsu
'Kyubi Thinking'
Chapter 7
Tables have Turned
Onward in our journey…
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The ball of fire that stood in the deep skyline of Soul Society began to radiate brightly indicating the end of dawn and beginning of morning.
During this time of day, many young adolescents paced towards the marble floored building known as the Shinigami Academy. As several would be shinigamis strolled by, a young blonde could be seen sprinting in the distance behind them.
Flashback
As the young blonde and his nine-tailed companion entered the small Japanese mansion with the name of 'Namikaze' entitled above the large wooden gate, they were promptly greeted by a red haired woman who then ushered them towards the dining room to which they sat down to the feast laid before them.
A sweatdrop formed on the young blonde's face as he gazed upon the sheer size of the servings on that table. In annoyance, with a vein throbbing on his forehead, he then spoke.
"OKAA-SAN! Don't you ever eat like a human being?!"
The indulging red head gobbled down her current bowl before answering her son's annoyed question.
"Well someone's in a good mood. Speaking of moods, you'll be in another bad one if you don't eat your breakfast and get to school on time for your first day!"
Her happy-go-lucky smile and message opened his now beaming heart. The young blonde then realized that he was no longer sad.
'She's right though, I don't feel sad at all. Its like I've been training with Lee's weights all over my body and I just released them when I cried myself to sleep that night.'
His feelings of sadness HAD melted that night he cried himself to sleep. With that thought in mind, he began to eat happily until his father came in to join them.
"Naruto, though you are enrolled in the shinigami academy, I want you to continue your shinobi training. We'll discuss your training later when you get home from school."
Said the older blonde as he ate a quick meal and gave a good-bye kiss to his burned out wife. The younger blonde then quickly nodded and continued to eat until his nine-tailed companion reminded him that he was late.
End of Flashback
Back in real time, the young blonde dashed as fast as he could towards the shutting wooden gate and was barely caught by its clutches as he managed leap past the gates just in time.
He panted and made a sigh of relief while he said to himself.
"Kuso! Next time I'll roast that baka for not reminding me earlier. That's it! I'll put sleeping pills in his next meal so that I can—"
Before he could continue his ranting, a soft, warm hand had grabbed from behind his right shoulder, effectively cutting his next sentence while a voice spoke to him from behind.
"I think it would be best for you to save your ranting later and get to class wouldn't you think?"
Naruto then turned around to meet the soft spoken voice that brought him back to reality.
The figure was a black haired woman with brown eyes and her long locks of hair were braided together in the front that sank until her chest area. She wore the same shihakushō as any other shinigami except that her haori had the black lined rhombus with the kanji for four at its back and her robes were tied with an obi sash.
The young blonde then blushed at the woman's calm beauty. In a way, she reminded him of his dead lover Hinata. he then scratched his head and politely asked her,
"Ano…are you a teacher here in the academy? I'm new so I don't really know where to go around here."
The calm beauty chuckled at the polite remarks of the young blonde. She then gave a gentle smile as she answered his question.
"Yes I am. Though only part time since I do run the fourth division of the Gotei thirteen. My name is Retsu Unohana by the way. You must be the third's son. You're the spitting image of your father you know Naruto?"
The young blonde just smiled and blushed as he nodded.
The woman then smiled back and took him to his classroom where he will begin his six-year training as a shinigami. As they were about to enter the classroom for the freshmen class, Naruto began to show nervousness as a slight sweat dropped from his brow. The kind Retsu noticed this and chuckled as she said,
"It's going to be fine. I think you'll fit perfectly here."
The blonde then took a deep breath, and entered the classroom. To his surprise, the seating arrangement was just when he took chunin exams albeit much larger. The students just stared in curiosity at the blonde haired teen with whisker marks on his face and flaming azure eyes.
Retsu then stepped in and introduced the young blonde to the students.
"Class, this here is Naruto Namikaze, son of our newly appointed third division captain, Minato Namikaze. I hope you treat him well since he's just new here."
The entire class then began to talk among themselves in shock at the realization of the identity of this blonde haired teen. Aside from the academy hakama that he wore, he also wore a black headband with an engraved symbol of a spiral that shapes into a leaf on a metal plate and several pouches strapped to both of his legs.
Naruto was very embarrased at this point. But he regained his composure and began to introduce himself.
"Hi! I am Naruto Namikaze! I like ramen, training, and my family! My dislikes are traitors, death of love ones, the Akatsuki and snakes. My hobbies are learning about new things and training. My ambition is to become a better shinigami than my father!"
The class instructor and Retsu were amused by his little speech. As Unohana left to attend her other duties, Naruto then found his seat to begin his day.
The young blonde was quite interested at the several things that were discussed during his first day. He learned about how Soul Society operates in congruence with the world. He learned about the hollows, shinigamis, and souls. He learned about the several classes in Soul Society and Sereitei as well as its government, politics, and economic system. There were a lot of things that needed to be covered. Fortunately, they have six years to do so.
As the day went on, many of the students became bored as the number of topics dragged throughout the day. But our young blonde hero's flaming azure eyes didn't flicker away as he absorbed everything like a sponge. Especially when it came down to the topics of the shingami ways of combat such as Kido, Hakuda, Hoho and Zanjutsu. But those were not to be discussed further within the day as it finally ended and they were allowed to leave for home.
While most of the students went off to head home after a long day of studying, the young blonde instead went towards the library of the academy.
It was nothing like the ones back in Konoha as it stood having three floors, twenty-four feet high and one hundred square meters per floor and the same signature marble flooring, walls and even stairs that spiralled towards each floor.
He gazed at the numerous shelves of knowledge in the entire library. Anyone would get lost in such enormity. Luckily for him, he knew what he was searching for and went over to the recepionist to ask for the location of the information that he hungered to find.
As he approached the sitting woman, he noticed that something was amiss with the little lady. She had short brown hair and definite eyebags that lined her pale skin. Though she wore the same clothing as the rest of the shinigamis, she seemed ordinary at best.
The young blonde couldn't help but notice her sleeping form at the desk as a thought of pity entered his mind.
'Poor thing. Some people here don't get enough sleep. Then again, sleeping seems to be a rare thing here. Better do this quickly so she can rest more.'
The young blonde then awakened the sleeping girl with a request for the information he needed.
"Excuse me…"
"HAIT! I'LL BE RIGHT THERE SOTAI…who are you?"
The now awakened maiden asked in a mixture of reflexive action and subtle realization. Naruto sweatdropped at the antics of the lady before him. Not wasting anymore time before the girl could fall asleep once more, he drove straight to the point.
"I need information on the history of the elemental gods, the relationship between the living and the dead, info on Kido, Hoho, Hakuda, Zanjutsu, info on reiatsu, and info on Hollows and the three planes of reality."
The disturbed girl then quickly searched the files in her desk drawer and gave him the necessary location as she fell back in slumber.
The blonde just nodded and quickly went to his task. The books he had come upon were more than he could expect. The sheer weight alone of every book became a burden to his arms as he carried them into a secluded area in the library. He then ranted to himself in regret of his actions.
"Kuso, I knew I'd be carrying a lot, but not this much! Note to self: bring some scrolls whenever visiting the library."
Each book that he brought with him contained general to specific knowledge of the four combat arts of shinigamis, the function of shinigamis in the world, the difference between a soul and a body, the energy of the body and soul, as well as advanced information concerning the zanpaktou and the other realms not to mention, the origins of Suzaku and anything related to him.
For hours he sat there and absorbed information and wrote on a small black notebook similar in size to the BINGO book of the shinobi's, those things he couldn't readily absorb. Those he could absorb were the basics and intermediate subjects of the academy, while the advanced and deeper understanding of those topics as well as other information from the living world were written in his black book and encrypted into a seal in the form of an archaic language that Jiraya taught him so that only he or those who understand the language it was written in can decipher what was sealed in the book.
Flashback
Naruto was practicing in a nearby lake his chakra control as he stood on water. Jiraya on the other hand was busy writing in his little notebook while gigling pervertedly every so often.
'Stupid ero-sennin writing for his perverted books. What is it that he keeps writing that he needs to leave me to train by myself? I have to find out!'
Thought the young blonde with his curiosity fueling his determination. As night finally fell, Jiraya fell asleep by the campfire.
'Hehe. That packet of powdered sleeping mushroom that I borrowed from baa-chan really did knock him out like a light! Now's my chance!'
Thought the young blonde as grinned from ear to ear. As he slinked his hand into the pocket of the sleeping toad sage, he nimbly took the little book and withered back into his tent.
The deviant blonde began to joyfully speak in success for retrieving the hated notebook.
"Yosha! Now I can find out what takes up his time!"
As the young blonde looked through the notebook, his eyes could not believe what he was seeing. Instead of lines of perverted writing or pornographic diagrams, it was line per line of archaic writing that filled the pages of this small notebook.
"I think I got the wrong book. He must have switched it before he ate the corn stew."
The young blonde said to himself as he scratched his head in confusion. However he didn't notice the shadow that loomed over him until it spoke.
"Nope, you got the right book."
Naruto turned his head around to see Jiraya unaffected by his little prank.
"I knew about the sleeping powder that you stole from Tsunade's desk when we visited the hospital. I used to do that too when we were younger and set up several traps during the chuunin exams when we used it."
Jiraya lived up to his name as a Legendary Saninn alright. Such simple ploys couldn't work on him when he himself had done the same techinques during his time. Seeing that he had nowhere to slide from, Naruto just asked out straight his question.
"Ero-sennin! What's up with your caligraphy? I've never seen writing like this before. I never knew you know other languages let alone how to write them."
Jiraya sat beside the blonde as he explained what those writings were.
"That's because they are seals and not necessarily writings."
This stunned the young blonde as he looked at the several pages of the writings that were listed down on the notebook.
Seeing the blonde's dumbfounded state, he then continued his explanation.
"Those are forbidden sealing techniques that only a selected few shinobi know of. According to ancient legends, it was the sealing technique of the gods. Anything from information to items can be stored using that sealing technique and there are no limits to how many objects you can seal. What's even cooler about it is that only the user has the power to release the seal let alone read it unless there is another user of the sealing technique. But even then it would be hard to unseal it because of the specific energy signature needed to break the seal."
End of Flashback
The young blonde began to put up his foxy smile when he remembered the day he learned about the forbidden sealing technique passed down to him by his former master during his lifetime on earth.
"Thank's for teaching me this ero-sennin. It's pretty handy."
He continued his toiling research until dusk settled in. Feeling the fatigue weigh him down, he then left the library and strolled on home in the dimming alleyway of Sereitei.
He was tired, but content with his first day as he happily sat down at the dinner table and ate his fill. The family including the kyubi began to ask about his day. For the most part, they were shocked at the sheer amount of knowledge he relayed to them after his first day in the academy. Even the yondaime couldn't do that in such a short period of time when he did a crash course of becoming a shinigami.
His father was impressed and now realized that his son would soon surpass him. With this in mind, the older blonde, now brimming with confidence, told his son.
"Naruto, I want you to train with me starting tommorrow so that we can improve your shinobi skills and so that kyubi can explain to you the situation."
The young blonde thought for a minute and then nodded as he finished his fill and went immediately to sleep in his room. He couldn't wait to learn from his father. But what pondered his mind was what he meant by 'kyubi explaining the situation'. He could only find out the next day.
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It wasn't long before dawn came again to wake the sleeping blonde. But this time he was greeted by an all too familiar pur as he could see nine red tails swaying in his face.
Gaki, time to start your training. I'll see you in the training yard.
The ever impatient kyubbi growled as he shunsined in a burst of flames.
Naruto then quickly put on his uniform and went to the training yard in the back of his house. It was a huge field of grass that stretched for several miles. As Naruto stood there in the ocean of grass, he could spot his father, Sarutobi and kyubbi in the center.
He then approached them and sat down to where they sat as they discussed to Naruto what was going on.
Gaki, as you know, we were sent here because of the little stunt you pulled there in the seal of the pheonix.
The young blonde sighed as remembered, but then nodded and he continued the kyubi's sentence.
"I understand. It was the first thing that I looked through in the library here. Suzaku was one of the five elemental gods that fought in the Battle of the Elements. Each one of those gods who represented a certain element fought in a battle royal for ultimate supremacy until Kami personally stopped their reckless destruction and sealed them in several locations across the continent where they are chained by their own inner darkness and can only be released by a sacrifice that fits their internal need."
The rest of the group looked at each other. Since he's been doing his research, it makes it easier for them to explain to him the finer details. Kyubi then spoke to him again as they faced him in attention.
You've done your homework. The sacrifice itself is irreversible once done so there's no hope of saving her.
The kyubi said as he jumped towards the awaited conclusion.
The young blonde sighed again as he remembered reading that as well in the book where he found the information on Suzaku. Still brimming with determination, he then humbly said,
"It's alright. I read that as well so I know it can't be done. But why didn't Kami destroy them instead?"
The fiery kitsune then explained further to Naruto what has been pondering on his mind.
The five elemental gods were not destroyed because it would wreck the very balance in the nature of your world. But that dosen't mean it is very balanced. The shinigamis didn't bother to look into it because it was a situation beyond their jurisdiction and posed no threat to either worlds since the seal was very strong. I already asked permission to keep the spot for ninth division captain open for you so that you can personally fix the situation in your world. Ever since that incident happened, the overall seal weakened to a point where we need to act fast and stop the reawakening of the other four gods.
Naruto understood from his companion's words that he still had a purpose back in his world. Though, not in the way he imagined. Irony in the very sense was his situation.
Sarutobi then asked of the kyubi.
"We're training him for this reason? But I heard it was the 'Battle of the Four Gaurdians of the Continent'. How come you said it was five?"
The Kyubi then answered his question as he closed his eyes in deep thought of the situation.
It was five because the god of lightning initiated the first strike. He prided himself more than anything. This angered Genbu of earth. Which in turn caused Seiryu of water, Suzaku of fire and Byakko of air to join in as well. From the human's point of view, only four were seen battling because the god of lightning was busy trying to get into Kami's realm while the other elements fought in despair against each other until the god of lightning failed and fell right in the middle of the fray just before Kami stepped in. from the shinigami's point of view, only one was the ringleader while the rest were pawns. Which brings me to my next explaination. While Suzaku was released, he did not attempt to escape his prison. I know this because he hasn't destroyed anything in your world at the moment or come into this realm. This means that he learned his lesson in love. But his release means the god of lightning's seal is now weaker and will continue to weaken regardless. So we need the help of the other four gods to defeat the god of lightning.
Naruto and Sarutobi looked deep in thought. It was a heavy burden that one man cannot carry alone. Minato took this opportunity to speak to them.
"There are many things to ponder right now, but what's important is if you are willing to take this burden. No one else can handle this pressure. Not even the commander. You alone have the power to stop this. The seal by magical standards has it's own timeframe separate from ours and is beyond our capabilities alone. Are you willing to go through with this Naruto?"
Naruto then shone his flaming azure eyes towards the cerulean eyes of his father and said,
"I'll do it."
With his agreement, the task was set in place.
Feeling the determination of his vessel, the firey kitsune then ended the discussion with his final statements.
It's settled then. Gaki, your father and I will train you in taijutsu and ninjutsu before you head out to class. And after class you will train with your mother in chakra control and genjutsu. By the time the day ends, you would have only four hours to yourself. Eventually we would train you in the finer arts of being a shinigami once you need to train.
"But what about oji-san?"
Asked the blonde as he looked at the former sandaime with a puzzled glare. The wise old warrior then spoke to the concerned blonde the reason why as he bowed his head in defeat.
"Unfortunately, I have a lot of paperwork to accomplish. Plus, my duties as a shinigami captain come first. As much as I'd like to help, the last captain in my division left three months worth of unfinished business when he defected."
Since Naruto was still unaware of the current affairs of Soul Society, he then asked what any puzzled man would ask in his position.
"Defected? There was a defection?"
The older blonde saw the confusion in his son's face and began to explain the current situation.
"There was a defection just two months ago before you arrived. Three shinigami captains established an elaborate coup' de etat to obtain the Hōgyoku and joined the hollow side in order to obtain more power and rule Kami's realm. I and Sarutobi were promoted to those ranks after the defection. I took the third while Sarutobi took the fifth. That leaves you with the ninth division if you make it in time."
The young blonde just nodded as he got every explaination down about his training and life long mission.
From early morning before the start of school, he would train with his father and kyubbi in taijutsu and ninjutsu, and after class, he would train in chakra control and genjutsu with his mother. This left him just four hours of extra time to himself which he would use to research and study before dinner time and sleep. That was the schedule given to him.
Just as they were to start the young blonde's training, a young woman with brown hair in a bun and the sash with the kanji for five strapped on her left arm over her shihakushō came running in. she panted just before regaining composure and spoke towards Sarutobi.
"Taicho! Where were you? I've been looking all over until Toushiro taicho said he saw you go to the Namikaze house. You have a lot of paperworks to sign!"
This brought anime tears to the former sandiame's eyes. While the other three just sweatdropped.
'Yup, I was right. Paperwork is a fate worse than death.'
The young blonde thought up as he confirmed his past thoughts concerning the dreaded paperwork.
Just before the old sage was about to leave, he then introduced his lieutenant to Naruto and his father.
"Naruto, this is Hinamori Momo. She is my lieutenant and vice-captain. Hinamori, this is my good friend Minato and his son Naruto. And the nine-tailed friend over there is the Kyubi no Yoko."
The worried young lady then blushed as she spotted the handsome young blonde and promptly bowed as she greeted them good morning before her and Sarutobi went off towards his dreaded duty that he could never escape even in death…paperwork.
With his bid of goodbye, Naruto spent the rest of his early morning training with his father and kyubbi.
"So, what do I train in first otou-san?"
Said the excited young blonde.
"First of all we need to make you the fastest shinigami around. Take off your clothes so I can put gravity seals on you."
Naruto then complied. It wasn't the first time that he had a gravity seal placed on him ever since his two and a half year training with Jiraya.
When the boy finally undressed until his boxers were left, Minato began to write the seal all over his body.
The tatooed seals formed several rings around the young blonde's body from head to toe.
When he finished writing the seal, he then wrote a secondary one just above the gravity seals. Curious about the secondary seal, the young blonde then asked.
"What are the second ones?"
"These are restoration seals. Your body will get stronger because of the gravity seals, but the sheer stress of it would cut down the gain from the training to about eighty percent. This seal will restore your stamina faster and slow down the aging process alowing your body to receive the full benefit of your gravity seal training and allowing your mind to think and learn much faster."
The blonde nodded in acknowledgement as his father finished the seals. The older blonde then flashed his hands through several handsigns. Fast enough for him to complete in time, but slow enough for Naruto to remember. As the older blonde finished the last seal, the watchful kyubbi then smirked as he saw the young blonde form a crater in his shape from the sheer weight of the seal that totaled three tons which engulfed his body.
The young blonde began to cry anime tears from their sheer weight but had enough endurance to curse in several profanities to his chuckling father.
"Sorry for the excess weight. I'll cut it down to one ton so you can at least move."
"You better! Kuso! How do you expect me to train if can't move dumbass!"
The annoyed and angry blonde shouted as he attempted to raise the finger at them only to have it fall down on the newly upturned dirt once more.
The older blonde and kyubi rolled on the floor in laughter as Naruto struggled to get up and release his frustration on his two mentors. It would be a long and grueling training for the next six years of his life.
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Two years have passed as our young blonde began to get acustomed to life in Soul Society. And it so happened that our flaming azure eyed hero at this time was leaning against the wall in boredom while his classmates practiced their kido on a stuffed human sized target several meters away.
Naruto had become an adept prodigy beyond his years all thanks to his family's training and his determined will.
He had fully mastered every lesson that he learned during these past two years. He was like a sponge. He absorbed every lesson that was thrown at him that it began to annoy some of his teachers and gain him a popularity among his peers.
Though it did not affect him in any way, he was surprised at how much of a reversal his life had become in this world. Back in Konoha, he was the dobe of his batch who was scorned and hated, yet the reverse has become true here in death as a shinigami.
While the rest of his peers were giving their best to do the instructed bakudo, namely bakudo number four, he just leaned at the side because he had already mastered that move ages ago.
This however didn't please his instructor as the grumpy man reprimanded the young blonde to stop slacking off and perform the move.
"Oi! Naruto! What do think you're doing there slacking off bakero! Get your blonde ass over here and perform the bakudo like everyone else!"
Naruto yawned as he got away from the wall and poised into a sluggish position facing his target as he aimed, right palm outstretched, at the human sized bean bag and performed the move.
"Bakudo number four, Hainawa!"
It was a shortened incantation of the move he shouted and performed as the rope of energy shot from his hand and squeezed the life out of its target. Though it didn't have the full power of a fully performed one, it was much stronger than that of his peers.
His classmates were shocked at his sluggish yet more effective performance than their best efforts put together. Naruto's insructor however wasn't pleased as it was a half-baked move.
He then spoke to the blonde with an evil grin on his face.
"Nice work! But you still have to perform the move twenty-nine more times unless...you can show me an advanced move. I have heard rumors about your private training with your father and your constant research in the library. Show it to me, and you can have the rest of the day off."
This got the attention of the crowd as they gathered to see the performance of a now livened blonde as he began to show the fruits of his trainning on his now 'restrained' target.
The young blonde widened his stance as he held his fully streched right arm with his left hand and closed his eyes. He meditated to charge up enough reiatsu for the move he would perform as he began the incantation.
"Carriage of thunder. Bridge a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six. mirror your path across the sky. And close your doors."
At the final phrase of his incantation he opened his eyes to see his target. His eyes now burning even brighter as his reiatsu made a visible glow around his body. Feeling the charge of the energy course towards his palm, he raised his right hand while supporting it with his left and spoke the last lines of the incantation.
"Bakudo number eighty one, soren rikujōkōrō!"
A flash of light then beamed from his hand as they arched and fell upon the the dummy. Twelve wide beams of light formed around the target and embraced it in a heavenly clutch with six on its midsection holding its arms as well and the other six on its legs.
The poor dummy had the life squeezed out of it as it fell to the ground from its post.
The sheer display of power awed the crowd and gave a jawdropped expression on his insructor as the blonde strolled out of the academy.
"Piece of cake. I'll be seeing you tommorow sensei!"
The blonde shouted before making his final exit out into the streets of Sereitei.
The crowd gathered around the site where the dummy had fallen just stood in awe while some of them began to murmur in the back. But overall, it was more than just a passing grade, but an amazing display of ability never seen before since Ichigo became a shinigami.
Meanwhile in the fifth division, Sarutobi just cried anime tears as he 'happily' signed the several papers that stacked up on his desk. The wise old warrior was so engrossed in his work that he did not notice his fukutaicho and another person in academy hakama enter his office until the brown haired girl cleared her voice before she spoke.
"Taicho, here are some more papers that need signing. And Naruto is here to see you."
She said as she dumped the heavy load of papers on his desk. Sarutobi paid no attention to the stacks of paper as he peered over and asked the smiling young blonde in front of him.
"Oh, Naruto! Why are you here so early?"
The young blonde just gave his infamous foxy grin as he quickly replied,
"I was given the day off!"
Hinamori narrowed her eyes at the blonde. She had known the young blonde for two years now and could read him like a book everytime he had come over to visit her taicho. After all, she grew fond of the stories of the blonde and his antics in the real world as well as the life of Sarutobi and the Namikazes. This was especially true since she had been accompanying her taicho to their regular dinners in that house.
Feeling that her intuition was right this time, she swiftly, but 'carefully' interrogated her blonde companion.
"I can tell that you made a deal with one of the instructors there. Do you just have to show off everytime?"
The brown haired girl said as she glared at the blonde menacingly. For some reason, she just reminded him of his old crush Sakura with the way she acted.
The panicked blonde just scratched his head as he smiled and explained to them the situation.
"Well that's about it…I'll be seeing you later at dinner oji-san, Momo-chan. Ja ne!"
Sarutobi and Hinamori just looked shocked at the blonde's response as he bid them goodbye and took a stroll out and back on the streets of Sereitei.
Hinamori chuckled at his antics.
S"What's so funny Momo-chan?"
He said as was curious of his fukutaicho's reason for laughing.
"Oh, he just reminded me of Toushiro taicho before he became a shinigami captain. He was so much like him."
"I think you mean he is like him. But I see your point. Naruto has grown tremendously. Already a genius at such a young age. His life here is so different now eh Momo-chan?"
The brown haired girl nodded and smiled as she responded to him.
"Yes, it sure is."
True enough, Naruto's life was no longer what it once was. It was more than just a reversal for the young blonde. It was as if the tables have turned.
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Chapter seven down. Why did I have Naruto train in chakra first before reiatsu? The reasons will be explained in the following chapter. You now have an idea what timeline he is in. the next few chapters would be mostly training and character buildup. There will be action as well and a guest appearance from another dimension later on.
I also need suggestions for other bakudo and kido spells not mentioned in the manga and anime.
Arigato gozaimashta for reading another chapter in Naruto: Death's Second Chance.
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Bakudo number eighty one, soren rikujōkōrō(Binding Path number eighty one, Twin Lotus Six Rods Prison of Light)- a double spelled version of the bakudo number forty one with twelve rods instead of six. the doubled version not only restrains the target, but acts as a reiatsu barrier for the restrained target.