Of Trees and Frost
By
Ragnorokrising
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Chapter Sixteen: The Training, Part Two
Naruto sat down in a large, grassy field. 'NARUTO! Get in here, we need to chat.' Naruto gulped and sat down Indian style. He closed his eyes and felt reality slip away from him. He landed on a solid object and felt the sting of a slap against the back of the head. He opened his eyes and hurried away from Kyuubi. "YOU USED NINE MILLION FOXES ON THEM!" her fist shook as her knuckles turned white and blood dripped down from her torn palms where her nails had cut into the flesh.
"This is probably not the best time but what happened to your voice?"
"A third of my chakra has been added to your own. It has removed the malice from my voice. Now, why did you use my move!?"
"I was fighting two Akatsuki members and the Third Kazekage! I needed power and fast." he argued.
"So you used a demon Forbidden Jutsu on a puppet?" she countered right back. "The amount of chakra that takes is exactly two and a half tails worth. It almost obliterated the chakra points in your hand and would have if I wasn't sealed inside you." he tone and eyes softened. "You would have been forced to stop being a ninja." Naruto's actions finally hit him full force.
"I…would have been stopped in my career." she nodded.
"You need to be more careful. Though more power could be useful to you." she waved her hands around them. "For every month here, a minute passes on the outside. We will train for a month on your Kekkai Genkai and using my chakra for armor. Be prepared for chakra exhaustion."
(One Minute Later)
Naruto's eyes fluttered open in the real world. His arms itched as the seals he and Kyuubi had placed on them, a tree in full flourish with three roots twisting down the arm and leading to the tip of his index finger, formed on his real skin. A hollow feeling entered his body as the snake contract was released.
(Flashback)
"Naruto, I think we should cancel your contract with the Snakes." Kyuubi's proclamation caught him off guard.
"But Anko let me sign it, so it's important to me."
"Naruto let me explain this to you." Rochi slid down his arm and started to shake. His skin exploded and he became a Naruto clone covered in black scales and with red eyes. "I connect you to the snakes, so if you feed me some blood, I could summon snakes for us."
Naruto's face contorted into thought. "Fine, but how do I cancel the contract?" Rochi pushed his stomach and out popped a summoning contract. He opened it up to Naruto's name and cut his thumb.
"I'll just mark you out with the symbol." he wrote a few symbols down and wrote the words 'black and red' on the slot Naruto had signed so long ago. "There, we're done here."
(End Flashback)
"Rochi, let's get going." the snake hissed inside the sleeve as Naruto sealed his two new swords away. The Raijin still hung from his bracelet but the other charm was gone.
(Flashback…again)
"Naruto, how often do you use your sword in combat?"
"Which sword?"
"The one hanging off your sanjiegun." he shrugged.
"Mostly when I get really mad and want to hit some one really hard but it takes a large amount of chakra from me." she plucked the sword from his bracelet and released it, making it blaze into life.
"And the swords you got from Akira?"
"They're my main weapon." she took them from him and looked them over.
"Just as I thought, an S-plus rank illusion seal. Naruto, we're going to change these weapons into their purest forms." she planted the two swords in the dirt and placed the elemental weapon in a tree. She closed her eyes as red chakra flared. A cloak of energy surrounded her and formed two sets of arms. All three sets started making different hand seals so fast Naruto's eyes couldn't follow them.
"I'm getting a little dizzy." he put his hand on his forehead and looked away. When he looked back, she was finishing the jutsu.
"Demon Seal Removal Jutsu!" the two mineral swords slanted downward and touched handles. They merged together to create a sword with a red handle and a white guard and a sheath the same color as the guard. The bottom of the handle was black. "As I thought, it was Bakusaiga, (I don't own anything from Inuyasha, and I guess this is the disclaimer for the story as well) the sword of the Lord of the West. Give me the Raijin." Naruto handed her the sword and she started it up, making it shoot a bolt of thunder from the amount of chakra that went through it on activation.
"What are you going to do now?" she started to do hand signs with the chakra arms while she used her flesh hands to hold the Raijin in front of her face and chant in an ancient language Naruto couldn't quite understand *cough Latin cough, cough* as the sword in the tree shook in the bark. She finished the chant and jammed the Raijin into the other sword.
"Demon Sword Awakening Technique!" the sword pulsed with blue energy and destroyed the tree. It clattered to the ground, electrical surges flying around it. The handle of this new weapon was a tightly wrapped red leather cord that led to the brown hand guard. A white circle of metal with a hole in the center held a red string that tied together near the bottom. "Tokijin is it?" she sounded surprised. "I thought it broke." she picked up both swords and handed them to Naruto.
"What are these Kyu?"
"These are the swords of the Lord of the West, the true form of the Houkou, Sesshomaru. The first sword, Bakusaiga, was created when he became an InuDaiki and has the ability to deteriorate materials at will. The second sword is Tokijin, his original sword for combat. His first sword was the Tenseiga but it was used to bring beings back to life. Most likely Sasuke could wield the weapon. This sword, however, has the ability to make an attack of blue lightning called Dragon's Thunder. Now, the hard part is going to be training you to use them."
(End Flashback)
He still couldn't use Dragon's Thunder but Bakusaiga only needed him to fluctuate Kyuubi's chakra for a few seconds to activate its ability. By this time he was at the Kage tower. He walked up the steps and knocked on the door leading to the Kage Office. "Tell me where he is!"
"No, he is staying here." Naruto didn't recognize the first voice but the second one was Sarutobi's.
"Would you just clam down?" barked Jiraiya.
"Don't yell at my master!" a second new voice.
"Every one clam down or I'll send a snake to bite you in the as!" shouted his grandfather.
"Tell me where he is so I can speak to him! I want to see Naruto!" he froze up and drew the Raijin into his hand. He pounded on the door before walking in. Behind the desk, Orochimaru, Jiraiya and the Sandaime stood together. Across from them, a woman with overly large boobs, long blonde hair and a green jacket held a fist in the air. Next to her, a shorter woman with short black hair wearing a long sleeved robe-like outfit with white trim glared daggers at Jiraiya.
"Old Man, what's going on here?" he subconsciously activated the Raijin and shot a small spark onto a pile of autographed 'Icha Icha Paradise' books. He 'accidentally' dipped the sword into the paper, igniting them.
"Please leave for a few minutes if you would." he said, sliding around Naruto's name. Naruto shrugged the suggestion off and stared at the two women, more so the brunette.
"Hey, he said leave!" shouted the blonde one.
"Screw you and your fake boobs!" Orochimaru held in a chuckle but Jiraiya burst into laughter and tears.
"Looks like you hit the nail on the head kid!" Naruto snapped and a wooden foot rose up from the floor and kicked him in the balls. Sarutobi smacked his head and shook it back and forth slowly.
"Naruto, this is Lady Tsunade, and the woman next to her is Shizune, her apprentice."
"Yeah, nice to meet you. Can I have some money for ramen? Anko made me spend my mission earnings on dango and sake." Orochimaru dropped to the ground in laughter.
"Let me rephrase that. Naruto, this is Tsunade, your grandmother." Tsunade looked at him in shock for a minute then grabbed a handful of shuriken to throw at him.
"I heard you, but I want ramen, so can I have some money?" Orochimaru's laughter intensified behind the desk. Tsunade looked surprised before she walked over to him and pulled him aside.
"Hey kid, you and me have quite a few things in common, so let me make you an offer. I'll teach you one of the Senju clan's most powerful jutsu if you leave the village and come with me and Shizune." he shook his head no in an instant.
"I have to many precious people here. I told Grandfather that only a little while ago when he asked me to go lead a ninja village of my own." she looked at him in shock for a few seconds before stuttering out a question. "What, I couldn't hear you?"
"You know who your grandfather is? He's alive right now?" Naruto nodded and walked over to Orochimaru. He pointed down at the Sannin.
"It's him, I thought you knew that?" she couldn't speak, she was too shocked.
"What do you mean your own village?" demanded the Sandaime. Orochimaru's laughter stopped.
"Oh look at the time. Gotta go, we should do this again some time." Sarutobi jumped at him but he dissolved into snakes.
'Naruto, I think you should leave.'
'I think you're thinking right.' Naruto winked at Shizune, making her blush, and disappeared in a blast of compressed air.'
(Sasuke)
He sat down, feeling a connection grow. He slipped away from reality in a few seconds and landed in the blood covered Uchiha district. He looked around panicked before he remembered this wasn't Itachi's fault, but Madara's. Instantly, as if on command really, the blood and gore disappeared. He walked down the hall ways to his parent's chamber, where they had been killed. "So, you have arrived." a smooth, velvety almost, voice spoke behind the shoji screen. The door slid open to show a man with long flowing white hair with five flowing tails behind him.
"Are you the Gobi no Houkou?"
"That is not my name, it is my rank. My name, for all you know, is Sesshomaru and I am the Lord of the West. I'll cut to the chase. You need to be trained in my art child, and I shall instruct you to become the next Sesshomaru."
"What do you mean 'the next Sesshomaru'?"
"Sesshomaru mean Perfect Killing. It is the name of the strongest dog demon who can wield a sword made from their powers. My first sword like that was Bakusaiga but I long ago discarded that when I gained more power." he stood up and exited the building. Sasuke decided to follow and see where he went. When they were outside, the world twisted and morphed to become the form of a large field of blue roses. "Stand back child."
"Don't call me child." he growled, but backed up all the same. Sesshomaru's eye turned red and his face became more beastly as a red aura flared around him. He started to change. His body turned into a large dog, his five tails converted into the five elements and his mouth oozed an acidic slime.
"This is what it means to be the Sesshomaru young child. This is what you will be spending the next month trying to accomplish. I will teach you many skills such as youki whip and summoning dogs to aid you. Now leave my domain!" he roared at Sasuke, launching him from the realm of his own mind.
(Gaara)
The red head panted with a happy smile on his face as the sand returned to his gourd. He had finally mastered those two jutsu and it was time to start practicing the third. He would not let Uzumaki and Uchiha get ahead of him. "Sand Art: Shukaku Mimicry!" the sand erupted out once more around his body. Is transformed him into the very thing his village thought he was. He turned into a Gaara sized version of the Shukaku. "Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullets!" he stood on his back two feet and punched his stomach. A medium sized bullet of spinning compressed air crashed through the trees and into a pond, sending water high up.
"Not bad Gaara, now try canceling the jutsu and re-casting it." suggested Baki. The sand slipped down around him into a large dune as he started to re-cast the jutsu.
(Yugito)
"Tell me again, what is your objective?" demanded her sensei.
"I am to summon the Nibi while Uncle summons the Ushi-oni. I then go and destroy the Hyuuga compound while our forces capture Hinata, Neji and Hinabi Hyuuga." the words slid off her tongue in quick succession. "May I practice the jutsu Sensei?"
"You may Yugito." she let the red aura surround her arm and wrap tightly to the skin. She held the arm above her head and shot the aura into the air. Clouds circled her and spirits of monsters, devils and demons descended. From the clouds the Nibi tore on her black angel wings. The cat's master, the Lord Shinigami himself, floated down. He had his eyes closed and was facing Yugito. He slowly turned to the older man and screamed. His eye sockets flew open to let a mass of blood soaked spiders and worms crawl out. "Yugito, cancel the Genjutsu!" he yelled. In an instant, the sky cleared, the entities disappeared and Yugito crossed her arms with a smile.
"Well, how'd I do?"
"You are…very skilled and will become a great Genjutsu mistress. One day, I will be bowing to you and calling you my Lord Riakage." the older man grunted as Yugito flew into him. He resisted reflex to pull out a kunai and stab her and un-certainly returned the hug. "What are you doing? Get back to practice!" he said. She released him and backed away, wiping a tear from her eye.
"Yes, sensei."
(Urusai)
He stood up on the branch where he rested. He heard the fires burning from where Ronmaru had dropped bombs, smells smoke from where Tobirama threw his poison capsules. He bent backwards as a rain of weapons flew toward him. They went over his chest and allowed him to snap back up and flash through hand signs. The ground started to rip apart as green diamonds shot towards his team mates. "I'm winning again."
"For a blind guy he's pretty arrogant." said Tobirama as they dodged more diamonds.
"Not arrogant, just really stupid when it comes to gauging his opponent's powers." Ronmaru balanced on one of the diamonds as he finished his statement.
"HEY, I HEARD THAT!" the diamonds started to explode and Ronmaru jumped away at the chance. Tobirama was all alone against a blind maniac who could blow shit sky high.
(Temari and Kankuro)
"Come on Kankuro, push it in further!"
"I'm trying damn it!"
"Go up and down then!"
"I am! The holes too small!"
"Then stick it in the back one!" Kankuro grumbled as he helped Temari assemble her new 'Mega Powerful, Ultra Supreme, One Hit KO' battle fan. His puppets were discarded on the wall, gathering dust. He just wanted to go home and train with Granny Chiyo.
"Kankuro, can I come in?" came a small voice.
"Um, sure." it was more of a question then an answer. The door opened up and a small woman with a wooden arm came in.
"Since Baki is training Gaara, I will be training you. By the end of the month, you will know all my secrets and wield your own puppet." Kankuro was out the door and running down the stairs in a matter of milliseconds. Temari screamed in frustration, but a woman in a beautiful kimono stepped out of the hallway.
"Are you the brat called Temari?"
"Who's asking?!" anger flared like fire in her tone.
"I'm Kagura, the Master of the Wind. I was asked by your father to train you in the art of battle fans."
'I need to remember to not yell at dad…as much.'
(Deidara)
"Are you going to make some new bombs?" asked Genma, his senbon moving back and forth.
"I was thinking something I could use. Its large spheres made of compost that I can move with chakra strings. Then I can detonate them, showering the enemy with exploding weapons inside the ball." Genma got a some what creepy smile on his face. "That has to be the best idea ever." his face became serious as soon as the sentence left his mouth. "But seriously, don't let Naruto find out about this. If he uses it for a prank, the town will be covered in orange dye."
"That's it, that's what I'm missing!" Deidara suddenly yelled. "Do you have any dye on you?" Genma dug through his pouch and gave him some pink dye. "I don't want to know why it's pink." he imposed before Genma began to speak. He poured the dye on to the clay inside his pouch and mixed them together. Then he took a chunk of clay and let his hands feast on it. They spit the spheres out and he began to mold them. He took a styling needle out and made a roaring dragon with its tail curled around its legs. He then made it the size of one of his owls.
"Uh, Dei, what are you doing?" Naruto walked into the clearing, a bag of onigiri and tomatoes on his back (* ;) *) as Deidara made a simple grenade from the remaining sphere.
"An escape tactic." he said as the dragon flew up into the air. He pulled out a senbon and threw it at the flying animal, hitting it in the throat. It exploded, sending a pink fog down on the surrounding area and making the three cough. When the smoke cleared, Naruto was holding the grenade.
"Aha, there you are!" Sasuke hopped into the clearing covered in red spots and white pieces of rice and pointed at Naruto. "Stop beating me with tomatoes and onigiri! Or I'll blow up all ramen in the village!" Naruto pulled the pin out and threw the item at Sasuke, who caught it. A kunai hit the grenade and when the smoke cleared, Sasuke was neon pink.
"I told you this would happen." sighed Genma.
(Haku)
"Rook to E-seven." said Zabuza. The piece moved to the correct place.
"Knight to E-seven." Haku waved her hand and the knight took the rook. She waved her hand and the knight turned into water and shot away. Zabuza looked at the huge chess board and pieces he and Haku played on.
"King to B-5." he took a few steps forward and swung his zanbato through Haku's pawn and took its place.
The game had begun.
(Hinata)
She dodged under Neji's strike and thrust both palms into his chest. She used that momentum to do a back flip over Hinabi, making her shoulder block Neji. Hiashi dashed at her and rained his strikes down. She dodged a small portion but he disabled her left leg. "You are done here."
"No I am not…Hiashi." the Hyuuga head flared his Byakugan. His daughter had just disrespected him by calling him her equal! He dropped into the Hyuuga special stance and made the signature circle with the green yin-yang symbol in it.
"Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms!" Hinata hit her leg's chakra nodes and freed them quickly. Then she started to swing her arms around and causing a circle of chakra strings.
"Protection of the Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms!" Hiashi's hits bounced off of Hinata's dome of chakra. He sopped the attack and Hinata's followed his examples.
"Did you make that move yourself Hinata?" she simply smiled slightly and nodded her head before falling down, chakra exhaustion hitting her hard.
(Shikamaru)
Shikaku and Shikamaru ran away from Shikamaru's mom, who wielded a frying pan. "Train, don't look at clouds all day!"
(Sai)
Sai just sat in the library and looked up fearsome creatures to draw and practiced doodling.
(Shino)
"Shino, after review your mission stats and testing your prowess, I have a gift for you." said Shino's father Shibi as he pulled out a black hive of insects. "This holds dragon flies, beetles, and wasps. Take care of it properly."
"Thank you father." Shino stuck his hand into the hive and let the insects drink his blood, binding them to him. "Wait, none of these are poisonous, correct?"
"Oh, only a few." Shino stuck his hand deeper and let more blood out. "Well, a few aren't poisonous that is."
(End)