A/n: I do not own anything except my OC Nelrim.
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Chapter 7: Rematch Training
Kakashi and his team walked into a random clearing surrounded by trees.
"Okay, spill it, Kakashi-sensei. What's Naruto's big secret?" Sasuke asked, expecting his sensei to give in and tell him, just like everyone else.
Imagine his surprise when he heard, "Nope, already told ya. S-class secret. If you want to know, you have to ask Naruto himself." Kakashi brought his hand up to his chin, like he was thinking. "Though, from his earlier action, he most likely wont tell anyone. Hush hush, kind of thing."
Sakura just nodded, but, she will admit, she's curious as hell to find out what Naruto's big secret is.
Sasuke just bristled. 'Fine, if Kakashi wont tell me, then I'll force it out of the dobe. Besides, I'm the last Uchiha, I can get whatever I need to kill off Itachi. If this big secret can help me, then I deserve to know.' Sasuke smirked, but said, "Understood."
Kiba? He didn't know what to think. Hell, he had a secret of his own, but he wasn't going to tell anyone. So why should he make someone else tell their secret? (I know, I know, he's somewhat OoC, but I'm making him a level thinker when he's not riled.)
Kakashi then began to speak, "Well, we're going to learn some chakra control exercises." He paused knowing there would be some questions. He wasn't disappointed.
"What do you mean? I mean we heard something about 'walking on water,' but I'm not sure what that means." Sakura filled in the pause.
Kakashi sighed. "Sakura, please explain the fundamentals of chakra for us, please." Kakashi looked at her expectingly.
"Well, the basics of chakra is that it's our life force, being a mixture of both spiritual and physical energies. Training in both fields will increase the amount of chakra our bodies can produce." Sakura went on to explain for a while.... (author got lazy, and didn't want to type it all out. I'm sure you all know this by now.)
When Sakura was done, Kakashi then responded, "Very good, Sakura." He looked to Kiba and Sasuke. "Now then, can one of you tell me why I asked to explain the fundamentals again?"
"Because it has an important lesson with our training?" Kiba tried.
'No, I just felt like it because I'm the squad leader.... ' "Yes of course it's to do with our training." Kakashi did his famous eye smile. "Now, our first chakra control exercise is tree climbing."
A sweat drop appeared on the three gennin faces. "Um, anyone can climb a tree, Kakashi-sensei." Kiba said.
"Oh really. Then I suppose you can do this?" He made half a ram sign and limped over to a tree. He put his good foot on the trunk, and proceeded to walk right up it. Seconds later, he was hanging upside down with his feet on a branch.
The three gennin looked at Kakashi with amazement. Kakashi took out three kunai and threw them at the gennin's feet. "Use those to make how far up the tree you've gone. Focus your chakra into your feet, to stick to the tree. The point of this exercise is to learn to control how much you're putting into your jutsu's. You might be wasting chakra if you're putting in too much, and too little you're making the jutsu weaker. You have to be able to put in the bare minimal amount. The point is to learn to control how much you're putting into your jutsu's. In this exercise, putting too much will break the tree and push you off. Putting too little, and you'll slip right off."
The three gennin understood, and picked up the kunai.
"Oh, and one more thing. You might want to get a running start. Trust me on this."
Sasuke was the first to run to a tree. 'If the dobe can do it, so can I!' He took his first steps on the tree, and promptly fell on his butt.
"Concentrate, Sasuke." Kakashi said.
"Hey Sasuke!" Sakura called out. The other two gennin looked up. Sakura was waving from a branch high up in the tree. "This is easy!" She stuck her tongue out to look cute.
The group the heard a yip, and in another tree, Akamaru was already up the tree.
"Well, well. Looks like those two are the brains in this group. Are you gonna let a puppy and a girl beat you Sasuke? What about you Kiba?"
That got the two riled up, and they both ran for their own trees. Sasuke made it half way, while Kiba only make it a quarter of the way.
"Sakura, keep running up and down the tree." Kakashi said, when she came down.
"Why? I already know how to climb them."
"You will be working on chakra capacity. While you might have a high control, you have almost no chakra. This exercise is a great way to increase your capacity for chakra." Kakashi explained.
"Okay, Kakashi-sensei." She turned to the tree, but stopped. "Kakashi-sensei?"
"Hmm, yes?"
"Well, um... exactly how much chakra do you think Naruto has?" The other two gennin stopped to listen as well.
"What brought this up, Sakura?"
"Well, he can make solid clones, not only that but lots of them. I know that to make each one must take a lot of chakra, so how much does he have?"
Kakashi went into a thinking pose. "You know what? I've tried my hand at shadow clones myself. The most I can ever make at one time is 55, and I have more chakra then the average jounin." He stopped to calculate. "I honestly don't know."
"How many do you think I could make?" Sakura asks.
"You can't. You don't have enough, or you would die trying."
'What? No way!' Sakura thought.
"What about me?" Sasuke asks. 'I bet I can make more then that dobe.'
"Well, considering the amount you have, maybe... 5 at most, then you would fall over from chakra exhaustion." Kakashi said.
Sasuke's eyes twitched. 'WHAT!? THAT DOBE CAN MAKE MORE THEN ME!?'
"What about me?" Kiba asks.
"Three... maybe." Kakashi responds.
"How... how many can Naruto make?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know. During the fight, he made 6 shadow clones, and he didn't even break a sweat. He also did it seallessly, which means that he used more chakra per clone. Other then that one fight, I haven't seen him use them at all."
"If you're wondering how many I can make." said a voice coming from behind the gennin, "I'll tell you." Naruto appeared behind them.
"Spill it. How many can you make?" Sasuke asked, eager to know how many the dobe could make.
"Jeez, pushy pushy. Well, if ya wanna know." He makes his foxy grin, "893 is my max, then I have to take a break for 3 hours."
Kakashi wasn't very surprised. "Well, that would put you at kage level."
The other gennin, though, had their own reactions.
Sasuke was seething, and, to be frank, his mind was calling bullshit.
Kiba just starred blankly. He just couldn't register that many Naruto's at once.
Sakura just went hysterical. Here she couldn't even make one, and Naruto could make HUNDREDS at a time.
"Fascinating, Naruto." Kakashi spoke up. "What's the power level of each clone at your max."
"Only 50 percent. I can only make twenty 100 percent clones though." Kakashi whistled at that. He was thinking maybe each at 40, but at 50?
"Why such a big difference in quality and quantity?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi explained. "Here's why he can only make so many 100 percent clones. At 50 percent, the chakra network is only partially developed. Meaning it's more of a punching bag, then a hitter. Each clone can only last 8 hours at the maximum before they would need a recharge. Their speed is lower, and each of them only has partial intelligence compared to the original. Also, if they take a hit they poof. At 100 percent, though, the chakra network, brain power, and speed are exactly like the original. The durability at 100 percent has also sky rocketed. Instead of only 8 hours, they can last up to 3 full weeks before they need a recharge, and that's with using their chakra supply constantly. They can also take a beating before they disappear. Even fatal wounds wont make them disappear immediately. They can also bleed quite nicely."
"So how many can you make Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asks.
"I can make three 100 percent shadow clones, then I wont have enough for any more." Kakashi says.
"How can you make more proportionally to Naruto?" Sakura, already having done the math.
"It's because I have a higher chakra control then Naruto. He's only at point balancing, which means he's at a chunnin level in control. I, on the other hand, have completed waterfall climbing and shunshin jumping. Which are jounin and sannin levels respectively."
"What's kage level then?" Sakura was full of questions.
"I don't know." He lied. "There probably is one, but it's either kept a secret due to being dangerous, or for some other reason." 'Actually, the kage level one isn't even the hardest. The Kage level one is lightning surfing. The super kage level is lava moving, but I wont tell them that.'
But Naruto already knew all the levels, due to Nelrim telling him. He could take a hint though, he kept quiet about them.
"Well, that's enough of clones." Kakashi said, bringing them to attention. "Go back to your chakra exercise." He looked back up, or down, as he was still hanging upside down, at Naruto. "What do you need, Naruto? I assume you didn't come here to brag."
Naruto nodded. He held up a piece of paper, and handed it to Kakashi. He read what was on it, and then looked at Naruto. "Tell Kurenai, I understand, and will concede to this set-up." as the paper burned in Kakashi's hand.
Naruto nodded, and took off.
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Naruto reached back to the house. He looked for Kurenai, and found her in the kitchen with Tsunami, Tazuna's Daughter. "Kakashi said," And Naruto imitated by placing his headband like Kakashi, and putting his hand over his face, "'I understand, and will concede to this set-up.'"
Tsunami giggled, and Kurenai responded, "Alright thanks, Naruto. You can go train now. Just remember that the day after tomorrow is your turn to guard, so take tomorrow easy."
Naruto nodded, and took off running.
"That Naruto is a funny character." Tsunami said.
"Yes, he is. He was known as the prank master back in the village."
"Was?"
"He graduated the academy, and stopped pranking. Though his final prank was quite funny."
"Really? What was it."
Flash back
The sun rose over the village. The villagers were just getting out of bed to start the day. The ninjas were already up, and jumping around the village. Why?
Because they were chasing an orange blur.
The citizens didn't think much of it till they saw the hokage monument. Several of them gasped, while others were laughing their butts off.
Why?
Because the hokage faces each had paint on them. The first one, representing the first hokage, had green tree like designs coming out of his nose, and leaves for eyes.
The second, representing the second hokage, had blue paint going down the the face from the eyes, making him look like he was crying. He also he greenish blueish paint coming out of his nose, going down.
The third one... Well... he had glasses on him, rosy red cheeks, buck teeth, and pimples all over his face. Fitting for the one known as the 'professor.'
The fourth one was probably the most demeaning. The fourth one had rosy red cheeks, red lips, eye liner marks, and for the finishing touch, white powder all over his face. Making him look like a geisha.
They never did catch him.
End flashback
Tsunami giggled. "He does sound like fun."
"Yes, and considering the fact that only chunnin's and up knew of the prank master's identity, the civilians just chalked it up to some ghostly figure. Heck, I bet they still don't know who can outrun chuunin's." Kurenai laughed a little.
"Well, I wonder what I should make for dinner? How many are going to show up? I couldn't count them." Tsunami asked.
"Don't bother, we're here on a mission packed with enough food for 2 weeks. All we need is a place to stay." Kurenai said. "Oh, and there are 8 of us, not including fox and dog."
"Fox and dog?" Tsunami didn't even remember seeing animals.
"Yip." they heard a high pitched yip.
They looked down, and saw a little orange fox.
Wait for it....
"CUUUUTE!" Tsunami yelled out. She bent down and grabbed the fox, and pulled it into a bear hug. "What's her name, and who owns her?"
"How.. do you know it's a girl?" Kurenai asked.
"You silly, only girls can be this cute." Tsunami giggled.
"Eh heheh." Kurenai laughed nerviously. "Her name is Kina, and she belongs to Naruto." She looked at the fox. "Speaking of Naruto, why aren't you with your charge?"
"She can understand us?"
"Of course, she's a nin-fox. Just like nin-dogs, she can understand humans to a degree."
Tsunami just nodded numbly, chalking it up to 'some ninja thing.'
"So, back to my question, why aren't you with Naruto?" Kurenai asked.
The foxed looked up to Tsunami, then at the door, and then at Kurenai.
"Oh, that's understandable."
"What, what does she mean?"
"Naruto asked her to guard the place." Kurenai said. A loud yip confirmed what she said.
"So, there's also a nin-dog with this group of yours?" Tsunami asked.
"Yes, but that dog belongs to a member of team 7 lead by the man with gravity defying hair. I lead Team 8, which Naruto is in."
"Why aren't the pup owners together in the same team?"
"Ever seen a dog and a fox, who might I add are natural enemies in the wild, work together?" Kurenai explained.
"Oh." was all she answered.
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Over the next 5 days, the gennin all trained and practiced. It took Sasuke and Kiba all that time, but they managed to learn tree walking. Kakashi told them to keep going until they perfected it, meaning they could walk on a tree like him.
Both Hinata and Shino managed to perfect water walking to a degree that they could do it without thinking.
Sakura had practiced until she could walk for 15 minutes straight.
Naruto had practiced leaf balancing only. He decided to keep chakra hops for later. He wanted to get to a point that he could do it subconsciously before he went back. Unfortunately, that's easier said then done. Being the fact that focusing all 367 points simultaneously is quite difficult in itself. He went over what Nelrim said about this exercise.
Flashback
"The point of this one, is to be able to push chakra out of you body in several places all at once, or in certain places at certain levels. That's why some of your clones are only doing one leg or the other, while other are moving the leaves. To complete this exercise will require patience and focus, and, at the same time, release of all of it."
End flashback
Naruto couldn't understand what he meant by 'release all of them.' Hell, he didn't understand what it is.
'Maybe Kurenai, or Kakashi could enlighten me.' He thought.
He made his way to the house. Outside the door, Kakashi was sitting on the porch, his crutch to one side. He was reading his smut. When Naruto neared, Kakashi looked up.
"What is it, Naruto?"
"Maybe you could help me." Naruto said.
"With what?"
"Well, I'm doing an exercise called leaf balancing."
"You mean like the one you did in the academy?"
"Yea, but this one is on another level."
"Maybe you could go back to the basics. Show me what you're doing."
Naruto nodded. He picked up a couple of leaves, and placed them on his arm. The leaves then levitated up, and stopped about 5 inches away from his skin.
"This is a lot different then the one you did in the academy. The one in the academy was just so you could open your tenketsu. If you used too little, the leaf would slip. Too much, and you burned the leaf." He stopped for a moment. "Show me what happens when you do too much."
Naruto nodded. He pumped a little more chakra to his arm, and the leaves flew away.
"Interesting. This version seems to be above water walking, but below point balancing. How come you haven't mastered it then?"
"I'm supposed to balance leaves on all my tenkatsu at once, and be able to change which ones I'm using at a moments notice, moving the leaves to the tenketsu that I would need to open, from the ones that were open." Naruto said. He demonstrated by picking up a leaf, and placing it on his foot. The leaf floated away from his foot until it was 5 inches away, then the leaf 'migrated' until it reached his head. "It's for a few techniques I'm going to learn."
"So what's the difficult part?" Kakashi asked.
"As I've said before, I need to be able to use all my tenketsu at once, and balance leaves on all of them simultaneously. The final portion in which it is mastered, is when I can migrate all of the leaves on my body, while still keeping all of the tenketsu active."
Kakashi mulled over it. 'What kind of techniques require this much control in this way, and this chakra exhaustive?' He thought for a moment. "How far have you gotten?"
"Well, I can hold all of the leaves on all of the points, but when I start to try and migrate them, the leaves fall off. Either all at once, or one by one."
"Hmm," Kakashi thought it over. "How about this. Just use one leaf for now, but use all you tenketsu at once. Try to migrate one leaf. I think the point is not only to be able to release all of the tenketsu at once," Naruto jerked up at this, "but also controlling the amount each gives off. Try giving less energy to each until a leaf is on it, and when you want to push it up, release all control over the tenketsu behind it, pushing it." Kakashi thought for a moment. 'Like a magnet. That puts it well above point balancing then. But this isn't about how much control you have, it's about how much you can move your body's energy.'
Naruto jerked up at that moment because he just figured it out. 'Of course.'
Naruto looked happy, "Thanks, Kakashi-sensei!" and Naruto ran off.
Kakashi chuckled, and then looked back down at his book. 'Now, how is Tenchi going to get out of Ayeka's grasp this time?' He giggles like a little girl as he reads. (1)
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'The way Kakashi describes it, it's almost like a magnet.' He put a leaf on his sandal. 'Okay, let's open all my tenketsu, and..'
The leaf floated 5 inches like before, but this time it was moving a tad bit slower.
'Come on, keep it all together. Keep lowering and raising the amount.' He worked at it, until the leaf blew away from his waist, being that he accidentally pushed too soon. 'Well, at least I got the basics now.'
"Shadow clone jutsu," Naruto whispered. 100 clones were made. "Let's get to work guys."
The clones all nodded, and found a tree to pick leaves off of.
–
Haku lived a simple life. She killed people, picked herbs, healed her master, killed on her master's whim, protected her master. Yeap, pretty simple.
At the moment, she was out picking herbs for her master. Her master was still recuperating from the fight that happened 6 days ago. With the herbs she picked, he would be up and about, and at 100 percent by tomorrow.
She walked along till she saw something that stopped her. She reached a clearing that had leaves littered all about. The trees were almost bare. In the middle of the clearing slept a silver haired boy covered in leaves. He was sleeping so peacefully. He had fox ears, and a fox tail.
She then noticed something. The headband. 'He's one of the shinobi that attacked Zabuza.' She realized she had a choice. To walk away, and potentially let this one go free, or to try and kill the enemy right here and now.
'But no natural ninja would sleep unguarded.' She thought, and looked around. She saw a cute little fox curled up by the Silver haired boy's leg. The fox was watching her warily.
'I might as well and try.' She thought, cursing herself for leaving the mask at the hideout. 'Careful.' She thought, as she approached the boy. She got five feet from the boy when she heard him talk.
"Hello." he said, his ocean blue eyes were staring at her. He was breathing peacefully.
"Why are you sleeping out here? It's dangerous." She asked innocently.
The boy smirked. "I was training. I guess I passed out."
"Are you a ninja?" she said, pointing to the headband, again acting innocently.
"Yeap. I'm training to get stronger."
"Why?" She asked, this time for real.
"Why? Because isn't that what ninja do?" He paused for a moment. "What's a girl like you doing out here all alone?"
She responded. "I'm gathering herbs for my friend. He's sick, and he could use them to get back up and running. Could you help me gather herbs?" She asked. 'Maybe I can gain knowledge from him.'
Naruto nodded. "Sure."
They worked at it for an hour. She had a full basket, "Thanks for your help. May I ask your name?"
He smirked. "Naruto Uzumaki. And what's yours?"
"Haku." She smiled.
She paused for a few minutes, contemplating whether or not to ask. "Do you know what true strength is?"
"True strength?" That stopped him.
"Yes. Do you know what it is?"
"No, could you tell me?" He ask innocently.
"Tell me, do you have anyone... precious to you?"
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"People you would die for. A person you would help no matter what."
Naruto stopped for a moment. Kina, Hinata, Kurenai, Shino. Those were all the people who liked him for who he was. "Yes."
"Then you might know what true strength is."
"Again, huh?"
She smirked. "You only gain true strength protecting the ones precious to you." she said. "Train with the thought that you will be protecting those people."
Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment. "Thanks, hunter-san." He said smiling.
She froze. She looked at him. 'He knew?'
He smirked. "I'm part fox. You didn't expect me to not be able to smell the air around me, did you?"
She smirked. "You're right." She started walking off again. She then had a full blown smile. "Oh, and by the way. I'm a boy." thinking she fooled him.
Naruto wasn't fooled. "You give off pheromones like a girl. You don't have an Adams Apple. You have a petite body, you look like a girl in the face. Am I missing something?"
The fox chose this moment to run up to Haku. It leaped up, and pulled the hair out of it's knot, making it cascade down her back.
"Oh, right. Long hair."
Haku blushed. "You have long hair as well."
"I have it in a low pony tail. That doesn't count." He made his iconic foxy grin.
"Fine." She said. "The next time we meet, we'll be enemies." She said as she disappeared into the woods.
The fox jumped into Naruto's lap. 'Oh, yes we will.' Kina thought.
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The next morning: Day 7
The morning all the gennin, but Naruto down to the morning table.
"Where's Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"He's still out training." Hinata answered. She knew because she checked this morning with her eyes.
A few minutes later, the front door opened.
"It's Naruto," Hinata said, blushing a little.
The fox boy came into the room, looking worse for wear. He looked dead beat tired.
Kurenai got up, and analyzed Naruto with a medical technique. "Hmm, Naruto pushed himself too hard. He's going to need food, then some sleep."
Hinata nodded, and got up. She blushed, but she picked up one of his arms, and helped him over to the table.
Hinata then looked at Tsunami. "You got any ramen?" She asked.
Tsunami nodded.
"Good, ca-can I have a place on the stove, and the ramen makings please? I'm going to cook for him." She said, getting redder as she said it.
Kurenai was cooed. 'Oh, she's going to cook for him.' She then laughed mentally.
Tsunami nodded, while Hinata got Naruto into a chair. He WAS dead beat tired. He flopped his head onto the table like it was his pillow.
Hinata grabbed several spices, and some meat. She cooked it for a while. She grabbed a bowl, and then put the cooked ramen into the bowl. Naruto, at this point was drooling from his mouth, despite being out of it.
She walked over to the table, and the rest of the people in the room, like it was a mircale, Naruto come back from the dead, and grab the bowl. He slurped it down so fast, they were almost sure he would choke.
"So delicious." He said in a sleepy tone, and promptly fell asleep.
Hinata was blushing. 'He really liked it. I have to thank Ayame-chan for teaching me later.' She smiled.
"Hinata, Shino. Could you two drag fox boy upstairs please?" Kurenai started. "He's obviously too tired to do anything."
"Where's Tazuna?" Sakura asked.
"He's with Kakashi at the moment, at the bridge." Tsunami responded. "He said he wanted an early start today."
The group nodded. Understanding.
'The sooner he finishes, the sooner we can get out of this backwater town.' Sasuke thinks.
Suddenly, a big boom was heard. Kurenai rushed out the front door, and looked into the front sky. "The flare's gone off." She called into the house.
She hurried inside. "That was the signal. Grab your things and get moving to the bridge."
The gennin all rushed, and soon they were all running towards the bridge. "What about Naruto?" Hinata asked.
"Leave him, he's too weak at the moment." Kurenai responded.
Sasuke smirked. 'Leave it to the dobe to wear himself out.'
–
Kina sat on top of Naruto a bed in the second story room.
As she transformed more of her yokou in his body to chakra, she thought about the third day they were here, and how well he controlled himself.
Flashback
Day 3
Everyone but Naruto and Tazuna were sitting at the table, waiting for their charge to come back.
The front door was opened.
"Hey, I'm home." Tazuna called out, as he entered the kitchen, Naruto following right after.
"Hey, dad." She called back. "How is the bridge?"
"Super." Tazuna called back, smiling.
"Well, guys. What's for dinner? I'm starving." Naruto asked, with his tummy growling to put emphasis on hungry.
"Well, we have some meat, and some rice noodles with a few veges for the side." She said.
"Cool." He said, and grabbed a plate. After he filled it, he joined the others on the table. "How was training guys?"
"It-it went well Na-Naruto." Hinata responded. "I've al-almost completed water wa-walking."
"Cool Hinata." Naruto praised her. "Told ya you could do it." He smiled. Hinata grew red, but didn't pass out, much to everyone's surprise. "What about you Kiba."
Kiba answered. "I've gotten better at tree climbing, and I can even feel the effects of the training. I can perform jutsu faster now."
"Cool. How about you Shino?" Naruto turns to him.
"I have completed the water walking exercise. It's really helped with my bugs." Shino answered. He's gotten used to Naruto talking to him.
Naruto turned to Sakura when they all heard a voice.
A little kid was standing in the doorway. Inari looked at them hard. "Why? Why do you train? You can't beat Gato. It's futile to even try."
"Why?" Naruto answered. "Because we're ninjas. It's what we do. Complete missions, save the weak, fight the strong."
"IT'S POINTLESS! NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU TRY, YOU CAN'T BEAT HIM!" He yells out.
"I don't know why you're underestimating us, or overestimating Gato, but I can logically assure you. We can take on Gato." Shino spoke up.
Kiba turned to Shino. "Dude, that's the most I've ever heard you talk."
"Listen kid, we've all suffered a little here." Naruto said. "I've been beaten many times in my life. So don't go saying we don't know what pain is."
"Oh, yea? You don't have a scar on you! You don't know what we've been through. The suffering we've endured." The boy started to whimper. Then he steeled himself and stared at the group. "I bet none of you know pain. You all just came waltzing in like you owned the place. You all lived in your sheltered little homes. I BET YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SUFFERING IS!"
Kurenai, Kakashi, and Kina all thought the same thing. 'Shit!' They both moved to grab Naruto, but the boy slammed his hand onto the table, and stabbed a kunai through it.
"I don't know what pain and suffering is?" He said in an almost hysterically quiet tone. "I don't know what pain and suffering is?!" His voice became deeper and louder as he spoke. The KI coming from him was a huge amount, and felt pulled his hand off of the table, and showed them all that the kunai went straight through. "Listen, boy. I don't know what kind of life you live, but you should remember one THING. I've been tortured, mutilated, beaten to a pulp, and almost killed 15 times before I was 5 years old." He took the kunai out. He balled his hand into a fist. "Now, count to 20." They did so silently. He was glad he could find a moment to calm himself.
"20," Kakashi called out. He knew what was going to happen.
Naruto opened his hand, and wiped the blood off. What was shown is that the hand was perfectly healed. No marks whatsoever on it. "Listen kid. You shouldn't think that you had it worse then anyone else. Because I can assure you, there is someone out there who has suffered more. If you don't want to feel that suffering, then do something about it. Don't just sit there and sulk. Do something to change it for the better. Don't hide behind the excuse that your dad died." They talked about the kids dad on the first day there. "The kunai was to show you why I didn't have any marks, and did I flinch when I stabbed myself? Think about that." He moved to the stairs. "I'm going to sleep tonight, I'm not feeling hungry."
Hinata was practically in tears. She knew of it. She saw the brutal massacre that happened that day. The day his throat got slit.
Kiba spoke up, "Is everything he said true, Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi sighed. "If anything, he sugar-coated it."
"It's... true." Hinata said between gasps.
Kurenai walked over to Hinata, and hugged her tightly."How do you know that, Hinata?"
"I saw the day that an ANBU defected, and tried to kill him. When another two ANBUs both with wolf masks, came to save him." she answered, trying to calm herself. 'Why do they hate him so much?'
Kakashi went wide-eyed. 'So, she saw that day, huh?'
Inari ran out the room in tears.
With that, Kina left the room.
–
Kina was almost asleep, when she heard a loud bang at the door.
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And cut. With that I'm leaving off the fighting portions to the next chapter. Next chapter is the final chapter in the Zabuza arc. YAY!
Tell me what you think... Did I put it too lightly? Meh...
(1) Tenchi Muyo reference. XD (I DO NOT OWN TENCHI MUYO OR ANY OF IT"S RELATED SERIES!)
By the way, I'll be posting facts about each character in my profile. You might learn something new. The first one to be posted is Nelrim.
A/N: Flamers will get a stick up their ass, and put out to dry in the sun.