Next Chapter of The Perfect Ninja.
Now I just wish I was the perfect writer, then we'd all be set.
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"Tsunade! What's the meaning of this!" Cried Koharu.
"The meaning of what? I don't know what you're talking about," replied Tsunade.
"Koharu, calm down. I am very sure the Hokage has a reason for this. You do, don't you?"said Homura.
"What are you talking about?"questioned Tsunade.
"Why has Naruto left the village? If the Akatsuki attack Konoha, we will fall without his help. Right now, he is the most powerful person in our ranks,"said Homura
"Naruto has left Konoha on another training trip, to learn what Jiraiya has learned. He will come back even stronger than before. You must trust him, Homura. Koharu,"Tsunade assured them.
"While I do not believe he is the strongest in our ranks, he is a vital asset. You must call him back,"said Koharu.
"Koharu, if Naruto has gone on another training trip, to become even stronger, shouldn't we encourage it? We should. But I have a question. What do you mean by Naruto not being the strongest one in our ranks. Who is stronger?"said Homura.
"Why Tsunade, obviously. She is the Kage of our village. Naruto may be strong, be he is not that-" she was cut off by Tsunade.
"You are wrong, Koharu. I myself believe Naruto to be stronger than me. If Naruto was older, and had more experience, he would already be the Kage. This I am sure of."
"He is stronger than a Sannin? Amazing. But, why would he need to become even stronger? I mean, if he is stronger than you, he is at least as strong as Jiraiya."
"Naruto is stronger than Jiraiya, at least in his old age. Naruto is just about as strong as Jiraiya in his prime."
"Then why become stronger! He must be already able to defeat Pein. He must already be at the peak of his power."
"That is foolish to believe, Koharu. At the age of fifteen, there is no way he is already at the peak of his strength. Naruto can obviously become stronger. Fukasaku believes that Naruto must become stronger. Fukasaku is the one that trained Jiraiya. If he believes that Naruto can gain more strength, then Naruto can gain more strength. Naruto has no Taijutsu style, his genjutsu is unrefined, he can take his reserves even to higher levels, and learn to control that chakra. And finally, he can learn the way of the Sage. Naruto can increase exponentially. He must be at his full potential to defeat all of Akatsuki. We must have faith in Fukasaku, and in Naruto. There will be no more on this-"
"Tsunade-sama!" cried Sakura, with the ten of the rookie... eleven... trailing behind.
Why do people keep on barging into her office, really! Why can't they announce themselves? Even Naruto had the decency to ask.
"What is so important that you want to run into my office unannounced?"
"Naruto has left the village! Have you let him do this!" cried Ino.
"Yes I have. Naruto must be able to defeat Pein. He must go on another training trip, to become even more powerful. No one here can teach him anything else."
"But the Akatsuki might capture him! We can't let him get captured. They'll extract his..." Sakura started breaking down.
"Wait... extract what!" all the rookie... nine said in unison, strangely.
The air gets thick. Koharu and Homura start sweating, and Tsunade becomes slightly nervous. Sakura breaks out of her tears, and realizes her blunder, starts looking for a safe hiding spot. Lee looks straight at Tsunade, without a smile, which creeps her the holy hell out. Ino starts tapping her foot, Tenten fingers a Kunai, Chouji isn't eating any chips, Shikimaru actually looks interested, Hinata blushes a little bit, probably thinking of what they might... extract. Shino pulls his glasses off of his face, revealing his gray eyes, Neji smiles, and Kiba... well Kiba's drooling because he's still knocked out.
"Yes Tsunade, extract what?"
They all turn around and see Danzo with a painful smirk.
"They don't need to know Danzo. Now get out of my office, you are uninvited."
"Oh, but they do. They need to know who their... comrade contains."
"What does Naruto contain? What do you mean?" questioned Lee.
"Danzo, get out of my office, NOW! I mean it, get out!" raged Tsunade.
"Fine. But, I am very sure they would want to know the true story of the Nine-Tailed Fox."Danzo snickered as he walked out the door.
Tsunade looked around, and knew that no matter what she did, she would have to tell them.
She sighed. Why her? It's always her.
"Fine. I will tell of the true story of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Kyuubi. All of you know the given story of the Kyuubi, yes?"They all nodded,"Good. Now almost all of this story is true, except for one part. The most important. When the Yondaime killed," She almost said the word killed sarcastically," The Kyuubi. The Yondaime didn't kill the Kyuubi," She took a breath,"he sealed it. Into a newborn baby. With the name of Uzumaki Naruto." She ended her short lecture with a sigh.
She saw everyone gasp, most of them got a sort of... bewildered feeling, and stayed that way. But some didn't. Some of their faces turned into a small amount of fury. She said,"Now before you jump to any conclusions, I would like to tell you that Naruto is not the fox, only a child that had great burden taken upon him. He's fought through aversion, desolation, and... almost murder on his part. Almost any other would have broken during such... hate. He doesn't get beaten daily, but he has gotten beaten up on behalf of a mob. That happened only... twice, by my records. He has had one assassination attempt though. This was about... five years into the academy, was it. It doesn't matter. Naruto killed the Chunnin himself-"
"Wait, Naruto has killed a Chunnin while he was in the academy! By himself!"exclaimed Lee, in stark amazement. He was so strong when he was young... Naruto was always more powerful than any of them...
"But Naruto failed the academy three times, and got only got in by the Third's favor." said Ino.
"Naruto did not get in because of the thirds favor. He got in because he stole a highly guarded scroll, learned a High A-Class technique in one hour, and defeated his Chunnin teacher, who tricked him into stealing the scroll. By reading the Sandaime's personal journal, I found that the Sandaime himself told Naruto hold his power back at the academy."
"Why would the Third do that?"asked Tenten.
"Lemme refresh my memory on that,"said Tsunade as she pulled out a strangely new looking scroll and opened up, and quoted out of it.
"August 5, Year 264 of the Konoha History..."
Flashback
"Naruto, you are one of the most promising children I have ever seen in my lifetime. You have not even started the academy, but you could probably defeat some of my best Genin. Maybe even a Chunnin." Said the Sandaime.
Naruto swelled up with pride at this statement, nearly bursting at the seams. The Hokage thought so highly of him. He'll show all those villagers that he is more than the demon container. He will Uzumaki Naruto, one of the strongest ninja that ever lived, and then he'll become Hokage.
"At the age of six, you are able to skip the academy, and become a flat-out Gennin. But here arises the problem. People are starting to notice that you look to be a strong one, and reports are coming in that they have seen you train, and slightly fear you, and also fear that the Kyuubi has taken over, making you that powerful. We cannot the citizens of Konoha believe you are stronger than the average academy student. So I am going to enroll you in the ninja academy, and you are going to act like a normal academy student, have really no special abilities, and gets average grades. I want you to hide your strength. Can you do this, Naruto?"
"I can."
"Then come over and sign these papers, and I will see at the academy meeting on Thursday."
End Flashback
"So... the Sandaime held Naruto's power back, because he was afraid an uprising would come from the villagers?" asked Lee.
"That is correct," said Tsunade.
"But, as rumors have been told, Naruto was the dead last at the academy. Wasn't he told just to be... average?" questioned Neji.
"Earlier in the book, the Sandaime states that Naruto was always an over-achiever, so Naruto went the extra step, and became a dead-last, to make the people believe he had no talent whatsoever," said Tsunade.
"Naruto... what a burden you posses. And because of this burden, you are the strongest of us all. I salute you, Naruto Uzumaki." said Lee in a mini-speech.
Everyone just looked at him strangely.
Because he knew how true he was.
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"RAAAAGGGGGHHHHH" cried Naruto as he plunged his fist into the last skeleton of round 19.
Seriously, there were a bunch of things that he never knew existed until he came to this place. Liches, Undead Skeletons, Zombies, the whole lot. Seriously, what the fuck!
Naruto pulled a small sandwich out of his back pocket, and hurriedly ate it before the next rounds... things came up.
"Naruto be careful,"said Fukasaku," This next round only has one undead, but is much stronger than the rest of the enemies you have faced."
"Wait what, like a boss round or whatever?"
"Exactly. At rounds twenty, forty, sixty, eighty, ninety, and finally, one-hundred, there are these bosses, and they are stronger than the usual grunts you are facing. Each one of these bosses are much stronger than the last, so be careful."
"I will."
The ground suddenly started shaking, as it does before each round, and a bulge in the ground came and a hand popped out of the ground, and pulled it's body up.
When Naruto saw the body, he was speechless. The thing was...
Human!
The thing started to speak,"I see you are surprised, boy," it said in a rather normal voice, but sort of on the higher side,"I wish to introduce myself, but first, tell me your name."
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, Gennin of Konoha."
The... man suddenly looked surprised, but then regained his composure.
"What a... unusual name. But enough with that. I must tell you my rank. I am Ataka Martatsu..." he trailed off
"Former ANBU Captain of Kumogakure!" He shouted, as he rushed the surprised Naruto.
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Bet you didn't see that comin'. I don't know, maybe you did. Some people are just clairvoyant like that.
Well bye-bye, and have a happy New Year!