What if Naruto had a hidden power that came to be when he fought Mizuki, a bloodline he never knew of? Then he would be known as the Kaze no Arashi, the Wind Storm!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Those rights belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kaze no Arashi
Chapter 31:
The Transition and the Gathering: The Beginning of Training!
Shimura Danzo was walking toward where he was gathering his Ne, or Root, shinobi. He felt his Sharingan spinning still, from not only his training to keep in shape, but from using a hi-level genjutsu on Tsunade before Sasuke left. He was surprised that Tsunade never noticed and actually gave into the jutsu for a few minutes. After all, she was a Sannin, but at least, she doesn't know about the truth. He kept walking, his cane moving before he took a step. He eyed the bowed group of shinobi that he held at his command, the ones that he had trained.
He looked at them with a critical eye; he would have to make sure his plan would stay in motion to ensure that he would become the next Fire Shadow. He had to make sure, but he also didn't want to kill Tsunade either. That would raise too much suspicion on him and others in the village and cause mass hysteria to occur in the village. Danzo sighed at what he had to do and make sure of, but he knew he would have to be careful with Tsunade and her supporters.
He continued to look at his supporters, his tools as he coughed into his hand. Then, he spoke…
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Haruno Sakura was breathing heavily and smiling at her smiling teacher. She was able to revive this fish! She was becoming stronger each day! She could do this and protect Naruto and save Sasuke.
Tsunade was still smiling, watching the girl. She could see what skill and talent the girl possessed inside her. She would probably surpass Shizune and herself someday. Tsunade could just imagine how she could brag to Jiraiya about her new apprentice when he came back from training Naruto.
She just couldn't wait to rub it into that pervert's face when he came back!
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Jiraiya was quiet, almost too quiet, thinking about many things at the same time. Orochimaru, Sasuke's secret mission, Danzo and the council, Tsunade, Naruto, Akatsuki; it was almost like his head was an alphabet soup, spelling out too many thoughts to care about. Naruto looked up and frowned at his teacher, knowing something was up.
"Hey, Ero-sennin!" Naruto yelled at Jiraiya, breaking the Sannin's thoughts, a tick mark appearing on his forehead. "What are you thinking about?"
Jiraiya yelled at his student, "What did I say about you calling me that, kid?" He, then, looked to see Naruto's bothered face. "What's wrong, Naruto?"
"I should be asking you that!" Naruto yelled at Jiraiya, pointing his finger at him. "You've had that same quiet, thinking face on this whole time and for once, you weren't giggling and drooling!"
Jiraiya had a very angry expression on his face. "Hey, I can be thinking about something serious when I want to and thinking about my research is serious business, thank you very much!" He blinked and, then, started to laugh a little as he had forgotten about his troubles, because of Naruto's outbursts. This caused Naruto to freak out, of course.
"What are you laughing about, Ero-sennin?"
Jiraiya laughed a few more laughs and smiled down at his apprentice. "It's nothing, Naruto. What do you say we get to some training!"
Naruto's face brightened up like he was the sun. "Training? Yeah, let's get to it, Ero-sennin!"
Jiraiya chuckled at the rambunctious blonde, "Alright, then I'll have to send a message so we can reach where we are going to train!" He bit his thumb and looked at Naruto's expression.
"Why do we have to send a message to get where we are going to train? Why don't we just find some forest and vacant place nearby to train at?" Naruto asked as Jiraiya merely went through hand signs and smiled.
"You'll see why, Naruto…" Jiraiya merely said as he summoned a medium sized toad with a small cape that looked at Jiraiya. "Hey, Gama, we need you to inform Lord Fukasaku and the others that I'm coming with my new apprentice, to teach him Senjutsu."
Gama looked at the blonde, seeing some resemblance with the Fourth Hokage, a shinobi he had heard about from the older toads. He also knew that Jiraiya had taught the Yondaime before so it seemed likely this was his son. He nodded at Jiraiya and disappeared in an instant.
"What was that all about?" Naruto asked Jiraiya, who just chuckled.
"You'll see…" he said to Naruto as he vanished in an instant, leaving a little smoke in his place.
"Wha-?" the Uzumaki started until he vanished as well, leaving behind a puff of smoke in his place.
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"So, you've come back, Jiraiya…" Gamabunta spoke out of his pipe, letting smoke flow out of his mouth. "You've brought the boy here as well, huh?" He looked closely at the Sennin. "You're going to have him learn Senjutsu, aren't you?"
Jiraiya smiled at the chief toad. "You got me, eh, Gamabunta…" Jiraiya shifted his eyes to see Naruto appear after Gamahiro reverse summoned him to the land of the toads. "Good to see you, too, Gamahiro."
The toad with two blades on his back nodded as Naruto looked shocked, eyes wide, at the surroundings.
"Where are we," Naruto asked.
"You are at Mount Myoboku, the land of the toads. Nice to see you again, Jiraiya-boy… Shima will be excited as well."
Naruto turned and Jiraiya grinned at who spoke. A short, old green toad appeared with white hair standing on his head as well as a small beard.
"Nice to see you too, Lord Fukasaku…," Jiraiya spoke as he and the toad smiled back at each other.
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"So, that's what happened…"
Onoki of Both Scales spoke to Kisuke and his teammates, looking at their bowed figures, them on their knees. He, then, looked at the letter he had received, speaking of the mission, Akatsuki and Orochimaru. He, then, sighed and looked at Kisuke.
"Kisuke…" Kisuke raised his head to look at the leader of his village. "Tell me about the information on Orochimaru and the Akatsuki that you found out while in Konohagakure."
"I found out that it'll take three years for Orochimaru to take control of Uchiha Sasuke's body. This will mean three years where we can plan and try to strike him down before that happens. This also means that the organization known as Akatsuki will not make a move for a few years it seems, the organization after the biju inside jinchurikis."
Onoki listened to this information and knew that Roshi would be able to hold his ground, while Han might not. Han wouldn't really put up a fight. He would just accept reality, the reality of being captured by the Akatsuki. Han, after all, despised mankind for what had happened to him. Onoki sighed at the issue that brought him. It also made him think about Deidara, his former student that had went to this organization. He wouldn't be like Sarutobi though; he would have to deal with Deidara himself.
He would have to stop hiring Akatsuki, even though he would have to worry about the powerhouse military that the Kumogakure had going for it. It worried him slightly of what would happen, but he would have to deal with it with Konohagakure and probably Sunagakure. That made him sigh as well, knowing the relationship the villages had always had for each other.
"Tsuchikage," the melodic voice of Hikari got the old leader's attention, "what do you plan to do?"
Onoki looked at the kunoichi and got up from his chair to stand in front of them. "You may stand." The three stood. "I will have to think of a plan as things go on. I know that some people, including myself, for ashamed that Deidara had left to the organization after stealing a jutsu from our archives, but we will have to deal with him eventually with housing two Jinchuriki and him being a part of the Akatsuki. We will just have to wait and see if anything comes up over time. When it does, we will go in whenever I see fit. Alright?" The three genin nodded to which the leader dismissed them, allowing him to think alone.
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"So, I'm learning Senjutsu?" Naruto asked, feeling a little queasy after eating some of the food of the toads.
"Yep, Naruto!" Gamakichi said, appearing on Naruto's shoulder. "You are going to learn the techniques that Jiraiya has learned with the help of us toads."
"What kind of techniques?" Naruto asked as Fukasaku looked at Naruto and, then, Jiraiya.
"You can go ahead and explain, Fukasaku-san." Jiraiya spoke as he watched the old toad nod and look at the thirteen-year-old chunin.
"Alright, let's get right into it." Fukasaku put a finger up. "Instead of usin' internal energy like when you're usin' ninjutsu, senjutsu uses energy ya absorb from the outside, from nature. So, while having the internal spiritual energy and physical energy combine to use yer techniques, senjutsu requires ya to take that internal energy and combine it with nature energy, creatin' even stronger jutsu. This gives all yer ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu a very serious power-up. That is what makes senjutsu, Naruto-chan."
"I see, so I'm adding natural energy to the mix of my regular chakra?" Naruto saw Jiraiya nod to him.
"Exactly, Naruto. Let's see Fukasaku-san give you a demonstration." Jiraiya said to which Fukasaku nodded and went over to a toad statue.
The old toad put his hands together and generated natural energy, shocking Gamakichi. "Whoa, Fukasaku-sama, look at all the natural energy you have collected!" Naruto was confused until he remembered it was natural energy. "Whoa…"
Naruto looked to see the small toad pick up the huge toad statue, shocked at what the old toad was capable of. "Dang, that's what senjutsu can do to your power? But I didn't see anything at all because of the natural energy right?"
Jiraiya nodded as Fukasaku, not very lightly, set it down and began breathing heavily, resting. "Yes, Naruto, that's just one part of what senjutsu can do… As you could see, Fukasaku made a hand sign to generate natural energy and used that energy to lift that statue. So, now, you'll be training to do just that?"
"By doing what?" the blonde Konogakure shinobi asked as Fukasaku answered it for him.
"By becoming one with nature, Naruto-boy."
"So, what will have to do in order to become one with nature?" Naruto asked to which Gamakichi answered.
"You have to die."
Of course, this caused Naruto to freak out… really bad…
"Gamakichi," Fukasaku chastised the young toad, "that was a horrible example of what will happen! No need to worry, Naruto-chan. Ya have no need to actually die. You just have to stand completely still!"
"Huh," Naruto said, wondering what the hell this toad was talking about.
"In order to draw natural energy, you'll have to stand still. It's the best way to gain mastery of it and draw it in." Fukasaku spoke as he went over toward a nearby waterfall.
"But just standing still? Shouldn't there be more to it or at least one way to make it go faster?" Naruto asked the elder toad.
"You should show Naruto the oil, Fukasaku-san." Jiraiya spoke as Gamakichi nodded in agreement.
"Naruto-chan, come over here…" Naruto went over to the toad as he looked at the falling water. "This waterfall's actually the secret toad oil of Myoboku Mountain. Now, gimme yer hand." Naruto held out his hand and the toad put some oil on the boy's hand. "This oil is a magnet fer natural energy. It'll help with yer training."
"I can feel something," an excited Naruto said.
"Yes, over time, you will feel it in yer skin. And once yer able to recognize natural energy and draw it in, you'll be able to use it without any oil. But obviously, there's a risk…" He looked at Naruto, to see his right eye become one of a toad's and his hand become like a toad's as well. Naruto, being Naruto, started to become a little confused at this new feeling. "If ya ain't learned how to control natural energy, ya'll start to turn into a toad." Again, Naruto being Naruto, looked to see his reflection and started to freak out and scream. Fukasaku just bopped Naruto on the back of his head, making Naruto revert to his regular state.
"Though you won't have to worry because Fukasaku will beat you with that club as it takes the natural energy outta ya," Jiraiya said as he looked at Naruto. "In order to control and do senjutsu, you have to balance everything, the two parts that make up your chakra and the natural energy you gather. That or you'll turn into a toad and eventually become a statue like all of those that have failed over there." Jiraiya pointed to the statues of toads, causing Naruto to flinch in shock.
"That's what I meant when I said you would die…" Gamakichi said, looking at the statues.
"But that doesn't mean you have to completely have no toad parts, Naruto." Jiraiya said as he looked at Fukasaku. "Could you get call your wife down to demonstrate my Sennin Mode to Naruto?"
"Sure, Jiraiya-chan," the old toad said, hopping toward the house and got Shima as she went over to them.
"Why do you need me, Jiraiya-chan?" Shima asked the Gama Sennin, who just pointed at Naruto.
"I want to show Naruto my Sennin Mode to show him that he doesn't have to completely master it in order to not turn into a toad." Jiraiya spoke as he put markings around his eyes and clapped his hands. "Alright, get on my shoulders, Ma, Pa!"
"'Right," the couple said as they landed on his shoulders and Jiraiya felt the natural energy flow into him, his eyes closed.
Naruto looked in shock as his teacher's nose grew in size and held warts. He also noticed that Jiraiya's chin bore a goatee and his eyes, now opened, looked exactly like toad eyes with his pupils being negative signs.
"This, Naruto, is Sennin Mode, or Sage Mode," Jiraiya spoke to Naruto, looking at the boy with a grin. He lifted his hand and began to generate a Rasengan that looked almost like a boulder. "This is how much change it can do to something like the Rasengan."
Naruto had a gaping mouth as he looked at his sensei's Rasengan and Jiraiya rushed forward and hit a few of the toad statues, destroying them to bits. Jiraiya smirked at Naruto's reaction, going out of Sage Mode; the blonde shinobi jumping up and down with excitement as always when he saw a jutsu like that. Naruto quickly rushed at the oil and put a dab more on his wrists as he felt weightless yet powerful with the energy flowing into his body. He grinned at Jiraiya and gave him a thumbs up.
"You don't have to worry, Ero-sennin! I'm definitely going to get this down!" Naruto proclaimed until he started to turn into a toad again and Fukasaku beat him with the club. "Ouch!"
Jiraiya laughed at his apprentice for a moment and, then, smiled as Naruto applied some oil and sat down, meditating almost. He stayed in that position, not changing at all, for a while as Jiraiya, still smiling, thought proud thoughts of his pupil. You are going to definitely pass this Naruto… He smiled a little wider when he saw Naruto start to change yet again and get slapped by the club yet again. I have faith in you, Naruto… Just as your parents did…
Jiraiya just watched his student train with the oil, knowing that soon enough, Naruto would master it.
He was sure of it!