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 32:
The Sage Training Continues: The Book That Didn't Sell Well!
Naruto was sitting underneath the waterfall of toad oil after practicing with the oil for almost a day. He opened his eyes to reveal the eyes of the Sennin Mode, the Sage Mode. Jiraiya grinned at his student and Fukasaku smiled at what Naruto was able to accomplish. Naruto could feel that power going into his body like he was a magnet, like he was the honey and the energy was the bees. He flexed his fingers and stood, feeling better than ever. He grinned at his accomplishment as he closed his fist.
"Yeah!" Naruto yelled out in glee as Jiraiya chuckled at the boy's hyperactive actions, wondering what this boy would be capable of in the near future. Jiraiya was proud of Naruto, but he knew he had to check with Tsunade on what was going on with the village and the Elders since the retrieval mission for Sasuke.
"Fukasaku-sama," Jiraiya spoke as the short, elder toad looked up at the toad sage, "I'm going to go check on Konohagakure. Can you have your wife help transport me there?"
Fukasaku understood what Jiraiya was thinking about and nodded. "Go on… I'll take care of Naruto's training while you are gone."
"Here," Jiraiya pulled out a book from his pack that he put on the ground, "give him this to read whenever you give him a break."
"I'll do that now," Fukasaku said, grapping and holding the book. "You just go on."
"Alright," Jiraiya departed to go to Konohagakure, put his hand up as he walked away.
Naruto looked at Fukasaku and saw that Jiraiya was gone. "Hey! Where did that perverted sage going?"
Fukasaku chuckled a little at Naruto's name for Jiraiya. "He went to check on Tsunade and the village. You can take a break and read this book Jiraiya-chan gave me to give you. He said it is an important book he wrote, the one book he wrote before the Icha Icha series. It's called The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, a book that holds an importance to his student, your father, Minato." The toad held it out to Naruto, who grabbed it. The elder toad began to walk away before turning back to Naruto. "Once you're done reading it, we can have you start training again."
Naruto nodded as the toad left Naruto to read. Naruto settled down on a tree, opening the book, drifting into the words on the page.
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Bushido Kisuke looked at the water near his feet. He sighed and kicked at the water as if all his problems, all his concerns were caused by the liquid before him. He heard footsteps, ticking like clocks as he looked up slowly to see the frowning face of his teammate, Utsukishi Hikari. He clenched his hands and looked at her as she stopped to look at her teammate. Wind blew around them as Kisuke sighed.
"What do you want, Hikari…?" Kisuke asked her as he knew why she was here. He just wanted to hear it from her, act like he didn't know at all. He just kept looking at her frowning face, no words coming out of her mouth. Then, suddenly, her mouth, her lips began to slowly move and let out words.
"I want… to know… what's going on between you and sensei." Kisuke knew she would ask this. After all, he never really talked to Bushido Takeshi in the past few days. "I understand that he's related to you in some way. After all, you share the same clan name and I've heard the stories of sensei being the Black Demon in the war. Just tell me…"
Kisuke sighed once again. "I'll tell you everything…"
Hikari looked at him, almost confused. Kisuke did say some things, but not everything about himself and his clan. It just surprised her a little bit that he would reveal everything speak of, everything to deal with him, their sensei and his clan.
"Our sensei has been sent on an S-ranked assassination mission against a rogue shinobi, Chishio Ketsu. He is from a clan that isn't well known at all and neither is their kekkai genkai. Ketsu can manipulate blood into a weapon, a substance, anything with chakra as long as he doesn't run out of chakra. He used to be friends with my clan like his clan members were until the collapse of my clan happened. Their clan is a clan fueled by war just like the Kaguya Clan. I feel that our sensei, Takeshi, will have a hard time."
"I knew he was on a mission, but not that big of a mission… What do you mean by a hard time though?" Hikari asked, fearing what he would say to her.
"I mean that I think Bushido Takeshi's last stand will be against Chishio Ketsu…" Kisuke said in an angry yet sad tone as he clenched his fists and started to walk away.
"Kisuke!" He stopped at her call. "So, you're just angry that you'll be the last of your clan left…?"
"It's more than that, Hikari…" Kisuke muttered, but she could hear him still. The wind messed with his hair like moving fidgety hands. "I just found out that he was alive and well after the prelims of the chunin exam and now, he's off on a mission after training with me before the Third Stage of the exam." He sighed as he looked back at the kunoichi. "I just… wish I could go with him… I wish that he would come back safe…, but I have a feeling deep in my stomach that he's going to die on this mission… I want to be there to help him…, to at least be there in his last moments… That's all…"
Kisuke walked off slowly after talking with Hikari sadly looking at his back as he held his hands in his pockets. She turned in the opposite direction and went on her way as Kisuke kept moving slowly on his way. He, then, stood still and his head lifted up a little, a more confident look on his face. He would talk to the Tsuchikage, he would go on this mission and fight with the only family he had left, one of the only supporters he had left…
He tightened his fists and raced to the Tsuchikage's office, knowing if he didn't get there fast enough, Takeshi would be as good as dead…
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Onoki sighed in relief in that his paperwork for the day was done. Now, he could relax…
"Tsuchikage-sama…"
Onoki cursed. There goes my relaxation… "What is it?"
"One Bushido Kisuke is here to see you. He says it is about an important mission you gave out."
Onoki knew what mission that would be, the assassination mission Onoki sent out for Chishio Ketsu. "Let him in!"
The door opened to reveal Kisuke with his calm look as always. He sat down and looked at the Tsuchikage. "I bet you know why I am here…"
"Yes, the mission that called for the assassination of Chishio Ketsu." Kisuke nodded. Onoki sighed. "Alright, I'll send you and two other shinobi to help out, you, Hikari, and Washimura. Will that work…?"
Kisuke knew his leader must have sent someone beforehand. "Who was sent with my sensei…?"
"I sent Kitsuchi as backup just a bit ago. You and your teammates should be able to meet up with him before you guys get to Takeshi. Now, go!"
"Yes, Tsuchikage…" Kisuke said as he departed to look for his teammates and head out on their mission.
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Naruto was crying, looking at the picture of Jiraiya at the back of the book. Jiraiya had given him something better than any of his training, any of his knowledge. He had given him his name…
Naruto wiped his tears and went down to talk to Fukasaku. The old toad saw Naruto approach and smiled at the boy. "Ya ready to train on going into Sage Mode without the oil?"
Naruto grinned, "Yeah, I am!"
"Then, let's get to it, eh?" The toad led Naruto to some tiles near a series of spikes. The toad grabbed two of the tiles and raced up the spikes. "Follow me, Naruto-chan!"
"Alright!" Naruto followed up as the toad laid down the tiles and he sat on one while Naruto sat on the other.
"Now, you have to stand still, not moving a muscle while concentrating on getting energy from nature." The toad said as Naruto started to wobble and eventually, start to fall. Fukasaku sent his tongue out and grabbed Naruto. "Or else you'll fall down onto those many spikes…"
"I get it!" Naruto said as Fukasaku set him down on the tile as Naruto started to try again, only to fall again and Fukasaku saved him again. "Err…" Naruto said in anger as he landed on the tile and focused, ready to master his training with senjutsu.
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"You guys ready?"Kisuke asked, looking at his teammates.
"Yeah." Hikari replied, looking determined.
"Yes."Washimura said, looking calm as ever.
"Then, let's head out," Kisuke said, rushing out of the gate, ready to help his sensei, his last remaining family member…
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Jiraiya thanked Shima as he approached where he heard Naruto was training with Fukasaku. He saw that Naruto was sitting on a tile, completely still, gaining natural energy, a lot of it. Naruto, then, opened his eyes, revealing that he was a full-blown sage. Jiraiya drew closer when Naruto felt a bird on his shoulder. He lost balance and began to fall as Jiraiya cursed and rushed forward. Naruto crashed on the ground, barely feeling any pain as he got up and Fukasaku went down, looking at Naruto.
"I hardly felt a thing…" the Uzumaki said, feeling his shoulder.
"You're in Sennin Mode so you heal incredibly faster than normal."
"Well then, Sennin Mode is awesome!" Naruto exclaimed, causing Jiraiya and Fukasaku to chuckle.
"Now, we can move onto Frog Kata, the way us toads fight in taijutsu, our style." Fukasaku said as Naruto grinned at doing this.
"Yeah!" Jiraiya chuckled at Naruto's outburst as he just watched the toad and his student begin to do a taijutsu fight.
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"Kitsuchi-san!"
Kitsuchi looked back slightly to see Kisuke, Hikari and Washimura approach him. "I should have known the backup would be you guys. We're getting close to your sensei's location it seems. We need to be careful that Ketsu doesn't spot us."
"Alright!" the three said in unison, ready to get there and help out.
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"So, they sent the Kuroi Akuma to hunt me down, eh?" A man chuckled at Bushido Takeshi, looking down at him from a branch on a tree. His greasy black hair covered his head as he wore a hat over his head and a crescent smile on his face. "Do you think you can defeat me?"
Takeshi chuckled at the man. "We'll see, Chishio Ketsu, we'll see…"
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Naruto breathed heavily, sweating as his eyes that were reminiscent of a toad's began to fade into the common cerulean that he usually had. He looked at his arms, seeing nothing but the sweat from all the training he had done. He looked at the structure he had targeted, the two spikey mountainous structures both tilting in different directions from Naruto's technique.
It's still not complete… I have to train more with it in Sennin Mode… and make sure nobody sees me doing this…
Little did he know, Jiraiya was smiling at the boy's back, his arms crossed against his chest as he went back toward his bed. He went into his bed and smiled at what his student was doing, training, getting stronger, never giving up. Jiraiya chuckled at who Naruto reminded him of.
He's just like me… back then…
Jiraiya felt his eyelids close, leaving him to fall asleep; the darkness leading him to peace.
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Takeshi breathed heavily as he held his two blades and looked at Ketsu; crimson life flowing from his palms, turning into kunai and his skin closed his wounds. "So, this is your ability…"
Ketsu stared seriously at Takeshi, holding his kunai in a stance. "You'll perish like all the rest…"