The Eye of the Beholder
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Chapter 14: Power and Abilities
Kaitou was escorting Naruto and Sasuke to the onsen to find the perverted seal master, Jiraiya. He would have brought Neji as well, but he decided to wait until everyone else was fully healed before introducing them. Kaitou, Sasuke and Naruto all saw the pervert standing right by the fence. A very mischeivous idea just popped into Kaitou's head.
"You guys wanna see how loud we can make him scream?" Kaitou asked the two.
Both gave mischeivous grins of their own.
"The line of fire is only for those who are willing to take the risk," the jounin told them and then summoned a Kage bunshin. "But sometimes there are better means to getting the job done without risk. You know what to do," Kaitou told the bunshin. The bunshin bowed to Kaitou and walked over to the sannin.
Kaitou, Naruto and Sasuke just sat back and watched the chaos that was about to ensue.
The bunshin crouched behind the sannin and said to him, "You know, you'd be dead if your enemies found out about this. Not that quite a few don't already know."
"Wuh," was all Jiraiya could reply before the bunshin attacked.
"Sennen Goroshi," the bunshin said as he slammed his fingers into Jiraiya's rear, sending hims flying into the women's onsen.
Naruto just watched as the bunshin dispelled and he said, "You know, that jutsu is a lot funnier when it isn't being done to you, especially to those who have it coming."
"I wouldn't know," Kaitou replied to him as he saw that Jiraiya was about to get the second worst beating of his life.
"Neither would I," Sasuke commented.
The three spectators winced a few times as they heard Jiraiya scream.
"This could almost make someone feel sorry for him," Kaitou commented.
"Yeah, almost," Naruto replied to him.
The women came out of the onsen a tad peeved, but seemed to be happier that they gave a pervert what was coming to him.
Kaitou walked over to a few of the ones that he identified as shinobi and said, "Could a few of you please humor a middle-aged jounin and go and retrieve the old make that you just put into a great deal of pain? I'd go myself but it's still the women's onsen and there might still be a few more there, and I'd rather not be categorized with him. I'm already having enough problems with assuming people as is."
The females, although disgusted that he needed the old man, were quite taken by his manners and walked back into the onsen, after a few seconds they the females walked out with Jiraiya being dragged behind them.
As they brought the old man to him he said to them, "I'd say I owe you one to all of you, but first, I'd probably regret it, no offense intended. And second, the beating you and the rest the women gave him pretty much repaid that because I'm the one that sent him flying into the onsen for peeking in the first place."
The women just shrugged and walked way as Kaitou started healing the injuries that Jiraiya accumulated through his own actions. When the gama sennin was healed, Kaitou just threw him into the boiling springs to wake the man up.
It did the trick as Jiraiya jumped out of the water a few seconds later screaming and looking slightly red.
"Next time, pass the time with something a little more constructive, something that you can keep your senses up while still doing," Kaitou told the pervert as he crossed his arms.
"Alright then, what do you need me for, because I doubt the Uchiha needs to be trained that badly?" the sannin asked the jounin.
"A few reasons, actually, let's go to a more secluded area, one without prying eyes and ears," Kaitou told him and held both genin by the shoulder and poofed to a different location, Jiraiya following shortly after.
Wooded area...
Kaitou then walked over to Naruto and said, "I took note of a few things during the preliminaries, Naruto, remove your shirt and mold some chakra."
"But what about," Naruto said, indicating Sasuke.
"The circumstances have changed, so Sasuke is allowed to find out, however, Jiraiya and myself are bound by the law, your aren't, so just remove your shirt," Kaitou told him.
Naruto complied and took his shirt off.
"Before you do anything else, try to walk on the stream over there," Kaitou ordered the genin.
Naruto nodded and molded his chakra and walked over to the stream, he seemed to be struggling and after a bit he fell in.
"What happened?" Jiraiya asked.
"These two had a confrontation with my sensei," Kaitou told him.
"That would cause some problems," Jiraiya commented as he approached Naruto. "Alright gaki, get out of the water and start molding some chakra."
Naruto wondered where he was going with this but complied with the sannin's orders. He molded his chakra and the seal appeared, after a few seconds another seal appeared on the first one.
"Well that certainly complicates his abilities to mold chakra," Jiraiya said as five flames engulfed the tips of the fingers and thumb of his right hand. He then slammed the flames into the seal on Naruto's stomach and said, "Gogyo Kaiin."
Naruto flew back a few feet until he caught himself and said, "Oi, what was that for, it hurt."
"Gomen, but it had to be done," Jiraiya said to the genin. "You should be able to mold your chakra easier now, try water walking again."
Naruto, although annoyed, did as such, and now his control was back to normal.
Throughout this entire situation, Sasuke was wondering what was happening, brought attention to himself. "How about explaining to me what is going on?"
"Before that, you will need to know the reason for the villagers treating Naruto as they have," Kaitou told Sasuke. "Naruto, explain one of your secrets, the one that wouldn't make you a target for assasins," Kaitou told Naruto as he approached them.
"Sasuke, how much do you know about me as far a personal information?" Naruto asked, trying to see what all he had to explain.
Sasuke thought for a bit, "Other than some form of relation to this guy," the Uchiha indicated Kaitou, "and your birthday, which is October 10, not much. I know your favorite food, which would be surprising if it wasn't public knowledge, your dominant hand, unless you're ambidextrous, your favorite color, the most frequent move you use as far as being a shinobi is involved, and I also know who you have your eyes set on."
"Okay, what happened on the day I was born?" Naruto asked, slightly relieved that he wouldn't have to do too much explaining, ignoring Sasuke's last observation. "And I am, I just prefer to use my right hand."
"That could be misinterpreted," Jiraiya commented.
Sasuke didn't want to think about what the sannin was talking about as he did a recount of his thoughts as he thought of all events that had happened during Naruto's birthday twelve and a half years prior. After a few moments Sasuke voiced his thoughts, "The only things that I can think of as far as that specific date are the Yondaime's death and the attack of the Kyuubi no Yoko, which caused the Hokage's death in the first place."
"Very good, now can you find how all of that interlinks with your fellow genin?" Kaitou asked Sasuke.
"Hmmm," Sasuke thought to himself. 'I'd never heard of him actually killing the bijuu, only that it was defeated at the cost of the Hokage's life. There was also never any record of being able to kill a bijuu, but there are some rumors of them being sealed into vessels, I mean that's how I am at the moment...' and that was when Sasuke just hit his head. "How did I miss that? The date, Naruto's birthday, Yondaime's death and the seal currently on his stomach, they all point to jinchuuriki. Naruto has the Kyuubi no Yoko sealed within him," Sasuke concluded to the people.
"Very good, now what are your thoughts about this?" Kaitou asked Sasuke.
"I don't have any thoughts about it, he's still the same guy he was ten minutes ago, I just now know that he has something that could give him a great deal more power in heightened emotional states, like when you got pissed in the forest," Sasuke spoke what was on his mind. Sasuke then thought for a bit and asked, "What did Orochimaru do to you anyway?"
Jiraiya just sighed as he said, "He put an odd numbered seal on Naruto's even numbered seal, therefore keeping him from properly accessing Kyuubi's chakra, also screwing with his control and how much chakra he can access. What I did was remove the odd numbered seal."
"Well, he's better now, as long as the team won't be affected I really don't care if he even has the devil in him, as long as he can control it then there's no problem," Sasuke replied without any malice in his voice.
Naruto just looked at Sasuke and at that moment Sasuke thought Naruto was going to hug him.
"You even think about doing anything and your face will be hitting the pavement," Sasuke warned him.
"Anyway, now that we've settled one thing, another matter needs attention," Kaitou said. He turned to the genin and said, "Naruto, put your shirt back on, Sasuke take yours off."
Naruto and Sasuke did as they were told.
"So what exactly do you need for the..." Jiraiya stopped when he saw the seal on Sasuke's stomach, and then walked to notice another on his neck. "Okay, I take it you're the one responsible for the one on his stomach, and Orochimaru on his neck."
"Yes, but, unfortunately, it's only two elements, that won't be enough for a permanent binding, the maximum I estimate it would last is a year, I need you to finish the seal," Kaitou told him. "Remember, my specialty was storage and healing as far as seals goes, so as far as this goes, I did pretty well given that I'm out of my element," the jounin said to him.
"Fair enough," Jiraiya said as he started to examine the seal. "Now, what exactly is it?"
"I don't know, but it isn't one of the bijuu because they've been accounted for," Kaitou told him. "Speaking of which, you might want to take a look at the Kazekage's youngest, he has the traits and abilities of the Ichibi, he rings around his eyes and the abilities to manipulate sand," he said after a thought.
"After I take care of this one," the sennin said as he instructed the Uchiha to lie on his back.
"First question, is this going to hurt, and if so, how long?" Sasuke asked the sannin as he laid down.
"Most likely, and my estimate would probably be around two to five hours, good thing you're not fully developed or it could take days to properly readjust your chakra circulatory system," Jiraiya said to the Uchiha. "After the long pain, you'll have access to power and reserves you wouldn't even think could exist."
"Fair enough, second question, Sabaku no Gaara is a jinchuuriki?" Sasuke asked him. "Although it would explain his thirst for blood."
"That is most likely the case, jinchuuriki don't exactly live the easiest lives, though one of them has made it to becoming a kage," Jiraiya said to them. "He isn't the current kage of the village at the moment. I had met his successor, and I must say she certainly passes in my book."
"Disregarding Jiraiya's previous statement, despite their hard lives, quite a few jinchuuriki have lived to be quite successful as far as shinobi goes, Naruto is currently the youngest at this point in time and the oldest is in Iwagakure," Kaitou told them.
"However, there are some villages that still don't understand that despite their differences, the jinchuuriki are still human, and therefore try to keep themselves as far away from them as they can," Jiraiya told them with a serious tone.
"Anyway, you might need this," Kaitou said as handed Jiraiya a scroll.
"What's this?" the sannin asked.
"It's the design and structure to the seal that I used on Sasuke, use that to finish it, and make some adjustments so I can make use of it for a permanent seal if need be," Kaitou told him as he walked over to Naruto. Kaitou then asked Naruto, "It's after the preliminaries, now why are you wearing those goggles?"
"Actually, I'm wearing them to cover my eyes," Naruto replied smartly.
Kaitou looked at Naruto with an annoyed expression and said, "I meant why are you covering your eyes? And please give me a good reason."
Naruto just shrugged and pulled off the goggles, he closed his eyes for a bit until he opened them and said, "This is why I needed to keep my eyes covered."
Kaitou could only look with his mouth agape.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"I said give me a good reason to keep your eyes covered, not a fantastic reason," Kaitou said with his mouth still agape.
"Are these eyes really that special?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Not only that, but this proves that you have more family than just me," Kaitou said as he sat down. He motioned for Naruto to do the same.
Naruto complied, wondering what the jounin was thinking.
Kaitou was watching Jiraiya work on the seal he'd placed on Sasuke, taking note of everything.
The sannin saw everything that Kaitou had did and what he saw really impressed him. Although he didn't expect the seal to be too much trouble, he didn't know that all he would have to work on was the filtering process and reconfiguration of the chakra coils, 'This is going to be a great deal easier than expected, the seal is apparently meant to bind and completely trap whatever is inside the vessel until either the time limit runs out or the seal is completed, Kaitou you really are a piece of work.' The sannin then started marking on Sasuke and leaving notes for Kaitou and others who find need to use the seal. When Jiraiya was finished with all of the markings he said to Sasuke, "Alright, brace yourself, because this is really going to hurt." Jiraiya then place his hand on Sasuke's stomach and pumped his chakra into the seal and it started to alter, adding more to it than before.
After a few seconds Sasuke didn't feel anything and was voicing it, "Was that it? Because that wasn't really..." And the Uchiha then started to feel a small problem coming from his stomach, it was gradually increasing until it reached his entire body, Sasuke was screaming at this point.
Kaitou walked over and place a few tags around Sasuke, the jounin then made a few hand seals and all the seals started glowing and Sasuke couldn't be heard by the rest of the group.
"What did you do?" Naruto asked.
"It's a silencing barrier, he will not be able to leave the barrier until I release it, and that won't be until his chakra coils have been restructured," Kaitou explained to his nephew. "Anyway as far as his situation goes, this will probably be the most physically painful process he has to go through throughout his entire shinobi career, so if he can take this, then there won't be any other physical problems he can't handle. And given how much he's gone through psychologically, he'd most likely be an extremely valuable asset to the village."
"Alright then, is there anything else you need me for?" Jiraiya asked.
"Yes, are you aware of Naruto's current abilities? Because I can't say that I know everything what he's capable of, given you've taught someone with Naruto's elemental affinities, I figured you'd probably be the best teacher for this situation," Kaitou said the sannin.
Jiraiya took a brief glance at Naruto before turning back to Kaitou and asking, "What do you mean ba, ba, ba, baaaaaaa..." and this was all he could do as he did a double take at Naruto.
"I know how you feel," Kaitou said as he place his hand on Jiraiya's shoulder.
"When did this start?" the sennin asked.
"Apparently in the forest, most likely during the battle with Orochimaru, considering it's the only time where he would have been in a situation that lives depended on him," Kaitou said to him.
Naruto was looking at them with a confused expression as he asked, "Are my eyes really that important?"
"Naruto, are you even aware of the significance of your eyes?" Jiraiya asked rhetorically.
"Would I be asking otherwise?" Naruto retorted.
"Good point," the sannin replied.
"Naruto, those eyes are the Rinnegan, the same as the eyes of the Rikudo Sennin, supposedly the father to all that is shinobi today," Kaitou explained to his nephew.
"Not only that, I taught someone with the Rinnegan, he was also the one with the affinities to all five elements," Jiraiya told him.
Kaitou's eyes widened. "He failed to mention that little piece of information," Kaitou said with severe annoyance in his voice.
The two just looked at Kaitou with confused gazes.
"What are you talking about? Why would you be annoyed because of that?" Jiraiya asked, wondering what Kaitou was talking about.
"I wasn't talking about you," Kaitou replied.
"Then who were you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"Nagato is the current leader of Amegakure, he killed the previous leader and all who were blood related to him as well," Kaitou told the sannin. "Although with the state he's in, you'd be surprised about his power."
"How so?" Jiraiya asked.
"He has to remain on life support or he'll more than likely, die," Kaitou told him. "One of the most powerful men in all the elemental nations, and he's in such a vulnerable state, mainly because of Hanzo and Danzo, which is the main reason why the elder is pending an investigation in the first place."
"Wait, how do you know all of this?" Jiraiya asked, wondering how Kaitou could know stuff that even he didn't.
Kaitou sighed as he told the sannin, "I know this because Nagato told me. I arrived at Ame shortly after Hanzo was killed and Nagato took control. He certainly knows how to run the village considering there haven't been any civil wars since then. I requested to see the leader, and a blue haired kunoichi came to me with paper wings. She had an origami flower in her hair."
"Konan," Jiraiya gasped.
"That was Konan?" Kaitou asked.
"I wouldn't have been sure if you hadn't confirmed it with your descriptions, Konan had blue hair and a talent for origami, she must have advanced enough to incorporate it into her fighting style," the sannin said. "If they're still alive, then perhaps Yahiko is too."
"My apologies for dashing your hopes, but the only ones I saw were Konan and Nagato, and with Nagato in the state he's in, I doubt that Yahiko is still alive," Kaitou said regretfully. "Mind you, I don't actually know what Yahiko looks like so I can't really be sure."
"Well, at least I have hope," Jiraiya shrugged.
"Before you jump the gun on anything, I will have to request that you don't do anything rash and try and confront Nagato, he currently will attack anyone he sees as a threat, even if it's you, you must first convince him that you are only there to talk and nothing else," Kaitou told the sannin. "I'd rather not have the one that Minato entrusted to teaching Naruto to die so soon."
"But what about..." Jiraiya asked, indicating Naruto.
"You dumbass, he's known since the first night when we met, which is the main reason why he attacked you when he first met you," Kaitou told the man.
"Is that all? Thank god, for a while there I thought he hated perverts," Jiraiya sighed in relief.
"I do, and it gave me another reason to attack you," Naruto brought his two cents in. "I'm not going to attack someone for being themselves, but I will do so for neglecting their duties, no matter what kind of other obligations you had, the well being of someone who you knew was alive should have been top priority, which is the only reason why Kaitou-ji hasn't been on the receiving end of any malice. You can't fault someone who didn't even know nor had any means to find out. That being said I won't do anything since I got all my agression out on you."
Jiraiya just shrugged.
"Anyway, I'll be taking care of Sasuke for the duration of this month, and although I can only help him with his raiton chakra training, what you have taught him so far should suffice as far as his katon chakra, especially if he's been sneaking his sharingan here and there to help mold his chakra properly, add a Kage bunshin or two and you've got yourself an efficient means for training. Although in this case, I'll probably need to amp up his training because his reserves are going to rival yours now," Kaitou indicated Naruto as he spoke to them both.
"Well, if he was, at least he was using them for constructive purposes, especially when he helped Kiba a few times," the sannin replied with a thought.
"Huh, that's the first time I have ever heard of Sasuke willingly helping someone out without any benefit to himself," Naruto said as he looked at the Uchiha with a bit more respect as said Uchiha was still writhing in pain.
Kaitou watched the Uchiha, not envying what he was feeling at this point in time.
Jiraiya watched for a bit until he got bored and said, "Alright, there's nothing really going on here, so I'll be taking Naruto for special training."
"I take it toad summoning?" Kaitou asked.
"Still as sharp as always, except I'm going to help him control his second source of chakra," the sannin replied as he walked away from the jounin.
Naruto followed, knowing that he was in for something good. He had heard of how well Jiraiya incorporated summoning into his fighting style, and figured he would want that in his arsenal should he be fighting someone well beyond his capabilities. With that they left the jounin to keep an eye on the Uchiha.
Kaitou watched and thought for a bit before summoning a Kage bunshin and leaving in a puff of smoke.
Kaitou appeared in front of a residence and knocked on the door.
A woman who looked to be in her mid to late thirties(not that she would ever admit it) opened the door after a few seconds, she had pink hair of her own, although there appeared to be a few gray streaks within them. Seeing Kaitou just standing there got her to blush a bit, Kaitou was exceptionally appealing to the eyes most females and certain males, so seeing him standing there wasn't an unpleasant surprise to her.
"Pardon this question, but is this the Haruno residence?" Kaitou asked as he greeted her with a bow.
"Hai. Is there anyone in particular you are looking for?" she asked, curious about the man.
"Hai, is Sakura in at this point in time?" Kaitou asked.
"She is, but she's far too young for you," the woman replied, assuming the worst.
Kaitou just sighed as he pulled out his hitae-ate.
"Are you saying that she left her hitae-ate somewhere? Nice try but she came home with hers yesterday," the woman replied with a glare.
"I'm not saying that it's hers, this is mine, proof that I am a Konoha shinobi, I am her sensei," Kaitou explained to the woman. "Now before you jump to any more conclusions may I have the name of the one making the accusations?"
"Hara," the woman replied. "And don't feed me this bullshit about being her sensei, her sensei is Hatake Kakashi, and I've seen him around Konoha."
"Alright, Hara-san, if I may explain my position as a sensei at the moment, Sakura is among the nine rookies that participated in the Chuunin Selection Exam that I along with a few other shinobi have been training in the usage of elemental chakra training, I am the one who is currently teaching her how to use doton chakra, which she has made some progress with, now another thing you aren't aware of is that I am also the proctor for the next portion of the Chuunin Selection Exam, mostly to keep others from playing favorites, but anyway my name..." but Kaitou couldn't finish his statement as he started feeling drowsy so he reached into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper as he fell down in the doorway face first.
Sakura walked down to see who was at the door only to see Kaitou nearly fall on Hara, and he would have if Hara hadn't jumped back in alarm. She sweat dropped at the exchange as she asked, "How exactly did he keep himself from getting killed in the past?"
Hara looked at Sakura and asked, "Sakura, do you know this man?"
"Hai, Okaa-san, his name is Kaitou and he's my main sensei for elemental chakra training, more specifically doton chakra, he's also been teaching me a few taijutsu styles to help me in the future, he is also the proctor for the next portion of the Chuunin Exam. He is also a narcoleptic so don't be surprised if you see him fall down in the middle of a crowd, just make sure he doesn't land on you because that jacket isn't lite," Sakura replied to her.
Hara just looked at the man, slightly relieved that the man had no interest in her daughter. She then asked, "Why is he here?"
"He probably came over to train me, he and Jiraiya-sama were the only ones in the group that could teach me given that my elemental affinity is earth," Sakura replied to her mother. She then looked him over and saw that he was holding a piece of paper. She opened it and the note read.
If you are reading this, I have fallen asleep. My narcoleptic behaviors are not something I can control so don't try to wake me up. I am a heavy sleeper in this state so best just to make sure that I'm not in the way.
Sorry to inconvenience you.
- Kaitou
Hara shrugged as she bent over to pull Kaitou out of the doorway.
Sakura ran over and said, "Best let me, you're not a shinobi, and even with how he pushes us he is still too heavy to carry with his jacket on."
Hara nodded and let Sakura take over.
Sakura took a deep breath and reinforced her muscles to take the strain. She then started to drag Kaitou out of the doorway, knowing that, despite her training, she knew it wasn't enough to move him off the ground.
When Kaitou wasn't in the doorway and the door itself was closed, Hara spoke up, "You mentioned Jiraiya-sama, I wasn't aware that you were being trained by one of the sannin."
"Truth be told, I'm not being personally trained by him, he's only teaching the portion of the group that has the affinity for fire because we don't currently have another sensei with an affinity to fire," Sakura explained to her mother.
"Well as long as Kaitou doesn't attempt anything with you then there won't be any problem," Hara replied.
Sakura just sweat dropped as she said, "Kaa-san, I know some people are sick, but do you really think someone would go up to a person's house looking for someone specific just to molest them? That just screams arrest me or I want my ass kicked, especially if their target is a shinobi."
Hara gave her daughter an embarrassed look as she said, "I see your point."
A few hours passed and Kaitou woke up. He saw that he wasn't standing in the doorway anymore as he pushed himself off of the ground.
"Oh good, you're up, I don't want an unexpected guest staying the night, especially when my husband gets home," Hara told him as Sakura walked over.
"Gomen, this isn't something I can control so it really isn't up to me," Kaitou admitted as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Anyway sensei, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked him.
"Training, that is I need to train you," Kaitou said to the pink-haired kunoichi.
"But what about everyone else?" Sakura asked.
"Jiraiya is taking care of Naruto and Sasuke is a little..." Kaitou pause for a bit and asked. "How long have I been out?"
"Four hours," Sakura replied to him.
"Crap, I need to get back to Sasuke," Kaitou said with alarm in his voice. "Sakura, hold onto me, because we are in a hurry."
Sakura nodded as she took a hold of his coat.
"Sorry for falling asleep and not having tea but we're in a rush, so pardon me if I seem rude, especially if you don't know much about me," Kaitou told Hara as he put his hand up in a one-handed seal.
"I don't mind, you certainly have manners and are well prepared given your problem, but next time, give future notice about coming over," Hara told him with a nod.
Kaitou nodded as he molded chakra and both Sakura and he left in a puff of smoke.
With Sasuke...
Sasuke woke up in a cavern-like structure. He was confused because the last thing he could remember was Jiraiya finishing a seal and then excrutiating pain. He looked around as he said, "Hello?" All he heard were echoes for a moment until he heard another voice.
"Come to me, cub," the voice said.
Sasuke, although a tad shaken given the power he felt from that voice, complied and walked forward, given that he had nothing else to do at the moment. It took him a few minutes but he finally came out in a main chamber that looked like it could fit the Hokage office. The area was lit with several torches, giving it an ominous appearance. He looked around and noticed that there was an opening with what looked like prison bars made of stone and a piece of paper on it with the kanji for seal on it. He approached the prison-like opening and as he did, he noticed that the air was gradually getting colder.
"Konnichiwa, cub," the voice said. It came from the confinement area.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he said, "Cub, I'm not a wolf or a bear."
"No, but I am," the voice said as the owner walked into the light.
It was then that the voice belonged to a grey wolf that was around fifty feet high while on all fours. It had eleven scars on its body, one across its face from the left of its forehead across the bridge of its nose to its left cheek, one on the top of its left front paw and on the front of said leg. The same scarring could be said for the other front leg, the hind legs had one scar each that was diagnal and looked like it was mad in one stroke. There were three scars on its stomach and one on its back. All of the scars looked like burn marks in combination with either a whip or something sharp.
"First and second questions, who are you and are you male or female?" Sasuke asked the wolf.
"I have long since forgotten the name given to me by the ones who have brought me into this world, however my rival gave me a name after I had battled it, causing the scars you see now, the name was Soukon, you may refer to me as such, and I am male," the wolf, now identified as Soukon said to Sasuke.
"Well, I'm glad that's one thing I won't have to deal with, horny fangirls are annoying," Sasuke spoke his thoughts to the wolf.
"I've seen how some female humans have acted, given that wolves mate for life I can see how that would be problematic," Soukon told the Uchiha.
"Third question, where are we?" Sasuke asked. "This place seems familiar yet new at the same time."
"We are inside your mind, now if I may have your name, I haven't exactly had a chance to look into your memories," Soukon told Sasuke
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke, whether or not you know the significance of my name doesn't really bother me," Sasuke told the wolf.
"Be that as it may, my vessel being the survivor of a blessed and cursed clan certainly seems like it wouldn't be that problematic as long as the vessel understands that he shouldn't rely too much on one skill," Soukon told him.
"I know what you mean, I read the scroll about how to acheive the final form of my bloodline and I can honestly say that I'll jump into a pool of acid before I go that far," Sasuke admitted to the wolf.
"Not a good idea, it would only hurt, it wouldn't kill you now that I'm inside you, my abilities include rapid regeneration of your cells, therefore increasing your healing rate, this will also increase your life span as long as you don't get too many life threatening injuries, or use more of my power than your body can take," Soukon told him.
"Anyway, how did you come to be inside of me?" Sasuke asked.
"I was following a fox scent during the night of the full moon, when I found the source, I was surprised to see an exhausted kunoichi with pink hair that smell of sakura blossoms protecting you and the one with the scent of the fox as well as ramen, she seemed frightened of me but she didn't run, despite her tired state, so I knocked her unconscious to allow her body to rest and was about to leave. I had believed I had failed when I felt traces of youkai, I followed the traces to the one with the fox and ramen scents, the youkai source was being forcefully restrained by something so I decided to help and weakened the restraint a bit to allow him to use it more. I decided to look at you and it was then that I heard you mutter words in your sleep, you mentioned something about it being the full moon and battling a fox that turned into Naruto, whoever that is. I felt a taint trying to take control of you, so I decided to take my chances and help you, I kept whatever was trying to taint you in check, all I did was bite you and through that I transferred my soul into your body, normally this would have been seriously risky but the seal that was giving off the taint allowed my soul to enter you," Soukon told him.
"But what about your body?" Sasuke asked.
"It wasn't my body, but the one of a man, if you could even call him one, that attempted to rape a woman, I may be instinctive, but the moment a woman doesn't submit then it isn't consentual," Soukon told Sasuke. "Many have died since my body was destroyed, all of which were guilty of high crimes."
"So you have a sense of honor," Sasuke concluded.
"Not so much as an understanding of right and wrong and knowing which criminals wouldn't be missed by society," Soukon told the Uchiha.
"Were you able to transfer to different bodies whenever you wanted?" Sasuke asked.
"Not quite, I don't like needless deaths so I only did so when I needed to, I only did so when the body couldn't handle the strain of my power, which was every three months, and I could only move to another body during the full moon," Soukon told him.
"That certainly explains why you're here now," Sasuke told the wolf. "Now this last question is more to confirm, you are a demon I take it."
"Ah," Soukon replied.
"Who is or was your rival?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, there is no point in trying to hide it, since I'm stuck you might as well know, it is the Kyuubi no Yoko," Soukon replied to him.
"Then you were on the right track, because you were following the right fox scent," Sasuke told him.
"How so?" Soukon asked the Uchiha.
"Naruto, the one that carried the fox and ramen scents, has the Kyuubi sealed within him, I don't know why the Kyuubi attacked Konoha in the first place, but I know the basis of why the Kyuubi is there," Sasuke told the wolf.
"I guess fate works in mysterious ways," Soukon commented to him.
"I guess it does," Sasuke replied. "Now what are all the benefits and set backs of this situation? The whole situation about people knowing is low considering, at most, only three even know about my status at the moment. Speaking of that, what happened to the seal that you said was trying to corrupt me?"
"When I reconfigured your chakra circulatory system and increased the size of your coils and reserves, the seal couldn't take the strain and was forced off completely," Soukon told the Uchiha.
"Well, that's one thing I don't have to worry about," Sasuke replied.
"And all the benefits will reveal themselves in time, the list is long, so you may want to sit down for the duration, not that it would affect you in the real world, since we are in your head, time passes a great deal faster than in the real world, when I finish, I estimate that only around five minutes, if that, will have passed," Soukon told his vessel.
"Okay then, start listing," Sasuke said as he sat down with his legs crossed.
The real world...
Kaitou and Sakura appeared in a puff of smoke and saw that Sasuke was laying down in an odd position. That being said Kaitou released his barrier and checked the vitals of the Uchiha.
Sakura just blushed at Sasuke's shirtless status.
Kaitou sighed in relief as he saw that Sasuke had gone through the pain and was sleeping at this point in time. He then looked at all the blood around the Uchiha and started wiping it away, "He seems to be taking to this nicely, looks to me like his healing has already started to increase."
"Ano, what exactly happened to him?" Sakura asked the blond.
"A sealing completion, Jiraiya had finished the seal I had initially placed on him shortly after he arrived at the tower," Kaitou explained as he started to stretch Sasuke's muscles.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked.
"I'm stretching him, what he went through, he'll need a good stretch to properly use his muscles after he wakes up," Kaitou told the kunoichi as he started pulling Sasuke's arms behind him.
"Well, since I'm awake now, will you put me down?" Sasuke asked rhetorically.
Kaitou was a tad perplexed by the fact that the Uchiha had just woken up. He would have expected him to be asleep for at least a day. He shrugged as he turned Sasuke and noticed that although there were faint signs of burns on his skin, the seal that Orochimaru bestowed onto the Uchiha was no longer there.
"If you're looking for the seal that was trying to corrupt me, it was completely removed when Soukon readjusted my chakra circulatory system and coils," Sasuke told his sensei.
"Is that demon's name?" Kaitou asked.
"Ah, he's a wolf with gray fur and eleven scars all over his body, and, get this, he's Kyuubi's rival," Sasuke told him.
"I think that'll be convenient," Kaitou said as he looked around for a bit but paused when he realized that Sakura was still there.
Sakura was giving them a confused look as she processed what she had just heard.
"I take it you have absolutely no clue as to what's going on," Kaitou told her as Sasuke put his shirt on.
Sakura could only shake her head.
"Tell her, Sasuke, I'm not at liberty or within my rights to telling a secret that's yours," Kaitou ordered the Uchiha.
"Alright then, Sakura, do you recall a wolf or some sort of creature approaching our group during the first night of the second portion of the exam?" Sasuke asked her, hoping that she would so he didn't have to explain that part.
"Wasn't that just a dream? I had fallen asleep while watching over you and Naruto," Sakura inquired.
"It wasn't a dream, because he had explained to me that you had stood your ground against him, despite being exhausted, it being the night and him clearly being more powerful, he knocked you unconscious so that your body would be properly rested for the next day," Sasuke told her.
"Impressive, foolish, but still, you stayed to defend your team, you understand their value. More than that you showed courage where you could have ran, that makes you more of a shinobi than most I've, and I've seen Kages who have proven to be cowards," Kaitou admitted.
"Arigatou," Sakura said as she bowed her head.
"Soukon said he helped with what Orochimaru did to him before looking at me, he saw that my chakra was being overcome by some form of corruption, but it wasn't until I muttered a few choice words in my sleep, more specifically about it being the full moon and something else that he decided to help me out, he bit me and transferred his soul into my body, the rest of the forest, you already know about," Sasuke told her.
"Orochimaru helped in that if it weren't for the seal he had placed on Sasuke, the wolf's soul would have taken over Sasuke completely, however, it was instead battling to keep the corruption down, it wasn't until the Soukon's soul was properly bound that Sasuke could use his chakra efficiently, I used a temporary seal to bind the soul, Jiraiya finished it today so he could have proper access to the chakra of the wolf," Kaitou finished for him.
"And that hurt like hell," Sasuke replied.
"Just like I warned it would," Kaitou said to him.
"So what you're saying is that Sasuke-kun now has a demon sealed within him," Sakura concluded.
"And your thoughts are?" Kaitou asked.
"As long as it doesn't change him, whether or not he has something sealed within him doesn't matter to me, I mean what would that make me if I don't accept my team mate for something that he can't even control," Sakura replied with conviction in her eyes.
"That certainly sounds like you have the support of both of your team mates to me," Kaitou told the Uchiha.
"You mean Naruto knows?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, and I know for fact that he will support in any way he can," Kaitou answered.
"Does Kakashi-sensei know, or anyone else for that matter?" Sakura asked, wondering how well kept this secret was.
"No, though I also know that Kakashi will be providing the necessary support, and the Hokage will have to be notified soon," Kaitou said with a thought.
'Both make sense, if Kakashi knew about Naruto and treated him the way he does then he won't be any different with me, and the Hokage is obligated to know everything that goes on within the village walls, and during all missions,' Sasuke thought to himself.
"Now that this is over, you two are going to be training under me for the next month or so, and before you say anything, they can't complain about conflict of interest, that only holds when it comes to relations by law, marriage or blood, and I don't play favorites anyway so there is nothing to complain about," Kaitou told them as he snapped his fingers. "First question, did you two bring your weights?"
Both nodded and pulled out a scroll each. They opened them and swiped some of their blood on them and, in a puff of smoke, their training jackets and leg weights appeared.
"Before you put them on, Sakura will be making four kage bunshin, while Sasuke, given his current situation, will make twenty, before that, however, Sasuke, you take one of these," Kaitou pulled a small bag out of his pocket. He reached in and pulled out a small, black, spherical object.
"Sensei, what is that?" Sakura asked.
"It's a soldier pill, as a man who has studied medicine, I found that using these is very benificial when it comes to certain jutsu, I also have blood restoration tablets and food pills to increase your chakra flow for wild jutsu, the same kind that the Inuzuka clan uses," Kaitou explained to them as he handed the pill to Sasuke. "What, are you interested? I can teach you the basics if you want. It might come in handy during the finals."
"Later, after we have finished combat training," Sakura told him as Sasuke ingested the pill.
"Alright, make the number of kage bunshin," Kaitou told them as he made two of his own.
Both nodded and did so.
Sakura, given that she only needed to make four, only had one element to learn, already had a head start with said element and was familiar with the teaching methods of this man as far as doton chakra had it easier than Sasuke, who has never made this many kage bunshin before, was working on another element along with his initial one, never had anyone to teach him anything about raiton chakra and was never taught under Kaitou for any element was going to have a great deal of difficulty at first.
Kaitou looked at the two as he told them, "You bunshin are only to dispel one at a time, it'll allow you to process things easier, especially you Sasuke, given that you're still working on your katon chakra, speaking of which." Kaitou pulled out two pieces of chakra paper and gave them the Sasuke.
"We already know my elemental affinities," Sasuke replied to him.
"That may be, but we don't know if Soukon has affected your chakra in any way," Kaitou explained to him. "Better for you to get the most information out of this situation."
"Whatever," Sasuke replied as he molded his chakra in both. The one his his left hand did nothing while the one in his right tore into shreds with some falling to the ground on fire, others turning to dust others wet and the last ones wrinkling up.
"And now we have two special cases, looks like Soukon carries the abilities of earth, water and wind, this will affect your chakra for the rest of you life," Kaitou stated with a thought.
"Okay, so now I have three more elements to work on," Sasuke replied.
"Don't get a big head, you're most likely the first Uchiha jinchuuriki so the circumstances were unpredictable," Kaitou told him. He saw Sasuke's kage bunshins and said to them, "Ten of you, finish up your katon chakra training, the next twenty will be working with one of my Kage bunshins for raiton chakra, and the last twenty will be working with Sakura's and my other one for doton chakra."
The bunshins all nodded and divided up as such.
Kaitou shouted to them, "I will only repeat this once, do not dispel all at once, it'll cause too much strain on the user and probably get him to mix up information, the max you can dispel in one group is four, Sakura won't have nearly as much trouble because she only has four bunshins and their all doing the same thing. Now, all of you, get to work."
Sasuke and Sakura watched as he commanded the masses.
Kaitou turned to the two as he said, "Sasuke, where did you learn the Kage buyo? Because I didn't teach you and Gai is too prideful to teach something like that to the student of someone he considers a rival, and Kakashi wouldn't teach you that unless you were ready."
Sasuke sweat dropped as he asked, "You're saying that he's prideful considering the way he acts."
"Believe it or not, yes, despite his excentricities, he carries a great deal of pride to teach something that is potentially dangerous to anyone else, unless there is no other means for them gaining strength, that being said, Lee will probably be one of your bigger threats if you win against Naruto, I would have said you won't have that kind of problem because you'd lose to Naruto, but Soukon pretty much evens out the playing field for you. Of course, that's assuming you win your match against Nami. She's a gifted taijutsu user with exceptional genjutsu and above average ninjutsu, and she loves to show off, so don't take her lightly. You're goin to have to break out the bigs guns with her if you intend to stand a chance," Kaitou explained to the Uchiha.
"And what about me sensei?" Sakura asked, curious about her chances.
"I don't need to tell you of your chances in you first match, you're going against someone who uses genjutsu and with a water affinity. Since you're a genjutsu type, that gives you the advantage of being able to dispel them, your elemental affinity is already the one that usually wins against water and you have the advantage with taijutsu, because Ame doesn't actually have the best record when it comes to taijutsu users. Not only that, you're facing Shikamaru next. You placed second in intelligence to him, and the fact that I've been training you not only longer, but in more variety and the fact that you still have your final trump card, I would have to say that your chances against him are extremely good, you just need to get into a situation where he can't use his head, shadow or any water," Kaitou told her.
"Easier said than done, sensei," Sakura replied.
"Whether or not it is, I know you can pull it off," Kaitou told her as he snapped his fingers and pointed downward. "Alright, now both of you start pushing, recent circumstances have allowed you to relax, but you two are in top form, I'll make your top form even better."
The two genin knew better than to argue with their sensei, not that they could find a sound argument given that his training has, infact, made them stronger. With that their training began.
With Naruto and Jiraiya...
"Alright, gaki, how much as Kaitou told you?" the sannin asked the genin.
"He said my heritage, both sides, not that he knew about my mother very well, because he admitted he didn't. He mentioned both otou-san's incomplete technique and his signature technique. He told me about your responsibilities," Naruto said to him.
"Gomen, gaki, but I couldn't take you with me, that would put a big target on the back of your head in Iwa," Jiraiya told him.
"Understandable, but I still say that you had that beating coming to you," Naruto replied. "Anyway, he also made me promise not to learn either technique until I can bring my state as a shinobi to a whole new level. Power, knowledge, control and skill."
"Well, then you have the right teacher, my students became great, and since I'm only teaching you instead of two others, I think this will be a very useful experience, now how about we start with this," Jiraiya said as he bit his thumb, swiped the blood on his other hand and went through three hand signs. "Kuchiyose no jutsu," he said as he slammed his hand on the ground.
A toad with a scroll in its mouth appeared and brought the scroll down with its tongue.
Naruto just asked, "You're teaching me how to summon?"
"Ah, this can be very useful in the future. Kakashi summons dogs that he trained himself. Anko was actually trained extensively by Orochimaru and she signed the contract for the snakes. My other team mate, Senju Tsunade, has signed the contract for slugs and even Sarutobi-sensei has a contract with monkeys," Jiraiya opened the scroll and showed Naruto the names. "Take a look at the last person to sign the contract."
Naruto looked at the names and was surprised to read the name, Namikaze Minato.
"Minato was a brilliant student, a masterful seal user and a magnificent summoner, with these abilities, he gave his life to seal the Kyuubi, now I believe it's time you start living up to the legacy you were born into, and that includes calling me a more respectable title," Jiraiya told the genin.
"Fat chance, Ero-sennin," Naruto replied to him. He looked at the scroll and asked, "I know I should sign my name and it looks like in blood, but I have to wonder, should I use the surname that I've been so use to or my rightful title?"
"I'll leave that decision to you, it really doesn't make a difference either way, the moment you sign in blood, the contract is sealed for life, and after the name is signed, you have to put your fingerprints and thumbprint of the signing hand, obviously, also in your blood," Jiraiya said to him.
Naruto shrugged as he thought for a bit and then decided. He bit his thumb and started signing, 'Na Mi Ka Ze Na Ru To,' and he pressed his thumbs to each finger and pressed them and his thumb to the end of the space he had signed.
"Well, it doesn't make a difference if you have balls here, no one but the summoners of this contract ever get to see the names anyway," Jiraiya showed Naruto the hand signs necessary.
"So I just focus as much chakra as possible when I summon?" Naruto asked him.
"Well, maybe not that much, we don't want you summoning a boss just yet," Jiraiya told the genin.
Naruto nodded and summoned around the average amount he normally used for around one hundred Kage bunshin, he bit his thumb and went through the hand signs and slammed his hand on the ground shouting, "Kuchiyose no jutsu."
In a puff of smoke a light-orange toad appeared beneath Naruto's feet. The toad was around half Jiraiya's height while a third wider than him.
Jiraiya looked impressed as he commented on Naruto's summoning, "Not bad, gaki, you managed to summon a decent one on the first try. How much chakra did you use?"
"I used about the amount I normally use for one hundred Kage bunshin. How big do you think I would have made had I done one thousand?" Naruto asked.
"Probably not the boss Gamabunta, but anyway, I think it's time we started a little on more of your elemental training, I'll teach you how to use katon chakra for the duration," Jiraiya told the genin. The sannin held his hand out and focused a bit, with that a flame appeared in his hand. "Katon chakra isn't the easiest to master, but it is among the two nature types that the user can master anywhere. The other one is raiton. This is because katon and raiton chakra require no real object to properly mold. Raiton chakra you need to make a current within yourself and keep it constant, and the longer the current, the more difficult it is to master, while katon chakra, you need to make a flame with your chakra alone, through this you can mold your chakra easier and theoretically use any kind of katon jutsu created," Jiraiya explained to the genin.
"But you don't use raiton jutsu, how do you understand the concept?" Naruto asked him.
"I considered learning raiton chakra usage, but decided against it and learned more defensive jutsu," Jiraiya explained. "Now enough stalling, let's get working, and then I might be able to help you learn how to control the Kyuubi's chakra later on."
"Yosha," Naruto said as he made one thousand bunshins.
End of Chapter
Omake...
Kaitou watched Sasuke and Sakura practice a bit more before he spoke to them. "Okay, you two, it's time to test your skills, I'll be holding a heavy amount back as we spar. And before you even begin, this is pure taijutsu, no ninjutsu or genjutsu, are we clear?"
Both nodded.
Kaitou created a bunshin and sent it to stand face to face with Sakura.
"This will be a fight where we face one another all at once, take off your weights and jackets so I can get a more accurate estimate of how much you've improved," Kaitou told them as he stood facing the two without taking a stance.
The two genin seemed more relieved that they could work without the weight at the moment.
"And remember this, although this is pure taijutsu, weapons are allowed as are taijutsu combinations," Kaitou informed them.
Both nodded as they took a stance of their own after they removed their weights.
"Now let's begin," Kaitou said to them.
Knowing that the two of them knew better than to rush opponents Kaitou started the sparring session. He and his bunshin were holding a heavy amount back as they threw small attacks to see how the two responded. After around a minute or so, he saw that he had gauged their strength enough, so he decided to have a little fun with them.
Sasuke threw his punch at the last moment, until he realized that something was wrong.
Sakura also threw her attack but found something amiss.
It wasn't until it was too late that they realized that their opponents were right behind them crouching with their hands in the tora seal.
"You two still need to bring your game up if you intend to beat me at this level, Sennen Goroshi," Kaitou and his bunshin said as they both performed the technique against the two genin.
The two were sent flying in two different directions.
It was during this that Sasuke thought to himself, 'Damn this is uncomfortable.'
Sakura was just wonder why such a rediculous technique even existed.
Kaitou called to them, "You two better hope you can sit down after this."
Had Kaitou been paying a bit more attention he would have noticed a chuunin was watching their movement.
The chuunin would have thought that this was just a training session, but the way he ended the spar made his start questioning the intent Kaitou had, especially considering the incident he witnessed when he left the room with the Uchiha a few days prior.
Anyway, there is chapter fourteen. Kind of odd, but still funny if you know where to look. The omake itself wasn't nearly as funny as the last one, but hey, I'm new to making Omakes so give me a break. Anyway R&R and give constructive criticism. And a final note, any and all Omakes, unless I specify otherwise, are to be considered apart of the storyline. And please, I enjoy praise, but I also enjoy people reviewing what they see as far as this fic goes.
Jutsu list:
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