A/N: The school year has been shifted so Naruto's birthday fits with the timeline.
Second A/N: This is likely the last chapter to be posted on this site, see AN at the bottom for details.
Three more days went by.
Now Naruto's birthday was approaching and he was thinking about what he should do for that day. He wished he could visit with his friends back home, but decided that his friends from the school be fun as well. He off course needed to ask all his friends to join him for the day, though he wanted each invite to be personal.
Currently he was sitting in his usual spot beside one of the classroom windows. He was impatiently tapping his finger on his desk, wanting homeroom to end so that he could get on with his day. Nearby Moka was reading a book on art. A few minutes later, the bell went off signalling the end of homeroom which meant it was time for club activities. As Naruto was thinking this he noticed that Gin had entered the room and was sneaking towards him. Suddenly Gin jump forward and tried to whack Naruto with a rolled up paper, but only nicking his shoulder.
"You're getting faster" He complimented before continuing forward to Moka.
"Oh Moka, what's this? You painting a picture or something?" Gin asked "That books an art textbook, ain't it?"
"N… no it isn't, this is…" Moka began but Gin ignored her.
"Heh, you're looking hot as ever today Moka," Gin complimented her with a bright, shiny smile before he added in smoothly. "I really love ya baby! Won't you go out with me, Moka?"
This just caused Moka to run away. As he started chasing her his true form started showing showing.
"Naruto!" a familiar voice called out from the hallway as the classroom door slid open. ''Yeah another day of being in the club with you Naruto...I love you...'' Kurumu said as she clutched onto him..
The next thing Naruto knew, Gin was hit with a desk and Kurumu a dust pan.
''No one is putting their hands on my lovers…I'll protect them with my magic,'' Yukari said in a childish like manner.
''Whose she?''
''Oh she's the new member of the club Gin. She's a girl genius.'' Moka explained.
"Later Naruto!" Moka waved to Naruto. "See you tomorrow."
"Huh? Aren't we going home together, Moka?'' he asked curiously, normally they would walk home together. He wanted to use this opportunity to ask her to celebrate his birthday with him, wanting to invite people in the order he befriended them.
She held up a book, the title read 'Art File'. "Sorry... but I have to go somewhere now..."
He recognized the book. "Hey! Isn't that the art book you were reading before?"
She nodded her head. "Yeah, the thing is, I got asked by the art teacher to be a model for a picture! So I can't go home with you for a week," she explained
He let out a sigh of disappointment. "Oh..." 'Somehow I know this is connected with her asking me not to have my clones watch over her' He thought in his head.
"Don't worry, I'll still be working hard for the club!" she responded trying to cheer him up.
Naruto smiled. "Okay," But then his face fell "But you're going to miss out on training too"
"I'll have to make up for that next week, or something like that" Moka stated "I should probably get going, but first… would you let me suck you blood."
"Um" Naruto said, thinking it over.
"This will be goodbye for today...I'll be lonely." she asked with a shy pout.
He simply couldn't resist her cute face. "Sure," he said as he exposed his neck to her. "Go ahead."
Moka then leaned in and started sucking his blood. This was one of the few times where he let her drink her fill.
"Everyone gather round I've got some important news," declared Gin with a serious tone from his podium at the front of the room. They all sat in silence. No one knew what made Gin so serious today. But they looked on as he wrote on the board: 'Disappearance.' "During the month, we've had a 'missing girls' problem."
"Missing girls?" the rest of the club questioned.
"Exactly! Several female students have vanished one after the other without a trace. Seven in just one month! It's not unusual for people to go missing here, but these numbers don't add up..." he said and the gestured towards the papers laid on their tables. Gin's tone suddenly became lighter as he hoisted up the paper that was on his own desk "I've collected some basic information on these girls," he then slammed the paper on the desk, startling everyone. "We're going to find out the facts on this incident." Still in his serious character, Gin continued speaking. "As you can see from these pictures, the girls who've disappeared are pretty hot! If someone's holding them hostage, I wanna save 'em somehow."
Naruto sweat dropped. So that was Gin's attention? No wonder he seemed so... serious... if that's the right word for it.
After making a quick plan they split up, either to gather information (Gin), model (Moka) or train (the rest)
Naruto had once again tried to get the flying thunder god technique to work, but had only succeeded in crashing into a tree without either him or the tree receiving any grave damage, and though it could be considered an improvement, it wasn't anywhere near his goal.
Now he was sitting at the root of the tree trying to regain his baring, when he heard voices.
"Oh, Professor, Sorry to keep you waiting" he heard Moka said, causing him to look past the tree and see Moka and a woman he didn't really know standing across from each other. 'Must be the art teacher.' He thought to himself.
"Oh! You really did show up for me! Thank you." The art teacher smiled at her student. "I'm really glad Moka-san. When I see someone as beautiful as you, I just want to have you in my art collection. Your beauty truly is high art"
"I'm really looking forward to working with you for the next week, professor" Moka stated with a bow.
"Oh, me too." The teacher responded.
"I know I shouldn't spy on Moka, but something about that the teacher makes me think of Orochimaru" Naruto thought as he followed them to a classroom.
"Well, in art class today, you'll be painting pictures continuing with last week's theme of 'what's important to you!'" The teacher spoke to the classroom, which seemed to be enraptured by her words. "And just what is important to you is the art in each and every one of your hearts. Feel free to paint whatever you want."
'Why is it that she makes me think of Orochimaru?' Naruto kept thinking as she observed her, 'Her stature isn't anything like him. She doesn't seem to have any obsession with learning everything there is to know.' Then he looked at her eyes 'It's her eyes, they have the same gleam that Orochimaru had when he looked at Sasuke in the forest. She wants to possess Moka somehow, though maybe it isn't in a bad way'.
"I'm skipping gym class to have fun with you, professor!" A girl suddenly quipped as the stuck her head in a window with a smile on her face.
'Probably should check her out anyway' Naruto finally decided.
Next day after the club meeting Naruto went up to Gin.
"Hey Gin, I might be paranoid, but could you check if the missing girls had any connection with the art teacher?" Naruto asked him "And please be discreet about it, since I don't think Moka will approve of it".
"Sure, though now you mention it, I know that five of the girls that went missing were in the class, according to their class schedule, though the other two didn't." Gin stated "I checked their classes to try and find a common course, though since they didn't all have art class I dismissed it".
"Yesterday when I saw the art teacher she reminded me of someone who killed my grandfather figure, though I couldn't place why she reminded me of that person" Naruto stated "While I was there a student arrived and told her that she was skipping another class to participate in the lesson, so others might do the same, right?"
"That's true, I'll ask some of their friends to find out if they might have skipped class to join the art class or were otherwise connected with the professor Ishigami" Gin stated with a serious expression. "This is the best lead we have. Good work" He then japed his hand at Naruto's face. Naruto only managed to turn his head to avoid getting it straight in the face, though his chin was hit quite hard and he fell to the ground. "You need to have faster reactions than that." Gin stated.
"I don't like your reaction exercises." Naruto stated as he stood back up, "I think they're just an excuse to hit me".
"My reaction time was improved the same way, so it isn't just to hit you" Gin replied "Though I do enjoy that I get to hit you."
"Whatever, I think I'll check out the art class" Naruto said "Might have some more clues."
Naruto managed to sneak into the empty art classroom without being detected.
'Okay, now I need to figure out where she would keep the girls' His eyes then fell on the door to the teacher's office. 'Would she really be stupid enough to hide them there? Might as well check'
He quickly moved to the door and pressed his ear against it. From the inside he could hear what sounded like several girls sobbing. He tried pushing the door open, but it was locked.
"What are you doing here" A voice said from behind him, causing him to turn around and come face to face with Ishigami.
"Trying to find out why there is sobbing coming from this from this room" Naruto stated as he got into a fighting stance.
"Maybe we should find out" Ishigami said as she pulled out a key and threw it to him. "That should open the door".
Naruto was about to open the door when another voice was heard.
"What are you doing here Naruto?" Moka asked as she entered the room. "
"I had hoped to be able to get rid of you discreetly, but that's not possible now" Ishigami said as her hair started moving and bit Naruto's arm before slinging him through the door into a room that had a lot of art, including 7 crying statues. Naruto avoided the next couple of attacks but notice that his movements were slowing down. This was because his arm was slowly turning to stone
"Guess that answers what happened to the missing girls." Naruto stated. He then saw Ishigami turn towards Moka. "No you will not get her" Naruto stated and pulled out a special kunai and threw it over the teacher. Next moment there was a short flash and Naruto and Ishigami were catapulted hard into the wall.
'Might not be able to avoid anything in my way or perfectly do the push and pull at the same time' Naruto thought to himself as he stood up and jumped away from Ishigami. 'But it is a good ramming technique.'
Moka quickly ran up to him "Are you alright?" She asked. She then saw that the petrification was spreading at a rapid rate.
"Not really, think the rest of this fight is inner Moka's" Naruto said as he took hold of Moka's Rosario "I was able to slow the petrification temporarily, but it is gaining speed fast. Guess Gin was right; I'm still too slow." As he finished he finished turning to stone
Naruto woke up slowly "Oww my head" Naruto complained as he sat up in his bed "Where am I?"
"Naruto, I'm so relieved" Moka yelled as embraced him "you're finally awake"
"Moka?" Naruto asked confused "What happened?"
"Well, after you got turned to stone Inner Moka took care of Ishigami quickly, though she did get bitten a couple of times before she defeated her." Moka stated "After that Gin arrived with the rest of the club because your suspicions about the missing students had been correct and he had wanted to confront Ishigami about it. They took us and the petrified students here, where everyone started returning to normal because Ishigami was defeated. Though you were the one who took the longest to recover, almost a whole day, despite the weird energy that was causing over the stone."
"Weird energy?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah, Yukari said that it seemed similar to chakra, though not the one you normally lose. It seems similar to the one you unleashed when Yukari was trying to control you." Moka said "Do you think that you turning to stone caused you chakra to skrew up?"
"No, that was something else" Naruto admitted as he closed his eyes "Though what it was …"
"…I can't tell you" Naruto ended.
"You can't tell us what?" An unknown voice asked, causing Naruto to open his eyes and see that he wasn't in the infirmary any more and based on the frogs before him he wasn't in the academy at all.
"I wasn't actually talking to you, why am I here?" Naruto asked.
"You didn't summon a toad yesterday like you were suppose to, and when we tried to summon you yesterday night we were unable to do so, therefore we've been trying with regular intervals since then" An old looking frog told him.
"Oh, I was petrified until a short time ago" Naruto stated "Now please send me back before they panic. I'll summon Gamakichi as soon as I can and try and explain it to him"
"Very well" The old frog said.
Naruto arrived back in an empty infirmary.
"Moka?" he called.
"She is currently out looking for you" Mikogami said from the window, scaring Naruto by his sudden appearance.
"I thought we weren't supposed to be in contact" Naruto said, slightly nervous that his reverse summoning would cause him even more trouble.
"With what happened with the Kyubi's chakra while you were petrified I was slightly involved in making sure nothing went wrong, so we can have casual contact now" Mikogami stated "Though we should keep it to a minimum, which is why I sealed of the room before I entered. Anyway, with what happened you friends will want to know more about you, and while you've done a good job of not giving any information that could be tied back to your mission, it might become harder now. Therefore I allow you to tell does you are sure you can trust the basics of you mission; this means you can tell them that you where you come from, what you are and that you are here to help protect the students of the academy. You won't be able to tell them who hired you, how you got here or why you where chosen for this mission.
"Does this mean I'll also be able to tell them about the Kyubi?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, since it wasn't the reason you were chosen for the mission it isn't something you need to hide" Mikogami stated.
"That makes things so much simpler" Naruto said with a big smile, knowing that he didn't need to hide nearly as much from his friends anymore. The only thing he feared was that they would think that he was only friends with them because of the mission.
"It seems that Miss Akashiya is returning to see whether you have returned here." Mikogami stated "Remember only those you can completely trust, so I wouldn't advise telling Mr. Morioka about it." He then faded from view.
A few moments later Moka returned to his room out of breath. "Where… did… you… go?" she asked.
"Sorry, someone called me because I didn't contact them yesterday" Naruto stated. "But now I have permission to share some more of my life with you, Kurumu and Yukari" He added with a smile hoping to minimize the anger at his disappearance.
"Really?" Moka asked, a smile also spreading on her face as her breathing returned to normal.
"Yep, just need to get out of here and then find a secure spot to talk." Naruto stated.
"Then you better get out of here soon" Kurumu voice sounded from the door as she and Yukari entered.
"By the way" Naruto said "I wanted to ask you all individually in the order I meet you, but with what happened I feel that I might not have enough time; Do you want to join me in having a get together on my birthday in a couple of days?"
"Of course Naruto" Kurumu yelled as she tried to glomp him, only to receive a pan in her face, courtesy of Yukari.
"I'll be happy to come to" The girl yelled.
"I'm coming to" Moka said with a smile.
"I'm glad that you'll all be there" Naruto said, returning her smile.
Later that day the four of them sat down in a secluded spot, Naruto placing a lot of shadow clones to ensure that it stayed that way.
"So, what do you have to tell us?" Yukari asked.
"Well, first I want to say that nothing I tell you made me want to befriend you the way I did, that was completely my choice" Naruto stated, getting raised eyebrows from the girls. "The reason I tell you this is because I have basically been hired to protect the students of this academy to the best of my abilities. As I've told you before, I am a ninja, and in my dimension that means that we take jobs to earn money, both for ourselves and for our village."
"So you are only here because you are being paid to be here?" Kurumu asked.
"I think it's more correct to say that I came to this school because it was a mission that my village needed me to take" Naruto said "It has recently been invaded so it needed funds to rebuild. I am here with you because I see you as my friends and I want you to know everything about me I can tell you"
"Why was your village invaded?" Yukari asked, wanting to have as much information as possible.
"To explain that I need to tell you more about my world first, though history isn't my strong suit, so I might not cover it as well as you would want" Naruto stated. "The Ninja world is made up of different countries. Most of these countries have ninjas associated with them, either individual clans or villages. The one I come from is know Konoha or the village hidden in the leaves. There has been 3 or 4 wars fought the mainly involves these villages, so in general there is some tension between them. One of my village allies was experience because the leader of their country had started using my village instead of their own. At the same time a traitor of my village was getting ready to take revenge on my village for whatever twisted reason he had. He allied with Suna, the village I mentioned before, and during a special event they attack us, though in the end we managed to win. It wasn't without a price; we lost our village leader, along with other of our ninja."
"That sounds terrible" Moka said, even if it in some ways reminded her of vampire society, with the focus on strength, frequent fighting and backstabbing.
"Guess they aren't your allies anymore" Kurumu said.
"Actually we are still allies, turns out that Orochimaru double crossed them, killing their leader and taking his place." Naruto said "I also befriended some of them, among them one of the strongest ninja in their village. They came to our aid when my teammate decided that he wasn't learning enough in Konaha and went to join Orochimaru, and we, the people send after him, were having trouble with the people guarding him."
"So what happened to your teammate?" Moka asked.
"He got away and is currently with Orochimaru." Naruto stated. "Before I got this mission was supposed to go on a training trip, so I could try to get him back."
"So why did they change their plans?" Yukari asked.
"I was requested specifically for this mission, and the payment was very high." Naruto stated "Had I decided not to take it then it would have taken longer for the village to get back to its feet. Since I am aiming to one day become the village leader it was clear that I couldn't be selfish, though I was promised that he would find me people that could help me train, though mostly what he found me didn't help. Although now that I think about it you are actually helping me with most of my training." Naruto smiled "Lucky me, my precious people are helping me get stronger."
"Will you tell us more about your life, or is this all you can share?" Kurumu asked, fishing for more information.
"I am allowed to tell you everything about my life before coming here, though I might not be comfortable telling you all yet" Naruto admitted "but that will come with time." He added. "I have one more thing I have to tell you about, though please don't freak." Naruto then said, looking nervous. "In my dimension we have what we call demons that have a little in common with monsters here, though not as many, and often they are quite malicious. 9 of those demons, and the most well known, are called the Biju or the tailed beasts. Long ago they were sealed away, but the most effective way to seal them is by sealing them into a person. People with Biju sealed in them are known as jinchūriki. The reason I tell you this is because I am one of them, and sealed inside me is the Nine-tailed demon fox; Kyubi. It was sealed inside me at the day of my birth."
"I think that I've heard of the Kyubi before" Yukari stated.
"Well, I've heard that you have a monster called the Kyubi, but it isn't the same" Naruto stated. "The main deference is that the one from my dimension is classified as a demon while yours is a monster, though I don't know the difference."
"Generally demons, from what I've read, come from different dimensions and therefore have powers that defy the rules of the would they are currently in." Yukari said "Monsters of cause defy the rules for what normal humans think is possible as well, but they are bound by the rules of their dimension." She added thoughtfully. "In some ways Ninja's could be considered demons in this world, unless the two worlds are on the same wavelength, meaning that basically the rules are the same, though they might not yet have discovered what the rules allow. This means that humans from our world might be able to do the same as a ninja, but haven't discovered how to do it."
"I didn't really understand all of that" Naruto admitted, "but it doesn't really matter. You now know quite a lot about me, some of which can be seen as a big deal so what do you think?"
"At least I now know what that red chakra was, it was the Kyubi, right?" Yukari asked getting a nod. "Is it causing you any trouble?"
"No it was trying, and failing, to speed up my recovery. " Naruto said "We aren't on speaking terms, but still it tends to speed my healing to ensure that we survive. "
"Does it affect you in any other way?" Kurumu asked.
"When I'm in trouble in a fight I can draw a little of its chakra," Naruto responded, "though I become slightly more bloodthirsty because of it. As you probably figured its chakra got out when Yukari tried to control me with her doll."
"How long is your mission?" Moka asked.
"Around 3 years, though I have to visit my home at some point to try and retrieve my teammate" Naruto said.
"Retrieve?" Kurumu asked "wouldn't capture be a more correct word?"
"My goal is to get him back to the village, not necessarily in chains." Naruto answered, "I made a promise to get him back, what happens from there isn't up to me, though I'll try my best to keep him from jail."
"Why?" Moka asked.
"Because my other teammate Sakura asked me to return him to her," Naruto said, "If her happiness is tied to him returning to the village, then I will do my best to make him returned. If he comes back and is put in prison she still will not be able to be with him like she wants."
It was clear to the girls that this Sakura meant more to him than just a friend but they decided not to dig for more details at the current time. Instead they started asking him more questions about his life, though he mostly focused on his ninja carrier rather than his life before that. The only things they found out was that he wasn't well liked before he became a ninja, though it had mostly been shown by people refusing to acknowledge him as a person.
After a while Naruto said, "I have someone I need to meet, so I'll talk to you guys later."
"Who?" Moka asked curiously.
"One of the toads I told you about" Naruto said, "Need to report what happened since I didn't report yesterday"
"Ok" Moka said as they all stood up "So we'll see you later then."
"Yeah" Naruto said before he left.
"Well that was enlightening" Yukari said.
"Yeah" Moka agreed. "I'm glad that we are finally able to learn more about him".
"Yeah, though this Sakura girl is a problem." Kurumu stated. "The only good thing is that she isn't here so I might be able to find a way to make him forget about her"
"Don't bother, cowtits" Yukari stated, "She is precious to him, so he won't forget about her. Though hopefully me and Moka can make him less interested in her romantically, and focus more on us". The last part caused Moka to sweat-drop.
"What would a little child like you know about that, flatchest" Kurumu responded.
"Please stop this." Moka pleaded "Right now we have other things to focus on, like planning a party for him" 'I also need to finish the painting, though I'll have to do it without the teachers help now.'
"So that's what happened" Naruto ended his explanation.
"And still you won't call it a breach of contract and get out of here?" Gamakichi asked. "Or call for backup?"
"The only breach of contract I can think of is that he hasn't found me any good teachers, but since my friends can help me I've also stopped asking." Naruto replied "And backup would have to have the clients' approval, something I don't think we would get. I think I can handle it on my own anyway, this was just a minor incidence."
"You got turned into a statue" Gamakichi yelled in frustration, "how is that a minor incident?"
"I wasn't permanent damaged, or even gravely injured. I was just out cold for a day" Naruto said.
"Stone cold" Gamakichi muttered. "I'll report this to Jiraiya and Tsunade so don't be surprised if you get reverse summoned again."
Gamakichi's prediction came true, as that same night Naruto was summoned to explain to Tsunade and Jiraiya why they shouldn't have him recalled. In the end they had to admit that had it been any other ninja they would have expected them to complete the mission, unless the ninja admitted that it wasn't suited for the mission and asked to be replaced by someone better suited.
A couple of days later Naruto held his birthday party with his friend (Gin and Shizuka included, though they didn't give him a present, the former because he didn't want to and the later because she was his teacher. Not that Naruto minded not getting presents from them). He was impressed and thankful for the painting Moka had made of him, though it was clear she still needed more training in painting. He wasn't opposed to Kurumu's cookie present. He did wonder what he was suppose to do with the doll from Yukari, though likely he would use it against Yukari herself to get revenge for her using one on him.
The next couple of days were slightly tense because Naruto had decided to get his revenge by making Yukari bend over in front of Gin and spank herself. This also allowed him to get revenge on Gin (for constantly hitting him) because he was standing by the open window when it happened so when he was propelled backwards by a nosebleed he went out of the window.
Though Yukari got over it quickly and they both agreed to never use the doll in such a way ever again, it had still made all three girls slightly cross ad him.
After that they had focused on preparing for his birthday party. It had been a fun little get together especially when Gamakichi had dropped in with a couple of extra presents along with a request from Jiraiya to meet with him on toad mountain when he had time, so that Jiraiya to test his progress. Naruto also got permission to bring along some of his friends for the visit, as long as his patron and the headmaster agreed (formulated as if they two people though they were the same in order to keep the connection a secret).
Because of these things they had yet to work on the next newspaper, the one that would go in dept on what Ishigami had been up to along with interviews with the ones she had turned to stone. The special paper that had been handed out while Naruto was still in the hospital had only covered the basic about Ishigami being responsible and that it was the reason she was fired.
Naruto was thinking of how he was going to get into contact with the headmaster without it being too obvious that he was closely connected to the guy. Right now his best idea was to ask Professor Nekonome to set up a meeting with him.
"Only two more days until the newspaper is printed." Moka said as she wiped some sweat from her brow, breaking Naruto's train of thought "I know we missed a few days and it's a lot of work to go but let's do our best okay?"
"Oh sorry I was spacing out there," Naruto apologized.
"Don't worry I understand," Moka assured. "It's hard to suddenly have this deadline when it was your birthday just yesterday".
"Aw I can't take this," Kurumu complained while stretching her arms. "It's Saturday and we're all stuck in here."
"It's true! We're just like a mangaka being chased by a deadline." Yukari commented as she kept typing. "And we're not even getting paid,"
"Stop bein' little babies!" Gin shouted from behind his desk getting everyone's attention. "A newspaper's the same as a manga, with strict adherence to deadlines!" He then took a calming breath before continuing The incident with the art teacher that gonna be all over the front page was two days ago, Thursday! Ain't no one gonna call us a newspaper club if there ain' no reporting immediately on her!" Gin scolded.
While everyone could agree that Gin was right there was still one major problem with what he was doing.
"I'll listen to your sob stories after you've met the deadline," Gin said while he reclined into his chair with his paper and drank some coffee.
"Then would you please help us out instead of relaxing over there!" Moka shouted.
Yukari pointed at Gin "He's letting it go to his head just like a manga editor," she explained happily.
Naruto sweat dropped. "Hey, why do we keep connecting this to manga!"
He suddenly felt something tug sleeve of his shirt. "Well I don't care what I'm forced to do as long as I can be around Naruto," Kurumu said dreamily while hugging him.
"Kurumu" Moka yelled in annoyance.
Kurumu let go of Naruto and turned to Moka "What?" She asked innocently, causing Moka to growl at her.
"The endless quarrel is starting again" Yukari said in a happy voice, because they hadn't really been fighting as much the last couple of days, which could be the sign of the apocalypse in Yukari's opinion.
"Moka it seems that you wanted to try and steal him from me on his birthday, but I'm not about to let that happen" Kurumu stated. "I'll never ever…" The rest of her sentence was cut off by Naruto placing his hand over her mouth.
"Please don't make statements like that" Naruto said "You might end up causing more damage than good if formulated incorrectly."
Everyone looked at him confused for almost a minute before Shizuka entered the room.
"Hello! Is everyone working hard? I brought snacks!" she called as she walked through the door carrying a bag and an envelope.
"Hello professor Nekonome," everyone said wearily.
Still chirpy as ever, Shizuka asked the group. "Well is the work continuing? It doesn't even look like I need to ask, does it?"
"There's a lot of cuts and a lot of pages," Moka said."It's a lot of work."
"Well come on, eat the snacks and cheer up!" Shizuka said. Naruto was the first to reach into the back and pull out a fish.
"Professor this fish is raw!" Naruto exclaimed
"Raw!" Moka, Kurumu, and Yukari shouted.
Shizuka wagged her finger. "It tastes better that way!" she protested. "Oh yeah, Kurumu this letter was dropped in front of the classroom."
"Letter?" Kurumu asked, confused.
Naruto noticed that she looked slightly uncomfortable as she looked at the envelope and then her face turned red after she opened it and looked inside (he wouldn't look at her letter without her permission so he wasn't even trying). He then saw he stuff it in the newspapers toolbox.
"Is something wrong Kurumu?" He asked, hoping to find out what was wrong.
Kurunu laughed nervously "I kinda just remembered that I have to do something so I'll be taking off, okay." She said as she ran towards the door "Take care of the rest for me, okay?"
"Wait… The deadline" Moka yelled after her.
Naruto, meanwhile, made a clone that then jumped out the window, causing the others to look at him weirdly.
"What?" He asked, "She just stated that she was glad to be her as long as I was here, then leaves moments later after looking at a letter. For me that's suspicious." The others could only nod as his logic. He then walked over to the tool-box and fished out the letter and sealed it in a scroll, all the while not looking at the content. "She probably didn't intent to hide the letter in there".
Naruto's clone followed Kurumu as she stomped towards the Monster Tree. It was a large old looking tree that definitely resembled a monster. The old wood was rotted and twisted with what resembled an angry face screaming. There was even a chain that had always been wrapped around it like some kind of ancient seal.
"Hey, I've been waiting for you," a voice said from the branches "So you saw the pictures and my letter, I'm gladLong time, no see Kurumu."
"Who are you and what do you want?" Kurumu yelled up at the voice as a boy squirmed down the tree. "Calling me all the way out here with those dirty pictures." The boy was wearing a large camera around his neck. He had light brown shoulder length hair that fell in his face. His eyes were black and beady and he had several freckles. The strangest thing about him, however, was how much he was sweating. It was like there was some kind of slime coating his skin.
"I took really cute pictures of you, right" The boy asked as he landed on the ground while bending over. "I really liked them." He then straightened up and smiled at her "I'm Kanou Nagare. Don't you remember me? We meet right after we started school …" He then told how he had asked Kurumu if he could take a picture and it had ended with her promising him a date if he took a good one.
'Since I haven't seen the pictures, I can't really tell if they were good' Naruto's clone thought 'I'll assume they are good, and since she made the promise she will need to keep her end of the deal, though I'll make sure he doesn't go too far.'
"So that meeting was fate" Nagara ended his explanation. "I've been waiting all this time ever since then," Nagare then said, drool mixing in with his sweat as he stared at Kurumu's ample breasts. "Go on a date with me right now, just like you promised, Kurumu. Unless you want 'those pictures' to be shown to the whole school"
Meanwhile back in the classroom Naruto had made another clone to finish up Kurumu's article, but he was interrupted by Moka.
"Why don't you make more of those to help with the paper?" She asked.
"I don't have the knowledge to help with many of the articles anyway, and having more than one clone per article is actually counterproductive" Naruto answered. "I'm only able to finish up for Kurumu because the only part she was missing was how the food should taste once it's done."
"I still wonder what made Kurumu leave like that" Moka said sadly "Are you sure it was the letter that made her leave?" She added.
"It might not be too obvious, but she's changed quite a bit since she joined our group." Naruto said, "If she hadn't changed there could probably be quite a few reasons for her leaving, but as she is now she wouldn't leave without a really good reason."
This caused Shizuka to smile at how Naruto was defending Kurumu, though she wondered whether she should investigate what was up with Kurumu.
"By the way Professor Nekonome." Naruto said, gaining her attention "I have something I need to talk to the headmaster about, a short trip I would like to bring my friends on. Can you arrange a meeting for me?"
"Sure, I'll do it right away" Shizuka said with a smile as she walked toward the door.
"Hey, what is all this?" Kurumu asked as she was wearing gym clothing"Why do I have to change into gym shorts for a date? Let alone another schools'?"
"It's a pretend photo shoot" Nagara exclaimed with a big smile "oh, kurumu, you look real good in those" He added before going into a picture frenzy.
"This isn't what I meant by a date" Kurumu yelled. "Stop acting like a-"
She was interrupted by Nagara "Oh, are you sure about talking to me like that" He asked causing Kurumu to gasp "I have a special ability of finding out what a girls secrets are. I know a lot about you, Kurumu, for example…" He was interrupted by a kunai passing in front of his face.
"I didn't stop you from blackmailing her into a date, because she had made a promise, and you should keep you promises" Naruto's clone said from one of the branches of the monster tree. "However blackmailing her further after that is going too far" He had already created and dispelled another clone to let Naruto know what was going on.
"You really shouldn't interrupt other peoples date." Nagara said with a creepy smile "Now I have to cut my photo shoot short" He then started turning into a weird blob like monster causing Kurumu to back away.
"You shouldn't really blackmail other people into dates, so that makes us even" Naruto's clone stated simply.
"I merely convinced her to keep her end of the deal" Nagara defended as he slithered towards Naruto.
"That was true until you started forcing her to do dressup instead of a real date, especially when you tried…" At that point the clone bends over before it dispelled because it breathed in the poison gas that Nagara was expelling from his body.
"We need to hurry" Naruto yelled as he received the memory from his clone "My clone just dispelled, though I don't understand why exactly, it just cramped up and dispelled"
"Did you find out what kind of monster the guy was?" Yukari asked from her place on his shoulders. Naruto had decided to carry her because she was the slowest of them, and didn't want to leave her behind.
"Some weird slug like thing" Naruto said, "though could also just be a blob" He added.
"It is probably a Madslug, and in that cause your clone was affected by the paralyzing poison that they emit from their bodies." Yukari said wisely as they neared the tree though they didn't see Kurumu there, causing them to switch their target towards the nearest building, the gym storage shed. "He might cause some trouble since most physical attacks are useless against him"
"We'll worry about it while we are fighting, right now we really need to get to Kurumu" Naruto said as Moka grabbed the handle of the shed, though it turned out to be locked.
"How many times" They heard Kurumu's voice from the inside "how many times have you done this kind of horrible things to girls before" This sentenced caused the three people outside the door to pause.
"You know, I don't remember" They heard another voice (that Naruto recognized as Nagara) replied "but you are the best prey I've ever had, Kurumu"
At this point Naruto created a rasengan before ramming it into the door, catapulting it into the room and through sheer lock straight at Nagara. However he managed to flatten himself causing the door to fly over him.
"We won't allow you to hurt our friend" Moka stated as she stepped through the door before Naruto could. She felt bad for believing for even a second that Kurumu would abandon them, so she wanted to do everything she could to protect her now.
The slug moved to the door and was about to say something when a small cup of salt fell on top of him.
"Sorry, summoning food or seasoning is quite hard to do" Yukari said from atop of Naruto's shoulders, swaying slightly.
Still it and the desired effect of causing the slug pain, but it was not enough to stop it from emitting more of its poisons into their face, causing them to drop to their knees.
"I had planned on making you my next target, Moka, but now I get to have you and Kurumu at the same time" The slug said happily as it left the storage room to tower above the ones outside. "I'll even add Yukari to the fun, since she is here anyway"
"Moka! Yukari!" Came a yell from behind the slug.
The monster turned to see Kurumu standing in the doorway slightly bend over.
"My fri…" Kurumu began her wings slowly extending "Don't touch my precious friends" She yelled out in anger, her eyes suddenly becoming completely white as the monster looked at her.
The earth was ripped apart as the roots of the Monster Tree broke free from the ground. Nagare cowered in disbelief as the tree advanced on him with glowing eyes and mouth, swinging its branches threateningly.
"What is going on?" The slug yelled in panic "The trees roots are attacking. why is this happening?"
He felt the roots wrap around his throat and arms and he tried to scream in agony.
"I'll never forgive you-" Kurumu screamed as her nail extended. "I'll never forgive you if you lay a hand on Naruto, Moka or Yukari"
While Kurumu was getting ready to attack Naruto was trying to dispel the genjutsu he was sure he and everyone else were under. 'It isn't even reacting to my attempts' He thought confused 'It's like it is on a completely different level then the one she's been using on me until now. If I can figure out how to break this type of genjutsu then I probably won't be able to become any better at it'
He was broken from his musings just in time to see Kurumu end it by slashing the slug with her nails.
"The branches and roots are disappearing?" Moka said "It was an illusion?"
While Moka was confused, and seemingly spacing out, Kurumu had landed and dropped to her knees. Naruto, having fougth of the paralysis, was getting back to his feet and walking towards her.
"The most important thing" Kurumu said slowly "I protected my friends.
Naruto knelt in front of her and pulled her into an embrace. "I'm glad you're okay. Sorry I let it get this far before coming to help you, but I couldn't let you skive of from your promise. I know you've changed since you made it, but that isn't an excuse for not keeping it" Naruto said. "It's the same reason I stopped you in the club-room. I didn't want you to make a promise that might end up being impossible to keep without hurting people. If I were to fall in love with Moka and she with me, then to prevent us from getting together you would have to hurt or even kill one of us. Don't make promises like that, okay?"
"Okay" Kurumu responded as she leaned further in to the hug. She then whispered; "But at this point I can make you one promise; I will always be yours, whether you want me as a friend, girlfriend or toy is up to you, but I will never be able to love anyone else."
"I…I…I" Naruto stuttered before he fainted and went limp in her arms.
(AN unlike with Tsukune here Kurumu got a chance to clarify her intentions in a way that her love interest couldn't just calk up to her flirty nature as a Succubus. Therefore she decided to use it, but kept it as open as possible, as to not limit her (since she had just agreed to avoid that) if he should decide that he just wanted to be her friend.)
Naruto woke up a minute later to hear shouting.
"Just tell me what you did to him that caused him to faint" Mokka yelled.
"I just made him a promise" Kurumu replied, "What I promised doesn't concern anyone but me and him".
Naruto sat up and opened his eyes to see Moka and Kurumu glaring at each other while standing in front of him.
"Oh good, you're awake" A voice came from beside him and he turned to see Yukari.
"Yeah" Naruto said, then he looked at the sky "Think we should get back to the club" He then added loudly, making Kurumu and Moka turn to him. "We have a paper to finish and we just got another story we need to add to it".
The others looked momentarily confused before they remembered that Nagara had admitted that he had done this whole routine on other before he used it on Kurumu. They groaned as they realized they needed to try and find out who where the likely victims and why he hadn't been caught before now. They wouldn't be getting any rest for the next couple of days, not if they wanted to go beyond a short notice of the event that had just occurred.
The next day the club was still working hard when Shizuka walked into the room.
"Do you think you'll make it to the deadline?" She asked them.
"Yeah, probably be done in a couple of hours." Naruto said from a corner where he was busy transcribing an interview with a friend of one of Nagara's victims.
"Good to hear" Shizuka said happily. "Anyway, the headmaster agreed to meet with you. I'll lead you to his office."
"Thanks" Naruto said as he got up and created a clone to continue his task. "I'll be back as soon as I can" He said to his friends as he followed the teacher.
"So you wanted to speak with me?" The headmaster asked. "And I'm guessing that it isn't because of the mission since you went through your teacher instead of coming on your own."
"Actually it's both mission and school connected." Naruto said. "I've been asked to meet with my ninja teacher so he can evaluate my progress. This will be done in the at the toad summons mountain. What I would like is permission to bring my friends along with me."
"I'll allow it if you take on a special mission for me in the upcoming summer vacation" Mikogami stated. "I intended to send the newspaper club anyway, but this way you can't accuse me of breaking the contract. There have been some weird incidents in a place called witch hill in the human would. I suspect that a monster is involved, though whether it is a witch I cannot say. If you agree to help with the investigation, without telling your friends before you go there, I will allow you to take them with you to your evaluation, I'll even provide the means for them to get there, since they can't normally go with you on a reverse summon."
"That sounds fair to me" Naruto said, especially knowing that the headmaster could have manipulated him into the investigation anyway. "We plan on going sometime tomorrow afternoon" Naruto added as an afterthought.
"Give your friends these bands, and wear this one yourself" The headmaster said while handing him a box and pointing first at some green bands and then a blue one "The green bands will transport to the blue band if you say 'take me to the master band' though they only work once, which is why there are enough to take you there and back again. They are also quite expensive to get, so don't lose them, and don't expect to be able to get more"
"To bad, they could be extremely helpful" Naruto said while looking at the six green bands wistfully.
"I'm sure they could." Mikogami agreed "The blue band will stop working the moment the last of the greens in that box has travelled to it."
The next day, after a lot of work and a bit of sleep, Naruto was standing with Moka, Kurumu and Yukari in a clearing in the forest.
"Wow, how did you manage to get your hands on these?" Yukari asked as he handed out the bands. "They are extremely hard to come by, and really expensive."
"The headmaster supplied them" Naruto said, though slightly uncomfortable with the questions, "Had to agree to do a mission for him later though, though he did promise that it wouldn't conflict with the one I'm currently on."
The fact that the headmaster knew he was a ninja and on a mission was never a question, though his friends didn't know that the headmaster was the actual client. Since Naruto kept talking about the headmaster and his client as two separate people they had assumed that while the mission helped the headmaster, he wasn't the one that had hired Naruto.
"So, when will we be going?" Kurumu asked.
"Shouldn't be" Naruto began only to disappear in a cloud of smoke.
"Long" He ended his sentence before he noticed that he wasn't with his friend any more.
Before he could say anything else three people crashed into him and knocked him over.
"The landing was harder than I expected" Yukari said as she layed on Narutos face. Kurumu was sitting on his stomach and Moka laid across his legs.
Naruto used his hands to push Yukari of his face and then took a deep breath. After that he looked up at Kurumu and said "I will have a trouble showing my progress with you sitting on me" He said with a smile.
"I am already so proud of your progress" A voice said from Naruto's left and when he turned his head he saw Jiraiya standing with his notebook in his hand.
"Hey, pervy sage, stop perving on my friends", Naruto said in an annoyed tone, as Moka and Kurumu got of him. "Anyway these are my friends, Moka, Kurumu and Yukari" Naruto introduced. "This is my teacher, Jiraiya the pervy toad sage."
"I've told you to stop calling me that" Jiraiya said annoyed.
"And I will when you stop peeking into the women's side of the hot-spring" Naruto responded.
Jiraiya was about to respond when a metal bowl fell on his head. He then did a substitution in time to avoid Kurumu's claws and Moka's kick (even if she wasn't in her inner form).
"You really shouldn't say that around woman you brat" Jiraiya said from behind Yukari as he grabbed her wand, "Based on the way you swung this, I'm guessing you used this to summon that bowl."
"Hey give that back" Yukari said. "A witch can't access her powers without her magical focus"
"Good to know" Jiraiya said with a smile, "That means you can't send any more bowls at my while I hold on to this. Now has everyone calmed down?" Everyone nodded in response, though they didn't look happy. "Good now we can start the testing. I'll first test you taijutsu, then you ability the dispel genjutsu, then your rasengan ability and end up with the thunder god technique.
"Okay" Naruto responded getting into his fighting stance.
"You can begin when you're ready" Jiraiya said, maintaining a relaxed posture.
Naruto jumped forward aiming a kick at Jiraiya's stomach, but was stopped by Jiraiya's arm, Naruto then tried to punch him, only for Jiraiya to dodge to the side. He tried to sweep Jiraiya's legs, but Jiraiya jumped over his attempt. Naruto however used his other leg to propel his body upwards, head butting Jiraiya in the stomach.
Jiraiya rolled backwards. "Still as unconventional as ever it seems." Jiraiya said as he straightened up.
Naruto jumped forward again, this time aiming to hit Jiraiya in the face, however Jiraiya dodged and the countered with an elbow to Naruto's side, only to miss as Naruto rolled forward with his punch in order to avoid it.
They continue to exchange blow, until Jiraiya suddenly speed up and first hit Naruto with an uppercut, followed by a elbow to his stomach and as Naruto landed on the ground he placed his foot on Naruto throat.
"I win" He declared. "Your speed and technique has increased quite a bit, I'm impressed. You still have a tendency to leave yourself open for counters, but with your normal use of shadow clones it isn't the biggest problem to have. You've gotten better at reading your opponents movement as well, given that you managed to see that I was about to counter-attack and you took actions to prevent it". Jiraiya evaluated. "You exceeded my expectation. This was the level I thought you might be at after a year of training, though you still lack a real fighting style, but it seems to work for you anyway."
"Being trained by a vampire and a werewolf along with having to fight to protect my friends tends to speed up my learning." Naruto replied, "Though I still need a lot more training before I'm ready to retrieve Sasuke."
"That's true" Jiraiya said and when Naruto looked up he cast a low level Genjutsu on him.
He saw Naruto's eyes blur for a second before becoming clear again, his face gaining a confused look.
"What was that?" Naruto asked.
Jiraiya was even more confused. Naruto had just dispelled a genjutsu without even trying, something that even the best had trouble with. Kurenai could do it, but her specialty was genjutsu. Jiraiya tried a slightly higher level genjutsu. This time he saw Naruto's eyes remain blurry until his hands moved together and he said "Kai", breaking the genjutsu.
"How have you become so good at breaking Genjutsu" Jiraiya asked. Even if the genjutsu he cast weren't high level, they should still give someone like Naruto trouble.
"I've been training to try and break out of Kurumu's succubus charm for quite a while, though the only thing I have succeeded in is recognizing when I am under a genjutsu. This is the first time I've succeeded in breaking one, though." Naruto admitted.
"I think I will need to see this charm in use to find out why it is so effective in training you" Jiraiya said. "I believe that Kurumu is the blue haired one, right?" He had wanted to say the one with the big boobs, but didn't feel like getting slashed at again.
"Yeah" Naruto said before turning to the girl. "Do you mind casting your charm on me?" Naruto asked her.
"Sure" Kurumu said as she walked up to him.
Naruto looked into her eyes as she started to use said charm on him. Meanwhile Jiraiya, along with some toads were observing.
"Hmm," one of the toads said as he saw Naruto lean forward slightly, "It seems to be some kind of attraction genjutsu, making another person become more attracted to the caster then they already are. It seems to be quite advanced, actually one of the most advanced techniques I've seen in this area. It is also different from most genjutsu because it is more closely controlled by her will, so if she has the desire to help him learn to recognize and break it, then it will actively draw his attention to any weakness it has. This can easily be transferred to any lessor genjutsu, allowing him to almost instantly recognize that he is under it, if not subconsciously dispel it."
"Interesting, Gamariki" Jiraiya said, "and terrifying. I'm glad she is on Naruto's side"
"The weakness of the technique is that if they are in love with someone, thinking of that person can weaken or even break the genjutsu." The toad added as it studied the technique in use. "It also falls apart quite rapidly if she isn't near to maintain it"
"How can you know so much about the charm after only studying it for a short period of time" Kurumu asked as she broke the charm on Naruto.
"Genjutsu are my specialty love" Gamariki replied "Even if the energy you is different from chakra I can still study what it does to Naruto with the use of a couple of techniques I know."
"What rank would you estimate the genjutsu to be?" Jiraiya asked the toad
"It would be considered an A-rank at the very least." Gamariki answered. "Once he is able to dispel it while Kurumu tries to actively maintain it, I would estimate that no genjutsu below B-rank will affect him at all, while he should be able to break and B or A-rank genjutsu the moment he becomes aware of them."
"Okay, then I think that your training in this is better than any training or advice I can offer you in that area, so let's move on" Jiraiya said. "Show me what you've learn to do with the rasengan."
"Well, first of I've learned this" Naruto said, holding out one of his hands in front of him and creating a normal rasengan.
"So you finally managed to do it without a clone." Jiraiya said, "What else?"
Naruto created a clone and made a large rasengan with its help in 30 seconds.
"I can also create it without a clone, but it takes five minutes instead of just 30 seconds" Naruto stated.
"Okay, what about the complete rasengan?" Jiraiya asked.
"I've been working a little on training my wind element, but haven't succeeded jet, and even if I had I haven't found a way to practice it safely." Naruto responded. "Yukari has been helping me a little with mastering the element, but I haven't been having a lot of success. It is thanks to her that I learned to do the other rasengans with one hand."
"And how have you been progressing with the flying thunder god technique?" Jiraiya asked.
"I've used the seal and push parts to create a ramming technique" Naruto said, "I've mastered must of the other parts on their own, but can't manage to put them together."
"Well, I didn't expect you to master it this quickly anyway, since only one person has managed to do it singlehandedly" Jiraiya said calmly, "The ones who provided you with the information on how to use it needs three people just to use it to transport them somewhere. Basically they split the responsibilities between them."
"Split between them?" Naruto said slowly "Maybe that could work." He then put his hand in the Ram hand sign, "Shadow clones" creating 5 clones.
"Okay, I'll focus on the seal, you push, you do the transport, you coat us in chakra to fight gravity and wind, you find the path of least resistance and you make sure we don't crush into anything" Naruto said pointing at each clone to make sure there wasn't any confusion on who did what.
He then pulled out his special Kunai and threw it as hard as he could before grapping hold of two of his clones' arms, while they each grabbed another clone, until they created a circle. A moment later the circle disappears and reappears 5 seconds later by the kunai, with Jaraiya standing right beside them.
"If you got here before us then the transport wasn't instant" Naruto said sadly.
"No it wasn't, and for two reasons" Jiraiya said with a smile "Firstly your wind and chakra control still isn't good enough. Secondly you are missing the final part of the technique, the part that not even the other three know how to do. The fourth did something with them that allowed them to use the technique, but they don't know what. However he has left behind a scroll, however those who held on to it aren't able to open it. They will allow you to have it when you've sufficiently mastered the basics. Whether you can open it is another matter entirely"
Jiraiya was quite sure that Naruto would be able to open it, but saying it aloud might cause Naruto to ask why he was so sure it would open for him.
"So more chakra control training" Naruto said.
"Yeah, even though your control is obviously improved, you still aren't as good as this technique requires" Jiraiya said. "Anyway, it seems that…"
"My client kept his end of the deal" Naruto interrupted before Jiraiya could give the headmaster away, "And mostly I've been training with my friends." He added.
"As long as you get training I don't really care whether it's something he arranges or something you arrange with your friends." Jiraiya replied "With the learning speed you currently have you'll have learned everything I wanted you to in half the time I expected." He then took a deep breath "You said that the Kyubi was acting up while you where petrified. Has it acted up at any other time?"
"Well it did once when Yukari was trying to get me in trouble with Moka by making me grope Kurumu" Naruto said.
"Why did it act up then" Jiraiya asked.
"I was being forced to do something to her without either of our consent, so I got really angry" Naruto replied, causing Jiraiya to sweat-drop.
"Any other time? Jiraiya then asked.
"Not that I can think of" Naruto replied.
"If we had been on the training trip I probably would have loosened the seal slightly to give you better access, however I don't think it's a good idea if I'm not there" Jiraiya stated "as it is it is already loosening, so the Kyubi's chakra will likely start to try and take control more often, so you need to learn to control it somehow."
"How would I do that?" Naruto asked.
"Well if I could loosen the seal and keep an eye on you then testing how much control you have as more of its chakra takes hold may help you realize when it's taking over." Jiraiya replied "After that working with it at a lower level might help you master it".
"I'm not sure that is a advisable way to do it" Yukari said as she walked up to them, "From what I've observed the times were the kyubi influences him it seems that the chakra itself is carrying a lot of negative emotions that amplifies Naruto's own somehow. The first step should probably be more focused on Naruto's own negative emotions rather than having to deal with both at the same time."
"Getting rid of your own negative emotions isn't exactly easy to do" Jiraiya countered, "Mastering them is probably the best way to go about it, and the best way to do that is by having him feel them and remaining in control".
"That leads to him fighting both parts of himself and the Kyubi at the same time." Yukari argued "That isn't exactly good odds."
"If you know of any way to remove his dark emotions without removing his positive with them, I'm open for suggestions." Jiraiya replied.
"I'll look into it" Yukari replied, "I am a genius and a magic progeny after all, so I should be able to come up with something. A little better insight into this chakra that you use would be helpful" She added.
"I'll send you something when I have the time" Jiraiya replied "Meanwhile have Naruto tell you a bit about it."
"He's been trying to teach us for some time, but either he isn't really good at teaching the basics or we have trouble understanding his directions" Yukari replied.
"Okay, I'll send a messenger toad to Tsunade to get the books. They are easier to get in a ninja village, and I can't return to Konoha without Naruto, since I'm supposed to be training him."
"Anything else we need to do before we leave?" Naruto asked.
"I have something I wish to add" An old male toad said, the same one who had greeted him when he was reverse summoned from the hospital.
"And who are you?" Kurumu asked before Naruto could.
"My name is Fukasaku and the woman beside me is my wife Shima" He said.
"I am perfectly capable of introducing myself Pa" The female frog said annoyed "Get on with it, I have some food to prepare."
"Then you should stop interrupting me" Fukasaku replied before turning back to Naruto, "At the current time you aren't ready to be trained in the way of the toad sage, however you are showing some promise. Therefore we have decided to give you the first Kata of frog-fu. We will summon you here once a week to see you progress with the Kata, and give you the next one when we feel you've mastered the first."
"I hate Katas, but I'll train it anyway" Naruto said. "Though I won't make it a priority."
"It's not as if we are in a hurry to get another toad sage, so it really isn't a high priority" Fukasaku replied. "If it was we would keep you here for training, which we can't right now because of your mission."
"Okay, I think that is everything for today" Jiraiya said before Shima or Naruto could come up with a comment that would draw the meeting out even more. "I'll send a message to Tsunade right away so you should get a book on chakra molding and chakra control pretty soon. If you come up with an idea to help Naruto please have him call me first so we can discuss it before you try it."
"Fine with me" Yukari replied
AN
Why I'll stop posting on this site:
Unlike what many may think my main reason for no longer wanting to post on this site isn't because of the mass deletion of stories a couple months ago, though it is a factor. My reason is the way I experienced the mods dealing with the complaints, which to me seemed to be by ignoring their existence. The only official reaction that I saw was them pointing to their TOS and rating system, which for me wasn't enough. First of the description of the rating is so vague that depending on the personal opinions of the mods almost any fic that has a semi detailed battle scene could fall under the MA rating and therefore be deleted ("Detailed descriptions of physical interaction of sexual or violent nature is considered Fiction MA"). The site also hasn't bothered explaining why they don't want to add an MA rating that would either have an additional warning or require an account before it could be read. Without them stating their reasons all anyone can do is make assumptions, and my assumptions is that their just to lazy to make it, just like they don't bother dealing with complaints about stories until it exceed a certain amount.
To clarify: My problem isn't that they deleted stories but the way the seemed to ignore most of the complaints and that they failed to address the underlying issues
The way I see it if I keep posting on this site I will be condoning the fact that they ignore users complaints, which is something I refuse to do. I may be misreading the situation, but it's better to come back to this site after being proven wrong then it is to stay on this site knowing I may be right.
Rewrite:
Since I will have to repost the story on a new site anyway (yourfanfiction is the site I'm planning on reposting the story), I will take the opportunity to rewrite the story at the same time. This means that you shouldn't expect to see the story come up right away, though hopefully it won't be to long. I will mostly add more about the time between getting the mission and entering the academy since someone pointed out that some of the changes in Naruto's personality wasn't that well reasoned in the fic as it should be. The rest will be more about trying to find and correct spelling and gramma mistakes. If someone would like to help by beta'ing some chapters feel free to drop me a PM.