Here you go, I've corrected some errors in this chapter. Hey guys, thanks a lot for the reviews & support you've shown me until now. Sorry for the late update, but I have my engineering entrance exam on 1st may. And thanks for your opinion about the summons, they were very helpful. About the changing Hinata part, I've taken an idea from a review I got. When the time comes, I'll give him the credit as I really liked the idea. Now, there have been several questions that I think should be answered.
First of all, I know that the way I set up the NaruHina pairing was the worst way an author could do it, I know one cannot fall in love with someone if they don't even talk to each other. But there was a main reason that I added Hinata into the harem other than me wanting to write one, Hinata was supposed to be the catalyst for activating his doujutsu. Naruto did watched the Sandaime, Teuchi & Ayame die, but they weren't close enough. I had to add someone who was really close to him, a pure hearted one & someone who Naruto loved very much and loved him back, who would be better than Hinata in this case? If I did NaruHina pairing in a hurry, it doesn't mean every other girl would be paired this way- Oh! I've watched you suffer from the sidelines & now I'm here to make up for it!. NO! It wouldn't be that way.
On to the other questions, I think some guys still don't understand the concept of training in Tsukiyomi as they are asking questions if he would be really strong as he's only training his mind while in reality he's just standing. Well, he's only training in ninjutsu & genjutsu in which you need to know- how to mould chakra, handseals, minimum amount of chakra required to perform the jutsu & some tweaks to improve on the jutsus which Itachi might give him, etc. All these points are only related to mind training, things which he has to accumulate in his mind, he just needs to know how to perform the jutsus. Example- when I mentioned taijutsus katas, I only meant memorising those moves as he had already synchronised his body with his mind. This was the main reason for the physical enhancement part, improving his body so that it is eligible for atleast some mid-level taijutsu style, so that it can withstand the strain of atleast performing B-rank jutsus or above. However, it doesn't mean that after the training he would be performing the S-rank jutsus one after the other. For his three basic elements, he might know one or two S-rank ones for each element, but for his sub-elements, his arsenal would only be limited to C or B( in a rare case)-rank ones. Genjutsu, I already stated he could learn them upto C-rank ones. So yeah, he still has a lot of training to do- especially in the sub-elements to completely master them.
About harem, nobody had a problem with Ino, so she's in. About Kushina, I've decided that she would come just after the preliminaries. How? You have to wait & see. For Mikoto, she would come too. How? That too you have to wait & see. If there was anything I forgot to explain, I'll try explaining in the next chapter.
Now with the explanations done, here's the fourth chapter-
Chapter-4-The Triangular Alliance
"What! Weren't they supposed to come after one month during the third exams", said a surprised Hana while the others were shocked too.
"Hai, but I called an emergency meeting due to the Akatsuki", said Sarutobi as he turned to his secretary.
"Send them in Akane-san"
"Hai Hokage-sama!", bowed the secretary before leaving.
"Alright you four, I wished we could see more of the events concerning Naruto-kun, but you have to leave now", said Hiruzen while all of them groaned as they really wanted to see the results of Naruto's training.
"Oh and Kurenai, I want you to enter the Forest of Death and keep following team 7. I'm sure Orochimaru came for a reason and I want you to report any abnormalities. Also, don't interfere in the exams or try to help your team, is that understood?", said the professor with a serious demeanour.
"Hai Hokage-sama", said a happy Kurenai.
"Hey, why does Nai-chan get this mission", yelled Anko while Hana & Yugao were glaring at the Hokage.
"Because Anko, Kurenai is a genjutsu expert and she can easily blend in with the surroundings and hide her presence", replied Sarutobi calmly.
"Tough luck Anko-chan, Yugao-chan, Hana-chan", said a grinning Kurenai before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Damn her!", all three of them muttered simultaneously before shunshining out of the office. Sarutobi sighed at their antics, even if they were matured as a shinobi, they were like kids or sometimes even acted like fangirls when it came to Naruto, but one thing that he was sure about was that they loved him deeply. He had seen their eyes whenever they talked about Naruto or watched him, they were filled with love, compassion, affection, care and today, a new feeling took birth in those eyes: lust. After seeing Naruto's transformation, their eyes still had the loving gaze for him but with a hint of lust.
He sighed as he came out of his musings, 'Now to face the Raikage & the Mizukage, hope this goes well too', he thought as he went over to his desk waiting for them to arrive.
Meanwhile in the Forest of Death- The clearing- Twenty Seconds after the beginning of Tsukiyomi
Kisame was panting, but not much due to the loss of so much chakra. He began to feel tired at about ten seconds after he started giving Itachi his chakra. If you think rationally, it would look absurd that such high amount of chakra could be depleted in just twenty seconds, which Kisame was currently wondering about.
After a few seconds, Naruto and Itachi slowly opened their eyes. Itachi, to reveal his Mangekyou Sharingan while he too was panting heavily and Naruto, to reveal his Rinnegan with 'one' black ring. No one noticed when his eyes glowed silver for a bit before turning into the same Rinnegan(level 1), not even Naruto noticed it as his vision was blurry due to the effects of Tsukiyomi but after a few seconds, it cleared for him to see Itachi on his knees panting heavily while blood oozed out of his eyes.
"Itachi-sensei! Are you alright?", asked a concerned Naruto while Kisame released him from his hold as he regained his breadth.
"Itachi, you 'pant' okay?", asked Kisame while Naruto took out a food pill and gave it to Itachi.
"Yeah…'pant' 'pant' 'pant' I'm 'pant' gonna be alright", said a tired Itachi before eating the food pill. After a few seconds, he began to feel his chakra getting restored as he stood up.
"Sensei, are you alright now? And why did blood came out of your eyes?", asked a worried Naruto.
"That is a side-effect of using Mangekyou Sharingan's techniques for a long time", said Itachi as Naruto nodded in understanding while he turned to Kisame.
"Long time no see Sharkface", said a smirking Naruto.
"Tch, it's only been twenty seconds brat", said Kisame while his eyebrows twitched at his nickname.
"Oh right! Sorry, I forgot about that",said Naruto while he grinned sheepishly.
"So how did the brat's training go Itachi", asked Kisame.
Itachi smirked, " Well, let's just say that Naruto-kun is a lot stronger than what a chunin is supposed to be", while Naruto puffed out his chest in pride.
"Aww, that's a pity. The brat's still no match for me. And I was thinking he would get more stronger", mock frowned Kisame. A tic mark appeared on Naruto's forehead but he decided to play it cool.
"Hm? You said something sharkface?", asked Naruto innocently.
"Why you-", growled Kisame before he was interrupted.
"Can it Kisame. We don't have time much time", said Itachi calmly while Kisame 'hmphed' in response.
' Hehe. Gotta thank Kakashi-sensei for that', thought a smirking Naruto.
"Naruto", said Itachi gaining his attention while taking out a small sealing scroll from under his Akatsuki robes.
"Here, this scroll contains the same outfit that Hokage-sama gave me", said Itachi as he threw the scroll in Naruto's direction.
"Thanks sensei", said Naruto after catching the scroll.
"Before we go, I want you to know that after this exam, preliminaries would take place before the third examination where the contestants would fight each other. I know that it will be tough just after the second examination, but it is mainly to weed out some gennins before the third exams", said Itachi.
"But why eliminate the contestants who passed the second exam", said a confused Naruto.
"According to Hokage-sama, there is a competitive batch this year and he's sure that many genins will pass the second exam. In the third exams, the genins fight each other in front of the nobles and merchants from all over the world, hence we can't waste their time and therefore only a limited number of fights can happen", explained Itachi while Naruto nodded in understanding.
"Also, the Raikage, Mizukage , Hokage and almost all the jounins of Konoha will watch the preliminaries closely. So don't hold back and show them what you can do. About your doujutsu, I think you should reveal it in the preliminaries too. Believe me, you would love the look on their faces", said Itachi as he remembered his clan member's faces when he activated Sharingan at an early age while Kisame remained quiet and Naruto nodded.
" I hope we meet again Naruto-kun and if possible, keep a watch on Sasuke"
"I will try sensei and thanks for everything", said Naruto as Itachi nodded.
"Until next time brat", said a grinning Kisame before the Akatsuki duo shunshined out of the clearing while Itachi did some handseals to deactivate the barriers.
Naruto could only sigh as he recalled all the events that happened since the start of the second exams. First that Orochi-teme attacks them and then Itachi & Kisame interferred. Who would've thought? The disgraced child of the village possessing a legendary doujutsu such as Rinnegan. Oh he would enjoy the look on their faces, but right now, he just wanted to get some sleep.
"Guess I'll have to wake Sakura up. But I should change my clothes first", said Naruto as he looked around the clearing/battlefield to find a large tree with a big cave in its trunk. He went in there and after a couple of minutes came out in his new favourite shinobi wear. He then went over to Sakura to wake her up wondering how will Sakura & Sasuke and most of the village will take to his new-found abilities.
"Hey Sakura, wake up", said Naruto as he nudged her on the shoulder. She had some bruises here and there, but was otherwise alright.
"Just one minute", mumbled Sakura.
"C'mon, we're in the forest of death, remember", said Naruto as he lightly flicked her forehead. Eventually Sakura opened her eyes to see Naruto bent down in front of her.
"Naruto? What happened?", asked Sakura with blurry eyes as she slowly remembered all the events that tool place while her eyes widened.
"Hey! Where's Orochimaru and what happened to Sasuke-kun", asked Sakura frantically as she quickly stood up.
"Sasuke's right there", said Naruto as he pointed in Sasuke's direction. Before following his finger, she saw Naruto properly for the first time after she woke up. She immediately blushed a furious red upon seeing him.
'Whoa! Who's this hunk', said Inner Sakura
"Um, who are you?", asked Sakura with a blush while Naruto sweatdropped as he thought,
'Did I really change that much'
"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you", said Naruto in a mock greeting while he extended his hand.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you Uzumaki-san. I- WAIT WHAT!", exclaimed Sakura who first shook his hand but then realised a bit too late while in Naruto's head, a chibi Naruto was laughing his ass off.
'She….She fell for it. Oh damn, …..I can't believe it!'
"Naruto? What happened to you? You've suddenly grown and what's the change in your clothes", asked a surprised Sakura but he was even more surprised by her reply. He thought that she would lash at him any minute now while screeching like-"SASUKE-KUN IS MUCH BETTER THAN YOU".
"Well, let's just say I underwent a transformation during my fight with Orochimaru and I became tired of my jumpsuit. To answer your previous question, Orochimaru fled the scene due to the circumstances I can't tell you", said Naruto with a frown as he knew where this was going.
"But why can't you tell me. I'm your teammate and we should trust each other", said a hurt Sakura. After witnessing some of Naruto's fight with Orochimaru today, her views of Naruto somewhat changed. She could now clearly see that Naruto was easily the strongest member of the team and even though he was obnoxious and rash, he deserved some respect.
"Since WHEN were we teammates Sakura? What you're stating now is something you should've said on the day of team selections which I did said to you, but the only reply I got was a lump on my head. Since when was it about teamwork, especially with me? You guys never bothered to even acknowledge me as a teammate. On the day of the bell test, when my shadow clone came to your hiding spot, you didn't even bothered to listen to me, instead just dispelled it by punching it. The same happened to the shadow clone who approached Sasuke, stating that I was a loser & would only hinder his progress. Do you know why I came to you guys, huh? Do you? I came to tell you about the actual meaning of the test i.e . teamwork while I fought Kakashi-sensei", said Naruto.
"B-But I thought you were just trying to be the hero, taking a jounin head on", stuttered Sakura.
"Just because I acted loud, obnoxious & stupid doesn't mean that I was one. The first time during the academy I approached you, I wanted to be friends with you, but you just ignored me. I always strived for acknowledgement & recognition, I had no one to take care of me while you had parents, relatives & friends. You can't judge a person just by his appearance. Take our Hokage for example, does he look harmful to you? I'm sure you would've thought-' Oh he's just a grandfather material. What can the old coot do? He would probably break his back if he bends even once. But he's Hiruzen Sarutobi- the famed professor, trained by the Nidaime & the teacher of three legendary Sannins, the man who survived the two great shinobi wars and has mastered every ninja art of this village. He can still take on an army of jounins without a sweat. Appearances are the biggest deceptions for a shinobi, seeing Kakashi-sensei's lazy attitude, you would've thought he would be taken down rather easily by a surprise attack, but he's always dead on alert and ready for any kind of attack.
If you would've tried to know me, you could've seen the real me. You guys, the rookie nine don't have the flukest of idea about what kind of burden I carry everyday. My life has no place even in the most hellish nightmares you have ever seen. I dare you or anyone in this village to live my life for atleast one month, then you'll know what Uzumaki Naruto is all about, then you'll know the story of the so-called 'deadlast'!", said Naruto angrily while Sakura was shocked to the core.
'All that was…just a mask? A mask that none of us could see through? We always thought that he was the weakest of us, but in reality… he was the strongest, much stronger than us'
"But the bottomline is that you've nothing to gain my trust Sakura & you know it. So don't even bother asking anything", said Naruto in a cold tone while he went over to Sasuke and slunged him on his back.
Meanwhile, Sakura bowed her head in shame as she remembered all the times when she looked down on Naruto for no apparent reason. She will make sure that she'll atleast be able to remain friends with him.
'I'm sorry Naruto, but from now on, I'll treat you with the respect you deserve even if Sasuke-kun objects to it', thought Sakura.
"C'mon, over here. I found a cave for us to rest up a bit, we still have four days left", said Naruto while pointing to the large hole in a tree trunk. Sakura followed while she felt more sad as she noticed the lack of '–chan' to her name. He laid Sasuke down while Sakura entered the lightly lit cave seeing that the Sun was now setting down.
"Those clothes look good on you Naruto", said Sakura with a sincere smile. Naruto was surprised when he heard the compliment. Sakura had NEVER said anything nice to him, what was up with her all of a sudden.
"I know that I treated you very badly ever since I met you. But I'm now determined to change and earn your trust & friendship", said a determined Sakura. Naruto was taken aback by the fact that Sakura wanted to be friends with him, something he wanted in the academy while his lips slowly turned into a small smile.
'I guess everyone deserves a second chance, but I have to keep an eye on her if she's planning something', thought Naruto with an almost unnoticeable smile.
" I'll think about it, but you should check on Sasuke's condition, he's pretty beaten up", said Naruto as he pointed to Sasuke beside him with his thumb.
"Oh right! I almost forgot about Sasuke-kun", said Sakura while she hurriedly went over to Sasuke before she started applying bandages to his wounds from a first aid medic kit she seemed to carry.
"Naruto, he's running a high fever. What do we do? We need cold water but I don't think there's a source of water nearby", said Sakura worriedly.
"Leave that upto me", said a smirking Naruto as he combined his wind & water chakra to form a big block of ice in his hands. he then used his wind natured chakra to cut the block into small cubes, still in his hands.
"Will these do?", asked Naruto as he gave her the cubes. Meanwhile Sakura's expression was priceless. She couldn't believe what she saw. First, Naruto created ice just like that Mist-nin Haku and sliced them from out of nowhere. She could only nod dumbly & accept the cubes as she put them on Sasuke's forehead.
"N-Naruto, h-how did you do that?", asked Sakura after tending to Sasuke's injuries.
Naruto sighed as he knew how many questions would be coming, not just from Sakura & Sasuke, but from almost everyone who knew him.
"Look Sakura, I can't tell you anything right now as it is an S-ranked secret but, from now on you'll see me do things that'll make you go haywire. so whatever it is, just take it in without any questions and if you gain enough of my trust, I may tell you everything after the Chunin exams are over", said Naruto seriously while he took out his own sleeping bag and sealed his cape to get comfortable, which resulted in Sakura being gobsmacked as she didn't know that Naruto knew how to use sealing scrolls.
"Okay Naruto, if you say so. But really, that was awesome and I know that you'll definitely become Chunin this time dattebayo", said Sakura while giggling at the last word & took out her own sleeping bag as she dragged Sasuke onto it.
"Yeah, I hope so", mumbled a faintly smiling Naruto as he closed his eyes to get some sleep.
' I guess the battle between me & Orochimaru opened her eyes to the reality, maybe she still has a chance', thought Naruto.
"Well, I'm going to keep watch as I don't feel like sleeping. I'll wake you up if something happens", said Sakura as she walked towards the exit of their temporary shelter.
"Sure, thanks Sakura", said Naruto before drifting off to sleep.
Hokage's Office- Just after the Ice Queens left
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat on his chair smoking when the door to his office opened.
First to enter was a beautiful busty lady with an angelic body most women would kill for. She had long flowing silky red hair, hazel green eyes with attractive black eye lashes , milk creamy skin, D-cup breasts, slim waist & toned legs. She was Terumi Mei, Godaime Mizukage of Kirigakure. She had a bit of makeup on her face with red lipstick & bluish eyelids like Kurenai wearing a blue top which was reaching to just above her knee. Under this outfit, she wore a mesh armour. She had the Kiri's blue Kage hat with a kanji for water on it & wore a cheerful expression on her face.
"Greetings Hokage-dono", said Mei with a smile. Along with her were her two bodyguards, namely Ao & Choujiro.
"Ah! Welcome Mizukage-dono. I hope your journey was safe", said a smiling Sarutobi.
"Of course Hokage-dono", replied the Mizukage cheerfully before signalling Ao & Choujiro to come forward, " These are my bodyguards, Ao & Choujiro".
"We are honoured to be in your presence Hokage-sama", said Ao while bowing whereas Choujiro also bowed, somewhat timidly without saying anything. This was the famed Hiruzen Sarutobi after all, 'The Professor' and the man who survived two great shinobi wars. He was a shinobi of virtue & wisdom, trained by the best and trained the best, so naturally they were somewhat nervous.
"At ease you two, no need to be so formal", said the smiling Hokage while radiating a warm aura.
"Understood Hokage-sama", said Ao as he bowed again. Mei & Hiruzen sweatdropped.
'He understood nothing', both thought simultaneously.
The door opened again and the next one to walk in was a tall & a dark muscular figure. He wore a loose Kage robe revealing his front muscular chest and abs. He wore black shinobi pants, gum metal boots, heavy metallic bracelets on his forearms & had white hair. He was A, Yondaime Raikage of Kumogakure.
With him entered five more people. Among them was a man with similar physical characteristics as A, only differences being his attire with black shades, a white bandana and a blue tattoo on each cheek. He was Kirabi/Killer Bee, jinchuriki of the Hachibi. Next was a seventeen year old teen with long blonde hair, greenish-yellow slitted eyes with an orange contrast to the pupil. She had red lipstick, her hair in a single ponytail. She wore a jounin attire and had a Kumo hitai-ate on her forehead. She was Yugito Nii, jinchuriki of the Nibi and was an epitome of beauty having an hour glass figure, C-cup breasts and flawless tanned skin.
Next was her adoptive sister, Samui Nii, having short blonde hair, light blue eyes and was rather well endowed for her age, especially her chest region. She had D-cup breasts often leading to cramps & aches in her shoulders, was fourteen years old and wore a chunin attire. Next to her were her two dark skinned fourteen years old teammates- Karui & Omoi, who wore identical chunin attires. Karui had an 'Will take no bullshit' look on her face while Omoi was sucking on a lollipop having an anxious look on his face.
"Hokage-dono, Mizukage-dono ", bowed A in respect along with his companions.
Hiruzen too stood up from his chair and bowed, "I'm glad that you could take time from your busy schedule to attend this emergency meeting", said the Hokage with a smile.
"I hope your jouney was safe Raikage-dono", said Mei with her usual cheerfulness.
"Ofcourse! Who do you think I am? I am best taijutsu user in the lightning country after all", said A with a grunt,
Yugito sweatdropped, 'Has he ever heard of the word 'modest''.
'Jeez! Thanks for stating the obvious. With all those overgrown muscles, who wouldn't think of him as a taijutsu specialist', thought Mei sarcastically while still smiling on the outside.
"True! True Raikage-dono, but let's get to the business", said Hiruzen as he suddenly became serious.
"I presume those two are among the five of your bodyguards behind you", continued Hiruzen as the Raikage nodded seriously.
"Alright, please take a seat all of you & don't worry, the privacy seals are already activated along with the visibility barrier that even the Byakugan or Sharingan can't penetrate through".
All of them sat around the table while Ao quietly checked the seals with his Byakugan but Hiruzen noticed it. Meanwhile, the Raikage introduced his brother.
"This here is my little brother Kirabi", said A while pointing towards Killer Bee.
"Yo-Yo, the name's Killerbee. And I can see, that although you're an old bunch, you still pack quite a punch", said Kirabi as Yugito slapped him on the backhead.
"You idiot! This is an important meeting and we don't have time for your horrible rapping", hissed Yugito angrily while Mei, Choujiro & Ao were surprised at the blunt greeting.
"Forgive my idiot brother Hokage-dono", apologised A while glaring at Kirabi
"I can see that he's the lively one in your group", said a chuckling Hiruzen.
"But also, he's the jinchuriki of the Hachibi and and can control it upto five tails", said A seriously while the Kiri group's eyes widened. To control five tails of a bijuu was no easy task, even their Yondaime Mizukage- Yagura of the Sanbi had sometimes trouble in controlling the third tail while Hiruzen remained calm.
"This is Yugito Nii, jinchuriki of the Nibi & can currently control only one tail. These three are Kirabi's students- Karui, Omoi & Samui", said A while Hiruzen & Mei sweatdropped.
'Even his student's names have a rhyme to them. I wonder if he gave it to them', thought Mei & Sarutobi simultaneously.
"Hm, I'm sure they will be glad to see their two fellow jinchuriki here", said Sarutobi.
"Ah! The Kyuubi jinchuriki. But who's the other one?", asked Mei.
"The other one is the Suna's jinchuriki- Sabaku No Gaara, hosting the Ichibi and son of the Yondaime Kazekage", said the Hokage seriously.
"Alright, I think it's time we the main issue here, i.e. the Akatsuki", said A while Sarutobi nodded.
"Hai, but there is one thing I must inform you about is that I have two spies in that organisation, so it will be somewhat easy to keep track of their movements"
"Two? You only told me about Uchiha Itachi, but whose the other one?", asked a confused A.
"By the approval of Mizukage-dono here, Houshigaki Kisame is my other spy as he's not liked much in Kiri", said Sarutobi.
A whistled, "That's a huge bonus. I've heard about the chakra reserves of that guy being equal to a jinchuriki".
"But there's another main reason for this meeting. Raikage-dono, I hope you remember that you owe me for the Hyuuga incident because of your previous Raikage", said Hiruzen with his piercing gaze fixated on A who nodded.
"And Mizukage-dono, I'm sure that after the Bloodline War jus being finished, that Kiri is in it's weakened state right now and you would be looking for some alliances", continued Sarutobi.
Mei nodded,"But what are you-", but she was interrupted by a loud cry and the sound of glass being broken.
"DYNAMIC ENTRY!"
Sarutobi face palmed himself while crying anime tears muttering things like- 'Why now?' & 'What have I done to deserve this'.
Everybody, except the Hokage, turned their heads to see the most horrible sight in their ninja careers that would haunt them in their most vicious nightmares for the rest of their lives. There standing in front of them was the wierdest human they had ever seen, a male with a tight green splandex, bowl shaped hair, had the biggest & thickest eyebrows in the history of homosapiens. What added more to his nightmarish appearance was that he was standing in a thumbs-up pose and his teeth were shining so much that even Amateresu & Tsukiyomi would feel jealous. so much shine was there that all of them had to cover their eyes, even Killerbee, who had his shades, couldn't pierce through this strange Flash Illumination Effect.
'Damn! I forgot the physical barrier. I hope they can sleep properly from now on', thought a pale faced Sarutobi.
"YOSH! HOKAGE-SAMA! MY YOUTHFUL EARS HAVE PICKED UP SOME YOUTHFUL INFORMATION THAT RAIKAGE-SAMA & MIZUKAGE-SAMA HAVE ARRIVED!", shouted this epitome of wierdness.
'Shit! Shit! Shit! DAMN SHIT! I should have warned those four about keeping this to themselves', mentally cursed the Hokage who was currently sweating bullets on how to handle this situation.
"Heeey! That was a cool entry fuzzy eyebrow, although ya look like shitty scarecrow", tried to rap the jinchuriki followed by a typical punch to his head by the fellow jinchuriki resulting in him falling face first on the ground.
However, this time Yugito couldn't say anything as she was stunned into silence. Even Nibi was panicked.
'Kitten! Stay away from this thing! AHH! WE'RE GONNA DIE', screamed Nibi in Yugito's head while she could only nod with her.
"Back in my days... never mind, I've never seen such a thing", murmured Ao.
"That... is not cool", said a surprised Samui while Mei, A & Choujiro were rendered speechless.
" Yugito-san, you shouldn't hit Bee-sensei like that. If you punch him that hard, what if he gets angry resulting in him releasing the Hachibi. Then it will go on a rampage slaughtering us all and destroying Konoha in the process, which would further result into a fourth great shinobi war and ultimately, leading to the extinction of the human race!", said Omoi while he anxiously sucked on his lollipop.
A vein popped on Karui's forehead followed by a punch to his head resulting in him throwing his lollipop in the direction of Gai.
'Uh-Oh!', thought Karui.
"Hm, what is this unyouthful thing?", said Gai after catching Omoi's sucktoy and was currently inspecting it.
All eyes were on Gai wanting to see his reaction, but what he did next threw them for the loop. He put the lollipop in his damn mouth and started sucking on it.
"WOSH! TWISH THWING TSASTES SHOUTHFUL", said Gai who sucking on the lollipop and was grinning like an idiot.
'Please tell me this is not happening', thought Mei with a look of dread on her face.
"NOOOO! HOW DARE YOU EAT MY LOLLI-CHAN!", yelled Omoi with a look of horror on his face while pointing an accusing finger at Gai.
"YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH HAVE DAMPENED MY BOY! YOU SHOULD SHARE SUCH YOUTHFUL THINGS WITH YOUTHFUL PEOPLE"
"LIKE HELL I WOULD SHARE SOMETHING WITH A FREAK LIKE YOU! AND WHAT'S THIS YOUTHFUL CRAP YOU'RE BLABBERING ABOUT", screamed Omoi whereas Karui was surprised as she had never seen him so worked up.
'No wonder Konoha is the strongest village. With people like him here, wars can be won with just his appearance', thought A as Omoi & Gai continued to argue.
"Hokage-dono, I would advice that you send this man out and continue with this meeting", said a smiling Mei while her eyebrows twitched constantly. She was really resisting the urge to melt this man's unyouthful balls. Hiruzen nodded and ordered Gai to leave the office.
"AS YOU WISH HOKAGE-SAMA! REVERSE DYNAMIC ENTRY!", yelled Gai before leaving the office and breaking another window in the process, the cursed lollipop still in his mouth while a tic-mark appeared on Sarutobi's forehead.
' He just had to break another window', thought the Hokage while Omoi was sulking at the corner muttering words like- ' lolli-chan getting raped' and all.
"Let's not waste any more time Hokage-dono", said A after regaining his composure.
"Hai, but what were you implying before the disturbance Hokage-dono", asked Mei while everyone else paid attention at that.
"Right, ahm", said Sarutobi while clearing his throat. "I, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure No Sato propose an all-out triangular alliance with Kiri & Kumo consisting of Military, Trade & Political alliances", said Sarutobi with a smirk while his kage hat shadowed his face creating a rather dramatic effect.
Everyone else's jaws dropped on the ground and their eyes as wide as saucers.
"W-What?", stuttered Mei. If what she heard was true, then this was a huge moment for Kiri. Never had she thought that Konoha, the strongest village in the world would propose an alliance with any village, much less Kiri which was now the weakest. She herself was going to talk about a possible alliance in this meeting in hopes that the Hokage might agree. If she accepted this alliance, not only will they be allianced to Konoha but also Kumo! It would be like hitting two birds with one stone. And what more, it was a complete traditional alliance consisting of Military, Trade & Political alliances meaning that the villages would get full access to each other village's military, resource cooperation & they could share their political affairs with each other.
Meanwhile, the Raikage was also thinking along the same lines, but he was a bit skeptical.
"But what's the catch Hokage-dono? Surely a village as strong as Konoha would like to remain neutral & not risk war with our enemies, you wouldn't want an alliance for nothing, would you?", said the suspicious Raikage.
"There's no catch about it Raikage-dono. I simply want this alliance to confront Akatsuki- our common enemy, protect our jinchuriki and prevent a possible fourth great shinobi war", said Hiruzen seriously.
"I, Mizukage-sama & you have all experienced wars. We know that it is an endless cycle of hatred, fear & pain. I just don't want this generation to go through it", continued Sarutobi while glancing in the direction of Karui, Omoi & Samui as A & Mei too nodded with sadness.
"So, what do you sa Raikage-dono, Mizukage-dono?", asked Hiruzen.
"Sure Hokage-dono! Kiri would be happy to go along with this multi-village alliance with Konoha", said a cheerful Mei.
"Well, Kumo does follow militaristic approach and I also owe one, so I guess we'll go with it. We'll persue our dreams with you", said A with a smirk.
Hiruzen nodded, satisfied with their decision as Konoha & Naruto would have a much better chance against the Akatsuki.
"While I'm sure that Iwa would straight out decline the proposal, but what about Suna?", asked Mei.
"I did send the Kazekage an invitation for this meeting, but so far they haven't even answered and I'm a bit suspicious of him. Lately, the wind daimyo has been cutting Suna's missions short and turning them over to us, thus they are financially lacking & I think they are about to take some action soon", said the Hokage seriously while Mei & A nodded with a grim look on their faces.
"Oh ho! Now that we have Kiri-Kono-Kumo alliance, the Akatsuki are going to face on hell of a defiance! Whee!", you know who opened his rapbox.
"For once, I agree with sensei. This alliance is cool", said Samui with a smirk while everyone nodded with her with a smile.
"So where's the Kyuubi jinchuriki? He must be around twelve years old", asked a curious Raikage.
"Ah! Although the villagers hate him with passion, he is the ray of joyness & purity for this village and is also like a grandson for me. His name is Naruto and is currently taking part in the Chunin exams".
"Is he strong Hokage-sama? So far the only thing we've heard about him from the villagers is tha he is a shrimp, loud & annoying, a prank master and a dead last who flunked his graduation exams twice", said Yugito.
"Donot believe those foolish villagers. It was just a part of his mask & he thinks that I don't know about it. You're a jinchuriki, you should know that the leakage of a bijuu's chakra in your chakra coils messes up your chakra control, hence it's difficult to create a bunshin which requires a small amount of chakra, thus the reason for failing twice in the academy", said Sarutobi seriously.
"But I & Kirabi-sensei passed the examinations in the first year", argued Yugito.
" That was because Naruto had it worst than a normal jinchuriki like you should", said Hiruzen.
"What do you mean Hokage-dono? How was the boy's life until now?", asked a confused A while the others listened intently.
"The Nibi, Hachibi or any other bijuu except the Kyuubi have not caused the magnitude of destruction to a jinchuriki's village as compared to the destruction the Kyuubi caused 12 years ago. More than half of our village was destroyed, three-fourth of our shinobi having families were killed, which gave birth to an infinite amount of fear, pain, anger & hatred to the villagers and the shinobi here. They had to vent their anger on someone, which resulted in Naruto being the scapegoat of their hatred. I'm not justifying their actions, just telling you. For jinchuriki like you, although people in your village still hate you, they only prefer to keep their distance from you & ignore you. But in Naruto's case, I'm not going to go into the details but he was treated much harshly than you guys. He was not taught properly by any of the teachers except one & that too on his passing year", explained the professor with a sad expression on his face while others too were saddened by this. Meanwhile Yugito & Kirabi were shocked that someone had taken it harder then them and still survived through it.
" You want to know how strong is he is, right? How about we go see ourselves the preliminaries", said a smirking Hiruzen.
"Sure Hokage-dono, we would like to see this enigma and his skills, as he does contains the strongest of the bijuu", replied Mei happily.
"I guess so, I've been itching to watch some fights anyway", said A while all of them stood up.
"The preliminaries would be held in four days. Until then you're free to do anything as you wish with my Anbu trailing you for security purposes, so please cooperate with them. I've already arranged for your stay, so please follow your escort standing outside the door to your hotel", said Hiruzen with a smile as A & Mei nodded while wondering how strong the Ichibi & the Kyuubi jinchuriki were.
There you go, so how was the fourth chapter? I know plot-wise it did not progressed much, but there were some things that needed to be done. I know some of you may bash me as I chose not to bash Sakura in this fic, rather change her, but I did sent her on a guilty trip. And please review this chapter, they were the inspiration which allowed me finish this chapter before my exam. Well the next chapter also may take some time.
Well, I wanted your opinion on a taijutsu style. I had this crazy idea when I was trying to sleep, well my friends did said it was pretty lame. This style is a reflex-type taijutsu style whose main strength is the unpredictability factor, ofcourse it needs strength & speed. It includes a different sets of moves which first Naruto memorises to a degree where he can perform it without being conscious of it, almost as if his body reacts on reflex (just like in drunken fist). Now comes the unpredictable part, where during fighting he constantly sends chakra pulses to medulla oblongata(mainly responsible for spinal cord & body reflexes), resulting in his body constantly adapting to different reflex mechanisms, hence his moves are being chosen randomly, so if he himself doesn't know what would his next move be, how can the almightly Sharingan predict it. Not every shinobi can do it, but he could do it maybe because of the Rinnegan, an ability which he might have discovered during his two months training. I know its pretty scientific & not much practical, but I mainly devised this idea to possibly counteract Sharingan's ability to predict moves. Tsunade also told Sakura that every shinobi has a pattern to his attacks, what if I removed that factor, then Naruto would have an edge in the fight against Madara & Sasuke (emo-bastards can't even do shit without their doujutsu, every technique they use is somehow related to their bloodline, heh don't worry, their time will come too). Well, I named this style the Monsoon Fist, mainly because monsoon too is unpredictable just like this style. I know we read these fics for relaxation & not for a science hypothesis, but still it would be cool to see the look on Sasuke-teme's face.
So yeah, please tell me about it honestly as I may include this style in my fic depending on your answer and please review. Ja Ne!