De-Raz: Hey there, sorry for the delay in updates, this last month has been test after test after test after test…etc. etc. But hey, TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, MUH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, SHOVE IT BIATCHES!
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Well, now that I got that out of the way, since it's summer, you can hopefully expect faster updates, at least more than the once a month thing…hopefully.
Now I take it to Naruto for the disclaimer.
Naruto: Yea, well, De-Raz-Bomber don't own Naruto, Kishimoto does (stupid bastard, making me such an idiot). If De-Raz did own Naruto, then Itachi wouldn't have-
(SPOILER FOR NON MANGA READERS!)
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It was a fairly foggy, misty, forest environment all eleven of the Senshi (AN: this includes Mamoru) found themselves in not even a full day after Christmas. Not only them, but the two cats Artemis and Luna were there as well, taking a cat nap up on a tree branch. The Senshi were all dressed in civilian clothing that would was made for exercising, though none of them seemed to be in the condition or mood for strenuous activities. Why would that be?
Well, judging by the fact it was only five o'clock in the morning, and that the sun still hasn't even dawned yet played a major factor in their current disposition. This was especially true for their supposed leader Usagi, who had the tendency to oversleep even for regular wake up times. Said blonde was leaning against Mamoru's shoulder already sleeping comfortably, or at least as comfortable as could be giving the circumstances.
"Well now, I'm surprised and mildly impressed you all made it on time" the twelve of them (Usagi still being asleep, while waking the two cat guardians) heard a familiar voice coming from above them. Looking upwards, they were expecting to see the regular cloaked and disguised figure and the regular pair of red demonic eyes staring back at them, so were shocked to see something completely different.
True, Meitsuki was still wearing the cloak, still completely disguising his physique, but the fact he had the hood down, revealing the face underneath, was the stunner.
Getting the first look at his face after so long, the girls made sure to commit the image to memory. His visible skin, which constituted to his face and hands, was tan but not overly so, and was free from any blemishes. Meitsuki's face was devoid of baby fat, and his facial structure was proof that he was really their age, with a strong jaw and high cheekbones to give him the impression of a noble. Full red lips shut in a stoic expression. Silver hair was decorated with light golden highlights that fell down in a luscious flow to right below his shoulder blades. The same hair continued to fall in the front, completely blocking view of his forehead and slightly covering a pair of silver eyes that were more reflective than a mirror, taking in them image of all twelve of them and sending it back at them. Each silver orb was marred by a black dot like shape on the outer corners. Two long bangs on the outside framed his face as they fell to meet the bottom of his ears.
Though he appeared stoic on the outside, inwardly Naruto was judging their reactions to his fictional appearance made real on by a Sharingan-powered genjutsu he had been practicing on the way here. It was strange for him though; when he had been thinking of a disguise, this face just seemed to pop out at him.
This is definite proof the Sharingan will be a major aid in my Genjutsu capabilities; it might make them a little more trusting in my teachings if they could at least attach a face to their mentor after all he mused to himself. He had to hold back a fit of chuckles as he saw the blushing faces of the Inner Senshi, Hotaru and Chibiusa. Naruto hoped the youngest two didn't get a crush on him like girls their age tend to do. Michiru and Haruka were studying him, probably to see if they had seen a person around the city with his features, or it could possibly be because he wasn't using Kyuubi's eyes. Setsuna was the more surprising reaction though, because the usually stoic green haired woman was showing more emotion than he'd usually see in her green orbs. The look in her eyes told him it was like she had found something important that she had been lost. None of the other Senshi noticed, and Naruto decided not to peer into it for now anyways. Even Luna and Artemis looked shock, though they each had a fair bit of suspicion.
All of the Senshi were still silent, all of them wondering why he showed his face now of all times. The more cautious ones (read: Haruka, Luna, Artemis) were wondering if that was even his real face. They could all feel that there was something familiar about it, but could not put their finger on it.
Noticing that two faces were missing from his inspection, he looked again to see Mamoru and Usagi sitting by a tree, the former attempting to wake up the later. The blond shinobi in disguise motioned the other man to move away, which he decided to follow.
It was a good thing he did, for not even five seconds later the sleeping blonde girl was awakened from her nap prematurely with a large glob of water, soaking her.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!!" she yelled, jumping up from the water bullet smashing into her face. She looked around a couple of seconds, looking to see the culprit of such a rude wake up call. She saw her comrades looking up at something in shocked silence, which led her to sighting Meitsuki coming down from the tree towards the girls.
"Hey everybody…who is that guy? And why hasn't Meitsuki shown up yet?"
Usagi's question was answered with a wide round of sweat drops.
It was Rei who decided to berate her. "You moron, that is Meitsuki!"
"Really?" she asked clueless, looking him over again before shaking her head. "Nope, that can't be Meitsuki! He's never shown us his face, plus he's not wearing that silly cloak and hood, and his eyes are red, not silver like this guy's."
"Ahem" the silver haired nin in disguise cleared his throat to grab Usagi's attention. As she looked she saw him holding up the edge of his clothing in one hand. It wasn't until then the blonde noticed that it was in fact that silly coat and hood. She looked at Meitsuki's face to see him glaring at her as his silver mirror eyes darkened, the black tomoe spinning wildly. Not only that, but a sudden pressure was being pressed on all of them, like they were prey in the eyes of a predator ready to strike. Overall it made an intimidating sight.
Usagi began sweating profusely. "I m-mean…uh…that super awesome…cloak thing…hehehe."
He suddenly beamed, as if saying "damn straight" by his body language, and the pressure placed on all of them faded away into nothingness. They all breathed a sigh of relief, and Chibiusa managed to stop shivering in fright.
All eleven of them decided to hold off on asking just what he had done, as Minako made her own inquiry. "Usagi does have a point, how come your eyes aren't red anymore?"
"All your questions will be answered in due time" he said in a sage like voice, making them all sweat drop. "But anyways, I am sure you're all wondering what I did when Usagi made that rude comment about my attire, right?"
They all nodded, Usagi flushed in embarrassment.
"That, my dear girls, and Mamoru" he added, seeing a glare sent his way, "was killing intent. A basic tool in a shinobi's arsenal, though it takes plenty of experience to proficiently use it. One of the many things I plan to teach you to use, but much more importantly resist."
"What else are you going to teach us Meitsuki" Makoto asked the nin. He looked like he spaced out for a minute before his reply.
"Well, first off call me Meitsuki-sensei or just sensei."
"Why the hell should we do that?!" Haruka shouted angrily at him.
"Because you should respect your elders" he replied cheekily with an eye smile reminiscent of his own cycloptic sensei.
"I'm older than you are gaki!"
"Ah, but right now I am the wiser, smarter individual who is being oh so willing to instruct and guide my more inexperienced peers. I would think you had more manners than the average man considering how feminine you are." That was apparently a bad retort seeing as Michiru had to hold her friend back from 'pummeling the silver haired gaki' along with several other things to permanently mutilate him.
"Ok back to more…pressing matters, what is it you're teaching us…Meitsuki-sensei?" Makoto repeated her question.
"Right, correct you are. Well, unfortunately we're on a strict time limit, seeing as I have no clue about how long Akatsuki will wait before deciding they're better off coming after me themselves. To tell you the truth I don't know why they haven't already." That answer was met with incredulous stares from the others. "What, I can't know everything, so sue me! So for now, I'll be building up your stamina and speed, along with battle tactics, coordination between assaults and weapons training. Then we'll go into the actual shinobi arts of ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu."
They were all slightly disappointed that the 'cool stuff' as Chibiusa and Usagi would put it was being held off till later, but were curious about the weapons training. Meitsuki, however, pulled some things out of his pockets before tossing them towards the Senshi. As they caught them, they saw they were each holding four sweatbands. They looked perfectly normal except for the strange ink design that was painted on the inside.
"All of you put each band on an ankle and wrist. These will be the first step towards improving yourselves physically."
"What are these, sensei?" Ami asked after they had all of them on. The blue haired girl was curious about the strange designs, and the sadistic smirk on Meistuki's face spoke ill will for them.
"Why, I'm glad you asked that Ami" he replied as he brought his hands together in a handseal for them to see. Not two seconds later, all eleven of them were getting real cozy with the forest floor. "The design you saw on those bands are called Gravity Seals. Right now they are set at 1.5x normal gravity."
Only Mamoru was able to garner the strength to lift his head to glare at him, but the silver eyed teen could just feel the anger rolling off the others in waves.
"Well, come on now, you don't want to spend your whole morning kissing dirt, do you? We still got your warm up exercises to do."
The Senshi weren't able to stand stable again for another two hours, though Naruto was mildly impressed by that time. He wasn't going to let it show though, he'd wait until they could actually do the warm up he had planned.
"Alright, now that it seems you are able to stand, I want twenty laps around this clearing, along with thirty sit-ups and push-ups."
They all stared at him slack-jawed, was he insane or something! They had just finished being able to stand up correctly!
Usagi was one of those who were more vocal in their opinions. "Tsuki-sensei, that is way too much, we are going to die! Tell him Momo-chan...Momo-chan?"
"It looks to me that he's already getting ahead of you girls."
The Senshi heard Meitsuki's comment, and sure enough spotted Mamoru heading off on his first lap, though it was obvious he was exerting quite the effort.
He's got some willpower, being able to go like that without complaining Naruto thought to himself.
"Sort of like some idiot I could mention."
That better not be me you're talking about.
"Well" Meitsuki urged on. "You better hurry up."
"Why should we?"
Five Kage Bunshins puffed into existence, each of them wielding a few kunai. The one they presumed to be the original wore a maniacal grin on his face.
"Because otherwise Swiss cheese ain't gonna have nothing on you girls. At least it'd be a chance to test your reflexes at the same time."
Sure enough, they all sped off, desperate to avoid the wrath of those weapon wielding clones, as the original laughed mentally.
Ah, pain is such a great motivational tool. Now I know why Anko does this so often.
"Ah, taking hold of my sadistic streak, huh. I knew I'd rub off on you in some way."
Shut up.
Meitsuki left a Kage Bunshin to monitor their progress, while the original Shunshin'd to another clearing. This clearing was actually the backyard of his house, and was riddled with thin poles sticking up to about eight feet above ground, the outer edged arranged as a circle. Standing on the tops of random poles in the center where some of his clones without the genjutsu hiding their looks, while on the outside edge was a clone on each pole, all of them wielding a kunai. At key vantage points outside this little pole arena were more Kage Bunshins, each of them taking notes as the ones in the center dodged the kunais being thrown in by the ones on the edge. Every Kage Bunshin in the clearing had their Sharingan activated.
Meitsuki let them all dispel, and waited a few minutes for the headache to subside before making more to fill in the previous clones' positions. He himself took to a pole at the very center, and as the clones started tossing the kunai, he and his other clones began dodging in spectacular ways, sometimes jumping to other poles, and even using other clones as springboards.
Why the hell am I doing this again, Kyuubi? I don't see the help this gives.
"I don't see how this isn't helpful kit. The taijutsu style we're building is based off of quick, unpredictable counter attacks to fool the Sharingan. For this, you're going to need flexibility, quick reflexes and great balance to maintain you're center of gravity and keep in total control of your movements while making those wild attacks. Not only that, but this will help your clones better coordinate themselves for dodging attacks, allowing them to last longer and be able to spam more of them without worrying they'll mess each other up. Plus, you're working your Sharingan to the limit as it predicts the path of the kunais shooting from every direction, along with the movements of your other clones."
Wow, you put a lot of thought in making this exercise.
"Of course, I am the magnificent Kyuubi no Kitsune. Oh, and you should pay attention to your surroundings more."
What the fuck are you-
Naruto's thoughts were cut off by a Kage Bunshin unexpectedly crashing into him, making it puff into smoke as the original lost his bearings, getting hit with two kunai on the way to the ground.
"…ow."
Ok, and why the fuck are the poles eight feet high?!
"In your words, 'pain is such a great motivational tool'."
Kitsune-teme!
"Love ya too gaki."
For the next two hours, the blonde shinobi continued practicing in that way, trying to advance his Sharingan and reflexes as quickly as possible. That was until he was assaulted with memories of the clone he made to watch over the girls and Mamoru, realizing that they had finished up their exercises. Unfortunately, the distraction made him prime target #1, being pelted with four more kunai and two shurikens in various regions and the newest addition to the scenery below the tall poles.
Grumbling about 'sadistic assholes' and 'suicidal exercises', he pulled out the deadly projectiles with hardly a wince and dispelling his clones. Not even bothering to clean the blood off his cloak, he Shunshin'd back to the original clearing.
All eleven of his 'students' were sweating buckets and panting heavily on the ground, too tired to even be surprised at his sudden entrance, though they were able to glance concernedly at his bloodied attire. He just waved off their concerns, saying he was fine, before getting down to favorite activity…annoying people.
"Well, that was an enlightening experience, wasn't it?"
Cue the steaming glares on all eleven of them, even Usagi and Setsuna. Meitsuki just chuckled amusedly at their antics.
"Ma, you can thank me for this later." Looking at their faces, none of them looked like they were going to thank him anytime soon. "Anyways, I'll give you ten minutes before we begin the next exercise."
Those ten minutes were mostly spent trying to regain as much energy as possible; who knew what their newest sadistic sensei would teach them.
Meitsuki stood in front of all the sitting girls and Mamoru, their break already finished. "Alright, then…now for your next task, we're going to be doing an exercise essential for the shinobi arts. Without it, a person could never achieve the things a ninja is capable of. This exceedingly difficult, mind breaking, resolve wearing undertaking is…"
When he didn't speak for a few seconds, everybody was getting beyond annoyed. "SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!"
"Alright, alright, no need to shout. Now, for the next three hours, you're all going to be…meditating!" he shouted cheerfully, causing them all to face plant.
"You mean like those weirdly dressed people on T.V., Tsuki-sensei?" Usagi asked curiously.
"Well…if you want to look at it that way, I suppose" the new sensei agreed, feeling put out he was being compared to some people on T.V. "The point of this will be a test to discover if you have the ability to use chakra."
"What's chakra, Tsuki-sensei?" Chibiusa asked, adopting Usagi's own nickname for the shinobi, though Meitsuki could see all of them staring at the silver haired teen expectantly. He couldn't help but feel a little unnerved by it.
Geez, maybe I should give Iruka-sensei more credit for putting up with Academy students.
"Well, I'm not the best with theory and facts like this, but I'll try…Chakra is essentially the mixture of a person's physical and mental energy. This energy travels through the body in a system called chakra coils, which are regulated by 361 points and 8 gates. Through the use of handsigns" here Meitsuki went through the twelve handsigns slowly so the Senshi could get a good sight "a ninja manipulates chakra to perform hundreds of tasks, from walking up walls, to strengthening the body, to performing a variety of ninjutsu and genjutsu." Well, that was more than I thought I knew.
"Meitsuki-sensei, if chakra is produced by everybody, then why do you need to see if we can use it?" Ami asked, bringing up a point said person wished hadn't come up.
Damn she's sharp. "Well you see…the fact is, although chakra is produced by everybody, the chakra coils may become shriveled or put in a poor condition by disuse. Though it takes a very long time for it to happen naturally to a person trained to use it, if ever, it could happen to a regular civilian. The age it becomes impossible to unlock it could occur anywhere from a prepubescent age to the late teens, which is why I need to check." Well, it's true enough. Besides, I can't exactly say that being from a different world, I'm not sure chakra exists in these people the same way, now can I? the blonde in disguise thought to himself nervously. Luckily for him, they all seemed to accept this fact.
"What if we can't use this chakra?" Hotaru asked.
"Yea, does that mean you won't let us help you?" Usagi added. The rest of them looked equally anxious.
Though the silver eyed boy wouldn't say it, he had to admit he was beyond touched by the fact they all seemed worried about not being able to help him. Two pairs of puppy dog eyes (courtesy of Usagi and Chibiusa) were the clinchers.
"Sigh…no, even if you can't use chakra, there are others styles of fighting I could teach you. I myself know a few excellent ninja who use little to no chakra when they fight" Meitsuki admitted, thinking of three people of Team Gai in particular.
They might be…eccentric, but I still miss them. I'd even be willing to get hit with that horrendous Sunset Genjutsu.
Though the blonde in disguise didn't like the idea of them fighting S-Rank nukenins if they couldn't even use chakra, their smiling faces put him a little more at ease.
Meitsuki sat down, demonstrating the meditating position Jiraiya had taught him (he had a ball getting revenge on having to do something so boring), and correcting any mistakes the Senshi had.
"Now, clear your mind of all distractions, feel for the energy flowing through your body, gathering in the core of your being. Once you can feel it, try to grasp it, and pull it to the surface."
The next three hours were pretty silent in the forest clearing, the only sounds coming from the breathing of the meditating girls and Mamoru, and the two hundred or so Kage Bunshins doing a variety of chakra control exercises, combining tree walking, kunai balancing, and leaf balancing. Looking at all of them sitting on the ground, Meitsuki was ready to call it a day, until he felt a shift in the air. Apparently, the others felt it too, as all the Senshi woke from their trances, only to see Rei and Setsuna glowing, the unmistakable feeling of chakra flow out of their bodies. Though the colors themselves were not like the usual blue of human chakra. Sure, there are always slight differences between people, but not one so drastic that one person had a flaming red-orange color and a forest green, respectively.
Meitsuki looked at this in veiled bewilderment and pride. I was expecting them to be among the first to get it. Rei is already experienced with meditation sitting in front of that shrine flame, and Setsuna is the Guardian of that Space-Time Door thing. But still, to get it after such a short time in nothing short of impressive.
The rest of the girls and Mamoru, however, were getting a close up feel of their chakra. Rei's orange-red chakra flailed wildly but didn't look at all like it would go out of control, and radiated a gentle heat; it was much the same as the flame she always meditated in front of at her shrine. Setsuna's on the other hand was much more subdued, as if kept down by something. That same pressure was pushing down on everything in a certain range; it wasn't much but was noticeable. The Senshi observed this all with a careful glance, but they couldn't hold back their excitement at the prospect of tapping into that same power.
Rei and Setsuna powered down after a few more seconds at Meitsuki's order, the two of them feeling more energized than ever before. The two women shared a short glance, though it was enough to get across a short message that planted a small smirk on their faces.
With this, there's no way we can lose!
The next few hours had been, to their dismay, even more physical exercise. Meitsuki's excuse had been that they needed to become fit fast to learn taijutsu and be able to keep up with the speed Akatsuki members achieve. The Senshi just thought he was being a damn sadist. They were only more convinced when he said he was letting them off early that day. His next comment hadn't helped at all either.
"What do you mean you were going easy on us?!" Needless to say, Usagi was the most vocal of her opinion, though it was plain to see that all the others were just as shocked.
"Well, yea. After all, I had to let your bodies adapt to all the extra weight, and the fact that it was your first day." Without his hood in the way, the girls and Mamoru could actually see the grin that went with the mischievous twinkle in his eye. To be honest, it looked eerily similar to a friend of theirs. "Anyways, we'll all meet back here at six o'clock tomorrow, a little favor for you guys! And be sure to not eat any breakfast."
"Why not, sensei?" the Senshi had gotten used to calling him that by now, if Haruka did it grudgingly.
"I'll be giving you all a special test to see what I have to work at, and I don't want any of you to throw up. Fighting alongside has gotten me a good idea, but I can learn more fighting against you all."
Makoto was the one to raise their query. "Wait, you mean we'll all be fighting against you? Won't that be dangerous for you?"
Meitsuki chuckled amusingly as he looked at all of them. "Now, why would it be dangerous for me? Don't worry…I can assure you I'll be perfectly fine."
Everyone but Usagi glared at him, catching the not-so-subtle jab at their skills.
"Okay then Tsuki-sensei, as long as you're sure you won't get hurt" was Usagi's brilliant comment, sending all the forest's occupants to the ground at her caring, if absent minded attitude.
As all the Senshi got back up again, they noticed that their bodies suddenly felt lighter, like a great weight had been taken off of them, and their screaming muscles finally had a chance to rest completely. Wondering what had happened, they all looked at Meitsuki who had put his hands together in another hand seal. His mirror silver eyes shined even brighter in his amusement.
"I can see you're all wondering why you suddenly feel lighter, right?" They all nodded in agreement. "Well, I took the liberty of deactivating the gravity seals for now; your bodies aren't ready for the strain of keeping it on all the time yet. Just remember though, they turn back on first thing tomorrow, so be sure to wear those bands. See ya later!" None of them had the opportunity to thank the silver eyed teen or ask any questions before he disappeared in yet another swirl of leaves.
The people still in the forest clearing, seeing no reason of sticking around, made their way back to Rei's shrine. Luna and Artemis, who had been watching from the branches, jumped down before settling on the shoulders of their charges Usagi and Minako.
"Well, I'd say that went pretty well, don't you think?" That was the wrong thing to say, as being subjected to more than a few death glares made the white cat realize.
"What was that, Artemis?" Minako's tone was way too sweet for his liking, and decided to do the smart thing and shut up.
Luna interceded before her companion made another dumb comment. "You must admit, that boy's teachings will be more than beneficial for your battles against the Dark Kingdom."
"Yea, but does he have to push us so hard? And he even said that it was going to be much harder! It couldn't get worse, even if he wore some hideous outfit and shouted annoying comments without end!"
On a training field in another dimension, two familiar green-jumpsuit wearing males were having a light warm-up, when suddenly the both of them sneezed.
"Hmm, it appears a youthful somebody is thinking about us Gai-sensei!"
"Yes, they must be praising us for our YOUTFULNESS!"
"YOSH, THEN I SHALL SHOW THIS PERSON HOW MUCH POWER OF YOUTH I HAVE BY RUNNING FIVE HUNDRED LAPS AROUND THIS CLEARING, AND IF I CAN'T DO THAT I'LL DO ONE THOUSAND ONE HANDED PUSH-UPS!"
"AND IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT MY STUDENT, I'LL DO TWO THOUSAND KICKS, AND IF I FALL SHORT OF MY GOAL THEN I WILL RUN ONE HUNDRED MILES ON MY HANDS!"
"YOSH! IF YOU BREAK YOUR ARMS BEFORE REACHING THAT GOAL GAI-SENSEI, THEN I'LL RUSH YOU TO THE KONOHA HOSPITAL IN UNDER THREE MINUTES!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GAI-SENSEI!"
Why do I have the feeling I/she just unleashed something horrific and…youthful? Usagi thought to herself, unknown to her the rest of them shared the same sentiments as a shiver crawled down their spines.
"Well, as the saying goes, 'no pain, no gain'. Looking at how much pain you girls are in, I could say that boy takes it to heart" Artemis advised.
"Well, at least Meitsuki-sensei finally showed us his face" Minako said before her face took on a more girlish expression. "And what a face it was, I mean it looked like the face of a prince!"
The younger girls' blushed faintly as his visage appeared at the forefront of their minds again. Setsuna, who was following at the rear, looked thoughtful though, something Michiru took notice of.
"Setsuna, is there something wrong?"
The green haired woman was startled from her thinking at the inquiry, composing herself before answering. "It is nothing, just…something felt strange about his face?"
"What do you mean, Setsuna?" Hotaru asked one of her adult figures. The rest of the Senshi had also turned their attention to the older Sailor soldier.
"I can not be sure, but I do not think that was his real face."
"Are you sure?"
Luna spoke up, answering Makoto's question. "Setsuna is right. Artemis and I also felt something off about him from the time he revealed his presence, though neither of us could tell what it was."
"What?!" Usagi yelled vocally. "Why would Tsuki-sensei do that?!"
"Obviously because he doesn't want us to see his real face, Odango-atama" Rei retorted. Usagi was about to retort, undoubtedly setting off another argument, but Mamoru intervened readily.
"Calm down Usako" he said, wrapping an arm around her. It worked well enough.
"That doesn't explain why he'd want to keep his face hidden though or how he does it."
None of them could form a sufficient explanation about it.
"Maybe it was a mask?"
"It would have had to have been a very good one for none of us to notice."
"He might have dyed his hair and worn contacts."
"Yea, but then why didn't he do that until now? Not only that, but I don't those eyes could be like that from contacts."
"What about you Ami, do you have any ideas?"
Everyone looked at the blue haired girl, who shifted nervously at the attention being drawn to her.
"W-well, remember when Meitsuki-sensei mentioned those three shinobi arts?"
"Taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu?" Chibiusa guessed, getting a nod of affirmation from Ami.
"Yes…maybe Meitsuki-sensei was using one of those things? Maybe something he couldn't use until recently?" The girls all thought about that for about three seconds, before realizing that that idea was loads better than any of their crap ideas.
"Ami, you're a genious!" Minako shouted, making the blue haired girl blush at the praise.
"So all we have to do is learn how to use this chakra-" Usagi began.
"Then Meitsuki will teach us whatever he did to disguise his face and how to fight it-" Chibiusa added.
"And then we can find out what he really looks like!" both the girls said at the same time in an eerie sister fashion. Though the idea was very appealing to all the friends gathered there.
"Well, it looks like Setsuna and Rei are already ahead of us on that, so it's up to you two to unmask him!"
"And why would I want to do that?" the shrine maiden asked.
Usagi looked at her incredulously. "Come on Rei, you can't say you aren't curious about what he really looks like?!
"That's not the point. There must be a good reason he has for keeping it a secret, and we don't have the right to force him to show us."
"Rei places a valid argument. It would not be courteous of us to expose his identity unwillingly."
"Not you too Setsuna!"
Well, I think that went pretty well, right Kyuubi? Naruto thought as his sweat stained body met the warm, calming effects of bath water. His cloak was already taken by a Kage Bunshin to be patched up and washed while he relaxed a bit before more training. Never would have imagined for any of them to unlock their chakra on the first day.
"Yes, and it is most likely that all of them have the same talent in this case" Naruto heard Kyuubi's voice echo in his mind. "There was a strange feeling I got, however."
Huh, weird, I had a strange feeling too. What was your's?
"There were some abnormalities in their chakra signatures. Their chakra was different than the average shinobi. Not like a demon's would be, but not like you guys. If I had to speculate, I'd say there powers as Senshi have done something to their chakra system."
Well, until I start teaching them how to use it, we'll just have to be patient. But that wasn't the strange feeling I got.
"What was it?"
I can't really describe it that well. It was like…I've done it before or something similar…but this was our first day of training…you don't think I'm going crazy do you?!
Hmm, should I tell the brat about that strange door? ...Nah, he can find out about it by himself. Better for him in the long run, can't help him with everything after all The fox thought to himself before answering his container. "No, I doubt you're going crazy. Then again, your stupidity makes it hard to tell if you're not crazy already."
Shut up baka kitsune!
Feeling he'd spent enough time relaxing, Naruto got out of the tub and wrapped a towel around him before heading to his room. Once inside, he put on his regular training outfit, foregoing the cloak for now as he went back outside.
"Hurry it up brat, you still got two more hours of the pole exercise before working on some chakra control, not to mention a new Katon technique I'm going to show you."
Naruto just mumbled indistinctly about 'slave driving foxes' and 'sadistic assfucks' as he went back outside for more grueling training. He would have to end it a bit early today, he did have some poor souls to mess with tomorrow. Suddenly a malicious, evil idea hit him like a freight train. He wanted to annoy some unfortunate souls tomorrow...so, what better way to do it than emulate his favorite, if only, lazy, perverted, face hiding sensei?
"Man, kit. That is just cruel, what did they ever do to you?"
Nothing, but you have to admit it is too good an idea to pass up.
"...True. Do it."
The Senshi suddenly had an unholy feeling that tomorrow was going to be a bad day for them.
True to form, Meitsuki did copy one of his second sensei's (since he always though of Iruka as his first) favorite mannerisms to annoy people. Because of that, he appeared in a swirl of leaves in front of the eleven Senshi…at 9 o'clock sharp. Exactly as planned.
Now, Five Easy Steps to Act Like an Annoying Bastard of a Sensei:
Step 1: Arrive incredibly late compared to students.
"Yo" Meitsuki said dully, walking up without a care in the world.
"YOU'RE LATE SENSEI!!" was the reply of most of them. Rei and Ami could just hold in their own yells, though it was obviously they were just as mad. Having to wake up early for two days in a row, and having to wait three hours doing nothing while being hungry would do that. Michiru was too focused on holding Haruka back from trying to punch his face in to shout at him, and Setsuna…was being Setsuna. But silver eyed shinobi could see the building frustration in her emerald eyes as well.
Man, it's just like Shino…only a bit more expressive.
"Meitsuki, is there a particular excuse for your tardiness?" Setsuna, being the calmest of the group, decided to speak the question plaguing their minds.
Meitsuki had to try very hard to suppress a grin from splitting his face in two. "Oh, well you see…I was on my way here when a black cat crossed my path, so I had to go the long way around."
Step 2: Use an annoying and obvious lie for an excuse.
"Tsuki-sensei, how can a black cat cross your path when you just do that cool leaf teleporting thing here?"
True, it was a stupid question, considering it was such an obvious lie, but everybody still stared at Usagi in surprise at how true it was. Stupid, but true.
"Well, that move is actually just high speed movement, so technically I'm still running, just too fast for you to see." He couldn't help but humor her, and he was having a hard time not falling down on his ass to laugh his head off.
After calming himself down a bit, Meitsuki turned to look at his gathering of 'students', his face set in a serious gaze that told them to pay attention. "Now, I believe it is time for our test to begin, shall we?" He suddenly pulled out…five silver bells dangling on separate strings from one of his cloak's pockets.
"Are you really giving them this test?"
Of course, why not? Just wish I had some logs to tie the losers to. Oh well, can't get everything.
"Now, your test for this morning is very simple…or not so simple depending on how you look at it. Basically, it's an all out battle, and your mission is to take these bells from me. 'What is so important about these little bells?' your faces are asking me. Really, it's not the bells themselves that are important, only that" as the cloaked sensei was talking, a Kage Bunshin came down from the tree-tops, carrying what appeared to be five bento boxes "the people who get a bell are the ones to get lunch."
That bastard, that's why he said not to eat breakfast! Was the theme of everyone's thoughts.
"But Meitsuki-sensei, I only see five bells in your hand?" Hotaru pointed out. His gentle smile became a vicious smirk that did not bode well for any of them.
"Well Hotaru, unfortunately for you guys, I was running short on cash, which means I only had enough for five bentos. I suppose that means only five of you get lunch before training."
"WHAT! That's not fair!"
Step Three: Create an exercise with conditions that will ensure pissed off losers.
"Life isn't always fair. Besides, I consider it 'personal motivation'. You all will just have to try harder to take these from me is all. Plus" he added, pulling out a small alarm clock with his other hand "You all have until twelve o'clock until this test is over. So, if none of you have a bell by that time, I guess I'll just have to eat them all in front of you."
That comment was met with some severe death glares and growling stomachs, but he just waved them off.
"Two small hints for you guys though" he said cheerfully, but then his face turned deadly serious, so much so that it startled them, "1, you should probably find a place to hide and plan, and 2…if you don't come at me with the intent to kill, you'll never stand a chance."
Taking his words to heart, the Senshi all rushed for the surrounding wildlife in an attempt to get to safety and make their plans. They've seen him fight enough youma with them that it would be difficult to get those bells. And they did not want to be the ones to go through a day of training without breakfast and lunch.
Meitsuki looked around for a few seconds, expecting to see an empty clearing. It was to his surprise and mild disappointment to see a two familiar faces. He thought it ironic that it was both the tomboys of the group to stay for a fight.
"I suppose there's a reason you two decided to ignore such helpful advice, I hope?"
"Hell, there's no way I'm going to wait when I finally have the chance to kick your ass, gaki!" Haruka yelled out, changing into Sailor Uranus. In the wildlife, Michiru couldn't help but sigh exasperated at her significant other.
Haruka-chan sure acts different with Meitsuki. Even when a person would question her gender, she doesn't usually get so angry or keep a grudge this long. I wonder what about Meitsuki makes him able to get under her skin?
Makoto followed the sandy blonde's lead, becoming the familiar Sailor Jupiter. "And I've been waiting a while for the chance to spar against you Meitsuki-sensei!"
"Hmm, well, I suppose there is nothing to do about it now. So, you two will be the first to learn Shinobi Tactics #1: Taijutsu." They two women began to charge at him, but faltered when he reached into a pocket of his cloak. Expecting to see a weapon of some kind, like his swords, so nearly face-faulted, along with the others hiding in the woods, when he instead pulled out a book, whilst slouching into a lackadaisical position that'd make the masked pervert jounin proud. The book it self's cover read: BLEACH VOLUME 2. The blonde in disguise had been sorely tempted to take out a hentai book, but didn't want to have to deal with the feminine fury. He was surrounded by ten girls right now after all.
Besides he thought, flipping through another page, the first volume Ami got me was way more awesome than those dirty books of Ero-sennin's.
Why the heck is he reading a book at a time like this? Makoto thought to herself. Haruka, on the other hand, was a little more vocal about it.
"Hey, instead of reading that book, you should be focused on the fight!"
His silver eyes with black tomoe stared back at them dully for a couple of seconds before turning back to his book. "Oh don't worry about me, whether I'm reading or not isn't going to affect this outcome."
Hehehe…Step 4: Insult students' capabilities in the bluntest ways.
Both of the tomboys in front of him bristled at the insult. Makoto especially; she worked her hardest to become well versed in martial arts, and she felt proud in her own skills.
Insult me like that will he?! He is so dead!
Still reading his book, Meitsuki could see the two in front of him charging in a rage from over the pages. He had to commend them for their speed at least, it was probably around low-mid Chunnin level. He absently wondered if any of them realized that he had left the weight bands off for this test.
Shouldn't let my thoughts wander like that right now Meitsuki thought to himself, turning his attention back to the two in front of him. Concentrating on charging at their temporary sensei, the two didn't notice the black tomoe in his mirror like eyes begin to spin. Tsk Tsk Tsk. How well do they expect that to work? Oh well, it's their chance for getting lunch, not mine.
And now, Step Five: Defeat students in the most humiliating of ways. As Kakashi-sensei would say…time to screw with them.
De-Raz: Well, I hope you all enjoyed this newest addition to Ninja and Senshi Clash! So please remember to read and review!
Now, my plot bunny ADD scattered brain keeps on coming up with more of these little story ideas, so now I have yet two more ideas along with the 2 from last chapter (turn back if you forgot them). Just so you all don't worry, I won't be starting any of these until I'm at least almost done with this, so don't worry that I'm abandoning this or something. These are just ideas of future stories I might make, and you'll find them on my profile as well.
So here are two more ideas I came up with:
Story Title: Haven't thought of it yet, duh!
Story Elements: Final Fantasy 12xNaruto
Rating: T or M (Don't expect any K or K+ from me)
Summary: The Yondaime Hokage has successfully sealed away the Kyuubi no Kitsune, but the fox, anticipating its hosts' future torture in Konoha, teleports the boy away to the land of Ivalice, where he is found and raised. However, when the Archadian Empire begins its conquest, where is Naruto to turn to for allies other than the land of his birth?
Story Title: Not sure
Story Elements: NarutoxVampire Knights
Rating: M
Summary: We all know the common names the populace gives our blonde hero-Demon Brat, Killer, Monster. However, what if those words were truer than they thought, and it wasn't because of the Kyuubi? Discovering his heritage, and the knowledge of what he is from a major tragedy, Naruto leaves Konoha, only to find Otogakure and a certain snake?
So yea, those are two more ideas. Tell me what you think of them, but you're going to have to review to do it!
SO REVIEW PLZ, AND HAVE AN AWESOME SUMMER!