Chapter 11
The three bandits rushed forward, each grabbing a weapon as Naruto grouched. He jumped and with a flip landed on a high pillar. The three bandits in that moment of Naruto's jump. Spread out and bounced off multiple pillars and each were now in the air with their weapons held high.
Naruto gripped his blade. And closed his eyes. As they closed in time seemed to slow as wind slowly rippled into the air and in that small instant turned into a vortex of wind. Naruto vanished with its appearance and as quickly as the wind appeared. It vanished. Naruto appeared in the air and flipped, landing on in a crouch. His sword clicked back into place and the three bandits flopped to the floor.
Their bodies slashed up by the wind. Well to the eyes of the viewers. But Goku saw under that.
Naruto had delivered multiple slashes with in the wind as he attacked. Using his speed, chi and wind in combination.
And Goku knew one more thing. Naruto wasn't even getting his work out. That's why he was put through that training room. To come up with his own style of attacks.
The leader scowled as snapped his fingers.
"Seems this kid is quick. Shun. You're up."
Naruto picked up a noise and his body quickly reacted as Naruto jumped back from a wide slash. The blond skidded back and looked at the black spandex covered bandit. Naruto watched before he could blink, the man vanished. Naruto drew his blade and deflected the stab to his right as the blond was pushed back. Both his sword and the man's blade locked together.
Naruto noticed movement and jumped up as he evaded a slash from a kunai blade. Naruto flipped and growled. This guy was quick. But... Naruto was quicker.
In that instant before every one's eyes. They vanished.
The monks glanced about trying to find them. Even the bandits.
The only ones who didn't look about. Were the leader and Unido. Goku was watching the whole thing with ease.
Instantly one of the pillars shattered and smoke filled the spot. With two pings the bandit was kicked out of the smoke and Naruto landed on the pillar with a crouch. The bandit had flipped and pressed against the pillar. His left arm holding on. His right was rubbing his chest from the kick. The bandit looked up with a scowl. Naruto smirked.
Unido blinked.
While the bandit was lightly breathing. Naruto looked unfazed. Amazing, even after doing what he did to the three bandits and the speed he pulled with this guy.
Naruto leaned to the side and vanished. The bandit spun and kicked out, catching Naruto in the cheek as the blond came from the right, Naruto flipped and quickly moved his body as kunai were lunched at him. Naruto then caught two in the air and deflected before throwing them back. The bandit jumped away and landed back in the open area. Naruto landed to the side of a pillar. His chakra keeping him held tight to the side.
'He's good. He's not just about speed. It's been really hard to hit him directly. He quick to meet me, but I'm his level. I can see why he was chosen. But unlike me... His stamina isn't holding out. Give it a bit more time.'
Naruto vanished again and the bandits jumped to the side with a roll as Naruto skidded passed the bandit's spot. His blade just touching the ground with a ping. At that moment the ground sliced up by a vortex of wind.
'He saw through that. Guess I should have expected it.' Naruto mussed as he glanced to the damaged zone.
"Watch out!" A monk yelled as Naruto glanced to his left. With a flick of Naruto's wrist he twisted round, dodging the blade. Naruto looked up and held his palm flat.
But instead of attacking. Naruto let it slide by. He flipped back onto his feet as the bandit flipped onto his.
"What's the idea? Think I'm not worth attacking in that position?" The bandit growled.
"No... You would have hit me if it weren't for the monk. I'd let myself lose focus for that second. So instead of attacking. I let it pass to make it even. But I won't be making the same mistake again.
"Good... It be a shame to kill you... Now it's time to show you something special." He said forming a half seal.
The ninja sheathed his blade and formed a second half seal side on. "Just to let you know..." The bandit spoke. Naruto blinked.
The fatigue had vanished from the man.
"Never underestimate a ninja. Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Instantly 5 more bandits appeared.
"Shit..." Naruto flipped to his side as a stab at his back appeared. He then lean his bode back to dodge the wide swing. And just as the other three had him. Naruto vanished in the blink of an eye. Naruto smirked from above before he sensed killing intent. Naruto glanced back as the man slashed at the blond. Naruto's body faded as the blade cut him in two,
"What?!" The man yelled before a kick met his face. Goku smirked from below.
Seems Naruto had figured out how to do after image... That or he's just plain lucky.
Naruto glanced down and saw the bandits running in a circle.
"Futon!" Naruto looked to the bandit he kicked away. "Soudai Kachuu!"
Instantly a vortex of wind began to rise. Naruto smirked. He cupped his hands back. "Wont... Work!" Naruto yelled as he pushed his palms forward. "Kazehameha!"
Goku chuckled as he watched the wind tunnel counter the vortex and destroy the ground and clones.
The wind destruction wave. Interesting.
Naruto rotated and landed on the floor with a crouch. Naruto then turned to the bandit who was not pleased Naruto smirked. Naruto paled and the bandit swung his blade.
"I won't be fooled by the same more that failed before!" The bandit yelled as he sliced the faded image of Naruto. "What?!"
Naruto's fist connected with the bandit and the man flew across the ground and slid before the leader's feet. Naruto smiled as he appeared in front of the bandits. The three other bandits had slowly made their way back to their comrades.
'This child...' The leader glanced to his men. "Bring it out." The men nod and slowly they stepped aside as one brought a scroll forward. The scroll was as big as the man carrying it. "You leave me no choice!" He waved the man forward. "I told you we had something to deal with you... Looks like this child has forced my hand... Do it."
The bandit in a cloak nods and rolled the scroll out. A large seal was on it. A seal appeared round the cloaked figure and a chant could be heard.
Naruto tensed as the seal glowed and the symbols moved. Unido was interested in this change of events.
"What's he..."
"A spell summon."
"Spell...? Wait, you don't mean that there are still people out there?" Unido asked surprised. Mage's or spell casters were thought to have vanished nearly 300 years ago. Only in history were they ever mentioned a small bit before... Well the history that far back had been destroyed because of a great battle. So any mention before that was small till they vanished from the world. Having thought to have died out.
The cloak figure stuck his arm forward and a large 6 point star with a circle rose up. "Rise from the depts. Of hell and turn our foes to ashes. Awaken!"
Slowly smoke seeped out across the ground and Goku glanced to Unido. The monk nods.
"Everyone, get some distance!" The group all jump back after that, giving Naruto more room to fight.
Slowly the ground began to shake. And Naruto slowly stepped back as the large shadow began to loom over him. The blond jumped as a large spiked tail stabbed at his spot and Naruto glared hard at the large dark blue stone shard like body. The glowing red eyes. The beast looked at him and with a mighty, earth shaking roar. Naruto couldn't believe the large four legged beast he was seeing. But that's when he heard it.
"Demon...!!!" Naruto glanced back as he heard the monk.
"Boy!" Unido yelled as Naruto quickly looked to the demon and jumped out of its tail strike.
Unido was about to acted when Goku put his arm out. "Leave this to Naruto..." Unido growled at Goku.
"How can you leave that boy to fight?! That's got to be at least level 3 class. I won't stand back and let..."
"Naruto can handle this Unido... Have faith in him... He's got what it takes..." Unido looked at Goku. He may now understand everything... But Naruto's just a boy!
"Naruto can win. Have faith in who he is..." Unido turned back to the blond.
'He slip's up once... I'm stopping this.'
The beast's mouth open and a beam hit Naruto's position. A large explosion whipped up and Naruto quickly appeared, jumping from rock shard to rock shard. Naruto put his hand on the rock, and with a flip double kicked the rock at the demon. The rock exploded and the beast looked at Naruto with a roar and swung its tail.
Naruto saw the tail and flipped backwards. 'Shit, got no choice... Time for the big guns!' Naruto took off into the sky, out of the beast's range. "Ka..." Naruto roared out as he cupped his hands forward. "Me...." His hand's slid back to his side. "Ha.... Me...." Slowly, energy gathers, leaving the area in light blue.
The beast roared at Naruto as the blond growled out his attack. With a thrust of his hands. "Ha...!!!" A blue beam fired out at the demon.
The ground below glowed red and a red beam, larger and faster than the kamehameha fired back.
Naruto could only see a blinding light. And was hit full force by a super stretched tail. Naruto impacted the ground hard.
"Ugh..." Naruto grunted as he pushed himself up. "Man that's strong..." Naruto saw a shadow and jumped back. The blond skidded and thumped his hands into the ground.
Shards of earth shot up and stabbed into the demons legs. As it roared Naruto swirled his hands on the ground and earth swirled up in a spiral to trap the legs. The beast began to struggle. Naruto smirked.
"Trapped by the legs... Now for the final capture!" Naruto stood and jumped. The beast swung its tail at the blond which Naruto spun past. With a draw of his sword he sliced it off.
The beast roared in pain as Naruto put his hand on it back. His hand glowed and instantly the beast was engulfed in a blast of energy.
As the smoke cleared the demons body smoked and faded into masses of energy. Naruto dropped through and landed.
The bandits gasped. The leader remained calm. "To be able to beat that... Who is this boy...?" The mage behind the leader muttered.
'This kid... He's not normal. But then again...' His eyes moved to Goku. 'This guy seems to be the one who trained him... They both came here when we encountered them... Damn...' The leader sighed.
"Guess we know when where beat..." The leader stated. The group behind him blinked. "We are out matched by a child... He's beaten our best..." He said with his eyes closed. "We have no choice but to stand down... If this kid trained here... What's our chances of beating the rest..." He turned and began to walk down past his men.
"We will leave you be... But this is our home as much as your monks..." He said glancing back. "We'll meet again..." With that his men followed.
Naruto blinked. "He didn't seem so bad..." Naruto muttered while scratching his head. Goku chuckled behind the blond.
"He just knows when he's met his match. He's a wise leader... He may be a bandit... But he knows his stuff... I have no doubt he'll come again Unido..." Goku said turning to his friend. "Prepare yourself... Naruto won't be here next time to save you." Unido chuckled.
"It's been fun Goku-dono... I look forward to seeing you again." Goku smiled with a nod.
"I hope so too..." With that the pair turned to leave. Goku then stopped. "That's right!" Naruto blinked. "Unido-san... Naruto's..." Unido blinked.
"Of course...! I forgot with what happened." Naruto blinked.
'What?'
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It was misty in Konoha... And in the street, a large cart rested outside a small shack. A loud tapping could be heard. A hammer hitting a nail over a sign.
"Well... Guess we have no choice..." The male spoke as he stepped away from the closed down sign. It was the old man of the ramen shop. His daughter sighed at her father.
"Was Naruto really that important to the shop? I mean we still got business while Naruto was gone." The old man turns to his daughter with tears falling down his face.
"He was the most important thing to our business..." His daughter sweat dropped at her father. Her father walked up to the cart. "We best be going... Maybe we'll find another ramen loving child like Naruto..."
As they walked off a figure appeared from a roof top and landed in front of the shop.
"Argh! No way! Why kami-sama... Why have you taken my food of the gods...?" The two shop owners stopped and turned to the cloaked figure.
"Damn it....!!!" The hood fell and the pair saw a blond hair whiskered blond.
"Naruto!" The pair yelled as Naruto blinked.
"Hm..." His eyes shot open wide. "Old man! What the hell!" Naruto yelled pointing at the sign. "I come here looking for the best ramen ever... And you're closing down... Is this some kind of sick joke?! I was only gone for the summer..." Naruto said.
"Ayame... Open up! Our best customer is hungry!!!" Ayame sighed. "It's good to have you back Naruto... What you been doing? It's been so quiet without you around." Naruto chuckled.
"Just training is all..."
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A few days passed. And the next six months of Naruto's ninja training began. But Naruto couldn't let the year start without a bang right?
The 3rd yawned as he got out of bed. He looked out his window to look at his young face on the mountain. His eyes shot out and wide.
"Huargh!!!" Echoed out across the village. The old man just stared... Gasoing at the sight of his face.
A great big moustache... Was moulded onto his face. And not any kind. But a great big cowboy style cartoon one
"Hahaha!!!" The old man looked up to the small dot atop the head. A blond laughing his head off.
"Konoha! I'm back! And I'm starting this new term with a bang!!! Haha!"
"Naruto! You little bastard! What have you done to my face!!"
Naruto grinned as he stood with his arms crossed. The sun resting on his new clothing.
He wore a back tank top under a long sleeve haori. It was white with blue criss-cross diamond patterns down the right and left side. His cuffs and the waist line in the same design. A blue sash tied at the waist. With hung at the sides. He also had his orange wrist bands.
Naruto wore baggy white hakama. With orange shin ribbons and black sandles that stopped below the ankle. The hakama stopped just above the ankle. The cuff line with in the same pattern as the haori. The blond had a gold sash round the top of his hakama, hidden by the hanging haori. Naruto grinned.
"My best outfit yet... And all for Konoha to see..." The blond smiled as he looked out over the village.
If there was one thing he would protect most for his village. It was to see this view every day.
And with that he took off. The 3rd sighed as he heard yells and curses as shinobi chased after the blond. The hokage smiled.
'It's good to see your back... And unharmed to Naruto... But...' He looked at his face again. 'You are so going to be stuck doing d-rank missions for the rest of your life on this stunt of yours...'
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"Aaahh..." Naruto sighed as he rested in the play ground at lunch. It was good to be back in school. But he must admit. He misses the temples just as much. They showed no indifference to him. While people still showed fear or hate to him.
Which left him wondering on the stuff he already knew... Why do people hate him? Sure he guessed that no one but a small trusted few knew he was the son of the fourth... But that didn't explain why he would be treated so bad?
He knew Goku knew why. But he didn't seem to want to tell him yet... But, then again, a guy who can see the future must know when he would be told... That's why he makes everything he knows more annoying to get out of him.
Well he had two choice... Go and find out through intelligence gathering... Or wait till he's told through some strange event.
The fact that this intelligence could be far more difficult. Naruto was hoping for a strange event that would tell him. He grinned.
He'd wait... But only for so long.
"Oi Naruto..." Naruto blinked and looked down. Shikamaru and Chouji stood at the base of the tree he was in. Naruto hopped down.
"Yo Shikamaru... Chouji." Naruto said with a grin.
"Where did you go all summer? I thought you were kidnapped or something when you left with that old man." Naruto grinned rubbing the back of his head.
"Sorry, I know we normally do shougi during that time... But I was training... And ugh, you haven't said this to anyone right?" Shikamaru shook his head.
"It was too troublesome to go through with it... Having to explain all the details of events, what the guy looked like. I was even wondering if I should mention if you didn't show up today."
"Gee... How nice of you... But it's good you didn't. I've been learning a lot. And I'm still learning... So you'll have to excuse me when I vanish for the winter holidays... Secret training and all that."
"Sigh... Fine... But anyway..." Naruto nods.
"Sure why not... And I'll show you something cool. And remember, don't tell any one." Naruto then glanced about, and used his senses to check any presences on him. With nothing to worry about. Naruto summoned a stone table up from the ground.
"Doton without seals?" Naruto grinned.
"Trust me; this is far more advanced than any doton." Naruto said with a smile. "I'll start." Shikamaru nods as he put the shougi board down. The three sat on stone chairs as they played.
Strangely enough, no one questioned how the three got a stone table on by the tree's...
The days went by and Naruto's training paid off. His taijutsu levels had shot up in his grades. Staying the best in his class. Much to someone's annoyance. His genjutsu still failed below everyone's. And his ninjutsu was marked high.
Over the time at each temple. And learning new styles of chakra control. Naruto's chakra was steadying out.
Now he could do the one jutsu he had trouble with.
Bunshin no jutsu... True, he could do one full clone. But that was his main goal. And he couldn't be happier.
And following behind his ninjutsu. Was his weapon skills.
Over all, Naruto was lined at the top of the class with Shino and Sasuke. He had even got better in the brains department.
That was one thing Goku and his temple sensei's got through to him. All the things he's learnt to date. Has helped him improve. And this was still only half of Naruto's training.
He still had away to go... Naruto could only wonder after all the temples he's been too... Would he be a rank chunin with his level? Even before becoming a genin?
This made Naruto giddy. To think he could be that good before leaving. And what's even better is he's had battle expirence.
So in away, he was a full fledge genin with field experience. And no student could say there any better.
But one thing's for sure. Goku made it clear not to let it go to his head.
He may be skilled. But there are still strong people out there. There were those kinds of people, shinobi or otherwise. That have skills that Naruto will have to face and over come. And learn from errors from true life or death ninja battles.
True, he's come close in some places. But Naruto's had only had one ninja battle. Time will only tell if he can handle more when time comes, against large groups of shinobi or really skilled ones.
This only made Naruto excited. To have foes still stronger out then him out there. It was a good thing for him. The only way to improve is to fight stronger foes. And beat them against the odds.
Goku's done this before. He's battle incredible foes. And come out of it with greater experience and knowledge.
Naruto was going to follow that example. He wasn't going to go out there to remove them strong foes. Instead, he'll let them go and get stronger. So he could fight them again and see if he's improved as much as they have.
True, their maybe people that will have to go to the other side. Naruto knew this much for his job as a ninja.
But Naruto would only know by fighting the person. If they can change or not.
And so... The day's turned into weeks. And slowly the month's rolled by. His 11th birthday pasted without a hitch. But he didn't get anything new.
Goku had stated to him. He would get a new sword by Christmas. As he would have had a year's experience with his old one. But he mustn't stop training.
Using different blades made it more difficult for foes to gauge a foe. But Goku did give him something. A new book on seals. And requested to Naruto to make special storage seals one could attach to the body. As it would help when he could draw and seal a weapon away without it slowing you down.
This was a good idea. With two blades. It would be hard to carry them both and fight hand to hand. And a scroll took time.
So by making seal's on the clothing. And remembering what each one had. Naruto could seal all sorts of unique tools on the body without his foe even thinking he's a threat.
This was something Naruto was going to accomplish...
But... Like all sealers. It takes time to make a great seal.
Winter was coming. And so was the holidays.
Goku had requested Naruto to be ready the day he finishes to be off to the lightning temple. But Naruto had to do something first.
Let the poor hokage know he was heading off. Or meet a painful fate with his traps.
Naruto never let it be known that he knew the old man knew of his painful ends with the traps. He had set them up so unique that the anbu couldn't even put them back right. And he knew he'd got the old man. Tch, like anyone but him would come visit. He always left to see Goku. And no one ever came to his place.
Plus... The old man had quizzed the blond hard and fast about where he'd been all summer. And Naruto said the simplest answer.
Off training in a secret location. One that he would never tell a soul of.
The old man could only sigh at that. He guessed it was good he had a place to train. Unlike the other children. Naruto had no one to help him. So if the boy had a place to train and improve to this level on his own. Or with some ones help, though he would never ask. He'd let the boy be and hope he would tell him one day.
And so, with Naruto's word to the old man about heading off for Christmas training. Much to the old man's sadness he couldn't have time to spend with the boy. He told the blond he would pay for his ramen when he returned.
He said by to the ramen owners, promising to rack up a large bowl count on his return. Naruto left with Goku and out to the land of lightning...
It was a total of 3 days to reach his knew place of training. And Naruto had about 2 weeks before he returned to konoha. So he had to work hard.
His new sensei, a man named Raichi. A dark skinned man with a powerful lightning ability. A man who could rival the next in line for raikage and his rapping brother. Though Naruto didn't know he was a jinchuuriki.
Naruto had to go by the name of Gohan again. And he found out, why lightning was an advanced art.
Lightning was a free and powerful element. His wind was its enemy. But it didn't hinder his skills.
It was because of his wind limit. That he could control lightning. But he also found it to be his weakest ability of all the temples. Raichi stated that when Naruto found that many of his lightning strikes did very little.
It was because lightning require a more serious emotion. It requires one to dig into emotions that require pain and anger.
Lightning isn't a friendly element. This is where lightning takes its own place.
Fire
Water
Earth
Wind
These four elements are the key to the earth.
Lightning
This ability is something only few have the gift. And even lightning ninja don't all have the greatest ability with it.
It require a darker part of you to draw on the lightning. Which was something Naruto would only use when he was out for the kill. Raichi made that clear.
He could never use lightning as he was. Yes he'd learn it. But he'd need hate or some kind of dark emotion to give its real effect. Only then, could Naruto control that power.
Naruto found it cool to learn lightning. He had to stand out in open spaces. And channel his energy into fine powerful strikes. Lightning was fast and that's how it's fighting style worked. Fast and sharp blows.
Naruto had one training exercise, after he learns to summon lightning. Was to send a current from one finger to the next. And work out. Till he could stretch his arms out wide and have a current run along.
That was more for show of power. But Naruto wouldn't be able to use it properly.
He spent his Christmas there on his last day. And got given a new blade. Naruto had also been hold of how to control his weight seal.
True the seal hadn't been used since he got the clothing. But Naruto had wanted to begin upping his weights since he heard Goku's story.
Naruto sealed his old blade into a scroll, as he was still working on his seal. And wore his knew blade.
A wikizashi, this blade fell into the shoto, while his old kodachi fell into the daito. Though Naruto didn't have his katana yet. Naruto's weapon's fell under the title of daisho, as he now had a shoto and daito as most samurai do.
But he wasn't just going to go for his katana when he became a ninja. He was determined to get the final two himself. A nodachi, being even longer than a katana and a tsurugi, a double edged long sword.
Since he first got his blade Naruto had come interested in that style. And studied about the sorts or blades out there, and even though Naruto has selected a few so far. He's going to collect one of each of the best blades he can.
He was going to learn and master each of the sword arts to the best of his abilities. And when he took on his own student's... He will pass his own wisdom and knowledge onto them.
But that bit he pushed away for the future.
He had years to master each blade. And for now, with his wikizashi in the jindachi-zukuri style with the edge down.
Took off with his sensei into the night. The final temple to come awaited the blond.
The temple of fire.
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Sigh... Man that has been fun. And I'm slightly cursing for not giving him the wikizashi first. As the wikizashi is shorter than the kodachi.
Anyway, seems I've given Naruto a bit of a love for the sword... I think it's more fun.
Naruto's going to hunt out his blades and learn the way of the swordsman? Maybe, but I say he's in more line of the warrior. Which I think is a good title for the next one on. Naruto's path of the warrior... Good title I say.
Sorry if you wanted more on the lightning temple. But I felt it was a suited area to skip this. As even I don't know the ins and outs of this skill. Which I say is bad of me...
So what if Naruto can't master lightning like the others. Leave it to kyuubi Naruto to use lightning... If he even goes that far of course?
I choose the jindachi-zukuri style for the fact Naruto's using a different blade. The kodachi looks better if you draw it blade edge up. While I would think the wikizashi looks nice being drawn with the edge down.
If there are specialist's in this area. Offer me advice. It would be nice.
Who else here thinks this has a bit of a bleach feel?
I was also thinking, that if I combine ninjutsu and chi attacks...
Do we get Kido?
It's a thought for the future. Where Naruto finds a point his ability lays a neither side of scale. But a combination of both. See I see it like this.
Naruto, bleach and dragon ball in powers.
Naruto's skills can't meet bleach while I say chi out does bleach full out.
What do you guys think? It's a plan for the main story.
I will leave you now. Got chapter 12 to do. Also go check out movie one and chapter 9 in my new story part. Make sure you read the index on that story. It will explain something first.
And one last note. We're nearing the end of Naruto's training arc. Won't say till I get there. But I'll leave you to guess where the arc finishes...
The movie and chapter 9 will be up in the next few days.