Steve: (Watches as Hinata sulks in a corner) I said I was sorry... URK! (Freezes as Hinata looks at him with tears in her eyes)
Hinata: ... Not good enough.
Steve: (Gets down on his knees) I'm sorry! Please! I'll do anything, but please stop sulking!
Hinata: Anything... (Steve nods) Good! I want a lemon soon with Naruto-kun!
Steve: (Blinks) Um... Sure, I guess...
Hinata: (Starts jumping around in joy) YESSSSSS!
Yui: (Looks at Steve before whispering) Um... Weren't you going to do one anyways?
Steve: Well yeah... but she doesn't need to know that, now does she?
Yui: (Shakes her head) I can't believe you...
Steve: (Shrugs before turning to Hinata) Anyways, if you two would do the disclaimer?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
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Watching over Hinata in her hospital bed, Naruto smirks as the memories of the clone he left behind comes to him. Hearing her groan, he looks back down with a sad look in his eyes. 'Hinata-chan…'Hearing the door open, he turns to see Hanabi enter the room. "Hello Hanabi-chan. How's it going?" She looks at him with a smile.
"It's going good Naruto-kun…" She looks at Hinata and her smile disappears. "Well, except for the obvious that is." Naruto nods as he conjures a chair for her to sit in, which she does. Looking at the depressed Naruto, she reaches over and squeezes his hand. "We already heard what happened. And neither Chichiue, Okaa-san, or myself blame you. Neji-nii-san should never have taken it as far as he did." Naruto sighs and shakes his head.
"Even if he did, I still kept pushing her to keep fighting… even when I knew that she couldn't keep up with Neji… I'm as much to blame as he is… Maybe I shouldn't even be with- Itai!" Hanabi having had enough, goes and smacks him in the side of his head.
"That's enough of that Naruto-kun! Do you have any idea how happy Onee-sama has been since you two started dating? Do you?" He shakes his head as he watches her. "Everyday, she has this huge bright smile on. It's because of you that Onee-sama is so happy." She continues berating him until he starts to chuckle.
"Fine, fine! I give!" Still chuckling, he looks at the clock. "You know Hanabi-chan, I'm facing Neji in the first match of the finals, you know that right?" She looks shocked for a moment before shaking her head. "Well I am. It would help a load if I had someone with who I could practice fighting Jyuuken with later on this month. And with Hinata-chan's injuries and Hiashi-sama's busy schedule…" Opening and closing her mouth, she just squeaks before nodding. "Thanks…" He looks down at Hinata before kissing her brow. "I'll see you in a bit Tenshi-hime… Watch over her Hanabi-chan, okay?" Hanabi nods with a smile as she salutes. And nodding at her, Naruto leaves as Hiashi and Hitome walk in. Once the door closes, Hanabi sighs before looking at where Naruto was with a look of longing. Noticing this look, Hiashi chuckles.
"You did a good thing there Hanabi-chan." She looks at her father confused before he points to where Hinata's laying. "You could have taken advantage of the situation and broke them up so that you could have a shot, but you didn't. I'm proud of you for that." Hanabi blushes before looking down.
"It did cross my mind Chichiue… But that wouldn't have been fair to either Onee-sama or Naruto-kun… And I couldn't hurt Onee-sama like that." Hitome then walks over and gives Hanabi a hug.
"And that is why we're so proud of you my little firecracker." She pulls away and gently brushes some of Hanabi's hair from her face. "Now, I think that there's something that me and Hiashi-kun need to tell you…" A few minutes later finds Hanabi having fainted with a HUGE smile and blush on her face. Hitome just giggles as she looks at her. "Well, she took that well…" Hiashi just chuckles as he wipes a tear away from his eye…
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Naruto's glaring at Kakashi who gulps a little at the KI coming from his student before he raises his hands. "Look, I know that you want me to train you Naruto, but I'm sorry. Sasuke needs me more at this moment." Naruto just snarls at him.
"Oh? And what about Sakura-chan? What does she get out of this?" Kakashi just tells him that Sakura's doing fine with their training making Naruto even more pissed. "Sensei… You. Are. A. Complete. Asshole." Once the whole thing with Ebisu happens, he leaves with Ebisu chasing him. Sighing, Kakashi turns to be greeted by the sight of a pissed Harry.
"You know what? I just lost all respect I ever had for you Hatake-san. All of it." Harry sneers at him making him feel even smaller then he did before. "I guess all that 'Those who abandon their comrades are trash' was just bullshit. And if it wasn't, I guess that you yourself are trash. I know that your sensei and Obito would be highly disappointed in you. I bid you good day." And with those words, Harry walks away from the stunned Kakashi… Who doesn't notice a angry Hiashi and Tsume heading towards him. Later at the hot springs, Naruto is scowling at Ebisu who just sighs.
"I am sorry about this Naruto-san. I truly am." Pushing up his sunglasses, he smirks a little. "I can tell you however that Hatake-san will not be having a good time once he gets back since this will spread through the grape vine and many will lose some respect for him. No matter what the excuse, leaving two of your students behind to train the third is unacceptable." Naruto looks at him before blinking.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done with the real Ebisu?" Ebisu just chuckles before replying that he is the real one. "Uh-uh! He doesn't like me very much and here you are being nice to me." Ebisu sighs before looking around.
"Look, I didn't like you. Not because of the fox, but rather because of your behaviour. However, since meeting you, Konohamaru has been taking his training seriously. And for that I respect you. So, before we go any farther, I need to know where you are." Nodding, Naruto does so making his eye brows rise. 'He's just a Genin and already he's got three elements? And he's already working on them? Incredible!' Shaking his head, he's about to say something when the sound of giggling catches his attention. Turning, he's confronted with the sight of a man with long white hair peeking through a small hole. When Naruto makes a comment about another pervert, Ebisu decides to try and prove that he wasn't a pervert and defeat him… resulting in him being knocked out by a toad. Frowning, Naruto looks at the pervert.
"Teme! Now what am I supposed to do for training! I need to kick Neji's ass for what he did to Hinata-chan!" The man just shrugs.
"And you want me to do… what exactly?" Naruto then asks who he is resulting in him doing his introductory dance. Once he's done, he notices Naruto hanging his head with his bangs covering his eyes. 'Heh! The gaki's in awe of me! But Kami does he look like his Otou-san!' At that point Naruto starts speaking in a emotionless voice.
"So… You're Jeraiya of the Densatsu no Sannin?" Jeraiya nods with a large grin. "The Sensei of the Yondaime Hokage?" Jeraiya nods again as Naruto walks up to him. "As well as…(CRUNCH)" Naruto knees him hard in balls sending him down to the ground. "… my absent Godfather?" Jeraiya jerks at that.
'He knows?! How!? Did sensei tell him?' Jeraiya looks up but what ever he's going to say dies in his throat as Naruto glares at him with his eyes being black except for a glowing blue slitted pupil and glowing red veins across the eyeball making him gulp. 'Aw… Shit.' Naruto juts glares at him while the area fills with KI telling Jeraiya that he's in deep shit. Breathing in and out, Naruto points a finger with a ring on it at him.
"Petrificus Totalus." Feeling all of his muscles freezing up and his legs and arms snapping together, he starts trying to find a way out as Naruto leans next to his ear. "You are a complete and utter teme Jeraiya. I have SO much to fucking say to you. Do you have any idea what I went through? Well, do you? Doubt it. Now, you're no doubt thinking: How does he know this? Does he know who his Otou-san actually is?" Naruto looks around before casting privacy charms to make sure that no one's going to interrupt not noticing that Ebisu's awake and listening in. "The answer is yes. I know that Namikaze Minato was my Otou-san and that Uzumaki Kushina was my Okaa-san." Beside them, Ebisu's eyes widen unseen by the two. "As to how I know? Simple. There's a potion called the 'Blood Inheritance Potion'. You brew the potion and soak a roll of parchment in it. Once that's done you place a drop of blood on it and it'll write out your family tree. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the YONDAIME was my Otou-san and you were my Godfather with Tsunade as my Godmother." Jeraiya wishes he could gulp as he hears this.
'Shit! Shit! SHIT! HE KNOWS! Crap, he wasn't supposed to know until he was eighteen… This is bad, this is VERY bad.' He continues to pale as Naruto continues.
"Now, I can understand why Tsunade was never there. What with what happened and everything. Hell, I got to wonder if she even knows that I'm alive since her and my Kaa-san were best friends. You on the other hand COULD have stepped in, even if it was a visit every once in a while. But no. You obviously didn't want to have anything to do with me. Let me guess, you saw me as the Kyubi, right? The MURDERER of the person who was your student and a son on all but blood, right?" Tears start leaking out of Jeraiya's eyes as he wants to desperately deny everything he's saying. More leak out as he sees Naruto crying as well. "Do you know what it feels like knowing that someone who's as close as family wants nothing to do with you? How betrayed I felt? I don't think that you could. So I'll leave you with these words asshole. I. Never. Want. To. See. You. Again. And before you ask, the charm will wear off in a few hours. Have a nice day... fucker" And with those words Naruto cancels the privacy charms and leaves with wisps of red chakra trailing behind him. Jeraiya just lays there, unseeing. Ebisu gets up slowly and gives him a look of pity before leaving, not knowing that Jeraiya didn't see a bit of it.
'Oh Kami-sama… I'd didn't betray you Naruto… I'm sorry, I am SO sorry Naruto… Oh, Kami Minato… I… I didn't mean anything by it… I don't hate you Naruto… I don't…' As the hours pass, he lays there not seeing anything around him, just totally immersed in his thoughts and once the spell wears off, he rolls into a ball as he softy sobs while begging for forgiveness. It's not until midnight before he finally comes out of it and heads to the Hokage Tower and walks up the stairs before knocking on the door. Looking up, the Hokage tells whoever is there to come in. He blinks as Jeraiya walks in with puffy red eyes looking like he's been crying for several hours. Seeing the dejected and defeated look on his students face, he leans back before pulling a bottle of Sake from a drawer.
'I get the distinct feeling that I'm going to need this…' An hour later, he sighs at the sobbing Jeraiya. 'Kuso… I should have expected this… Of course those two would try to find out who Naruto's parents are…' Sighing, he reaches over and squeezes his depressed student's shoulder. "Don't worry Jeraiya, I'll talk to him in the morning. You'll see, everything will turn out okay…"
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Having had a bad night sleeping, Naruto walks into the Sandaime's office slightly cranky. "Hey Ojii-san…" He trails off noticing Jeraiya's in the office as well causing him to glare at him. "What the hell are you doing here? I thought that I told you that I never wanted to see you again." Jeraiya flinches and looks down, but says nothing. Seeing this, Sarutobi sighs,
"Before you tear into him Naruto, I'd advise you to listen to his reasons. Granted, their not the best ones, but still…." Naruto looks between the two as the Sandaime sighs again before he leans back. "I ask this favour not as the Hokage, but as the man who you look to as a Ojii-san." Naruto looks at him before slowly nodding as he sits down.
"Very well Ojii-san. But if he doesn't have a damn good reason, then I'm walking." The Hokage nods with a slight smile.
"Very well. I wouldn't expect any more out of you. Now, before he says anything I should tell you that the money you got when you were younger? He sent it, so he didn't totally abandon you. As well, I wanted him to maintain a spy network so as to pass along Intel." Naruto once again nods before looking at Jeraiya who sighs as he looks up with a slightly shaky smile.
"Thanks…" Sighing, he shakes his head. " I don't see you as the Kyubi Naruto… Never have. In fact, after the sealing I was one of the ones protecting you by stating that the Kyubi WAS sealed." Naruto looks at Sarutobi who nods before he looks back at Jeraiya.
"Okay, so you confirmed that the Kyubi was sealed as well as sending me those checks every month… Still doesn't explain why you never took a role in my childhood… what little I actually had." Both of the grown men flinch at that barb as Naruto places Privacy Charms over the office. Jeraiya looks back at Naruto with his eyes shining with unshed tears and a guilty expression on his face.
"I wanted to… I truly did Naruto, believe me on that… It's just that… That…" Sighing he looks down and shakes his head. "It hurt. It hurt so much whenever I saw you face because I saw Minato staring out of it… And your personality? You are so much like Kushina in that respect, loud and mischievous." Shaking his head again, his eyes gain a far off look. "Every time I came close to talking to you… I would see Minato's still, dead face… I guess that a part of me thought if I was to come close to you that I would lose you too… The only link I had to the man that was my son in all but blood as well as the girl I looked at as a daughter… I know it's wrong of me to expect to be allowed into your life now after missing out of so much of it…" He looks at Naruto with a begging look. "I know that I can't ask you to forgive me so I won't. Just… just give me a chance to make things right. That's all I ask: a chance." Naruto looks at him in a considering way making Jeraiya squirm before the Sandaime clears his throat.
"I should also mention that he wishes to train you for the finals." Naruto's eyebrows raise at this before looking at Jeraiya who nods.
"Yeah… I figure that a good way to start would be to train you since your Jounin sensei has… decided not to." At the end he scowls. He's slightly hurt when Naruto asks if he's trustworthy only for the Sandaime to nod with a smile and state that he was going to ask if he could know anyways. Blinking, he looks between the two in confusion. "Okay… Know what exactly?" So, they tell him about Kyubi and what's going on between her and Naruto. Once their done, Jeraiya's looking at Naruto. "I guess I should tell you something that Minato told me before he went out and sealed the Kyubi. But first, I want to talk to her." Blinking, Naruto looks at him with narrowed eyes causing him to sigh. "Gaki, I already knew that Kyubi wasn't attacking of her own accord so I won't hurt her." Nodding, Naruto summons Kyubi who looks at Jeraiya with a guarded expression.
"Hello Jeraiya-sama… How may I help you?" He looks her over before smiling at her and telling her that they're understating her beauty. Blushing, she clears her throat. "Um… Thanks? But how did you know that I didn't attack on purpose?" Jeraiya sighs as he looks at her.
"I would advise you to sit down Kyubi-sama… I don't think you'll like this at all." Nervously, she sits down. A few minutes later after telling her what the Yondaime had told him she's crying in a shocked looking Naruto's arms. Looking at her, Jeraiya's eyes soften. "That's him… isn't it? Uchiha Madara like Minato thought." Still crying, Kyubi nods with a fearful shiver.
"I… I thought that he was dead… long dead from five hundred years ago when I escaped from his body." At this, Sarutobi starts choking.
"Kyubi-san… I SAW Madara when I was a teenager… In fact he summoned you at the during the battle between him and my sensei the Shodaime at the Valley of the End." Both Naruto and Kyubi look at him in shock.
"Wha… what? He… he summoned me!?" The Sandaime nods and states that he was there at that battle and saw him do that. "But… but how? I don't remember that! And one of the few memories I have between when I was first… you know and when I met Naruto was seeing him laying on the ground with his entrails spread all over the place after I exploded from the seal! It's not possible for him to have lived!" The Sandaime leans back into his chair.
"I don't know how he would have lived through what you just described, but I do have a theory about why you don't remember being summoned. After Sasuke had experienced Tsukiyomi he barely remembered what happened. Perhaps we're dealing with something similar?" Jeraiya nods as he thinks it over.
"That makes sense actually. Perhaps the mental shock made you forget?" Still shocked, Kyubi shrugs. "I wonder if this has anything to do with the Akatsuki…" Naruto looks up and asks what they are. "They're a band of nine S-rank missing nin. Right now they're gathering manpower and funds while seeking info on the Bijuu. I don't know what they're going to do with them, but it seems that they want them for some reason. They've been around for a while, but their leader is described as having 'Strange eyes' So it could be Madara." Naruto nods a little before stopping and paling. "You thought of something gaki?" Naruto gulps before looking at them all.
"Ojii-san, remember what Kyubi told you was the origin of the Bijuu?" He nods before his jaw drops. "Yeah, what if Madara wants the Bijuu to complete the ritual?" The Sandaime gulps before turning to a confused Jeraiya and explaining. At the end, Jeraiya is swearing.
"Shit! It makes sense! Throughout the whole history before the hidden villages, Madara always had his clan fight various wars! Shit!" They all nod and discuss what to do before it's decided to only mention the general info about the Akatsuki to the Jounin after the exams and do something to try and head off the Akatsuki. As they leave the office, Naruto looks over at Jeraiya and chews his lip making Jeraiya raise an eyebrow. "You want to ask me something gaki?" Sighing Naruto looks at him.
"You… want to come over to my place and grab a bite to eat before we go train?" Jeraiya stares at him for a moment before nodding with a happy look.
"Sure… sounds good. And on the way, maybe, you can tell me some stuff about yourself?" Naruto smiles before he starts talking with Jeraiya nodding every once in a while or asking a question for clarification. Finally reaching the apartment, Naruto opens the door and invites the Sannin in. Walking in, Jeraiya is struck by how homely it feels until he notices the boxes nearby. He's about to say something when Harry walks in. Harry of course blinks at their visitor before looking at Naruto with a questioning gaze. Naruto just looks at him with a unreadable look and shrugs, to which Harry shrugs and walks back to the kitchen to finish cooking breakfast and is joined by Naruto. Watching his Godson walk off, he returns his attention to the apartment as he's examining the various items laying around. Finally he gets called into the dinning room. Looking at the three girls (besides Kyubi) he raises an eyebrow. "You three wouldn't be the infamous familiars I've heard about, would you?" They nod as Sal chirps at him.
"Yup! That's right! And what's your name?" Jeraiya introduces himself leading to Sal, Row and Hedwig vanishing only to reappear with a orange book in their hands. Sal's the first to thrust her's out. "Please autograph my book Jeraiya-sama!" Blinking, Jeraiya takes the books and starts to autograph them only to hear Naruto, Harry and Kyubi spit out their drinks making him look at them and ask what's wrong. Naruto just points at him with his mouth opening and closing before he finally something out.
"What the hell! You write those books!" Jeraiya nods with a grin as Naruto looks at him in disbelief. "You're a pervert!" Jeraiya just scowls at him.
"I am not a pervert! I am a super pervert!" Everything is quiet before Naruto groans and smacks his head on the table. Jeraiya just chuckles. "Where do you think I made the money to pay for those checks. You'd be amazed at how much I've made off them." He takes another look around before looking back at Naruto. "Though I don't think that I gave you enough to have all this though." Naruto looks around before he smirks.
"Oh… That. Well we did a few missions for Ojii-san. All we did was bring Bloodline users from Water country here and he paid us… though he really didn't have to. And then there was the time that we rescued the Fire Lords oldest daughter from a wildfire… We got paid as a S-rank for that. We also captured a few missing-nin over the years on our various misadventures." Jeraiya nods at this with a chuckle.
"One of these days you'll have to tell me the various stories you got. I'm willing to bet there are some real doozies in there." Shaking his head, he digs in before moaning. "Kuso this is good! Definitely from your Okaa-san Kushina, Minato could burn a salad… he actually did that once now that I think about it." Naruto stops what he's eating and looks at him.
"Could you… maybe tell me about them at some point?" Jeraiya nods as he stuffs his face. "So what are we learning and can nii-san join in? Before Jeraiya can reply, Harry snorts.
"Sorry nii-san but I can't. Since we'll be facing each other we don't want the other to know what we're working on, now do we?" Sighing, Naruto nods only for Harry to chuckle. "Besides, I already got something planned." Jeraiya jerks his head at Harry in agreement.
"He's got a point gaki, but I'll probably still give you a pointer or two if you want." Harry nods at this as Jeraiya turns back to Naruto. "Anyways, I'll teach you Kuchiyose no jutsu and have you sign the toad contract like Minato. Once your proficient to a degree that I'm happy with, we'll move on to some others. Got any ideas what elements you are gaki?" Naruto's reply makes him whistle in appreciation. "Nice! Three elements are nothing to sneeze at. I got some water jutsu that might help you in your match as well as some defensive jutsu." Once their finished, they get up to leave, but Kyubi uses an illusion to hide her kitsune features and bounds over.
"I'm coming with you guys…" She looks at Jeraiya who's giving her a leer. "And no, I'm not going to model for your perverted book." Jeraiya just sighs before asking if Naruto knows where the Moku waterfall is. Naruto nods and grabs him as Kyubi jumps on Naruto's back before all three vanish with a pop. Looking at the spot they occupied, Harry chuckles before he puts the dishes into the sink and starts to wash them. A few minutes later the door bell rings.
"Hey, will someone answer that?" Hedwig gets up and walks to the door, a few moments later she walks back in followed by Hayate. "Hey Hayate-sensei, what's up?" He just chuckles between coughs before answering.
"Nothing (Cough!) much at the (Cough! Cough!) moment, I just want to talk to (Hack!) you about some(Cough!)thing that's all." Nodding, Harry wipes his hands clean and walks over before pouring a glass of pumpkin juice and setting it down in front of the Jounin. Sitting down, Harry watches as he takes a drink.
"So what do you want to talk about Hayate-sensei? Normally you don't come by unless it's to reschedule our Kenjutsu lessons." He nods before clearing his throat.
"Lately I've (Cough!) been getting a bad (Cough! Cough!) feeling. I know that I'm due to die (Cough!) soon." He holds up a hand to stall Harry's response. "Harry, both (Hack!) you and I know (Cough!) that my lungs are getting (Cough! Cough!) worse. I've never fully recovered (Wheeze!) from when I was trapped in that burning warehouse four years ago. The medic-nins are surprised that I've (Cough! Cough! Cough!)lived this long with the amount of damage I took from breathing (Cough!)in the smoke from those burning chemicals." Sadly, Harry nods.
"Yeah… I know. Doesn't make it any easier though. I remember how Neko-chan reacted when she found out last year. But what does this have to do with me?" Hayate looks at him for a second before nodding.
"Because (Cough!) I trust you." As Harry's eyebrows rise, Hayate smiles. "I can feel my (Cough!) time drawing near Harry. I (Hack!) don't know when or how, but (Cough! Cough!) it is. I only hope that it's either in my (Cough!) sleep or in a battle." Taking another drink of his pumpkin juice, he sets it down. "As you (Cough!) know, Yugao was just confirmed (Cough! Cough!) to be half a month pregnant. I want you to promise me to help them and protect them if (Cough!) something goes wrong." Harry stares for a moment before nodding and swearing to do so making Hayate smile. "Thank you. That's (Cough!) all I wanted." A few minutes later finds Harry staring at where Hayate had been with a saddened look.
"Kuromi… Come here would you?" A moment later Kuromi appears behind him. "Kuromi, I have a mission for you." She looks at him and nods. "I want you to follow Hayate-sensei and protect him if need be. Understood? If there's any need, you may kill to do so." Kuromi nods with a large grin.
"Thank you Master. I'll make you proud."
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Having appeared with Jeraiya near Moku Waterfall, Naruto is treated to the sight of a wobbly Jeraiya causing him to smirk. "What's wrong Ero-Sennin?" Hearing this, Jeraiya glares at him.
"Don't call me that! And besides, what the hell did you do and does that thing always feel like that?" Naruto snorts at him as Kyubi giggles.
"I'll call you that since you're a super pervert Ero-Sennin. As to what it was, that was Apparition. And yes, it does always feel that way though you eventually get used to it." Jeraiya just shakes his head and mumbles something to the way that he's too much like Kushina. "Anyways, how are we going t do this?" Jeraiya just smirks before he bites his thumb and smears the blood over his hand as he does several handsigns and slams his hand on the ground summoning a toad. The toad opens it's mouth and a scroll unrolls from it.
"I need you to use a bit of your blood and write your name down on the scroll." Once he says that, he notices how Naruto looks right nervous. "Something the matter gaki? You look really nervous about that." Naruto looks up at him and nods.
"Well, yeah. You probably don't know this but to us wizards anything written in blood is considered to be a binding contract if both parties agree. The problem is that it could be manipulated in some… nasty ways." Seeing Jeraiya's intrigued look, he sighs. "There are several spells that use an enemies blood to bring down misfortune. One of these can create a plague on a person's family as long as you have a sample of blood." Jeraiya winces as he realizes that Naruto has a real reason to be nervous.
"You don't have to worry gaki. When I don't summon this toad the scroll lies at their home at Mt. Myobokuzan under heavy guard. No one's about to get to it." Nodding, Naruto signs his name and once he's done, Jeraiya dismisses the toad and the scroll. "Now, I want you to draw blood before making these handsigns." He shows them to Naruto slowly enough for him to catch them. "Once you do that, you focus chakra and slam it into the ground while calling out the name 'Kuchiyose no jutsu!' to focus it." Naruto looks at him and rubs his chin in thought.
"Do I have to yell out the name? And is it possible to narrow down the amount of handsigns?" Jeraiya looks at him in surprise.
"Those are actually very good questions gaki. I must admit that I'm impressed. No, you don't have to yell out the name of the jutsu. It just helps. So until you have more experience I think that you should yell it out to just give yourself a focus. Now as to using less handsigns… I really don't know. As far as I know it's never been accomplished." He rubs his chin in thought. "It's not a bad idea really. I can see where being able to summon with less handsigns would give an advantage. I'll look into that, but for now I'd suggest you to just do it the way I showed you." Nodding, Naruto does so and a large puff of smoke erupts. Once it clears away it reveals a small tadpole with two small legs. All's silent for a moment until both Jeraiya and Kyubi burst into laughter causing Naruto to pout.
"Oh, gee go right on ahead and laugh at the poor Genin on his first try." Kyubi clears her throat as she starts controlling the giggles.
"Sorry Naruto-kun, but you have admit that it was funny." With a sigh, Naruto chuckles as he gets a smile on his head as the tadpole is dispelled. Getting his laughs under control, Jeraiya looks at him.
"Yeah gaki, It was funny though. Anyways, how much chakra did you put into it?" Jeraiya feels his eyebrows raise as Naruto tells him. 'Ten Kage Bushin no jutsu worth? Whoa, Sensei wasn't kidding when he said that Naruto had a lot of chakra. That's insane for a Genin, even a Jinchuuriki. And he isn't even out of breath.' Shaking his head, he looks at Naruto. "Okay kid, that's an impressive amount to be sure and if I had used a similar amount then I could summon an much bigger toad. Your problem is that you still wasted a large amount doing so. Now, since you have already mastered tree walking and water walker I want you make a decent amount of Kage Bushin and have them perform both. With the Kyubi your system your coils continually grow. Because of this you'll have to practice chakra control everyday for the rest of your life… or until she's free. Now, I want you to do what I just said." And once again, Naruto surprises him as he makes a hundred bushin and has them go practice. Shaking his head, he's about to say something when Naruto interrupts.
"Hey, Amakirr-chan." She looks up from where she's thinking with a questioning look.
"Yes Naruto-kun? What is it?" Naruto starts grinning before jerking his thumb over to where the Kage Bushin are working.
"Why don't you do some control exercises yourself? Can't hurt after all. If I remember, your current body has a half-tail's worth of chakra right?" Crossing her arms, Kyubi nods in agreement.
"That's not a half bad idea actually. I never did have much control since I was so powerful I never really needed it. Thanks, but I won't be using a tree since my chakra would kill it." Making a few gestures with her arms and legs (with them looking like a dance), she stomps down and a large pillar of rock rises from the ground. Once it reaches a certain height, she nods as it stops and runs at it with her feet glowing a dull red… only to be blasted off after the first step. Groaning (and ignoring the laughter behind her) she sighs as she rubs the back of her head. "This… might take a while…" Shaking his head in amusement, Jeraiya has Naruto continue practicing. And by the end of the day Naruto can now summon a mostly tailless toad. Looking at the setting sun, Jeraiya shakes his head.
"I'm heading back gaki, I'll see you in the morning at six sharp. Don't stay out too late." And with those words, he vanishes in a swirl of leaves making Naruto grumble about learning it too before Kyubi falls off her pillar again.
"ITAI! HOW IN THE NINE HELLS IS THIS SO FUCKING HARD!" Naruto just sweatdrops as she continues to curse before he walks over to her and kisses her on the head.
"It's okay Kyubi-chan. It took me almost a week to do it, remember? Anyways, I promised Anko-chan to drop by and talk with her today. Come on." A few minutes finds them outside Anko's apartment where he frowns seeing graffiti all over the place on the outside. He's about to knock when Anko walks up. "Hey Anko-chan. What's up?" Seeing him, she smiles while behind her Tsuki waves happily.
"Hey Naruto. Nothings up, why?" Naruto's about to reply when they hear something inside her apartment moving around. Scowling, she looks at Naruto who nods while she leans down and looks at Tsuki. "Tsuki honey, Okaa-san's got to take care of something with Naruto's help ok? You stay here with Amakirr while we do this. Tsuki slowly nods.
"It's the bad people again, isn't it Okaa-san?" Anko slowly nods with a sad look. "Okay Okaa-san. I'll be good and stay here with Amakirr-Oba-chan." Anko smiles before ruffling her hair as Kyubi comes over and holds Tsuki's small hand. Walking over to Naruto the two nod before quietly opening the door and walking in. As they make their way through the entry way, their blood begins to boil as at what they hear.
"Kuso, where the hell is that fucking snake whore?! She should have been here by now!" Looking around the corner, they see a chunin there with a scowl as well as five civilians, two of whom Naruto recognizes as fan girls of Sasuke. One of them starts talking.
"How the hell should we know nii-san? All I know is that because of that bitch Sasuke-kun got attacked by Orochimaru. It's all her fault after all, you said it yourself." One of the adult civilians nods emphatically.
"Yeah, she obviously working with Orochimaru, she should have been killed when she was captured. Oh well, once we capture her and that… thing she calls a daughter we'll torture them both and get what we need… maybe we'll even have a little fun with her." The males start chuckling pervertivly and the Chunin is about to say something when he finds his legs and arms snapping together, while the others except for one of the fan girls find themselves wrapped up by a hoard of snakes. The fan girl however finds herself nearly relieving her bowels as a pissed Anko and Naruto walk around the corner before a jet of red light hits her knocking her out. A few minutes later finds the group being taken to Ibiki for questioning. Looking around, Anko sighs at the damage.
"Kuso, this is the third time in as many days." Naruto looks at her in surprise at this.
"They've done this before?" Anko nods at him with a truly impressive scowl.
"Yeah. Ever since it got out that the Uchiha's now got the Cursed Seal everyone with a grudge against me is using it as a excuse to try something. Seems they've been spreading a rumour that I'm a spy for Orochimaru and that I actually helped him in the forest to escape." She continues to scowl before Naruto looks around before his face goes stiff as he looks at Anko.
"Anko-chan, grab everything that you can… I'll even help if you want it all gone. Now do it since you'll be staying with me until farther notice." Anko's about to protest when Naruto cuts her off. "Shut up Anko-chan! Kuso you and your fucking pride! Think! What would have happened if Tsuki had come in first?! Huh?! How do you think this would have fucking gone then!?" Anko looks down ashamed as Naruto continues in a softer tone of voice. "You no longer have just yourself to worry about Anko-chan, now you have Tsuki, your daughter, as well. Part of being a parent is putting their safety ahead of what you want. And I'm sorry to say this, but this place is no longer safe." Looking around, Anko sighs before nodding.
"Your right Naruto… I got to think of Tsuki now. Come on then, with your help, I'll get most of the important stuff." A few minutes later finds Anko looking around while holding a box holding all the items in her apartment since they had been shrunken by Naruto. Sighing, she walks out and closes the door on not only her old apartment, but also a chapter of her life…
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Hinata: (Sniffs) That's so sad... I feel bad for Anko-san and Hayate-san...
Steve: Tell me about it. I figured that something like this probably happened behind the scenes in Canon when Sasuke got the cursed seal since they would blame Anko for it after all. Also, it never explained what happened to cause Hayate to always cough like he did, so I explained it was because of lung damage... which is better then saying he had some kind of respitory disease.
Yui: True. And they also took their anger for what happened when Orochimaru first left the village on her if I remember correctly.
Pen-pen: Waarrkk. (Exactly.)
Steve: Yup. Now for an Omake!
Omake: Yet another dance craze from the Akatsuki...
We open to the sight of an open pier with Tobi and Itachi on it while suddenly Harry and Naruto appear dressed as reporters. Harry smiles at the camera as he adjusts his mike. "Hello there viewers! For those who may not know me, I am Uzumaki-Potter Harry! The handsome one! And this here is my nii-san..." Naruto snorts and looks at the camera.
"... Uzumaki-Potter Naruto! The good looking one! Next to my ugly nii-san that is." Harry growls at him and is about to say something when Sakura's voice interrupts them.
"Will you two shut up and do your damned jobs already before I punch you!" The two flinch and nod as Harry clears his throat.
"Anyways, we're here to report to you, the viewers, about the latest dance craze form Akatsuki that's sweeping the Elemental countries as demonstrated by Itachi and the ever good Tobi! Let's watch, shall we?" The two step out of the shot as the camera focuses in on the two as music starts to play a few seconds later. After two seconds Tobi pulls out a Salmon and hits Itachi in the face with it in time with the music. After a minute, the music stops and Itachi pulls out a Tuna and hits Tobi with it, sending him into the water before he turns to the camera and bows. Naruto steps back into the shot with a grin.
"And there you go dear viewers! It's called the Akatsuki Fish Dance." The screen fades to black as Naruto continues to smile.
Yui: (Blinking at Steve) A Monty Python Omake? Any other's in the pipeline?
Steve: (Grins) Just wait til you meet the Konoha Inquisition...
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