Ang3l: Thanks for the feedback i got form you guys! It means a lot to me. Anyways here is chapter two, I've had this written out and was waiting to post until I got chapter 6 of Vengeance uploaded, but i just couldn't wait any longer!
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Random Baka: i do realize that there are some instances where i referred to Naruko as a boy, but that is because i had originally planned for this story to be based on NARUTO instead of NARUKO. i had already typed up almost the whole chapter when i decided to change the gender. but as for the next chapters i have made sure not to refer to her as a him. thank you for pointing that out though.
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Ang3l: well enough of the formalities! on with the chapter! Kurama if you would please
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Ang3l: easy there. your head still needs to fit out the door.
It took Naruko just under a month to finally figure out the leaf exercise by thinking of her chakra like a faucet that needed to be turned down. The idea came to her one night after getting a glass of water. If the faucet could be turned down to reduce the flow of water, then why not the chakra. Although it had taken Naruko a whole other week after to get it just right. She went from shredding the leaf completely to ripping it in pieces, then a few small cuts. Finally though she got it to stick to her forehead with ease.
Afterwords she caused Jiraiya, and the ramen shop chef, to gawk at the insane amount of ramen the kid could put away. Sixteen bowls of ramen later and she was back out in the field working on the transformation technique. It wasn't going well...
"Damnit! Why can't I get it right?!" Naruko yelled in frustration. For the last four days Naruko had been trying to transform into Jiraiya, and it wasn't going very well. "Argh! Wrong again!" At all...
"You've got to focus on every detail of the person," Jiraiya said from under the tree where he was writing in a notebook.
Naruko nodded. "I know that already, dattebayo!" Naruko yelled. She placed his hands in the ram seal and began to focus her chakra while picturing Jiraiya in her mind. Suddenly Naruko opened her eyes. "Henge!" Naruko yelled out.
An explosion of smoke surrounded Naruko as the Jutsu was executed. A light breeze blew the smoke away to reveal Jiraiya, only it wasn't exactly Jiraiya. This version of the man was much shorter and fatter. His nose came out to a point and his arms were completely un-proportioned to the rest of the body, reaching all the way to the ground.
Jiraiya sighed in exasperation. The henge was supposed to be one of the easiest Jutsu to learn and Naruko was having the hardest time he'd ever seen before. "Naruko, you've got the chakra control down to do it, but you're getting the details so very wrong," Jiraiya said.
"I get it! I don't know what I'm doing wrong!" Naruko yelled across the field as her transformation dissipated. "I'm imagining you perfectly in my mind when I do the Jutsu."
"How exactly are you imagining me?"Jiraiya asked curiously.
"Just like the way you are now," Naruko said.
"Ye- no..." Naruko said and hung her head.
Jiraiya nodded. "I think I see the problem you're having then. If you can't picture the person you are transforming into down to the last mole on their nose, the transformation will go wrong," Jiraiya said. "I want you to focus on every single detail about me before you begin to mold your chakra. Once you've done that, then you need to do the henge."
Naruko nodded and went over to Jiraiya and sat down across from him. Naruko stared at Jiraiya taking in every detail. From the marks under his eyes to the mole on his nose. From the length of his hair to the color of his clothes. Not a single detail was looked over this time. "Alright, this time for sure!" Naruko declared and jumped up. She placed her hands in the ram seal again and began to focus her chakra. "Henge!" Once the explosion of smoke cleared there was a perfect replica of Jiraiya standing before the real one.
The real Jiraiya stood up and walked around Naruko once before nodding. "Perfect. Well done Naruko," he said.
The transformed Naruko grinned and let the henge poof away. "Yes! Ramen! Ramen!" she chanted.
Jiraiya chuckled and ruffled the girls hair. "Good job Naruko," he said encouragingly. "Let's go get some ramen then."
Naruko pumped his fist up into the air. "Alright!" she yelled.
The two of them walked back into town and right into the ramen stand. Naruko immediately order her first five bowls of ramen while Jiraiya decided to not pig out and ordered only two.
"How do you eat all that gaki?" Jiraiya asked. "It's unnatural."
"What do you mean? I love ramen! It's the food of Kami!" Naruko exclaimed after finishing her fifth bowl. Jiraiya was wide eyed. He didn't even realize Naruko had eaten the first four. "Another six bowls please!"
Jiraiya shook his head. "The amount of ramen you can eat has got to be unhealthy. Where does it all go?" Jiraiya asked. Naruko just shrugged as she started on her seventh bowl of ramen. 'Maybe it's some form of hidden Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai,' Jiraiya thought to himself.
"You know I had a record board for the amount of ramen I could eat at one time back at Ichiraku's. 24 bowls was my best," Naruko said downing bow number ten and quickly beginning on the eleventh.
"You ate 24 bowls of ramen at one time without throwing up later?" Jiraiya asked wide eyed. "How?!"
Naruko shrugged. "I really love ramen," she said and finished her last bowl of ramen. Jiraiya still wasn't even halfway through his second bowl. "So what am I learning next?" Naruko asked.
"The kawarimi along with the nawanuke no Jutsu. Hopefully they won't be too hard for you. They are rather simple techniques, but we won't start learning that until tomorrow. For now you've earned yourself a day off for your hard work," Jiraiya said.
Naruko looked up at him. "But I want to train more! The quicker I can get these down the quicker we can start harder stuff!" Naruko exclaimed.
"Yes that's true," Jiraiya began. "But if you overwork yourself you won't be able to produce good results. A day of rest is always an essential part of training."
Naruko sighed. "Fine..." she said. "But tomorrow we are training!"
Jiraiya just laughed. "Yes yes," he waved Naruko off and paid for the ramen. "Now let's go back to the inn so you can wash up from your training. There's a festival going on tonight."
Naruko looked up at Jiraiya with hopeful eyes. "Really? I've never gotten to go to any festival before," she said sadly.
Jiraiya ruffled the girl's hair as they walked away from the ramen shop. "Yes really. And you don't have to worry about anything like what happened back at Konoha. Nobody even knows you here, except for maybe the outdoor grill owners and especially the ramen shop owner." Jiraiya laughed.
Naruko grinned her usual foxy grin. "Alright!" she exclaimed as they walked up the stairs in the inn to their room. Naruko rushed in and quickly showered and got dressed. She then went into the main room and sat down to wait for Jiraiya. Naruko pulled out her book and started reading where she left off. During the times that they weren't training, Jiraiya was teaching Naruko how to read and write calligraphy. The reading was easy for Naruko, but the calligraphy was a training on a whole other level. Sure Naruko could write some basic kanji but the forms that Jiraiya was teaching were ridiculous! For now Naruko would just elect to read.
Naruko had to admit, it was a good book. 'I wonder why Sensei didn't continue this with another book? It's really good,' Naruko thought to herself as she turned the page.
Once Jiraiya had finished getting ready, Naruko bookmarked her placed and followed her Sensei back out into the street. Naruko hadn't paid much attention earlier, but you could definitely see the signs of a festival going on. She was amazed at all the bright colors and the many different stalls. They ranged from ring toss to goldfish scooping. They even had some that had to deal with throwing shuriken. Naruko immediately went from stall to stall watching everything and storing it to memory.
Suddenly a prize at one of the stalls caught her attention. It wasn't the biggest prize, but the little fox plush animal seemed to draw Naruko in. The game was simple enough, just toss a ring and hope it loops around a wooden post.
"Hey Sensei, can I play that one?" Naruko pointed over to the ring toss.
Jiraiya nodded. "Sure. Do you know how to play it?" he asked.
Naruko nodded enthusiastically. "Just toss those rings and get it on that post over there," Naruko said.
Jiraiya nodded. "Alright, have at it," he said and paid the stall owner. Naruko grabbed the rings and tossed them one by one, each one just barely missing its mark. Naruko hung her head. "Try again gaki," Jiraiya said, patting Naruko's shoulder.
Naruko looked up, determination in her eyes. "This time I'm gonna get it!" she declared and took the rings again. She tossed the first, it sailed over the post. The second one tossed smacked the side and bounced away. Naruko stuck her tongue out of the corner of her mouth slightly and stared at the post before tossing the ring. It sailed through the air and hooked the post; the ring spun around for a moment before falling down. Naruko threw her hands up into the air and cheered. "Yatta!" she cheered. "I got it!"
Jiraiya chuckled. The stall owner leaned down to Naruko. "Alright, pick a prize sweetie," he said.
Naruko immediately pointed up to the fox. "That one!" she exclaimed.
The stall owner smiled and reached up and grabbed the fox down and handed it to Naruko. "Here you go. Good job!" he told Naruko.
Naruko clutched the fox plushie and walked down the street with Jiraiya. Naruko was no longer interested in the stalls anymore, with the exception of those with food. She continued to clutch the fox to her chest as the night went on. Eventually she began to grow tired and proceeded to have to be carried back to the inn.
Jiraiya opened the door and laid Naruko down on her bed. She was still clutching the fox to her chest as she slept. Jiraiya sat down over on his bed and pulled out a map of the Elemental Nations. He looked over the area where he knew his Summons resided. Hidden from the world in plain sight. Jiraiya's eyes passed over one of the forested areas that was rumored to have three of the greatest summonings ever. Maybe he'd take Naruko there when she got older to try and find one of those summoning contracts. Even the weakest of those three was stronger than the three Sannin's summons. Unless of course the girl wanted to sign the toad contract.
Jiraiya put the map up before laying down on his bed. He pushed those thoughts from his head. It was still a long time away before Naruko was even ready for summoning anything. Until then, the Sannin would sleep.
"Argh! What the hell!" Naruko yelled. She was currently tied to the only tree in the field practicing the escape technique. Jiraiya had said that before Naruko was going to start the kawarimi, she'd have to figure out how to escape from being tied up first. At least that was what Jiraiya said, Naruko was sure there was something else behind this stage of training though. Probably just a form of entertainment for Jiraiya to see his student tied to a tree.
"How the hell am I supposed to do this crap?!" Naruko yelled.
Jiraiya laughed. "Just focus your chakra to the bonds around you and will them to drop away," Jiraiya explained.
"I know that!" Naruko yelled. "I've been trying to do that for the past four days!"
"We'll keep trying. Otherwise it's gonna be one cold night tonight," Jiraiya told his student.
Naruko strained against the bonds for a moment before relaxing back against the tree. "Why is this so hard?" Naruko asked, not really to anybody.
"You're outputting too much chakra again. Remember the henge? If you put too much chakra into it, then it wouldn't work or come out deformed," Jiraiya said.
"But aren't you supposed to put a lot of chakra out to break free?" Naruko asked.
Jiraiya nodded sagely. "Yes, but you're trying to force it all at once in one quick burst. That would work if you were trying to break the rope entirely. What you need to do is gradually let your chakra out," he explained.
Naruko nodded and closed her eyes. She began to focus her chakra out around the bonds slower this time. Sure enough she felt the ropes loosen. Naruko grinned and tried to get out only to feel the ropes back in the same place again. "Argh! I almost had it!" Naruko yelled.
"Don't break your concentration. If you do that the ropes will just re-tighten themselves," Jiraiya said.
Naruko hung her head. "Alright. This time for sure!" she said and raised her head up, eyes closed. This time when the ropes started to loosen Naruko didn't break focus. Sure enough the ropes loosened enough and fell to the ground around Naruko's feet. "I got it!" she exclaimed and jumped up with her fist in the air.
"Good work. Part one of this step is done. Now part two is the kawarimi," Jiraiya said.
"Ramen?" Naruko asked.
"Not until part two is finished. I told you this step has two parts," Jiraiya replied. "Now you're going to kawarimi with parts of this tree."
"OK easy! Just show me how to do that and I'll get it down quick," Naruko said making Jiraiya grin. For some reason that grin made Naruko shiver. The man was planning something that Naruko had a feeling she wouldn't like.
"Sure. But it's going to be harder for you," Jiraiya said, that same grin still on his face. "You're going to be tied up and you're going to kawarimi just yourself with a part of the tree. No ropes can go with you. That's whys I wanted you to get the escape Jutsu down first."
Naruko hung his head. "More ropes again..." she grumbled.
Jiraiya's grin only widened. "That's not even the best part. I get to throw water balloons at you. Each one you get hit by will be considered a shuriken," he said mischievously.
Naruko's eyes widened. "Whaaat!?" she yelled.
Jiraiya laughed almost evilly. "Let's begin stage two!"
The next stage seemed to go more smoothly for Naruko. She completed the kawarimi in about two days. And after nearly twenty bowls of ramen, the two of them were out in the field once again. This time it was the Bunshin that Naruko was practicing.
Needless to say it was going easier than the others. Things were looking good for Naruko currently, well if you count having piss poor looking clones appear in a very large cloud of smoke good. The most recent attempt had a sickly clone lying on the ground. It was almost pale white and smoking lightly.
"Pitiful," Jiraiya said.
Naruko hung her head. "This is the worst Jutsu ever!" Naruko exclaimed as she flopped back on her back.
"At least you're able to replicate," Jiraiya said. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "You can't really use the same method you did as the henge here. Why not making more than one clone?"
Naruko looked over at Jiraiya for a quick second before standing up quickly. She placed her hands in the ram seal. "Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruko called out. This time when the smoke cleared there were over twenty perfect clones. "I did it!" she exclaimed.
"Good work, gaki. I guess ramen is in order ne-" Jiraiya was cut off.
"Teach me the Kage Bunshin first!" Naruko exclaimed. "The Bunshin Jutsu is only step one for the Kage Bunshin."
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow. "Well alright then," he said. Jiraiya made the clone seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," the man called out. A perfect replica of Jiraiya appeared beside him. "You got it?"
"Yeah!" Naruko exclaimed. "The first try!" Naruko put her hands into the clone seal and began to focus her chakra.
"Yeah that's what you said about the last ones too," Jiraiya said with a yawn as he sat down and leaned against the tree.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto called out. Jiraiya was knocked back by a huge explosion of smoke.
"What the hell gaki?!" Jiraiya exclaimed. He jumped up to his feet and waved the smoke out of his face. Jiraiya widened his eyes when the smoke cleared. There were at least two hundred Naruko clones in the field. "How in the hell?"
"I told you I'd get it one the first try," over two hundred voices rang out at the same time.
"Well I'll be damned," Jiraiya said. "Good job. Now disperse the clones but leave just one of them."
"OK?" Naruko did just that. Once the smoke cleared there were only two Narukos standing in the field. "Now what?"
Jiraiya made another clone of his own. "Our clones are going to go into the woods over there and play rock-paper-scissors then disperse," he said.
Naruko nodded and looked at her clone. "You heard the man," Naruko said.
"Right hime," the clone said and followed Jiraiya's clone into the woods.
Clone Naruko and clone Jiraiya faced each other. "Ready, gaki?" Jiraiya's clone asked. Naruko's clones nodded.
"Janken!" they called out at the same time. Naruko and Jiraiya's clones both looked at their hands then dispersed in two puffs of smoke.
"Alright Naruko who won?" The real Jiraiya asked.
Naruko scratched her head. "Me. But how do I know that? I wasn't actually there?" Naruko asked confused.
"The Kage Bunshin is considered a Kinjutsu due to being extremely chakra consuming, clearly a problem you won't have. It's also a great way to train," Jiraiya explained.
"How so?" Naruko asked.
"Imagine training with a clone for an hour then dispersing said clone. You would get two hours worth of training in a single hour. Now in your case imagine creating fifty clones and training for an hour. That's just over two days worth of training in one single hour," Jiraiya explained further. "Although the massive headache that would come with that afterwords would suck tremendously. But I guess to bypass that you would just disperse the clones one at a time. You'd still get the headache but it would be lessened."
Naruko was amazed at the thought of being able to train for days within the span of a couple hours or pull a multitude of pranks at one time... "That's so cool!" Naruko yelled and pumped her fist into the air. "I can't wait to start training with them!"
"I figured you'd feel that way, but right now we are moving on to the next town," Jiraiya said.
"After ramen!" Naruko exclaimed making Jiraiya sigh into his hand.
"Yes after ramen," he said exasperated. "I still don't understand how you can eat so much of that stuff and not get tired of it."
Naruko shrugged. "I've never really thought about it that much. All I know is that I love ramen!" Naruko said grinning proudly.
Jiraiya simply shook his head and walked back toward the town with Naruko hot on his heels. Once they ate their bowls of ramen, 19 in Naruko's case, they packed up their things from the inn and checked out.
"So Sensei, where are we going next?" Naruko asked. "When do we get to go to Uzushio?"
"We won't be going to Uzu for a while. Not until your stronger, much stronger than what you are now," Jiraiya said. "I was thinking of going to Nami no Kuni (Land of Waves) next. There we will be able to practice your chakra control better."
Naruko listened intently to her Sensei. "What kind of chakra control? I thought I had good control already?" she asked.
Jiraiya scoffed lightly. "Hardly. You've only just begun to grasp the basics of chakra control. There are two more steps for you to take before you will get close to excellent chakra control," he said sagely.
"What are those steps?" Naruko asked.
"The first is tree walking," Jiraiya said. "Only no hands are allowed."
Naruko looked up amazed. "You mean I could walk upside down on ceilings?!" she asked excitedly. "That sounds awesome!"
Jiraiya chuckled. "Then you're gonna love the next step. Water walking," the toad sage said with a grin. Naruko's own grin only grew wider. "But they require excellent chakra control to do." Naruko didn't hear the last part as she thought about the many pranks she could pull if she could walk on walls and water. "Hey gaki, you listening to me?" Jiraiya asked irritably.
Naruko was pulled from her thoughts. "Huh?" she asked. "Did you say something?"
Jiraiya sighed. "Never mind," he sighed again. The two of them exited town and began the trip to Nami no Kuni.
"Ow! Damnit that hurts like hell!" Naruko yelled as she rolled on the ground clutching her head. They had arrived in Nami no Kuni after a couple weeks of traveling which involved Naruko using her clones to read basic scrolls on the history of Konoha, the fundamentals of chakra, and the three main types of Jutsu. Jiraiya didn't want Naruko to lose any knowledge she wouldn't gain from the academy, not that Naruko would've paid attention in class anyway.
Each night that they camped, Jiraiya tested the girl lightly after she dispersed the clone and let the headache go away. Needless to say, despite her hyperactive personality, she was a very smart kid when she applied herself. Naruko hated the lessons, of course, but pushed through it.
Once they arrived in Nami no Kuni, Jiraiya got them a place to stay at an inn and immediately went to find a clearing in the woods with a body of water close by. He explained how tree walking worked while walking up a tree with his hands in his pockets. And told Naruko to try it herself after tossing a kunai at Naruko's feet.
Now Naruko was attempting to climb the tree all the way to the top in one go. It wasn't going very well. She had multiple bumps and bruises on her head and body and only had a few marks about ten feet up the tree.
Naruko grumbled as she glared at the last mark. "Damnit, what's the trick to this?!" Naruko yelled.
"Just focus your chakra to the soles of your feet, but not too much or you'll push off the tree as you experienced firsthand," Jiraiya explained from a few trees away. He was sitting on the ground writing in that same little notebook he always carried. Naruko had asked what it was for but Jiraiya simply answered that it was a research notebook with a small wiggle of his eyebrows. Naruko was confused at what the man could possibly be researching but she shrugged it off. Little did Naruko know, Jiraiya would send a shadow clone to go peep on public baths and hot springs in the woman's section every day for his books.
"I've been trying that for the last several hours!" Naruko yelled across the clearing, scattering any wildlife in the area.
"Did you forget what I said about your Kage Bunshin?" Jiraiya asked.
Naruko nearly smacked her face against the tree she was running at but only tripped and landed on her back. She stood up and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Maybe..." Naruko said quietly. Jiraiya just sighed as Naruko made the clone seal. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!" Naruko called out. About fifty clones appeared in the clearing. "Alright pick a tree and start the exercise!" Naruko commanded his clones.
"Right hime!" they called out in unison. Jiraiya watched amazed at the amount of respect Naruko's clones gave the original. His own clones were mouthy to no end and always seemed to chastise the man about something. He suddenly flinched as he felt the memories of current shadow clone come to him. A rather busty brunette found him out and proceeded to kick Jiraiya in a special place. Jiraiya sighed. Maybe that was why his clones were mouthy... He shrugged and began writing in his notebook again.
The clones all focused their chakra before charging towards their respective tree. This time they got higher than the last time by a large margin before falling off. A couple of clones weren't able to right themselves before landing on their heads and disappearing in puffs of smoke. The clones memories went to every clone telling them what they did wrong and how not to do it.
Jiraiya watched as Naruko climbed as high as she could be every time before falling. He looked up and noticed the sun was going down. "Alright gaki, let's head back for the night. You've probably exhausted a lot of your chakra today," he called over to Naruko.
Naruko and her clones all turned to the sage and nodded. "Alright," she said and dispelled her clones all at once.
"Wait Naruko don't!" Jiraiya yelled, but it was too late. The smoke cleared and Naruko suddenly looked very woozy. Naruko reached up and grabbed her head before falling to the ground unconscious. Jiraiya rushed over to her and picked her up. "You completely forgot what I said about the headaches," he said with a shake of his head.
Jiraiya proceeded to carry Naruko back to the inn and set the girl down on her bed. "She's probably gonna be out for a couple days at least," Jiraiya said to himself before going over to his bed and laying down himself before falling into a deep sleep.
The next morning Jiraiya awoke to sunlight in his face. He rolled over and saw Naruko wasn't in her bed. "Morning Sensei," Naruko said from the living area. Jiraiya blinked. There were five Naruko's sitting around the table each reading a different scroll. Three were reading the scrolls Jiraiya had given Naruko on her birthday and the other two were going over taijutsu scrolls.
"How are you awake right now?" Jiraiya asked. "You should be asleep for the next couple of days at least."
Naruko shrugged. "Ask hime. I think she said it had something to do with the Kyuubi," he said.
"Wait did you say hime? Are you all clones?" Jiraiya blinked.
The Naruko's all nodded. "Hime is out in the clearing tree walking right now," another clone said. "She wanted us to go over these scrolls today so she wasn't just focusing on chakra control."
Jiraiya nodded. "Smart," he complimented. "Just don't dispel all at once again like yesterday. One at a time."
The Naruko's all nodded as Jiraiya got dressed and then left the room to go to the clearing. This was after he made a shadow clone to go research, of course. Once he arrived in the clearing he looked around only to find nobody there. "I thought the gaki's clone said she was out here," Jiraiya wondered aloud.
He suddenly reached out and caught a kunai that was thrown in his direction. He looked up and saw Naruko, along with his clones, standing at the top of their trees. He smirked up at his student. "Good work Naruko. Now get down here and I'll explain the next step," he said. "Oh and dispel your clones one at a time this time."
"Got it!" Naruko nodded and went to work letting her clones dispel one at a time. Once the last one went up in smoke she climbed down the tree using her feet only. On the ground she rushed over to Jiraiya.
"Alright now to do the water walking you need to exert a constant flow of chakra to you feet. Otherwise you'll fall through the water," Jiraiya said.
Naruko nodded. "OK. We can begin after ramen!" she all but ordered.
Jiraiya chuckled. "Sure whatever," he said and walked with Naruko into town. They quickly found a ramen shop, Naruko almost had a sixth sense when it came to finding ramen stands.
They sat down and ordered their food. Naruko once again baffling someone else at the amount of ramen she could put away into seemingly nowhere. "How in the hell did that girl eat that much ramen?" the shop owner wondered aloud as the two of them walked away into town.
Once Jiraiya and Naruko got back into the clearing, Naruko immediately made fifty clones and walked over to the water. "So what's the trick with this step?" Naruko asked Jiraiya.
"You need to keep a constant flow of chakra to the soles of your feet. If you don't do that you will fall through the water," the man explained.
Naruko nodded before herself and the clones all focused their chakra to their feet. They walked out over the water for a couple of steps before tripping and falling into the icy cold water. The Naruko's all shot up out of the water in a matter of seconds. "That's cold!" They yelled in unison.
"Keep the chakra flow constant gaki," Jiraiya called out from where he had taken a seat. This step was going to be very entertaining to say the least.
Sure enough it was, for Jiraiya at least. Naruko... Not so much. Even with the help of her clones it took Naruko an entire cold, wet week, but she finally got it down pat.
Naruko was now standing in the center of the pond on her hands. "Hey Sensei, how's this?" Naruko asked with a grin.
Jiraiya smirked. "Good work gaki. Dispel your clones that you've got reading your scrolls and then do the same that are practicing the taijutsu katas," he told his student. "One at a time," Jiraiya reminded Naruko.
Naruko jumped back to her feet before walking back over to shore. She nodded and dispelled her clones one by one, regaining all of their memories. The clones reading the scrolls gave her as much info on Uzumaki style taijutsu as the scrolls she had held. It was only a basic style, but much stronger than the simple academy style for Konoha. Then the clones that were practicing said taijutsu began to dispel. The only clones that were left were the one that were working on calligraphy and reading more into the history of Uzushio and Konoha.
Naruko closed her eyes and let the headache recede before she opened them. She shifted into a taijutsu stance with her feet spread apart and her arms raised up in a loose guard, one in front and one behind him. "This was the only taijutsu stance that was on Kaa-sans scroll. Maybe there are some more scrolls in Uzushio," Naruko said as she focused on Jiraiya.
Jiraiya took his own relaxed stance and watched the girl closely. It had been a long time since he went up against the Uzumaki taijutsu style. Even the basic style was unpredictable. "We'll come on then," Jiraiya challenged.
Naruko nodded and rushed forward, quickly closing the gap between herself and Jiraiya. Despite her small size, Naruko was incredibly quick. She sent a punch up at Jiraiya's head only for the man to duck under and dodge back to quickly avoid the sudden kick sent his way. Definitely unpredictable. Naruko landed and charged forward again and quickly made two clones to attack with. While the real Naruko went straight towards Jiraiya, the other two went to flank him. Jiraiya had to duck and jump between a high punch and low sweeping kick. He spun in the air and went to attack the clones but immediately had to block an ax kick from the real Naruko.
Jiraiya caught her foot and flipped the girl backwards then quickly took care of the clones before turning to face Naruko and two more Kage Bunshin. Jiraiya sighed. Facing three of the same taijutsu style at the same time was a pain in the ass, even if the kid was only just beginning.
"You've got some pretty good moves gaki," Jiraiya commented as he dodged another two blows. He had lost track of where the real Naruto was during the spar and was actually being pushed to taking it more seriously.
"Thanks. My clones have been practicing since we started the water walking," Naruto said. "And through that..." "I've figured out surprise is the key to any fight!" Naruko yelled from above. Jiraiya looked up and saw four Naruko's all bearing down on him. "Uzumaki rendan!" They all called out at once. Their fists and feet all crashed down, small chunks of earth exploded upward in the barrage of fists and feet. When the smoke cleared Jiraiya was nowhere to be seen.
"That was clever gaki, but I'm one of the Sannin. A trick like that won't work on me," Jiraiya called out and quickly dispatched every clone in the vicinity and swung his fist at Naruko only to stop centimeters from Naruko's cheek.
Naruko had her eyes closed tightly and her jaw clenched, expecting a hard blow to the face. When she felt no pain, she slowly opened her eyes and saw Jiraiya's fist very close to her face. Naruko gulped at the sudden closeness of the fist that would've surely knocked her out for a few days at least.
"You've got some good moves and you're very unpredictable. That could be key in an actual fight," Jiraiya said as he pulled his first back allowing Naruko to relax. "You've done a good job with your training so far. Now the real training begins. Staring every day you're going to train your body to accommodate your fighting style. You'll get up early and train until I say to stop. This is where it gets tough. I will not make it easy for you."
Naruko nodded determinedly. "I'm not gonna back down. Not when I've come this far!" Naruko declared.
Jiraiya nodded. "Good. Now come at me again. Don't hold back!" he yelled and got into a defensive stance before Naruko charged forward.
The next stage of training, and hell, begins.
(Time skip: 2 years)
"You've got to be quicker than that Naruko," Jiraiya said as he ducked under a spin kick aimed towards his head.
"And you need to keep better track of all my clones Ero Sennin!" Naruko taunted as four clones charged from four different directions. Jiraiya jumped over one of the clones and used his foot to push it straight into another. They both dispelled in puffs of smoke, blocking the sight of the other two. This gave Jiraiya enough time to take them out quickly.
"I know where every single clone you've got is at brat! And I told you to stop calling me that! It gives people the wrong idea that I'm not to be respected," Jiraiya yelled back.
"Well when you openly peep on the woman's bathes its to be expected," Naruko replied casually as she threw a handful of shuriken at her sensei. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!" she called out. Naruko had been taught a basic wind Jutsu after figuring out her chakra affinity. It surprised Jiraiya that she had three affinities in total. A strong wind and water with a weaker lightning one. The sage hypothesized that it was probably her Uzumaki heritage. They were know to have strong water affinities, and the wind probably came from her father.
Needless to say Jiraiya knew a decent wind Jutsu that Naruko could learn early on for her training. And it proved to be pretty useful. Especially now when Jiraiya had to move out of the shurikens path quickly. 'She's getting better at that. Her timing is a little off but it's improving greatly. Even her use of clones is getting better,' Jiraiya thought to himself as he knocked away a kick from a clone.
"Eat this!" Naruko roared as she brought down a hard ax kick towards Jiraiya's head. Jiraiya jumped out of the way just in time. He watched as the heel crashed into the ground and split it apart in a 2 meter radius. Ever since Naruko tried to put chakra into her strikes at the moment of impact she had become much stronger.
"You know one of my old teammates does that same thing you're doing with chakra. Only its in a much more explosive force. Be careful when you're doing that," Jiraiya warned. "And slow down a little bit. You're moving way to fast for your body to handle."
"Yeah right! If I don't move this fast there's no way for me to beat you!" Naruko retorted. She moved around behind Jiraiya and jumped up to spin kick him in the head. Jiraiya ducked and sent a high kick up at Naruko. The kicks collided together and pushed them back, Naruko further than Jiraiya. Naruko was immediately charging forward again.
Jiraiya immediately blocked a hard right and spun around Naruko causing Naruko to spin herself, only she spun much too quickly. Naruko and Jiraiya both heard a very loud pop then snap.
A searing pain shot up through Naruko's leg and ankle making her fall to the floor in a heap. She immediately grabbed her right knee and ankle. "Argh! What the hell was that?!" Naruko yelled in agony. "It hurts so much!"
Jiraiya squatted down beside her and put his hand on his students shoulder. "Calm down. It sounded like you might've popped your knee out of place and snapped a tendon," he said. "It's probably gonna hurt for a little while, even with your healing factor taken into account." Jiraiya helped Naruko stand up. "Can you put any weight on it?"
Naruko put her foot on the ground and nearly toppled over from the sudden shock. Naruko shook her head with tears in her eyes. Her jaw was clenched tight and her hands were curled into tight balls. "I can't. It hurts to much," Naruko choked out.
Jiraiya nodded. "Alright. Well let's go back to the inn. I was wanting to move on from here anyway. We've been in wave for too long I think. We might as well have rented an apartment here," Jiraiya chuckled as he helped Naruko limp along.
"We practically own that room now," Naruko joked through the pain.
Jiraiya laughed lightly. "That's true. And the ramen shop owner always enjoys your business," he commented.
Naruko laughed herself. "I love ramen! What did you expect Ero Sennin?" Naruko asked with a grin.
Jiraiya rolled his eyes at the nickname that he was clearly never going to be rid of. "It's Sensei to you gaki," he groaned. "You're never going to let that go are you?"
"Nope. Besides I'm not the one who introduces himself as, and I quote, a "Super Pervert" am I?" Naruko asked with as much sarcasm as she could muster. "So where are we heading next?"
"I was thinking of heading to Mizu no Kuni (Land of Water). Maybe we could find you some scrolls to train your water affinity," Jiraiya said.
Naruko nodded. "Do you think I'll be able to train my wind affinity more there as well?" she asked.
Jiraiya just shrugged. "Maybe. But I'd rather wait until we cross through Taki no Kuni (Land of Waterfalls). It'll be easier to do that there since the place is abundant in waterfalls," Jiraiya said sagely. "But for only completing step one of that training you've got it figured out quite well."
Naruko thought back to when she first started working with training her wind affinity. She had spent two weeks trying to cut the leaf in half with her chakra. Even with the help of over two hundred clones it took her a long time. "What's the next part got to do with a waterfall?" Naruko asked curiously.
"You're supposed to be able to split a waterfall using only your chakra. Splitting a waterfall is supposed to be the hardest part of any elemental chakra training. Although it's the least dangerous," Jiraiya explained.
"What's the most dangerous?" Naruko asked.
"Lightning affinity training. Something to do with actual lightning bolts. Honestly I'd rather not try and figure it out myself. But I'm sure you want to try it out, huh?" the man asked.
Naruko nodded vigorously. "It may be my weakest affinity, but I'm sure it would be very useful to have all three affinities at max power," Naruko stated. "I want to be able to use them all efficiently."
Jiraiya smirked at his student's determination. "And I'm sure you'll get it figured out. But for now let's get that leg checked out," he said as they walked through the door of the inn.
The receptionist looked up from his desk. "Get hurt training Naruko?" he asked.
"A little," Naruko replied and rubbed the back of her head.
"A little my ass. You popped you knee out of place. I told you to slow down," Jiraiya said, shaking his head. "But you didn't listen did you?"
Naruko stuck her tongue out at her sensei. "Whatever," Naruko grumbled.
The receptionist laughed. Naruko had grown on the man in the last two years. She was always a ray of sunshine that seemed to cheer anybody who met the blonde right up. "Oh by the way. We'll be checking out after Naruko's leg heals," Jiraiya said.
The receptionist saddened at that. "I'm sorry to hear that. It's definitely been a pleasure having you two stay here," the man said.
"Likewise," Jiraiya said. "Come on let's go out some ice on that knee gaki."
"You got it," Naruko said and hopped up the stairs with the help of Jiraiya. They made their way to the room they had called home for the last two years and quickly went inside. Jiraiya helped Naruko over to his bed and laid the girl down.
"Just wait here for a minute and I'll get some ice for you," the man said. "Don't try to stand on it to get something. You better tell me now before I leave."
"Can I have your book?" Naruko asked.
Jiraiya nodded. "How many times are you gonna read that book?" he asked.
Naruko shrugged. "As many times as I can. It's a good book," he said.
"Well I'm glad somebody likes it. It hardly sold when I published it," the man said slightly saddened. He grabbed the book and handed it to Naruko.
"I don't know why. It's a really good book," the girl said as she took the book and began reading where she left off.
"Well anyway, we're gonna relax for a couple of days before we head out so if I were you I'd get some rest."
"Yeah I will."
"Good. Can't have you falling over from exhaustion when we head to Mizu no Kuni."
Naruko just waved the man off. "I'm not gonna fall over from exhaustion," Naruko reassured.
Jiraiya raised an eyebrow before he left to go get ice. When he returned Naruko was asleep on the bed with her book laying on her chest. Jiraiya smirked at the girl as he gently placed the ice on Naruko's knee affected knee and ankle. Later on Jiraiya would summon one of his toads to get some healing oil, but for now he'd let Naruko sleep.
Naruko woke up in a clearing surrounded by a forest on all sides. She looked around for a moment then remembered where she was. This was her mindscape. She hadn't been in here since the day before she left with Jiraiya.
"Hey Kyuubi! Where are you?" Naruko yelled out.
When she received no answer, Naruko shrugged and began to walk into the forest. She had seemingly forgotten that she was currently unable to walk in the real world. In here it seemed as though she felt no pain at all. Naruko walked for what felt like half an hour before coming upon another clearing. Here she spotted the giant fox sleeping.
"Hey Kyuubi!" Naruko yelled.
The fox opened one of it's eyes and glared at the girl. "So you're back in here. It's been over two years. Why now brat?" the fox growled.
Naruko shrugged. "I kinda don't know how to get in here," Naruko said with a nervous chuckled. She rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
The fox rolled it's visible eye. "It's not that hard to do brat. Just close your eyes and focus on this place," the fox growled.
"So kinda like meditating?" Naruko asked.
"Something like that," the fox said. "Now what do you want?"
"I don't know. I didn't really come here on purpose. Do you like the forest?" Naruko suddenly asked.
The fox merely huffed. "It's better than the sewer I was in," it growled.
"Good!" Naruko smiled up at the fox. This action confused the fox greatly.
"Why don't you fear me human?" the fox growled.
"I don't know," Naruko shrugged. "You don't seem that bad. Just misunderstood, right?"
The fox narrowed it's eye at the girl. "And why would you care?" Kyuubi growled raising its head to stare at Naruko with both eyes, adding to the intimidation factor.
Naruko looked down. "Cause we were both misunderstood," she said quietly.
"It doesn't matter to me. I am a being of pure hatred!" the fox growled.
Naruko shrugged. "Sure thing fuzzball. There's gotta be something you cared about in your lifetime," Naruko said.
The fox narrowed his eyes. "There was one such a person, but he's long gone now. So it doesn't matter!"
"What was the person like?" Naruko asked sitting down cross legged.
"He was a wise man. The only person I ever had any respect for, and ever will," the fox growled. "Now leave your bothering me." He turned around and laid down on his paws.
Naruko stood up and turned to leave. "Why would they want you to hate others then?" Naruko asked. Seeing that the fox wouldn't answer she vanished from the seal.
The fox glared at the sky for a moment before closing its eyes and falling asleep.
_Naruko woke up the next day to the sun in her face and the sound of... Croaking? Naruko's eyes shot open and she turned her head over to Jiraiya. Currently the man was talking to a rather large toad, and it seemed to be talking back.
Naruko rolled out of bed and put her feet down, only to feel a slight tingling feeling in her right leg. Naruko walked over to where Jiraiya was sitting. "Morning Naruko. How's the leg?" he asked.
"It tingles a bit," Naruko replied. "What's up with the toad Ero Sennin?"
"It's one of my messenger toads. They are also great for transporting things to me," the man said.
"What kinda things?" Naruko asked with a small yawn.
"Healing oil from Myobokuzan. I had some brought here to help with the leg," Jiraiya said, pointing to Naruko's still slightly injured leg. "Come over here and I'll put this stuff on your leg."
Naruko nodded and walked over to Jiraiya and sat down beside him. Jiraiya quickly applied the oil then wrapped her leg up. Once he was finished with that, Jiraiya closed the oil and put it back into the scroll it was sealed into, then placed said scroll back onto the toads back. "Thanks. Tell Ma'am and Pa I said hello," Jiraiya said before the road reverse summoned itself.
"Who's Ma'am and Pa?" Naruko asked. "Are they your parents?"
Jiraiya laughed. "No. Their not my parents, but they are a couple whom I hold in the highest respect," he said.
"Wow. Are they strong?" Naruko asked.
"Oh yeah. Pa taught me the Sage Arts and his wife can make some good grub," Jiraiya said with a small laugh. "Now your leg should be healed up enough for us to move on. Let's go to Kiri."
Naruko nodded and stood up. "Will I learn to be a sage like you?" Naruko asked curiously.
"If you think you're up to it. Even I haven't fully mastered it yet. And I started when I was 13," Jiraiya replied.
Naruko's eyes widened significantly. "Is it that hard to master?!" she asked rather loudly.
Jiraiya dug his pinkie in his ear to clear it out from Naruko's outburst. "Yes. Yes it is. A perfect Sage Mode give the user great power. Mine still gives me a significant power boost, but it leaves some side effects. Such as a larger nose, webbed hands and feet, and very sharp teeth. So I don't use it that often," the man explained as they left the inn and headed for the docks.
Naruko and Jiraiya quickly found a ship and paid the man half upfront to take them to Kiri. The trip would take about four days with good weather and Naruko planned to use those four days to their fullest with training. At least that was the plan until the monkey wrench know as seasickness was thrown into the mix. No, it wasn't Naruko who got sick. It was Jiraiya. Yes the great Toad Sage, one of the three Legendary Sannin, the man who makes the loins of every women tremble when they see him, was brought down by...seasickness...
Naruko sweat dropped as she watched her Sensei barf over the railing of the ship. This was only a few hours into the trip. "Come on Ero Sennin, let's get you to your bed. You're clearly in no condition to be up here awake," Naruko said as she made a clone to help her carry her Sensei.
"I thought I told you to-" he was cut off as he nearly hurled again before calming it down. "To not call me that, gaki." He voice was barely above a whisper.
The two Naruko's shook their heads. "Whatever Ero Sennin," she said and helped the man to bed. Jiraiya flopped down on his bed and immediately turned over and hurled into a strategically placed bucket. "I'm not changing that bucket Sensei," Naruko told the man as she made two more clones. "Alright you guys. You two read more on the history of Konoha and Uzushio. While me and you are going to spar below decks."
"Right, Hime," the clones said. Two of them began to read up on the scrolls while the real Naruko and her other clone traversed the ship to go down below the decks where nobody was currently at. They each stood apart from one another and stared, each in the basic Uzumaki Taijutsu stance.
(Fire Up the Night by New Medicine begins playing)
The ship creaked and a single water droplet fell from the ceiling between them. The moment it splashed to the deck the two Naruko's dashed forward. Both kicks collided in midair before pushing back away from each other. The girls landed and charged forward again. Naruko blocked a punch from her clone then sent her knee up towards its ribcage only for it to be blocked by a hard elbow slamming down on her kneecap. Pain shot down her leg but the momentum allowed her to spin on her still grounded foot and swing the other heel towards her clones head. Her clone ducked down and kick Naruko away before charging forward. Naruko quickly regained her balance and blocked a quick uppercut then ducked under a kick. Naruko immediately swept her clones leg out from under her trying to trip her.
The clone immediately caught herself with her hands and did a back handspring to regain her balance. The two stared at each other before attacking again. This time Naruko took charge of the fight and slammed her heel into her clones chest and pushed her back while doing a flip in midair. When she landed, Naruko immediately jumped forward and sent a spin kick at her clones head. The clone quickly blocked the foot only to have to jump back away from a downward fist aimed towards her cranium. Naruko charged forward and jumped into the air flipping to gain momentum for the ax kick she was bringing down. The clone crossed her arms above her head and caught the foot aimed for her head before pushing the original off and flipping her backwards. The real Naruko was once again out onto the defensive as her clone took advantage of the original trapped in the air.
Naruko blocked a quick punch aimed at her face then jumped over a sweeping kick. Sh barely twisted in the air as her clone aimed another punch at her gut. Naruko landed on the ground and had to immediately jump away from another punch. The clone sent a flurry of kicks and punches at the original that were either dodged or blocked. The clone went to swing her leg around aiming for the originals head. Naruko took the advantage and caught her clones kick and tossed her away before charging forward. Naruko quickly performed an ax kick and brought it down hard on her clone. The impact made her clone bounce up off the deck giving Naruko the chance to punch her clone in the gut and send it away from her. The clone smacked into a wall and poofed away.
Naruko stood panting, she felt the training integrate into her muscles as the clones memories came back to her. She turned to leave only to be met with one of the sailors. They all smelled of sake and fish, but the sake smell on this guy was significantly larger.
"Umm, was I bothering you? I'm sorry if I was," she said.
The sailor shook his head. "Not at all little lady. How come you aren't training with your Sensei?" he asked.
"He's seasick," Naruko said with a shrug. "But my clones make good sparring partners."
The sailor nodded and continued to stare at Naruko. "You know the seas are pretty rough. You should be careful out in them," he said.
Naruko took a step back. The aura coming off of this man made Naruko feel uneasy. "Uh, thanks for the advice. I think I'm gonna go now," she said and made to move past the man but was stopped.
"Aww. So soon?" he asked. "Why not stay down here a little bit longer? Nobody's here to bother us." Her eyes widened when she heard this. Naruko swallowed, fear slowly growing in her stomach. "Nobody to hear you scream," he said with an evil grin before he lunged and grabbed Naruko.
Naruko immediately went to thrashing about in the mans grasp. "JIRAIYA!" she screamed.
The sailor just laughed. "I already told you nobody can hear us down here. And now we can have our fun," he said sadistically. He walked over to one of the walls that had a few sacks of grain up against it and tossed her onto them. He immediately began to try and strip her of her pants but was kicked in the nose in the process.
Naruko took the advantage and shot up and towards the door trying to make a break for it. "Jiraiya Sensei! Help!" Naruko screamed again. She was almost to the door before the sailor grabbed her by the hair and tossed her back onto the ground. She quickly got up and made a Kage Bunshin before dispelling it to send it's memories to her other two clones. 'Please hurry!' she thought to herself. Naruko then remembered the kunai she had on her and drew it. The tri-tipped kunai glinted dangerously in the light of one of the lanterns.
"Ooh, I'm so scared of a little girl holding a butter knife," he said in mock fear. He drew his own weapon. It was a saber about three times the length of Naruko's kunai. "You should stop before you get hurt little girl."
"And let you rape me like the scum you are?! Fuck you!" she yelled.
"My my, little girls shouldn't use such foul language," he said before rushing Naruko and knocking her down with his shoulder. She collided with a support beam, knocking the kunai away and putting her into a daze. The man then proceeded to undress her. He grinned down at her evilly and was about to rape her when he was suddenly thrown back by a tremendous force. "What the fuck was that?" he asked groggily.
"You son of a bitch," the newcomer said quietly and very dangerously. Killing intent flew like waves towards the man. "You are a pathetic piece of scum for trying something like that. Especially when it's towards my goddaughter. I will make sure you suffer terribly before I kill you."
Naruto looked up through foggy eyes and spotted Jiraiya. She tried to move but slowly fell back into unconsciousness. The sailor stood up and held his sword in a terrible kenjutsu stance. The captain and a couple of other sailors came down the stairs when they felt the intense killing pressure that was being released. The captain was about to say something then spotted the half undressed Naruko and the sailor defending himself against a severely pissed off Jiraiya.
Jiraiya disappeared from sight only to reappear directly in front of the man with his fist cocked back. Jiraiya slammed it down into the mans face hard and sent him sprawling to the floor. The force caused the sailor to bounce back up enough for Jiraiya to grab his throat and slam him into a support beam. The beam creaked from the sudden pressure. Jiraiya let the man slide down to the floor before he kicked the man upwards into the ceiling. As he began his descent back to the floor Jiraiya formed a Rasengan in his hand and slammed it into the sailors stomach. The blast rocketed the sailor to the far wall where a Jiraiya Kage Bunshin was waiting. The clone caught the man by the throat and slammed him into the ground. The real Jiraiya walked over to the downed sailor and glared down at him.
"You have no right to call yourself a man," he spat before quickly drawing a kunai and throwing it into the mans genitals, rendering them completely useless for the rest of his soon to be short life. The sailor barely hard time to scream before Jiraiya brought two more kunai from his kimono top and tossed them both into vital spots on the mans body. His eyes widened and he tried to scream but all that came out was a gurgling sound. He lifted his head slightly before it dropped back to the ground, completely lifeless.
Jiraiya quickly rushed over to Naruko and redressed her before her picked up gently, grabbing the kunai in the process. Jiraiya walked over to the stairs and looked at the captain. "I'm not sorry for his death. Nobody is to touch her at all," Jiraiya warned dangerously.
The captain shook his head. "Don't worry. He was merely a body to be used for labor. It my fault for not keeping a better watch on my crew. I can assure you there won't be anything else like this happening again while he head to Mizu no Kuni," the captain said.
Jiraiya simply nodded before walking upstairs. The captain turned to the crew me where with him. "Get him out of here and toss him over the side of the ship. Let the sea life eat his carcass," he ordered.
"Aye, Captain!" the crew said and made quick work of hauling the body to the top deck and tossing him over board.
Back with Naruko and Jiraiya, Naruko had just regained consciousness. She was sitting on Jiraiya's bed, curled up next to him shaking. Tears were streaming down her face. Jiraiya just held onto her to make sure she wasn't alone. "I'm sorry Naruko. I should've been down there with you," he said guiltily.
Naruko sniffed and wiped her eyes. "I d-don't blame y-you Sensei," she sobbed. "I sh-shouldn't have g-gone down alone. I sh-should've just stayed up here with you."
Jiraiya rubbed her back comfortingly. "It wasn't your fault sweetie. Now you should go to sleep. Get what happened off your mind," he said quietly.
Naruko simply nodded before closing her eyes and slowly falling asleep next to Jiraiya. The man sighed. She would probably be scarred for life because of that, but Jiraiya would make sure to stay by her side from now on no matter what. He wouldn't ever let harm come to the girl. Not while he was still breathing. Jiraiya leaned back against the wall near the head of his bed and quickly fell asleep.
Ang3l: Chapter 3 if going to take a little more time to upload. i will more than likely upload it with Chapter 6 of Vengeance of an Uzumaki and Hyuga. Anyway i hope you guys all enjoyed this chapter and look forward to Chapter 3.
Kurama: would you just stop your damn rambling already!
Ang3l: Shaddup you jackass!
Kurama: make me!
Ang3l: *places hand on lever* Don't tempt me.
Kurama: *sweating bullets* please don't.
Ang3l: *smirks* too easy. *turns to reader* See you guys later!