Chapter 14: Dark Truth: I am Just a Weapon, but I'm A Darn Good One
Naruto silently ate his chicken as the two Sanin bickered across the table and then decided to observe Tsunade as he became bored after a few moments. It was true that she didn't look a day over 30 and she only looked 25 at the youngest so it was hard to imagine that the young largely endowed woman sitting across from him was really 50 years old like Jiraiya.
"Hi I'm Shizune" the young dark haired woman said as she patted the tiny pig that was resting on her lap "I'm Lady Tsunade's assistant"
"Naruto Uzumaki...I guess I'm Pervy Sage's student don't really know spend more time arguing and bickering with him then actually learning anything off him" Naruto said leaning back with his arms behind his head.
Tsunade turned and glared at Naruto who merely yawned and then pointed at him "And who is this brat!"
"This brat is Naruto Uzumaki and he's my new student!" Jiraiya said hugging Naruto tight to his chest making a tick appear right above his eyebrow "He may look a little rough but I tell you he's a genius and true diamond in the rough" he said dramatically
"I swear if you don't let me go I will hurt you" Jiraiya quickly let Naruto go and then settled back more comfortably.
"Well anyways I'm here on the behalf of the Leaf village" Tsunade sneered and then saw as Naruto gave her a bored almost dissatisfied glance.
"WHAT! You think your better than me you Brat!" she shouted as she felt the effects of alcohol enter her system.
Naruto wiped a bit of spit of his face and then just sighed once again before he leant back and waited for Jiraiya to finish "As I was trying to say...The third was killed, by Orochimaru" Tsunade stilled for a moment before she relaxed again and shrugged "you came all this way to tell me that?"
"No" the slug princess look up at this and gave her old teammate a long measuring glance "In his wake the third didn't pick another successor and the Leaf village has decided that you are to become the next Hokage"
Tsunade sneered and leant back crossing her arms as she went "And why would I do something stupid like take the Hokage's position, it's a stupid position to be in, all you do is end up dead"
Naruto felt a tremor of anger flash through him and had to grit his teeth to stop himself from jumping over the table and slamming into the woman in front of him. Jiraiya saw this and put a calming hand on his students shoulder and then turned and gazed at Tsunade fiercely "Tsunade! Stop being a child, look at those who have come before you, your own grandfather was the first Hokage, Minato was the Fourth"
"Oh and what happened to the both of them, my oh so great grandfather was killed protecting his brother and the village and in the end both my Grandfather and his brother perished, and Minato...that kid was like a son to me and what happened to him huh...he went and got himself killed all because he went up against the great demon lord" Naruto's fist slammed down onto the table and he glared at Tsunade fiercely
"You call yourself a Sannin" Jiraiya looked down at his furious student and then looked over at Tsunade who just gazed at the boy in shock "Stop whining, you dare speak of the fourth in disrespect, that man saved the village in a great display of courage and yet you sit here and have the nerve to disrespect him and call him an idiot...well news flash woman no one disrespects the fourth why I'm still alive"
Tsunade looked at the flashing blue eyes and gulped as she was instantly reminded of the great fourth Hokage himself. "What was your name again" she whispered looking at the boy in complete shock, no one had yelled at her in such anger and unrestraint fury in thirteen years.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, future Leaf village protector" Tsunade's eyes lit up with recognition and she looked over at Jiraiya who nodded subtly.
"This is the nine tails jailor...he looks just like him" the sannin thought as Naruto stood up and sneered down at her
"Pervy sage, if this woman is the one that the Council elders have chosen to be the next Hokage maybe I should just jump back into ANBU, or maybe I'll just become a hermit like you because from what I'm seeing now...she'd only turn her grandfathers work into a mockery" Naruto said before he turned on his heel and marched out the door.
Tsunade sat still for a moment processing everything while Jiraiya mentally counted down and the second he got to one Tsunade sprung up and shook her fist towards the door where Naruto was exiting "You little brat you and me outside...Now"
Naruto turned back a little and gave Tsunade an apathetic glance "Are you naturally daft I was already heading outside" Tsunade glared at Naruto even harder and before Shizune or Jiraiya could blink Tsunade and Naruto were outside facing each other.
"I hope you don't think you're going to win, because all I'm going to need to beat you...is this one finger" Tsunade mocked as she held up one finger, Naruto glared and then cracked his neck before he rushed forward and kicked up making Tsunade's eyes go wide, but true to what she said she blocked the kick with one finger and then sent the blonde genin flying back. "Geez kid what they been feeding you in the village?"
Naruto grinned and then held his hand out and began gathering chakra in his tow hands as he began spinning it much like he did with the water balloon 'I know it's not complete but I can't let her mock the fourth, I'll show her at least a small sliver of what it means to be a Hokage' Naruto thought as he rushed towards the shocked sannin with the glowing blue ball of chakra which was streaming chakra.
"I can't be...the Rasengan?" the blonde Sannin whispered as the genin got closer and closer to her, but just before the spinning orb of chakra could hit her she slammed her finger into the ground making the ground shake slightly and for Naruto to fall forward and dispel the Jut-su so that he could catch himself in a roll. Naruto picked himself up and saw Tsunade glaring at Jiraiya who was just staring back at her with his arms crossed.
"Naruto you okay" Shizune asked as she rushed to his side.
Tsunade marched towards Jiraiya and stopped until she was a few feet from him "You taught him the Rasengan, how stupid could you be, that brat can't ever master something like that, he's just a snot nosed brat, I mean this kid looks like his hands aren't even stained yet, he's just a wet behind the ears newbie" Naruto turned his head away in shame and Jiraiya glared at Tsunade making her slightly shocked at the pure hate filled in his eyes
"That's enough Tsunade, that boy...That kid has been through more then you and I combined, you don't know him, so don't judge him and call him a wet behind the ears newbie...especially when"
"Enough!" Jiraiya looked over at Naruto who had his head bowed and was glaring at the floor like it had just insulted the fourth. "She doesn't have the right to know, she hasn't earned the right" Naruto whispered and Jiraiya nodded.
Tsunade smirked and cocked her hip to the side and then pointed at Naruto "What you have a bad childhood kid, you parents not take care of you huh" Jiraiya grained and shook his head as Naruto froze and the pierced Tsunade with a dark glare.
'You don't know me at all...I have no parents" Tsunade took a step back and Naruto grinned evilly "Okay I here you like gambling, well it seems I have a knack for it so how about a bet" Tsunade grinned and crossed her arms under her chest pushing her already impressive cleavage up. "Now you're talking my language" she said.
Naruto snorted lightly and looked her up and down "Okay here's the bet, if I master the Rasengan in let's say a week, you have to throw away your stupid childish issues and you will go back to the Leaf village and serve as its Fifth Hokage, but if I lose, I'll admit that you were right"
"Also you have to leave your precious village and serve me as my personal guard forever" Tsunade said smirking "Plus I'll throw in my little necklace if you win" Shizune gasped but Naruto ignored it and nodded.
"Very well, you better get your acceptance speech for the Hokage's office ready, plus I hear the old bats of the council are a real handle" Naruto said before turning and waved "Pervy Sage don't expect me back for a while"
Jiraiya waved and the sighed and turned to Tsunade who was simmering with anger "oh the kids got to you hasn't he" the Toad sage said mockingly as he pointed and laughed at the Tsunade who just glared at Jiraiya in annoyance.
"No he hasn't" Jiraiya laughed even harder and pointed at his childhood friend
"Oh God he so has I can't believe it, your all worked up because of a kid" Jiraiya laughed loudly.
Naruto looked around the field he had chosen as his training field and sighed before he sat down and took a deep breath as he cleared his mind and welcoming the fuzzy feeling he normally felt when he went to visit his brother. When he opened his eyes Naruto was greeted with the sight of the dull sewer and large cage that held the demon lord at bay.
"Hey Kyu"
Kyuubi shifted and brought his head down so that he could look down directly at Naruto easier "AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE LITTLE ONE, IF I'M CORRECT YOU ONLY HAVE A SEVEN DAY TO COMPLETE YOUR DEAL, THAT ISN'T A LONG TIME YOUNG ONE" Kyuubi said in a confident voice making Naruto deflate on the spot.
"Geez aren't you supposed to, I don't know encourage me and tell me things like: You'll have it done in no time, and stuff like that"
Kyuubi blinked twice before he hummed "SO YOU WATN ME TO LIE?"
Naruto glared at his demonic big brother as his eye began to twitch "No Kyu I don't want you to lie, I want YOU TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER!"
"I'M SORRY KIT BUT IF YOU WANT FAKE REASSURANCES AND LIES I AM NOT THE OEN TO ASK THEM FROM, I WILL GUIDE YOU AND HELP YOU, I WILL STAND BY YOUR SIDE WHEN THINGS ARE HARD BUT I WILL NEVER LIE TO YOU LITTLE ONE" The great demon said in a firm voice making Naruto look down in shame, Kyuubi made a loud sighing sound and Naruto felt the comforting aura embrace him once more "YOUNG KIT, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU, I THINK THIS DEAL YOU HAVE MADE WITH LADY TSUNADE IS VERY RISKY AND COULD PROVE TO BE YOUR DEMISE...BUT SAYING THAT I MUST SAY THAT IF ANYONE CAN PULL OF THIS FEAT...IT'S YOU" Naruto smirked and grinned at his older brother
"Of course I can, it's just sometimes I wonder if the gods chose the right person to put their faith in, I mean when they explained what the Pentingan would be used for I didn't really think that it would be that impressive but when I fought Orochimaru in the Forest Of Death...I saw what it really meant to use the powers of the gods, and it scared me and got me thinking that maybe I'm not worthy for such a power" Naruto said biting his lip as he spilled his insecurities onto his big brother.
"OH NARUTO, TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THIS, THE GODS WOULDN'T HAVE ENTRUSTED YOU WITH THEIR POWER IS THEY DIDN'T THINK YOU WEREN'T WORTHY" The demon said hi large red eyes softening "AND YES IT IS TRUE THAT THEIR POWER IS VERY STRONG COMPARED TO YOUR OWN BUT REMEMBER THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO WEILD WITH IT WITHOUT BECOMING DRUNK OFF THE POWER MEANS THAT YOU ARE PURE OF SOUL" Naruto looked down and smiled warmly before he looked at his hands which were stained red.
"It's funny how in my mind my hands are stained with the blood I've spilled and yet it comes off so easily in the real world don't you think Kyu" The demon made a agreeing humming noise and Naruto took a deep breath and looked into Kyuubi's large red eyes "I have to get to work, I have to prove to grandma Tsunade that being a ninja means more than just dying"
Kyuubi let out a booming laughter making Naruto cover his ears in annoyance "YOU'VE JUST MET HER AND SHE'S ALREADY BECOMING PRECIOUS TO YOU, YOU ARE QUITE THE AMAZING LITTLE KIT" Naruto grinned and shrugged
"What can I say, it's a gift" the blonde said as he faded away. The last thing he heard as he faded out of his mindscape was Kyuubi's booming laughter.
Naruto's eyes snapped open and when he became aware of his surroundings he stretched out and fell backwards onto the soft grass beneath him and just sighed as he stared up at the stars 'I wonder how everyone is doing back home, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, Zabuza...Kiba. I miss them all" Naruto said when suddenly the imagine of Lee screaming in pain as Gaara's sand crushed his arm and leg flashed into his mind "no, I promised Bushier brows sensei" he said as he flipped himself up onto his feet and stared at each tree in the field "Well I better get to work, they don't call me the number one unpredictable ninja for nothing"
Zabuza sighed as he watched Sasuke fall down in pain once again and rested his head in the palm of his hand "Get up, I told you I wasn't going to coddle you like Kakashi" Sasuke groaned and pulled himself to his feet and just glared at Zabuza tiredly.
Earlier that day the Uchiha heir had approached the ex-mist nin and had asked him to train him for the day and after a three hour training session Sasuke was beginning to feel like he had been thrown through the meat grinder and then jumped on a few times and through all that he had yet to actually do more than graze the assassination specialist.
"This is stupid and impossible, I can't hit Kakashi so there is no way I'm gonna hit you" Sasuke complained as he ran his hand through his hair frustrated.
"Geez how does Kakashi deal with you, I mean all you do is whine, I can't believe he blew Naruto off for the month training for the chunnin exams, you're really annoying" The mist ninja said jumping off the tree he had been leaning on and then began walking away "find someone else to teach you, I don't deal with whiners" he said before walking off.
Zabuza sighed and then noticed Kiba walking with his head down, through the village at a hurried pace so with an interested glance around him he began to follow the Inuzuka. It was a well kept secret between Tsume and himself that the young Inuzuka had a crush on Naruto so in light of finding out this secret Zabuza had made it his business to find out everything about the young man. But when he noticed Kiba had stopped in front of the Temple he couldn't help but chuckle as he noticed the boy's undecided posture.
"Oi kid, what you waiting for" Kiba froze and then turned around and saw Zabuza leaning against a nearby tree staring at him. The dog Nin was used to seeing the ex-mist Nin as he had become a frequent house guess as his mother had yet to beat him at a drinking contest.
"Ah nothing I just was going to you know go in and pray" he said in wavering voice as Zabuza gave him a I-know-your-lying glance but then nodded and clapped him on the shoulder.
"Good I'll go with you" Kiba gulped and nodded before he slowly walked up the steps into the temple "You know it's not seen as uncool to pray at the temple in the ninja community in fact it's seen as honourable" Zabuza said when he saw Kiba unsure expression as he sat before the large looming statue of Inferno.
"it's not that I'm scared of what it'll look like" Kiba said in a small voice as he looked up at the statue and then looked back down "It's just, the Inuzuka clan has been praying to Inferno for as long as they existed, he's supposed to be some great deity to us, a symbol of honour and yet I only found this out this year, so praying here to Inferno makes me feel like a fraud" the young Inuzuka said making Zabuza nod.
"Thought so" Kiba gave Zabuza a confused glance and the swordsmen sighed before explaining "When your mother and I talked, one time she revealed to me, that it was the fathers job to explain everything about the myths and legends of the clan to his son as it is with the mother to the daughter, but unfortunately for you your father died on a mission when you were still too young to be told all of this so when the time came to tell you about you clan's legends and gods you had no one as your mother was afraid to overstep her boundaries, but the fact is, you're not a fraud your just...a little late to the show" Zabuza said looking at the boy as he frowned a little.
"Really" Kiba whispered and then grabbed his forehead in pain and when he looked up he saw Zabuza smirking at him "Did you just jab me in the forehead?"
"You and Naruto annoy me a little you know that" Kiba's eyes widened in shock as Zabuza smiled down at him before the ex-mist ninja ruffled his hair "but you're alright kid"
Kiba laughed and then turned to pray at the statues feet and couldn't help the thought that passed his mind 'is this what it's like having a father'
A large explosion filled the empty clearing and in a large explosion of dust Naruto was sent flying from the rock he had been trying his Rasengan on. Five days had passed since he had made his deal with Tsunade and for five straight days he had been trying to perfect his Rasengan, but much to the blonde's dismay the Jut-su wasn't going to plan, but it was slowly coming along.
"It lasted longer this time" Naruto grunted as he pulled himself out of the ditch he had created."I'm gonna make it" he said panting.
But suddenly he felt a chilling sensation fill the air and when he looked around he swore he saw Orochimaru starring at him but once he blinked the snake man was gone and he was alone once again in the clearing.
"My instincts are never wrong" Naruto muttered so with a tired sigh he leapt out of his personal training field and leapt towards the hotel where he knew Jiraiya would be staying at.
In the room Tsunade glared at Jiraiya over five cards and then looked down at her dud hand when she saw Jiraiya's blank face.
"So what's the deal with the Uzumaki brat, he seems a little talented to be a genin" she said in an effort to distract the toad sage into to doing something to tip her off to his game.
"Because he's not just some genin" Jiraiya said as he looked up from his straight flush. "He's Kitsune the ANBU" Jiraiya said as he threw some chips into the pot.
"You're kidding me, that kid is the great Kitsune" Tsunade said laughing hard "That's a good one"
"Yeah I thought that too when I was told that when I was six" Tsunade froze and looked over at the window seal and glared when she saw Naruto leaning against the outside doorframe casually "But it seems that I'm still waiting for the end of my joke to happen"
"What do you mean" she asked in a curious voice.
Naruto gave the older woman a blank stare and then sighed "I was six years old and I killed three missing ninja out of instinct, in an effort to control me and my power the council elders had me but in ANBU under the guise of Kitsune, I lived like that for three years under the guardianship of Itachi Uchiha, but when he committed the massacre and left me alone again the Third saw it fit to put me into the academy at the ripe age of nine, I passed the graduation exam and was allowed out of ANBU for the time being as I was put under Kakashi's tutelage, but as I soon found out I may be able to get away from ANBU but it doesn't mean I'll ever truly be free from it" Tsunade stared at Naruto in shock and the boy sighed before he turned to Jiraiya "Look I don't want to alarm you but I think Orochimaru may be near"
Tsunade froze and she stood up and glanced at Naruto nervously "You saw him?"
The blonde genin shoved his hands into his pockets "yeah at least I think so, my instincts say I do, and trust me my instincts are never wrong" Jiraiya nodded and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder in passing.
"You training well?" he asked in a off handed voice, Naruto nodded and the toad sage sighed before he grabbed Tsunade and forced her out the door "You keep at it, you'll get it" Naruto nodded and then leapt back towards the training area and sighed before he began to force his chakra into the form of a sphere.
"I will win!" he shouted as he slammed his jut-su into a nearby tree.
Tsunade starred down into the tea in front of her and then looked over at Jiraiya who was doing the same thing. Ever since she had pushed Naruto into telling her about his past the two of them hadn't spoken a word to each other but for some weird reason the slug sannin felt almost as if the Toad sage was disappointed in her.
"So tell me, what did he offer you in a deal" Tsunade froze in shock and she starred over at Jiraiya who had a sad grin on his face "What you really thought I wouldn't figure it out, Sensei sealed his arms didn't he, and in response he wanted you to heal them but he would have known you wouldn't have done it for free...so I'm gonna ask again: what did he offer you in return" Jiraiya said in a firm tone.
Tsunade looked back down at her drink sadly and sighed "He offered to bring Nowaki and Dan back to life for me" Jiraiya swore a little and put his hand on his forehead
"And seeing Naruto and hearing him yell at you like that would have been an extremely hard thing for you to do, he would have brought up bad memories didn't he" the Toad sage said sadly.
Tsunade nodded and then sighed "Hearing him speak to me like that reminded me of when Dan used to berate me and tell me I wasn't a kid, and when I looked into his eyes I saw the same passion that used to light up in my little brothers eyes when he spoke of his dream, and even though the dream isn't the same, Naruto wants to protect the leaf village just like them and hearing him declare it so easily made me almost break down"
"So why offer him the necklace" Tsunade smirked and shook her head
"Please he has two days left, he won't make it" Jiraiya sighed and stood up
"You'd be surprised in what that kid can do Tsunade, he and his demon aren't in a fight over control he and his demon are a team and that only makes him stronger and more dangerous, and trust me many of his opponents have underestimated him and have ended up face first in the ground" Tsunade stared at her teammate in shock
"Jiraiya I haven't heard you speak like this since..."
"Who Minato, that's because only Naruto could find that spark that Minato had, only Naruto could make me feel irritated, overjoyed, annoyed and proud all at the one time, I will tell you this Tsunade that kid: Naruto...he will be my last student, I ever teach" the toad sage said before throwing a few bills on the counter and walked away towards the training ground where Naruto was at hard work.
Kakashi looked up at the moon and then looked down at his book and put it away; he wasn't getting any reading done anyway. Ever since Itachi had graced the leaf village once again he had been distracted and most of all worried about Naruto. The little blonde had been so shaken and scared when his old guardian had come back suddenly; that the silver haired scarecrow had thought that the blonde would have gone with them because it was Itachi had asked him to. Kakashi wasn't going to lie, even back in his ANBU days he had been slightly jealous of the bond that Itachi and Naruto had formed so quickly, it had angered him how quickly the blonde had accepted the Uchiha when it had taken weeks to worm his way into the Naruto's trust why it had taken the Uchiha mere moments to achieve what he hadn't been able to do for weeks. But for Naruto's sake he had backed off and allowed Naruto to lean completely on the younger officer and then when he had betrayed the village Kakashi had turned his back on the young boy in an effort to make the boy grow up and stop trusting people as easily as he had been doing, but because of his cold shoulder Kitsune had turned away from Ookami and had found a warm embrace in Rat who had taken in the boy and had tended to him and had become to boy's career and new guardian. Kakashi sighed tiredly and rubbed the back of his neck in an effort to release some of the tension lying in the muscles, he should have known that Itachi wouldn't forget the young blonde, he was the only operative in ANBU who had been able to stare into the depths of the Sharingan and not be hypnotised by the pure power and strength that lied in the crimson depths of the red copying eye. So that it would have impressed the Uchiha to the point of awe, and then there was the small detail of who had caught the traitor as he was fleeing the scene of the crime. When he and his squad had found Naruto all they saw was a destroyed forest and Naruto who was beaten to the point of death. To have survived such a beating and to have only gotten stronger because of it, Naruto would have been made a target almost immediately in Itachi's eyes.
"Doesn't help he has a sort of sick fascination with him" the scarecrow mumbled as he gazed up at the dark sky "I wonder how Naruto's doing, he was a little tense when he left and I know that when Naruto's tense something bad seems to follow him" Kakashi said sighed as he scratched his head in an attempt to calm his nerves.
"A Little tense eh Kakashi?" The silver haired ninja turned and smiled up at his fellow masked ninja and motioned for Zabuza to sit next to him on the roof.
"How are you Zabuza I haven't seen you since the Funeral, when you left with Tsume, Kiba and Naruto" Kakashi said smiling up at the Jonin who had wormed his way into Naruto's heart in mere moments, even though he had injured him and caused him to go through a painful evolution to gain a newer and better eye.
"I've been good, I've been helping Kiba get more in touch with his heritage, and my students have been pushing it a bit too far in the ignorance department" The swordsmen growled making Kakashi laugh a little.
"We are the leaf village our specialty is escorts and body guard duty your old village was the head of assassination not ours" Zabuza sniffed the air uninterestedly and then glared at the moon before sighing tiredly. "Tired?"
Zabuza nodded and then chuckled a little "With all the arguing we do you wouldn't think it but I really miss the little brat, I mean it feels as if the village is missing something without him here" Kakashi nodded and then leant back against the roof.
"Yeah I know what you mean I haven't even had them as students for a whole year and yet...I still can't help but miss him, I mean Sasuke is a great student" Zabuza snorted and Kakashi gave him a confused look before continuing on "And Sakura is a great ear to talk to but Naruto...he has a calming presence and without him here the village just seems empty" Zabuza nodded in agreement and the two Jonin feel silent and allowed the calm that surrounded them to engulf the silence that had loomed over them.
"Naruto"
Said blonde looked up and gave him a searching glance and then looked up at the rising sun and sighed as he looked around the training area and the sighed. Today was the last day of the bet, one week earlier he had made a bet with the Slug Princess Tsunade that he could master the Rasengan in one week and now his week was up.
"You gonna be okay" Jiraiya asked his student as they slowly walked back to the town where Tsunade had been staying for the time that they had been waiting out the time on the bet "I mean you haven't"
Naruto held up a hand to stop his teacher and then grinned "I'm gonna wing it"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto in shock for a moment before his patience broke "ARE YOU CRAZY! YOU'RE GONNA WING IT, YOUR INSANE THIS IS YOUR WHOLE LIFE WERE TALKING ABOUT!"
Naruto unplugged his fingers from his ears and then stared at Jiraiya with a bright grin "I know that, but what other choice do I have" Jiraiya saw the fleeting look of sadness that crossed his face and fell silent "But what am I gonna do, I can't lie and tell her that I finished it, and I can't just tell her I haven't I want to show her how far I have gotten, I have to trust my instincts like I always have a rely on what skills I have not on what skills I lack"
Jiraiya put his hands on Naruto's shoulders and shook his head "Your instincts aren't gonna get you out of trouble everytime you need them too"
Naruto looked back up and smiled brightly before shaking his head "Maybe...but until then, I think I'll stick with what I know works"
Jiraiya laughed as Naruto dug through his vest and pulled out his small pipe and begun playing a cheery tune totally unaware of the two following eyes that was concealed in the shadows. 'This complicates things'.
Shizune bit her nails in fright as she stared at the empty bed beside her and then froze when she heard the cheery tune flowing down the street. In mere seconds she rushed down the stairs and rushed straight into Naruto who she bundled into a tight hug. "Naruto she's gone" Jiraiya froze and swore darkly. Naruto glared at an invisible enemy and then pulled Shizune off him and looked into her eyes.
"You either can tell me what happened before Pervy Sage and I came along or I can find out forcibly" The genin said his Pentingan eye spinning widely.
Shizune gulped and then nodded "A week ago, Tsunade was approached by Orochimaru who asked her to heal his arms that had been rendered useless in his fight against the Third Hokage" Naruto looked down and growled a little "But when Tsunade at first refused he said that he would bring back her little brother Nowaki and my uncle Dan back to life if she did for him" Naruto's eyes widened and he felt all the anger leave his body.
"We have to stop her" he whispered and then he turned to the tiny pig and looked it in the eyes "Ton-Ton can you find her" The tiny pig nodded determined and Naruto quickly summoned Gamakichi who immediately jumped onto his blonde mop of hair. "You ready buddy"
"You know it kid" The Toad said saluting Shizune and Jiraiya who just nodded and then leapt off as the tiny pig picked up the female Sanin's scent and ran towards its location. 'don't worry Grandma I'm coming, and then you'll have to admit I was right' Naruto thought as a feral grin found its way onto his face and his pupils thinned out to slits.
Tsunade punched Kabuto in the face sending him half way across the field and then turned to Orochimaru who was watching all the proceedings with a smug grin plastered onto his face. Watching his most loyal subjects and his old teammate who were both masters when it came to the healing arts fight was very entertaining to the snake sannin who liked nothing more than a large display of power, and when it came to Tsunade: she never did anything by halves.
"What you to good to get your hands dirty?" she said putting her hands on her hips. Orochimaru shook his head and smiled smugly "No I just don't feel the need to fight myself when Kabuto is more than capable to deal with you at the moment" Tsunade smirked and then caught the chakra scalpel that had been heading her way and then threw Kabuto until he landed at his master's feet.
"Oh you mean this dog...well at least he's where he belongs, at his master's feet" Tsunade said crossing her arms and then stomped her foot twice causing the ground under Kabuto to cave in and if it wasn't for the ninja's quick reflexes the medic nin would have fallen to a very rocky death.
"I wouldn't underestimate me" Kabuto said as he pulled himself to his feet and then unsheathed a Kunai and brought it up to his hand and made a deep cut "I might just surprise you" he said flinging the blood into the woman's eyes. The second the blood hit Tsunade's body she froze as bad memories sprung to the forefront of her mind, Blood covering Nowaki and her blood stained hands as she tried to save Dan. Kabuto sneered as he watched as the great Tsunade the Slug princess turned into a shivering mess at the sight of his blood. "And you call me pathetic" he said as he kicked the blonde woman across the field. But just as he was about to leap forward and attack again he felt a bright pain flare through his body and when he went flying he managed to see Naruto with a bloody hooked kunai standing in front of Tsunade with hell's fury in his eyes. "Naruto" Kabuto said coldly as the genin stood up straight and fixed him with a glare that would make Kyuubi shiver.
"Kabuto"
Orochimaru smirked as he looked at the child who had been able to put him on the verge of death, he hadn't seen the blonde since the finals of the chunnin exam where he had beaten the Hyuga prodigy in a way which almost made him forget the Uchiha heir he had been so focused on getting for the last few years. "Ah Naruto it's good to see you, and you look so well" the snake sannin said and Naruto fixed his glare on the raven haired ninja "aw why so mean, you and I have a bond"
Jiraiya jumped down next to his student and put Gamakichi down next to him and then stared at Tsunade and swore lightly when he saw the blood covering her still shaking form. "Naruto I need you to take care of Tsunade"
Shizune looked over at Kabuto and then at Naruto who seemed to be growling like a wild animal and then cleared her throat catching the Toad Sannin's attention "master Jiraiya, I don't think I should take Naruto's place, I believe the only one capable of taking care of that Medic ninja is him" Jiraiya looked over at his student and saw the fury covering his frame and the nodded in agreement.
Kabuto sneered when he realized that Naruto was going to be his opponent and then clapped as he healed his wounds "So I get to fight the Leaf village's perfect weapon" Naruto stilled and then glared at Kabuto even fiercer making the medic chuckle slightly at the pure hatred that filled the boys eyes at that moment "Oh please you know that is what you are, you were born to be a weapon and the council knew that, why do you think that the Third didn't fight against the decision to hard to throw you in ANBU : he knew there was gonna come a time when you would be needed to fight and protect the village even at the cost of your own life" Naruto nodded and then rushed forward in speeds that shocked even Orochimaru and slammed his fist into Kabuto's chin sending him flying upwards.
"Naruto has a short fuse, and if I'm not correct your dog just reached the end of it" Jiraiya said before he ran forward and engaged his own rival in battle why Shizune looked on in fear.
Kabuto grit his teeth as Naruto's kick landed breaking two of his ribs and sending him flying towards the ground. 'This kid, I'm gonna have to step up my game' Naruto landed silently across from the ditch and waited for Kabuto to jump out and hit him. When the medic did just that and tried to get him with a glowing hand Naruto was so shocked that the chakra blade managed to hit one of his blood veins making him cough up an alarming amount of blood.
"Damn I only hit one of your minor veins" Kabuto said pouting. Naruto glared and then kicked the man so hard that he seemed stuck to his foot at one point only to be sent flying into a nearby boulder.
As Kyuubi healed his wounds Naruto quickly ran through a set of hand signs "Water Wolf Jut-su: Tidus" he said slamming his hand on the floor and then all the water in the nearby stream and in the air formed the large wolf with water eyes who just turned and nuzzled Naruto affectionately. Naruto patted it once before running through another set of hand signs and then took a deep steadying breath "Oh please let this work: Water wolf Fusion Armour" Jiraiya looked down in shock and then bit his lip in worry, Naruto had only managed to master one of the armours and the fact that the kid had decided to use an unmastered jut-su in the middle of the battle just proved how far back the kid had been pushed.
"Nervous Jiraiya, is Naruto really that much of a cause for concern?" Orochimaru said and Jiraiya shook his head and smirked as the armour hardened itself and became whole.
"Nah I was just thinking about how badly you were gonna have to scrape you little medic off the floor once Naruto's done with him"
Naruto took a deep breath as he felt the water enter his body and seemed to work its way into his bloodstream turning him into half water. When he looked down at himself he smirked when he saw that the armour had worked. Unlike with the fire armour this armour's face mask attached itself to his ears and made them into metal wolf ears. On his wrists were blades that looked like they could slice through water as fast as a bullet. When he looked at his back he smirked when he saw two ribbons falling from his shoulders where they laid against the back of his knees. Around his waist was a large whip with a curved and pointed tip and on his wrist was a launcher of some kind and when he looked at his hip he saw what looked like darts locked into place.
"What is this" Kabuto demanded as he looked over Naruto's new appearance "What did you do" Naruto held up his blue armoured gloved hand and then smirked although you couldn't see it from behind his mask.
"I upgraded" he said, his voice sounding like he was underwater and then after spinning around he seemed to turn himself into water and then dispersed into the air scarring Kabuto who started to turn around in a circle as he tried to find the missing blonde ninja. But as he turned around suddenly he felt a painful slash and when he looked down at his thigh he was shocked when he saw the large gash appear out of thin air. But when he looked up he saw Naruto sitting on a nearby rock looking down at him with smug eyes as his right wrist blade was dripping with blood. "Let me explain, this armour holds the abilities of Tidus the Wolf of water, when I fuse with my Jut-su created wolf, I create an armour that gives me certain gifts, one of this armours is that every few moments I'm able to make my body turn into its barest form and let my water that fills my body take over my main appearance: in short I can turn myself into the water molecules in the air"
Kabuto glared and jumped up to strike Naruto who parried his strike with his wrist blade. But suddenly Kabuto grinned and slide his other chakra scalpel in and made a shallow gash on Naruto's shoulder making him wince before he grabbed both the medic's wrists. "What you didn't think I had other gifts did you" Naruto said before he jumped up dragging Kabuto with him. Then taking in a deep breath Naruto allowed the water power from within drawn outwards and Kabuto almost screamed when he saw water appear behind Naruto and then grab him and force its way down his throat. Naruto dropped the medic nin and then stood on the water above ground much like Gaara did with his sand and then clapped his hands together "Inner Tsunami typhoon Jut-su" Naruto called out and Kabuto felt as if something was tearing up his insides and before he hit the ground he coughed up a large amount of blood that put Naruto's amount to shame. Taking a deep breath Naruto allowed the water to float down to the ground where he rushed over to Tsunade who was staring at him in awe.
"Naruto" she whispered. Naruto grinned back even though she couldn't see it behind the mask and gave her a thumb up. But when she looked a little behind her she was terrified when she saw Orochimaru flying towards him with his singing grass sword drawn, "NARUTO BEHIND YOU"
Naruto whipped around just in time to have the sword impale him just to the left of his heart making him look up in shock as Orochimaru starred at him with annoyance "I missed" the snake sannin said in annoyance. Naruto grabbed the blade and ripped it from his armour and tore his face mask off and let the blood that had been gathering there to drip from between his teeth as he gave Orochimaru a bloody grin.
"What can I say I'm full of miracles" Orochimaru sneered and kneed the boy in the stomach cracking more of his armour and forcing more blood to be heaved from his wound. But when he went to do so again Jiraiya came out of nowhere and kicked his old teammate full in the face sending him flying.
"You Okay Naruto?" the Toad sage asked not looked back at his student. Once Naruto gave him the okay he jumped off and Tsunade watched as Naruto wiped the blood from his mouth and smiled at her.
"Don't worry Grandma until you're ready I'll protect you" Tsunade smiled back in a wavering smile and was then shocked when she saw the dark look his eyes took on when he felt Kabuto pick himself up.
"Aw how sweet, aren't you just adorable, being her white knight and all that, the only problem is, weapons aren't supposed to be knights, there used by the hero" Kabuto sneered and Naruto nodded and spat a small glob of blood on the ground and held a hand to the gaping wound in his chest and grimaced.
"Maybe but at least I have a use till my death, what about you, what do you think Orochimaru is going to do with you once you've outlived your purpose: keep you around to make him tea? Please you and I both know he's gonna kill you" Kabuto grabbed out a kunai and raced towards him in blind fury.
"I will never outlive my purpose" he screamed.
Naruto watched Kabuto closely and waited for his instincts to guide him Catch his kunai with your hand Naruto didn't question the thought and just held out his hand and allowed the blade to go straight through his hand making Tsunade stare ins shock at the lengths Naruto was willing to go through to protect her. Grabbing the blade with his hand Naruto summoned one clone with his other and then held his hand out and gave Tsunade a backwards cocky grin. "You got that necklace ready for me Grandma" Tsunade's eyes widened in shock and Kabuto tried to wrestle his blade out of Naruto's grip only to be held down when Naruto's fingers clamped around his own. "You remember when you called me a weapon" Naruto gritted out as he and his clone started to form the Rasengan in his left hand. "It's true I won't deny it" Kabuto forgot about the forming spinning ball of chakra and gave Naruto a superior smirk which disappeared when he saw the grin on Naruto's face "Only problem is I'm a damn good one" Tsunade stared in awe as Naruto slammed a fully created and perfected Rasengan into Kabuto's chest sending him twirling and flying into a nearby rock where he fell down and struggled to move.
Tsunade stood up and stared at all the blood around her and saw how Naruto just gazed at his hand once and then dropped it and let the blood drip before she walked over to him and put the necklace over his head and smiled down at him. "One last time eh" Naruto stared at her in confusion and then stared over to where Orochimaru had landed with Kabuto and glared over at the snake Sannin who just grinned at him.
"Well Naruto it seems you've won this round, but just wait you won't get away as easily next time, the leaf village will fall" Tsunade punched the ground and then glared at Orochimaru with fury in her eyes making the snake sannin take a step back in fear "Your blood fear?"
"Gone Thank Naruto for that. Orochimaru I will tell you this one time and one time only, you won't lay your hands on the Leaf village ever because I'll be serving it as the Fifth Hokage" Jiraiya came to stand next to Naruto who smiled at Tsunade and then at the same time both of them crossed their arms making Shizune giggle a little.
Orochimaru glared at the two of them and then disappeared with Kabuto. When the two of them were gone Naruto took a deep breath and let his armour fall to the floor leaving him with torn clothes drenched in blood.
"Oi kid, you aright" Jiraiya asked ruffling the blonde's hair as Gamakichi tugged on his pant leg.
"Yeah you alright buddy?" Naruto nodded and then held up his hand that was already half way to healing.
"You remember the demon lord I house right, well it has its perks" Jiraiya bellowed in laughter and pulled the boy in for a bear hug and Gamakichi jumped on his best friends head as Tsunade stared on affectionately. 'You may be a weapon in the eyes of the village, but to me Naruto...you're just like them"