Howdy! Williamgbirkin here! It's been over two weeks since I've updated and I'm sorry, I'm just bored out of my skull here. This is my longest chapter to date, but I'm a little disappointed that I haven't reached ten thousand yet.
I don't really like the way I did this chapter, it just seems like there's something I forgot.
I've decided to instead change this chapter a little from the original plan, instead of introducing Haku and Co. to Konoha, skipping a month or two of training, and beginning the Chunin Selection Exams, I've decided to hold off on the exams until a chapter or two later, so I can go a little more in depth for the time leading up to it, as well as a surprise at the end of the chapter that will be explained later on. I have also gone back and altered each of the previous chapters slightly.
I have been informed (rather rudely) that in the first chapter I stated that the human body holds five pints or one gallon of blood, when in fact it is eight pints that equals one gallon. I had meant to say liters and not pints. I apologize to anyone who was confused by this and have since corrected it.
For those who don't like my last chapter, I gotta say that it's a lot harder for me to make up shit than it is to just alter an already existing story-line.
Does anyone else think the Chunin Selection exams are a bit much? I mean Chunin are the middle ground for shinobi right? It just seems to me that the Exams should be something you would do to become at least a jounin, what with Ibiki's whole 'hypothetical situation' speech, the five day 'survival exercise', it being a replacement for war, the effects it has on their village's reputation, and the one on one tournaments with several important political figures attending. If that's the Chunin Exams, what do you have to do to make Jounin, or Anbu?
Something I've noticed, Suigetsu is made of water right? So doesn't that mean that he should be weak against doton attacks? I mean doton beats suiton, and raiton beats doton right? So why would he be weak against raition? I get the whole 'water conducts electricity' thing, but it just seems like a rather large inconsistency to me.
Something else I've noticed, in chapter sixty of the Naruto Manga, right before Naruto and Sakura are tempted to open the scroll, Sasuke leaves saying that he's going to go get water. Weren't they sitting next to a river? So why would he have to go out of his way to get water?
If you want a particular anime exclusive arc, then ask for it.
Now, enough rambling, on with the Review Responses.
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Jasmine: Planned on it
Roboguy45: I do plan on putting them in their respective places, but not for a while, a moment of silence for Naruto. Also, did you mean the pun about the "poor sap that is stuck with the Uchiha who has a tree suck up his butt"? I mean tree, sap? That's kinda funny.
Rikujokoro: Kiba will get the Demon Brother's claws, not swords.
Riffin121294: THANK YOU!
NandoXFiles: Sorry, but no…not yet anyways.
Tamult: I understand that Haku is a Kuudere, but I also understand that there are several types. The "always in control" type, the "Once you get to know them" type, and the "Mood swinger" type. In this story, she is a "Once you get to know them" type. I only had her act that way because she was with Zabuza and Naruto, who she is comfortable with. She will be cold and distant, but only when Zabuza and/or Naruto aren't around or she's meeting new people.
AnotherFanfictionFailure: Why the name? Also, I may have been a little vague, but I did cover this. The fox wants to make Naruto strong because he "has a reputation as the strongest of the bijuu to uphold". Thank you for your advice.
Killjoy3000: I thought only women could use hammer-space? I will admit that my grammar could be better, but I have no one to beta for me. Until I find someone who would do that for me then awesome, if not then my grammar will continue to suck, as Microsoft Word tells me the only grammatical errors I'm making is that "Said Kakashi" is not a complete sentence.
Kylevalhreu: That is a good sign-off phrase, but I couldn't use it in any other story.
Tarrangar: Hardy har har.
Guest: While I do agree with you that their relationship is moving way too fast, I don't think he got too much stuff. I mean, if I was in that situation, then I'd probably to the same thing, placing all the most important clan scrolls and artifacts where the enemy couldn't get them. Either that or I'd destroy everything just to spite the fuckers. Thanks for the anonymous review by the way. I guess people really are fearless when there aren't any consequences. How 'bout you give me a name, so I can read your story(ies).
FinalGuardian: Thanks man, you're the first person to comment on the whole 'to be continued thing'.
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I would like to thank JackOfBladesX for allowing me to use his creation the Uzumaki Shuriken, which can be found in his story, Children Of The Spiral.
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"Hello": Human Speech
'Hello': Human Thought
"Hello": Demon/Summon Speech
'Hello': Demon/Summon Thought
"Jutsu" Jutsu
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Shore Of Hi No Kuni
"Okay Aniki." The twins chorused once again, turning to hug Naruto. He then made a clone to carry Keihi as he carried Asagao, and the group took off at high speeds towards Konoha, leaving behind a waving man, who started coughing as soon as they were out of sight.
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Konoha Gates Noon
"WOW!" shouted the twins, as they looked upon the massive stone and wood structure that were the gates of Konoha.
"If you think this is awesome, just wait until I show you the rest of the city." Exclaimed Naruto as the group started to make its way to the hokage tower.
"This place is rather interesting" said a rather withdrawn Haku, but before Naruto could comment on her, to him, strange new behavior, Zabuza asked, "Where are we going?"
"The Hokage tower, in order to report on the mission, get the four of you situated, and to show what Naruto retrieved for his clan." Explained Kakashi
"You mean OUR clan!" shouted Keihi as he playfully bopped Kakashi on the head from his position on the Naruto clone.
"Yo Naruto! I didn't think you had it in you! Two kids, when do I get to meet the mother?!" shouted a familiar voice.
As they all turned they saw that it was Team Eight and the one who had yelled was a boy named Kiba who had black slit-like pupils, no iris's, red fang-shaped tattoos on his cheeks, and was for some reason wearing a fur lined winter coat with a dog named Akamaru on top of his head, and wearing his leaf hitai-ate on his forehead.
"Why do you humans love dogs so much? They may be loyal, but that's because their stupid. Now if you had a fox clan, that I would understand." Commented the fox
"Actually dog-breath, this is my ototo-kun Uzumaki Keihi and my imouto-chan Uzumaki Asagao." Said Naruto, trying to hold in his laughter at the Kyuubi's remark, to the gob-smacked team, as team seven continued on to the hokage tower.
Kiba, pulling out of his disbelief first, caught up to the team, put his hand on Keihi's shoulder and said, "I feel your pain."
"Oi!" Shouted Naruto, "Just for that, I'm not going to give you the thing I was gonna."
"Oh? And what's that, an excuse for me to kick your ass again?"
"No, I was going to give you something I found on our mission, but never mind."
"N-n-naruto-kun, y-you shouldn't judge K-kiba so harshly." Stuttered a girl named Hinata, she had blue hair, white pupil-less eyes, a fur-lined lavender jacket, and a perpetual blush, and was wearing her hitai-ate around her neck like Naruto's Uzu one.
"Hmm, alright." Grumbled the blonde as he put down Asagao.
"Here, I thought you might like these," he said, unsealing the demon brothers' gauntlets.
"HOLY SHIT! THESE THINGS ARE AWESOME!" shouted Kiba who had stars in his eyes.
'Dumbass'
"Where did you get those?" asked their sensei, a woman named Kurenai. She had red eyes, black hair, and a dress that looked to be made out of bandages with a thorned plant stem pattern, with a single red sleeve, with her hitai-ate like Kiba's.
"All-right Kitt, I gotta say that I approve of that one too."
"I got them off of the Demon Brothers, umm…" Started Naruto
"Kurenai" the woman offered
"…Kurenai-sensei." Naruto finished
"The Demon Brothers? How on earth did you get those from them?" she asked
"Spoils of war, Kurenai-sensei." Responded Naruto as he handed the gauntlets to Kiba, picked up Asagao again, and the group continued on to the tower.
"A little large, don't you think?" asked the last member on the team, a boy named Shino, with black sunglasses, slightly gravity defying brown hair, and a large coat with the collar up covering everything up to his nose, wearing his hitai-ate like Kiba's and Kurenai's.
"I know a place where you could probably get them fitted," said Naruto.
"Really? Where?" asked Kiba, as the group entered the hokage tower.
"It's a place called Higarushi's."
"I know that place; it's supposed to be one of the best in the village." Said Sakura.
"I've also got a little personal business to take care of there." Commented Naruto.
The three groups of ninja and two civilians, after waiting a little, entered the Hokage office to give their reports.
Kurenai then gave her report for Team Eight's successful D-rank mission and went back in line to listen to Team Seven's report with her genin.
"We met up at the gates at seven thirty…" started Kakashi
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Hokage's Office Ten Minutes Later
"…and then we left Arashi-san behind and made our way here." Finished Kakashi to the dumbstruck Hokage.
"HOLY SHIT! NARUTO HAS A KEKKEI GENKAI?" Screamed a disbelieving Kiba.
"Yep," responded the blonde as he held up his hand to allow his blood to flow out to make a perfect model of Akamaru.
"Wow."
"Due to the dangers and the effects of the C-ranked mission, I will be marking it down as an A-ranked mission in each of your records, however, you will only be getting the standard C-rank fair. As for the B-rank, I'd like to have a word with Sasuke before I pass judgement." Stated the hokage. He then turned to Zabuza and Haku, "So you two would like to become citizens of Konoha? And why should I let two missing-nins join my forces?" asked the old man.
"Haku here was never actually a shinobi, so she's just a civilian with the Hyouton Kekkei Genkai, so no one would care if she joined a village. As for me, Kiri is too embroiled in their civil war to really care if I join a village. Also I can teach kenjutsu and things like that to anyone I deem fit." Responded the demon.
"Hmm, what do you think Kakashi?" enquired the hokage.
"I'd say give them a chance" said the Cyclopes.
"Very well, Momochi Zabuza, you are hereby instated as a jounin of Konohagakure, you will be given an apartment, a leaf hitai-ate, and a jounin flak jacket, and a dojo if you request it, but will be placed under a years' probation. Meaning no solo missions over a C-rank, no traveling outside the village other than for missions, a tail of Anbu inside the village, and you will be spending the night in the T&I department. Yuki Haku (1), you will be given the rank of Chunin, with the same stipulations as Zabuza, but if you wish to work in the hospital you may, do either of you have a problem with this?"
"Actually, I would be appreciative if my daughter could live with me." Replied Zabuza.
"Oh? Daughter? All right then."
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Replied Haku.
"Alright Naruto-kun, I'd like you to tell me exactly what you found inside that vault." Asked the hokage.
"Alright Jiji, but first, I'd like everyone but Kakashi-sensei, Asagao-chan, and Keihi-kun to leave. Kiba, wait outside and I'll take you to that armaments store I was telling you about to get those claws fitted." Responded Naruto, shocking everybody there that he could call the most important and powerful man in the village 'jiji'.
"What? It was just getting to the good part." Complained Kiba as he and the rest of his team left.
"Why can't we stay?" asked Sakura as Sasuke nodded.
"Because your mission client, your sensei, and your hokage say so." Replied the third.
"Hn, I want to see what he found, so I'm staying." Replied Sasuke.
"You will leave. Now." Said the hokage.
After a little bit of grumbling Sasuke finally left.
"All right Jiraiya, you can come out now." Hiruzen told a seemingly empty piece of wall.
"All right sensei." Said a man who seemingly materialized out of thin air. He had long, spikey white hair, a horned hitai-ate with the kanji for oil, wooden geta, and green battle kimono with a red vest.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto.
"Who am I? I am the man who makes other men shake in fear, the man who makes women swoon with just a look, the man with the never-ending charisma, the world renowned author, one of the Densetsu No Sanin, the legendary toad sage, Jiraiya!" the man shouted doing a strange dance.
"Never heard of you." Naruto told the man who then face faulted, "So what are you doing here?"
"Your family were seal experts, and since I have the most knowledge of them, I'm here to make sure nothing explodes and kills us all." Replied the Sanin.
"You're a seal master?" after Jiraiya nodded he asked, "Can you teach me to be one too? I want to do my family proud."
"Sorry Gaki, I only teach apprentices"
"Now first of all I'd like to see this journal you found." Asked the hokage.
"Before that, I'd like to make a few request's Jiji." Asked Naruto.
"And what would those be?"
"I would like to apply for clan status, adopt Keihi-kun and Asagao-chan as my siblings, and put them into the academy."
"I don't see why any of those things would be a problem, your family was a clan once, just in a different village, you just need to be at least Chunin to be a clan head though, the children are your actual blood and flesh family so there aren't any legal loopholes to stop you from adopting them, and anyone can go into the academy if they so choose. They'll just have to wait until the beginning of the next academic year." He said as he took out several forms.
Naruto nodded and then placed the journal, the letter regarding his new haori along with said garment, the two summoning contract scrolls, the sealing scrolls, and the swords on the desk. He then motioned his new siblings to do the same.
"Medical seals? I don't suppose you could let me see those could you Gaki?" asked an interested Sanin, as the third picked up the journal and began to read.
"Sorry, but only clan members can learn those." Replied a smug blonde as he filled out the paperwork and described everything his clones had found.
'Smartass' thought an amused Jiraiya as he started to read the letter regarding the haori.
After the two of them had both finished reading the journal and the letter, they looked at the summoning scrolls, finding them legitimate. They then asked what was in the scrolls.
"All the stuff in the initial chamber is in this one, the I.D.s are in this one, and this one I have no idea because it was just sitting there with the summoning contracts." Replied the blonde, indicating the scrolls one by one.
"Hmm, all right Naruto, I will make the announcement about your clan tonight. Come here at around seven for the meeting with the council. After that I'll show you to one of the empty compounds of the village set aside for new clans where you can show me the rest of what you found." Said Hiruzen.
"Jiji, I'd like to request that a shrine be erected in the compound so that I can place these I.D's there and so that my future clans-men may remember the fallen."
"Of course Naruto, when we go there, I will bring a carpenter friend of mine and he will build one wherever you ask."
"All right Jiji, if that's all I'd like to show my now family and friends around the village." Said the jinchuriki.
"Very well, dismissed." Replied the hokage.
Naruto and his siblings then retrieved everything that they had put on the desk and left the office.
After the three of them had left, Jiraiya turned to the hokage and asked, "Are you sure about this? I mean, the council is going to go ballistic if the Gaki tries to start a clan."
"I don't really care, he has all the right in the world to do so. All the members of his clan have innate understanding of seals, chakra that is more potent than normal, life forces that make it almost impossible to kill them unless you aim for the heart or the brain and even then sometimes they survive, as well as Naruto having his Kokketsu. Did you see Asagao-chan? She was reading that scroll on medical seals, and she didn't even look phased. And the weapon that Keihi-kun had sounded like a formidable tool."
"What if the council demands that he hands everything over to one of the other clans?" asked Kakashi.
"I'll tell them that if one of the clans wants something, they will have to give him something of equal value of theirs in return." Said Hiruzen
"What of the girl, Haku?" wondered a concerned Jiraiya.
"I will place her under my protection, to keep her away from people like Danzo." Said the third sternly.
"Will you teach Naruto?" asked Kakashi of Jiraiya.
"I'll teach him seals, at least until you say it's alright to teach him other things, like the toad summon if he doesn't want to sign either of the ones he got in Uzu, and I'll teach him the Rasengan during the Chunin exams."
"I don't really mind, you can teach him anything you wish. But before that, Hokage-sama, I'd like to recommend Naruto for either Anbu, or Special jounin on the basis of his chakra reserves that are almost as high as yours, as well as his exceptional sneaking and trap making skills, as well as his sealing capabilities." Said Kakashi.
To say that both of the other men were shocked would have been an understatement of the century.
"Do you really think that he's ready for that kind of work?" asked the hokage.
"He has been able to sneak around in 'kill me' orange, pranking people including yourself, and every clan in this village, several of which are renowned for their sensors. A testament of this is when he painted the Hokage Mountain in broad day light, wearing said orange, not get caught until after he started screaming at the village and banging paint cans together, and then out-run several Jounin and Chunin, and only get caught by Iruka, who has proven time and time again to be the only one to catch him, as well as sneak into the hokage mansion and steal the forbidden scroll the night he became a genin, not to mention that he was able to infiltrate both Zabuza's base and Gato's mansion, gathering intel which allowed us to complete the mission, save several lives, and bring a bloodline to this village. As for his seals, while we were on the mission, he was able to learn weight seals, as well as three types of barrier seals, one non-elemental, one doton, and one futon, he also learned the katon barrier seals while on the way , in, and from Uzu (2) (3). And while they may have been rather weak barrier seals, they would be able to trap anyone of Chunin level skills."
"Very well Kakashi, if I believe he has done well enough in the Chunin Exams, I will promote him accordingly." Responded the oldest man in the room.
"Hmm, maybe I should teach the gaki as soon as possible." Mused the self-proclaimed 'super-pervert', "And the Uchiha?"
"While He will have the B-rank in his record, he will not receive pay, he will also be receiving a permanent mark on his record for insubordination." Responded the hokage.
"Don't you think that's a little harsh?" asked Kakashi.
"No I don't. It is the same punishment that I would give anybody, including you and Jiraiya."
"Very well Hokage-sama." said the Cyclops as he too left the office.
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Outside The Hokage's Office
"All right Naruto, where's this place you were telling me about?" asked Kiba.
"I'm going there now with the little ones, so you can just follow me. Zabuza-san, Haku-chan, I can show you around the village if you don't mind a little detour first." Said Naruto
"I don't mind." Said Haku as Zabuza simply shrugged.
"Great, so just follow me and I'll show you guys a good time, right guys?" asked Naruto to his siblings."
"AYE SIR!" (4)
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Higarushi's shop
"Here we are!" shouted the blonde
'Higarushi's huh? I've heard of this place.' Thought Zabuza as the group walked in.
"Welcome to Higaru – Naruto? How's it going? Haven't seen you in a while, what do you need?" said the girl behind the counter who turned out to be Tenten.
"Well Ten-chan I was on a C-rank so I've been gone a while. I am showing my new family and a couple of friends around the village and Kiba here would like a new weapon of his fitted, and these two are about to enter the academy. I'd also like to talk to your old man about something." Responded Naruto.
"Hello there, what are your names?" asked Tenten of the twins.
"This is Keihi," said Asagao.
"This is Asagao," continued Keihi.
"And this is our Aniki!" they both finished, doing the same pose that they did when they introduced Arashi, making everybody who was there sweat-drop.
"Nice to meet you! I'm TenTen."
"Name's Kiba, and this is Akamaru," shouted Kiba as Akamaru barked from on top of his head
"My name is Haku, TenTen-san, and this is Zabuza-sama." Said Haku, bowing to the girl.
"Um…okay." Said TenTen, not really comfortable with the formality. "I'll go get him Naruto."
"Thank you."
After Ten-Ten left, the group started going around the store just browsing. Once again, Keihi immediately headed for the weapons section along with Naruto, Asagao headed for a selection of battle Kimonos, Kiba waited by the counter along with Haku and Zabuza.
After about five minutes pass, Tenten came back with a man who they could only assume was her father. He was an average sized man, well-muscled, had salt and pepper hair, and was completely covered in leather except for his head, which had a pair of black goggles on top.
"Hello there, I am the owner of this fine establishment, you can call me Higarushi, everyone does." Said the man rather cheerfully.
"Hello Higarushi-san, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, I'd like to talk matters both personal and professional with you, and my friend here would like to get something fitted for him." Said Naruto.
"Very well Uzumaki-san, I'll take your friend's measurements first and then we'll talk." Responded Higarushi, now completely business.
Kiba then placed the gauntlets on the counter and allowed the man to take his measurements. After he was done he took the gauntlets away telling Kiba to come back in three days with the payment amount which, luckily, the genin could in fact pay.
"All right Uzumaki-san, follow me and we can talk."
Naruto then followed the man down a hallway and into a small room with a desk, and three chairs, one behind it and two in front.
As Higarushi sat behind his desk, he motioned for Naruto to get comfortable.
"Now, what is it that I can do for you?" he asked the genin.
Instead of answering, Naruto took off his haori and put it on the desk along with the letter. He then took out his one remaining empty sealing scroll, several explosive notes, and four of each barrier seal.
"This is all rather nice, and I haven't seen barrier seals for years, but what do they have to do with me?"
"Well Higarushi-san, I was hoping to thank you, while you may not have made this haori personally, it did come from here," Naruto replied, indicating the letter which Higarushi picked up and started reading, "I was wondering if you could recreate and/or repair it if asked to for me and my young siblings when they become genin. As for the scroll, tags and seals, I was wondering if I could sell them to you."
"And why would I be interested in buying your seals?" asked the man who had just finished the letter.
"Because I made them. I was hoping to make a deal with you, I provide you with seals, and you provide me with a cut, as well as the necessary materials with which to make them. And as I learn how to make new seals, I show them to you, and you decide whether or not you wish to sell them with the same conditions." Answered the blonde.
"Hmm, very well, I'll give you a twenty percent cut, since I'll be the one providing the materials to make them, you will come in once a week to maintain a number of tags and such which we will agree upon at a later date (5). As for the haori, you provide me with the seals and yeah, I could make and maintain a few for you. But, before we do anything, I'd like to test the authenticity of your work. I'd like you to make each of these things in front of me, and activate it. For the barrier seals, I do know a clone jutsu or two."
"Actually Higarushi-san, I know the Kage Bunshin Jutsu (Shadow Clone technique), so I can use them to test the barrier seals."
"Is that right? Very well then, come out back and we can get started." Stated the store owner as he led Naruto out of the building.
"All right, Higarushi-san, one moment please." Asked the genin as he pulled out his sealing supplies. The first thing that he made was an explosive tag. He then slapped it on a tree, walked back to the man, and activated it. The resulting explosion blew the tree in half.
He then took a blank scroll and made a new seal on it, afterwards he dragged the top half of the tree on top of the scroll and with a 'poof', it vanished.
Next, he took a rather large rock and handed it to the older man. After the man held it in his hand for a few seconds to fell it's weight, he gave it back to Naruto, who started to write a new seal directly on the stone. When he was finished, he handed it to Higarushi again who started pumping chakra into it, feeling it get heavier and heavier. He then flared his chakra twice in quick succession making the extra weight disappear (6).
Finally, he made thirty-one clones. Sixteen of the Naruto's then took out a piece of paper and wrote seals in four groups of four. They then separated into four groups of eight, each with four in a square pattern (7), two inside the square, and two outside the square.
The first group of Naruto's in a square then placed the seals on the ground with each of them inside the barrier facing out. One on the inside, and one on the outside then punched the barrier, showing that it was like punching a wall, they then threw kunai at the barrier and they simply bounced off. The barrier was then lowered as the two Narutos dispelled, and the four in the square position switched so that they were outside the barrier facing in. They then did the same round of tests with the same results. After the barrier had been proven effective, all eight Narutos dispelled.
The next group was the doton barrier group. They did the same rounds of tests, starting this time with the kunai test. While the four in the square were facing out, the kunai thrown from the inside simply bounced off, while the ones on the outside simply fell with a dull 'thud', the reverse being true when the four were on the outside facing in. when the Narutos punched the barrier, while it had the same effects it was simply isolated to each Naruto's arm.
After that group had dispelled, the katon group was up. The group once again started with the kunai test, with the ones on one side bouncing off, and the ones on the other side bursting into flames. With the 'punch test' the ones on one side simply hit while the clones on the other's arm burst into flames.
Finally, there was the futon barrier. The group once again started with the kunai test, with the ones on one side bouncing off, and the ones on the other side being cut in half. With the 'punch test' the ones on one side simply hit while the clones on the other's arm got littered with little cuts, all the way to the elbow, that alone wouldn't really do anything, but together would quickly become a problem (8).
(9)
After the whole display was finished, Higarushi stood there for about a minute and said, "Hmm…very well, I will sell your seals with the agreed upon conditions."
"Pleasure doing business with you Higarushi-san. A word of warning though, these seals are ghe basic elemental seals, and while they can capture anyone up to Chunin levels, anyone with adequate sealing abilities (which apparently no-one, but no-one does) can re write the seals and those with high enough chakra levels can simply overload them. Also they can't cover a large amount of distance, so the seals can be at most five yards away from one another (10)." Said Naruto as he shook the man's hand.
"I'll make sure to put that on the box, just make sure you come to me with any new seals you make. Come back tomorrow and we'll iron out the details."
As Naruto turned back to leave, he realized that he had gotten an audience.
"Well done Gaki. I think I have just reconsidered teaching you seal-work." Said Jiraiya as the group left the area.
"What changed your mind?" asked the dubious blonde.
"Well, it was mostly the fact that you learned how to do all that in a couple of months, and books can only take you so far. You have a lot of potential, and I'll teach you other things besides sealing if you'd like." Answered the pervert as the three of them entered the main part of the shop to find that Kiba had left and the others were simply waiting for him to arrive.
"Aniki! Can we go see the village now?" asked an impatient Keihi.
"Sure ototo-kun." Answered the blonde as he led the child to the window. He then made a sweeping motion with his arm and asked, "See?"
"That's not funny Aniki." Pouted the boy as his sister giggled.
"All right, is there any particular place you'd like to see first?" asked Naruto of the group.
"How about the academy?" asked Keihi.
"The hospital." Said Haku.
"The training grounds." Said Zabuza.
"A restaurant." Asked a blushing Asagao as her stomach growled.
"How about we go get something to eat, I'll show you guys where the Academy and the hospital are, since they are close together, and then I'll take you on a tour of a few training areas. After that, I'll show you some of my favorite spots." Inquired Naruto.
"Sure Aniki" agreed the twins as Haku and Zabuza nodded.
"Hey Gaki, I'll leave you guys to it. I'll see you when you meet back up with Sarutobi-sensei." Said Jiraiya.
"Sure thing Oyaji."
"I'm not old you little brat!" shouted an irate toad sage.
"Oyaji's funny," chorused the twins, giggling causing Jiraiya to face-fault.
"Whatever," he said as he left.
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Three Hours Later
The group had just one more place to go before they finished Naruto's tour of the city, with the only things that had really happened were the group leaving Zabuza behind at one of the training grounds for a spar with a man with a green jumpsuit and massive eyebrows (11) who Zabuza claimed 'offended my eyes', and Teuchi at Ichiraku's going into the back room of his stand and shouting something that sounded like 'I'm so proud of you' after Naruto introduced Haku, while his daughter Ayame fawned over the twins.
"Come on you guys, I want to show you my favorite place in the whole village." Shouted an ecstatic blonde.
"But Aniki, I thought you said the ramen stand was your favorite place." Pointed out Asagao
"That's my second favorite." He amended as he led the group up a flight of stairs.
After about five minutes of walking, the group came upon a platform on top of the hokage mansion. Naruto then motioned the rest of them to follow him and sat down on top of the fourth hokage's head with Asagao in his lap. Haku then sat down next to him with Keihi in her lap.
"This is beautiful Aniki," remarked an awed Asagao.
"No wonder you like this place so much Naruto-kun." Mused Haku.
'Heh, "Naruto-kun", you oblivious dumbass' thought the fox
"You guys should come here during dawn or dusk." Naruto told them.
Then they just sat there until it was time for Naruto to meet with the Hokage and the council.
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Hokage's Office
"Hello Naruto-kun, how was the tour of the- where is Zabuza-san?" asked the hokage.
"The tour went great Jiji, Zabuza went off and started sparring with a guy with huge eyebrows." Responded Naruto.
The hokage then sighed and asked the Anbu in the room to go get him, "Very well, I will take you to the council chambers." He then got up and led them out of the room.
"What is the council Jiji?" asked Keihi.
Amused that there was another person who called him 'Jiji' he answered the boy, "The council is made up of the heads of all the shinobi clans, a few of my own advisors, and some of the more prominent civilians."
"Wow." Responded an awed Keihi.
"Does that mean that you'll be on the council one day Aniki?" asked Asagao.
"I guess so." Responded Naruto as the group stopped just outside the council chambers, waiting for Zabuza to show up.
"Hey Gaki." Said Jiraya to Naruto.
"What do you want Oyaji?"
"Stop calling me that!" shouted the man. "I wanted to talk about my teaching you. I was thinking that I could teach you in the afternoons after your team dismisses for the day."
It was while they were discussing Narutos training that Zabuza finally did showed up covered in bruises, cuts, and filth.
Choosing not to comment at the moment, the hokage opened the door, and allowed the five people with him to go into the chamber first, with Jiraiya staying out.
As Hiruzen took his seat, the council was whispering among itself as to what the 'demon brat', two children, a girl, and the infamous Momochi Zabuza was doing in the council chambers.
"Allow me to start this meeting. I would first like to introduce these five. They are Uzumaki Naruto, Uzumaki Asagao, Uzumaki Keihi, Yuki Haku, and Momochi Zabuza. During a mission, Naruto encountered them and convinced them to come to Konoha. As of today, Yuki Haku is a Chunin of Konohagakure, and Momochi Zabuza is a Jounin." He then paused to ignore the obligatory shouting.
"Yuki-san, while having extensive training, is in fact a civilian, and Kiri is too embroiled in their civil war to protest Momochi-san's joining of our forces. Yuki-san is a carrier of the Hyouton Kekkei Genkai, and Momochi-san is a master kenjutsu specialist, something which we are sorely lacking in Konoha."
Noticing one man in particular staring at Haku with a rather hungry look, he continued to say, "And Yuki-san is to be placed under both my protection and the protection of the Sarutobi clan, so that nothing…untowards will happen to her."
"The Nara clan offers their protection as well." Said a man with black hair tied in a pineapple shaped ponytail and two scars on his face.
"As does the Yamanaka Clan." Said a man with blue eyes, and blonde hair tied into a ponytail.
"As does the Akimichi Clan." Chimed in a huge man with wild red hair, old-style armor, and what looked like paint on his face.
At this the man looked rather annoyed, but quickly hid it in a mask of seeming indifference.
'You can't hide from me you old war-hawk' thought the hokage, before he continued with his announcements.
"May I ask what has happened to Zabuza-san?" asked a man with gravity defying brown hair, a high-collared grey/silver coat, and what looked like a giant flask on his back.
"I found a man who offended most of my senses. Green jumpsuit wearing bastard, screaming about Kami-knows-what." Huffed the demon, causing many in the council to shudder, knowing of the eccentric jounin known as Gai.
"I would also like to announce the reformation of the Uzumaki clan in Konoha, with Uzumaki Naruto, Uzumaki Keihi, and Uzumaki Asagao as members." Stated the Hokage, pausing again for the civilian side of the council to express their outrage, while the shinobi side and the advisors looked apathetic.
"I would also like to announce that Genin Naruto will be instated as clan head once he becomes Chunin, and that he has gone, with my permission, to the ruins of Uzushiogakure where he found several clan artifacts and scrolls, including his haori, swords, and young Keihi's guitar. As such, I will be giving him one of the empty districts set aside for when new clans are established within the village."
"You can't do that!" Shouted one of the civilian council members.
"And why not?" asked a deceptively calm hokage.
"You know what he is! He cannot be allowed to breed or be the head of a clan. I would have no problem if one of the children were to lead the Uzumaki clan, but not him." The man argued.
"Of course I know what he is; he is a shinobi of Konoha. If that's a reason he shouldn't be a clan head, I'd like to see you tell the rest of the clan heads that." Hiruzuen responded as the shinobi council stared at the man who was turning rather pale at the old man's statement.
"And as for your insistence that one of the children would be better suited to lead the Uzumaki clan, Naruto is the only one with ninja training, and he has both a Kekkei Genkai and the highest amount of sealing expertise among them, which, as I'm sure you know, is what the Uzumaki's were famous for."
"Hokage-sama, will the young Yuki be beginning a clan?" asked the man who had been staring at her.
"She has not applied for clan status, so no she will not Danzo."
"Then what will she be doing and where will she live?" asked Danzo, making Haku a little uncomfortable with his interest in her.
"She will be living with her father Zabuza, and will be working in the hospital, as a medic-nin." Stated the hokage.
"Very well." Acquiesced Danzo
"Now, is there anything that anyone would like to ask?" asked the hokage
"What did the gaki find?" asked a woman with frizzy brown hair, slit-like pupils, and red marks on her cheeks asked.
"That is a matter you will have to ask of Naruto, Tsume-san," stated the hokage, "If that is all, Jiraiya and I will now be showing Naruto, Asagao, Keihi, Haku, and Zabuza to their new homes."
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With the completion of the council meeting, the seven of them then went to an apartment complex where the hokage presented both Haku and Zabuza with a key. As they were about to be led to T&I by a couple of Anbu, Haku asked, "Is it alright if I come along to see Naruto-kun's compound?"
"Sure Haku-chan, as long as Jiji says it's okay." Responded Naruto, as Jiraiya giggled in the background.
"I don't see why not."
Five minutes later the group met up with a man wearing a tool belt outside a section of the village which was walled off with a gate in the center of each of the four walls. Naruto could see the obviously recent addition of the Uzumaki symbol lining the wall, each about a foot in diameter, about five feet from one other, and halfway up the wall (12).
"Well, it looks impressive enough."
"I'd like to be the first to formally introduce you to the Uzumaki Compound of Konoha, Naruto-kun, Keihi-kun, Asagao-chan." Said the hokage as he opened the gates of the compound.
The whole area was rather large (13), there were several buildings, most of them being two story houses, a few were single story or simple sheds, there were even what looked to be stores or food stands. Here and there were empty plots of land for whatever one wanted to put there, as well as several ponds, gardens, training grounds, and even a couple of onsens. In the center of the complex was a two story house that was easily the largest in the area.
The three Uzumaki's, for the first full minute, just stood there in awe of what would be theirs.
"Naruto-kun, as clan head, you will be living in the largest house in the compound. Asagao-chan, Keihi-kun, you will have to live with him at least until you become genin, at that point, you will be legal adults and can live on your own in one of these other houses. Or you may stay civilians, and wait until you are twenty." The hokage told them, snapping them out of their reverie.
"Now, Naruto-kun, I'd like to introduce you to Daichi, he is the man who will be making the shrine for the I.D's you found."
"All-right Gaki, I haven't got all night, where do you want it?" Daichi asked rather gruffly.
After a brief tour, Naruto settled on a location. It was a medium sized clearing on the shore of a large pond, and surrounded on three sides by Sakura trees, in the north-east corner of the compound.
"All right, it should only take a two, maybe three weeks at the most kid." Said the man, who then proceeded to take measurements.
"What do you say we get you situated Gaki?" asked Jiraiya as the hokage led the group, minus Daichi, to the clan head's house.
The hokage, along with Jiraiya, then showed the Uzumaki's around their new home. When they entered, the first thing they noticed would be a staircase leading up to the second story.
On the first floor there were several different rooms, including a large dining room that could seat ten comfortably, a fully equipped kitchen with a rather large pantry and several cabinets, two linen closets, each adjacent to one of the two three quarters bathrooms (14), a medium sized onsen,, a workroom, a small infirmary, a few empty rooms, a library, and an armory.
At these last two, Naruto made several clones, gave them the sealing scrolls from the vault and told them to unpack. He also noticed that none of the rooms besides the dining room table and chairs, the equipment in the kitchen, the weapons racks in the armory, the infirmary, and the large number of shelves and bookcases, the house was completely empty, there was no furniture.
After that the group made its way upstairs. There were eight doors on that floor one of which was a full bathroom, two of which were offices (Naruto placed the summoning contract and the sealing scroll from the 'clan head' section of the vault in the biggest one, as well as the pictures of the Uzukage's), and the rest were bedrooms, and unlike the rooms downstairs, they were furnished. Three of the bedrooms were the same size, with two windows each, a full sized bed, and a closet. The last bedroom, was easily twice as large as the others, had a king sized bed, two windows, a master bath, and a walk in closet.
It was at that point that a large amount of yelling was heard coming from downstairs in the armory and Naruto groaned and started mumbling about crazy people.
"What's wrong Aniki?" asked a concerned Asagao.
"One of my clones had an accident, Imouto-chan. Apparently, one of our family members was psychotic." Said Naruto, as the noises stopped.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" asked Haku who was sitting on the bed, causing Naruto to hold back a blush as the fox started making lewd comments about that particular fact.
"Well, one of my clones was putting away a set of Fuma Shuriken, when he found what looked to be containment seals on each of the blades. He wanted to see what was in there, so he activated it. When he did, regular sized shuriken clones popped out of the seal about four a second for about a minute (15). Everything's fine now, but several of my clones were dispelled."
"How do you know they were shuriken clones Aniki?" asked Keihi.
"They disappeared when they hit a solid surface." Responded the blonde.
"Sounds like a fearsome weapon Gaki." Commented Jiraiya.
"Hmm, that could be as harmful to you as it is to your enemies, you should be careful with such a thing." Said the fox.
"Now that the tour is over, I must get back to work. Naruto-kun, goodnight." Said the hokage as he left.
"Later Gaki, chisaimonono (16)" Jiraiya told them as he jumped out the window.
"Bye Aniki! Shouted the twins as they ran out of the room to theirs.
It wan't for about a minute, until Naruto and Haku realized they were the only ones in the room, each lost in their own thoughts.
'If I'm going to be clan-head, I'm going to need to be strong enough to protect those precious to me.'
'I wonder what the future will bring.'
It was at that point that Naruto noticed that he and Haku were the only ones in the room, a fact that was not lost on the Kyuubi either.
"You're alone! Take her! Take her now!" shouted the giant fox.
Naruto, holding down a huge blush, shook Haku out of her thoughts saying, "Ne, Haku-chan, its getting kind of late. I'll walk you to the T&I department."
"All right Naruto-kun."
The two didn't say anything until they reached one of the most feared places in Konoha, a that point she gave him a hug and, blushing, she entered.
Naruto simply stood there for a few minutes, then smiled and left.
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One Month Later
It had been a busy month for Naruto, even after the three Uzumaki's got settled into their new home. It had also been rather routine for the Jinchuriki. In the mornings Naruto would make several clones to do various exercises while he 'trained' with his 'team' in the mornings and then do a D-ranked mission. After that he would eat lunch, sometimes with Haku, who would tell him stories of her work in the hospital or of how Zabuza would beat several jounins and chunins into the ground, pretty much daily, for his 'lessons', with him telling her of his missions and training.
Then he would go back to the Uzumaki District and do several exercises, mostly body conditioning and practice with a few of the weapons in the vault (he had started carrying around two of what he had dubbed, 'the Uzumaki shuriken'). All the while, his clones again practiced jutsu, chakra control, and elemental manipulation, which he learned from his family scrolls, as well as training Keihi and Asagao who, Jiraiya told him, both had more chakra than Sakura at the moment. After he was done with the physical aspect of his training, he would then sit down with the Jiraiya and learn seals.
From the white haired man, he had learned the suiton and raiton barrier seals, and a few others, as well as a jutsu which allowed him to us the effects of the barrier on anything inside (17). Naruto had also learned a few seals by himself, and was currently learning from one of the scrolls on medical seals, and thinking about a rather insane idea which he hadn't event told Jiraiya of. He would go once a week to Higarushi's to renew their stock of seals, including his new ones.
As for jutsu, Jiraiya had also taught him the Bunshin Daibakuha (Great clone explosion), the Shuriken Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (Shuriken shadow clone jutsu), and the Kunai Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Kunai shadow clone Jutsu), which he was mastering with the help of his Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (shadow-clone technique).
He had also developed a jutsu for his bloodline where he controlled creatures he made with his blood, called Kokketsu Chi Ga Kōchiku No Jutsu (Black blood: blood construct jutsu). The form he used most often where foxes (cheers to you Kyuubi) and at the moment he could control three of them, with his eventual goal being ten.
Jiraiya had even allowed Naruto to sign the Toad summoning scroll after the second week, giving Naruto a copy of the contract which he kept in his office with the others, and taught him to summon some of the smaller toads, the largest being the size of a horse, saying that he wasn't ready to meet the boss toad.
As for his control, with liberal use of the Kage Bunshin No Jutsu (shadow-clone technique), he could cut about halfway through a leaf with wind chakra, and crumble half of another with his earth chakra (18), and could balance a kunai on two fingers on each hand.
The shrine had been completed after about three weeks, in which Naruto immediately placed the I.D.'s. He would go there every other day with the twins to try and learn the names of all of them.
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"Hey gaki, we've got a B-ranked mission." Jiraiya told Naruto, who was practicing his kenjutsu stances in one of the training grounds in the Uzumaki compound, surrounded by dozens of clones.
"What kind of mission, Ero-sennin?" asked a dubious blonde.
Jiraiya, who had earned the nickname about three weeks ago after Naruto found out exactly what it was he wrote, handed him a photo and told him, "It's a search and retrieval mission. We need to find my old team-mate, Tsunade, the single greatest medic-nin alive. And stop calling me that!"
"Why would we need to look for her?" wondered a curious whiskered genin, thinking about asking the woman to train Haku, as he looked at the picture of a blonde woman with a diamond mark on her forehead and what looked like watermelons in her shirt.
"One of my spies gave me some information that made Sarutobi-sensei and I feel as though it would be better if she was to come back to the village, and I specifically asked for you to accompany me."
"Why? And what about my team-mates? Doesn't it mean they can't do a mission if I'm out of the village?" asked Naruto, feeling a migraine coming along just thinking about Sasuke and Sakura's reactions, knowing that Kakashi wouldn't really care.
"Eh, I don't care about them," replied the pervert, making Naruto face-fault, "They can latch onto another team for a time or temporarily get a reserve genin, one that doesn't have a team."
"So, why me?" asked Naruto again.
"Is it so wrong to want to teach my apprentice something." He said as he pulled what looked to be a water-balloon out of his hip pouch.
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AND CUT!
Poll is still up for summoning contracts. Only one person voted for my favorite.
I plan on making a story called Not So Secret based off of Advent Of Shadow's Secrets, a Naruto x Kurotsuchi fanfic. The only problem is that I can't decide whether to wait until I'm done with this story (and probably forget about it) or if I should write both at the same time (and slow down my already terrible update rate.)
I may have made Zabuza a little OOC in this chapter
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This 'Life' thing in the document manager section of the Publish tab, does that mean, when that reaches zero, my stories will be deleted?
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1: Does anyone else find it kinda funny how similar Haku and Kurenai's last names are?
2: The non-elemental one simply acts like a glass box, the doton one acts similar to the non-elemental, but also adds a large amount of weight to whatever strikes it like what the tsuchikage does when he fights the sandaime Mizukage during the war, the futon barrier cuts whatever touches it, and the katon barrier burns whatever touches it.
3: If you're wondering how Naruto managed to learn all of these in a matter of a few weeks while the storage scrolls and explosive notes took over a month, he first had to practice his calligraphy to adequate levels, as well as these being some of the most basic seals.
4: I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself.
5: Let's say that the store starts out the week with one thousand exploding tags, and by the end of the week there are only four hundred and twenty left, Naruto would come in and make enough to let the store start out the week with one thousand again.
6: I am aware that in the last chapter I said that you would only need to flare your chakra once to make the weight disappear, but this way, people don't accidentally get rid of the weight while doing a jutsu or something.
7: The seals can also work as a pentagon, triangle, or even a simple wall; I just made them go into a square formation for shits and giggles.
8: I had something else originally, I just needed to keep this so I didn't have to change all the other numbers.
9: I do realize that this may seem really convoluted and hard to understand to some people, but it was the best way I could think of to show the effects of the seals. I also realize that they should have tested elemental techniques against the barriers but…I really couldn't really think of how to effectively do that while still allowing it to be a somewhat understandable 'test' so I just omitted that. As well as it should be fairly obvious.
10: This means that if the barrier is in the shape of a square, the largest amount of surface area it can cover is twenty-five square feet.
11: Do you think they steal other peoples eyebrows? I mean they have massive ones while Zabuza, the second Mizukage, Gaara, and Gaara's dad don't have any.
12: Like the Uchiha symbol in the Uchiha district in Sasuke's flashbacks in the anime. The four walls of the compound face the four cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) and there is a gate in the center of each, which are double doored and ten feet across in total.
13: It's about half the size of a New York City block. In New York City, the average length of a north-south block is 1/20th of a mile, or 264 feet. An east-west block is about 1/5th of a mile, or 1,056 feet. So, a square block would be 264 x 1056 = 278,784 square feet, which is equal to 6.4 acres. Half of that is 278,784 / 2 = 139,392 square feet which equals 3.2 acres.
14: Toilet, sink, shower, but no tub.
15: Thank you once again, JackOfBladesX.
16: Means 'little ones'.
17: Say he uses the katon barrier, if he uses this jutsu, the inside of the barrier will be engulfed in weak flames. This jutsu can be held for as long as the user so chooses, or as long as the user's chakra allows.
18: The chakra paper crumbled, so why shouldn't the leaf? Also, PM me for a more advanced exercise, I can't really think of one except maybe turning dirt to stone and back again.
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Quote of the day:
"That was so terrible I think you gave me cancer!"
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Who is Jiraiya's new spy? What will the world's reaction be to the rebirth of the Uzumaki clan? Will they find Tsunade? Find out in the next chapter of Black Blood: Search For The Legendary Sucker (Insert perverted joke here).
Still looking for a sign off phrase!