Yo! Williamgbirkin here to give you another chapter of Black Blood! To be honest, I kind of considered taking this off of the poll, due to the overwhelming want for this. Anyways, I hope you enjoy it!
I'm kinda surprised at the number of people who thanked me for giving Naruto the earth seal, apparently I'm the first person to do so (Actually, there's a story called The Accursed Brothers by an author named narutoenthusiast, but I couldn't really get through more than the first like three chapters, since, in my opinion, it was rather slow paced).
I've decided to make it so that Naruto doesn't know how to activate the cursed seal as I'm pretty sure that's too much too soon.
Looking for someone to write lemons for me upon request.
No I didn't finish the book yet, so please don't spoil it for me.
I plan on having a chapter of nothing but Omake's after the third stage, so if you want something, then tell me, and I'll try.
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The poll for the pairing of A Taste Of The Desert is complete and here are the results;
Add Tenten to the pairing: 91
Don't add Tenten to the pairing: 32
Give Tenten a threesome, but don't make it permanent: 17
Those are the results, but guess what? I never planned on adding Tenten anyways! That's right, I just trolled you! Don't you feel violated? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Thedarkshark24: No, I'm pretty sure I've already made it rather OP to begin with, so I think I'm going to have to make up some drawbacks to his seal now to balance it out.
Username94: I know and I'm sorry, but I'm pretty terrible at fight scenes, and I'm actually disappointed in myself every time I read it, but I couldn't really think of anything.
Naruto-Shepard: I think that I will give Naruto the Hirashin (Flying thunder god), but that probably won't be until Shippuden. I'm sorry about Hinata, but I promised Brown Phantom that she would be with Naruto or with no one, and I'm just trying to be realistic here, I mean, she was about to quit in cannon until Naruto started screaming at her. As for Sakura, she won't go missing nin and I'm planning on making her a secondary apprentice behind Haku. Just be warned, something really bad is going to happen to her though. You're right, it is 'took a nosedive', thank you, I'll correct that.
roboguy45: First of all, thank you for all of your reviews, and secondly, Sakura gets jealous because she needs his constant attention to keep up her self-esteem from Sasuke's constant rejections.
KeyserxSoze: No, that's perfectly reasonable.
Brainll: Lol
Duplex8: I'm pretty sure that I said that Orochimaru had an advantage over Naruto due to the earth seal that he gave Naruto, plus, Orochimaru's will has been (forgive the cliché) forged in war and battle, hardened with his inhumane experiments, and made unbreakable due to his insanity. And I agree.
Otaku97: That's kinda funny
Guest: What the hell does 'supert history' mean? Are you trying to say 'support history'?
G96 Saber: I cant give Keihi and Asagao the bloodline, because even if Naruto infected them, it would still be his blood. I guess I could go the 'Orochimaru route' and have Tsunade or someone implant it into them, but I don't feel right doing that, so no, the twins will not have the Kokketsu.
NaturalGieling: I'm pretty sure you only feel that way because 1.) It's Naruto 2.) He uses blood 3.) He only has two moves from Bleach. 1.) I just wanted to write a Naruto story 2.) The Kokketsu is based of Soul Eater's Chrona, and Deadman Wonderland is full of blood users, so that might contribut to the confusion 3.) it's not much of a bleach crossover if I only used two things from it, and didn't even use the same language (I used Japanese, and Tite Kubo used German). Sorry, but no blood Rasengan.
Remzal Bon Enili: No and yes.
Helpful bystander: Don't worry, I've thought about that. And Thank you for bringing up that very cogent point, so I'm not going to give Naruto very many (if any at all) new moves for a while.
Tavin93: Sorry, but I'm going to start the invasion during Naruto's second match, but just for you, I'm going to make an Omake that depicts the final match as though the invasion never happened, and it will be one of the omake's in the next 'chapter'.
Shisarakage: Thank you, and lightsabers are awesome.
troutman30: Sorry about that. But I simply tried to write what I thought would actually happen in such a situation. Plus I kind of promised Brown Phantom that I wouldn't put her in the story romantically if she wasn't with Naruto. Plus, lets face it, she is pathetic. I'm pretty sure that if Naruto wasn't Naruto, she'd have killed herself by this point in the story. She finds what little confidence she has in Naruto's 'never-say-die' spirit, and If he was say, like the Uchiha, then she'd have nothing to live for. But, this is all my opinion, and shouldn't influence yours.
MissAzuka: Thank you.
Mysteryman1626: You got it!
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"Hello": Human Speech
'Hello': Human Thought
"Hello": Demon/Summon Speech
'Hello': Demon/Summon Thought
"Jutsu": Jutsu
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"So, that means we could all become chunin..." Temari stated.
"Or none of you." the Hokage countered, "To continue in the finals means you get more chances to impress the judges." he said, "if that is all..." the Hokage waited a few more moments, "Then you are all dismissed until a month from now." he said as the genin then filed out of the room, their teams meeting up with their teammates as the genin left to prepare.
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Uzumaki District
After Naruto made it to the village, he decided to focus on fuinjutsu and mastering what jutsu he already knew, as he could figure out how to work his cursed seal after the chunin exams. Going back to his house in the clan district, he came across Karin speaking with the Tsunade and the twins.
"Hello everyone, how are you?" asked Naruto.
"Aniki!" shouted both of the twins, drowning out whatever the two women were going to say.
"How are you Aniki?" asked Keihi.
"Did you pass?" Asagao.
"What happened?" Keihi.
"Did you fight someone?" Asagao.
"Did you win?" Keihi.
"Did you see Haku?" Asagao.
"Did-" Started Keihi, before he was interrupted by Naruto.
"Did you attend the academy?" He asked with a smile, causing Keihi to break out in a sweat before starting to babble.
Ignoring him, Asagao asked, "Hey, Aniki, can we visit Arashi-tou-san? I want to see him again."
Thinking about the request, Naruto couldn't really see anything wrong with doing so since, in his opinion, he was plenty strong enough to win the chunin exams.
"I don't see why not, Imouto-chan" Said Naruto. Then, getting an idea after a few seconds of thought, Naruto turned to Tsunade. "Hey, Baa-chan," obligatory pause to dodge obligatory thrown object, "you're the best medic in the world, do you think you could come with us and take a look at Arashi-san?" Asked Naruto, making Tsunade take a moment to think.
"Hmm. I don't know. I can't just blow off work at the hospital to look at someone. I have responsibilities." At this, she made the mistake of looking at Asagao and Keihi, both of whom looked on the verge of tears.
"Please Baa-chan?" they chorused, as their eyes seemed to become way too large for their heads as they used the dreaded puppy dog eyes.
"I-I can't-I won't-I-*sigh*I'll see what I can do." aquiesed Tsunade, getting a giggle from Karin, and a chuckle from Naruto, as the twins immediately perked up and started chattering excitedly.
"YAY!" They chorused.
"I can't wait to see Arashi-tou-san again."
"I wonder if he'd be proud of us." wondered Asagao, who had a worried look on her face.
"Of course he would, he's always proud of us." Shouted Keihi, getting a smile from his twin.
"Alright, we don't know when we'll leave, so I want you two to pack an overnight scroll for when we go." Naruto told them, having started teaching them fuinjutsu since before they could access chakra, seeing it as the ultimate Uzumaki tradition, heritage, and way of life, considering that fuinjutsu was one of the most dangerous of the shinobi arts and the reason their family was wiped out. While Asagao was really good at it, able to flawlessly draw a seal within her first five tries, Keihi was like Naruto, having to write them over and over to get them right. Naruto had offered to teach fuinjutsu to Tsunade, but other than the ones that could help her with her iryo ninjutsu (medical ninja techniques), she wasn't all that interested.
"So where's Shizune-san?" Asked Naruto, getting a smirk from Tsunade that immediately made Naruto sorry he asked.
"She's taking care of a few forms for me."
At The Hospital
"Keep digging! She has to be around here somewhere!" Shouted a random medic who was standing on a gigantic pile of paper, and frantically scooping it away, before grabbing a hand that had appeared, trying to free whoever had been buried (Shizune).
Uzumaki District
"Is...that...so? Heh...heh...Anyways, I think you'll like Arashi-san, he's a nice person."
"Maybe. I should probably go now, Naruto. If I'm going to have any chance at time off, I'm going to need to try and get it as soon as possible. Plus, Karin-chan needs to finish getting acclimated to the hospital." Said Tsunade, getting a nod from Naruto, as Karin followed the woman out of the compound.
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A week had passed during which, Naruto read several important documents concerning the Uzumaki, some of which he was going to have to take care of rather soon. He also continued to master his jutsu, as well as improving his chakra control, and finally, it was time for the visit to Arashi (Jiraiya was completely against it however, saying that Naruto needed to train to beat the hell out of Neji), and the four Uzumakis were leaving the village, Shizune being forced to stay due to training some of the staff at the hospital to 'acceptable' in Tsunade's standards, and Karin trying to become a medic as well.
Jumping through the trees of the forest, with Asagao on Tsunade's back, and Keihi on Naruto's, the four spent a pleasant journey through the country, the twins shouting for the two of them to either go faster or do more elaborate jumps (ie, flip, cartwheel, doing a 'barrel role', things like that), and then spending an hour by a lake eating lunch.
Then, around four O'clock, they made it to Arashi's place. Thinking to surprise him, they knocked on his door, and waited. Soon enough, the man opened it, and saw he had company. Naruto and the twins were concerned however, as his condition had obviously deteriorated since they were there last, as he was pale, sweaty, and had bags under his eyes, as well as the fact that he was coughing when he opened the door. Immediately smiling upon seeing the twins and Naruto, he realized there was another guest, and quickly paled even further than he already was upon seeing Tsunade, who was in shock at seeing him as well.
That didn't last too long, however, as Tsunade gained a look of absolute fury, before she went to punch Arashi, who dodged using a speed that no civilian could ever hope to achieve, before falling to one knee in a coughing fit, causing her to destroy part of the house.
"Were it not for the twins, you would be nothing but a smear on the wall, Haruki Juro. What is an Iwa jonin and war criminal of the third shinobi war with a higher bounty on the black market that I do doing here? No matter. Now, give me one reason I shouldn't walk you out over the ocean, and hold you under until the bubbles stop." asked Tsunade, surprising and terrifying the siblings at the coldness in her voice, as Arashi continued to cough.
"Baa-chan isn't going to hurt Arashi-tou-san is she Aniki?" asked Asagao, who had begun to cry, making Tsunade hesitate, but when she tried to comfort the girl, Asagao flinched, burying her face in Naruto's chest, as he kneeled down to hug her.
"Of course not, Imouto-chan. She just thought he was someone else, now, go somewhere else and play with Keihi, while the three of us sort this out." Said Naruto, getting a nod from Asagao, though Keihi glared at Tsunade until they were no longer within eye-sight.
"What the hell was that?! Why did you call Arashi-san Juro?" Shouted Naruto.
"Shut up!" Shouted Tsunade before she turned to Arashi, "What are you doing here?"
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"ANSWER ME!"
"I'm *cough* retired." Said Arashi, getting an even fiercer glare from Tsunade, so, with a heavy sigh, Arashi pulled down the collar of his shirt, showing an intricate seal, which Naruto immediately recognized.
"That's a chakra seal! A very god one too. What did you do to deserve that?"
"After the war, Iwa decided I was too *cough* dangerous and tried to get rid of me, but they only succeeded in taking my chakra, since I was smuggled *cough* out of the country by a couple of my friends. Now, I just stay here and fish." Answered the white haired man.
"That doesn't explain why you're here and not, I don't know, anywhere else on the planet!" growled Tsunade, making Arashi/Juro sigh again.
"I'm here because this is where I found Keihi-kun and Asagao-chan after so many years of wandering. They wanted to be shinobi, but I couldn't take them to a shinobi village due to my status as a war criminal, and I couldn't teach them myself, because that would raise too many questions. *cough, cough, cough* That's why I was so ready to let you take them. As well as the fact that no one would think to find me in fire country, where my head is worth several times it's weight in gold."
"But Arashi-san, if you're such a well known criminal, why didn't Kakashi-sensei recognize you?" asked Naruto, still confused.
"That's probably *cough* due to the fact that he and I have never been face to face, and because I'm change my appearance a bit since the war."
"Your appearance changed? The only thing different is the fact that you have white hair!" Shouted Tsunade.
"The stress caused by the sealing of my chakra, combined with my illness, caused my hair to become white." Explained the man. "Now, why don't you come in, Tsunade, so that we may have a proper conversation without the threat of death. You may decide what to do afterwards."
"Very well, Juro, but if I don't like what you say, then I will kill you. The only reason I haven't don so already is the twins." Threatened Tsunade.
"That is acceptable, Tsunade-san." said Arashi/Juro, as he moved aside to allow her in.
"Naruto, go play with the twins.: Said the blond woman as she walked into the house, but before she went very far, she was stopped by Naruto.
"You know you're going to have to bend over backwards to gain their forgiveness right?" he asked, before he disappeared, not waiting for an answer.
*sigh* "Yes, I know." Tsunade said, more to herself than anyone else.
Thirty Minutes Later
After her talk with Arashi/Juro, Tsunade felt completely exhausted. Not physically, but rather, mentally, as she had been forcing herself not to kill the man the entire time. She had to constantly remind herself of the twins, and when they were finished, she simply left. She didn't say anything, she didn't even look at him, she simply left. Walking around she cast out her senses for her three companions, and while not an actual sensor, it was rather hard to miss the Elite Jounin sized chakra that was hanging around the outskirts of the village.
Coming across the three Uzumaki's, Tsunade was flabbergasted at the fact that all three were standing upside-down on a tree branch. Snapping herself out of her stupor, she called out to them, getting a curious look from Naruto, and a glare from Keihi. Asagao, on the other hand, refused to look at Tsunade after seeing who it was, and simply stared at her feet. While she did feel bad from the glare, it was the fact that Asagao, the girl who was so happy barely an hour ago, refused to look at her which truly hurt, though she wasn't sorry in the least for what she did.
"Hang on you two, I need to talk to baa-chan." Said Naruto, as he released his chakra, popping of the trunk, and flipping in mid-air to land on his feet.
After the two of them had gone far enough away, Naruto leaned against a tree, and looked at Tsunade expectantly.
"I didn't kill him if that's what you're wondering." she told him.
"Did you take a look at him?" He asked.
"Yeah, and he looked like shit."
"I meant medically, baa-chan."
"No, I didn't. And before you say anything, I will not, either. It was only because of Asagao and Keihi that I'm not gambling away the bounty on his head right now. He has done too many things against Konoha for anything more, and if I do ever see him again, I will kill him, twins or not."
*sigh*"So, what now? Are you going back to the village?" Asked Naruto, getting an incredulous look from Tsunade.
"Are you insane? I got three days off from the hospital and it's paperwork. If you think that I'm going to miss out on that, you're insane. I'm just going to go to another town and have a little fun. Plus, it'll give Asagao-chan and Keihi-kun time to cool off." She told him, getting an understanding nod from Naruto.
So for the next three days, Naruto would watch over his siblings as they talked with Arashi, though after what happened with Tsunade, he didn't think he would ever see the man in the same light again.
At the end of it all, The three Uzumaki's said their goodbyes, possibly their last, and left, meeting up with Tsunade at a town along the way, though Keihi refused to talk to her.
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Konoha
"When did they get here?" Wondered Naruto, as he, the twins, and Tsunade watched some children playing in the Uzumaki clan district.
"Oh, Tsunade-sama, Naruto-kun, you're back!" Shouted a rather haggard looking Shizune, catching the attention of the group of four.
"What's going on, Shizune-nee-chan?" asked Asagao, as Keihi ran off to say hello to some children about the twins age, all of whom had red hair.
"Well, Tsunade-sama, while the four of you were gone, a few more Uzumaki's showed up from Cha no Kuni (Land of Tea). Since you're going to be head of the clan, you should go introduce yourself Naruto." Shizune told him, getting a nod.
Naruto then went over to one of the houses, knocked, and waited for someone to come out, and after about thirty seconds, a woman appeared.
"Hello, I'm Uzumaki Naruto, what's your name?" asked Naruto, using manners that were taught (pounded into) him by Tsunade (pissed her off to no end that he still called her 'baa-chan'), getting a shocked look from the woman.
"Hello, my name is Uzumaki Ai." She told him, before she moved out of the way of the door and gestured for him to come inside.
Seated at a rather comfortable couch, Naruto was left waiting as his host prepared tea, before she came back with a pair of steaming mugs.
"I must say, Naruto-san, I was expecting someone younger when I was told that you were the clan heir." admitted the woman, getting a rather surprised look from Naruto.
"Really? That's wierd...Anyways, I was wondering, how many came with you?"
"Well, there's me, my son Takumi, my niece Yuuka, my nephew Riku, and their grandparents, Ryuu and Kana." She told him.
"What happened to their parents?" inquired Naruto gently, not wanting to open any proverbial wounds.
"They died in an accident." She told him sadly, ending that line of discussion before it ever started.
"I see, I'm sorry." Said Naruto, before a rather heavy silence settled upon them, until Ai asked about his ninja career, thinking about entering her son into the academy if he so chose, before they discussed equipment stores, then to regular stores, then to restaurants, etc, until Naruto finally excused himself so that he could introduce himself to Ryuu and Kana, who told him the same thing regarding his age that Ai did.
Naruto had also asked all three of them about seals, and whether or not he could teach the three children, and as it turned out, Ryuu and Kana did have seal experience, and all three said that he could teach them if the children wanted to learn.
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Konoha
One Week Before Third Test
Midnight
'Peaceful,' Was the thought going through a figure, clad in all black, as they walked through Konohagakure no Sato.
The figure was forced to hide in alleys, behind stands and trees, in order to avoid being detected by the leaf shinobi, before finally reaching their apparent destination.
A run-down old shrine, so far on the village outskirts, you couldn't even really say it was in the village.
Upon reaching the shrine, the figure just stood there for a few seconds, examining the dilapidated building with sadness.
Then, snapping out of it's stupor, the figure walked int the building, pausing once again to place its hand upon a symbol engraved upon the door, which had rotted off of its hinges, a circle with a swirl pattern inside.
That done, the figure stepped into the shrine, once again pausing to sadly gaze upon the disrepair of the holy place, before settling it's gaze upon the altar, or rather, the wall behind it.
Upon said wall were twenty seven masks, set in three rows of nine, most damaged in some way, and all bearing the visage of an oni.
The figure then carefully took the masks down one by one, and sealed them away, along with a note indicating where in the formation it had been.
One mask in particular, however, the figurehandled wih extra care, with what one might say was reverence.
It was the mask in the direct center; second from the top, second from the bottom, fifth from the right, and fifth from the left. This mask was one of the few that wasn't damaged in some way, and when the figure was handling it, they felt a sense of coldness seeping up their arm.
This task done, the figure left the shrine, pausing to stare sadly at the shrine one last time, before walking back into the village. (1)
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And that's the end of this chapter, thank you for reading!
See? I had a plan for Arashi! I didn't just make him up for that one chapter!
It was a short chapter, but not much should have happened in that time.
Looking for someone to write lemons for me upon request.
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1: I had to write this part three times because there was a problem with my computer and I kept loosing my progress, and I can't help but think this version is nowhere near as good as the first version.
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Quote of the day:
Five foot nine? I didn't know they stacked shit that high! You trying to squeeze in an inch on me somewhere?
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What will happen to Arashi/Daichi? Will Naruto ever learn how to use his cursed seal? Who was the mysterious figure? What the hell is an Aardvark? To find out (except for the part about the Aardvark), stay tuned for the next chapter of Black Blood: The Tournament.
This concludes experiment log no. 3750