Bloodlines
03
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The Professor grinned as he watched his Genin, his 'King', take the 'Will of Fire' to the others.
First Sasuke beats Yoroi into the ground, only to be hauled out by Kakashi.
Shino defeats Zaku by stuffing the tubes in the sound ninja's hands with his beetles.
The Third frowned when the Suna Puppet master killed his opponent. But something about the, now dead, ninja was just off. The guy wore a leaf Hitai, but he could not remember the guy's name. The old man was 'pleased' that the rest of his 'kids' had yet to kill, that there was still some time for them to be kids.
Watching Ino and Sakura knock one another out, brought a frown to his face, two of his own were fighting, no matter who won, one of his lost. He grinned when they popped each other , taking them both out.
Tenten demonstrated her skill with her weapons, but still lost to the Suna Kunoichi's wind attacks.
Nara Shikamaru had to think fast, and won against the Sound Kunoichi by the skin of his shadow...
He had a good laugh at Naruto's second to last assault on young Kiba, but how else was he to get enough of an upper-hand to do a full strike on the pup. His creative use of the henge was good, but in the end it was his ability to just soak the damage inflicted by the bonded pair that won the day.
Then it got Nasty, The Hyuuga Prodigy took on and took down the Hyuuga Heir. It was not just a show of skill in the clans art, but a brutal attack on the younger Hyuuga by her older cousin. Just before he could kill her, the jonin had moved. It warmed the old mans heart to see Naruto jump to the defense of the Hyuuga princess.
Then came the Match between the boy who had nothing but taijutsu, and the third ninja from Suna. It started out simple, then Lee showed that he was a ninja, that he did not need weapons...he was the weapon. First the weights came off...then he opened his gates...
The Hokage heard the flesh tearing, the bones popping, and the boy had yet to attack after reaching this level of power. Then Lee moved. He ripped through Gaara's sand shield, smashed the sand armor, and dominated the fight, ending with a massive bodyslaming of Gaara into the floor.
"Sand Coffin" Gaara whispered.
Naruto spasmed and threw three orbs of a lime-green fire at the wave sand that was sweeping toward Lee. Naruto dropped to the floor, standing between the two combatants. "Enough Shakaku. Jonin, remove your youngling." Naruto's voice sounded off. Mighty Gai moved to collect his Student, even as the boy rose like a puppet on strings.
Gaara stood slowly, as if he were some kind of rag-doll puppet. "I was going to kill that. Give it back."
"No. It is mine." Naruto spoke gently. "It is of this Village, and this Village is under my protection." he cocked his head to the side. "It seems your seal is... flawed." His hand erupted in lime-green fire, as he lunged forward, catching Gaara in the Chest. "There, that should allow you to sleep tonight, you and your host. Tomorrow, seek out my host, and we will talk, just the Four of Us."
The Hokage knew who was talking, he knew the Names of the … creatures. It chilled him to the bone to know that the power that was possible to being released between these two... could turn the local area into a 5 mile circle of glass. He noticed that the Suna Jonin's eyes widened as the whole team from Suna froze. 'So they know what Gaara is, Who he holds.' the old man thought to himself.
As if their stings were cut, both Naruto and Gaara collapsed, into a light slumber. The Seals reclaiming their Prisoners.
Kakashi and Baki dropped and collected their charges. Baki draped the sleeping Gaara over his shoulder, "Looks like we all get to sleep tonight." they returned the balcony over looking the chamber.
The Proctor called the last two ninja to the floor. Choji and the last Sound ninja squared off, until Dosu made a commit about the girth of the Leaf Ninja, and Choji blew it all out of proportion. The resulting clash ended with Choji in a wall, out cold. The Sound Ninja was given the match.
Nine numbered tiles were dropped into a box, then offered to the Winners of their matches, with their jonin drawing if they could not. Kakashi drew for Sasuke, Baki for Gaara, and Anko for Naruto.
The match ups are; Naruto vs Neji, Gaara vs Sasuke, Kankuru vs Shino, with Shikamaru vs first Temari then Dosu. For some reason the Hokage did not believe that Dosu would survive the coming month.
Catching the eye of Kakashi he moved toward Baki. Once they were in range, he whispered "I think that it would solve some issues of your students if they spent the night in a private ward in the Hospital."
Baki glanced between the two Jinchuuriki, as he know guessed what, who, the blond was. He turned to look at the Jonin carrying the blond, licking his lips. "Okay, you can take my nephew, but I will need him back as soon as he wakes up. We have some training to do, after all." he stepped away from the slumbering form of Gaara, waving his other two charges to follow him out into the sun.
The Hokage wave two teams of medical ninja over. "Have these two taken to my suite at the Hospital. My personal doctor will be by to see to their health."
'Now to deal with the village council. It seams that the Kyubi is wake and able to act through young Naruto. But...Why did it move to protect Lee?' then he remembered;
Gaara/Shukaku stood slowly, as if he was a rag-doll puppet. "I was going to kill that. Give it back."
"No. It is mine." Naruto/Kyubi spoke gently. "It is of the Village, and the Village is under my protection."
"Now we are under its protection?" the old man murmured, "But they refereed to Lee as 'it'. I so need for Jiraiya to return, even more now." then he swirled away in flurry of leaves.
Naruto awoke on a wind swept mesa, with the sun beating down. Oddly he was both freezing and burning at the same time.
"Ah, your awake. Good. We need to talk before Shukaku and his host arrive." the Voice was close, and both warming and cooling at the same time.
Naruto groaned as he sat up. It felt as every joint was stiff, and his mussels were over worked. "Did you catch the name of the village that ran me over?"
"Good one, Host. What your are feeling the mental equivalent of not using your body. Just talking to me, should decrease this over time." a Regal looking woman in a kimono looked down at the slumped Genin. "Like you are going to limit it to just just talking. After we deal with Shukaku, you will be coming here once a week for tea, instruction, and what ever else I deem important."
Naruto gave her his squinty look. She stood a little taller then he was. Her Kimono was of an old style, but it still looked off, as if there was more then what he saw.
"Now First, I need you to Picture a Large Umbrella."
Naruto looked around, looking closely at the 30 foot rough circle of flat and polished stone. He nodded, and suddenly there was a Massive Lacquered Umbrella, eight feet tall, with a six foot radius. the sun no longer burning, even the wind calmed. Grinning at his accomplishment, he went a step further, and laid a thick rug on the ground, a tea table and a large pile of cushions shimmered into place. A smile on her face, and Naruto added a black tea pot and two cups. "My Lady, Join me for a tea?"
Her Laugh was musical. "My good Host, I think I will." As she eased down into a kneeling potion, the teapot started to steam. "I can shift things that are here, but I needed you to bring them in. Once you get a chance, look around the edge of the Mesa. You will see the seal that binds me here, etched into the rock. There is a...Spike is the closest I can describe it, that is interfering with the seal. When the one you know as the Fourth, sealed me in here, he designed it to keep me contained. The best way to contain something, do not make it uncomfortable in its cell."
She reached behind her and swept her tails into her lap. "Last week you drew heavily on my chakra. This is what the Biju sealing is for, so that was okay." she poured tea into the two cups. "During this time, Someone drove the spike into our seal, most likely a disharmonious seal, designed to disrupt your chakra network." she sipped from her cup, and hummed in pleasure. "Did anyone touch our Seal?" at his nod, "We will look into that later, as it something I can not do, and having you mess with it could kill us."
"The spike has allowed us to merge on a new level. It seems that you now have a Kekkei Genkai. It is based on the powers of the race known as the Kisune, a race that is very dear to me. As it stands, you are the first of the line, and so you must, when the time is right, take a mate and pass on the Kekkei Genkai. After we were 'spiked' you slept for a long time. This allowed your body to begin its transformation. I do not know exactly what you can do, but it seems that Foxfire is the basic element of our new bloodline."
"Sweet! Now they will have to recognize me!"
"Now Host, we need to talk about tomorrow. I intercepted an attack on one of our fellow villagers. Shukaku was going to kill that loud green gaki..."
"Bushy Brow?"
She snorted in humor. "Yeah, him. What you Mortals do among yourselves, is up to you. But for a Biju to kill a mortal of mine, in my territory, in front of me...Big No. Anyway, Shukaku and his host will be coming here. We will learn why they are here, what plans they have. Things like that." She looked Naruto over. "Too bad you both are Male. The offspring of two hosts are quite the...bonus."
Naruto's spit take knocked him from the table and off the edge of the Mesa, affectively waking him up.