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To please the people who asked I will show more of Naruto's skill in this chapter :)
Without further delay, welcome to the next chapter of Kaze No Kami.
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Chapter 6: A Diamond in the Rough
Konoha's forest
Team 8 was running through Konoha's woods moving from tree to tree. Kurenai had explained the importance of chakra control to her students during their first month of training.
Naruto already knew and mastered both tree walking and water walking exercises.
Hinata could do both in a week while it took Kiba the double amount of time to perform them correctly.
Kurenai decided to find out what her students elemental affinities were after her discussion with Naruto about his current skills.
Flashback: Morning after team 8 evaluation test – Training ground 8
Naruto promised Kurenai he would explain to her the extend of his powers, they decided to meet the following morning after the revelations he made to her and the old man.
It was seven in the morning when he arrived in his team training ground, Kurenai was already there waiting for him with two other people, two females considering their build from what he could see from afar.
The first one had long flowing purple hairs and she wore the whole ANBU equipment gear but without a mask. She had a beautiful Katana strapped to her back.
The second one had shorter purple hair tied in a pineapple style hairstyle which reminded him of Shikamaru's. She wore a tan trench coat, mesh clothes that did not leave much to imagination with a brown mini-skirt. She was playing with a kunai in her hands.
"Good morning Kurenai-sensei" called Naruto as he made it to them.
"Good morning Naruto, theses two here are my best friends" she said showing the two other persons on the field.
"The one with the sword is Uzuki Yugao, she works for the ANBU corps as you can see by her gears though I won't be more specific since their identities is supposed to stay a secret for everyone's protection" She said about her first friend. "The other one is Mitarashi Anko, she works for the T&I department" she finished the introductions.
"It's a pleasure to meet sensei's friends, I am Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage of Konoha" replied Naruto with conviction.
"He's so cute Nai-chan! Can I eat him?" said Anko to the ire of Kurenai and the amusement of Yugao.
"Don't pay attention to her Naruto, I called them here today to help me evaluate your skills as we agreed on and of course with the permission of Hokage-sama" said Kurenai as Naruto took a step back in fear of the psychotic woman.
"Yugao here will evaluate your kenjutsu while Anko will test your taijutsu, I will test your genjutsu prowess and finally we will all see about your ninjutsu after that." explained Kurenai before adding "but remember this time no holding back"
"Hai sensei" answered Naruto before falling in his kenjutsu stance taking a kunai in each hand in a reversed grip while facing Yugao who took her katana out.
The ANBU operator looked at him with a raised eyebrow before asking " I thought you told Kurenai you had a great mastery over swords, don't you have anything with a longer reach to face me?"
Naruto chuckled at her question and prepared himself for the spar.
Naruto vs Yugao
"Futon: Futago Kaze Ken no jutsu" he thought in his mind before the air around his kunai in each hand seemed to blur out, almost taking solid form but still transparent.
"Try me Yugao-san, maybe I will be the first one to draw blood you never know" he said with a smirk.
"Very well Naruto-san, here I come" she said as she ran to him in a burst of speed.
"So fast!" said Naruto as he was barely able to block her katana with both his kunai in a cross guard.
Yugao was a lot faster than the current Naruto, her hits were aimed at vital areas even though Naruto knew she would stop her blade before cutting him too deeply.
"No other choice" thought Naruto before preparing for a new move.
"Futon: Kaze no Yoroi" he called in his mind as he felt the wind fill his body.
He was finally able to catch up to her in speed and got on the offensive for the first time in their spar.
As Naruto approached her, Yugao calculated that she still had 5 seconds before she would be within his reach. She was definitely impressed with his stance as he was able to block her hits and allowed almost no opening in his guard.
"His speed is nothing to laugh at either as he was somehow able to follow my movements after some time during the fight" she thought as she prepared to launch a counter, timing herself precisely with the estimated time she calculated just before.
She was not prepared however as Naruto made his move ahead of what she estimated and her guard was not ready for that.
Naruto was able to cut her just above the stomach area, not too deeply, just enough for her to realize that had he wait for a split second more to make his move, it would have most likely been a killing hit.
Yugao hold her arms up to signal the end of the spar "Incredible! So this is the secret behind your kunai" she said to him.
"Yes Yugao-san, I named it Futon: Futago Kaze Ken no jutsu it uses my wind chakra to extend the reach of any weapon I wield for offensive purposes. I can't use it to block physical attacks yet but it grants me a great surprise attack the first time I may use it against an opponent and it is still very difficult to read my reach with it even knowing about the technique" answered the blond.
"Amazing your control over the wind element is astonishing for you to perform such a feat with a regular kunai. Sarutobi Asuma uses special forged weapon to conduct chakra in the same manner as you do but in his version I can still read his reach. I suppose it is not 100% pure wind chakra that he channels in his weapons." she said analyzing his style.
"Well after this spar I can say that your kenjutsu is currently at high jonin level borderline ANBU. You still leave some openings in your guard and you may want to challenge what weapon you really need to use with your style, your offensive potential is amazing but you are currently lacking in the defensive ability, come look for me anytime you need help with your kenjutsu for a spar or advices" she said to him in a professional tone.
"I am honored that you would think so highly of my skills Yugao-sensei and I will most certainly come to see you in the future" he said to her with a bow as they went back to Kurenai and Anko.
"That was impressive Gaki! I can't wait for my turn now!" yelled Anko.
"Okay ..." said Naruto with a sweat-drop before asking for a short recess to catch his breath.
After a five minutes break he signaled to Anko that he was ready.
Naruto vs Anko
"First one to yield or loose consciousness is the looser" announced Anko.
"Okay Anko-san, I'm ready" replied Naruto as he fell in his Kitsune taijutsu style. This style consisted of constant foot work to allow fast mobility and fast counter reaction, Naruto also had his upper guard with his hands in a open palm stance.
Anko charged at him with amazing speed and launched a barrage of punch and kicks aimed at his vital organs.
He had to immediately activate his Kaze no Yoroi to be able to resist her charge.
The fight was pretty even for 2 minutes before Anko decided to increase the difficulty,
"Sen'ei Jashu" she called as numerous snakes came out of her sleeves and locked themselves around Naruto's limb effectively immobilizing him.
"So this is the Hebi taijutsu style" thought Naruto surprised as she completely stopped his movements.
"Is that all you got Gaki? I was just starting to warm up" she said to him with a big grin on her face.
"Now to get out of this" he thought for a moment before sending wind chakra to his palms "Futon: Kazekiri" he called the jutsu in his mind. As with the kunai earlier, this time the area around his hands began to blur radiating transparent smoke.
He easily trashed the snakes biding him in a shower of blood before he used his next move that he already showed against Sasuke "Kitsune Yuurei no Jutsu" he said in his mind before four series of after images left his current position and raced to a surprised Anko in four different path, coming at her from both sides and from behind and frontally.
He used a lot more chakra than against Sasuke with this version as the previous one only used a one straight path to the front of the avenger.
Anko could see the four ghosts coming at her in high speed leaving after images in their path but she had no way of knowing which one was the real one and before she could even realize what was happening she saw that Naruto stopped to her left with his Kazekiri ready to piece her heart.
"Alright I yield Gaki you win, that was a great fight and I feel all excited behind my coat" she said to him with a smirk making him take a step back blushing madly and almost tripping himself.
"Hentai!" he yelled as he tried to regain his balance under the amused eyes of the other females.
"Okay so I'll say you are currently easily high jonin level in taijutsu, borderline ANBU as your kenjutsu."
"I ought to warn you though that the last move you displayed while amazing may turn into a weakness for you in the future should you use it against Kage level taijutsu fighters or highly skilled doujutsu wielders as the Byukugan or the Sharingan."
"Charging at a high speed like this while also focusing on your other illusions will lessen your field of vision and opponents who can move faster than you or those who wield doujutsu who can tell which one of those illusions is real will easily be able to counter you."
"Thanks for the lesson and the spar Anko-sensei, I am honored that you think so highly of my skill." he said as he also bowed to her.
"Alright, alright stop with the formalities. Come find me if you need help with your taijutsu" said Anko with a smile.
"I will, thanks" he replied also with a smile.
"Very impressive Naruto" said Kurenai with pride in her voice looking at her student.
"I believe it's my time to see how well you do against genjutsu" she continued but was cut by Naruto.
"Ano …, my wind chakra control may be good but my chakra control in general is not, I have never been able to perform genjutsu and I don't think I would be able to resist anything you would throw to me at the moment." he said embarrassed, scratching the back of his head.
"It's okay Naruto you are still a genin, I was just swept in the moment thinking all your skills would be on par with those you've previously shown." She said smiling to him to cheer him up.
"Okay so how will we test my ninjutsu sensei?" asked Naruto.
"Well I don't think we have time for more spars today and I've seen a lot of what you can do already. Just show me one of your best wind jutsu." She said to him.
He gave her a nod and mentally called for his next jutsu while extending his palms towards the forest.
"Futon: Furyudan no Jutsu" as he visualized a large tree near them a huge dragon made of wind left his palms and completely annihilated the tree and everything behind it in its passage.
"Incredible!" thought Kurenai watching the damages done by the jutsu.
"The chakra and wind control requirements for that jutsu must be astonishing" analyzed Yugao.
"This Gaki is going to go far" Anko thought as she felt the wind dragon power, as if it could shake the whole forest in its path.
"Good, that's enough Naruto" finally said Kurenai.
"I can say that overall you are currently at least at tokubetsu jonin level. You would be jonin level if you can fix your genjutsu problem or at least find a way to counter them if you can't make them. You would also be required to develop an affinity to a second element, but that's alright for now you are still a diamond in the rough, but I know where I need to train you on." summarized Kurenai.
"The rest will come with training and experience Naruto, you have talent, you can believe me when I say that, I grew up with people like Uchiha Itachi or Hatake Kakashi, I know you have what it takes to one day surpass them all" Said Yugao.
"Are you sure I still can't eat him now Nai-chan?" asked Anko with a smirk as everyone else sweat-dropped at her antics.
With that Kurenai's two friends left the field, leaving Naruto and Kurenai waiting for the rest of team 8 to arrive.
End of flashback
After that Kurenai made her report to the Hokage and both decided that Naruto should limit himself to use the most basic and discrete moves he knew as to not arise suspicion against him.
Sarutobi theorized that should the knowledge of Naruto having a bloodline comparable to the Nidaime Hokage's ability to control Water, except Naruto's being a wind one, if that became public knowledge, numerous enemies would try to harm him.
From the inside of the village, the civilian council would call for the death of the demon manifesting Kyuubi's demonic powers while the elders would force Naruto to become breeding material effectively ending his shinobi career.
From the outside of the village, assassination attempts would arise or kidnapping would also be a possibility.
Naruto shivered at the thought of all those threats and swiftly agreed with his sensei and Jiji that he should reserve his strongest moves only when the time comes to protect his most important people.
Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts as they finally made it to wave country. Naruto had already seen Konoha's worse districts during his childhood but what he saw in wave country was a lot worse.
They were about to ask direction to find Tazuna's house when Hinata saw a mop of bubblegum pink hair and a duck ass shaped black hair teen at the far end of the village. She signaled her team and they all made their way towards that direction.
"We're finally there, let's get this C-ranked mission started" said Naruto as his group arrived in front of Tazuna's house where Hinata saw members of team 7 enter a little while ago.
A/N: So what do you think of this chapter? It was not part of the original event of canon Naruto and I made up some jutsu that will compose Naruto future arsenal.
I hope you enjoy what Naruto can do with his Wind for now even though there are still things I left out for later. You can also see/guess what can be upgraded in the moves he showed.
Stay tuned for the next chapter and as usual Read & Review please ;)
I will also try to put the new jutsu I used at the end of each chapter from now on.
Futon: Futago Kaze Ken no jutsu : Twin wind blades, Naruto uses his wind chakra to increase the reach of his weapons. Used the term twin since he used it with both hand for 2 kunai
Futon: Kaze no Yoroi : Wind Armor activation, Naruto sends wind chakra through his body to increase his speed and reduce wind resistance to his movements.
Futon: Kazekiri : Wind edge, Naruto's variation of Kakashi's Raikiri, personally I don't get how lightning could help in increasing the penetration power of Kakashi's hand, makes much more sense when applied to wind.
Kitsune Yuurei no Jutsu : Fox apparition, Naruto's taijutsu move, a highly developed application of the simple bunshin no jutsu. Creates a bunch of after-images to confuse his opponents.
Futon: Furyudan no Jutsu : Wind Dragon, Creates a dragon made of wind slashing everything in the path the user decides according his control.