Disclaimer: I still do not own naruto…. And you have no idea how much that pisses me off (then again it's probably for the best)
"Normal speech"
"Toughs and flashbacks"
"Kyuubi"
"Inner Sakura "
"Kyuubi's thoughts"
(AN): authors note
AN: I seriously can't believe that you guys never guessed who were the bloodline limit carriers in the Uzumaki clan:
-Tatsuki
-Kyo (seriously since when cougars have clear-blue fur)
-Tenshi (this one was more difficult but still the name of the partner was a dead giveaway)
Dragon Man 180: good idea, I'll try something like that
CHAPTER 5: daily life
"Damn it!! Why the hell do we have to this, again!!!!" shouted the blond in frustration, of all the meager and undignified tasks they have to perform as genin this was one of the worst, if not the worst of them all, capture 'tora' the daimyo's wife cat.
"A-a-no Naruto-kun I-I'm sure that tora didn't w-want to scratch you like that" retorted Hinata, while blushing at the proximity of the object of her affections, a week passed since the accidental kiss and instead of improving it seems that she retracted herself further to the point where she fainted if Naruto was too close to her.
"Tch, this is a waste of time, we should be training" said Sasuke adding his two cents.
Senkou couldn't but agree.
Naruto couldn't help but to agree with him not that he will ever say it out loud, in all the time that had been a team the only thing they have been doing it's chores that all the people were too lazy to do themselves, granted not all of them were like that some actually have a reason of not doing them, like the lady who had a broken leg but the rest were just lazy people.
"Now, now Naruto don't complain these missions are necessary and they're not a waste of time as you call them" said his sensei without raising his gaze from the book in front of his face.
"What is that purpose?" retorted the blond puzzled.
"To build teamwork of course," said Kakashi as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"WHAT?!?!?!" Naruto all but shouted "HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BUILD TEAMWORK DOING CHORES"
"Shut up dobe" said annoyed the Uchiha
"What was that teme?!"
Acting as if he didn't hear it he carried on with his comment "but I agree with him this is nothing but a waste of time"
"That might be but this is the work of a genin"
"Being a genin sucks" Naruto finally said, he thought that when he became genin he would be doing rescues, escorting princesses, guarding the daimyo, not doing chores! The only thing good is that tomorrow was his free day, and if he finished this meager 'missions' on time maybe he could get Setsu-san teach him more doton, and maybe even get the old man to teach him another Katon jutsu.
After saying goodbye to his friend and sensei he and his partner headed back to the compound, twenty minutes later he reached the compound and he went straight to the area where the jaguar branch lived and trained in hopes of finding his doton teacher, he found him in the tallest roof top of the farthest house, apparently reading something, and Naruto was sure that it was some awesome manual of how to be a better ninja and a better clan head, yes Naruto felt for Setsu something akin to admiration it did help that the jaguar branch head taught him the only doton jutsu he knows (AN: I would like to remind all that this is not a yaoi fic, so please don't misunderstand)
Setsu was reading aright however it was not as good as Naruto thought, not many knew his secret (and those who knows of his secret won't say a word under the treat of being impaled with a spear of earth in a very painful place) that Setsu the proud and dignified, yet easy going head of the jaguar branch was closet pervert, and as such he was an avid fan of icha-icha paradise, but he knew better than to just read it in the open, specially in front of the last of the Kazama, if Chidori or worse Sumire find out, not even the kyuubi itself will save him from their wrath.
"Setsu-san!! Down here!!" shouted the blond making Setsu stumble and fumble his book in his hands in an attempt to hide from the boy, he succeeded a second before Naruto was able to notice it.
"Naruto!! What did I tell you about shouting when people are in roof tops!!" Setsu said, before gazing at the blond, the first thing he noticed it was that Senkou was missing; it was uncommon that he and Naruto separated.
"Not to do it" Naruto answered rubbing the back of his head.
"That's right, and where is Senkou anyway?"
"Probably went to find Nadare, he needs to spar" just as a human needs to train a Uzumaki animal does it as well and what better way to do it than to spar with others.
"I see, well anyways what do you want Naruto?"
"I was wondering if you could teach me a doton jutsu"
"Another one?"
"Yeah! How am I supposed to hokage if I'm not strong enough?"
"Fine, come on" he knew that the fastest way he could get rid of him was to give him what he wanted.
A couple of minutes later they reached the training field that was used in the compound to train in earth jutsus, it was completely deserted as the previous training in it was finished over an hour ago, the plan that was put in action all those years ago came to fruition, and many of the infants were showing clear promise in the doton area, hence the why of the field, there the blond sat cross-legged on the floor and listened intently to his teacher for the evening.
"Aright Naruto this time I'm going to show you Doton: Retsudotenshō (Earth Release: Split Earth Turn Around Palm) this is a dangeruos jutsu and you could seriously hurt someone if you're not careful with it okay" Naruto nodded in affirmation and raised his hand, signaling he had a question.
"yes Naruto what is it?"
"Does this jutsu have a limited range like the Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu (Earth Release: Inner Decapitation Technique)?"
"no Naruto it doesn't now whacth carefully" Setsu sadi and procceeded to create a mud clone before running tru several handseals and calling the name of the jutsu.
"Doton: Retsudotenshō" and he slammed his hands in the ground.
not a moment the words left his lips the earth around the clone spiraled inwards on itself burying the clone before crushing it.
"now here are the seals" with that Setsu proceded show himin slower motion the seals: dragon, hare, ram, ape, ox, boar, rat, horse, dog, and after the final seal he gave the boy the last instruction.
"o yeah naruto you can use kage bunshin to speed the proccess"
since Chidori found out that he can use kage bunshins she proceeded to explain to train him in the use of them claimimg that one day he will be as good as her, when he asked what was so important about kage bunshin, she explained to him and then she proceded to make his shadow clones do tree climbing saying that the more control he had the more jutsus he can use and thanks to this training he was finally able to master katon: hosenka no jutsu. As such he can now ask Iroh for a new jutsu as it was the agreement, After all who is beter to teach katon that the village's katon specialist?.
He found him in the tiger branch section in one of the big houses (AN: it looks like sasuke's house) playing go with another elder member of the branch while his tiger Sessou wachted the game with interest.
"oi!! old man"
"now what Naruto"
"I mastered the hosenka so I'm here for you to fulfuill your end of the deal"
"fine, sit down and wacht"
"why?" asked the boy truly puzzled
"you're going to learn to play go"
"WHAT!?!"
"wacht your voice kid, this game foments strategy something important you need to know"
"why?"
"Naruto do you really think that Sarutobi became the hokage by just charging head on, no, learning strategy it's nessesary if you want to become a great ninja, now sit down and wacht, if we have time then maybe I'll show you a new katon jutsu"
after what it felt like an eternity the game ended with Iroh coming as the winner he went to a training field with Naruto who was scowling by this time, even if he did learn something, the less he saw of go the better.
"now Naruto I'm going to teach you Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu( fire release: grand fireball technique)" now that got the boy's attention, since he saw the Uchiha perform it in the test he had been iching to learn it.
Iroh made a half-tiger seal with his left hand calling in his mind "katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu" and blowing a massive fireball that reached the training post five meters away.
"now Naruto for this katon you have to mold the chakra in lungs, retain it and lrelease it trougth your mouth, but unlike the hosenka here you have to release it as a large stream instead of several bursts"
"I know, I know, now show me seals!!!!" Naruto was practically bouncing in his spot
"calm down Naruto, shouting won't make Iroh go faster, only an act of kami could achieve that" said a voide with mirth in it's tone, the boy turned to see Sessou as the source of the voice, unlike the Inuzuka in the Uzumaki a partner talking like a human was not common, most can only communicate trough the use of the link in a telepathic way with their respective partners along with their natural skill to communicate the usual way, in all the clan only two have exhibit the trait of human speech, one been Sessou.
"Like you're the one to talk"
"Oi!! What about me!!" said Naruto, diffusing the situation before it got out of hand if they stat arguing they won't stop for a long time.
"Oh right, sorry about that" he said rubbing the back of his neck "the seals are: snake, ram, ape, boar, horse, tiger, you should practice with two handed seals before moving to other variations" "thanks old man!!"
"Kid, remember there are no shortcuts in life" said the tiger.
Naruto only nodded while watching the tiger, even if it was obvious that he passed his prime he still exuded an aura of power, showing his unusual colored fur product of his partner's mastery over Katon: black with intense fire-red stripes, and a pair of piercing gray eyes just like Iroh. Both of them have taught Naruto more than just jutsu and strategy over the years.
"What do you think you're doing stealing my phrases?"
"The kid needs someone competent to teach him"
"Yes me!"
"You competent old goat? Don't make me laugh"
The argument continued for two hours before both tiger and human called it quits only to pick up a exhausted Naruto that passed out due to exhaustion, back in his house after leaving him in his bed he encountered Sumire who wanted to have a word with him.
"What happened to him?"
"Don't worry he is just exhausted"
"I can't help it he is growing too fast"
"He is a kid with a big dream to achieve and a even bigger shadow to surpass"
" Every day he grows stronger and I'm afraid of what bastards like Danzo will do"
"You worry too much, relax, he is still a genin"
"I know, but still.."
"I think you should teach it to him now, it is after all his father's gift to him"
"What?!? But that is dangerous he could get seriously hurt or worse!!"
"Because it's his father's gift"
And with that Sumire knew that the old man was right.
The next morning Naruto was going to the training field that his mother told him to go, what Sumire didn't account was that her mother was training Naruto's reflexes that very same day, training that involved throwing to the kid several blunt objects that was meant to dodge. The result was a very sore Naruto who was hearing his grand mother's words in his head over and over again.
"Don't think just act Naruto!!!"
"What the hell does she think I'm doing, staring at the space?"
Arriving to the field he found his mother along with her partner Rui waiting for them.
"Aright Naruto what I'm going to show you it's the jutsus your father entrusted me with to give it to you"
Naruto's eyes widened and a real smile adorned his face before talking "you mean the.." he didn't finish as if expecting to be a bad joke.
Sumire couldn't help but to smile at her son's face " yes Naruto, I'm going to teach you the juujin kage bunshin no jutsu (man-beast shadow clone) so pay attention, the seals are tiger, ape, cross. Then you have to send part of the molded chakra to Senkou so he can produce a clone, now watch"
Sumire did the sequence and said the name of the jutsu a cloud of ninja smoke appeared and when it dissipated a perfect, solid copy of both Sumire and Rui stood next to the original. Naruto could do nothing but marvel at the jutsu his father made for him.
"Glad you liked it Naruto now you try it" the blond did as instructed and instead of the healthy clones he obtained a pair of sickly looking ones.
"Don't worry Naruto you will get it…. Eventually" the head of tiger branch said with mirth in her voice making the offended glare at her "practice makes perfection so get to it, okay?"
"Hey mom" Naruto said trying in a moment of curiosity.
"Yes dear"
"How come you know the tsuuga and dog breath knows the tora tsume?"
She knew that teaching Rikku that movement will come back to haunt her eventually, and it looked like it was now "because it was something I copy from her when we first took the chunnin exams together, and in that same fight she copied my jutsu"
"but how?"
"Because whether both clans admit it or not we are very similar and as such if you have good sight and the opportunity you can copy to a certain extent their techniques as they can copy ours"
"To a certain extent?"
"Yes, for example our tsuuga it's incomplete as well as their tora tsume no jutsu"
"I see now…" he was about to keep asking questions but his mother interrupted him.
"The jutsu is not going to learn himself, now go and practice"
Naruto did just that.
Later in the day he was taking a well deserved rest from trying to learn the jutsu, Senkou left him again to go hunting in the forest, his progress was slow if any at all, but that won't matter he will master it even if it takes him years to do it (AN: don't worry that won't happen).
He broke the trail of thoughts when he heard the sound of something being punched not too far away from where he was lying down in the grass so let his curiosity took the best of him and went to investigate the source of the sound, finding Chidori beating the crap out of a training dummy.
"Oi Chidori-chan!!! Overhere!!" he called her with enthusiasm while waving his hand.
"Hello Naruto, what the hell are you doing here? Weren't you supposed to be training?" she said with a smile.
"I was just taking a break, you know how my mom gets if I overdo it"
"Yes, aunt Sumire can be a real mother hen sometimes, again what are you doing here? Trying to learn something worthwhile huh? or are you spying me"
"No I don't, besides it's not like you hide that much" he said pointing at her outfit, it wasn't that revealing but it clung tightly to her body giving a good look of her curves.
BONK!!
"Watch it brat!!!" she snarled while shaking her fist at the same time that Naruto rubbed the injured spot.
"Itai" then he glared at her "what the hell was that for!!"
"for saying inappropriate to your cousin"
"Fine, I'm sorry then"
From that point the talk covered several topics, from what was new in their lives to techniques, it was all good until it got to Naruto's sensei, Kakashi.
"So you did get Kakashi as a sensei" she said with tension in her voice
"Yes, from the rumors I've heard he pretty tough, and that he have an awesome personal jutsu, and that he knows thousand of them, but they also said that he was involved in an incident that make him resign from ANBU as a result"
"Naruto I need to be alone now, could you leave" Chidori said with her eyes never leaving the floor.
"okay Chidori-chan"
after Naruto left Chidori grabbed the dummy in the shoulder area an pulled using his now revealed claws taking a chunk of what it would be the shoulder blade, part of the artery and muscle if the dummy would be a human. She lift her head revealing her amber eyes full of sadness and anger, she was not angry at Naruto for bringing up the incident he didn't know better, she was angry at Kakashi, because she was familiar with the incident. She still can't believe she was attracted to him.
She remembers the first time she heard from him, it was when she entered the academy, all her professor did was say "Kakashi did this, Kakashi did that" it pissed her off, and she was resolved to kick his as when she met this supposed prodigy.
She met him shortly after her graduation, when her future uncle-in-law visited her aunt he was accompanied by his genin team, there she meet two people that eventually will become her friends, Obito and Rin, as for Kakashi that time Obito said that he was a stuck-up bastard and Chidori had to agree with the Uchiha, the guy wouldn't go out of his way to help his friends if that endangered the mission, thought that girls could only be decent shinobis as medic-nin, and that losers were not supposed to be allowed as ninja.
Unfortunately her work discipline was not settled yet so her fan-girl side was immediately attracted to he mystery that was Kakashi, and the later seemed interested as well. They tried to date a couple of times, well she tried Kakashi was detached as always.
The first real problem came when he was 16, several months before he became a jounin. In a moment of weakness she showed him a jutsu exclusive of her branch, she stills remember that day.
Flashback:
"Kakashi come I want to show something great!"
"what a waste of time, it better be worth it Chidori"
"you won't know until you see it" she said in a sing-song voice with a playful smile on her face
when they reached the training spot he looked to see a dummy in place nothing special.
"this is it?"
"wait" and she started doing seals before saying the name of the jutsu
"tooboega(howling fang)" not a second after she said the words a dull-gray colored glow covered her left hand while she sprinted full speed towards the dummy ramming his hand in the area of the chest where the heart should be.
"that's it? What a waste of chakra"
"the wounds are internal" she said and pushed a button behind the dummy that make the front become removable. Showing the soon to be jounin the effects of the jutsu, the exterior was intact while the interior was completely devastated where the palm struck.
Flashback ends.
Later she find out he basically redid the jutsu and he name it chidori, thanks to that she was nearly expelled of the jaguars, if it wasn't for Setsu that vouched for her.
Several years later when he was an ANBU captain he went on a mission with her older brother Hayate, from that mission only Kakashi returned and barely alive, foul play was suspected but hen Chidori confronted the jounin (he resigned) he didn't say anything of what happened to her brother, just that she needed to let go, that it wasn't really her problem it was between Hayate and him, later she found out that Kakashi killed him with the chidori
This was the main reason of why she is torn in the inside, she is still attracted to him maybe even loves him, but that feeling was long buried under hate and anger.
"bastard, we could've been happy together" she finally said while tears flowed freely in her face.
Unknown to her a certain blond was listening and that steeled his resolve.
AN: DONE!!!!!!!, well that covers almost everything (except for the battle between Sumire and Tsume) I'm really sorry but I couldn't find where to put it in the story. Now the next chapter it's the appearance of Rin, the start of the wave arc and the revelation of some bloodlines, among other things, again I hope you like my OCS.
Now you may be asking, how does the power up works? It's pretty simple in this fic characters will ether get new techniques or will get their techniques earlier (example Sasuke already have sharingan (one tomoe on each eye) and they'll be faster and stronger than their counterparts in the canon (for the time line anyway)
Now the votes:
Chidori:10
Rin:5
Finally I need a beta reader for this story the only two buts its that you have to have better grammar than me(a must) and not take more than two weeks to give it back.
That's all please review constructive criticism is more than welcome as for flames if you don't have anything good or important to say just keep quiet.
JA NE.